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October 2026

15Oct 2026

NewsDoctor Who

Exterminate the writers? Russell T Davies calls the BBC boss’s AI Doctor Who remarks “clumsy”, and puts a date on the new Doctor (news).

Russell T Davies calls BBC director-general Matt Brittin's praise for an AI-made Doctor Who episode "clumsy", and says production with a new Doctor…

ColonelFrog15 Oct 2026

9Oct 2026

NewsScifi

Mother of God! Line of Duty’s Jed Mercurio bids for the TARDIS, and STV wants Doctor Who in Scotland (news).

The bidders for the BBC's Doctor Who tender are out: Jed Mercurio, the makers of Line of Duty, and STV, which wants to…

ColonelFrog9 Oct 2026

September 2026

25Sep 2026

RoundupScifi

News Roundup: Alderman’s Mimmoths, An R-Rated Godzilla And Gremlins Sent To Bed Until 2028 (21–25 September 2026).

Naomi Alderman turns grief into a science fiction novel full of creatures nobody can catch, Godzilla picks up its first ever R rating,…

ColonelFrog25 Sep 2026

June 2026

15Jun 2026

NewsDoctor Who

Doctor Who Vanishes Into The Time Vortex (news).

If you listen carefully, you could almost hear the wheezing-groaning sound of a TARDIS materialising in the offices of the BBC procurement department.…

ColonelFrog15 Jun 2026

Murciélago: Tokyo’s police put a serial killer on the payroll, and HIDIVE books her for January.

Gods Don’t Give Gifts: Gossip Goblin’s AI sci-fi horror heads for cinemas, and possibly the Oscars (trailer).

Back Issue #26 February 2006 (magazine review)

Editorial – October 2026: Do AIs Need Humans?

More Women Of Wonder edited by Pamela Sargent (book review)

Yaga: Carrie-Anne Moss swaps the Matrix for a hut on chicken legs.

No Laughing Matter: Horror Short Stories (Beyond And Within) edited by Mike Chinn and Peter Coleborn (bok review)

Creative Futures (Beyond And Within) edited by Allen Stroud (book review)

More Women Of Wonder edited by Pamela Sargent (book review)

The Beekeeper 2: Who keeps the keepers when the hive goes rogue? (trailer).

Dogfights Over the Desert: The SFcrowsnest UFO Roundup, October 2026

Exterminate the writers? Russell T Davies calls the BBC boss’s AI Doctor Who remarks “clumsy”, and puts a date on the new Doctor (news).

Godzilla Minus Zero: Ginza gets a red carpet instead of a stomping, and Takashi Yamazaki wears King Ghidorah on his heels (monster movie news).

Clayface Faces The Critics, Humanity Becomes The Space Orcs And Essen Braces For 230,000 Gamers (Offworld Report, 12–21 October 2026).

Mutiny on the Stargazer: James McAvoy nearly got to play young Patrick Stewart. Again (news).

Taika Waititi’s Star Wars film goes ‘very iced’, and joins Han Solo in the carbonite cupboard (film news).

Netflix’s Bass X Machina unleashes steampunk cowboys, mechanical minotaurs and a suspiciously familiar name

Thunderbolts*: an unused storyboard shows Man-Thing nearly joined the team, before a swamp monster was ruled too distracting (film news).

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Doctor Who

October 2026

Exterminate the writers? Russell T Davies calls the BBC boss’s AI Doctor Who remarks “clumsy”, and puts a date on the new Doctor (news).

Mother of God! Line of Duty’s Jed Mercurio bids for the TARDIS, and STV wants Doctor Who in Scotland (news).

September 2026

News Roundup: Alderman’s Mimmoths, An R-Rated Godzilla And Gremlins Sent To Bed Until 2028 (21–25 September 2026).

June 2026

Doctor Who Vanishes Into The Time Vortex (news).