As The Sci-Fi Christian’s resident unrepentant Trekkie, I’d be falling down on the job if I didn’t offer my two cents quatloos about CBS’ unveiling of the teaser trailer and logo for its new Star…
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono You’ve been waiting for Part 2 of our 2015 behind the scenes outtakes, and they have finally arrived!
Twenty-five years ago this week, Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) brought us “Reunion.” The episode was the next chapter in the series’ saga of Klingon honor and betrayal, shame and redemption that started in…
“Under the Lake” unapologetically stakes its claim in Doctor Who’s expansive territory of “base under siege” stories. It even ups the ante with a base, The Drum, that’s also under water and, by hour’s end,…
Now that’s more like it! “The Witch’s Familiar” foregoes the epic set pieces and over-the-top theatrics of last week’s “The Magician’s Apprentice” in favor of a clean, compelling plot full of gripping, character-driven drama. Julian…
Who is the apprentice of this episode’s title? Is it Bors—poor, Dalek-ified Bors—as one might think from the highly amusing prequel episode “The Doctor’s Meditation”? Is it Clara, as the Doctor’s current companion? Regardless of…
The “Mars One” mission is an ambitious (and already controversial) initiative to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars within the next decade. Citizen Mars, a digital series from Engadget and AOL that debuts September 1,…
It’s an old trivia question, but it sometimes still manages to trip people up: “Who played Frankenstein in the famous 1931 Universal movie?” The answer is Colin Clive. The incomparable Boris Karloff, whose name first…
“How do you like your Golden Age?” The trailer Syfy released last month at Comic-Con for its upcoming adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s novel Childhood’s End (1953) ends with that ominous-sounding question. Posed by the enigmatic,…
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is an unexpected addition to my summer reading list. I know I am late to this party. I noticed Susanna Clarke’s novel on bookstore shelves (remember those?) when it was…
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