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Dollhouse’s Series Finale: “Epitaph Two: The Return,” Featuring Felicia Day

If you’ve been wondering when we’d see more of the post-apocalyptic world that Joss Whedon granted us a glimpse of in the unaired Dollhouse season one finale, “Epitaph One,” wonder no longer. Apparently the series finale — which, God willing, will air in January — is called “Epitaph Two: The Return,” and features Felicia Day’s…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Dec 2

On Heroes, Carnies and Cockteasing Combine into Cheese

Just when you thought Heroes might have a chance of getting good again, it comes back with an episode so bad that you’ll yearn for the days when Hiro time-traveled to feudal Japan. Can’t Sylar just die already? In “The Five Stages,” he can’t. Which is just one of its many, many problems as an…

Television Annalee Newitz Dec 1

It’s A Stargate Universe Alien Taste Test, In A New Clip

Check out a clip from this week’s new Stargate Universe — by the looks of it they’ve finally found something to eat. But is it any good? Simple solution: make the crazy guy eat it. Watch his reaction. This is the type of humor I really miss from this Stargate series, so I’m happy this…

Television Meredith Woerner Dec 1

Comcast Buying NBC From GE is a Done Deal

Comcast’s acquisition of NBC from GE is a done deal reports David Faber on CNBC. All that needs to be done is paper work at this point. The deal should be announced Thursday morning, says Faber. This is hardly a surprise. After yesterday’s news that GE would buy its NBC stake from Vivendi for $5.8…

Television The Business Insider Dec 1

Torchwood Will Return For A Proper Season, Not Just Another Miniseries

The television resurrection glove works! Not only will Torchwood return as we’d expected, but it’ll have a full 13 episodes, not another five-episode miniseries like “Children Of Earth,” John Barrowman announced. Fan-Art by Patrick Fillion. [NSFW link] [BlogtorWho]

Television Charlie Jane Anders Dec 1

Dead Zone Producers Team With King For Haven

Warehouse 13 may have met its quirky match; Syfy has given the go-ahead to the first season of Haven, a new show from the people behind The Dead Zone, adapting a Stephen King story about a town full of curses. The show is based on ideas from King’s Hard Case Crime novella The Colorado Kid,…

io9 Graeme McMillan Nov 30

The io9 Guide To December Science Fiction Awesomeness

December isn’t a quiet month for science fiction. There’s James Cameron’s long-awaited Avatar and Peter Jackson’s Lovely Bones, double Dollhouse helpings, and rare appearances by Stephen King, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman and Mary Doria Russell. Encompass your future! As always, you can download the whole thing as a printable PDF by clicking here. Research by…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Nov 30

Cameron Reveals All About Avatar Online

Dying to know more about the Na’Vi, Pandora’s future war or just why Sam Worthington keeps getting these plum roles? Now you can ask Avatar’s James Cameron, Worthington and Zoe Saldana yourself as part of a promotional webcast this Thursday. 20th Century Fox and MTV are teaming up for a live 30-minute webcast to promote…

io9 Graeme McMillan Nov 30

Little Girls Lost Rule This Week’s Television

With some shows off for the holidays already, this week’s televisual focus falls to two lost girls: Syfy’s reimagination of Lewis Carroll’s Alice, and the two-hour return of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse. Viva the gogglebox! Monday It’s the usual Monday evening decision between Fox’s House, wherein the West Wing’s Joshua Malina guests as a former patient…

io9 Graeme McMillan Nov 30

The Beginning Of The Year Means The End Of Who

To the surprise of no-one, the BBC has confirmed that part two of Doctor Who: The End of Time will air in the UK on January 1st, 2010. Assume that means US transmission will be January 2nd, then. [Digital Spy]

Television Graeme McMillan Nov 30

Is Superman Smallville’s Greatest Weakness?

With the first half of Smallville’s ninth season finished and the show off the air until February’s Justice Society two-parter, it’s time to look back at the season and admit it: The problem with the show is Superman himself. We’re not going to argue that this season has been great – Or, at times, even…

io9 Graeme McMillan Nov 28

OMFG: They’ve Made Real Lightsabers (Kinda)

An upcoming television show explains why real life lightsabers are a physical impossibility, before building the next best thing. It’s like Mythbusters but, surprisingly, made with even more awesome. According to Variety, the show, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible, will feature Dr. Michio Kaku looking at the reality behind Star Wars’ favored weapon of…

io9 Graeme McMillan Nov 28

Say Hello To Smallville’s Veteran Superheroes

The first official pics of the Justice Society from Smallville have been released, and while the costumes are certainly faithful to the comic books, we’re worried that they’re kinda… well, ridiculous-looking. Click through to judge for yourself. Weirdly enough, it’s not Doctor Fate or Hawkman that give us the most pause – Although there’s something…

io9 Graeme McMillan Nov 27

5 Lessons We Hope RTD’s Learned From His Past Doctor Who Epics

If history is anything to go by, Russell T. Davies will try to top all his previous gonzo conclusions with his final Doctor Who, “The End Of Time.” Is it too much to hope he’s learned from his past mistakes? Though there’s absolutely no denying Davies has successfully forged a massive popular (and, to a…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Nov 27

Why The World Needs A New Space: 1999

Battlestar Galactica, The Prisoner, Knight Rider, V — all these classic (and not so classic) shows have received 21st century updates. So it’s really high time that the cheesiest, strangest, most metaphysical space opera of them all returned: Space: 1999! For those previously unaware of this televisual masterwork, Martin Landau is John Koenig, commander of…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Nov 27

The Truth Behind Ditch The Tech

Wondering how the DitchTheTech ARG will tie in with Dollhouse’s final episodes? It won’t. Turns out the whole ARG isn’t officially connected to Dollhouse at all, but instead an impressive piece of fan activism. So, no apocalyptic finale? Shame. [Whedonesque] https://gizmodo.com/dollhouses-viral-marketing-brings-the-apocalypse-ever-c-5401502

io9 Graeme McMillan Nov 27

Captain Kirk And Batman Team Up In Ancient Greece

It’s the pilot that brought William Shatner and Adam West together in the early 1960s for some manly Greek historical action. Click through to watch Alexander The Great, the show that could’ve destroyed Star Trek and Batman. Thank Mark Waid’s podcast for the heads-up about this failed pilot starring a pre-Trek Shatner and pre-Batman West.…

io9 Graeme McMillan Nov 27

Fox Sets New Target For Success

Fox is obviously feeling confident about their adaptation of DC’s Human Target; the network isn’t just giving the series a high-profile premiere slot, but it’s also aiming to make sure American Idol fans stick around to watch it afterwards. Fox announced on Wednesday that Human Target – starring Fringe’s Mark Valley as Christopher Chance, a…

Television Graeme McMillan Nov 27

Six Things I’m Thankful For In Science Fiction

Science-fiction fans sometimes focus too much on the negative, in a world where remakes run rampant and Sarah Connor Chronicles dies so that Til Death might live. But here are six things I’m thankful for in science fiction right now. This is just my own personal list of what I’m thankful for — feel free…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Nov 26

Doctor Who’s New Artistic Direction And A Look At Dollhouse’s Returning Alpha

Gobble up some Turkey Day spoilers as we learn the identity of Doctor Who‘s artsy guest star and get a gander at Alpha’s dashing new suit on Dollhouse. Plus Thor, Chuck, Smallville, Fringe Green Lantern, Heroes, and more! Doctor Who: In an interview with Bullz-Eye.com to promote Pirate Radio, fifth series writer Richard Curtis revealed…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Nov 26

Dollhouse’s Series Finale: “Epitaph Two: The Return,” Featuring Felicia Day

On Heroes, Carnies and Cockteasing Combine into Cheese

It’s A Stargate Universe Alien Taste Test, In A New Clip

Comcast Buying NBC From GE is a Done Deal

Torchwood Will Return For A Proper Season, Not Just Another Miniseries

Dead Zone Producers Team With King For Haven

The io9 Guide To December Science Fiction Awesomeness

Cameron Reveals All About Avatar Online

Little Girls Lost Rule This Week’s Television

The Beginning Of The Year Means The End Of Who

Is Superman Smallville’s Greatest Weakness?

OMFG: They’ve Made Real Lightsabers (Kinda)

Say Hello To Smallville’s Veteran Superheroes

5 Lessons We Hope RTD’s Learned From His Past Doctor Who Epics

Why The World Needs A New Space: 1999

The Truth Behind Ditch The Tech

Captain Kirk And Batman Team Up In Ancient Greece

Fox Sets New Target For Success

Six Things I’m Thankful For In Science Fiction

Doctor Who’s New Artistic Direction And A Look At Dollhouse’s Returning Alpha

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