Doctor Who is still going strong. The BBC is planning to make a Doctor Who movie to be released in theaters. No one knows who the doctor will be, David Tennant or new Doctor Matt Smith.

There’s also going to be another Doctor Who animated series, called Dreamland. Looks like it will be seven 6-minute episodes on Children’s BBC, with the voice of Tennant.

And then there’s a new companion. Very young Karen Gillan, seen above.

Yeah, but what about an all Muppet version of Doctor Who? C’mon BBC, do you have No vision?

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Yeah, it’s an outrageously overpriced Star Wars toy, but it’s no toy. It’s a recreation of the X-Wing models Lucas and crew used in Star Wars. It’s just under 2-feet long. Here are some specs:

• Digitally scanned from an original miniature body
• Quality resin construction
• Die-cast and injection-molded structure and details
• Machined aluminum “S” foils that can be displayed closed or in the open attack position.
• Fully detailed and lighted interior cockpit and engines
• Accurately detailed and lighted R2-D2
• Luke Skywalker pilot figure sculpted by Gentle Giant
• Display Stand
• Numbered plaque

It’s going on sale tomorrow if you are wealthy enough to get one.

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Some talented steampunk/Star Wars lovers recently posted some cool Star Wars pictures with the twist of what Star Wars would have looked like if it was Steampunk style! It’s some really nice stuff. Leia showing off her Steampunk boobs is just one of many outstanding images. Hit the link for the rest.

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The classic Sci-Fi miniseries from the 80’s is returning courtesy of ABC. From Variety:

“Whenever I mention ‘V’ to anybody, they still have a lot of good memories about the original movie and series,” Peters said. “Everybody has that imagery of their uniforms, or the visitor eating a hamster. It’s a science fiction icon and too good to pass up.”

The original “V” served as an allegory for the Holocaust and Nazi Germany. Peters said he won’t duplicate that concept, except that the new “V” will still focus on what happens when the masses have blind faith in their leaders.

In this case, the new “V” will center on Erica Evans, a Homeland Security agent with an aimless son who’s got problems. When the aliens arrive, her son gloms on to them — causing tension within the family. As in the original “V,” several storylines will unfold simultaneously.

Awesome. Don’t fuck it up!

September 8th 1966. Nerds everywhere were in awe. If any of them had ever had sex previously, it would not happen again. It probably led to everything from 12 sided dice to comic cons, to grown men wearing Uhura’s uniform, and so in honor of all things Trek I present to you once again the Star Trek Next Generation Rap.

This movie actually doesn’t look half bad despite being a remake of a classic. If you don’t blink you might even catch a glimpse of Gort the robot. Check out the trailer here.

Jessica Alba is reportedly being considered to fill the thigh-high boots of Jane Fonda in the new remake of “Barbarella.” The news just got me instantly hard and my laptop did a double flip in the air. Luckily I caught it, deciding at the last minute to spare my computer rather then pleasure myself thinking about Jessica Alba as Barbarella. Wait. That’s the old sci-fi flick right? Not the elephant cartoon? Yeah that was Babar….

From the Licensing International Expo in New York, comes this first look at a poster for MGM’s remake of RoboCop.

I’m not so sure about this guys. Robocop was cool and all, but as cyborgs go, he was always a bit on the lame side. I would have expected that they would have updated the look a bit more. All they did was add a Battlestar Galactica Cylon look. Here’s to hoping we get something superior to the original movies, but with the same kind of weird humor.

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Over at The Brick, we’ve compiled a list of awesome Sci-Fi robots. Some old, some new, all shiny metal friends. Hit the link to check it out.

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Who would have thought that ceramic ray guns could be so cool. Me from an alternate universe, that’s who. I just met myself from a parallel reality. In that reality, it turns out that ceramic is the hot technology.

They don’t have any weapons that actually work, but people make ceramic ray guns then fire them in the oven. After that they paint on details and later meet in combat. It goes something like this.

Two opponents meet and unholster their ray guns. Each takes a look at the other’s work. “Damn that’s pretty good. You got some kick-ass detail on your piece. Dude, you totally kicked my ass. You win. I knew I should have spent more time on design.” Then they part ways.

Turns out I’m hot-shit over there in that universe. Sad thing is that universe is lame and non-violent. I gave my double a real gun and a camera, then showed him how to introduce his universe to head-shots.

See, now I’ll be the top dude over there AND I’ll have a new reality show. Get it?

[Gizmodo]