Lost Air Date Revealed

The sixth and final season of Lost will premiere in America on Tuesday 2nd February at 9.00pm.

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Watch Classic Doctor Who - The Talons of Weng-Chian

The Talons of Weng-Chiang sees Tom Baker in the titular role.

The Doctor brings Leela to Victorian London of the 1890s, to see how her ancestors lived, but is rapidly drawn into a fiendish plot involving Chinese tongs, disappearing women, an Oriental stage magician, a murderous ventriloquist's dummy and giant rats in the sewers.

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Watch Classic Doctor Who Free - Planet Of The Spiders

Todays free Doctor Who serial on MSN video player is Jon Pertwee's last, Planet of the Spiders.

Mysterious goings-on at a meditation retreat run by Tibetan monks are linked to the blue planet Metebelis III, and a colony of monstrous, evolved spiders. The Doctor must reflect on his past and reconcile with his present to defeat a deadly and possibly fatal challenge...

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Watch Tomb Of The Cybermen Free Online

The MSN video player has Tomb Of The Cybermen available to watch for free. The serial see's Patrick Troughton's 2nd Doctor land on the planet Telos while an archaeological expedition to find the remains of the Cybermen is in progress.

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Original Doctor Who On MSN

MSN are currently showing episodes from the classic series with William Hartnell on their Video Player. According to the site there will be new episodes every Tuesday & Friday from November 10.

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V Gets 14m Viewers

The first episode of ABC's remake of classic 80's sci-fi miniseries V drew in an impressive 13.95m. This makes it the biggest series premiere rating for a new show this season.


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Doctor Who star David Tennant aims to crack America in new drama

Doctor Who star David Tennant is to make his US television debut with a role that he hopes could help him to crack America.

Tennant has been cast as the lead character in Rex Is Not Your Lawyer, a new hour-long pilot for NBC. He will play Rex Alexander, a top Chicago lawyer who suffers from panic attacks and has to coach his clients to represent themselves in court.

NBC has high hopes for the pilot, which could be made into a series if it goes down well with audiences.

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Cheryl Cole For Doctor Who?

SHE'S already a TV darling since landing a spot on The X Factor judging panel.

But Cheryl Cole could be spreading her wings even further by acting for the small screen too.

The Fight For This Love singer, who stormed to the No.1 spot with the debut single, is being lined-up for a spot in the new Doctor Who series, according to reports.

Cheryl, 26, could follow in the footsteps of singer-turned-actress Billie Piper and comedian Catherine Tate by landing a role in the popular fifth series.

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V - First Look

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David Tennant Interview

David Tennant talking about upcoming The Waters Of Mars special.



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Doctor Who Waters Of Mars Air Date

According to The Guardian Waters Of Mars is to be shown on Sunday 15 November at 7pm. Source.

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A-Team Photo Released

Here's the first official photo of The A-Team, featuring Bradley Cooper as Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson as B.A. Baracus, Sharlto Copley as ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock and Liam Neeson as John ‘Hannibal’ Smith. The film is due out in the summer of 2010.

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Cheryl Cole Does M Bison On X-Factor

Cheryl Cole's X-factor performance at the weekend reminded many people of Street Fighter's M Bison. Maybe there's a sponsorship deal in the offing?


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New Quiz Added

I've created a new name the movie quiz to test your knowledge of this years movies. The quiz can be found on my other site excelquizzes.blogspot.com. To download it click here.


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FlashForward Gets Full Season

ABC have announced that FlashForward has been picked up for a full season. The decision means the current season will now be made up of 22 episodes.

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Heroes To Lose A Hero?

Ouch.

This one is going to leave a mark.

Sources over on NBC's Heroes confirm to me that a major death is in the works, and this is not one that will go unnoticed by even the most casual fan.

It is huge.

So who is it?

Well, you know how these things go...We can't come right out and name any names. (Unless someone can hook me up right quick with the Witness Protection Program?)

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The Cleveland Show Picked Up For Full Second Season

The Cleveland Show had been picked up by Fox for a full season-and-a-half before the show even premiered, so today's announcement means the network is adding nine episodes to the second season (which will end sometime in 2011). And with animated shows taking longer to produce, a bit of a head start is needed to get them on the air.

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Doctor Who Gets New Logo

The BBC have revealed a new logo for the new series of Doctor Who. The new logo has been designed to make the letters DW look like the TARDIS and will give the show fresh branding for when Matt Smith takes over the reigns.

Talking about the new logo, Steven Moffat said, "The eleventh logo for the eleventh Doctor - those grand old words, Doctor Who, suddenly looking newer than ever. And look at that, something really new - an insignia! DW in Tardis form!

"Simple and beautiful, and most important of all, a completely irresistible doodle.

"I apologise to school notebooks everywhere, because in 2010 that's what they're going to be wearing."

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Police step in to stop Darth Vader 'porn movie'

The set of a movie starring Darth Vader actor David Prowse was raided by police after reports it was being used to shoot a porn film.
The bungalow location was instead found to house actors filming a dramatic dialogue for the 'action thriller'.

Neighbours had jumped to the wrong conclusion after seeing a camera and lighting equipment being taken into the home.

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Stargate Universe

Stargate Universe attracted 2.35m viewers for it's premiere in the US for SyFy. The figures are the best premiere figures for a Stargate franchise.

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Name The Cartoon Character Excel Quiz Added

For any cartoon fans out there I've added a Name The Cartoon Character Excel quiz to my other site excelquizzes.blogspot.com. The quiz can be found here.

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Kill Bill 3 Set For 2014

Quentin Tarantino is planning a third installment of Kill Bill and it should be in cinemas by 2014.

Speaking on an Italian talk show he said, "The Bride will fight again! I have to wait a couple of years because I want ten years to pass from the second one to the third one. For two reasons - one, I think me and Uma need a ten-year break because the first one was so hard. Second, I love the character. I just really, really love her.

"I think she deserves ten years of peace! Ten years of no fighting and ten years with her child BB. I put her through a lot and I want her to have a nice peaceful life for ten years! After that, something will happen that makes her fight again."

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Transformers 3 set for 2011

Transformers fans will only have to wait until the summer of 2011 for the next installment of the movie franchise.

A post on Michael Bay's website said, "Well it's official: We have a great Transformers 3 story. The release date is now July 1st 2011. Not 2012.

"Today is Day One. This morning started with an ILM meeting for five hours in San Francisco. Currently I'm flying with writer Ehren Kruger to Rhode Island to talk to Hasbro about new characters."

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Primeval To Return

ITV series Primeval is to be revived just weeks after being axed after a deal was struck with the BBC.

The special effects-heavy dinosaur drama - starring Jason Flemyng and Hannah Spearitt - was pulled in the summer as ITV bosses refocused their budgets to concentrate on "post-watershed dramas".

Now the series is back after a groundbreaking deal which will see two new series being partly funded by BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm.

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Stargate Universe Sneak Peak

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FlashForward Attracts The Viewers

ABC's FlashForward proved a hit in the ratings after it's debut on in America on Thursday night. Figures indicate it received 12.41 million viewers beating Bones (8.8m) and Vampire Diaires (3.81m). Five will be hoping for a similar share of the UK viewing figures the show premieres on tomorrow (28/09/09) at 9pm.

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Sarah Michelle Gellar Gives Birth To Baby Girl

Everybody's favourite vampire slayer, Sarah Michelle Gellar, has given birth to a baby girl called Charlotte Grace. The little one is the first for Sarah who married Freddie Prinz Jr in 2002.

"The family is over the moon," said her spokesman.

For fans who have been missing watching Sarah on tv she recently filmed and executive produced The Wonderful Maladys, a US series about a trio of dysfunctional adult siblings still struggling to come to terms with losing their parents when they were young.

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Pegg - No More Spaced

Spaced fans hoping for a return of the series will be disappointed to read that co-writer Simon Pegg has stated on his Twitter page that there will not be a new series. In his tweet Pegg wrote, "Spaced premiered on Channel 4, ten years ago this month. Happy Daiz but there will be no more. Time to let it go."

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Star Wars Excel Quiz Added

I've added a new Excel quiz which tests you knowledge of Star Wars characters from the original trilogy. The quiz can be found here.

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Doctor Who Wins Again

Doctor Who has added to the numerous awards it's received by being named best TV programme by the British Fantasy Society at their FantasyCon convention. The award was picked up by Rob Shearman the writer of the first series episode Dalek.

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FlashForward Episode Leaked

The premiere of FlashForward has been leaked on the internet. The show which is due to start on September 24th can be found on various file sharing websites.

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FlashForward UK Air Date

FlashForward will premiere in the UK on Monday 28th September on Five. The tv production will show in the 9pm slot.

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Kennedy Martin Dies

Kennedy Martin, screenwriter of the Italian Job, has died at the age of 77 from cancer. Other works he created include Z-Cars, Kelly's Heroes, Red Heat & Edge Of Darkness.

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Stargate DVD Could Start Filming Soon

Amanda Tapping said earlier this week that the new “Stargate” straight-to-DVD movie could begin production as early as this fall, and she's looking forward to it.

“I will slip back into Sam Carter very nicely,” Tapping said.

Martin Wood, a co-producer on “Stargate SG-1,” a supervising producer on “Stargate: Atlantis,” and an executive producer on “Sanctuary” (along with Tapping), will again direct the new DVD when he's available.

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Being Human

Lurking in the 10:35 slot on BBC1 on Thursday nights is a bit of a hidden gem called Being Human originally shown on BBC3. Set in Bristol the programme shows a different side of the city to that shown in teen comedy drama Skins. The show centres on three main characters sharing a house however these aren't normal flatmates. John Mitchell is a vampire, George Sands a werewolf and Annie Sawyer is a ghost. The story sees the characters trying to live with their conditions until they discover a plot by the head vampire, Herrick, which sees the whole world either turned into vampires, or kept like cattle as food.

Filming is currently taking on a second series which is due to air in Spring 2010 on BBC3.

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Doctor Who Spotted Filming In Welsh Ruins

DOCTOR Who’s cast and crew yesterday descended on ancient South Wales ruins.

The Time Lord’s flame-haired assistant, Karen Gillan, was spotted at Neath Abbey on Wednesday, flanked by two colleagues and wearing little more than a towelling dressing gown.

It appeared as though the crumbling site, which dates back to 1129 AD, had been transformed into a complete structure for the sci-fi show.

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Richard Curtis To Pen Doctor Who Episode

Richard Curtis has signed on to write a one off episode of Doctor Who. The director who is responsible for blockbuster films Four Weddings And A Funeral, Notting Hill as well as classic comedy Blackadder told The Sun "I am very interested in time travel for some reason or other. I am writing a film about it but on a low budget with no spectacular special effects," he told the paper, but declined to give any further details.

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Firefly Style Show Being Developed

Fox have ordered a script for new sci-fi western show to be written. The show will be produced by Wonderland who currently make Chuck and Supernatural. The show will is,
"Described as an epic Western with a sci-fi twist, the show will revolve around 'a gunslinger caught between worlds' and will feature a nod to Planet of the Apes." Fans of Fox's previous sci-fi/western crossover show, Joss Whedon's Firefly, may be a bit peeved to see them asking for a similar show after they unceremoniously canned it after one season. Perhaps the success of the follow up film Serenity showed them that there's a market out there for it.

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Copley For A-Team?

Following on from the other day's news that Quinton Jackson is to play the role of BA Baracus in The A-Team movie is the rumour that Sharlto Copley is to take on the part of 'Howlin Mad' Murdoch. Copley can currently be seen in sci-fi hit District 9.

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RTE Pick Up FlashForward

Irish sci-fi fans will be able to watch ABC's new blockbuster FlashForward after broadcaster RTE announced that they have picked up the rights.

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Rampage For A-Team?

Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson better known as a UFC star is rumoured to be taking on the role of BA Baracus in the film version of 80's classic show The A-Team. The rumours started after he was spotted around the film's set in Vancouver last week and also pulled out of his UFC commitments.

The film updates the back story to the Iraq war and sees Liam Neeson star as Hannibal and Bradley Cooper as Faceman. No news on who is playing 'Howling Mad' Murdoch yet but I'd have thought it would be an ideal role for Jim Carey

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FlashForward Trailer On Five

Five aired an extended trailer for FlashForward tonight.



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FlashForward - The Lowdown

This years highly anticipated ratings-buster series is ABC's FlashForward. The show is based on the novel of the same name by Canadian science fiction writer Robert J Sawyer. The first season is set for 13 episodes starting on Thurdsday 24th September in the States and about a week later in the UK.

The plot sees mankind coming to terms with a mysterious global event lasting just two minutes and seventeen seconds. The event caused the majority of people to simultaneously see glimpses of their life six months in the future. The after effects of the event leave people wondering if what they saw will come true and those who saw nothing worrying if they will still be alive in 6 months.

Joseph Fiennes plays a Los Angeles FBI agent named Mark Benford. With help from his team he tries to work out what exactly happened and why it happened. They create a website database called The Mosaic Collective which contains flash-forwards from people around the world.

Cast
Cynthia Addai-Robinson - Debbie
John Cho - Demetri Noh
Genevieve Cortese - Tracy Stark
Jack Davenport - Lloyd Simcoe
Joseph Fiennes - Mark Benford
Zachary Knighton - Bryce Varley
Brian F. O'Byrne - Aaron Stark
Courtney B. Vance - Stan Wedeck
Sonya Walger - Olivia Benford
Christine Woods - Janis Hawk

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Wire Star To Play 'Luther'

Idris Elba, who played Russell 'Stringer' Bell in The Wire, is set to appear in BBC's new series Luther. The drama has been written by Spooks writer Neil Cross and sees Elba play a near-genius murder detective.

Elba said, "I'm really excited about playing Luther. He's a challenging and exciting character because he's so complex. While he's capable of great kindness and loyalty, sometimes he steps over the edge of madness - simmering with anger and rage."

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