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Launching the 1st November the BBC will finally be adding all 60 years worth of Doctor Who to their IPlayer.
With over 800 episodes due to be made available from the  First Doctor William Hartnell right up to the 60th anniversary specials along side the spin-offs the Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood and Class.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/doctor-who-archive-on-bbc-iplayer?

PJ Holden has launched a new comic via his website call Null Space referred  to as his tribute to the Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Black Mirror and Inside no 9.A weekly series were each story will be written by a different writer then drawn by PJ Holden

https://downthetubes.net/launching-today-pj-holdens-null-space/?fbclid=IwAR0JQf85DNHuBdWDeMVeUIhXIIgCc5mGDmb6nmCWRojhww5rrvz9ulVzDrQ

Sandra Ezquerra has put a new page of Judge Dredd artwork up for sale on eBay the page is from the 2016 Judge Block story for 580 euros

https://www.ebay.es/itm/314845009037?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=1185-127638-7840-0&ssspo=iZplF3ZkQrW&sssrc=0&ssuid=iZplF3ZkQrW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=FB&fbclid=IwAR3fxMtUnpDX4HJiYY0y2cfjqDQijlV38SH8x6vpJknTdl_e16VpyGMS45o

At this year's Tripwire Awards Matt Smith won Best Editor and Michael Carroll won Best Writer along side The 2000AD Art Of Mick McMahon Apex Edition winning Best Collection and Kevin O'Neill joining the Hall of Fame

Full results
https://downthetubes.net/tripwire-announces-its-winners-in-its-2023-tripwire-awards/?fbclid=IwAR0i45RGcoaG1bC19MWFLmP5lADXv3bJG85kRKGRCHP0serXTlOyRS3qfQ0

This article from  Movieweb about the possibility of a Judge Dredd movie reboot but the writer has no clue about the subject, Mega City 1 was created after superheroes destroyed the world

https://movieweb.com/judge-dredd-reboot/?fbclid=IwAR376ZfApvIssAtxKavzbWZ_44w5mAyXSkw2QddRejJ4q6-cV7V6Pi0Cun4

The 12th Commando and British Weekly Comic Swap Meet will take place in Colchester on Saturday 14th October 2023 from 11am. It will be held at the Colchester Baptist Church on Eld Lane right in the middle of the city center
https://downthetubes.net/commando-and-british-weekly-comic-swop-meet-comes-to-colchester-in-october/

John Higgins posted on Facebook that he is clearing out some of his Watchmen books and selling them for half price at the Bristol Comic Expo, anyone interested please contact him via his Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=6817099551675812&set=a.113390992046735

nearly 20 years since they released the adventures of Luther Arkwright, Big Finish have now released Luther Arkwright Heart of Empire with David Tennant reprising the lead role download for £12.99 or with CD £15.99

https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/luther-arkwright-heart-of-empire-2529

You can still get the original download for just £2.99

Gosh! comics have just announced that will be hosting an in person estate sale of the personal book collection of Kevin O'Neill, taking place on Sunday 1st October 2023, 10;30-7pm, with all proceeds to benefit his Estate.
Please note there will not be any artwork for sale

https://downthetubes.net/gosh-announces-kevin-oneill-estate-sale/?fbclid=IwAR1t1c2QSU3nAhrDhPCsJR_tkPx7JkCw9ui3u6g55mkoXVjKgH3VogSzOi8

Amazon Prime has the new 2023 version of the classic Tekashi's Castle. This time voiced by comedians Tom Davis and Romesh Ranganathan. Only 8 episodes to this series, not quite as good as Craig Charles' voice over but much better than Dick & Dom's. Worth a watch if you want something silly to watch

Batman fans there will be a "Pop Up" event in London from the 15th-17th September with props & costumes from the movies

https://www.warnerbros.co.uk/news/articles/2023/08/21/batman-day-2023-introducing-batman-unmasked

Ian Gibson is selling some of the sketches has has done during his recent stays in hospital, anyone interested visit his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/yangibson

DC have  announced at SDCC that they are making a new animated version of the Watchmen due to be released in 2024
https://www.looper.com/1346483/watchmen-animated-movie-announced-2024/

Was just scrolling through the Dramas on ITVX and came across classic shows like Monkey, Sapphire & Steel, Fireball XL5, UFO & Timeslip as well as more modern shows like being Human, Arrow, Gotham & From Dusk Til Dawn. There are also a few anime series too

Colin McNeil is selling his sketches from his Art from The Fireside Sketchbooks over on his facebook page all week the first batch up are Boba Fett - £50, Hawk-Man -£70, The Thing -£70, Zombie Girl - £50,Rogue Trooper - £70, Cap America - £50, War Machine - £70

This Saturday 8th July Brian Bolland will be live on the online auction site WhatNot holding a live signing from their stage at LFCC from 3:50pm

WhatNot is a online auction site where you get to bid on things like vintage & modern comics, trading cards & Funkos in 30 second auctions starting from as little as just £1

The 3 Future Shocks Radio podcasts have now been added to Audible's Plus catalogue so members can now get them for free. Each podcast is based on classic Future Shocks stories

Ep 1: Beware of Grawks Bearing Gifts, When a race of aliens turn up sightseeing on planet Earth, no one can believe their luck, as the Grawks offer vast quantities of gold to pay for everything, and don't question whether the seller even owns the tourist hotspots in question.

Ep 2: Christmas Special, 'One Christmas During Eternity' a loving couple find that some gifts cannot last, and in 'The Star' two time-travellers break all the rules to solve the biggest Christmas mystery of all...

Ep 3: Long Live the Queen, Time travel is all the rage for tourists from the future, but there are strict rules in place to prevent altering the past, however a return trip to Elizabethan England for one tourist is just the first step in their cunning plan... by Kelvin Gosnell and Eric Bradbury,'The English/Phlondrutian Phrasebook' all the words you need for a holiday in space come courtesy of the Vocosonics Transliterator by Alan Moore and Brendan McCarthy.

Found this image by Henry Flint on the Comic scene website, anyone know anything about this.

https://comicscene.org/2023/05/29/what-is-this-a-treasury-of-british-comics-annual/

Chinbeard Books the people who did the Robin of Sherwood Look-In collection are to release a 2 volume collection of the Tomorrow People Look-In collection. Due out in August volume 1 has artwork from  John M. Burns, Roger Price, and Angus P. Allan

https://downthetubes.net/chinbeard-books-gets-set-to-celebrate-50-years-of-the-tomorrow-people-with-new-books-and-look-in-collection/?fbclid=IwAR1hzq-7RibAhqiSW_cwOzYf4Ahs6izD2-xowrQZIyvnJ4eYP4SEoKSakZk

The next new Walking Dead spin off Dead City has released its first trailer. Continuing the story of Maggie and Morgan now in New York looking for Maggie's kidnapped child  coming 18th June

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b-b4rvLJmI&t=8s