It’s December 22, which means the feared Mayan doomsday prophecies were averted.  How did it happen?  Much speculation abounds, but we at SciFiFX have the scoop.  The answer, apparently, is a madman with a box who was determined to make a movie. Our source...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #15 – “The Mutant Phase” (Dalek Empire Part Three) From Big Finish’s site: In the 22nd century, the Daleks have occupied planet Earth. By the 43rd...

Before Star Wars, before Star Trek, before Doctor Who… there were names amongst names in science fiction that resonate to this day.  One of the most venerable of that bygone age is Flash Gordon.  How influential is this character?  “Originally I wanted to...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_87_film.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSThis week we discuss the current state of Film Restoration, and some of the “improvments” that are being done to films when...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #14 – “The Holy Terror” (Side Step) From Big Finish’s site: The TARDIS lands in a forbidding castle in a time of religious upheaval. The old god has...

Apparently the Doctor has done a spot of re-decorating between The Angels Take Manhattan and The Snowmen.  The BBC have released a sneak peek at part of the TARDIS redesign. The new Interior was designed by Michael Pickwoad, the production designer on Doctor Who. So, this Christmas we...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_86_nanowrimo.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSThis week we discuss NaNoWriMo, or the National Novel Writing Month.  Basically NaNoWriMo is...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #13 – “The Shadow of the Scourge” (Side Step) From Big Finish’s site: The Pinehill Crest Hotel in Kent is host to three very different events: a...

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http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_85_drwho.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSThis week saw the 49th Anniversary of Doctor Who, so that’s all we talked about on this podcast.  This is...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #12 – “The Fires of Vulcan” From Big Finish’s site: Two thousand years ago, a volcanic eruption wiped the Roman city of Pompeii from the face of the Earth. It...

There has been a lot of talk this year about the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, but that is a year away.  Let us not forget that on this day 49 years ago Doctor Who premiered on the small screen, and for the last 49 years has provided us with excitement, adventure, education, and...

Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles Synopsis: Miggea: a world on the edge of reality, a point where space-time threatens to collapse, and the venue for the grand finals of the competition to win the fabled Arrow of Law. The Doctor and Amy join the Terraphiles, one of the teams of...

Gods and Monsters is the last in the latest 7th Doctor Trilogy.  The trilogy is made up of Protect and Survive, Black and White, and Gods and Monsters.  In my opinion this is the best of the 3 story arcs that Big Finish has been doing for the past few years.  It brings...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #11 – “The Apocalypse Element” (Dalek Empire Part Two) From Big Finish’s site: When the planet Archetryx is threatened by a Dalek assault squad, the...

The book The Angel’s Kiss that featured in The Angels Take Manhattan, was released as an e-book.  Now it is being released by AudioGO as an audio book, read by none other than Alex Kingston herself. From AudioGO: This month AudioGO have scooped an exclusive coup! River Song...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #10 – “Winter For The Adept” From Big Finish’s site: When a teleportation accident goes badly wrong, Nyssa finds herself stranded on the freezing...

This is the next in the most recent 7th Doctor Trilogy.  Black and White finally goes into why we have been having references to the TARDIS being White in some stories, and Black in others.  As mentioned in my review of Protect and Survive, Black and White deals with threads...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #9 – “The Spectre of Lanyon Moor” From Big Finish’s site: In a desolate Cornish landscape littered with relics of prehistoric man, the doctor and...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #8 – “Red Dawn” From Big Finish’s site: Ares One: NASA’s first manned mission to the dead planet Mars. But is Mars as dead as it seems? While the...

The closing day of the con wasn’t nothing of what I expected, but in a very good way! Day 3 saw Carl and I arrive around 30 minutes early, and we were told to come in with the General Admission. With no problems to that effect, we went to the parking garage where they had been lining up...

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Day 2 of the con was a sheer blast of fun for all involved. When the con opened for guests, my first job was to go and get the autographs that I was missing. Robert “Freddy Krueger” Englund and Tara Strong. As always, I felt the butterflies almost immediately as I...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #7 – “The Genocide Machine” (Dalek Empire Part One) From Big Finish’s site: The library on Kar-Charrat is one of the wonders of the Universe. It is...

The first day has ended, and I’m as buzzed as I can be. I’ve been pumping off of adrenaline all day with anticipation of the stars I would meet and the general excitement of being with the fans. Today saw more people than I actually expected. There were at least a couple thousand...

We are at DCC FanDays this weekend and are taking photos of all the great people in costume.  We’ll be adding photos after each day of the convention so stop back, to check out the newest batch.  You can see the entire photo album here. %%wppa%% %%slideonlyf=26%%...