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1. Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently detective novels adapted for TV
(TV/Science fiction TV)

... time travel, Chaos Theory, an electronic monk from another planet, and the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Some of the time travel plot was borrowed from the Doctor Who story City of Death (part of ...

2. Torchwood Season 4 due 2011: darker than ever
(TV/Science fiction TV)

... He saved every single child in the world! If you would fail to do that then you're the monster," he said. "...If ever a word is said out of place by the Doctor or Captain Jack, or even by Sarah Jane sometimes, ...

3. Matt Smith leaving Doctor Who already?
(TV/Science fiction TV)

I hope this one isn't true. Apparently Matt Smith is already thinking about leaving Doctor Who after the end of his second season as the Doctor, with sources indicating he wants to take a crack at Hollywood ...

4. Why Predators failed to make the grade
(Films/Science fiction films)

... doctor, Edwin (Topher Grace). Laurence Fishburne makes an appearance later as Noland, a human who has managed to survive on the planet for years. Unfortunately though, if you blink, you'll miss him. He ...

5. Are you too old to watch Doctor Who?
(TV/Science fiction TV)

Recently I've begun to ask myself whether I'm too old to be a Doctor Who fan. Have I been suckered into watching a kids show? Is watching Doctor Who well into your 40s something you should be embarrassed ...

6. New Doctor Who series features sex, guns and Daleks
(TV/Science fiction TV)

Now that the new season of Doctor Who is almost with us, a third trailer has been released and details about upcoming episodes revealed. This is the first season to feature 27 year old Matt Smith, the ...

7. Planet of the Apes prequel confirmed: the apes will rise again
(Films/Science fiction films)

... on genetic research. A doctor is working with monkeys trying to cure Alzheimers, a disease that afflicts his father. He attempts to develop a benign virus that can live in brain tissue and restore functionality. ...

8. Solomon Kane about to unleash bloody mayhem across the UK
(Films/Fantasy films)

... Smoking Barrels and Snatch) and Mackenzie Crook as Father Michael (The Office, Pirates of the Caribbean). Solomon Kane is produced by Samuel Hadida (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus) & Paul Berrow, ...

9. Blake’s 7 remake to be modern and bold
(TV/Science fiction TV)

...  He believes that the new show has to be good as current hits such as Lost and Doctor Who. “It’s got to rub shoulders with the likes of Heroes and Lost and so forth. This will be a big show and that’s ...

10. What's the 2009 Day of the Triffids remake like? Part 1
(TV/Science fiction TV)

... by Eddie Izzard". ShadowLocked.com was only mildly happy: "If you find a lot of the dialogue in new Doctor Who stilted and uninspired (and this production has been targeted heavily at Who fans), there ...

11. Avatar could have been so much more
(Films/Science fiction films)

... Their movements majestic and dangerous. The native inhabitants, the Na'vi, will overwhelm you with their lifelike facial expressions and features. Main characters Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Doctor ...

12. Don't Panic: Neil Gaiman celebrates Douglas Adams
(Books/Science fiction books)

... versions of his scripts, material from his notes, deleted scenes, the original Hitchhiker's synopsis, how he came to work as a script writer for Doctor Who, and plenty of excellent quotes from the popular ...

13. Will Smith boosts his IQ with Flowers for Algernon
(Films/Science fiction films)

... experimental surgery to boost his intelligence. Charlie narrates his tale in a series of progress reports to the doctors who have performed the procedure, documenting and reflecting on his transformation ...

14. Solomon Kane: a dark and bloody triumph?
(Films/Fantasy films)

... perfect for the role - and the fact that he's devilishly handsome doesn't hurt either." The movie's Producer, Sammuel Hadida (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Brotherhood of the Wolf, True Romance) ...

15. How will the tenth Doctor Who regenerate? David Tennant and Russell T. Davies talk
(TV/Science fiction TV)

You've probably all heard that David Tennant is finishing up as the tenth Doctor Who all too soon, to be replaced by 26 year old Matt Smith, the youngest actor to play the Doctor in the BBC’s iconic series. ...

16. Will Barbarella seduce audiences in zero gee once more?
(Films/Science fiction films)

... the Doctor Durand Durand from the planet SoGo in order to save the earth from destruction. Interestingly, this is where the UK band Duran Duran got its name. The original movie features lots of erotic ...

17. Terry Gilliam to adapt Philip K. Dick’s The World Jones Made
(Films/Science fiction films)

... fertile imagination into dizzying overdrive. Gilliam has just finished working on The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus which stars the late Heath Ledger, along with Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell ...

18. Torchwood Season 3 trailer and update
(TV/Science fiction TV)

... only cast members who appear to be returning are John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness), Eve Myles (Gwen Cooper) and Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto Jones). Myles and Ianto appeared together in the Doctor Who ...

19. Tripods Trilogy movies
(Films/Science fiction films)

... wonder it took them so long to resurrect Doctor Who! John Christopher is a pseudonym for Samuel Youd, who wrote 70 novels under seven different names. Apart from the three novels that make up The Tripods ...

20. Forbidden Planet trilogy with James Cameron: Freud, Shakespeare, and Robby the Robot
(Films/Science fiction films)

... planet Altair IV after an expedition went missing there years earlier. All the new expedition finds is a doctor (Dr. Morbius played by Walter Pidgeon), his daughter Altaira, and their loyal mechanical ...