Doctor Who: The Interstellar Song Contest

Doctor WhoThe 892nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 193rd episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu. Rylan Clark, Graham Norton, Julie Dray, and Carole Anne Ford guest star.

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Doctor Who: Wish World

Doctor WhoThe 893rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 194th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu. Millie Gibson, Archie Panjabi, Bonnie Langford, Jemma Redgrave, Anita Dobson, and Ruth Madeley guest star in part one of the two-part season finale.

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Doctor Who: The Reality War

Doctor WhoThe 894th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 195th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu. Millie Gibson, Archie Panjabi, Bonnie Langford, Jemma Redgrave, Anita Dobson, and Ruth Madeley guest star in part two of the two-part season finale.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Hegemony, Part 2

Star Trek: Strange New WorldsStreaming service Paramount Plus releases the 21st episode of the Star Trek prequel series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, created by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, and Jenny Lumet. Melanie Scrofano (Wynonna Earp) guest stars in the third season premiere. Read more

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Wedding Bell Blues

Star Trek: Strange New WorldsStreaming service Paramount Plus releases the 22nd episode of the Star Trek prequel series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, created by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, and Jenny Lumet. Cillian O’Sullivan (Daredevil: Born Again, Then You Run), Rhys Darby (Flight Of The Conchords), and John de Lancie (Star Trek: The Next Generation) guest star. Read more

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Shuttle To Kenfori

Star Trek: Strange New WorldsStreaming service Paramount Plus releases the 23nd episode of the Star Trek prequel series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, created by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, and Jenny Lumet. Christine Horn (Snowfall, BMF) guest stars. Read more

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: A Space Adventure Hour

Star Trek: Strange New WorldsStreaming service Paramount Plus releases the 24th episode of the Star Trek prequel series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, created by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, and Jenny Lumet. Paul Wesley (The Vampire Diaries) guest stars. Read more

Jim Lovell, Apollo astronaut, dies

Jim LovellFormer test pilot, Gemini and Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell dies at the age of 97. A U.S. Navy pilot, Lovell had applied to join NASA during the agency’s initial search for the Mercury astronauts, but was sidelined from selection due to medical test results, only to be brought into the space program when new astronauts were recruited for the Gemini program. Lovell was the pilot of Gemini 7 (the first long-duration space mission, lasting two weeks), and commanded Gemini 12, the final flight of that program. On Apollo 8, the first crewed mission to orbit the moon, Lovell served as command module pilot, and was originally scheduled to command Apollo 14. A change in flight rotation moved Lovell and his crew up to Apollo 13. Faulty wiring in an oxygen tank caused an explosion in the command module, venting much of the vehicle’s oxygen supply into space and causing the cancellation of the intended third moon landing in favor of preserving resources to attempt to bring the crew home safely. After the harrowing journey, Lovell retired from NASA, and later co-wrote (with Jeffrey Kluger) the memoir Lost Moon, which was then optioned as the basis of the Ron Howard movie Apollo 13.

Go Figure

Go FigureRoundel Books publishes the non-fiction book Go Figure by Richard Lloyd, a detailed chronicle of every figure released in Character Options’ two decades of producing Doctor Who action figures, initially for the BBC’s 21st century revival of the TV series but eventually adding many characters from the 20th century run as well. Read more

Star Trek: Khan: Paradise

Star Trek: KhanCBS Studios releases the first episode of the scripted podcast Star Trek: Khan, a long-gestating project dating back to the early days of Star Trek: Discovery as a television proposal by Nicholas Meyer (Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan), finally produced in audio form. Naveen Andrews (Lost) stars as Khan. Read more

Nabil Shaban, actor, dies

Nabil ShabanActor Nabil Shaban, who portrayed the slug-like alien capitalist Sil in late 1980s Doctor Who, dies at the age of 72. First appearing in 1985’s Vengeance On Varos, Sil was penciled in for a rematch against the Doctor in an episode that would’ve been titled Mission To Magnus, which was ultimately abandoned as the BBC demanded a rethink of the series’ 23rd season; despite this, Sil still make a comeback in parts five through eight of The Trial Of A Time Lord. Mission To Magnus would later be released as a novelization, and finally as a full-cast Big Finish audio drama, in which Shaban revived the role of Sil. (He appeared in another Big Finish audio, Antidote To Oblivion, in 2014, and revived Sil onscreen in the direct-to-video project Sil And The Devil Seeds Of Arodor. The character of Sil was popular enough to become an action figure.) Shaban turned his disability to his advantage in playing the part of the legless creature, but also advocated for other actors with disabilities throughout his career.

June Lockhart, actress, dies

June LockhartActress June Lockhart, best known to genre fans for playing Dr. Maureen Robinson, mother figure of the Robinson family on Lost In Space, dies of natural causes at the age of 100. Prior to her three-season stint on Lost In Space, Ms. Lockhart was already a household name from an even longer run in a maternal role on Lassie. Big screen appearances included She-Wolf Of London, Strange Invaders, Troll, C.H.U.D. II, and a small part in the 1998 reboot Lost In Space. TV appearances included Science Fiction Theatre, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, Darkroom, Whiz Kids, Amazing Stories, Babylon 5, and even a voice role on the The Ren & Stimpy Show.