Sci-Fi Storm

The Museum of Science in Boston, in collaboration with Lucasfilm and the Science Museum Exhibit Collaborative, are planning for an exhibit called The Science of Star Wars, which uses the franchise as a way to promote understanding the role of technology in the future. Still in the planning stages, it is slated for October 2005 in Boston, then travel to the Collaborative members in Columbus, Ohio; Portland, Ore.; Los Angeles; St. Paul, Minn.; Philadelphia; and Fort Worth, Texas.

dugh writes “There is an interesting thread at SlashDot asking what makes the best science fiction. As of posting this to Sci-Fi Storm there were over 800 postings (which is far more than I’ve usually seen) in the SlashDot thread. Here is the link.”

Starved for more Farscape? Season 2 Volume 4 will be released on December 10th. Also, Season 1 Volume 3 of Andromeda was stealthly released last week…

I’ve added Amazon’s new “Quick Click” technology to the product info pages. If you click on the “Buy From Amazon” button with a JavaScript-enabled browser, a new window will pop up giving you the options to add to your cart, use 1-Click, or get more information. Give me any feedback you might have.

Also, check out the SciFi TV Store for new future releases of Doctor Who plus new Twilight Zone and Robotech collections.

Whovians know what “Shada” is – an episode of Doctor Who featuring the 4th Doctor, Romana, and K9 written by the late Douglas Adams (“Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”) that had production halted due to a strike in 1979. It was hailed as the greatest episode ever written. It was released on video tape with Tom Baker filling in the missing parts in narration. Well, it’s going to be produced again by the BBC, with Paul McGann filling in as the Doctor.

IMDB News posted an article claiming that author J.K. Rowling has pretty much finished the fifth book of the Harry Potter series, , and after some tweaks will be sent to the publisher. It is expected to be available in 5 months. The article did not cite a source, so I’m kind of treating it like the SG-1 7th season rumor until Scholastic puts out a release…

Jonathan Harris, best known as the bumbling Dr. Zachary Smith in the original Lost in Space series of the 60s, and more recently the voice behind many animated characters in series and features such as A Bug’s Life and Toy Story 2, passed away Sunday at the age of 87.

The next two Tuesdays are going to be expensive ones….of course, the Babylon 5 Season 1 Box Set is out tomorrow, as are ST:TNG Season 5 and X-Files Season 6 (my previous report of 11/7 was mistaken). Next Tuesday gives us movies, movies, movies – the extended Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Gift Set and Standard) and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (Widescreen and Fullscreen). Since I won’t get the B5 discs until Christmas, can someone send in a review?