… Well, sort of! This stunning Daleks versus Rock Snakes image by Tony Luke features Doctor Who‘s top enemy and the deadly silicon-based life forms Zero X encountered on Mars in the film Thunderbirds are Go. The art is a private commission, inspired… Read More ›
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Meet Marvin the Paranoid Android at the National Space Centre’s “Towel Day” celebrations
Are you a Hoopy Frood who really knows where your Towel is at? Then stick out a thumb and hitchhike your way to Britain’s National Space Centre in Leicester on 25th May for Towel Day. Strags welcome! Towel Day… Read More ›
ITV offers sneak peek of new Thunderbird 2
Nestling behind this new ITV Studios advertisement for the upcoming Thunderbirds Are Go on various web sites is a link to a mysterious web site – www.hi-secure.net The site plays a short looped video of a video camera trained on two steel… Read More ›
Paul Magrs celebrates the Doctor Who annuals in all their, erm… glory?
Out in June in hardback from Obverse Books, with cover art and internal illustrations by Adam Bullock, and commentary on every single story from Paul Magrs, author of Doctor Who fiction for Big Finish, the BBC and AudioGo, The… Read More ›
Women in Comics, Warren Ellis’ ‘Supreme’ revival and more in May ‘Previews’
The May edition of Diamond Comic Distributors’ monthly Previews catalogue arrives in comic shops, hobby stores, and other specialty outlets on 30th April, with Women in Comics in the limelight along with plug for the relaunch of Rob Liefeld’s omnipotent character Supreme… Read More ›
Doctor Who Adventures tempt new readers with free sampler edition
This week you can access a special online sample edition of Doctor Who Adventures magazine by clicking on this link. You’ll find highlights from the latest issue published by Immediate Media (number 344), which includes an exciting interview with a Cyberman and the best… Read More ›
50 Years of Doctor Who comics to be celebrated at Lakes Festival in October
Grab your sonic screwdriver and set the time-space co-ordinates on your TARDIS for Kendal, 17th October 2014! The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has just announced a number of events to celebrate 50 years of Doctor Who in comics, the world’s longest-running science fiction TV-inspired… Read More ›
Jamie Smart’s “Fish Head Steve” heading to your TV screens?
ITV Studios America has entered into an exclusive production deal with Komixx Entertainment Inc., an entertainment rights owner and content production company based in the UK that represent a number of properties, including Jamie Smart‘s “Fish Head Steve” character,… Read More ›
“Filmed in Supermarionation” documentary to get Andercon preview
Network DVD‘s upcoming major new feature film about the work of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, Filmed in Supermarionation, is to get a sneak preview at the first Andercon convention this weekend. The clips already released suggest it’s going to be… Read More ›
XIII series on Sky2: Episode Images
Sky have kindly sent us some images from the first two recently aired images of XIII, based on the graphic novel series of the same name Jeremy Briggs has enthusiastically reviewed here for some time. Episode 3 airs this week on… Read More ›
More XIII For British Viewers And Readers
The bandes dessinee series XIII written by Jean Van Hamme and illustrated by William Vance began in the French weekly Spirou in 1984 and ran for nineteen albums between 1984 and 2007. In 2008 XIII was brought to the small screen… Read More ›
“Nemo: The Roses of Berlin” hits Top Three in Graphic Novel Sales for March
Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s latest League of Extraordinary Gentlemen-inspired title Nemo: The Roses of Berlin, co-published by Knockabout and Top Shelf, proved a sales hit last month in terms of sales in specialist comic shops, reaching the Number Three spot… Read More ›
Doctor Who Adventures polls readers for their favourite Matt Smith story
Doctor Who Adventures magazine wants readers to vote for their ultimate Eleventh Doctor story in the current issue of the magazine for young Doctor Who fans. Actor Matt Smith appeared in 44 exciting stories as the Doctor – but which… Read More ›
Batman at 75: Official Celebrations announced
Marking the milestone 75th anniversary of DC Comics’ Batman, Warner Bros. Entertainment and DC Entertainment have revealed plans for a year-long celebration befitting one of the world’s most popular comic heroes. We imagine Titan Magazines, who publish Batman comics under… Read More ›
Doctor Who’s Bernice Summerfield returns in new Big Finish audio tales
Bernice Summerfield – the Seventh Doctor’s companion created by Paul Cornell and designed by Lee Sullivan, who made her debut in the Doctor Who: The New Adventures novels and the Doctor Who Magazine‘s comic strip – will return in… Read More ›
Win a Doctor Who-themed holiday with Doctor Who Adventures
Doctor Who Adventures magazine is offering its readers the chance to win a trip to the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff this Easter. The winner gets a family ticket for four people (based on two adults and two children) to… Read More ›
Sylvia Anderson speaks out in new Andersonic
The latest issue of the Gerry Anderson-inspired fanzine Andersonic, featuring a cover image by Martin Bower (the Space: 1999 effects artist whose work used to feature in Starlord comic), is on sale now – and the team have pulled off something of… Read More ›
Titan Comics releases details of its first Doctor Who comics
Titan Comics has announced the first of its three Doctor Who ongoing series will launch in July and gave US web site Comic Book Resources an exclusive first look at the covers (which they plastered with their own branding). Lucklily for us, the BBC’s… Read More ›
Red5 offers Superhero, Doctor Who “Onesies”
Goodness me, how on Earth did we miss these? Not content with Batman-related mugs (“The Dark Mug Rises“), gadget shop Red5 are offering two superhero-inspired “Onesies”. Two Onesies celebrating US publisher DC Comics pantheon of heroes are now on sale… Read More ›
Doctor Who Magazine reaches record sales, and comic celebrates 50 years of continuous production
Panini UK are celebrating after achieving the highest ever ABC figures for Doctor Who Magazine, which features news and features about the BBC’s top SF show, along with all-new comic strip every issue. No doubt boosted by the series 50th anniversary… Read More ›