This post contains spoilers for the first episode of season 7 of the new Doctor Who. If you’ve not seen Asylum of the Daleks then you may wish to look at these Carcassonne cupcakes instead. The spoilers impact the first few minutes of the show.
BBC deny that Matt Smith is quitting Doctor Who
The British newspaper The Mirror ran a large story claiming that Matt Smith had quit his role as the Doctor in Doctor Who. His contract expires at the end of 2013, despite this, The Mirror used comments Smith made to Empire magazine to justify their claim. In Empire, Matt Smith had said; “I don’t think […]
Doctor Who: Pond Life, part 5
The last in the mini web series, Pond Life, is out. It’s the longest yet – breaking the dreaded 90 second mark and coming in at an amazing 1:34. This is also the Pond Life that sets the scene for Asylum of the Daleks by bringing us up to date with how well Amy and […]
Doctor Who: Pond Life, part 4
Part Four of Pond Life is out. This is the longest of the mini episodes from the web series yet. That’s to say it’s nearly 90 seconds, including intro and outro, and clocks in at 1m27. We were told that Pond Life would show us Amy and Rory trying to live their life after getting […]
Archenemy and Hero trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek8SIgzTj_g Archenemy and Hero (Maouyuu Maou Yuusha) is a TV anime series based on the fantasy adventure novels from Touno Mamare. This trailer simply oozes fantasy. It’s directed by Takeo Takahashi (Spice and Wolf) with scripts overseen by Naruhisa Arakawa (who also worked on Spice and Wolf). It’s set in a realm where humanity is […]
LARP love story: Foam Fighters
Foam Fighters is a love story set around a LARP group. Mark gets dragged into his first ever LARP where he meets Gwen. The problem? Gwen’s with a rival faction. Foam Fighters have a blog for fans which lets us keep up to date with the production. This is pretty fun because they’re doing this […]
Doctor Who posters appear online early
There are minor spoilers for the spoiler shy here. The names of the first couple of season 7 episodes are already known. They’re not a secret. We kick off with Asylum of the Daleks and after that we’ll see Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, A Town Called Mercy, The Power of Three and The Angels Take […]
What we know so far: Joss Whedon’s TV S.H.I.E.L.D. series
Joss Whedon, Avengers director, will be running a S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series. We knew Marvel had a TV series in the works and this is it. Joss’s brother, Jed, will be co-writer and his wife, Maurissa Tancharoen, as the other showrunner. Cynthia Littleton, of Variety, tweeted from a briefing to explain that Jed and Maurissa will […]
Doctor Who: Pond Life, part 3
After Rory and Amy got married it was pretty clear that Amy would not become Amy Williams. She kept her surname. In this episode of Pond Life Rory gets called Mr Pond. It’s a new, Whovian, way of doing things. That said; I suspect this episode will simply be known as Ood on the loo. […]
The Peturbed Dragon: EN World’s Morrus launches web series
Russell Morrissey, known to many as Morrus from EN World, has launched a web series. It’s called The Petrubed Dragon, we’re a few episodes in and so far we’ve commentary (with a twist) on some gamer sterotypes. The second episode features a “my GM wouldn’t…” visiting player. We all know those. The twist? In The […]