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Terra Nova , the lavish time-travel-and-dinosaur series from producer Steven Spielberg, is now available to buy on DVD (opens in new tab) . Starring Jason O’Mara, Stephen Lang and Shelley Conn, it was one of the most expensive television shows ever produced, boasting some amazing special effects. To get you …

To enthuse about his appearance at Destination Star Trek in London next month, Star Trek ’s Walter Koenig – aka Pavel Chekov – gives Lee Harris an exclusive interview for SFX . Walter Koenig: “Well, you know, I look forward to meeting old friends who are fans, and making new …

(opens in new tab) In its five years on the air, Chuck , the little show that could, dodged more cancellation bullets than Agent Smith during the entire Matrix trilogy. Perhaps that was part of the appeal. In an apt parallel with Chuck Bartowski’s underdog status on the show, Chuck …

(opens in new tab) Agent Coulson of SHIELD has been a key character throughout Marvel Phase One. And while death in the superhero world should never be regarded as permanent, for the moment, at least, it seems that Coulson actor Clark Gregg’s association with all things Avengers is at an …

(opens in new tab) This week, our quiz is a bit more cultured than normal (well, kinda…), as we present 15 works of art. Simply name the film or television show they featured in (no TV episode titles required). They may been important artefacts around which the whole plot hinged, …

We’ve also concentrated on characters who truly have to cope with their disabilities. Losing limbs and having them replaced by superior cyborg parts (the Six Million Dollar Man , various Star Wars characters) is tragic, but the fact that the characters in question can get along pretty much as before …

(opens in new tab) You’ve probably noticed that Princess Merida, star of Pixar’s new animated adventure, Brave , has red hair. Lots and lots of red hair. In fact, if you consider that fewer than 4% of the world’s population has ginger hair, we reckon she’s somehow made off with …

It’s been a sad week in Twitsville. The outporing of emotion since the death of director Tony Scott ( The Hunger , Déjà vu ) on Sunday has been genuinely moving with seemingly all of Hollywood’s Twitterati coming out to pay their respects. We’re not going to dwell on it …

New author Tom Pollock talks to SFX about his London-set YA debut The City’s Son A new author we described as “hugely inventive in his world-building”, Tom Pollock is following in the tradition of authors like Neil Gaiman and China Miéville with a “hidden London” YA novel. We cornered him …

Neal kindly took some time to answer some questions from SFX … And don’t forget to take part in The Neal Asher Ultimate Reading Initiative and win prizes! More from The SFX Summer Of SF Reading Zero Point is the second novel to feature Alan Saul. How difficult is it …