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“Sanctuary” cancelled – a nerdy lament.

I’m not sure if you ever watched it, but if you’re as much of a SyFy-watching nerd as I am you’ll probably be a little sad to hear that their Amanda Tapping-fronted SF/Fantasy drama “Sanctuary” has tracked its last abnormal … Continue reading

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First footage of “Elementary” online…

I’ve written previously about CBS’ upcoming contemporary “Sherlock Holmes“ update “Elementary”, chiefly in reference to Steven Moffat‘s misgivings about it. By all accounts, approaches were made to Moffat and the team making the BBC update about working on a similar … Continue reading

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LEGOFly

Vote for this LEGO “Firefly“/“Serenity“ project over at the LEGO CUUSOO site.  I need hardly tell you how much awesome this idea contains…

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“A Game of Thrones” – Metallic K.O.

Over at A Metal State of Mind, atleastimhousebroken, sterling writer, metalhead and fan of George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice & Fire” series has penned a series of posts matching characters from the epic fantasy saga to apropos metal … Continue reading

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“Game of Thrones” theme goes Metal.

Via our dear friends at the UK’s most heavily metallic publication, Metal Hammer, comes a link to a none-more-metal cover version of the theme song to “A Game of Thrones” (AKA, that show that I know I’ll love and still … Continue reading

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Federation Force

Splendidly nifty TrekArt by Dylan Meconis, whose ‘Heroine of the Hour’ blog is here – originally found at the always awesome SuperPunch compendium of joy…

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Assimilate this!

I read this story over at The Mary Sue today and did a momentary “WTF?” after finishing it – former NASA scientist disses “Star Trek”. Bear in mind that I’m not the biggest Trekker in the world – when I … Continue reading

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New “Who” trailer is Spaghetti Cyborg cornucopia

It escaped online mere minutes after being shown at this weekend’s first official “Doctor Who” convention, with all of the grungy cam-vision goodness that you might expect it to have.  Now, by the grace of the Crooked Warden, you can … Continue reading

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Jenna-Louise Coleman gets key to the TARDIS

Oh, that Moffat. Leave it to him to wrong-foot fans and professional observers alike by casting British actress Jenna-Louise Coleman as Matt Smith’s new TARDIS flatmate and not the much gossiped-about Sophia Myles. She’s familiar to fans of British soap … Continue reading

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Sophia Myles – is she The Doctor’s new companion?

Bleeding Cool’s detectives have gone digging and put together compelling evidence that Sophia Myles – she of awesome Lady Pompadour guest appearance in Tennant-era classic “Doctor Who” episode, ‘The Girl In The Fireplace’ – could be the next person to … Continue reading

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