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Touch Spin-Off Daybreak: Creator Tim Kring Interview

Touch showrunner Tim Kring talks to Tara Bennett about the new web spin-off series, Daybreak , and Touch season 2 Very mild spoilers for the season finale (which aired in the UK on Sky 1 on Tuesday, but just in case you haven’t watched it yet…) The first season finale …

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Tweets Of The Week

Twitter has become the first port of call for many in their tributes to fallen sci-fi icons. It will come as little surprise to learn, then, that the death of legendary author Ray Bradbury (opens in new tab) yesterday elicited an outpouring of emotion the scale of which we genuinely …

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BLASTERMIND Prequel Opportunties

And with one of the most eagerly-awaited movie prequels of all time hitting the cinemas this weekend – Prometheus – what better time to have a Blastermind devoted to films and shows that came after but were set before (if you get our drift – it’s a genre that feels …

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Spurious Awards Of The Week

Next Unlikely Game-Based Blockbuster Of The Week Well, after Battleship , anything is possible. Personally, we’re waiting for Michael Bay’s Hangman , in which Nicolas Cage scours the world for clues to solve a cryptic message before someone executes Jon Voight. False Alarm Of The Week (opens in new tab) …

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Sci-Fi Bargains Of The Week

Hello and welcome to this week’s SFX Bargains round up. This week we’ve got everything from classic TV and cuddly toys through to something to keep your Rail Card in. Read on for tempting bargains and titillating trinkets to spend your hard earned cash on… (opens in new tab) On …

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THE SFX FACTOR: Greatest TV Title Sequences Round 9

The SFX Factor ROUND 9 (opens in new tab) VOTING IS BACK TO FAVOURITES FOR THIS ROUND Well, well, well – the sneaky “vote for your least favourites” round has produced one shock at least, because the two shows being eliminated today are: Babylon 5 Chuck Chuck ’s departure isn’t …

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18 Bizarre Time Machines

With the time travelling shenanigans of Men In Black 3 arriving in cinemas today, we look back at some classic former time travel devices 18 A Toaster From: The Simpsons (opens in new tab) After Homer gets his stuck in a toaster in the fifth “Treehouse Of Horror” segment “Time …

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Manga Cosplay Compo Finalists: Vote For Your Favourites

(opens in new tab) This weekend Manga UK and SFX held a massive cosplay competition at the London MCM Expo, an event always overbrimming with the most brilliant and outlandish costumes. And now SFX .co.uk is proud to be hosting the voting for the shortlisted finalists. Over the next three …

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Rod Roddenberry talks Trek Nation

Rod Roddenberry, son of Star Trek creator Gene, has made a documentary on the phenomenon of the final frontier, its global legion of fans and his complex relationship with a visionary father. Trek Nation makes its international debut at this year’s SCI-FI-LONDON, and here Rod speaks exclusively to SFX about …

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Michael Cobley: Humanitys Fire Author Interview

(opens in new tab) What would mankind do if humanity’s first alien contact involved a devastating strike against Earth? It’s a scenario imagined by Brit space opera Michael Cobley in his Humanity’s Fire trilogy, which last year concluded with the publication of The Ascendant Stars . The trilogy has been …

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