The hopes and/or fears of Doctor Who fans worldwide have now been realized. Peter Capaldi is stepping out of The TARDIS for the final time at the end of 2017.
Capaldi himself confirmed his decision to leave on an episode of Jo Whiley’s BBC 2 Radio Show.
“I feel sad. I love Doctor Who. It’s a fantastic program to work on, and it’s been a huge pleasure to work with a family. I can’t praise the people I’ve worked with more highly.”
Peter Capaldi was first announced as The Twelfth Doctor at a live BBC television announcement in August of 2013. He made a very brief cameo in the 50th Anniversary special “Day Of The Doctor” before taking over The TARDIS from Matt Smith in the 2013 Christmas Special “Time Of The Doctor”.
Series 10 of Doctor Who premieres April 15th. Pearl Mackie will join the cast as Bill, while Matt Lucas will return as Nardole. The season will also be the last for showrunner Stephen Moffat, who will step down and hand the show over to incoming producer Chris Chibnall
This week’s Geekville Radio gives you a Star Wars fix AND a Doctor Who fix in the same episode. Episode VIII now has the official title The Last Jedi. What does this title mean? And what could this lead to with Luke and Rey? Seth flies solo to address these thoughts.
In the main part of the show, Seth and Mark from Examining The Doctor are joined by Jason Hunt and Paul Gann from Talking Timelords. Together they discuss the recently released animated adaption of Doctor Who Power Of The Daleks. It’s the first time this story has been seen in 50 years. But with four Doctor Who geeks, the conversation does frequently bounce about to all aspects of Doctor Who.
If you’re a Doctor Who fan, this episode is for you!
Star Wars Episode VIII now has the official title The Last Jedi. What does this mean for Luke and Rey? Seth flies solo to contemplate these thoughts. In the main part of the show, Seth and Mark sit down with Jason Hunt and Paul Gann of Talking Timelords to talk the recently released Doctor Who animated adaption The Power Of The Daleks. It’s a fun filled discussion that covers a lot of Doctor Who fandom and history. If you’re a Doctor Who fan, it’s a must listen!
Luke Skywalker himself speaks to The Associated Press about the official title of The Last Jedi for Star Wars Epiosode VIII. Mark is his usual jovial, self deprecating self as he also brings up what it’s like to keep secrets from fans.
After nearly two years of speculation, LucasFilm has finally announced the title for Episode VIII in The Star Wars Saga. As this teaser poster shows, the official title to the film is The Last Jedi.
What do you think of the title? Let us know in the comments below!
Warner Bros. Interactive has released the second trailer for the upcominig Injustice 2 game. In the two and a half minute video, the story is outlined via a narration by Braniac. It certainly appears that the heroes are under some sort of control, as Superman does some very non-superheroic things.
Check out the trailer below
Injustice 2 is slated for a May 16th, 2017 release for XBox One and PS4.
It’s our annual look at the upcoming year in film. Join Seth and Crazy Train as they look at many of the major releases coming out, month by month.
We used the page Movie Insider as a guide for the release dates if you would like to follow along. Many of the movie links also have teaser trailers attached.
Are there any movies you’d like us to preview? Sound off in the comments below if there are any we missed.
It’s our annual movie preview episode. Seth and Crazy Train are back to talk the major geek films for the year. From January’s XXX 3 to December’s Episode VIII. Hear thoughts on Power Rangers, Spider-Man Homecoming, Thor Ragnarok, Justice League ad tons more!
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Sci-Fi Saturday, a new weekly column for Geekville. Each week we will take a look at a certain, possibly lesser known piece of Sci-Fi lore. It could be a movie, TV show, book, video game, or even a specific character. The goal, as usual, is to educate and hopefully entertain.
This week, 1983’s ABC TV show Automan
In 1982, Disney released the groundbreaking film Tron. As with many innovations in entertainment, it inspired many similarities or “knock offs”. One such inspiration was the TV show Automan, which ran for only a half season on ABC. Premiering in December of 1983, it was in simple terms an inverse of Tron. Instead of a human entering the computer world like Jeff Bridges did, it was a computer creation existing in the real world.
Automan told the story of Walter Nebicher, who inexplicably was both a computer programmer and police officer. His best creation was Automan, a humanoid shaped hologram that could exist in the real world. Automan’s best tool was Cursor, which could create holographic objects such as vehicles and equipment. Kind of like a Green Lantern. Only Blue. And without a ring…
Chicks dig the car
In most cases, Automan and Walter would use a Cursor created car that resembled a Lamborghini Countach with neon lights. It would travel at ridiculous speeds with precision handling. Somehow the physics and G-Forces were nonexistent when inside the car, because anybody riding in the car seemed unaffected by high speed turns.
The car is also a helicopter
Cursor could also create flying vehicles such as helicopters and planes. Really, Cursor was the MacGuffin that could just make whatever was needed for a cool scene.
When in danger, Automan could “combine” with Walter, essentially making himself into a forcefield forWalter’s protection. Automan and Walter would share conscience during this time, though it was unclear if this was any limit to how long this could be done.
Like most 80s action shows, episodes dwelled around crime fighting, solving murder plots, or exposing corruption. The villains were usually mere mortals, so it was difficult to truly believe the heroes were in peril when they had a device that could create anything. But hey, it was the 80s. Computers were a relatively new and exciting world that the average kid didn’t really understand yet. If you were able to suspend disbelief for the sake of sci-fi silliness, Automan was an enjoyable romp.
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Part Four of Doctor Who And The Power Of The Daleks is here! Join Mark and Seth as they provide commentary for this recently adapted for animation lost classic. This week, Polly has gone missing while Ben and The Doctor learn more about the mysterious Rebels. Also Dr. Lesterson begins to learn the truth of the Dalek presence.
This commentary will work for both the black and white and colorized version of the episode, so do not worry about which version you need to watch.
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