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With new movie Ted (read our review here ) introducing us to a foul-mouthed teddy bear brought to life after a wish, SFX assesses a few other toy bears of note… (opens in new tab) For most of us, a teddy bear was a childhood companion we carried everywhere like …

Jayne Nelson recalls how ’90s space opera Babylon 5 gripped her and millions of other SF fans. (opens in new tab) It was the space opera to beat all space operas. Often compared to (or pitted against) Deep Space Nine – unfairly, as they were both entirely different beasts – …

We caught up with novelist and screenwriter Paul Cornell about his upcoming book London Falling Taking time out from a busy day at the convention, British author Paul Cornell joined SFX in the lobby of the nearby Omni hotel to talk about his upcoming book London Falling and about the …

(opens in new tab) Anime has brought us lots of colourful heroines over the years, but usually when a magazine publishes a list of great anime heroines, the results are full of ass-kicking, gun-toting, frequently undressed action chicks. That’s because most of these lists are written by men. So since …

This feature was originally published in 2010 Let’s face it: sound effects aren’t sexy. We don’t often watch a TV show and announce afterwards, “I really loved what they did with the birdsong in the background.” Or walk out of the cinema saying, “Hey, weren’t the gunshots realistic?” Sound effects …

Burn Gorman Impression Of The Week (opens in new tab) Roman gives Steve Newlin some help with his “Owen From Torchwood ” impression in True Blood . Pissed Teacher Of The Week (opens in new tab) Algebra’s even worse with some werewolf teacher who’s been overdosing on wine gums, as …

We can’t help but empathise with Damon Lindelof. He’s an immensely talented writer responsible (in part) for the successes of Lost and JJ Abrams’ Star Trek reboot. But ever since Lost ’s finale laser-targeted the internet’s self-perpetuating ball of hate directly at him, Lindelof hasn’t had a particularly successful streak. …

The SFX Factor ROUND 12 (opens in new tab) AND THEN THERE WERE THREE The latest round of voting is over and we’d love to say it was close again, but, in fact, three of the last five shows raced ahead, leaving two covered in dust, straggling well behind. And …

With two more SF books out this year, we quiz the erstwhile SFX staffer about worldbuilding, getting published and the greats of SF fiction Writing in the tradition of Ray Bradbury, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Michael Moorcock, SFX ‘s own Guy Haley’s latest book is Champion Of Mars ( published …

They’ve been going Twitter-tastic on the set of Doctor Who ’s New York episode (opens in new tab) over the past week. Not only has Arthur Darvill been pegging people left, right and centre*, but Karen Gillan finally took the plunge, embraced the spambots and entered the Twittersphere. This means …