There’s a new Doctor in the house! David Tennant’s replacement on Doctor Who was named Saturday, and the choice was a bit of a shocker for fans. Meet 26-year-old Matt Smith, the youngest actor yet to play the Time Lord in the 45-year history of the program. (more)
Keep reading for a look back at more Nerdvana entries straddling the end of 2008 and the dawn of 2009:
- Slideshow of ‘Doctor Who’ actors throughout the series’ 45-year-history (link)
- Paramount releases new high-res images from Star Trek (more)
- ‘Tomb Raider Underworld’ freebies: Tunes, Xbox costumes
- ‘Legacy of Ys’ DS pre-orders to include classic RPG’s soundtrack (more)
- It Came From YouTube: The robot victory over humans becomes a little more certain (more)
- The best of times, the worst of times: 2008’s dork side (more)
Fox: If we can’t have ‘Watchmen,’ no one can!- ‘WoW’! Free for life? $25 donation to charity can make it happen (more)
- Meet the last Wii downloads of 2008! (more)
- A brief programming note (more)
And if that’s not enough, here a roundup of more geeky news from around the Interwebz:
Do you want to know how Battlestar Galactica might end? Potential spoilers, obviously. Click here. (SyFy Portal)- What might have been in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Some character renderings for Star Wars Battlefront 3 have hit the Web, courtesy of a reported laid-off employee of developer Free Radical Design. (1UP, German site)
The Terminator among films enshrined in National Film Registry (press release)- Not cool: 2008 was the first Zelda game-free year in a decade. (Kotaku)
- Bream me up, Barbie: A first look at toys related to J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek (TrekMovie.com)
A preview of Star Trek novels for 2009 and 2010 — includes a concept sketch of a sexy new Federation starship, the experimental USS Aventine commanded by Capt. Ezri Dax from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which will be realized in the annual “Ships of the Line” calendar for 2010 (TrekMovie.com)- ‘Shadow,’ sci-fi illustrator Edward D. Cartier dies at 94 (story)
