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If you are at SXSW this weekend, you can get a look at that the town of Defiance looks like, chat with one of the stars – and even eat Defiance-style!

Syfy is taking over SXSW Interactive with the transmedia adventure of the Defiance Container Village (San Jacinto & 4th) – an immersive environment that recreates aspects of the futuristic world of Defiance in downtown Austin.

The Defiance Container Village will be live 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. from March 8 – 11. Some of the highlights of SXSW & the village include the following:

– Cast member Jesse Rath will live-tweet from @DefianceWorld. Tweet #DefianceSXSW to join the conversation & possibly win some swag, including a private happy hour in the village.

– SXSW GEEK Stage: The Making of Defiance, A Living Transmedia World

– A Need/Want Social Bar will allow visitors to express & share their personal needs & wants with an app that aggregates the collective results and posts them to the bar’s interactive wall & individual’s social feeds. Throughout the course of SXSW, Needs & Wants will be fulfilled for some lucky participants.

– Chi’Lantro, a Korean-BBQ food truck, will be dramatically transformed & serving its menu Defiance-style.

– One container in the village will be open for the public to relax, charge mobile devices & use the internet.

– Experience Defiance, play the game, mix with cast members, & party with DJs.

If you go say hi to Jesse for me!

Well, if it has to be Monday, at least we have some of our favorite shows tonight…

Our best buddy vampire Aidan just forwarded the first four minutes of tonight’s episode, “Your Body Is a Condemned Wonderland!” Enjoy!
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Sorry I didn’t report on this earlier – but yes, that is Tim Curry’s voice you will hear on tomorrow morning’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars finale as Emperor Palpatine. The Huffington Post broke the news yesterday.

Curry is taking over the role after the death last year of Ian Abercrombie. Although Abercrombie had pre-recorded ahead of time a lot of his segments, that did not apparently include the season finale, so Curry, who has done a lot of voice roles, stepped up.

Catch this little preview below – and let’s all hope that Ahsoka’s ultimate fate isn’t settled just yet…
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Here is the latest from our vampire friend…

Hey –

Catch a glimpse into Monday’s ‘Your Body is a Condemned Wonderland.’ Sally starts thinking that she may be decomposing. Meanwhile, it looks like Josh may propose to Nora! I’m excited for them, but I’m worried about Liam – and I think they should be, too.

Besides the usual sneak peek & clips, watch Sally goof around in a short, special clip below.

See You,

A

Catch the preview below and Sally bloopers, and tune in Monday at 9/8c on Syfy!
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On Monday’s new Continuum, Kiera and Carlos investigate two murder suicides. Find out what happens at 8/7c on Syfy.
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Just heard from Syfy – Lost Girl has been renewed for a 13-episode 4th season, to air in 2014.

The 3rd season, currently airing on Syfy, is averaging 1.3 million viewers, with around half of them coming from the 18-49 demographic that advertisers love.

Correction: Syfy is NOT airing Merlin this Friday – it will return on Friday, March 8th. Syfy has decided to hold the final five episodes off until May now…

It’s almost the weekend again, which means it’s almost time for another episode of Merlin, as we draw inevitably towards the series conclusion.

In tomorrow’s episode, Merlin knows he must act fast before Morgana’s twisted control over Gwen gets further out of hand. But only the most powerful magic can save the Queen and this will not be easy, even for Merlin. As the High Priestess tightens her grip on Camelot, one thing is clear; she will not give up her puppet without a fight.

Watch the preview below, and watch “With All My Heart” on Friday, March 8th, at 10/9c on Syfy! And don’t forget to watch Colin Morgan’s recap of last week’s episode, “A Hollow Queen”, as well below!
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David J. Peterson, the linguist who constructed all the languages – spoken and written – for the Votan races on Defiance is at the TED conference – and while there he has been tweeting along including pictures (from @DefianceWorld) . And he will be live-tweeting a Q&A session tonight at 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT). You can follow along there, or catch it as a Storify stream below! For more on his work to construct the languages, check out our article from our October set visit, A day on the set of Defiance.
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I really don’t know what to believe any more. There are constant rumors about a special 50th Anniversary episode of Doctor Who featuring at least some of not all of the previous Doctors, but the BBC has not confirmed any such thing – only the making-of docudrama An Adventure in Space and Time. And even though we’ve gotten denials by those supposedly involved, we also got nods and winks too…but either nothing really is happening, or it’s the greatest conspiracy concocted to hide a TV show.

The latest is a quote attributed to David Tennant on Timeout.com. It’s not much, but in reference to the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, they quote Tennant as “beginning to give up hope that anything’s going to happen.” It isn’t clear if he’s referring to his participation, or the show in general. But it’s hard to imagine an anniversary show that wouldn’t include other Doctors – and especially Tennant.

Let’s just go with the conspiracy theory, and Tennant is just a spokesman. 🙂

Here is a neat new thing for Defiance…a Stipple – an “interactive image” that if you roll over certain areas, it will give you more information. Give it a try!

Are you excited for Defiance yet?