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The Art Of The Franchise Crossover

by Darren Burr
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The Art Of The Franchise Crossover

While there is little on this week’s shipping list that fills me with enthusiasm, this is by far made up for with the news that IDW are releasing another of their franchise crossovers. As a science fiction fan since a small child, then this is a landmark event. What are the two biggest names in science fiction? (And bear in mind that I am British as I ask this.)  One perpetuates an idealistic view of the future, where mankind can rise above its differences and work together in harmony, while the other promotes the heroism of the individual, the anti-establishment icon that can correct a society gone wrong. I speak Read more »

Write And Squire

by Darren Burr
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Write And Squire

I’m not sure about Knight & Squire. After reading the review from Newsarama, and how the writer Paul Cornell is ‘clearly reveling in the Britishness of it all’, my enthusiasm waned slightly. I had been really looking forward to this series but as for ‘reveling’, well, as a British guy I rather found the opening panels over-powering to say the least. Don’t get me wrong, Paul Cornell‘s writing is a treat, and this is no doubt a feast for anglophiles abroad, especially enhanced by the appearance of Ernie, The Fastest Milkman In The West. Read more »

1996 Doctor Who Movie Is Finally Arriving On DVD In America

by James Johnson
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1996 Doctor Who Movie Is Finally Arriving On DVD In America

Normally it wouldn’t take 14 years for a popular British TV movie to find it’s way stateside, but that’s exactly what happened with the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie on DVD when a rights dispute occurred between BBC, Fox and Universal Pictures, a rights battle that has finally come to an end. The TV movie stars Paul McGann as the 8th doctor, a performance that is considered decent by even some of the most hardcore Doctor Who fans. The DVD according to ToplessRobot will arrive in the next 12 months and there is word that it may even contain more “special edition” features than are currently available on the UK Read more »

Stay Clean With Dr. Who Bath Soap

by James Johnson
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Stay Clean With Dr. Who Bath Soap

Nothing screams “I’m a geek” more quickly than placing a bar of soap in your bathtub that’s shaped like the TARDIS from the popular sci-fi show Dr. Who. That statement holds especially true when the bar of soap is just so darn close in appearance to the actual TARDIS. Available at Geeky Clean for just $7 here’s a description of the TARDIS soap: Read more »