Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour – The Starstore Review

Monday, April 5th, 2010

The eleventh Doctor is here at last, debuting properly with his first full episode, ‘The Eleventh Hour’ over the Easter weekend in the UK. The hour-long first episode of Doctor Who series 5 was written by new series runner Steven Moffat, and if it is a good example of things to come with this series, [...]

Doctor Who – The Eleventh Hour Is Coming!

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

The Eleventh Hour, the debut story to feature Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor and Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, is heading to our screens soon. The first story of the eleventh Doctor’s era sees the Doctor crash landing on Earth with the TARDIS in ruins, his sonic screwdriver destroyed, and twenty minutes to save [...]

PLANET GEEK ROUNDUP: 24 MOVIE, CAPTAIN AMERICA, GREEN LANTERN, DOCTOR WHO, SAW: ENDGAME

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

24 Movie On the Way: Jack Bauer in Europe? According to a story from Variety, Fox is finally planning to bring 24 to the big screen, or at least the Jack Bauer character played by Kiefer Sutherland. The project is said to be set in Europe, and is being scripted by Billy Ray (Flightplan/Shattered Glass) [...]

Doctor Who: The End Of Time Part 2 Review – Welcome Matt Smith!!!

Friday, January 1st, 2010

SPOILERS AHEAD. The story of the tenth Doctor is complete- David Tennant‘s swansong as the legendary Time Lord has aired, and soon we will be entering the era of the 11th Doctor, Matt Smith. So how was this highly anticipated episode? Part One had its issues, which had made me fear for the remaining episode, [...]

2009: The Starstore Year End Review

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

2009 draws to a close with a bang thanks to James Cameron’s epic Avatar movie doing huge business around the world, but there have been a number of milestones this year that have seen the geek community rejoicing (and flaming each other, as ever). It has been a pretty good year for genre entertainment as [...]

Doctor Who: The End of Time Part One – The Starstore Review

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

And so the final Doctor Who story to feature David Tennant in the TARDIS and Russell T Davies at the keyboard begins, and also welcomes back John Simm as the Master, Bernard Cribbins as Wilf and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble. With Doctor Who: The End of Time, we were promised a tale of epic [...]

Doctor Who Series 1-4 DVD Box set for Christmas

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Okay, so technically it’s seasons 27, 28, 29 and 30 rather than 1-4, but with TV this good, who cares? The first four series of Doctor Who’s triumphant return to our TV screens have been captured in this frankly awesome box set. While it’s missing the last 2009 specials, The Waters of Mars and the [...]

Doctor Who: The Waters Of Mars – The Starstore Review

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

The penultimate Doctor Who story to feature David Tennant as the tenth Doctor has now aired, and all that remains is the two part finale to his era, is this episode treading water to the big ending? Not in the slightest. In fact, as we head to the downfall of the tenth Doctor, we have [...]

New Doctor Who Logo: The Starstore Verdict

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Pretty much everyone here is a huge fan of Doctor Who. Some of us prefer the new era, some of us are of more of an old-school kick. This is why the latest series, (series 5 to some, series 1 to others, series 31 to yet others) is getting to be so interesting. The new [...]

San Diego Comic Con 2009: Highlights from Sunday

Monday, July 27th, 2009

The 2009 San Diego Comic Con came to an end yesterday in style. The 40th annual SDCC closed with some great panels and stuff, and here are the highlights. Sunday was more aimed at kids, with the Children’s Film festival, Nickelodeon, the premiere of the new Scooby Doo movie and more being the main attractions [...]