The Doctor Who Museum in Blackpool, England, is scheduled to close on November 8. First opened in 2004, the museum will remain open from 10:30 am to 8:00 pm every day until then. The museum’s collection of Doctor Who props and costumes will be redistributed to other Doctor Who exhibitions throughout the United Kingdom.
Props and costumes from Battlestar Galactica are being auctioned off on E-bay. Some of the items include a full size raptor, various chairs from the ships, rank pins, and photographs of President Roslin and her family.
In the current Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, finalist Larissa Kelly is the author of the short story “Engines of Survival,” published in Strange Horizons in December 2008. In Kelly’s previous run, she set an initial five day record, beating the initial five day record set by Ken Jennings, and set a record for the most money won on Jeopardy! by a woman. The finals air on March 23 & 24.
The SciFi Channel has announced plans to change their name to SyFy. The rebranding is an attempt to more fully own the channel’s name, which can’t be done with the current “Sci Fi Channel” name since sci fi is in too widespread use to be trademarked. According to new Sci Fi President Dave Howe, Sci Fi was too limiting and didn’t include fantasy, paranormal, supernatural, action, or superheroes.
To celebrate the second series of Torchwood showing on Watch (Saturdays 9pm), the UKTV channel has teamed up with the official Torchwood magazine to present an exclusive web comic strip, written by the show’s co-producer Brain Minchin.
The story, entitled ‘Ice Monsters’, sees Captain Jack and the Torchwood team battling creatures who have the ability to change the weather.
Matt Smith has been named as the successor to David Tennant on the BBC TV series “Doctor Who.” Smith, who will take up the role in 2010, will be the eleventh actor to play the role in the television series. Smith, born in 1982, made his film debut in 2004 in “Gotham, IL” and has appeared on several television series, including the Billie Piper vehicle “Sally Lockhart.”