The Doctor and his new companion Romana, a fellow Time Lord, are summoned to a meeting with the powerful White Guardian and is given a tremendous task: to track down the six missing pieces to the Key to Time, one of the most powerful artifacts in the universe. Their quest will take them across all of time and space, but also into a confrontation with the sinister Black Guardian.| The Wertzone
Daniel Abraham has dropped by Westeros.org to provide a very brief update on his Kithamar Trilogy. The first two books, Age of Ash and Blade of Dream, have been out for a while, but the status of the final book, Judge of Worlds had been unclear after it missed its originally-indicated early 2025 release date.| The Wertzone
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Updated sales figures for fantasy megastars Brandon Sanderson and Sarah J. Maas show that the formidable market power of Romantasy is not stopping soon.| The Wertzone
So, you’ve familiarised yourself (franchisely!) with Traveller.| The Wertzone
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The Doctor and Leela continue to explore time and space, but, after a series of unsatisfying adventures, the Doctor decides to return to Gal...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
More than twenty thousand years in the future, known space has been united under the rule of the Galactic Empire. The Empire has provided st...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV has been officially announced. The latest instalment in the venerable real-time strategy series will be released in 2026 on PC. It will also be the first game in the series not to be developed by Relic Entertainment, with instead King Art Games taking on development duties for publisher Deep Silver.| The Wertzone
Amazon have released the first trailer for the second season of their Fallout TV series.| The Wertzone
The Doctor continues to travel in time and space, but an emergency summons from his homeworld of Gallifrey results in him having to travel home alone to confront an old nemesis.| The Wertzone
One night on stage in Toronto, famous actor Arthur Leander dies of a heart attack. The same evening, a deadly virus arrives in North America, spreading with unprecedented speed. Two decades later, a young actor who worked previously with Arthur is now a performer in the Travelling Symphony, performing Shakespeare whilst travelling a grand circle around Lake Michigan. When members of the Symphony disappear after visiting a town frightened by a figure known as "the prophet," events set in motio...| The Wertzone
The Galactic Empire is showing some early signs of the decline prophesised by Hari Seldon and his science of psychohistory. Unnerved, the Ge...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
The Doctor has been called back to Earth by the Brigadier to investigate a new threat in Scotland, but his ties to Earth and UNIT are becoming stretched. The Doctor once again yearns to travel in time and space in search of mystery, adventure...and horror.| The Wertzone
Update: YoDanno has retracted the claim, after Margaret Weis confirmed the contract was for a Western series of novels and not Dragonlance...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
The surprising news has broken of the passing of Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress Michelle Trachtenberg, at the far-too-young age of 39. B...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
The Doctor has regenerated, to the mild consternation of his UNIT colleagues and companion Sarah Jane Smith. This new Doctor is less wedded to Earth and his work with UNIT, and is eager to resume his adventures in time and space. But a demonstration of the TARDIS to UNIT surgeon Harry Sullivan sets in motion a chain of events that'll see the Doctor and his companions marooned on different planets and in times without the TARDIS to rely on. It's going to be a long trip home.| The Wertzone
The Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot pilot is moving ahead at Hulu, with the streamer announcing the show's primary cast in recent days. Sa...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
Free to travel in time and space once more, the Doctor joins forces with journalist Sarah Jane Smith to investigate new mysteries. Their trips involve a meeting with the clone warriors of the Sontarans, a renewed threat from the Daleks, a return visit to Peladon and an unexpected infestation of dinosaurs in Central London. But a previous decision is coming back to haunt the Doctor, and will lead him to a fateful meeting with destiny on Metebelis III.| The Wertzone
A mysterious power emanating from a black hole threatens to overwhelm our universe, with even the Time Lords powerless to stand against it. ...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
Back in 1977, Game Designers' Workshop released a curious black box emblazed with a line of dialogue: "This is Free Trader Beowulf, calling anyone...Mayday, mayday, we are under attack...main drive is gone...turret number one not responding...mayday...losing cabin pressure fast...calling anyone...please help...this is Free Trader Beowulf...mayday." Underneath, in striking red on a black background, was the name TRAVELLER, which we were told means, "Science-Fiction Adventure in the Far Future."| The Wertzone
The Doctor's exile on Earth continues, but he has convinced the Time Lords into sending him on at least some clandestine missions, although ...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
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The Doctor's exile on Earth continues, to his consternation. A new threat arises with the arrival of the Master, a fellow renegade Time Lord...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
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The Doctor has been finally tracked down and captured by his own people, the Time Lords. Found guilty of interfering in the affairs of other planets, he has been exiled to the planet Earth in the late 20th Century, his TARDIS disabled and even his knowledge of space/time travel blocked. He's also forced to regenerate. Arriving on Earth, the new Doctor joins forces with his old ally, Brigadier Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart of the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (UNIT), just in time to help...| The Wertzone
CD Projekt Red, anime studio Trigger and Netflix have all confirmed they are working on a project called Cyberpunk Edgerunners II. This will be a sequel to their hit 2022 anime set in the same world as the video game Cyberpunk 2077 (2020) and the Cyberpunk tabletop roleplaying game franchise created by Mike Pondsmith in 1988.| The Wertzone
Legendary - or perhaps infamous - comics writer and editor Jim Shooter has sadly passed away at the age of 73. Shooter was best-known for his divisive stewardship of Marvel Comic as editor-in-chief from the late 1970s through the mid-1980s, and his involvement in the creation of the Transformers franchise.| The Wertzone
Okay, so you've watched some Modern Doctor Who. You've sampled some Tennant, knocked back some Smith and played air guitar to Capaldi. You may have braved the Chibnall years and pondered the wisdom of bringing back Russell T. Davies. You - may whatever gods you believe in help you - want to watch yet more Doctor Who, and the classic show, all 26 gloriously low-fi seasons of it, awaits. But is this a good idea? And if so, where to start watching it? Should you dive into the very first episode ...| The Wertzone
The great city of Orane, capital of Ferrieres, is thrown into chaos when a prominent nobleman is murdered in cold blood. Thierry Villar, an advocate-turned-poet, is enlisted by the city authorities to investigate the murder, despite the likelihood of it being political in nature, threatening the city and the kingdom's peace. But that peace is already under threat, as the armies of Angland under King Hardan V have landed on the north coast.| The Wertzone
The Doctor has parted with his previous companion, Ruby, and is again travelling time and space alone. He meets a potential new companion, Belinda, a human abducted from Earth by alien robots, but she only wants to go home. To the Doctor's alarm, every attempt to return her home fails: the TARDIS is simply unable to return to Belinda's time. The Doctor and Belinda have to go "the long way round" in order to return to Earth in May 2025...a date of huge significance for the human race.| The Wertzone
Jan Dolski is an ordinary crewman aboard an AllyCorp spacecraft headed to a hostile planet circling the star Gliese 3804. The planet is the only known source of Rapidium, a substance with time-bending properties, allowing for the rapid growth of organic material, such allowing a farm to produce a year's worth of food in a day, a vital technology for a resource-depleted Earth. But an accident kills the entire crew apart from Jan, leaving him alone. Fortunately, a large mobile base has survived...| The Wertzone
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The Doctor continues her adventures through time and space with her new companions, Ryan, Graham and Yasmin. But the return of both an old e...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
BioWare have unveiled a brief teaser for the upcoming fifth game in the Mass Effect franchise. As part of N7 Day - an annual celebration of ...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
The year 2819. 634 years ago, the Andromeda Initiative launched five space arks and a huge mobile space station towards the Andromeda Galaxy...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
2183. Twenty-five years have passed since humanity discovered it was not alone in the universe. The Milky Way is dominated by the Citadel Co...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
Amazon Prime Television are developing a television series based on the popular science fiction video game series, Mass Effect . The news c...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
Actor Henry Cavill has teased that he is working on a Mass Effect project. The actor took a shot of him reading a blurry page of text whil...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
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The Thirteenth Doctor has regenerated into the Fourteenth, but the new Doctor is shocked to find himself wearing the same face as a prior incarnation. Returning to Earth, he is immediately reunited with former companion Donna Noble, and plunged into a sequence of events hinting at the arrival of a terrible old enemy. That threat resolved, the Fifteenth Doctor arrives to take over the mantle, and solve the mystery of Ruby Sunday.| The Wertzone
Brother Diaz has been summoned to the Chapel of the Holy Expediency to receive a mission directly from the ten-year-old Pope. He is to join a group of "devils," evil-doers repenting for their sins in (unwilling) service to the Papacy. Their goal is to guide the young heir to the throne of Troy to her throne, despite four cousins all keen to ensure she never gets there. Carrying out this quest are an immortal warrior, an invisible elf, an overly-proud necromancer, a jack of all trades, a vampi...| The Wertzone
In startling news, the 98-year-old Mel Brooks has confirmed he is returning to the big screen to reprise the character of Yogurt in Spaceballs 2, the sequel to his hit 1987 comedy spoof.| The Wertzone
Amazon have hired Doug Jung ( Mindhunter , Big Love , Banshee , Star Trek Beyond , The Cloverfield Paradox ) to produce and showrun their M...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
A mysterious force known as the Flux is extending across space and time, threatening vast areas of the universe with total annihilation. The...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
Amazon have announced a comprehensive alliance with British wargaming company Games Workshop. The deal will cover Games Workshop's popular ...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
It’s quite likely you’ve heard the phrase " Warhammer 40,000 " thrown around. Forty thousand what? It is it a board game, a novel series, a ...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
In a startling move, Games Workshop have teamed with veteran US TV producer Frank Spotnitz ( The X-Files , The Man in the High Castle ) to ...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
The Battlestar Galactica reboot is getting a reboot , because that's how things work now. NBC has tapped Sam Esmail, the creative gen...| thewertzone.blogspot.com
After several years in development hell, NBC and Peacock have abandoned their plans to reboot the Battlestar Galactica reboot. Back in Sep...| thewertzone.blogspot.com