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Comic Con Best of the Floor: Abin Sur’s corpse, Inception’s dream machine and more!

We waded through the masses to pick out the greatest hits from Comic Con’s exhibition hall. Check out our gallery, including video that lets you step into one of our favorite booths. [Photos via Caitlin Petrakovitz]

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 22

Ask Peter Wingfield your Highlander questions — and win a Katana!

There can be only one fan-favorite character from the Highlander TV series: Methos, played by Peter Wingfield. And now you can ask Wingfield your burning Highlander questions — and win Highlander on Blu-ray, or a replica of Duncan MacLeod’s katana! It’s pretty simple: Post your questions for Wingfield in the comments below. And then, in…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 21

A new Dollhouse comic book, starring Felicia Day!

Joss Whedon always swore he’d never do a Dollhouse comic book, but looks like we’ll get one after all. “Epitaphs” tells the story of how some key characters survived the brainpocalypse. It’ll be bundled with the season two DVDs. Here’s the official synopsis for the comic book: Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, joined by longtime…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 21

Is FlashForward getting a new future on Starz?

Flashorward may have been canceled, but that doesn’t mean this show is dead… yet. A devoted army of fans won’t let it die, and they’re reporting that Starz is interested in bringing it back on their cable channel. SAVE FLASHFORWARD!, a show fan page on Facebook, hellbent on bringing back the TV series, has done…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 21

All the problems with late-1970s Doctor Who, in one short video!

Check out this hilarious clip, showcasing just what was wrong with the Doctor Who story “The Horns Of Nimon.” The new DVDs for “Nimon” and four other not-so-classic stories offer a blunt dissection of what went wrong. So if you asked Doctor Who fans to name their favorite stories, I doubt “Underworld,” “The Horns Of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 20

Sonic screwdrivers, Star Trek posters, Firefly statues: tons of awesome new collectibles!

Quantum Mechanix, maker of some of our favorite collectibles, has raised its game for Comic Con. Not only are they putting out more great Firefly and BSG schwag, they’re also launching Doctor Who and Warehouse 13 lines. Update: Gallery fixed! We’re stoked to present a first look at these new toys and collectibles, many of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 20

True Blood just vampire texted to say it loves you, motherfucker

Curious about vampire texting habits? Of course you are. Watch Franklin speed text, Tara get smacked down by an actual wolf, sticky vampire burn face, and how to talk Cheetah all in one ridiculously over-stuffed episode of True Blood. Wow, so that was a whole lot of nothing dotted by highlights of adorable Franklin Mott…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 19

It’s zombies, tanks, and Frank Darabont in the first on-set footage of The Walking Dead

The first on-location video of The Walking Dead set has hit the web, and we’re pumped. Pilot director Frank Darabont is pumped too — at one point he opines, “I’d like to do 20 years of zombie TV!” MTV recently visited the set of AMC’s adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s comic. What did they see? Throngs…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 19

The Gates stars: The “Desperate Housewives with Vampires” thing hurt the show

When ABC’s The Gates premiered, the early marketing made it look like Desperate Housewives, only with vampires. But as yesterday’s episode showed, the series is actually going in a darker direction. We talked to stars Frank Grillo and Marisol Nichols. The early promos for The Gates foregrounded Rhona Mitra’s bored suburban housewife character, who’s also…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 19

Every bad guy from Doctor Who, conveniently presented as an infographic

Need to know how many Doctor Who episodes the Yeti appeared in? The Guardian has created a comprehensive, interactive infographic detailing all the show’s villain from the obvious (the Daleks) to the more obscure (the Celestial Toymaker!). In addition to the infographic by xxnapoleonsolo , The Guardian has put together a handy spreadsheet cataloging villains’…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 19

Doctor Who ends and Being Human begins! Plus your first clip of Wil Wheaton on Eureka!

Television has not deserted you. This very week, Doctor Who delivers a crackerjack finale, Being Human comes back, and Wil Wheaton comes to Eureka. And we have clips below! Also, witness the first meeting of Alyson Hannigan and Seth Green! Today: It’s pretty thin on the ground on Monday, once again, but there are a…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 19

There’s still 12 minutes of new Lost left to see, starring Ben Linus and Hurley!

You thought you were at last finished with Lost…but Lost isn’t yet done with you. The upcoming sixth season and complete series DVDs will feature an all-new, 12 minute vignette featuring Ben and Hurley. And yes, it will answer questions! Michael Emerson and Jorge Garcia are both reprising their roles for the DVD extra, which…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 18

How I learned to love the Doctor’s dashing lady-friend, River Song

The central enigma of Doctor Who’s very first episode wasn’t the Doctor himself — it was a 15-year-old girl. So Steven Moffat was returning the show to its roots when he introduced the mysterious River Song. Here’s why she’s awesome. Oh, and (in a River Song voice), “Spoilers…” It’s really hard to recap the first…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 17

Play the original Doctor Who theme using just a guitar and effects pedals

Sound geek Bill Ruppert has created this terrific how-to video that shows how to use Electro-Harmonix effects pedals and just one guitar to make the Doctor Who score, originally created in the BBC Radiophonics workshop.

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 17

Eureka reveals the wonderful (and the terrible) of its brave new world

Last night’s Eureka delivered on the huge promise of the previous episode, exploring the repercussions of our heroes’ time-traveling by showing us an alternate timeline that’s equal parts better, worse, and just plain different than the one they left behind. It’s clear that this season’s alternate timeline arc needs three episodes to do the requisite…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Jul 17

With Sunday’s episode, The Gates turns the corner

We’ve had an advance look at Sunday’s episode of ABC’s The Gates, and it’s a major turning point for the series. The show goes in a much darker direction, and the characters actually start to grab our interest. We sort of dismissed The Gates as “Desperate Housewives with vampires” when it started, but Sunday’s new…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 16

Is “avoiding tropes” the same thing as telling fresh stories?

Often, it seems the highest praise you can give a story is to say it avoids a common trope. And thanks to the Internet, everyone, including creators, is hyper-aware of this. But do we cherish trope-avoidance, instead of fresh storytelling? I was thinking about this the other day, when I was writing a recap of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 16

Futurama reveals the real, real truth about Leonardo da Vinci

Last night’s Futurama was short on laughs but big on ideas and wonder, weaving a Leonardo-themed conspiracy that featured rat-powered robots, 16th century spaceships, the smartest planet in the universe, and so, so many clockwork gizmos. There’s something a bit…off about “The Duh Vinci Code.” I’m not sure if it was the pacing was just…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 16

First full cast picture from AMC’s The Walking Dead

Here it is: the entire cast of AMC’s The Walking Dead. It’s pretty spot-on fantastic — even the colors make the world seem like it’s in black-and-white, similar to the comic book. Plus check out pages from the new issue. So what do you think? I wonder if this gray haze that seems to be…

Television Meredith Woerner Jul 15

What you can’t miss at Comic Con 2010

Starting to feel a little overwhelmed by the mighty mountain of coolness at this year v10_medium” alt=”What you can’t miss at Comic Con 2010″ title=”What you can’t miss at Comic Con 2010″ /> Wednesday Preview Night starts at 3:00 p.m. in the mighty San Diego Convention Center. If your pass allows you to enter, it’s…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 14

Comic Con Best of the Floor: Abin Sur’s corpse, Inception’s dream machine and more!

Ask Peter Wingfield your Highlander questions — and win a Katana!

A new Dollhouse comic book, starring Felicia Day!

Is FlashForward getting a new future on Starz?

All the problems with late-1970s Doctor Who, in one short video!

Sonic screwdrivers, Star Trek posters, Firefly statues: tons of awesome new collectibles!

True Blood just vampire texted to say it loves you, motherfucker

It’s zombies, tanks, and Frank Darabont in the first on-set footage of The Walking Dead

The Gates stars: The “Desperate Housewives with Vampires” thing hurt the show

Every bad guy from Doctor Who, conveniently presented as an infographic

Doctor Who ends and Being Human begins! Plus your first clip of Wil Wheaton on Eureka!

There’s still 12 minutes of new Lost left to see, starring Ben Linus and Hurley!

How I learned to love the Doctor’s dashing lady-friend, River Song

Play the original Doctor Who theme using just a guitar and effects pedals

Eureka reveals the wonderful (and the terrible) of its brave new world

With Sunday’s episode, The Gates turns the corner

Is “avoiding tropes” the same thing as telling fresh stories?

Futurama reveals the real, real truth about Leonardo da Vinci

First full cast picture from AMC’s The Walking Dead

What you can’t miss at Comic Con 2010

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