Doctor Who meets STAR TREK!

Doctor Who / Star Trek!

So Captain Picard and the Doctor walk into a bar… well it could happen now with the crossover that could have Trekkies and Whovians wetting themselves with anticipation. From IDW comes StarTrek and Doctor Who… where Amy meets Data, where Rory meets Picard, where the TARDIS meets the Enterprise. The first issue displaying the Enterprise chasing the TARDIS through the time vortex. This officially licensed crossover has the Cybermen teaming up with their copycats, err… new partners, the Borg, to try and take over the universe. Assimilation squared. 

We are currently taking pre-orders in store and online due to the huge demand. We will also be receiving a limited number of variants, so make sure to grab them if you're a collector of amazing artwork from the Whovian/Trekkie universes for this, the first ever Doctor Who crossover with another sci-fi entity, in which the Next Generation meets the 11th Doctor.


Personally? I'm excited to read the lines "Doctor's log, star date..."

E-Mail us, phone us, tweet us or pop in store and pre-order now for this, sure to be amazing series!

Gary Russell Signing! 21st April 2012

Gary Russell Signing

Before 2005, there was one main name in Doctor Who books, and that was Gary Russell. Recently our Comic Guru went 'under the covers' in a series of interviews with Gary Russell ahead of our signing with the Doctor Who supremo on April the 21st.

Before 2005, the biggest selling Doctor Who book, was the novelisation of the 1998 Paul mcGann movie, written by Russell himself, and with only one copy left of the fantastic novelisation, and our Gary Russell signing coming up, you might want to pick this up as soon as possible, at a price of £2.50, you really can't go wrong!

There is a selection of Gary's titles (and Doctor Who magazines from his time as editor) for you all to get signed by the man himself, who some of our older members may know as 'Dick' from Famous Five, in store. So make sure to come in and have a browse before the signing which will kick off around 12:01pm.

Grab the movie novelisation here!

'Outcasts' TV Show Review

We've now had 2 episodes of the new sci-fi drama from the BBC, so here's Comic Guru's first impressions of the show...

Sometime in the future (conveniently non-specific), a planet called Carpathia has been colonised by, err, the British and South Africans – but all is not well in the settlement of Forthaven. Trouble comes in many forms including genetically-engineered soldiers gone AWOL, a frisky Irishman, low birth rates, disintegrating transport ships and a religious yank keen to seize power from the colony's leader.

The first episode was slow to get going, but this is forgivable given the huge scope of the show. It feels a lot like Blake's 7 (imagine if they made B7 now with today's budgets and SFX!), with a bit of Star Cops (remember???), Spooks and Survivors thrown in for good measure.

Of course, it's flawed in a number of areas:
- who lets a cocky Irish kid bring vinyl records and a turntable across several light years in a colony ship? Space is limited on those things, surely.
- the two most populous nations on Earth (China and India) are hugely under-represented
- if you have the technology to traverse the vastness of space, why can't you land your ship safely on a planet?
....but I won't go on....

Outcasts seems choc-a-block full of conflict, which I find difficult. Naturally, dramas need a bit of conflict and tension. If Carpathia was a paradise planet where everything was hunky-dory, Outcasts would be hugely dull. It's just that everything's a bit dark and humourless.

I understand that they've gone for 'gritty realism', which makes it stand out from something that the American channels would make - but I just think a little glimmer of fun or positivity would help lift it a little.

I'm going to reserve judgement for the moment, except to say that I think this show has some great potential. It would be great to see some aliens rear their heads at some point, and to explore more of planet Carpathia (presumably it doesn't all look like the South African bush!).

Let's hope that the fact the BBC cancelled Survivors in order to make this won't be a decision they will live to regret....

- Justin Chaloner