New Babylon 5 movie and potential series

Babylon 5The Sci-Fi Channel officially announces that it will be producing a new Babylon 5 movie in 2001, tentatively titled Babylon 5: The Legend Of The Rangers, set three years after the events of Babylon 5’s fifth season, as the Anla’shok try to restore peace and order to the war-torn galaxy. Members of the Babylon 5 cast may appear in the movie – which is confirmed as a pilot for a potential new series with the same premise – but the cast will consist largely of new faces. Douglas Netter and creator J. Michael Straczynski will serve as executive producers.

Doctor Who: Minuet In Hell

Doctor WhoBig Finish Productions releases the 19th Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Paul McGann and India Fisher. Nicholas Courtney appears as the Brigadier in a story closing out Big Finish’s first “season” of eighth Doctor adventures. Read more

Douglas Adams, writer, dies

Douglas AdamsDouglas Adams, the creator of the insanely popular (and maniacally funny) Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy franchise – spanning two seasons of BBC radio series, five novels, a game and a brief TV series – dies suddenly of a heart attack in his California home at the age of 49. Adams created the Guide in 1978 as a radio series, and the subsequent “trilogy” of five books sold over 14 million copies worldwide. Recently, Adams had been working on H2G2, a cyberspace version of the Guide (to which visitors could add their own entries), as well as collaborating with Austin Powers director Jay Roach on an upcoming movie version of the story. Mr. Adams is survived by his wife Jane and a six-year-old daughter.

Star Trek: Voyager: Endgame

Star Trek: VoyagerUPN airs the 170th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. This two-hour episode is the conclusion of the seventh season and the end of the series. Dwight Schultz (The A-Team) and Richard Herd (V) guest star, with Alice Krige reprising the role of the Borg Queen for the first time since 1996’s Star Trek: First Contact. Read more

Xena: Warrior Princess: A Friend In Need – Part 2

XenaThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 134th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor. This is the final episode of the series. Read more

Doctor Who: Death Comes To Time

Doctor Who UnboundThe BBCi website releases the first episode of Doctor Who: Death Comes To Time, an audio drama with limited Flash animation starring Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, John Sessions, and Stephen Fry. (As this story features elements that diverge significantly from established Doctor Who lore, for the purposes of this site it is categorized as a “Doctor Who Unbound” story unconnected to the larger continuity of the Doctor Who universe.) Read more

Stargate SG-1: Ascension

Stargate SG-1Pay cable channel Showtime airs the 90th episode of Stargate SG-1. Sean Patrick Flanery (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles) and John de Lancie (Star Trek: The Next Generation) guest star.

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