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Getretrocouk in conjunction with their retail division scificollectorcouk are delighted to announce their recent appointment as the BBC Worldwide licensees for a series of Torchwood five inch articulated action figures These will be launched late Springearly Summer 2008 and will feature an initial wave of four pose-able figures Captain Jack Cyberwoman Gwen Cooper and a Weevle A further wave with more characters will follow later in the year Other figures being worked on are the remainder of the Team The Blowfish which is virtually complete and Captain John They are going to be articulated at the shoulders head elbow and knees and will be packaged on a fully detachable Torchwood stylised plinth Proprietor Steven Scott who made his commitment on the strength of the first series and the widespread collector interest said that he was thrilled to be involved with such an exciting project We backed Doctor Who from day one and were the very first company to have licensed Doctor Who merchandise in the marketplace with product launches on the day the show went to air We have the same confidence in the future of Torchwood Its gritty style presents an exciting challenge which we relish the prospect of interpreting We felt that this was a fantastic opportunity which we began pursuing long before the announcement that the show was to be broadcast in a specially edited pre-watershed version Were confident that our designers will produce a vibrant range that will captivate both marketplaces The collectable figures will be supplied on a fully detachable plinth to accommodate both traditional collector interest and the imagination of those fans who wish to bring their models to life in pose-able action fashion Captain Jack Image Still Awaiting Approval...

The heavily delayed Sliders The Fourth Season is available to own on DVD from Monday 19th May courtesy of Universal-Playback Sliders Quinn Mallory Jerry OConnell Scream 2 Rembrandt Cleavant Derricks The Bernie Mac Show and Captain Maggie Becket Kari Wuher Stargate Atlantis continue to travel through parallel universes in search of a way back home after a botched science experiment trapped the travelling team in alternative worlds The fourth season is where the series really tries to develop an ongoing narrative centered round Quinns family and who he really is This series also focus on the Kromagg Dynasty Quinn is told by his newly found mother that he was adopted and from a parallel universe the same place from which the Kromaggs originated Quinn then procedes on a quest to locate Quinns biological brother that his mother referred to Quinn believes that he holds the key to the teams home universe The crew locate Quinns brother Colin Charlie OConnell Jerrys real life brother in another dimension Colin explains that his parents sent both Quinn and himself to separate worlds in order to protect them after the family home came under attack by the Kromaggs With an equal desire to bring down the Kromaggs Colin joins forces with the Sliders in search of his birth parents Together the team hope the parents will have answers to defeating the Kromaggs and finding home All 22 episodes of dimension hopping fun are available on DVD from 19th May 2008 Sliders Series 4 is a long awaited addition to my collection of the other 3 Sliders series boxed sets...

If at first you dont suceed try try again - Edward Norton has with this second attempt at a HULK movie in recent years looks promising Trailer below In this new beginning scientist Bruce Banner Edward Norton desperately hunts for a cure to the gamma radiation that poisoned his cells and unleashes the unbridled force of rage within him The Hulk Living in the shadowscut off from a life he knew and the woman he loves Betty Ross Liv TylerBanner struggles to avoid the obsessive pursuit of his nemesis General Thunderbolt Ross William Hurt and the military machinery that seeks to capture him and brutally exploit his power As all three grapple with the secrets that led to The Hulks creation they are confronted with a monstrous new adversary known as The Abomination Tim Roth whose destructive strength exceeds even The Hulks own Released - June 12th 2008...

Kelvin Pike did And thats not all This Saturday Raindance are welcoming veteran cameraman Kelvin Pike BSC to the Kodak Masterclass at BAFTA His work includes 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY THE SHINING STAR WARS THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK DR STRANGELOVE and HEAVENS GATE Kelvin will speak about his filmmaking career and show examples of his work giving an exclusive behind the scenes look at what it was like working on some of the most iconic films of the 20th Century And yes dont worry weve made sure to save some time for all your questions about Kubrick and Lucas When Saturday May 10th from 2-4pm Where BAFTA 195 Piccadilly London W1J 9LN Price 10 To book a place ring 020 7287 3833 or go to wwwraindancecouk and look under upcoming events Be quick - space is very limited so tickets are in short supply...

The Bionic Woman is brave resurrection of the classic 70s show Million Dollar man series The new series stars Michelle Ryan best known for her stint on Eastenders unfortunatly with an American accent This Season premiere received the highest midweek ratings on the US network NBC for almost a decade and its recent airing on ITV2 ranked it as their biggest ever show The full series of The Bionic Woman is released on DVD by Universal-Playback on the 12th May 2008 Jaime Sommers Michelle Ryan is nearly killed when she is hit by a car In order to be saved she receives experimental top-secret medical enhancements As Jaime soon discovers her salvation has come at a high price changing her life and body forever Jamie ends up working for the Berkut Group a quasi-governmental private organization that performed her surgery All 8 episodes are included on this 2 disc set along with 4 bonus mini documentaries ...

The newest Indiana Jones adventure begins in the desert Southwest in 1957 the height of the Cold War Indy and his sidekick Mac Ray Winstone have barely escaped a close scrape with nefarious Soviet agents on a remote airfield Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is out on general release on the 22nd May 2008...

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is released to cinemas on 22 May 2008 With Crystal Skulls being the one enigma in the new film here is some information about the Crystal Skill at the British Museum in London What is it A life-size carving of a human skull made from a single block of rock crystal a clear colourless variety of quartz It was acquired by the Museum in 1897 purporting to be an ancient Mexican object However scientific research conducted by the Museum has established that the skull was most likely produced in the 19th century in Europe As such the object is not an authentic pre-Columbian artefact How did it enter the collection The skull was purchased by the Museum from Tiffany and Co New York in 1897 At the time of its purchase the skull was said to have been brought from Mexico by a Spanish officer before the French occupation in 1863 It was sold to an English collector and acquired at his death by Eugne Boban a French antiquities dealer later becoming the property of Tiffany and Co The skull was exhibited for many years at the Museum of Mankind in Piccadilly which housed the British Museums Ethnographic collection it is currently on permanent display at the British Museum in the Wellcome Trust Gallery room 24 What scientific research has been undertaken The British Museum has examined the skull several times between 1950 and 1990 In 1996 an on-going collaborative project focusing on the British Museums skull and a skull in the collection of the Smithsonian Institute Washington DC was started Contrary to popular belief there are currently no scientific techniques which can be used to accurately establish when a stone or mineral object was produced Research has therefore focused on how the skulls were carved where the quartz originated from and what is known about the early history of the skulls Observations made under a binocular microscope and in a scanning electron microscope suggest that the techniques of carving used to produce the skulls post-dated the Aztec period The tool marks on the skulls do not match those on other Aztec period rock-crystal objects which were invariably carved by hand It is most likely that the British Museum skull was worked with a rotary wheel or jewellers wheel which was unknown in the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans The research also suggests that the rock crystal used in the manufacture of the British Museums skull may have come from Brazil an area outside of the ancient trade network of Mexico Do others exist There is a larger white quartz skull in the collection of the Smithsonian Institute Washington DC and a number of other large skulls in private ownership There are also a number of smaller rock crystal skulls It seems highly unlikely that any are genuine Aztec objects Large rock crystal skulls first began to surface in public and private collections during the second half of the nineteenth century and an increasing number of large and small quartz skulls have become known in recent decades mostly in private hands However no such skull has ever been reported from well-documented official archaeological excavation Archival research has in addition produced a link between the British Museums skull and another rock crystal skull in the Muse du Quai Branly Paris Both skulls passed through the hands of the French dealer Eugne Boban raising suspicions regarding their provenance Why were the skulls produced It is impossible to be sure why the skulls were produced It maybe that they were produced to satisfy demand in the US and Europe in the nineteenth century when interest in collecting Mexican material was at its height Are there any genuine Aztec crystal skulls It seems unlikely since no quartz crystal skull has ever been found on any of the many well-documented official archaeological excavations of ancient sites Did the Aztecs make these kinds of objects Skulls and skull imagery feature in Aztec art at the time of the first contact with the Spanish in 1519 However they were usually carved in relief in basalt as architectural elements rather than produced in rock crystal or white quartz Do they have special powers There are some who claim that crystal skulls have healing qualities emit energy have the ability to convey vital information or are repositories of ancient wisdom Large quartz crystal skulls have generated great interest and fascination since they began to surface in public and private collections during the second half of the nineteenth century The British Museum views the skull in its collection as an enigmatic object of great interest but with no supernatural properties What is the British Museums response to the new movie As entertainment the movie will surely appeal to the public but it is very much a work of fiction We hope however that it will encourage visitors to see the skull at the British Museum and to learn more about Aztec culture More information can be found by visiting httpwwwbritishmuseumorgexplorehighlightshighlightobjectsaoarrockcrystalskullaspx ...