Sci-Fi Storm

Henry is put under the lamp as he’s connected to probes and being thrown through a series of questions. He appears calm as the first few questions are simple and direct, but will he stay calm and collected when asked about a question related to a werewolf sighting?

“Animus” airs Friday, November 19th, at 10pm ET.
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Robert Carlyle took home the lone genre award in Saturday’s 25th Annual Gemini Awards, winning for Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role as Dr. Rush in Stargate Universe. SGU received 9 total nominations, with another 3 belonging to Sanctuary. Louis Ferreira (Colonel Young) was also nominated for the Lead Actor award.

Nicholas Rush goes to check on Dr. Perry in Ginn’s quarters. To his surprise he finds her on the ground and potentially dead. He calls for back-up quickly. Will he and the team be able to help her, or is it too late? Find out on Syfy on Tuesday, 11/16 at 10pm ET.
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Apparently the rumors were true (although when I asked him last month, he couldn’t say anything.) Ronald D. Moore and Naren Shankar (former exec for CSI) are writing/exec. producing The Wild Wild West for CBS (after a deal is worked out with Sony, who Moore has a development deal with).

It appears that CBS thinks pairing SF writers with CSI producers is a winning combo, given the success of their reboot of Hawaii Five-0.

AirlockAlpha has an article about the win-lose situation involving the Stargate Worlds MMOPRG game that has been in development for years and put on hold earlier this year – and now will likely never see the light of day. Developer Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this year, won a court ruling that says it owns all the intellectual property for the game, which former employees tried to walk away with and form a rival company. However, MGM has revoked their franchise license – so all the materials regarding Stargate can no longer be used. However, Stargate: Resistance was apparently not affected by the license.

Haven’t received your [sfs=1039]Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series[/sfs] discs yet? Well, you don’t have to wait to check out the two “mini-episodes” included – check them out right here!

These minis fill in between two episodes, with the Doctor explaining to Amy about things, and Amy grilling him on his past companions – some brilliant dialog, including why the Doctor likes to have companions…
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What happens when the Doctor’s most fearsome enemy meets the world’s most powerful blender? You find out when Tom Dickson of Blendtec’s “Will It Blend?” series meets up with Sebastian J. Brook of Doctor Who Online with his Dalek…
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After just airing its second episode, AMC has already ordered a 13-episode second season of its smash hit The Walking Dead. “I wish all programming decisions were no brainers like this one,” said Sharon Tal Yguado, SVP Scripted Programming. “No other cable series has ever attracted as many Adults 18-49 as ‘The Walking Dead.’” according to Charlie Collier, President of AMC. “This reaffirms viewers’ hunger for premium television on basic cable. We are so proud to be bringing back ‘The Dead’ again, across the globe.”

AMC’s “The Walking Dead” is based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics. Shot on location in Atlanta, it is led by a cast that includes Lincoln (Teachers, Love Actually) as Rick Grimes, Jon Bernthal (The Pacific, The Ghost Writer) as Shane Walsh, Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break) as Lori Grimes, Laurie Holden (The Shield, Stephen King’s The Mist) as Andrea, Jeffrey DeMunn (Stephen King’s The Mist, The Green Mile) as Dale, Steven Yeun (The Big Bang Theory) as Glen, Emma Bell (The Bedford Diaries) as Amy and Chandler Riggs (Get Low) as Carl Grimes.

Kate has become the host of an abnormal who has given her super powers. An all new strength and identity makes her feel unstoppable and not too quick to re-join the team. Will she use it for good or will the team be able to restrain the chaos that the abnormal may cause through her? Watch the clip and be sure to tune in Friday, November 12th at 10/9c on Syfy to find out.
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Seems my Bothan-er, Warner Home Video/BBC spies have failed me – not only do I not seem to be getting my customary early X-Mas present of Doctor Who DVDs this year (Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series is out on [sfs=1039]DVD[/sfs] and [sfs=1038]Blu-ray[/sfs] this Tuesday), but I was unaware that Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss and writer/producer Steven Moffat’s critically acclaimed series Sherlock also appears on [asin=B004132HZS]DVD[/asin] and [sfs=B004132I20]Blu-ray[/sfs] the same day. I have heard nothing but good things about this version, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch (The Last Enemy, Hawking) as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman (soon to be very well known as Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit) as Dr. John Watson, and have been waiting for it to come to the U.S. on television. What I didn’t realize is that it was being shown on PBS, and is under the “Masterpiece Mystery!” banner and not under its own name. Check your local PBS listings, but fortunately in Boston they are repeated all three episodes on November 14th…thanks to @dire_rampancy for the tweet about that, and @tnsears for also pointing out that it is available online on the PBS website under Masterpiece Theater.