Doctor Who: Boom

Doctor WhoThe 880th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 181st episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson. Varada Sethu (Andor) guest stars in an episode written by Hugo-winning former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat.

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Doctor Who: The Legend Of Ruby Sunday

Doctor WhoThe 884th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 185th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson. Jemma Redgrave and Bonnie Langford guest star in part one of the season finale.

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Doctor Who: Empire Of Death

Doctor WhoThe 885th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 186th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson. Jemma Redgrave and Bonnie Langford guest star in part two of the season finale. Though it shares its title with one of the Doctor Who: The Missing Adventures novels of the 1990s, the episode and the book are unrelated.

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The Star Wars Radio Dramas: Brian Daley and the Serialization That Saved NPR

The Star Wars Radio Dramas: Brian Daley and the Serialization That Saved NPRMcFarland publishes the non-fiction book The Star Wars Radio Dramas: Brian Daley and the Serialization That Saved NPR by Maria Jose Tenuto and John Tenuto, briefly tracing the history of public radio in the United States and then focusing on the outsized role that NPR’s 1980s Star Wars radio dramas played in helping to establish a firmer financial footing for the network. Read more

Doctor Who: The Complete Seasons 1-4 (Blu-Ray)

Doctor Who: The Complete Seasons 1-4BBC Home Video re-releases the first four seasons (including seasonal specials) of the revived Doctor Who series on Blu-Ray, starring Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant as the Doctor. The content of this box set (apart from the final few specials starring Tennant, which were shot in high definition) was upscaled to HD, initially to include these seasons in a larger box set encompassing the entire revived series. Read more

Doctor Who: Joy To The World

Doctor WhoThe 886th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 187th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson. Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) guest stars in the 2024 Christmas special, written by Hugo-winning former Doctor Who and Sherlock showrunner Steven Moffat.

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Doctor Who: The Robot Revolution

Doctor WhoThe 887th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 188th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu. This is the first episode of the revived series’ 15th season (Disney+ again gives its own numbering, calling this its second season).

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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

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

The British Stereo Collective / Federation: Marked To Kill

Marked To KillThe British Stereo Collective / Federation collaborative EP Marked To Kill is released via Bandcamp, with lyrics (and a video) connecting the song to the BBC space opera Blake’s 7. The release of the single both digitally and on vinyl benefits charity. 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.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Kids These Days

Star Trek: Strange New WorldsStreaming service Paramount Plus premieres the first episode of the Star Trek spinoff Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, created by Gaia Violo and set in the post-Discovery 31st century time frame. Holly Hunter stars, with Paul Giamatti guest starring and veterans of past Star Trek series (Robert Picardo and Oded Fehr) also joining the cast. Read more

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1 (soundtrack)

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1 (soundtrack)Lakeshore Records digitally releases Jeff Russo’s soundtrack from the first season of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, featuring the Rufus Wainwright cover of “San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)” featured in the first episode. Read more