‘Doctor Who’ wins sci-fi heroes poll
By Morgan Jeffery at Digital Spy
Doctor Who has come top in a poll listing the greatest heroes in science-fiction film and television.
The Doctor was awarded the title of ‘Favorite Hero’ in the list compiled by SFX, beating Firefly‘s Malcolm Reynolds into second place.
The character has been played by eleven actors since 1963, with Matt Smith the current incumbent of the role.
Other high-ranking characters included Dean Winchester from Supernatural, Star Wars smuggler Han Solo and Ianto Jones from Who spinoff Torchwood.
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Daleks top sci-fi monster poll
By Morgan Jeffery at Digital Spy
The Daleks have topped a poll listing the greatest monsters in science fiction films and television.
The Doctor Who villains beat Angel character Lorne (Andy Hallett) into second place in the SFX survey.
Another Who foe, the Cybermen, placed 15th in the list.
Both races reappeared in the most recent series of the show to battle Matt Smith’s 11th Doctor.
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Alexander Skarsgard Doesn’t Wear a Sock During Nude Scenes
via Us Weekly
The cast of HBO’s True Blood not only strip down for the new Rolling Stone — they also bare all about shooting the show’s racy sex scenes.
Says Alexander Skarsgard (who plays sexy vamp Eric): “I don’t want a sock around it, that feels ridiculous. If we’re naked in the scene, then I’m naked. I’ve always been that way.”
Anna Paquin says she covers up — somewhat. She reveals that she wears a “patch” – a thong-like attire with the sides cut off – while filming nude scenes as her character Sookie Stackhouse.
As for her costar (and real-life fiance) Stephen Moyer (who plays Sookie’s vamp love Bill Compton)? He wears a sock on set — out of consideration for others
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Getting Lost with Damon Lindelof and ‘Heroes’ creator Tim Kring
By Dennis Nishi at The Wall Street Journal
Tucked between the Porn Star Guide to Great Sex and a coffee table book on Vanessa Del Rio, Tim Kring (”Heroes”) and Damon Lindelof (”Lost”) put on a show for eager fans at Book Soup in Hollywood Tuesday night. They were there to promote and sign copies of Kring’s first novel “Shift,” which was released last week by Crown Publishing. They also chatted about their careers and future plans. The two writers had previously worked together on the now defunct NBC series “Crossing Jordan,” which Kring created in 2001. Lindelof was a writer on the show for three years before he left to work with J.J. Abrams on “Lost.”
From then on, Kring’s interest in the supernatural became a reoccurring theme in his writing and he went on to write and/or produce “Teen Wolf Too,” “Chicago Hope,” “Providence,” “Crossing Jordan” and most recently, “Heroes”. In regards to the later, both denied any implicit plot connections between “Lost” and “Heroes,” though Kring did say that the two shows were first cousins thematically. Lindelof added that the shows were actually first cousins that had sex with each other regularly.
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Do you think Doctor Who should be the number one Sci Fi hero? What do you think about the Tom Kring interview? What do you think about the nude scenes in True Blood?
