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Weekly Sci-Fi Thread (12/06/09) Sun: 9/8 -- Alice -- SyFy 10/9 -- The Prisoner -- AMC Mon: 9/8 -- Alice -- SyFy Tue: 9:30/8:30 -- Outer Space Astronauts -- SyFy Also there are variety of scifi shows on www.fancast.com Also starting this Thursday on the SciFi Channel, the Twilight Zone Marathon...

We got a kick out of watching The Muppets sing Bohemian Rhapsody again and again as much as anybody, but after a while we needed something a bit more ... well ... sci-fi. Luckily, there are enough video artists mashing up Queen with Star Trek, Star Wars, Lost and much more to keep us headbanging all day.

If you've got a spare $70,000 and are as big a fan of Stargate as Jacob Yarmuth of Louisville, Ky., you too can build a home theater that duplicates the gateroom of Atlantis.

In anticipation of Syfy's upcoming Battlestar Galactica prequel series Caprica, QuantumMechanix is selling this beautiful "Evolution of the Cylon" poster, tracking the rise from humble toaster to toothsome Six.

While the UK fans of "Doctor Who" have had to wait and experience a new episode every three months, its American fanbase will be able to leap through the final episodes and witness the regeneration in a matter of weeks. BBC America, the carrier for the BBC series "Doctor Who," has confirmed that the final three episodes featuring David Tennant as the legendary Time Lord will commence broadcast a week before Christmas and will co

We were a bit skeptical when we first heard earlier this year about a web series based on the classic sci-fi comic Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. James Cawley, whose Cawley Entertainment Company had obtained the rights to the character created back in 1928, said he was aiming for a "retro-contemporary" look to the show. But what exactly did that mean? And he also announced that he hoped to release 20 Buck Rogers episodes a year, starting in late in 2010.

When we last saw Capt. Jack Harkness he was in a bad way indeed. His grandson was dead (at his hands), his daughter no longer wanted to know him, his lover and teammate Ianto Jones (Gareth David-Lloyd) had been killed and he had lost all faith in the world. So, not a good place to be in. But, that won't stop him from making a comeback.

Weekly Sci-Fi Thread (11/29/09) Sun: 10/9 -- The Prisoner -- AMC Fri: 9/8 -- Stargate Universe -- SyFy 10/9 -- Sanctuary -- SyFy Also there are variety of scifi shows on www.fancast.com

PARIS (AFP) – The planet could warm by seven degrees Celsius (10.8 degrees Fahrenheit) and sea levels could rise by more than a metre (3.25 feet) by 2100, scenarios that just two years ago were viewed as improbable, scientists said on Tuesday. In the widest overview on global warming since a landmark report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report in 2007, the authors said manoeuvering room for tackling the carbon crisis was now almost exhausted. The 64-page "Copenhagen Diagnosis" aims at the December 7-18 UN conference in Denmark, tasked with forging a planet-wide deal on greenhouse-gas...

Want to show off your sci-fi love, but don't want to get a tattoo like the hardcore fans we showed you last week? Then a vanity license plate is definitely the way to go—and it's a heck of a lot less painful, too!

There are only two more adventures to go before we see David Tennant pass on his sonic screwdriver to Matt Smith. The first part of "The End Of Time" is scheduled to be a darker festive adventure for UK viewers as it takes on the traditional primetime slot on Christmas Day.

I thought I would start a thread for all of you Science Fiction and Fantasy readers. I know it has been done in the past, but it seemed like a good time to run it again. If you have any favorite books or stories to recommend post it for others to share. I have received some excellent advice on some good reads. Maybe you have a good title or author to recommend.

Weekly Sci-Fi Thread (11/22/09) Mon: 8/7 -- Heroes -- NBC Tues: 8/7 -- V -- ABC Also there are variety of scifi shows on www.fancast.com

I want to watch a sci-fi show, not a gay make out on tv.

The idea of bringing back Khan is enough to give any Star Trek fan goose bumps. He was harsh, calculating and is considered the greatest villain of the franchise. But, although no decisions have been made on if there is even a place for Khan in the new movie, director J.J. Abrams has hinted he could be back. "We're not even at that stage yet," he said. "But the fun of where we are on the sequel is we could use some of what was done before in a new way. But we haven't even figured out what we would...

Sorry for being late.Here's the live thread...

Weekly Sci-Fi Thread (11/15/09) Sun: 8/7 -- The Prisoner -- AMC Mon: 8/7 -- Heroes -- NBC 8/7 -- The Prisoner -- AMC Tues: 8/7 -- The Prisoner -- AMC 8/7 -- V -- ABC Thurs: 8/7 -- Flashforward -- ABC 9/8 -- Fringe -- Fox Fri: 9/8 -- Stargate Universe -- SyFy 10/9 -- Sanctuary -- SyFy Also there are variety of scifi shows on www.fancast.com Also today on SyFy: Stargate Ark of the Truth Stargate Continuum Mission to Mars Serenity

If you watched Torchwood's last season, the Children of Earth miniseries, it felt a lot like the end of the whole thing. Well, that may not be the case, TV Guide reported (mild spoilers ahead): Torchwood might not have concluded its run at the end of the thrilling miniseries Children of Earth after all—Ianto's tragic death not withstanding. The new year could bring some "very good news" for fans of the sexy sci-fi series, creator Russell T. Davies tells TV Guide Magazine. "The recession has hit British television, but fingers crossed, it will be a go. We expect things to...

Weekly Sci-Fi Thread (11/08/09) Mon: 8/7 -- Heroes -- NBC Tues: 8/7 -- V -- ABC Thurs: 8/7 -- Flashforward -- ABC 9/8 -- Fringe -- Fox Fri: 9/8 -- Stargate Universe -- SyFy 10/9 -- Sanctuary -- SyFy Also there are variety of scifi shows on www.fancast.com

It's starting in 3 minutes..."V"...the strange remake of "V"...the series that is so evocative of Obama's "hope and change". Just starting a discussion thread as this serial opens.

The jury is still out on whether Matt Smith will be accepted as the new Doctor. On the one hand, David Tennant is a name that has become firmly established in the cultural vernacular that anyone following in his footsteps would struggle. Then again, Matt Smith is just one of many changes being made to the show which is now in the hands of Steve Moffat, a man that many fans consider to be the best writer of the re-vitalised series.

"Doctor Who's" star may have said goodbye to the Tardis, but he still feels a deep pang of sadness at leaving what he describes as "the best job in the world." However, the series is in good hands with Steve Moffat taking over control of the show and introducing a new Doctor for an even newer generation of fans.

Here are my selections for the most pretentious science fiction - fantasy TV shows (RELAX - THE CYNICISM IS ALL IN FUN!): 5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 - 2003) - Pretty much a chick series. 4. V (original - including miniseries' - 1983 - 1985) - Nazi lizard people invade the earth. 3. Alien Nation (1989 - 1990) - A message series with one message - racism is evil. We get it. Next. (amazingly enough, this series spawned five made for TV movies, which were viewed by all 500 of its fans) 2. Beauty and the Beast (1987 -...

ABC has posted the first eight and a half minutes of its upcoming reboot of V, the alien-invasion series that kicks off on Nov. 3. Not much we haven't seen in promos before, but the clip introduces the main characters briefly before getting right into it: The arrival of 29 ginormous alien spacecraft over the major cities of the world, including New York.

Weekly Sci-Fi Thread (10/25/09) Mon: 8/7 -- Heroes -- NBC Thurs: 8/7 -- Flashforward -- ABC 9/8 -- Fringe -- Fox Fri: 9/8 -- Dollhouse -- Fox 9/8 -- Stargate Universe -- SyFy 10/9 -- Sanctuary -- SyFy Also there are variety of scifi shows on www.fancast.com

Weekly Sci-Fi Thread (10/18/09) Mon: 8/7 -- Heroes -- NBC Thurs: 9/8 -- Fringe -- Fox Fri: 9/8 -- Dollhouse -- Fox 9/8 -- Stargate Universe -- SyFy 10/9 -- Sanctuary -- SyFy Also there are variety of scifi shows on www.fancast.com

Given the complex mythology built up around Stargate SG-1, Atlantis and now Stargate Universe, it's easy to forget that the whole thing started in 1994 with director Roland Emmerich's movie, starring Kurt Russell as Jack O'Neill and James Spader as Daniel Jackson. In the years since, Devlin has told us that he still wants to produce the two sequels he and Emmerich always envisioned, and Emmerich told us over the weekend that he's also game, though that means overcoming some rights issues and his natural aversion to doing sequels. "Whew, it's a tough one," Emmerich told us in an exclusive...

Mon: 8/7 -- Heroes -- NBC Thurs: 9/8 -- Fringe -- Fox Fri: 9/8 -- Dollhouse -- Fox 9/8 -- Stargate Universe -- SyFy 10/9 -- Sanctuary -- SyFy Sat: 9/8 -- Robin Hood -- BBCAmerica

Hard to believe, but Friday marks the 50th anniversary of “The Twilight Zone,” the twisty-turny, highly influential science-fiction anthology series. (Or does it? No, wait, it does.)

Well this is the official live thread for Stargate Universe. I hope it is good and it looks good.. The reason no extras from the local Renaissance fairs...

This week in Scifi: Mon: 8/7 -- Heroes -- NBC Tue: 9/8 -- Warehouse 13 -- SyFy Thurs: 9/8 -- Fringe -- Fox Fri:All 9/8 -- Stargate Universed -- SyFyB Also there are variety of scifi shows on www.fancast.com

Weekly Sci-Fi Thread (09/20/09) This week in Scifi: Mon: 8/7 -- Heroes -- NBC Tue: 9/8 -- Warehouse 13 -- SyFy Thurs: 9/8 -- Fringe -- Fox Fri:All All Day -- Stargate Sg1 -- SyFyB Also there are variety of scifi shows on www.fancast.com

First it was November, and then it was this fall. Now “Battlestar Galactica: The Plan” won't air in 2009 at all according to the Syfy channel and Chicago Tribune columnist Maureen Ryan. The much anticipated movie, which is a new take on the pivotal events of “Battlestar Galactica,” will tell the story of the attack on the Twelve Colonies from the point of view of the Cylons. Fans are eagerly anticipating the release and with much reason. The show ended in April, which left a lot of fans wanting more after only four seasons. Edward James Olmos, the director and...

It doesn't take much to stir up fandom, but if there's one word of advice: Be wary of uncorroborated information. CinemaSpy this week kicked up some concern that the new "Battlestar Galactica" spinoff series was in trouble. Using a single anonymous source they said had been "100 percent accurate" in the past, the site described the behind-the-scenes of the show that is set to premiere in January as if it were a part of the new Roland Emmerich film "2012." "A trusted industry insider informed CinemaSpy on Saturday that production faces suspension on 'Caprica' due to serious script problems/shortfalls, and...

The world was starting to become a different place in 1991 when "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" was released. Not only were fans reeling from the 1989 disaster that was "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," but the collapse of the Soviet Union created the possibility that enemies didn't have to be enemies forever. That mindset was brilliantly expressed by the writing team of Leonard Nimoy, Nicholas Meyer, Denny Martin Flinn (and we guess a little by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal, something that has been historically disputed by Nimoy) with the Federation, and especially Capt. Kirk, having to...

Which is the real Enterprise? That's the challenge being thrown down by filmmaker and Star Trek expert Robert Meyer Burnett (Free Enterprise), who posted the composite image below on his Facebook page. Burnett has his own opinions on the matter, which anyone who's ever talked with him would know; after all, he helped design Star Trek: The Experience in Las Vegas.

OK, so JJ Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and a talented cast (to whom, if things are really fair, a lot of the credit must be given) successfully rebooted Star Trek. Obviously there will be another film, and if nearly thirty years of films in the franchise have taught us anything, it is that making a crappy Trek film is all too easy. So what next for the series? More Shakespeare? Or something else? Based on recent comments, it sounds like Star Trek 2 (or whatever it will be called) could get all sorts of modern, at least from a...

Fear not, followers of the Antares. ABC has not canceled "Defying Gravity." Not yet, anyway. That news may not be as comforting as it was intended to be, though, as the summer science-fiction series has vanished from the ABC schedules after only eight episodes, leaving its viewers dangling by a thread at the prospect of discovering the truth about the Antares mission and the mysterious "Beta." Set in the near future, "Defying Gravity" is considered a "Grey's Anatomy" in space with complex character backstories and intermingled relationships thrown into a life-or-death scenario. And, since its premiere on ABC, the show...

This week in Scifi: Sun: 9/10 -- Defying Gravity -- ABC Tue: 9/8 -- Fringe -- Fox 9/8 -- Warehouse 13 -- SyFy Fri: 9/8 -- Eureka -- SyFyB Also there are variety of scifi shows on www.fancast.com

Vampires and witches, time travelers and alien invaders, superheroes and a Stargate—they're waiting just around the corner as a new TV season begins. Check out the teaser trailers for all the new shows and returning favorites after the jump.

This week in Scifi: Sun: 9/10 -- Defying Gravity -- ABC Tue: 9/8 -- Warehouse 13 -- SyFy Fri: 9/8 -- Eureka -- SyFyB Also there are variety of scifi shows on www.fancast.com

When the announcement was first made that "Torchwood" would return for a third season on BBC One, fans received the news with whoops of cheers and excitement. What could be better? The "Doctor Who" spinoff series, which broke BBC Three records when it launched in 2007, would migrate to the big leagues of prime time terrestrial television.

This week in Scifi: Sun: 8/9 -- Merlin -- NBC 9/10 -- Defying Gravity -- ABC Tue: 9/8 -- Warehouse 13 -- SyFy Also there are variety of scifi shows on www.fancast.com

London, England (AHN) - Star Trek fans can now spritz their way just a little closer to their favorite characters with the release of newly releases scents designed to appeal to fans. The three scents take their names from popular character or aspects of the show. One of the colognes, Tiberius, is named for the middle name of Captain James T. Kirk, the character played by William Shatner in the hit series, England's the Telegraph reported. The Shatner-inspired scent combines citron, black pepper and cedar to evoke a "casual yet commanding" aroma, according to creators Genki Wear. It's billed as...

The Lies Are Out ThereIs Hollywood's love affair with aliens based simply on its desire to make money, or has it been used by the US government and military for their own mysterious ends? By Robbie Graham and Matthew Alford July 2009 FT248 The flying saucers have landed again… in Tinseltown, at least. For over 60 years, UFOs have left their mark on the Hollywood box-office in some of the most lucrative movies of all time, including Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Independence Day (1996), Men in Black (1997), and in the latest and...

This week in Scifi: Sun: 8/9 -- Merlin -- NBC 9/10 -- Defying Gravity -- ABC Tue: 9/8 -- Warehouse 13 -- SyFy Fri: 9/8 -- Eureka -- SyFy Also there are variety of scifi shows on www.fancast.com

John Scalzi's Guide to the Most Epic FAILs in Star Wars Design I'll come right out and say it: Star Wars has a badly-designed universe; so poorly-designed, in fact, that one can say that a significant goal of all those Star Wars novels is to rationalize and mitigate the bad design choices of the movies. Need examples? Here's ten. R2-D2 Sure, he's cute, but the flaws in his design are obvious the first time he approaches anything but the shallowest of stairs. Also: He has jets, a periscope, a taser and oil canisters to make enforcer droids fall about in...

Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp’s Malthusian fable of post-Apartheid Johannesburg: District 9, a violent science fiction movie set in a Johannesburg slum inhabited by 1.8 million feckless refugee space aliens, is the critical and commercial ($37 million opening weekend) hit of the moment. Yet, few Americans (except the black critic Armond White, who has made himself wildly unpopular with fanboys of District 9 by pointing out the film’s strikingly caustic portrayal of black Africans) seem to grasp writer-director Neill Blomkamp’s subversive perspective, even though the exiled Afrikaner keeps giving interviews more or less spelling it out. The American press constantly...

This week in Scifi: Sun: 8/9 -- Merlin -- NBC 9/10 -- Defying Gravity -- ABC Tue: 9/8 -- Warehouse 13 -- SyFy Fri: 9/8 -- Eureka -- SyFy Also there are variety of scifi shows on www.fancast.com

They worked for "Battlestar Galactica" so why not for the Stargate franchise? Syfy has ordered 30 webisodes to accompany the upcoming launch of "Stargate: Universe," the third live action series based on the 1994 science-fiction movie. The series features a group of explorers who embark on a new mission after a ninth chevron is discovered on the stargate. On the other side of the event horizon, they make a remarkable discovery; a lost ship of the Ancients called Destiny. With its systems powered up, its reluctant crew are forced to complete the mission originally given to the craft thousands of...