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Doctor Who" Launches Circuit Breaker" Multimedia Event and Fleshes Out the Fugitive Doctor
2+ hour, 52+ min ago (1184+ words) Jo Martin's Fugitive Doctor takes center stage in Doctor Who's ambitious new event, 'Circuit Breaker' For Richard D. Carrier, who has closely followed the evolution of Doctor Who's expanded universe storytelling and guides the You Tube channel Clever Dick Films, Circuit…...
End of an Era? What We Know About the New "Star Trek" Movie, "Star Trek: Year One" and the Franchise Leaving TV
1+ week, 3+ day ago (281+ words) With 'Strange New Worlds' ending and 'Year One' uncertain, fans fear Trek is leaving TV behind And looming over all of it is the uncertain future of the long-rumored Star Trek: Year One, a spin-off TV series, which reportedly would…...
Why Gene Roddenberry Abandoned the Original "Star Trek" and How It Changed the Show"s Future
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (437+ words) Explore the fallout of the creator's departure and how a sabotaged Season 3 saved the franchise By the spring of 1968, Star Trek had become something television had rarely seen before: a series whose viewers refused to let it die quietly. Faced…...
Inside the "Star Trek V" Ending That Was Too Expensive to Film: Why Shatner Had to Cut the Gargoyles
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (708+ words) William Shatner reveals how budget cuts forced him to scrap a massive battle for the 1989 climax As originally conceived, everything plays out exactly as it does in the finished film'right up until the moment the crew realizes that the being…...
In Thy Image: The Lost Episode of Star Trek: Phase II That Became The Motion Picture
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (893+ words) A look at how the story that began as a two-hour TV movie became the 1979 feature film When people think of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, they tend to think of it as the moment the franchise finally made the…...
All About the Kim Cattrall 'Star Trek' Role That Almost Didn't Happen
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (378+ words) Before she was Samantha Jones on 'Sex and the City,' she was Spock's prot'g'e, Lieutenant Valeris 35 years and many more Star Trek movies and shows later, you may have forgotten about Cattrall's role in the sci-fi franchise. The story of…...
How Baby Yoda Sold Sigourney Weaver on Joining the 'Star Wars' Universe
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (216+ words) The star is known for franchises like 'Alien,' 'Ghostbusters' and 'Avatar'now she's adding 'Star Wars' to the list! Ever since her breakout in Alien, Weaver has projected authority and charisma onscreen. Her part in The Mandalorian and Grogu is sure…...
'The Boroughs' Promises Duffer Brothers Magic With a Dark Twist
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (152+ words) The 'Stranger Things' masterminds return with a retirement community thriller starring Alfred Molina "While the heroes in The Boroughs have a few more years on them than the kids from Stranger Things, they are a similarly lovable bunch of misfits,…...
2001: A Space Odyssey" Predicted Our Future 58 Years Ago'Here"s What It Got Right
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (444+ words) In 1968, a film arrived unlike anything audiences had seen. Directed by Stanley Kubrick and written with science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey combined scientific rigor with philosophical ambition. The world stood on the brink of the moon landing…...
Rare Behind-The-Scenes Facts From Lost "Star Trek" Movies and Shows
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (468+ words) A Spock-led film, a Kirk-Jesus fistfight and Eddie Murphy. The 'Star Trek' that almost was For Star Trek fans, the years between the 1969 cancellation of'The Original Series and the 1979 release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture are often treated as…...