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by MICHAEL HINMAN
May-19-2013 - No Comments
'The Avengers' tops movies with four nominations
"Game of Thrones" already has a solid season season on HBO, nearly doubling the audience it had for the first season. And the quality shone through as well, especially when it came to the 2012 Airlock Alpha Portal Awards. The HBO fantasy drama picked up nine nominations, including Best Series/Tel ...
Read More'Doctor Who' actress will be missed by friends and fans alike
Sarah Jane Smith is perhaps the most famous and beloved companion in all of "Doctor Who's" history. Sadly, actress Elisabeth Sladen passed away today at age 65. No details surrounding her passing have been formally announced but reports suggest Sladen died through complications arising from her f ...
Read MoreCountdown to the Portal Awards: special categories, special guests
You could say that all the awards in the 2012 Airlock Alpha Portal Awards are special, but even within these fan-chosen awards, there are some categories that are even more special. They are called the Gene Roddenberry Award and the Rod Serling Award. The Roddenberry honor rewards lifetime achiev ...
Read MorePLUS: Are more 'Doctor Who' spin-offs in the works?
It might not have produced the viewership Starz had hoped for when it first picked up the "Doctor Who" spinoff from Fox's un-produced pilot cemetery, but there is still a chance that "Torchwood" could come back. All it will take is creator Russell T. Davies to signal he's ready for a return. C ...
Read MorePopular names, some we may never had heard of before, all honored
Every time we turn around, it seems that someone we knew or at least were familiar with has died. It shouldn't be a surprise, death is the natural conclusion of life. But in death, we take the time to celebrate that person's life and achievements (and makes us sit back and realize we should try a ...
Read MoreWriter sets the record straight on 'Sarah Jane' future
British tabloid The Sun recently reported that the "Doctor Who" spin-off series "The Sarah Jane Adventures" is likely to continue production on its fifth season without Sladen, insisting that writers will find a way to explain her absence for the remainder of the season. "Writers will find a way ...
Read MoreSixth season premiere sets a new BBC America record
"Doctor Who" is back, and just like at Christmas the series will air on BBC America on the same day as its premiere in the United Kingdom. In its launch night, "The Impossible Astronaut" struggled to pull in viewers in the United Kingdom and settled on approximately 6.5 million viewers. While tha ...
Read MoreRemembering the actress who brought Sarah Jane Smith to life
The news has gone through the Whoivan Universe like a thunderbolt. Discussion, remembrances and mourning can be found all over the Internet. At the time this was written, her name was the second most searched item on Yahoo. One truly has to wonder if even she understood all of the lives she ...
Read MoreAlan Stanley Blair bids farewell to 'Doctor Who's' Elisabeth Sladen
Not too long ago BBC confirmed reports that Elisabeth Sladen, the actress that was perhaps the most well known of the "Doctor Who" companions, had died. Both friends and fans will certainly miss her. Growing up in the nineties, I never had the opportunity to watch "Doctor Who" during its initi ...
Read MoreExplanation will be offered in spinoff series
What made David Tennant's final days as "Doctor Who" so compelling was that he knew an end was coming and he simply didn't want to go. But, it looks like that piece of drama -- as far as The Doctor is concerned overall -- is being removed from the series for good. BBC revealed that Matt Smith ...
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