Derek Van Gorder and Otto Stockmeier have a dream: To create a science fiction film, but without the space-age effects. In other words, to eschew the digital, and favor the analog. Their movie C, which follows the story of an idealistic flight officer who hijacks a spaceship during an interplanetary cold ...

One of the greatest geek store chains in the world, Forbidden Planet, has just come out with an iOS app (works on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad). From the app description (in the Queen’s English): Forbidden Planet is the world’s largest and best-known science fiction, fantasy and cult entertainment retailer ...

From the shores of Lake Silencio, Utah, to the kindness centers of Apalapucia, the sixth series of Doctor Who took fans on yet another spectacular rollercoaster ride through time and space. A quick TARDIS trip to the future revealed the winners (“Spoilers!”) of our Doctor Who Sixth Series giveaway. Thanks to ...

As a family, we loved so many things about the most recently-concluded Doctor Who series. The head-spinning convolutions of forking and back-flipping character timelines; the awesome creepiness of The Silence; the return of old friends like the Cybermen and Craig Owens; and of course, butt-kicking alternate-existence Amy Pond: The Complete Sixth Series ...

Tonight the second episode of Prophets of Science Fiction airs on Science, featuring the author Phillip K. Dick. First let me confess that I am a “Dick Head” (That’s the official term!) and have been since I read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep even before seeing the movie ...

Through interviews with scientists and other big thinkers, the new TV series tells the stories of great speculative fiction writers and looks at the modern-day scientific implications of what they wrote. First up: Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein.

Last Time: “Closing Time” SPOILER ALERT! London 5:02 PM, 22nd April 2011 — It may be a little different than you remember, with flying cars (of a sort), pterodactyls terrorizing small children, and Charles Dickens on the telly talking about his next big Christmas story: Bill Turnbull: So do you think you ...

Ask any two fans of science fiction and/or fantasy to define the line that separates the two genres, and it’s pretty likely you’ll get two notably different answers. There are those who argue that anything that has space ships, or ray guns, or robots, is automatically science fiction no matter ...

Science fiction author and geek dad Tobias S. Buckell has a Kickstarter project going to fund a return to his Xenowealth universe. I was introduced to Buckell’s novel Crystal Rain back in 2008 and was immediately drawn in by the unique and vivid settings and characters, which mix ancient Earth-inspired cultures ...

Last Time: “The God Complex” SPOILER ALERT! Sophie is leaving Craig on his own, and she is worried. Remember Craig and Sophie from last season’s episode “The Lodger?” OK, quick recap: While trying to save Amy from a timey-wimey mishap, The Doctor temporarily finds lodging with Craig who, unbeknownst to him, has ...