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“PS” is a perfect example of the sort of little character moments at which Doctor Who excels. Intended as a DVD extra, but not filmed due to time constraints, it’s an epilogue to “The Angels Take Manhattan”, written by Chris Chibnall and with a voice-over by Arthur Darvill. It’s a …

Maybe it’s the cut of their jib, or their precise heroic jaw. Maybe it’s the fact they’re not actually SUPERheroes or they’re strangely self-righteous and a bit irritating. Maybe they accidentally dismembered a funfair full of people in the middle of a fight or maybe you’re actually a supervillain and …

Commentary or not commentary, that is the question… Last night my other half asked me if I wanted to pre-order The Avengers film. I’m not calling it Marvel Avengers Assemble , I’m just not; I’ve typed that far too many times over the last few months OK! We all know …

Mash-ups are for life, not just for a Glee episode. They’ve also been around for ages and are just as prevalent in movies, books and TV shows. Marvel and DC creative teams would regularly, secretly, hint their characters were in the same universe during the 1970s; Pixar loves hiding the …

(opens in new tab) ( Click on the image for a larger version ) With the summer crossover event Avengers vs. X-Men picking up steam into its second act, fans have been speculating what the post- AvX Marvel universe will look like. Marvel had been promising for months that they’ll …

TOUR UPDATE: September 2013 dates now at www.hitchhikerslive.com Perhaps the oddest thing about the live stage version of Hitchhiker’s Guide I watched last Friday (well, apart from Phil Jupitus performing the Dish Of The Day dressed in some cast-offs from Daffyd, the only gay in the village) was that the …

Extermination #1 Written by Si Spurrier Drawn by Jeffrey Edwards Published by Boom! The funny thing about the world ending is that it never quite gets around to it. The apocalypse is never tidy, never elegant and it always, without fail, leaves loose ends. What those loose ends are, how …

Cult is, far too often, a synonym for rubbish in genre fiction. “What? You mean you DON’T see the fascinating socio-political ramifications of Sharktopus being deployed to fight Somali pirates? Then there is nothing further to discuss, good day, Sir! I SAID GOOD DAY SIR!” That kind of thing. That’s …

(opens in new tab) You know how it is: you’re the head of a top secret, highly advanced intelligence agency who has been given permission to assemble a group of elite, superpowered misfits to defend the Earth in the event of something catastrophic happening. But who do you pick? And …

Fictional people; they’re awesome. They don’t need to sleep, they rarely, if ever go to the loo and they’re frequently far more capable than we are. They offer us ideals to shoot for, things to push against and, from time to time, some really solid wardrobe choices. So, this week, …