In honor of David Tennant’s retirement from Who-ville, and John Barrowman saying he’ll be returning to Torchwood, I’m offering up a set of British scifi books to one lucky winner.
Here’s what’s included:
The Eclectic Gypsy by Dave Thompson which takes you through the history of Doctor Who in a very unusual way.
Next we have two Primeval novels – Shadow of the Jaguar by Steven Saville (my personal favorite) and The Lost Island by Paul Kearney.
Plus three Torchwood novels – Slow Decay by Andy Lane, Border Princes by Dan Abnett and Another Life by Peter Anghelides.
It’s a fun collection of books for …read more

It was supposed to be only the season finale of Primeval, but now, thanks to the ITV’s decision not to renew**, tonight’s episode will be the last we’ll see of Primeval. Sadly, the production company didn’t know this when they made this one so instead of closure, we get cliffhangers.
When I first heard that there would be no fourth season, I was upset. I love this show – or perhaps I should say, “loved.” While I really enjoyed the first two seasons, this season has left me bored and annoyed. I thought I could get used to the revolving door …read more

Primeval: Episode 3.9
Air Date: Saturday, July 18, 9:00 p.m. BBC America

The team tries to tame a herd of Embolotherium when it comes through an anomaly, but these seven-ton rhinoceros-type beasts from the Eocene era don’t budge easily. To make matters worse, Abby realizes someone is trapped in a tent and for some reason one of the Embolotherium seems intent on trampling it.
Abby and Sarah try to rescue the trapped civilian, while Connor tries to lure the lumbering creatures back into the anomaly without causing a stampede or being crushed in the process. Danny finally arrives, late. With him is …read more

Primeval 3.8
Saturday, July 11, 9:00 p.m. on BBCAmerica

When an anomaly opens at a racecar test-track, the team must draw on all its skills to capture a lethal Megopteran, a giant carnivorous insect from the future. As they attempt to send it back home and lock the anomaly, they are unaware that there are two creatures on the loose, and one is still at the track when they leave. Meanwhile, at Abby’s apartment, her brother Jack steals her hand-held detector and sets out to uncover the truth about Abby’s job—with the result he comes under attack at the test …read more

Primeval 3.7
June 27, 9:00 p.m. on BBC America

An anomaly opens in the middle of a huge junkyard and a dinosaur from the Cretaceous era comes through. The Dracorex is wounded, which only makes it more aggressive. The team is trying to force it back when, suddenly, a medieval knight on horseback gallops through the anomaly, chasing what he thinks is a dragon. The knight decides the modern world must be hell and his only chance to make it to heaven is by slaying the creature—this is his quest. The team finds itself in the unusual position of dealing …read more

Shortly after Season Three of the UK series Primeval ended with a cliffhanger, ITV announced that they were canceling the series. Though there was some word play about the kind of dramas ITV wants to produce, it really looks like a case of pure dollars and cents — or pence, as the case may be.
BBC news is reporting that ITV cut more than 600 jobs this year, so it’s easy to see why they’re looking to cut pricey TV shows as well.

Primeval: 3.5
Air Date: Saturday, June 13, 9:00 pm on BBC America
A transient anomaly opens and, through it, comes a  deadly flesh-eating fungus.  It’s the team’s most unusual and dangerous threat yet.  The incredibly aggressive, fast-growing fungus first invades and kills its human host before reanimating their bodies to seek out new hosts.  Once it “eats” its victims it retains a vaguely human shape, making it both sinister and frighteningly dangerous. When all attempts to destroy the creature fail, the team faces the possibility that it will spread across Britain, absorbing everyone it encounters—becoming bigger and more dangerous as it …read more

Somewhere in Vancouver the stars of Rocky Horror Picture Show, Primeval, Battlestar Galactica, Sanctuary and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine are slaving away under the hot lights to bring you a crazy new version of the Alice in Wonderland story.
It’s the latest four-hour mini series event from Sci Fi Channel and it’s sporting quite a cast.
Academy Award winner Kathy Bates (Misery) stars as the Queen of Hearts and Caterina Scorsone (1-800-Missing) plays Alice.
Rounding out the stellar cast are Tim Curry (Rocky Horror Picture Show) as Dodo, Colm Meaney (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) as the King of Hearts, Philip Winchester …read more

Primeval: 3.4
Air Date: Saturday, June 6, 9:00 pm on BBC America
  The largest anomaly the team has yet encountered registers on the detector. As they race to intercept it, a journalist is also on their trail as he’s stolen one of their handheld detectors. He and his media mogul boss are already on their way. Setting up camp in a huge aircraft hangar where the anomaly has appeared, they have cameras ready to record whatever comes through. Unfortunately for the journalists, it is the gigantic Giganotosaurus, affectionately (or not) known as a G-Rex. A …read more

The wide-mouthed comedy tragedy masks have long been a symbol of the theater. They were designed to represent the two sides of the god Dionysus, as well as the two sides of wine – unbridled joy and bottomless despair.
Those masks are the perfect emblem for this past week’s Primeval episode which began with a bit of slapstick comedy and ended in the ultimate tragedy.
Beware! There be spoilers ahead!
We start off this week with threats from three directions. First we have Helen and her army of Cleaner clones. Perched high on a roof top, Helen orders one of …read more