The Valeyard is a highly enigmatic character in Doctor Who, considered the Doctor’s greatest enemy. But what is the story behind his creation? In the 1986 Doctor Who storyline, the Doctor was on trial for his life on a Gallifreyan space station, prosecuted by a formidable court official called the Valeyard. In a surprising twist … Read more
With a truly astonishing array of talents, the star-studded cast of The Sandman: Act II is simply unmatched. Rise and shine, dreamers—it’s time to delve back into The Dreaming! The phenomenal characters from Neil Gaiman’s iconic DC comic series, The Sandman, return to captivate your imagination starting September 22, in the thrilling Audible Original production, … Read more
Post-apocalyptic sci-fi series Snowpiercer has returned for a third season, with new episodes streaming weekly on Netflix. Featuring a new status quo, a new direction and new cast members, the premiere episode rattles along. Matthew Turner gets on track. The previous season of Snowpiercer pulled off a clever narrative trick with its cliffhanger, essentially dangling the basics of it … Read more
It’s official: Netflix’s Squid Game has been renewed for a second season. Not that it’s a surprise, considering the show took the world by storm back in September, as it set new records, including breaking 3 billion minutes of watch time by its second week. AP broke the news, after speaking to the program’s creator, Hwang Dog-hyuk, about … Read more
25 years on to the day from its first US broadcast date, James Cooray Smith returns to the Wormhole to reassess Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This week, the crew goes uncover as Klingons in ‘Trials and Tribble-ations’. The production of ‘Unification’, in the autumn of 1991, had set something of a precedent for Star Trek … Read more
Doom Patrol Season 3 has a UK airdate. The surreal DC superhero show will return to Starzplay UK on Sunday, November 14. Joining the cast this season is Michelle Gomez (Doctor Who) as Madame Rouge, with Sebastian Croft and Ty Tennant (War of the Worlds) as Edwin Paine and Charles Rowland, the Dead Boy Detectives, plus Micah Joe Parker, Wynn Everett, Miles Mussenden, Anita Kalathara and Gina Hiraizumi in recurring roles. New characters … Read more
Sky Atlantic and NOW TV have picked up the broadcasting rights for Ridley Scott’s sci-fi drama Raised by Wolves. Season 1 will premiere on Saturday, December 5 at 9 pm on Sky Atlantic with a triple bill of episodes. All episodes will be available as boxset On Demand and NOW TV from 2 am the same morning. … Read more
After a quiet launch a few months ago, the Hero Collector shop has been adding to its quality collection of Doctor Who art prints and T-shirts lately. We’re overdue for a catch-up, so here’s a look at all the episodic designs released so far. The Tomb of the Cybermen art print features a design by Rian Hughes, cover artist for … Read more
Way before Spider-Man: Homecoming, even before Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man guested in a Marvel Cinematic movie! OK, it’s a bit of fun, but a fan theory had it that the young boy showing his allegiance to Tony Stark by standing up to Justin Hammer’s drones in 2010’s Iron Man 2 (below) was Peter Parker. During the press junkets … Read more