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Adult Star Wars TV series to be called Star Wars: Underworld

: 18 January 2012; John Howell

Star Wars producer Rick McCallum spoke to IGN recently about the long in development live action (real actors!) Star Wars TV series, revealing a new title, plot details and production problems. The new series will be called Star Wars: Underworld ...

Red Dwarf returns for Season 10

: 13 January 2012; John Howell

The science fiction TV comedy Red Dwarf starring the irrepressible Dave Lister (Craig Charles), Arnold Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Kryten (Robert Llewellyn), and the Cat (Danny John-Jules), is back for Season 10 with 6 new episodes in ...

Complete Doctor Who Season Six hits blu-ray

: 04 December 2011; John Howell

While we wait for the new Doctor Who movie to arrive, it's time to experience Matt Smith’s Doctor Who: The Complete Sixth Series in high definition blu-ray. Matt Smith has grown into the role of the long lived, eccentric Time Lord this season, ...

I want everyone to be eaten by dinosaurs

: 19 October 2011; John Howell

After watching the pilot to Fox’s ambitious TV time travelling dinosaur fest called Terra Nova, I am praying that when I watch the next episode the entire cast gets eaten by dinosaurs (in fact, that hope is the only reason I’ll be able to ...

Kiefer Sutherland investigates psychic powers in Touch

: 10 October 2011; John Howell

Kiefer Sutherland, best known for the hit TV show 24 - along with excellent feature film roles like Flatliners and Dark City - returns to science fiction territory once more with a new psychic powers TV show called Touch. From the ...

Parallel lives in Awake

: 09 September 2011; John Howell

How does this sound as a TV show premise? Police detective Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs) regains consciousness following a car accident involving his wife Hannah (Laura Allen) and his son Rex (Dylan Minnette). After the accident, Michael keeps ...

Futurama renewed for a seventh season.

: 09 September 2011; John Howell

Good news everyone, the animated comedy science fiction TV show Futurama has been renewed for a seventh season. After being revived in 2008 after a five year absence, the sixth season of Futurama has been such a hit that Comedy Central has already ...

Ricky Gervais to explore the afterlife

: 09 September 2011; John Howell

Personally I can’t get enough of Ricky Gervais, from The Office, Extras, An Idiot Abroad, his podcasts with Karl Pillkington and Steven Merchant, or just reading his blog, the man is a comic genius (Karl Pilkington and Stephen Merchant are ...

America killed Torchwood

: 22 August 2011; John Howell

I’ve now watched more than half of the new US Torchwood: Miracle Day, a joint Starz and BBC production, and it’s clear that Torchwood’s fourth season is now officially dead on arrival in the US - which is ironic given that the season’s ...

Doctor Who Season 6 Part 1 DVD/ Blu-ray released

: 29 July 2011; John Howell

Doctor Who: Series 6 Part 1, the first half of Doctor Who’s sixth season with the excellent Matt Smith, was released on Blu-ray and DVD 19 July. The two disc box set contains the first 7 episodes, including the sensational opening episode, The ...