Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Star Wars: The Clone WarsWarner Bros. releases the CGI animated movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars, set during the Clone Wars between Star Wars Episode II and Episode III, and featuring the voice talents of Matt Lanter, Ashley Eckstein, and James Arnold Taylor. Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Daniels, and Christopher Lee reprise the voices of their live action characters. This is also the launching point for the upcoming Clone Wars television series, animated in the same style. Read more

Doctor Who: The Vengeance Of Morbius

Doctor WhoBig Finish Productions releases the 16th episode of the new Eighth Doctor Who audio dramas, starring Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith. Alexander Siddig (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars in the second “season finale” of the Eighth Doctor and Lucie adventures. Read more

Doctor Who Stolen Earth set

Doctor Who: The Stolen Earth SetBritish toymaker Character Options releases a boxed set of action figures based on characters from the Doctor Who episodes The Stolen Earth and Journey’s End. This features the first Davros action figure since the earliest waves of Dapol action figures in the late 1980s. Read more

Eureka: From Fear To Eternity

EurekaSci-Fi Channel airs the 33rd episode of the science fiction series Eureka, starring Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson, and Joe Morton. Ever Carradine (Runaways, The Handmaid’s Tale) guest stars. As a side-effect of the 2007-2008 Writers’ Guild strike, the series goes on an extended hiatus after this episode, not to return until the summer of 2009.

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Shenzhou 7

Shenzhou 7China launches its third crewed space mission, Shenzhou 7, into Earth orbit. For the first time, a full complement of three taikonauts is aboard (Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming, and Jing Haipeng), and in another Chinese space first, Zhigang and Boming exit the spacecraft for a 22-minute spacewalk. Also during this flight, Shenzhou 7 passes within 30 miles of the International Space Station, posing no hazard but raising security concerns from the United States government. Because the customary solar panels of the Shenzhou spacecraft have not been installed to allow for the spacewalk (and unobstructed television coverage of the spacewalk), the mission lasts only three days.

The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Last Sontaran – Part 1

https://www.thelogbook.com/logbook/sarah-jane-adventures/The 12th episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures airs CBBC, starring Elisabeth Sladen (Doctor Who). This is the second season premiere, featuring an enemy dating back to Sladen’s first Doctor Who appearance, the Sontarans. Read more

A near miss: 2008 TC3

2008 TC3Detected only 20 hours before, the meteoroid designated 2008 TC3 burns up and explodes in Earth’s atmosphere, exploding 23 miles above the Sudanese desert. Estimated to be over ten feet in diameter prior to losing most of its mass to heating in the Earth’s atmosphere, 2008 TC3 is thought to have weighed in at approximately 80 tons; hundred of fragments with a total weight of a little over 20 pounds are recovered from the desert. This is the first Near-Earth Object detected prior to impact or destruction by the NASA-funded Spaceguard survey, though the time between detection, confirmation and arrival is less than a day.