Archive for the 'TV News' Category

STARSTORECAST IS HERE! CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST SERIES!

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Ladies, gentlemen, boys, girls, Daleks and Klingons, we are proud to bring you STARSTORECAST, the new podcast series from STARSTORE.COM and The Last Picture Show. Presented by Andrew Hawnt with Jonathan Winwood and Rich Thorp, the show brings you chat, reviews and all the geek infighting you can eat. Covering the latest in movies, TV, [...]

DOCTOR WHO: EIGHTH DOCTOR TO RETURN IN EASTER SPECIAL?

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Could it finally be true? According to several sources who have been repeatedly reliable regarding happenings in the Doctor Who universe, eighth Doctor Paul McGann is to return in the Easter 2009 Doctor Who special alongside 10th Doctor David Tennant! McGann, of course, played the Doctor in the 1996 TV movie as well as the [...]

PREACHER SERIES ABORTED BY HBO

Monday, September 1st, 2008

What? WHAT?! WHY?!!! Come on, HBO are hardly the most family friendly outlet, so how come they could possibly be worried about the content of a Preacher show? The Preacher graphic novels are confrontational, controversial and excellent, but then, doesn’t that fit in exactly with BO’s output? Could it be they have finally chickened out [...]

TORCHWATCH: TORCHWOOD SERIES THREE NEWS

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Its official- the third series of Torchwood has now started shooting! The five-part serial, ‘Children of Earth’ is to be ‘Hugely bold’ according to creator Russell T Davies. The story is to see the return of the surviving central characters played by John Barrowman, Eve Miles and Gareth David-Lloyd, along with recurring guests Kai Owen [...]

RED DWARF: RETURN OF THE SMEGHEADS?

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

According to Kryten himself, Mr Robert Llewellyn, a brand new, hour long special episode of RED DWARF is to go before the cameras this coming October. HELL YES, is all I can say to that bit of news. I pray right down to the soles of my battered army boots that this is true and [...]

TORCHWATCH: TORCHWOOD SERIES 3 NEWS

Friday, August 15th, 2008

An unofficial look at the universe of the BBC’s Doctor Who spinoff TORCHWOOD SERIES THREE TITLE The official story title for the third series of Torchwood has now been announced by the BBC and Torchwood magazine! The five part story, set to be broadcast over the space of one week, is to be called Children [...]

TARDISWATCH- DOCTOR WHO SERIES FOUR OVERVIEW

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

  TARDISWATCH: SERIES FOUR OVERVIEWAn independent look at the BBC’s science fiction legend   When it was announced that Catherine Tate would be returning to Doctor Who for the whole of series four, fandom was pretty much unanimous in its shock and derision. Could this actress, known mostly for her comedy work, bring back her character [...]

TARDISWATCH: DOCTOR WHO FEATURE REVIEW- JOURNEY’S END

Monday, July 7th, 2008

INTRODUCTION Russell T Davies really did need to end his time as head of the ongoing series of Doctor Who with a bang didn’t he? He is returning to helm the four specials next year (and of course this year’s Cybermen extravaganza), but ‘Journey’s End’ saw his four years on the main series come to [...]

PLANET GEEK NEWS: WOLVERINE, JAMES BOND, RED SONJA, DOCTOR WHO

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

NEW WOLVERINE IMAGE The first image of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in the forthcoming prequel X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie has been released by Empire magazine. Logan is looking as badass as ever. The film is to be released next year, and after the lukewarm reception X-Men: The Last Stand garnered at the box office, it [...]

NEWS ROUNDUP: Superman, Stargate, Batman, Infected, Harry Potter…

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

SUPERMAN: A NEW DIRECTION? Mark Millar, riding high in the public eye after the success of Wanted, not to mention being known to comics fans as one hell of a big name, is apparently turning his eye to The Man of Steel. Talking to The Daily Record, Millar states he has a new vision of [...]