BBC Books have announced that they are to publish a novelisation of the “lost” Doctor Who serial Shada. Shada retells an adventure that never made it to the screen. Production of the planned finale to the 1979-1980 season of Doctor Who was halted part-way through due to industrial...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_8.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSThis is show #8 for Feb. 6, 2011. In this week’s news: composer John Barry passes away, Stephen King’s The Stand heads to the big...

In these times of economic recession, home theaters, and splintering niche audiences, film executives are strip mining the back catalog of entertainment in search of the name brands that will draw in the bucks. Some call it a...