Outgoing timelord David Tennant is set to make a special appearance on spin off show The Sarah Jane Adventures.
Russell Davies told the BBC that Tennant’s stint will be a full appearance and not a minor cameo.
Elisabeth Sladen plays Sarah Jane and starred in Doctor Who with Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker between 1973 and 1976. She said she was “absolutely over the moon” to now be co-starring alongside Tennant.
Dollhouse lead actress Eliza Dushku has claimed that she made Joss Whedon write the Sci-Fi show.
Eliza said that she invited Joss Whedon to lunch and convinced him to write a show for her to star in.
“I made him come to lunch with me for four hours and I told him that he had to write me a show, not just a show, but the best show that he’s ever written and that that it had to be done and he accepted,” she said.
Wow wow wow!!!! As a child I was a ‘V’ fanatic and recently bought the box set to rewatch, it had lost none of its appeal. I knew that American TV network ABC were talking about a remake of the show but I am so excited to watch these, the first clips to emerge from the pilot.
The new show will première towards the end of this year in the States meanign we are unlikely to get it in the UK before 2010.
Continue over the jump to view the second clip.
They’re ‘underground’, sexy and highly illegal. They’re psychological shape-shifters who can assume any persona – be it lover, assassin, corporate schemer, hostage negotiator or best friend. And they’re hired by the wealthy, powerful and well connected to do their (often highly warped) bidding. They’re the ‘Actives’, elite lead characters of Dollhouse, the series that poses the intriguing question: ‘Who do you want me to be?’ It’s the eagerly anticipated US smash-hit – and if that weren’t reason enough to make it essential viewing, here are two more: it’s the brainchild of Joss Whedon, creator of seminal cult favourites Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly, and it reunites him with fellow Buffy and Angel alumna, dark-haired stunner (and Maxim covergirl) Eliza Dushku, in the dynamic lead role. (She’s also a co-producer of the series. Is there no end to the girl’s talents?)
Warner Bros has revealed this week that they have bought the rights to ITV sci-fi show Primeval.
Kerry Foster will be co-producing the movie and said:
“There is a solid mythology to the series, but the movie has the dinosaur element of ‘Jurassic Park’ and the time travel element of ‘Lost,’ and it just feels like the kind of big movie that Warner Bros. does well,” Foster said.
Former James Bond actor, Timothy Dalton, is to face David Tennant as one of Doctor Who’s evil enemies later this year.
Details on his role are sketchy at the mintue but The Sun has revealed that Dalton has already flew out of LA to begin filming his scenes.
An insider told the newspaper: “Timothy Dalton is a big coup for Doctor Who because he’s pretty iconic.
Sylar continues his unusual partnership and begins to have an unexpected identity crisis, as the epic American drama continues. Hiro and Ando take measures to bring down Building 26, while Matt’s new-found fatherhood changes his priorities.
Elsewhere, Nathan sets a plan in motion to right the wrongs of his government operation.
Torchwood actress Eve Myles has revealed that she is pregnant with her first child.
Eve admitted that she has put off having children for a long time due to work commitments.
“I’ve wanted to do this for such a long time, but I kept getting job after job after job,” said Eve.
“I thought, if I put this off any more I’m going to be 65. My partner and I decided this year was going to be the year, and we were blessed that it happened so quickly.
Screen legend Leonard Nimoy says he had a “delicious time” filming his role on American Sci-Fi drama Fringe.
The Star Trek will play Massive Dynamic founder William Bell for the conclusion of the first series of the show. Bell has been much discussed on the show thus far but never seen.
The 78-year-old said: “I had a delicious time on this episode - I like the position they have given me, I like the enigma of this character.”
David Hasslehoff talks about the all new series of Knight Rider which kicks off on the Sci-Fi channel next week.
He seems to think that the show would be better off with him in it, however we think he’s a little bit old for the action packed role!
Knight Rider returns to the Sci Fi Channel on Tuesday 12th May @ 8pm as a 2-hour feature-length special, and follows weekly every Tuesday.
John Barrowman has joked that recent pictures of him supposedly filming for one of this years Doctor Who specials, was really a shot of him going to the supermarket, with David Tennant superimposed in the background.
“I actually go to the supermarket dressed as Captain Jack and that was a picture of me running from Tesco to my car and some paparazzi photographed me and they superimposed David there and that’s what that is,” John said.
Knight Rider returns to our screens once more next Tuesday, but not as you know it!
The all new, revamped show has a brand new cast, brand new crew and brand new KITT.
To read more about the new series click here, otherwise enjoy the clip!
The dashing, devil-may-care captain of the original Starship Enterprise, James T Kirk, has been named the best ever Star Trek captain in a new poll of fans.
The saucy Sixties spaceman played by William Shatner beat off competition from serious Shakespearean actor Patrick Stewart, who played Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the 1980s, and Kate Mulgrew, who played the show’s first female captain in the 1990s. Fans cited Kirk’s sense of adventure and his way with the ladies when voting him their number one.
Gillian Anderson has revealed that she was almost fired when she fell pregnant after the first series of X Files.
The actress, who played FBI agent Dana Scully in the hit show, thinks it was only the dynamics between her and agent Mulder (David Duchovny) that saved her role.
“They would have loved to have punished me but realised there was steam picking up. I thought they were overreacting but now I see it from their perspective,” WENN quotes her as saying.
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