News Archive: December 2005 
NASA sets sights on first Pluto mission
21/12/2005. NASA is preparing to launch the first spacecraft to distant Pluto and its moon Charon. The January 2006 launch of New Horizons will complete the initial reconnaissance of the planets in the solar system. 
New Doctor Who is here to stay
21/12/2005. David Tennant says he's here to stay when he meets Jonathan Ross in the last show of Ross's current series this Friday - on the eve of his Doctor Who debut.
The Da Vinci Code movie
20/12/2005. Cast and crew of The Da Vinci Code film give first interview, open up about filming at the Louvre and including controversial elements.
Del Rey upcoming novels
20/12/2005. New sci-fi novels forthcoming from US publisher Del Rey, up to April 2006.
The Music of Razors
19/12/2005. Editor Tim Mak over at US science fiction imprint Del Rey has acquired North American rights to debut author Cameron Rogers's book The Music of Razors.
The sounds of Narnia
19/12/2005. Walt Disney Records will release two versions of the soundtrack for Walt Disney Pictures/Walden Media's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe on December 13th 2005.
Cinescape staffing up
18/12/2005. Glossy US cinema mag Cinescape are looking for a new online books editor - interested applicants are invited.
Lay-offs at Ballantine Del Rey
18/12/2005. Locus magazine is reporting lay-offs at US science fiction imprint Ballantine Del Rey.
Kenneth Bulmer passes away
17/12/2005. Maureen Kincaid Speller reports that British science fiction author Kenneth Bulmer died on the 16th December 2005.
Spiders, but in space - not Mars
17/12/2005. Space spiders building orbital stations around Earth. On the way.
China to land on moon by 2017
16/12/2005. The first manned Chinese lunar landing is now set for 2017, or earlier.
Eos books upcoming
16/12/2005. Science fiction and fantasy novels due to be released from the Eos imprint (aka HarperCollins), up to Feb 2006.
Second V For Vendetta trailer
16/12/2005. There's a new trailer for the V For Vendetta film, based on Alan Moore's excellent graphic novel. But will it be another League of Extraordinary Pap film - time will tell.
BloodRayne trailer
15/12/2005. New online trailer for this vampire horror flick, based on the game of the same name. So that'll be good then.
New trailer for The Da Vinci Code
15/12/2005. The Da Vinci Code movie has a new online trailer for you to gawp at.
Nice Bristols
15/12/2005. The Forbidden Planet Megastore comes to the UK's Bristol.
Old mother Hubbard - visionary
15/12/2005. Was SFF author and Scientologist King L. Ron Hubbard a visionary. There's some that think so.
Mission Impossible 3 trailer
14/12/2005. First downloadable look at the new Mission Impossible Three film.
Extended Serenity scenes
14/12/2005. The upcoming DVD of the Serenity science fiction movie will contain extended and cut scenes. Here's a sneek-peek at a few of them.
Virgin Galactic to build new spaceport
14/12/2005. At press conferences in London and New Mexico, officials from Virgin Galactic and from the State of New Mexico announced that they had reached an agreement which will see the building of a $200m spaceport in the southern part of the state on a 27 square mile area of state land.
New SFF encyclopedia
14/12/2005. There's a lovely new science fiction and fantasy encyclopedia on the block. But have you got $350 to spend? Ouch.
Ohh-arr, Ohh-arr
13/12/2005. Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest has a new web site launched.
Goodbye oil, hello hippies
13/12/2005. That sucking noise - it's the world's oil being depleted at Mad Max rates by China, India and the USA. Lucky for you there's some nutty new energy forms being worked into reality.
Earthsea the anime movie
13/12/2005. Studio Ghibli has officially announced that their next feature film will be Gedo Senki Gedo War History, directed by Hayao Miyazaki's son, Goro Miyazaki. The film will be an adaptation of Ursula K Le Guin's Earthsea novels, and will be released in the Japanese theatres in July 2006.
New look for the Fantastic Four
13/12/2005. Popular novelist Walter Mosley wants to show you the Fantastic Four in a new way.
Witchblade the movie
13/12/2005. Two greenlit movies bring Top Cow's longest running comic-book to movie theatres via back-to-back sequels.
Forbidden Planet offers free web space
12/12/2005. The Forbidden Planet International group of SFF shops is offering free web hosting to science fiction authors, artists and other genre creators.
The return of Jekyll
12/12/2005. Actor James Nesbitt (Murphy's Law, Bloody Sunday) is to take the lead role in the new TV series Jekyll on BBC One.
Shatner to star in new Trek movie
12/12/2005. Is William Shatner about to sign up as an aging Kirk for a new Star Trek movie set in the mirror universe.
Cast interview with Chronicles of Narnia stars
12/12/2005. Meet the kids that star in the new movie based on C.S. Lewis's Narnia classic.
Doctor Who - Attack of the Graske
11/12/2005. After the credits roll on Doctor Who's first Christmas special, The Christmas Invasion, on the BBC, viewers will be given an opportunity for a further adventure with the Doctor.
Sheckley passes away
11/12/2005. Science fiction author Robert Sheckley, 77, best known for his SF comedy novels, has died.
Sea Of Souls - series three
11/12/2005. Paranormal drama Sea Of Souls is back for a third series this winter on BBC ONE and, once again, in attempting to explain the inexplicable, the team make viewers question the very world they've come to know.
Life on Mars
10/12/2005. John Simm is transported back to the Seventies in Life on Mars, a new time-travel drama for BBC ONE from the makers of Spooks and Hustle.
Pottering about - Living With Harry Potter
10/12/2005. In Living With Harry Potter (Saturday 10 December, 9.00am, BBC Radio 4), J K Rowling and Stephen Fry brighten up Saturday morning with a conversation about the phenomenon that is Harry Potter.
Rat fighter pilots
10/12/2005. We've had AIs flying fighter jets in the movies. Now comes something even odder in real life - rat brains flying jets. I feel the need for ... cheese.
Collecting your space miles
09/12/2005. Virgin Atlantic today is joining forces with Virgin Galactic to offer its Flying Club members the opportunity to become an astronaut. Members will be able to convert their earthly miles into space miles and earn themselves a trip into space to join the 100 mile-high club.
Got Mac - get Battlestar
09/12/2005. Use an Apple Mac computer rather than a PC. Have we got some free Battlestar Galactica icons for you then.
Alan Lee in London this Friday
08/12/2005. Fantasy artist Alan Lee drops into London's Forbidden Planet megastore for a signing.
Chest beating
08/12/2005. New online trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest hits the streets. Yo ho ho.
Dr Who Trailer
08/12/2005. Online trailer for the Christmas Doctor Who special just up.
X-men 3 Trailer
07/12/2005. The new online trailer for the next X-Men film has just arrived.
Hayao Miyazaki in the spotlight
06/12/2005. Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and My Neighbor Totoro among the Anime movies included in new US TV season.
Resurrection of Liberty
05/12/2005. Resurrection of Liberty by SFF writer Michael L. Wentz becomes the best selling title at this year's LosCon 32 held in Los Angeles, reports the author.
World a hair's width away from new ice age
04/12/2005. New research shows we are worringly close to the fate predicted by the science fiction movie The Day After Tomorrow.
Stars in your eyes
03/12/2005. With every purchase of Written in Blood, StormRider Films' first feature movie, you can win a chance to be an extra in their new sci-fi film, Kaleidoscope Man.
Wings in the Night
02/12/2005. Wings in the Night, the fourth volume in Wildside Press's planned ten-volume set of The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, hits the streets.
Batman Begins (again)
01/12/2005. The follow-up movie for Batman Begins may contain the Penguin as the main villain.
The secrets of Martian life
01/12/2005. Life may have had a tough time getting started in the ancient environment that left its mark in the Martian rock layers examined by NASA's Opportunity rover. The most thorough analysis yet of the rover's discoveries reveals the challenges life may have faced in the harsh Martian environment.
In a Quandary - Phase
01/12/2005. Don't Panic! The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quandary Phase is here.
Odyssey back for Summer 2006
01/12/2005. Odyssey is a workshops for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Held each summer on the campus of Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH, USA, the Odyssey workshop runs for six weeks, and combines a learning and writing experience with in-feedback on students' manuscripts.
Ultraviolet pics
01/12/2005. If you did not know, there's a new movie version of Ultraviolet coming, based on the UK TV prog of the same name featuring a race of vampires being battled by a covert arm of MI5.
Fountains of Enceladus
01/12/2005. Recent Cassini images of Saturn's moon Enceladus backlit by the sun show the fountain-like sources of the fine spray of material that towers over the south polar region.
Superman's agony
01/12/2005. The never before told story of the pain and wickedness that led to the road of producing the new Superman V movie.
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