Cover For The Essential Doctor Who - Alien Worlds

Out now is the third issue in Doctor Who Magazines The Essential Doctor Who Series.  The new issue deals with Alien Worlds.  Everything that you ever wanted to know about the alien worlds in Doctor Who is in this special magazine.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Official Trailer

Doctor Who - Synopsis For The Bounty of Ceres

This months The Early Adventures gives us another 1st Doctor story with Steven and Vicki.  Peter Purves and Maureen O'Brien return to the roles they made famous in the 60's. You can order this from the Big Finish website.
http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-bounty-of-ceres-887

Ceres. A tiny, unforgiving ball of ice and rock hanging between Mars and Jupiter.  It’s no place to live, and it takes a special kind of person to work there.

The crew of the Cobalt Corporation mining base know exactly how deadly the world outside their complex is, but the danger isn’t just outside anymore. The systems they rely on to keep them safe are failing and the planet is breaking in.

When the TARDIS strands Steven, Vicki and the Doctor on the base, they have to fight a foe they can barely comprehend to survive.

Written By: Ian Potter
Directed By: Lisa Bowerman

Cast
Maureen O’Brien (Vicki/Narrator), Peter Purves (Steven/Narrator), Richard Hope (Moreland), Julia Hills (Qureshi), Peter Forbes (Thorn)

IVAR, TIMEWALKER #1 – VALIANT NEXT Continues with An All-New Ongoing Series in January!‏

Prehistoric empires! Dystopian futures! And everywhere in between!

Valiant is proud to present your first look inside IVAR, TIMEWALKER #1 – the FIRST ISSUE of the VALIANT NEXT ongoing series by New York Times best-selling creators Fred Van Lente and Clayton Henry! From the award-winning creative team that brought you ARCHER & ARMSTRONG, start an all-new adventure right here on January 21st as the mysterious Ivar Anni-Padda launches into a centuries-spanning race against the clock!

HELLBOY AND THE B.P.R.D. #1‏

n 2014, Dark Horse Comics has celebrated 20 years of Hellboy by legendary writer/ artist Mike Mignola with Hellboy Day, the publication of the New York Times bestselling Hellboy: The First 20 Years, the paperback release of the highly acclaimed Hellboy in Hell, the trade paperback of the Eisner Award winning Itty Bitty Hellboy, scores of comic books featuring Mignola creations Hellboy, the BPRD and Abe Sapien. And now Dark Horse caps of the year with a story that is 20 years in the making-- Hellboy's very first field mission as a member of the BPRD.

Controversy Ignites in December's WILDFIRE‏

WILDFIRE is the new graphic novel from Image Comics/Top Cow exploring the politically charged topic of genetically modified food in a tense, thought-provoking thriller by Matt Hawkins (THINK TANK, APHRODITE IX) and Linda Sejic that leaves it to readers to make up their own minds about the controversy.

Ending hunger is the goal of genetic researchers at megacorporation Biogenesis like Dr. Beth Silva, but an accident during a media demonstration illustrates the unintended consequences that may result from experimenting on an organism’s DNA. Los Angeles is choked with rapidly growing plants, returning the city that is home to 3.8 million people to a state of nature. Dan Miller, a young scientist who worked on Dr. Silva’s project, must race against time to stop the growth, before L.A. is completely obliterated.

DARK HORSE’S UNOFFICIAL HATSUNE MIX: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!‏

First printing sold out; second printing in stores for holidays!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MILWAUKIE, OR—Who’s that girl with the long green ponytails you’ve been seeing everywhere? It’s Hatsune Miku, the Vocaloid—the synthesizer superstar who’s singing your song! Dark Horse Comics’ first edition of Unofficial Hatsune Mix landed in the New York Times Manga Top 10 list and sold out of bookstores across the nation within the first month of release!

New Comic Book Checklist For November 5th

DARK HORSE COMICS

• Alien vs. Predator: Fire And Stone 2
• Angel And Faith: Season 10: 8
• Cave Girl:THC: Bob Powell Complete Cave Girl
• Concrete Park: Respect 3
• Ghost 9
• Ghost Fleet 1
• Grandville:HGN: Noel
• Mass Effect: Foundation:TPB: 3
• New York Four:GN: Dark Horse Edition
• Serenity: Leaves on the Wind:THC:
• Skyman (One-Shot)
• Usagi Yojimbo: Senso 4

 

DC COMICS

Doctor Who - Dark Eyes 3 Synopsis

Big Finish will be releasing Dark Eyes 3 this month with The Doctor taking on The Master when he was still a dude.  This is the third box set in the series and if you haven't listened to the first two Dark Eyes stories then you need to get them and listen to them as Paul McGann is superb in them.  You can buy it from the Big Finish website.
http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/dark-eyes-3-979

"Molly O'Sullivan? Hello you."

In his quest for universal domination, the Master plans to exploit the terrifying Infinite Warriors of the mysterious Eminence. The Doctor's friend, Molly, is key to that plan's execution, and now, aided by corrupted genius Sally Armstrong, the Master is close to success.

Paranoid and perplexed after his recent experience, the Doctor skirts the fringes of the fifty-year conflict between humanity and the Infinite Armies. Wary of changing the course of history, he fears that to fight the Eminence would be to do the Daleks' bidding. But when Time Lord CIA agent Narvin provides the impetus for the Doctor to act, Liv Chenka joins him in a desperate race to save their friend and stop the Master.

As the Doctor goes head to head with his oldest and deadliest rival, this war is about to get very personal indeed...

Written By: Matt Fitton
Directed By: Ken Bentley

Cast
Paul McGann (The Doctor), Nicola Walker (Liv Chenka), Ruth Bradley (Molly O'Sullivan), Alex Macqueen (The Master), Natalie Burt (Dr Sally Armstrong), David Sibley (The Eminence), Sean Carlsen (Narvin)

1: The Death of Hope
Georgie Fuller (Hope Gardner), Geoffrey Breton (Leo Gardner)

2: The Reviled
Sacha Dhawan (Jaldam), Sarah Mowat (Gajeeda), Laura Riseborough (Sharma)

3: Masterplan
David Sibley (Professor Markus Schriver), John Banks (Captain/Lieutenant)

4: Rule of the Eminence
Jonathan Forbes (Walter Vincent), Beth Chalmers (Casey Carraway), Georgia Moffett (Engineer Tallow)

Doctor Who - Death in Heaven Promo Pics

Doctor Who - Death in Heaven Official TV Trailer

Doctor Who - Synopsis For Masters of Earth

Big Finish's Main Range release for November sees the 2nd story in the mini 6th Doctor arc and this time The Doctor and Peri face off against the Daleks. But there is a twist to this story as it takes place before he helps to save the Earth as the First Doctor in The Dalek Invasion of Earth.  You can order it from the Big Finish website.
http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/masters-of-earth-865

The year is 2163. Ten years since the Daleks invaded the Earth. One year until the Doctor, in his first incarnation, will help bring the occupation to an end. But for now, their reign of terror goes on.

The TARDIS brings the Doctor and Peri to Scotland – enslaved, like everywhere else on the planet. But there are rumours of Dalek-free islands off its coast. Places where resistors and refuseniks are coming together, gathering arms and armour, preparing to strike back against the enemy.

When the Doctor falls in with an unlikely group of freedom fighters making that dangerous journey to Orkney, he finds himself trapped – but not only by the Daleks, their robotised henchmen and their human collaborators.

By history.

Because history shows that for another year, resistance is useless...

The rebellion must fail – and as a Time Lord, the Doctor can do nothing to help

Written By: Mark Wright and Cavan Scott
Directed By: Nicholas Briggs

Cast
Colin Baker (The Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri), Tracy Wiles (Moira Brody), Brian McCardie (Alan Weir), Sean Biggerstaff (Ross Nicolson), Hugh Ross (Kyle Inskip), Damian Lynch (Curbishly), Nicholas Briggs (The Daleks/Roboman)

R.I. Comic Con 2014: The Monster That Ate Providence (And Your Money)

A dog day's afternoon in Providence.

I've been fortunate enough to attend some of the biggest comic cons on the East Coast - New York City, Philadelphia, Boston and Long Island. I've also been fortunate enough to attend smaller shows in New England.

Without a question, Rhode Island Comic Con 2014 on Saturday was the absolute worst. I've never experienced such disorganization. Worse, I've never experienced such a callous disregard for fans.

What the frack, R.I. Comic Con?

Pre-purchased tickets in hand, a friend and I stood outdoors in the rain, wind and cold for more than two hours waiting to get into the show on Saturday. We never got close and finally retreated to a local casino, where we figured to get a better return on our money.

Not once did anyone from R.I. Comic Con make an appearance to explain to the hundreds and hundreds of fans waiting in line - many of them accompanied by young children - what was happening. We were left to discuss rumors among ourselves, talk to people leaving the show and to monitor social media.

Apparently, R.I. Comic Con management was too busy counting their money to pay us a simple courtesy visit.

From what I have read, the convention center has a capacity of 17,000. At one point, officials estimated 20,000 people were inside, resulting in the local fire marshal stopping anyone else from entering, including people with wristbands who may have stepped outside for a few minutes. With hundreds of fans still waiting to get in, this did not stop R.I Comic Con from continuing to sell tickets. Even when they knew the gravity of the situation, organizers chose to make it worse by selling more tickets.

Then they rubbed it in.

First there was the R.I Comic Con posting that declared "WE ARE NOT OVERSOLD. Unfortunately, everyone loves our show so much that they don't want to leave."

That's right, fans - it's all your fault. Some of you spent hundreds of dollars to attend the show, for autographs and photo ops, and the only problem is that you want to get your money's worth. You don't want to spend a half-hour among the sci fi stars and other attractions, then run home with your souvenirs and 30 minutes of memories. You want to hang around for hours and enjoy yourself. How dare you?

In other tweets, organizers continued to decline any responsibility for this disaster. "There was no mess up. This happens a lot at large events." A lot? I've attended hundreds, if not thousands, of "large events" over the decades and never seen anything as bad as this.

As if to emphasize their tone-deafness, R.I Comic Con referred in a tweet to the issues as a "hiccup." Really? If we are going to draw an analogy with bodily functions to describe the situation, I'd choose something like, oh, I don't know, projectile vomiting on your fans?

The scenario was so bad, it earned its own Twitter hashtag among disgruntled fans - ricomiccon2014fail.

For an excellent overview for the situation, check out Anime Herald's blog.

The Providence Journal quoted the Rhode Island Convention Center's general manager, Lawrence J. Lepore, as saying, "It's not a good thing for us, because there are too many people."

Really? What about all those people who bought tickets? The ones waiting on a windy, cold, rainy day while being completely ignored by Comic Con organizers? Was it good for them?

Lepore said only 5,000 tickets would be sold for Sunday's portion of the show because 10,000 already had been sold. "That brings us to about 15,000, and that's what the state fire marshal and city Fire Department is comfortable with," he said.

In other words, they put a cap on Sunday's attendance. That means they know they made a mistake on Saturday, right? And they are going to admit it? This is where we hear an apology?

Silence.

Well, R.I. Comic Con did tweet that "We are working on a remedy for the situations involving anyone who was completely unable to attend. It will take a bit of time. Please have patience."

We're still waiting.

Just like yesterday.

Last Chance to be part of Firestorm!! - 7 hours to go!

7 hours to go and Jamie Anderson's Kickstarter project for his late father's Firestorm will be done funding.  There are plenty of gifts including DVDs, Blu-rays, digital download, T-shirts and so much more as incentives.  The project is now over 80,000 pounds which means that a new scene and puppet can be funded for the pilot.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1717674777/gerry-andersons-firestorm-filmed-in-ultramarionati

This pilot is going old school with practical effects, miniatures and puppets and looks outstanding!

Doctor Who – Dark Water - Spoilers

Review By Ken Parker

So here we have the reveal story – the one that sets in motion the finale for the season and answers some questions. What did Danny Pink do as a soldier? Why does it matter he was a soldier? Will Clara come clean to him? Will Clara leave the Doctor? Who is Missy? Is there an afterlife? Will this season end on a high note? Will the pay-off be worth it? Will Moffat come through with a great story or will he blow it?

Spoilers