Submitted by: Cougar
The fabulous SciFi Channel remake of the 1980’s classic Battlestar Galactica, starring Edward James Olmos has been picked by Time Magazine as the best television program of 2005.
For the fans of the dark and gritty series this comes as no surprise, but it certainly caught everyone else off-guard.
Why has this one program on […]

Source: The Australian
Written By: Rosemary Neill
Submitted by: Lesmond
“The more you torture your characters, the more people are going to worry for them,” Margo Lanagan says with a chuckle. Certainly, subjecting a female protagonist to a hot, slow death in a tar pit has done wonders for her literary career.
This is the scenario of Singing […]

Source: BBC
Submitted by: Cougar
Perched on top of the heap we call 2005, Serenity.
It was far from the biggest hit of the year but the rabid fanbase which helped get Joss Whedon’s cancelled sci-fi series onto the big screen has now handed it the biggest accolade in modern cinema: the title of 2005 Film of the […]

Source: SciFi Wire
Submitted by: Kyle Nin
As 2005 winds down and enters the history books 2006 is already looking like another big year for science fiction, fantasy and horror pics as studios unveil their 2006 slate of big screen features.

Submitted by: Kyle Nin
According to Bloody Disgusting.com the beautiful Sienna Guillory is set to reprise her role as Jill Valentine in Sony Screen Gems’ Resident Evil: Afterlife. This has been also been mentioned in an article on Wikipedia.
Leading lady Milla Jovovich will once again play Alice, while Mike Epps announced a few weeks back […]

Editorial Commentary: By Uncle Sam
After three years Jack Marshall is stepping down as the primary director of the extremely successful online fanfilm series “Star Trek: New Voyages.”
Marshall, along with the series star James Cawley (James T. Kirk) were the inspirational and driving force behind the fan based project. In his official statement Marshall gave […]

In a year that has not been good to Star Trek fans there is finally some good news to report. According to the Forum Boards over at StarTrek.com, the landmark Website will not be closing down on December 31, 2005 as had been reported earlier this month.
Due to the overwhelming response from sci-fi fans […]

Source: Cape Times
Submitted by: Lesmond
Director-cinematographer Peter Hyams’s ambitious but largely disappointing A Sound of Thunder suggests two things:
One, that a large-scale sci-fi disaster movie must have state-of-the-art special effects to have a prayer of succeeding;
Two, even if an enormous budget were available for the most spectacular effects imaginable, the timelier-than-ever Ray Bradbury short upon […]

Source: BBC
Sci-fi series Star Trek is the show most people want to see returned to their TV screens, a survey has found.
Originally broadcast in the US in 1966, it topped a poll of more than 1,000 viewers commissioned by UK interactive TV firm Home Media Networks.
Fantasy action series Buffy the Vampire Slayer was second, […]

Source: SciFi Wire
Written by: Uncle Sam
Daniel, just like the prophet of old, has pissed-off some people already
It would seem that a conservative watchdog group is taking issue with NBC about its upcoming midseason series The Book of Daniel for its so-called “risque” depiction of a fictional Christian community.
The American Family Association, a longtime critic and […]

Source: Coming Soon
Submitted by: Kyle Nin
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has updated her official website with a note saying that she’s getting ready to write the seventh and final book in the popular series.
“For 2006 will be the year when I write the final book in the Harry Potter series,” she says. “I contemplate the […]

Source: Variety
Written By: Bloomberg
ESA suit defends claim that games don’t enhance violence

‘Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas’ helped spur a
California law, now blocked, against the sale of
violent videogames to minors.
A federal judge temporarily blocked a California law that would have banned the sale of violent videogames to minors starting Jan. 1.
U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Whyte […]

On This Week’s Show: Narnia Giveaway, and a New Year’s Rerun!
We announce the randomly selected winner of the Narnia prop contest before re-airing a fun interview with Peter Mayhew.
Happy New Year, Everybody! We’ll be back next week with a brand new year and a whole new show. Have fun and stay safe on […]

Source: BBC
EastEnders beat out Doctor Who on Christmas Day as the most watched program on the BBC

EastEnders attracted approximately 11 million viewers while Doctor Who’s Christmas show introducing David Tennant as the new Doctor was a strong second with 9.8 million viewers.
The network was very happy with Tennant’s draw and are confident he will be […]

Vincent Schiavelli, who appeared in more than 150 movies and countless TV shows is dead of lung cancer at the young age of 57.
Schiavelli had that unique look and acting ability that made him one of the most sought after character actors in the business. Whatever TV show or movie role he was in, […]

Source: CNN/AP Health News
Harp May Help Heart

Dr. Jennifer MacKinnon plays the harp while
patient Edith Zook undergoes a heart procedure
URBANA, Illinois (AP) — When a harpist wearing blue hospital scrubs started playing the familiar strains of Pachelbel’s Canon during Edith Zook’s heart procedure, the scene couldn’t have been more surreal.

Source: Yahoo Reuters News
Written By: Meg Clothier
Decapitation by tram, Christ on the cross and true love in a Moscow basement.
Mikhail Bulgakov’s much-loved and much-quoted novel “The Master and Margarita” has Russians mesmerised in front of their television sets with its mix of deadpan comedy, soaring fantasy, and troubling questions about politics, religion and love.

Source: BBC

The BBC Television Four Network set off a whole series of a season’s worth of documentaries, films and dramas celebrating Arthur Conan Doyle and his creations, including the renowned detective Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger.
The season long programming began on Christmas Eve with ‘The Lost World’ Part 1 with Bob Hoskins starring as […]

Hang on to your seats kids. Our own Evo Terra is Ebenezer Scrooge Broadcaster (of course, the staff here at Slice of SciFi already knew that).
A Broadcaster’s Christmas Carol. This play is my dramatization of Terry L Heaton’s short story, A Broadcaster’s Christmas Carol. I have coined the term Podioplay to refer to this […]

Source: MTV
Submitted by: Kyle Nin
Blonde and Bond

Daniel Craig is excited and ready to pursue the next generation of James Bond. He told MTV that in the new Bond flick ‘Casino Royale,’ unlike the original comedy version of the 1960’s, this feature will have all the right elements that make it a true Bond movie. […]

Source: John Hopkins Magazine
Guest Contributor: Tad Runkle
Henrietta’s Dance
By Rebecca Skloot

Photo by Bill Denison
Youngest son David Lacks holds a photo of a portrait done of his parents, shortly before his mother died.
Not long before her death, Henrietta Lacks danced. As the film rolled, her long thin face teased the camera, flashing a seductive grin as she […]

The cast of “Lost,” ABC’s hit drama of air crash survivors marooned on a mysterious island, have won one battle — they beat a 40-year-old virgin and King Kong’s girlfriend for the title of ‘Entertainer of the Year.’
Entertainment Weekly named what it called a group of “treasured islanders,” the cast of “Lost,” as its Entertainer […]

Source: Yahoo Entertainment News
Written By: Jonathan Landreth
“Narnia” gets China’s nod for spring run
Disney will release “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” this spring in China, a company spokesman said Thursday, making the family fantasy the third Hollywood film accepted by Beijing for 2006.
“Narnia” is likely to open following the […]

Source: Digital Spy
Written By: Neil Wilkes
New Time Lord David Tennant has insisted he won’t be following in the footsteps of Christopher Eccleston and quitting after one series.
The Casanova star, who takes the TARDIS for a spin for the first time on Christmas Day, told tonight’s Jonathan Ross Show: “It’s a bit of a gamble. The […]

All of us at Slice fof SciFi want to wish our readers and listeners who celebrate this time of year a very Happy Holiday Season.
Merry Christmas
Happy Chanukah
A Blessed Kwanzaa
A Joyous Winter Solstice

Source: FireflyDVD.com
Submitted by: Sevens
Joss misquoted - States he is not turning his back on Firefly ‘verse
It appears Joss Whedon was misquoted in Entertainment Weekly concerning the demise of the Firefly/Serenity ‘verse. Joss was simply pointing out that the movie Serenity is done and he’s moving on to other projects. Joss posted these comments […]

Source: Zap2It
Submitted by: Sevens
With all of the networks rushing to make programming available for iPod viewing, Sci Fi Channel and iTunes are stripping down barriers and breaking new ground. On December 22nd it made available to iTunes subscribers “Sci Fi Inside: Battlestar Galactica,” its half-hour special which will serve as a lead-in for […]

Submitted by: Kyle Nin
TV Guide says that J.J. Abrams, the creator of Alias, believes it still has life in some form after the end of the Season Five series finale episode.
Executive producer Jeff Pinkner hinted that they may not be done looking at the different directions they could take the franchise. “There are versions […]

Source: Charlotte Observer
Written By: Valeria J. Nelson (Los Angeles Times)
Submitted by: Lesmond
Writer blended satire with science fiction
Robert Sheckley, a short-story and novel writer who was among the first to fuse satire with science fiction, creating a sub-genre called “galactic humor,” has died. He was 77. Sheckley, who had been fighting emphysema, died from complications […]

Source: FilmForce
Submitted by: Lesmond
IGN Film Force has chosen their pick for the best of the best in science fiction cinematography since movie-making began. See if you agree with their findings.
Throughout the month of January 2006 we want all our readers and listeners of Slice of SciFi to send in what you would consider […]

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