Infographic: ‘Star Wars’ vehicles vs everyday motorists

To celebrate the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in cinemas tomorrow, Motorparks have produced a brilliant new Star Wars-themed infographic. The infographic pits some of the most iconic vehicles in the Star Wars universe against similar vehicles that we have here on Earth. Can Luke Skywalker’s X-34 Landspeeder take on a Jeep Wrangler … >

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Moffat: ‘Doctor Who’ can’t compete with ‘Star Wars’

Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has revealed that he believes there’s “no point” in the show trying to compete with Star Wars. Discussing the special effects in last year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Moffat told DWM: “There’d certainly be no point [in Doctor Who] going into direct competition with Star Wars or whatever, because … >

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‘Doctor Who’ writers were hired for ‘Star Wars’ live-action TV series

It has emerged that a couple of Doctor Who writers were working on George Lucas’s planned live-action Star Wars television series. Lucas put together a team of writers to develop scripts for the TV show in around 2007, following his experience running writers’ rooms for animated series The Clone Wars. When he went on to sell Lucasfilm, the project was abandoned. Den of … >

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Watch the Doctor have a lightsaber fight with Robin Hood

Fancy a Doctor Who/Star Wars mash-up video to celebrate the end of the week? YouTube user SWL Pham has taken the Doctor’s brilliant confrontation with Robin Hood in 2014’s ‘Robot of Sherwood’ episode and added the only thing that could improve the scene: LIGHTSABERS. Watch the clip… The new season of Doctor Who began filming in Cardiff last month, with Pearl … >

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Matt Smith as The Eleventh Doctor

Infographic: What is the most dangerous fictional workplace?

Being so wrapped up in their own personal dramas, most of the protagonists from our favourite TV shows, films, and books don’t have time to pay attention to the many, many dangers of their workplaces. However, the rack safety inspection specialists over at Storage Equipment Experts do have the time. And so they have made … >

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John Barrowman is geeking out about ‘Star Wars’ Day at 38,000 feet

Torchwood star John Barrowman isn’t the kind of sci-fi fan who lets something like being on a plane stop him from celebrating Star Wars Day. The Arrow actor posted a series of photos on Twitter during his flight earlier today, showing off a very cool Star Wars pillow. . @GMB @susannareid100 @piersmorgan @RichardAArnold that is the laimest … >

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5 classic ‘Star Wars’ toys revisited

It sometimes seems, with ever increasingly-detailed playsets and figures coming on to the market, that ‘toys’ today aren’t really designed for children at all, but are in fact aimed squarely at the adult collector market. It’s a shame, because I’m sure I can’t be the only child of the 1970s who spent many a happy … >

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7 cars that can tackle the ‘Star Wars’ universe

The Star Wars universe consists of planets that feature stunning terrain. From the sand-blasted Jakku, with its Star Destroyer graveyard and promising scavenger Rey, to the foreboding jungle of Dagobah, hidden retreat for Master Yoda, the conditions on each world vary greatly. In the real world, terrain also varies greatly – from the Sahara desert … >

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Win brand new ‘Star Wars Character Encyclopedia’ books!

The definitive guide to the people, aliens and droids of the Star Wars galaxy is back – bigger and better than ever before – and packed with new Star Wars: The Force Awakens™ characters. To celebrate DK’s release of the updated and expanded Star Wars Character Encyclopedia (out now), we’ve got copies of the book to give away to … >

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5 of the best moments in ‘Battlestar Galactica’

With five years of fantastically exciting set-pieces and dramatically intense scenes to choose from, it’s a tough call to separate Battlestar Galactica‘s true diamonds from the rest of the gemstones. There’ll be quite a few great moments that may be conspicuously absent, but here’s what we’ve come up with… > Buy the Complete Series Blu-ray … >

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