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Following the 50th anniversary of the good Doctor, top SF author Alastair Reynolds writes for SFX about his admiration for the show (opens in new tab) Alastair Reynolds is a scientist and science fiction author, famous for, among many others, his Revelation Space series of novels. In 2009 he signed …

Let us know what you think about Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary episode, and your comments could live forever in a future issue of SFX (opens in new tab) SFX ’s letters pages feature a regular section called Hot Topic , where we invite you to comment on the burning sci-fi …

Meet Claudia Grant, alias Carole Ann Ford – AKA Susan, the original unearthly child – in An Adventure In Space And Time … You’re sat here in full costume and make-up, looking uncannily like Carole Ann Ford in 1963. Are people freaking out when they see you? I think I …

Is a faster than light propulsion system actually possible? Science Uncovered investigates… (opens in new tab) It’s a fundamental feature of the Star Trek universe and similar concepts crop up in other sci-fi series. But is warp drive possible? Over to our new sister mag, Science Uncovered … If warp …

And no, it’s not April Fool’s Day. Seriously, is there any franchise Hollywood would be ashamed to resurrect? (opens in new tab) Fans of The Hustler had to wait 25 years for The Color Of Money . It was a whopping 47 years before The Wizard Of Oz got a …

There’s an on-set report on An Adventure In Space And Time in the new issue of SFX, on sale Wednesday. As an online bonus, here’s the quotable goodness we didn’t get to use from producer Matt Strevens … You’re telling the story of the birth of Doctor Who but what’s …

SFX ’s brand-new sister mag, Science Uncovered , takes a look at how much science fact there is behind the science fiction The 50th anniversary of the first episode of Doctor Who appearing on our screens is almost upon us. So our new sister publication, the science magazine Science Uncovered …

Eddie Marsan and Bertie Carvel to play the magical pair in Jonathan Strange And Mr Norrell (opens in new tab) Set around the time of the Napoleonic Wars, it imagines a world where magic once existed, disappeared and has returned to England with the titular Norrell and Strange. Joining Marsan …

It’s the end of the world as we know it in apocalyptic comedy. (opens in new tab) What’s worse than living through the apocalypse? How about being constantly hit on by the antichrist. That’s what poor Anna Kendrick is forced to deal with in the latest end-of-the-world comedy Rapture-Palooza. She …

Doctor Who: The Doctor – His Lives And Times book review . If you’ve read James Goss and Steve Tribe’s excellent A History Of The Universe in 100 Objects , or 2012’s aptly-named Doctor Who: The Brilliant Book , you’ll have a fair idea what to expect from The Doctor: …