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How To Tell When The Fans Are Killing Science Fiction

Science fiction fans are like the bacteria in your stomach: most of the time, they help to keep you healthy. But when the pH balance goes wrong, and the bacteria start running the show, they can make you sick. We’ve expressed our view that Star Trek deserves euthanasia partly because it inevitably caters too much…

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Torchwood’s Captain Jack Runs Away To Join The Circus

John Barrowman may desert Torchwood for the Greatest Show on Earth. Barrowman, who plays Captain Jack Harkness in the Doctor Who spin-off, is in talks to take the lead role in a revival of the musical Barnum towards the end of next year, providing scheduling can be worked out around his roles in both Torchwood…

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How To Create The Most Boring Villains In The Universe

Now that we know volume three of Heroes will be called “Villains,” it’s not too soon to start bracing ourselves for the worst. After all, that show hasn’t had the greatest track record in creating and sustaining villains so far. There’s no surefire way to make a villain scary and memorable. But there are some…

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Torchwood May Actually Be Growing Up

Here’s yet another super-disturbing clip from Torchwood, which seems to be dipping into horror more and more. Two new episodes of Torchwood aired Wednesday night in the U.K., and they were both way above average, leading us to hope that the “grown-up” Doctor Who spinoff might actually be growing up. Click through for spoilers and…

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The Most Confusing Doctor Who Era, Explained

Ever wanted to know what was really going on during the final seasons of time-travel show Doctor Who’s original run? When it got all mystifying, with the darkly significant Victorian chambermaids and hints about the Doctor’s secret past? Now you can ask Sylvester McCoy, who starred in those episodes, and Andrew Cartmel, who was in…

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A New Glimpse Of Doctor Who Season Four

A new trailer for Doctor Who season four has been showing in British movie theaters, and now some blurry cameraphone copies have turned up online. We have the least eye-abusing of these, plus some crazy-but-maybe-true Doctor Who rumors. We also have some new Lost spoilers, and a first look at the latest addition to the…

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Which Hero Would You Like To See In Hot Self-On-Self Action?

NiceKirk shares a tender moment with MeanKirk, who’s worn extra eyeliner just for the occasion, in this clip from the Star Trek episode “The Enemy Within.” You just know they stopped by Kirk’s quarters for some nookie on their way to get merged back into one person. But what if Roger Korby’s robot Kirk, and…

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Doctor Who And Torchwood May Interbreed

Now that the raunchy Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood is appearing in edited-kid-friendly repeats in the UK, there’s a much greater chance the two BBC shows will cross over. Creator Russell T. Davies says he’s just waiting for a good enough story to link the two time-travel series. Davies tells the UK’s Doctor Who Magazine : We’re…

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Get Ready For James Cameron’s Space War

We have a brand new plot description for James Cameron’s long-awaited Avatar, for your spoilery pleasure. And we also have a blurry glimpse of the filming of Star Trek, if you want to risk eyestrain for the sake of the Federation. We also have exciting spoilers for Star Wars: Legacy, Doctor Who, Lost and Stargate:…

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Spot the Scifi Cliche! A Drinking Game

Click to viewIf only there was some way to evaluate the goodness or badness of science fiction, according to an objective scale. It would put an end to all fannish arguments, not to mention that whole “varying tastes” thing. Luckily, we’ve got the very thing, just in time for the weekend. And to increase its…

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The Greatest Scifi Dance Routines Of All Time

What is Raquel Welch doing in that weird bikini, next to those alien objects? Who are those shiny men lifting their legs in salute to her? We’ll probably never know, but it doesn’t matter. Her dance number fits into a long, proud tradition of science fictional dance routines, from Star Trek to Buck Rogers to…

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Cate Blanchett Wants An Indiana Jones-Kebab

Cate Blanchett has totally evil hair as a Russian agent in the new Indiana Jones movie. Can Indy hold his own against Queen Elizabeth? Will her vicious wig block her peripheral vision and give him an advantage? Find out for yourself, below the fold. We also have the first details about season five of Stargate:…

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Download Doctor Who Audio Plays from Big Finish

Wanting to visit the Doctor while on the way to work? Then look no further than Big Finish’s Doctor Who digital download service. The British company, who’ve been releasing monthly audio plays starring previous Doctors on CD since 1999, are embracing MP3s as a way to supply nostalgia to fans while also getting around poor…

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What’s The Most Overrated Recent TV Show?

To hear people talk, we’re living in a golden age for science fiction on television. The genre has never been so arty and grown-up, with real actors and stuff. Silver lame’ jumpsuits are confined to American Apparel where they belong. But maybe some recent shows are just coasting unfairly on this wave of critical acclaim.…

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Ride Around In Your Own Criminal-Built Dalek

The Australian government might have come up with the most brilliant prison plan ever: use hardened criminals to churn out replicas of science fiction props, and then sell them on eBay. Sadly, they aren’t using the money to fund the development of robot prison guards — all proceeds are going to charity. The fools. Why…

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Doctor Who’s Producer Won’t Listen To The Fans

The best Doctor Who spinoff, the kid-oriented Sarah Jane Adventures, will air on the Sci Fi Channel starting in April, producer Russell T. Davies revealed. He also explained why he insisted that Doctor Who must be the only BBC show without a message board on its official site: he doesn’t want to hear from the…

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Who’s The Tallest Giant Monster?

Now that the Cloverfield monster has won a place in the giant-monster canon, everybody wants to know how he’d do in a fight against Godzilla. The answer: he’d have a chance against the original 1954 Godzilla, but none whatsoever against the newer, twice-as-tall version. See how Cloverfieldy stacks up to other giant monsters in the…

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Doctor Who’s Spinoff Doubles In Size

The Sarah Jane Adventures, the Doctor Who spin-off for kids, will be back soon, actress Lis Sladen told SFX. Not only that, but it’ll have twice as many half-hour episodes as last year: 24, instead of just 12. Sladen also dropped some hints about the next season of Doctor Who. Spoilers ahead! https://gizmodo.com/in-doctor-who-universe-milfs-are-hotter-than-bisexual-349189 Sladen confirmed…

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New Pics From Will Smith’s Hancock

A couple of new pics from Will Smith’s Hancock have turned up, showing off his superhero outfit. (Which we featured months ago.) We also have some major new hints about X-Files 2, and more incredibly, massively detailed Lost spoilers. https://gizmodo.com/will-smiths-cant-miss-formula-for-blockbuster-movies-330985 Here are those new Will Smith pics, courtesy of Rope of Silicon: SpoilersLost has tons…

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In Doctor Who Universe, MILFs are Hotter Than Bisexual Studs

Tomorrow night sees the start of Torchwood’s second season on BBC America. But the U.S. hasn’t yet gotten the best spin-off from the BBC’s Doctor Who: the Sarah Jane Adventures. Even though Torchwood is (supposedly) aimed at adults and Sarah Jane is for kids, the kiddie show is actually way more fun and brilliant. Click…

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How To Tell When The Fans Are Killing Science Fiction

Torchwood’s Captain Jack Runs Away To Join The Circus

How To Create The Most Boring Villains In The Universe

Torchwood May Actually Be Growing Up

The Most Confusing Doctor Who Era, Explained

A New Glimpse Of Doctor Who Season Four

Which Hero Would You Like To See In Hot Self-On-Self Action?

Doctor Who And Torchwood May Interbreed

Get Ready For James Cameron’s Space War

Spot the Scifi Cliche! A Drinking Game

The Greatest Scifi Dance Routines Of All Time

Cate Blanchett Wants An Indiana Jones-Kebab

Download Doctor Who Audio Plays from Big Finish

What’s The Most Overrated Recent TV Show?

Ride Around In Your Own Criminal-Built Dalek

Doctor Who’s Producer Won’t Listen To The Fans

Who’s The Tallest Giant Monster?

Doctor Who’s Spinoff Doubles In Size

New Pics From Will Smith’s Hancock

In Doctor Who Universe, MILFs are Hotter Than Bisexual Studs

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