Category: Universes, Franchises & Characters

Another Star Trek spinoff

EnterpriseStar Trek: Voyager executive producer Rick Berman announces that UPN and Paramount have asked him to initiate the development of the next Star Trek series, though it won’t premiere until after Voyager has completed its run (whose seventh season will wrap up in spring 2001). Few details are available at this stage, other than that the network wants a series more accessible to a general audience, not just Star Trek fans, and the show may not even bear the words “Star Trek” in its title.

Doctor Who: The Spectre Of Lanyon Moor

Doctor WhoBig Finish Productions releases the ninth Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Colin Baker and Maggie Stables. Nicholas Courtney reprises his role as the Brigadier, finally giving the sixth Doctor a full-length adventure alongside the beloved character. Read more

The Best of Star Trek: Volume Two (soundtrack)

The Best Of Godzilla: 1984-1995GNP Crescendo records releases the soundtrack compilation album The Best of Star Trek: Volume Two, collecting music highlights from the original Star Trek TV series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager. Read more

Doctor Who At The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Volume 1: The Early Years – 1963-1969 (soundtrack)

The Early YearsBBC Music releases Doctor Who At The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Volume 1: The Early Years – 1963-1969, collecting early music cues and sound effects created by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop during Doctor Who’s early black & white years. Read more

Doctor Who At The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Volume 2: New Beginnings – 1970-1979 (soundtrack)

New BeginningsBBC Music releases Doctor Who At The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Volume 2: New Beginnings – 1970-1979, collecting early music cues and sound effects created by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop during the Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker years of Doctor Who. Read more

Sir Alec Guinness, Star Wars actor, dies

Sir Alec GuinnessSir Alec Guinness, best known to SF fans as Obi-Wan Kenobi, dies at the age of 86. He was a working actor for over six decades, though directors had to beg him into participating in his two best-known outings – Star Wars and The Bridge Over The River Kwai; indeed, in recent years, he has made his disdain for the former project very well known to any fans who dared to ask. Reports around the time of his death indicated that Sir Alec Guinness has been suffering from liver cancer. He is survived by his wife and son.