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Dhawan, Castle, Jameson and Stubbs headline Gatiss’ MR James adaptation

The History Boys’ Sacha Dhawan and I Claudius’ John Castle will star alongside Doctor Who’s Louise Jameson and Sherlock’s Una Stubbs in Mark Gatiss’ adaptation of The Tractate Middoth for BBC Two this Christmas. The half-hour drama based on the story by MR James will also feature David Ryall, Eleanor Bron, Nick Burns and Roy Barraclough. According to the BBC press release, […]

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True Blood to end with seventh season

Next year’s run of True Blood, HBO’s vampire series based on Charlaine Harris’ novels, will be the last, the cable channel has announced. The final ten episodes will feature all the key castmembers – including Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer and Alexander Skarsgard – and will be produced by season 6 showrunner Brian Buckner. True Blood has been nothing short of […]

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RIP Frederick Pohl

Frederick Pohl has died, aged 93. The highly respected author and editor (as well as ‘about everything that it is possible to be in the field of science fiction’ to quote […]

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RIP Journey into Space star David Jacobs

Veteran broadcaster David Jacobs, who was well known to genre fans for his multiple roles in the ground-breaking radio series Journey into Space, has died aged 87. Jacobs recently retired from his regular radio spot having broadcast regularly for over sixty years. He most recently reprised one of his roles, Jet Morgan, for the Journey into Space specials Frozen in Time […]

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Hugo Awards 2013 results

John Scalzi, Brandon Sanderson, Pat Cadigan, Ken Liu and Mur Lafferty were among the honorees at this year’s Hugo Awards, announced in a ceremony compered by Paul Cornell on September 1st. Scalzi’s Redshirts won Best Novel, with Sanderson’s The Emperor’s Soul awarded Best Novella. Pat Cadigan’s ‘The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi’ won Best Novelette, while Liu’s ‘Mono no Aware’ […]

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Paul Cornell: Why I’m Not Writing TV Doctor Who—The Truth!

Speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival last night (25 August 2013), screenwriter and author Paul Cornell finally honestly answered a long-asked question—why is he not writing any more for Doctor Who on TV? “It’s upsetting,” he admitted. “I get asked this regularly,” he said. “Sometimes several times a day on Twitter. You know what? I’m gonna do something I don’t normally […]

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Oz meets Game of Thrones in Emerald City

According to a report at Deadline, yet another version of The Wizard of Oz is heading to TV screens shortly. After the announcement of Dorothy, the medical-based update from the Elementary team, comes news that NBC has bought Emerald City from Siberia writer and producer Matthew Arnold. Described as “a dark reimagining of the classic tale of Oz in the […]

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E4 acquires new Tomorrow People

The new revamp of The Tomorrow People is coming to E4 in the UK, but you’re going to have to wait till early 2014 to see it. “They are the next evolutionary shift of mankind – a generation of humans born with paranormal abilities. They are the Tomorrow People. Based on the original UK TV series from the 1970s, the […]

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