Archive for December, 2009

Star Trek USS Enterprise becomes a submarine and flies underwater

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 29th December , 2009

I’VE been away over Christmas for a getaway, which means no blogs, but this video of the USS Enterprise as a submarine will get us going again.
It looks just like space, as it floats gracefully around what I guess is fluidic space. It was created by Yokusuka dry docks, who are obviously huge Star Trek [...]

Doctor Who The End of Time part one Christmas special review (big spoilers)

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 25th December , 2009

SO I don’t know if you’ve heard or not, but apparently there’s a big Doctor Who story this Christmas about the End of Mime or something. (WARNING – BIG SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED IT)
If you don’t know, you must have been living under a rock as Russell T Davies has been interviewed about the [...]

Happy Christmas from Scyfi Love

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 24th December , 2009

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of Christmas Day danced in their heads.
And I settled down, with some [...]

Mass Effect 2 trailer looks spectacular for gamers

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 23rd December , 2009

AS an XBOX gamer, Mass Effect is one of my favourite games, so this trailer for Mass Effect 2 has got me jumping.
If you haven’t played it, Mass Effect involves your character – Commander Shepherd – building a multi-species team of soldiers, psychics (or biotics as the game calls them) and technology experts and heading [...]

Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150AD – when Bernard Cribbins first helped Doctor Who

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 22nd December , 2009

IT IS only a few days now until the End of Time Part One, when Bernard Cribbins becomes the Doctor’s companion again.
As everyone knows, it won’t be the first time, with Cribbins helping Peter Cushing’s Doctor defeat the Daleks in Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150AD, a Doctor Who film from 1966.
Cribbins played policeman Tom Campbell, who [...]

BBC Day of the Triffids video gets my hopes up for mini-series

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 21st December , 2009

THE BBC has released a few clips from their remake of Day of the Triffids, starring Dougray Scott and Eddie Izzard.
So far this has been almost entirely under the radar, what with all the Doctor Who hoopla, so it is good to see that it looks suitably creepy.
Click through for the clip.