Caprica: Blowback

CapricaThe 14th episode of the Battlestar Galactica spinoff series Caprica, a non-space-based tale of the creation of the Cylons over half a century before the events seen in Galactica, premieres on cable channel Syfy. Peter Wingfield (Highlander: The Series), Chris Heyerdahl (Sanctuary) and Ryan Robbins (Falling Skies) guest star. Read more

Doctor Who Series 5 (soundtrack)

Silva Screen Records releases a 2-CD set of Murray Gold’s soundtrack music from the 2010 season of Doctor Who. This release continues the double-disc format of the 2009 specials soundtrack, and includes most of the music recorded for the entire fifth season. Read more

Caprica: The Dirt Eaters

CapricaThe 15th episode of the Battlestar Galactica spinoff series Caprica, a non-space-based tale of the creation of the Cylons over half a century before the events seen in Galactica, premieres on cable channel Syfy. Peter Wingfield (Highlander: The Series) guest stars. Read more

He Will Have His Way: The Songs Of Tim and Neil Finn

He Will Have His WayEMI Records releases He Will Have His Way: The Songs Of Tim and Neil Finn, an all-star collection of covers of songs written by the Finn Brothers, including their solo work, Split Enz, and Crowded House. Read more

Doctor Who: The Lost Stories: The Fragile Yellow Arc Of Fragrance

Doctor Who UnboundBig Finish Productions releases the Doctor Who: The Lost Stories audio drama box set The Lost Stories: The First Doctor, containing audio versions of scripts that were intended for, but never produced by, Doctor Who on television. William Russell and Carole Ann Ford star in a story originally intended for the first season of Doctor Who. Read more

Doctor Who: The New Dalek Paradigm action figures

Doctor Who action figuresBritish toymaker Character Options releases a wave of five action figures depicting the New Dalek Paradigm introduces in the 2010 season of Doctor Who. These toys reflect the extremely colorful redesign – somewhat controversial in Who fandom – of the Doctor’s arch enemies. Read more

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (expanded soundtrack)

Star Trek: The Motion PictureSoundtrack specialty label La-La Land Records releases a limited edition 2-CD set featuring – for the first time – the entirety of Jerry Goldsmith’s soundtrack from Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. For the first time, the complete score is presented, including alternate takes and arrangements. The limited edition of 5,000 sells out in four months, and the album later gets an unlimited reissue with slightly different cover artwork on the Intrada label. Read more

Doctor Who: Demon Quest Part 5 – Sepulchre

Doctor WhoBBC subsidiary AudioGo releases the fifth and final Doctor Who audio drama in the Demon Quest story cycle, starring Tom Baker, Richard Franklin, and Susan Jameson. A third series of adventures will follow in 2011, prior to the fourth Doctor’s Big Finish audio debut in 2012. Read more

Missing Venus

Akatsuki at VenusJapan’s AKATSUKI unmanned space probe fires its thrusters to slow down enough to be captured into an orbit around Venus, a maneuver which will take place mostly in the planet’s shadow, out of communication with Earth. But when ground controllers reacquire communications with AKATSUKI, it is in safe mode, and not in its predicted orbit around Venus. The main orbital engine, damaged by overheating due to salt deposits on a fuel valve, fired for less than three minutes and cannot safely be fired again, leaving AKATSUKI into a solar orbit. Mission planners put AKATSUKI into a hibernation mode to preserve it for another opportunity to orbit Venus in 2015.

Doctor Who: The Four Doctors

Doctor WhoBig Finish Productions releases a bonus Doctor Who audio drama starring Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, and Paul McGann. (This title was initially exclusive to Big Finish’s subscription program, as an incentive for those whose subscriptions included The Demons Of Red Lodge.) Read more