Some of the top sci-fi and fantasy writers around were asked by Wired to write six-word short stories. Neil Gaiman was one of them and he highlights some of his favourites.
Year: 2006
Rullsenberg’s investigations uncover Primeval information
A nice bit of investigation by Ms Rullsenberg has unveiled some news about a forthcoming time travel series starring a certain Scottish actor. No, not that one. Primeval.
Medium’s back with a two-hour premiere
Clearly, since one hour is not enough, Medium needs to have a two-hour premiere to kick off its third season on November 15th.
Damn. I’ve a “the” left over from my blog title in that sentence. Must try harder.
Classic Who back on UK Gold (and SciFi)
Bit of a Who theme to the blog this week, but for UK fans of the classic/old series, it’s a good “set your video” weekend coming up. SciFi is showing the movie Doctor Who and The Daleks at 8.25pm (VIDEO Plus+: 86853041), which featured Peter Cushing as an alternative version of William Hartnell’s first Doctor; on Sunday, the TV movie is on UK Gold at 10.10am (VIDEO Plus+: 26553349) – that’s eighth Doctor Paul McGann’s only outing in the role on TV.
Repeats of the series proper kick off on Wednesday 1st in no particular order with Genesis of the Daleks (VIDEO Plus+: 3097401) from Tom Baker, the fourth Doctor, at 7.25am, Colony in Space (VIDEO Plus+: 72345520) at 7.20am on Saturday and Spearhead from Space (VIDEO Plus+: 98352394) on Sunday at 7am. The latter two are third Doctor stories, Spearhead being Pertwee’s first in the role.
Enjoy, assuming you’re in the UK, have access to UK Gold and haven’t already seen them. And you get up early or can be bothered to set the vid.
Review: I, Davros – Innocence
Once Big Finish get an idea into their collective noggin, they really like to mine it for all it’s worth. A while back (2003), Big Finish put out a few plays that delved into the motivations of famous Doctor Who villains: Omega, The Master and Davros. Davros proved popular enough that Big Finish went a bit deeper in Terror Firma and The Juggernauts.
Apparently, though, that wasn’t enough, because now we have a series of four plays, released under the monicker I, Davros, that will delve into Davros’ early life. Again.
The first, Innocence, is out now. Is it worth your hard-earned cash?