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In the wake of Blake’s 7‘s return, the BBC announces it’s finally bringing back the Doctor (and hopefully the Tardis, the Master, the Daleks, the Cybermen, Davros, K-9, Sarah and Harry, the Brigadier, etc. etc.) No word yet on what form he’ll take for his ninth incarnation.
and She knows how to use them. The hour is finally at hand…Tomorrow the RotK trailer appears in front of Secondhand Lions (online Monday), and here’s what we’ll see. (Some screencaps here.) Update: Snippets of footage here, including an ethereal and jaw-dropping look at Minas Morgul. Come, Master, come to Smeagol… Update 2: The Wachowskis get in the game with the full Matrix: Revolutions trailer…A sci-fi sorbet before the fanboy main course. Update 3: A bootleg version of the trailer is now available, and it should hold ya until Monday.
Bizarre rumors emanating from the Lucas backlot of late. First we’ve got these make-up trials of Young Tarkin (I suspect these could just be fanboy Photoshops.) And word is the forthcoming super-duper ultra-mega-editions of the original films will include a CGI Kung-Fu Alec Guinness. Ugh…don’t fix what ain’t broke, people.
Aaaagh! It’s Peter Frampton! 
Coming Soon posts the first official-looking pic of Episode III Anakin, along with Palpatine and a few others. Do you feel like he does?
The Village Voice checks in with Neil Gaiman. “I remember once ranting [about the state of the comics industry] to Dave Sim, who did Cerebus, and he said, ‘So what are you doing about it?'” Well, Dave, to Gaiman‘s credit, at least he didn’t go flat-out bonkers.
Via LinkMachineGo, Warren Ellis laments the madness of Dave Sim. I picked up the most recent inscrutable issue of Cerebus at Another Universe the other day and I gotta say, I never, ever expected it all to end this way…How Mostholy has fallen.
For those of you who didn’t buy the theatrical version of LOTR:TTT and haven’t watched a friend’s copy to see the juice, this new fan-made RotK trailer (from the people who created the “Smaug Awakens” Hobbit trailer) contains much of the best footage from the DVD extras. Enjoy.
IGN gets an exclusive trailer for what will undoubtedly be the scariest movie in theaters this Halloween – the Alien Director’s Cut. Apparently, the famous Brett & Dallas in the nest scene has been re-added (despite it contradicting the xenoform life cycle of the later films.) Either way, from the Nostromo’s sMothering AI to Ash spewing milk all over the place to Kane’s “unwanted pregnancy,” twenty years later Alien is still scary – and subversive – as hell.
How to make your own TRON costume – what the discriminating gentleman wears when taking on the MCP. (Via Pith and Vinegar.) You know you want to.