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Nostalgia Corner: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979-1981)

4 July 2013 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

When Doctor Who was at its peak, few shows could beat it in the ratings. Weirdly, Man from Atlantis was one such show – never underestimate the appeal of sensitive, semi-naked, wet, buff men – but more famously, it was another time-travelling, science-fiction superhero who’d been around for even longer than the Doctor who trounced him on Saturday nights at the end of the 70s.

Yes, the all-American Buck Rogers could defeat the best Britain had to offer. Happy Independence Day, everyone, and let’s head off to the 25th century after the first of its title sequences and the jump.

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Tuesday’s “The Doctor fights Moriarty, a Neil Gaiman Sandman prequel, and Michael Palin returns to acting” news

2 July 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

  • The Doctor to fight Moriarty with the help of Q and the Queen

Trailers

  • Trailer for the Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis with Carey Mulligan, John Goodman et al
  • Trailer for Ride Along with Kevin Hart and Ice Cube

Comics

  • Vertigo to launch six new titles this year, including a Sandman prequel by Neil Gaiman

UK TV

UK TV casting

US TV

US TV casting

New US TV show casting

  • Jenna Elfman replaces Parker Posey on NBC’s Growing Up Fisher

What TV’s on at the BFI in August 2013

25 June 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

It’s time for our regular look at the TV that the BFI is showing, this time in the month of August 2013. This month, the Doctor Who celebrations leap to the ninth Doctor – the eighth Doctor will see his own celebrations in September – with a showing of his last two episodes Bad Wolf and Parting of the Ways:

But there’s also a Patrick McGoohan season – when I’m on holiday, of course – as well as a preview of Cillian Murphy’s first major TV role, BBC2’s Peaky Blinders, and an ITV ‘Missing Believed Wiped’.

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Friday’s “ITV goes to the Edge of Heaven, and Robert Downey Jr returns for Avengers 2 and 3” news

21 June 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Film

Film casting

Trailers

  • Trailer for Evidence with Stephen Moyer
  • Trailer for Drinking Buddies, with Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick and Ron Livingston

Theatre

UK TV

US TV

  • Teaser for season 2 of Copper
  • Aaron Sorkin rewrote and reshot whole episodes of season 2 of The Newsroom

US TV casting

New US TV show casting