He’s Torchwood’s primo concierge, providing everything from delicious hot coffee, to Weevil retrieval, to a rousing game of strip hide and seek, if that’s what will help get you through the day. He’s Ianto Jones and despite what he seems to be on the outside, it seems there’s something dark and mysterious beneath that perfect pinstripe suit.

Making Ianto walk and talk is Welsh actor Gareth David-Lloyd and he’s going to join me for a chat tomorrow morning! Late notice, I know, but if you have a burning question to ask Gareth, leave it here in the comments and I’ll do my best to get an answer!

Photo: BBC America

Last night, luminaries from the world of sci fi and horror were honored at the 35th Annual Saturn Awards. The awards are given out by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films for work in film, TV and on DVD. This years winners will join an illustrious list of former honorees including Vincent Price, Rod Serling, Dan Curtis, Ray Bradbury, Gene Roddenberry, Robert Wise and Lon Chaney Jr. just to name a few.

The Dark Knight was the evening’s biggest winner, taking home five awards including Best Action Film, Best Writing, Music, Special Effects and Best Supporting Actor for Heath Ledger.

On the television side, it was Battlestar Galactica that took home the most awards winning Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series, Best Actor on Television: Edward James Olmos, and Best Actress on Television: Mary McDonnell. Lost received the Saturn Award for Best Network Series, beating out Supernatural, Fringe, Heroes, Life on Mars, and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Battlestar was up against an odd mix of shows for Best Syndicated / Cable including The Closer, Dexter, Leverage and more predictable, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and True Blood.

Moonlight took the award for the best modern DVD with Invaders winning for retro DVD.

Several special awards were presented throughout the evening, Lance Henriksen took the Life Career Award, Jeffrey Katzenberg received the Visionary Award and Leonard Nimoy was handed the Lifetime Achievement Award.

You’ll find a full list of winners after the jump. You can find the list of nominees here at the Saturn Awards Website.

Photos by Newscom

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If you’re a frequent visitor here at SFUniverse, you’ll notice we’ve undergone a little change. We have a terrific new logo and a spiffy new layout and I hope you like it. We’re still working out a few of the bugs, so hang in there, and my apologies to the 12 of you who left great comments that didn’t show up until just now. I appreciate everyone’s participation and we should be back on track as of right now!

Thanks for being part of the SFUniverse community.

NASA astronaut Michael Barratt didn’t have to stand in line to see the new Star Trek movie when it premiered but he also didn’t get to snack on delicious movie popcorn either since he and his two cremates watched the movie while on board the International Space Station floating high above the earth.

Paramount Pictures transferred Star Trek to NASA’s Mission Control in Houston, which then uplinked the film to the space station on Thursday, May 14. Barratt planed to watch the film on a laptop computer inside the Unity module.

“I remember watching the original ‘Star Trek’ series and, like many of my NASA coworkers, was inspired by the idea of people from all nations coming together to explore space,” said Barratt. “‘Star Trek’ blended adventure, discovery, intelligence and story telling that assumes a positive future for humanity. The International Space Station is a real step in that direction, with many nations sharing in an adventure the world can be proud of.”

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The Late Show Top 10 Lines Never Before Said in a ‘Star Trek’ Film

[As presented by actor Leonard Nimoy on the Thursday, May 7 broadcast of the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, seen weeknights on CBS.]

10. Warp factor 8! Arby’s closes in 10 minutes.

9. We’re entering a breach in the space-time continuum or a wormhole or some crazy crap like that.

8. Set phasers to fabulous!

7. Welcome aboard the Starship Enterprise - today’s in-flight movie is “Big Momma’s House 2.”

6. We’ve been hijacked by Somali pirates.

5. Sir, I’m going to need Saturday off to attend my nephew’s Bar Mitzvah.

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Today’s the release day for that new set of Star Trek DVDs in both standard and Blu-Ray and both Best Buy and Hollywood Video are offering exclusives.

The items should be good on the purchase of any of the following; Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection, Star Trek: Motion Picture Trilogy, The Best of Star Trek: The Original Series or The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Hollywood Video / Movie Gallery is giving away a free poster featuring the original crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise!

Best Buy is offering an exclusive Klingon Bird-of-Prey Token for Star Trek Scene It? DVD Game!

Watch the credits on the original Star Trek and you’ll see the name D.C. Fontana all over the credits. Viewers in the 1960’s were quick to assume that the D stood for Doug or David when in actuality, the D stood for Dorothy. A woman writing a TV action series in the 1960’s?  It was unheard of, but D.C. Fontana worked her way into becoming one of the top screenwriters on TV taking on episodes of Streets of San Francisco, Bonanza, The Waltons and even the later Star Trek incarnations such as Next Generation.

D.C. Fontana inspired many and my friends over at SheKnows.com have a wonderful new interview with her where she talks about went from the MGM typing pool to becoming one of the creative forces behind the original Star Trek series.

Read the interview here at Sheknows.com.
While you’re there, check out this interview with one of Star Trek’s new ladies, Zoe Saldana.

Box art courtesy of Amazon.com

Let me see if I’ve got this right. CBS Home Entertainment tells me, if you own the new Star Trek: The Original Series Blu-Ray DVD (which streeted on April 28, 2009), you can use that disc right now to access a daily feed from FEDCON, Europe’s largest Star Trek Convention.

More than 5,000 fans will get together in Bonn, Germany to celebrate their favorite series over the weekend and you can join them virtually. Apparently, all you have to do is sign up for BD-Live over at CBS, then insert your Blu-Ray discs into your computer and you’ll be granted access to all sorts of FEDCON goodies including exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, talent interviews with Star Trek stars such as Nichelle Nichols and more.

How cool is that? I don’t have a Blu-Ray player (yet!) so if you do and you’ve got the new Star Trek: The Original Series DVD, try this out and then come and tell us about it. The FEDCON feed is only available from now until May 3, so don’t miss it!

Box art courtesy of Amazon.com

I’ve been waiting for this. . . the first picture of Leonard Nimoy as William Bell on Fringe. Here’s the scoop:

Setting the stage for the dramatic and revealing first season finale are a sudden and unexpected attack on someone with close ties to Fringe Division, the return of bioterrorist David Robert Jones (guest star Jared Harris) and the inexplicable disappearance of Walter. Find out more about the mysterious events surrounding our trio when questions are answered, observations made, loyalties are tested and the elusive William Bell (guest star Nimoy) is finally introduced in the “There’s More Than One of Everything” season finale episode of Fringe.

It all happens on May 12 at 9:01. Not 9:00, mind you, but 9:01.

©2009 Fox Broadcasting Co. CR: Craig Blankenhorn/FOX

One of the most overlooked but important aspects of our favorite shows is the music that leads into them. Total Scifi Online took a poll asking its readers what their favorite themes were and the otherworldly opening song from Doctor Who emerged as the winner.

Other popular tunes include The X-Files and Star Trek. The complete Top 10 list is after the jump:

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