The Doctor Returns!

The new series of Doctor Who hits our screens in April and the BBC have just released a new trailer. This looks brilliant.

Here is the previous trailer for extra Doctor goodness.

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Happy 80th Birthday Captain Kirk

The mighty William Shatner turns 80 today, so in tribute to the greatest starship captain of them all here are a couple of his greatest hits.

Happy Birthday Bill.

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Monday Roundup - The Prequel

So it's Monday already, which means I missed my semi regular Friday Roundup, so consider this a prequel of sorts.

First up is a sneak peak at the final part of the Harry Potter saga. I really enjoyed Deathly Hallows Part 1 and with so much action to pack into Part 2 I can't wait for this one to arrive in cinemas.

There have been a couple of these Wes Anderson style alternative film trailers and as a fan of The Fantastic Mr. Fox I loved this version of Wes Anderson's The Fantastic Mr. Starfox, based on one of Nintendo's best know game franchises. The stop motion animation here is great and this is a film I would love to see on the big screen.

And finally a couple of images for you - one of which would not have been possible on Friday. Firstly it's a really nice poster of Penelope Cruz for the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film, On Stranger Tides. 

The second is a photograph of director Peter Jackson on the set of The Hobbit. The film begins production this week with Martin Freeman in the title role of Bilbo Baggins. The story will be split into two films the first of which is due in cinemas late 2012.

That's it for this post and I'll hopefully be back on Friday. If there is anything out there you think might be of interest then leave me a comment. Thanks.

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Comics!

Taken at Nostalgia and Comics

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Friday Roundup 2: The Sequel

This week I am 15 again. The reason for this is the trailer which has just dropped for the Steven Spielberg produced, J.J. Abrams directed 'Super 8'. Everything about this trailer takes me right back to the days of Close Encounters, Goonies, E.T. and The Explorers. I'm not sure if the music used in the trailer is taken from Michael Giacchino's score, but if it is, it once again proves that he is the modern day John Williams or Jerry Goldsmith.

The movie is due to reach UK cinemas in August and looks to be a big hit.

With Doctor Who due to return to our screens on 23rd April both here and in the US, BBC America have releases a nice promotional image for the new season.

With the opening episodes having been filmed in the US and a mid-season cliffhanger and break until the autumn this looks to be a great year for the Doctor. And talking of the Doctor YouTuber punkocarp uploaded this great Doctor Who/Buffy The Vampire Slayer titles mashup - inspired stuff and reminds me how much I loved the Nerf Herder theme song to Buffy.

Elsewhere I've been listening to the new songs from The Strokes and Foo Fighters. Both are great songs and I'm looking forward to the new albums.

I can't embed the official video for Rope at the moment but you can see it on the MTV site.

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Space Shuttle Discovery - Star Trek Wake Up Call

Today the astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, currently on it's final mission, awoke to the theme from Star Trek. But this time it was a little different...

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From the official NASA - Space Shuttle site -

William Shatner, who played Captain James T. Kirk on the original Star Trek television series, provided a special message to the crew of space shuttle Discovery during the 3:23 a.m. EST wakeup call. 

As Alexander Courage’s theme song played underneath, Shatner replaced the original television introduction with, “Space, the final frontier. These have been the voyages of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Her 30 year mission: To seek out new science. To build new outposts. To bring nations together on the final frontier. To boldly go, and do, what no spacecraft has done before.”

The “Theme from Star Trek” received the second most votes in a public contest from a Top 40 list for NASA’s Song Contest. The top two songs with the most votes from that list earned a slot on the list to wake Discovery’s crew during its final mission. The total number of votes cast during the four-month contest for STS-133 was 2,463,774. Of that, Star Trek received 671,134 votes (27.2 percent). Shatner recorded the new, special introduction for Discovery’s final voyage – its 39th flight and 13th to the International Space Station.

The song is posted at: http://www.archive.org/details/STS-133

Pilot Eric Boe will undock Discovery from the space station at 7 a.m. and conduct a full-lap fly around of the complex at 7:30 a.m., before separating from station at 8:43 a.m. Later in the day, the crew will use the Orbiter Boom Sensor System to conduct a “late inspection” of the shuttle’s heat shield.

The Shuttle is due to undock from the International Space Station later today and begin it's return to earth. The next Shuttle mission is the last for the Space Shuttle Atlantis which is due to launch in April.

Visit the official NASA site for more info on all upcoming space missions.

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