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BSG’s Writers Talk Explosions, Resolutions In DVD Extra Clip

Here’s an exclusive clip from the Battlestar Galactica 4.0 DVD special features. David Eick explains the show’s thrills-and-suspense approach, while Mark Verheiden says the show’s ending takes a left turn. More clips below. Helo speaks: The bittersweet final season: Katee Sackhoff loves Starbuck: The political thing:

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jan 5

Pilot Script Packed with Holo-Jackoff Jokes

We got to know Charlie Day’s crew of holo-deck abusing, baby dick robots, via a leaked Boldly Going Nowhere script. It’s spot-on manic humor set in space, that would make Futurama’s writers blush. Spoilers ahead. A fan posted the script to BGN’s first episode, and we think it’s genuine. It definitely has the same dickish,…

Television Meredith Woerner Jan 5

When Did Doctor Who Start To Go Downhill?

Admit it: You think the BBC’s Doctor Who isn’t quite as good as it was when your age was in single digits. Here’s your chance to tell us just when it went wrong. Yes, this poll is slightly tongue-in-cheek, but I’ve also tried to isolate a bunch of moments where the show’s format changed significantly…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jan 5

Clips From The Series Finale Of Stargate Atlantis

Television comes back after its long holiday nap, with the final Stargate Atlantis. We’ve got clips from the series finale to say goodbye Sheppard, Ronon, and sweet McKay… we’ll miss you most of all. https://gizmodo.com/the-great-rodney-mckay-says-goodbye-to-stargate-atlanti-5108921 To celebrate the final passing of SGA the Sci Fi Channel is running a week long marathon. Monday: The Stargate…

Television Meredith Woerner Jan 5

Battlestarbook Tells The Tale Of BSG, Facebook-Style

ZOMG, did you see what Starbuck changed her status to? Oh and I’m sick of Apollo’s self righteous notes. Wanna know how Battlestar Galactica would read if it was told via Facebook? Check it out. It’s only a matter of time until all great stories are told through Facebook status updates, wall commentary and relationship…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jan 5

Why This Doctor Disappoints

Now that the dust has started to settle on the news that Matt Smith will be the new Doctor Who, I have to ask: Am I the only one who feels a little… well, cheated? https://gizmodo.com/and-the-new-doctor-is-5122734 It’s not an age thing, I should point out. Although, yes, 26 seems a little young to me to…

Television Graeme McMillan Jan 4

The Future Of Battlestar’s Past Won’t Be Spacebound

Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica isn’t going to be an action adventure show, nor will it have any space scenes, according to creator Ron Moore. But does that mean that it’s going to be… *gulp* boring? Of course not. Moore spilled the beans on what the Sci Fi Channel’s new show – due 2010 – will…

Television Graeme McMillan Jan 4

Make a Cat Feeder Out of Your Old VCR

Our pals over at the superlative MAKE: magazine have finally launched their public television show, which celebrates the spirit of mad science by profiling weird inventions you can create in your own home. One of my favorite MAKE: projects has always been this VCR cat feeder, which I first heard about several years ago when…

Television Annalee Newitz Jan 3

Clone Wars Makes Pirating Look Like Viable Career Opportunity

Space pirates, shady dealings and a rescue from the clutches of bad guys – It can only be the return of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, with another episode that thrills and impresses… surprisingly. Let’s ignore, for a moment, a plot filled with Star Wars traditions (The hero is captured by the bad guys and…

Television Graeme McMillan Jan 3

And The New Doctor Is…

The BBC has announced the name of the actor who’ll take over the lead role in Doctor Who next year, following David Tennant’s departure this year. Let’s just say that it’s not who we expected. 26 year-old Matt Smith will be the eleventh Doctor, starting in 2010’s fifth season along with new executive producers Steven…

Television Graeme McMillan Jan 3

Lost’s Time Traveling To Flash Further This Year

They might have been playing it cool until now, but apparently the upcoming season premiere of Lost is about to blow everyone’s mind with time-travel weirdness. It’s more than just flash-forwards and -backs, apparently. Spoilers! According to those who have seen the first episode of the show’s fifth season, the full scope of the show’s…

Television Graeme McMillan Jan 3

Beware Twinkle, The Destroyer Of Cities!

No city can withstand the rampage of Twinkle, the giant kitten, in this scene from the “Kitten Kong” episode of British comedy classic The Goodies. Science+cuteness… is there anything they can’t destroy?

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jan 2

The British SF Crossover You’ve Been Waiting For!

The two big bass drums that dominated British science fiction in the 1970s-early 1980s have teamed up at last. Okay, so the Tom Baker/Brian Blessed encounter is only for a cellphone ad. But still. The two deep-voiced shouters of scifi are dueling at last, in an ad for Talk Talk, some British phone service. Admit…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jan 2

Films That Have Found Their Way into the Twilight Zone

Didn’t get your full The Twilight Zone fix from the New Year’s marathon? Here are films that draw their inspiration from episodes of the show, and try to recapture Rod Serling’s sense of the unknown. In addition to inspiring numerous TV episodes (including the original Star Trek pilot “The Cage,” which is based on the…

Movies Lauren Davis Jan 2

New Doctor Who Actor Named Tomorrow

According to news reports, we’ll finally learn who’s stepping into the dapper threads of David Tennant as the star of the BBC’s time-traveling action-soap-dramedy Doctor Who tomorrow. Whoever it is will take over early in 2010, after the last of the four one-off specials Tennant is starring in. So today is your last chance for…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jan 2

Battlestar Galactica Ends With Ultimate Mind-Frak?

So far, all you’ve heard about Battlestar Galactica’s final episode has been bloodshed and despair – but after all that, there may be an even weirder coda. Mega-spoilers! The other day, we cast doubt on SyFy Portal’s report that the planet the Galactica crew found in the mid-season finale was “Earth,” but the survivors of…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jan 2

Are There Transatlantic Phone Lines On Mars?

Is it the beginning of the time-traveling team-up that we’ve always dreamt about? The original bad-ass Life On Mars cop getting a phone call from his American LOM counterpart? Sadly, that’s not exactly what happened. DCI Gene Hunt himself, Philip Glenister, spilled the beans on this previously unknown TransAtlantic collaboration: A friend working on set…

Television Graeme McMillan Jan 2

The io9 Guide To Everything Science Fictional In January

What will you be doing in 2009? The io9 calendar has the answer — at least for January. Here’s a handy guide to movies, DVDs, TV, books, conventions and book-signings next month. PDF below. Once again, the PDF version has hyperlinks to Amazon and convention homepages. You can download it here. Research by Katharine Duckett.…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Dec 31

“Mystique and Me” Schools You In Childcare For Shape-Shifters

What would life be like if now-pregnant Rebecca Romijn was actually her X-Men chracter, Mystique, in real life, and pregnant with Jerry O’Connell’s human seed? I smell a sitcom — check out the video. “Mystique is Pregnant” featuring Jerry O’Connell and Rebecca Romijn by Jerry Minor Since Romijn is actually pregnant with O’Connell’s demon seed…

Television Meredith Woerner Dec 31

Is There More Red Dwarf On The Way?

Exactly what should we be expecting from next year’s new episodes of Red Dwarf? And are they just the start of a more permanent return for the British space-comedy? Craig Charles is hinting about both. Talking to Digital Spy, Charles seemed to be enjoying his return to the 1980s sitcom: I’m really looking forward to…

Television Graeme McMillan Dec 31

BSG’s Writers Talk Explosions, Resolutions In DVD Extra Clip

Pilot Script Packed with Holo-Jackoff Jokes

When Did Doctor Who Start To Go Downhill?

Clips From The Series Finale Of Stargate Atlantis

Battlestarbook Tells The Tale Of BSG, Facebook-Style

Why This Doctor Disappoints

The Future Of Battlestar’s Past Won’t Be Spacebound

Make a Cat Feeder Out of Your Old VCR

Clone Wars Makes Pirating Look Like Viable Career Opportunity

And The New Doctor Is…

Lost’s Time Traveling To Flash Further This Year

Beware Twinkle, The Destroyer Of Cities!

The British SF Crossover You’ve Been Waiting For!

Films That Have Found Their Way into the Twilight Zone

New Doctor Who Actor Named Tomorrow

Battlestar Galactica Ends With Ultimate Mind-Frak?

Are There Transatlantic Phone Lines On Mars?

The io9 Guide To Everything Science Fictional In January

“Mystique and Me” Schools You In Childcare For Shape-Shifters

Is There More Red Dwarf On The Way?

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