The trailer for the new Doctor Who Christmas Special, The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe. They ran the trailer this weekend as part of the Children In Need special, and as of this posting, there are still just over 3 days left to enter your bid for the Doctor’s clothing and a signed script.
A lot of people know about the Sci-Fi London film festival, or the 48 hour film challenge, or their many Indi film projects. But did you know they have been collecting Old Time Radio programs and making them available for download? Some are available from other places, but some I have only found there. And they have started building their own, with the first one now available: Rossum’s Universal Robots.
Anime News Network is now streaming Phi-Brain: Kami No Puzzle, or Puzzle of God if you prefer. What makes this show different from others is that each episode our protagonists have to solve problems and logic puzzles to survive rather than fight anyone. And the fact that you can legally watch it streaming online is always a plus.
That is the title of this posting from Phil Plait, mister Bad Astronomy himself. I have to mention it here because this is exactly the kind of thing comics (and everything else) need more of; support for science and education in the sciences. How are we ever going to get stellar exploration going if we won’t even go back to the Moon, or get ready to go to Mars? Somebody else will be building the future if we don’t get education in the sciences and math fully funded and supported here.
According to this story in Variety it looks like there will be a big budget film version of Doctor Who hitting the big screen soon. They signed up David Yates as director, no doubt based on his last four movies (the last 4 Harry Potter films to be specific), and Jane Tranter, currently head of L.A.-based BBC Worldwide Productions and formerly in charge of the Doctor Who reboot in 2005. Thanks to SF Crowsnest for the heads up on this one.
There are two options this weekend; the one that appeals to me is Happy Feet 2, more animated penguin silliness. The one I will be avoiding like the plague? < href="http://www.breakingdawn-themovie.com/">The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, for reasons I am sure you can imagine.