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Today marks 45 years since the very first episode of Star Trek aired. It was September 8, 1966 when NBC aired 'The Man Trap' to an unsuspecting audience. It is not the "birthday" of Star Trek... die-hard fans ('Trekkers') know that the series had two pilot episodes commissioned. The first pilot, 'The Cage' dates back to 1964, and the follow-up pilot, 'Where No Man Has Gone Before,' to 1965. The first episode to air was not meant to go out first, but the suits at NBC wanted an episode with a "monster" in it (they felt it had to compete with Lost in Space at the time), 'The Man Trap' had a monster and therefore it was selected to air first.

This anniversary is bittersweet for me. It comes just a couple weeks after loosing a long time friend who had been a great Star Trek fan. It was an unexpected loss and therefore I have to say even now, I am still in shock and disbelief about it.

Hitchhiker's Guide to British Sci-Fi - Episode 16
Running Time: 1:36:06

Torchwood: Miracle Day - Episode 6 - "The Middle Men" reviewed live over the net with your live feedback including Abersoch, Mystery Presenter, and Duckworth.

Hosted by Louis Trapani @LouisTrapani and Dave Cooper @daveac and Graeme Sheridan @The2ndDoctor

Hitchhiker's Guide to British Sci-Fi - Episode 15
Running Time: 1:26:06

Torchwood: Miracle Day - Episode 5 - "Categories of Life" reviewed live over the net with your live feedback including Robert Carrie-King.

Hosted by Louis Trapani @LouisTrapani and Dave Cooper @daveac

The GetGlue app (from AdaptiveBlue) for iPhone and iPod touch has been updated and with it, it has a newly enhanced user interface and more. (See my previous article, Get Glued on GetGlue for more details on GetGlue). In addition to the user interface refresh, which is a quite welcomed refresh, it also now allows you to check into "sports" in addition to the previous categories already available such as television, movies, books, music, wine, etc. Also it now offers Foursquare location check-in integration as well (unfortunately, Gowalla is not also offered as an option as well).

Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 240
Running Time: 1:39:51

Doctor Who: Podshock Live Show recorded on stage at Gallifrey One's Catch 22: Islands of Mystery with Tracie Simpson, Paul Kasey, Cush Jumbo, Ian McNeice, Pamela Salem, and Waris Hussein on Sunday, February 20, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

Hitchhiker's Guide to British Sci-Fi - Episode 10
Running Time: 1:29:20

News on Red Dwarf, Torchwood, Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Outcast, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, National Television Awards, and more, plus a discussion on Danger Mouse, and more!

Hosted by Louis Trapani @LouisTrapani, Dave Cooper @daveac and Greame Sheridan @The2ndDoctor .

The Sonic Newsdriver 20110106
Selected Doctor Who related news delivered sonically.
For Earth-date: Thursday, the 6th of Jan. 2011

In this episode: Besotted, DVR Alert, YouTube Goes Classic, Ambassadors of Restoration, The End of Time Begot A Christmas Carol, Ashes to Ashes - Sherlock to Sherlock - Doctor to Doctor, Torching the US and the UK, Where's the TARDIS, and more!

In case you missed it or perhaps you just want a HD (or SD) version of it to watch on your new iPhone or iPod or iPad or Apple TV, etc… Or perhaps you want to see it or re-watch it before listening to Doctor Who: Podshock 232 in which it is reviewed. The latest Doctor Who adventure starring Matt Smith is now available in the Apple iTunes store: A Christmas Carol - Doctor Who, The Matt Smith Specials

Hitchhiker's Guide to British Sci-Fi - Episode 9
Running Time: 1:18:17

We review series 4 of The Sarah Jane Adventures and the DVD box set of Gerry Anderson's Space Precinct, Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency comes to the BBC, Torchwood casting update, and other news!

Hosted by Louis Trapani @LouisTrapani and Dave Cooper @daveac .

"One day I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back."

Doctor Who: Podshock - Aftershock 20101119
Running Time: 0:08:55

A brief Aftershock episode announcing our Doctor Who 47th Anniversary Party and Meet Up on Second Life this Saturday, the 20th of November, 2010.

Hosted by Louis Trapani ( @LouisTrapani ).

"Coulrophobia, it's the fear of clowns. Johnny Depp has it."

Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 226 EXTRA Edition
Running Time: 0:30:35

In this Extra Edition of Doctor Who: Podshock we interview Tommy Knight (Luke) on The Sarah Jane Adventures, plus we have Doctor Who news and more.

Hosted by Louis Trapani ( @LouisTrapani ) with Ken Deep ( @kendeep ) and James Naughton ( @JamesNaughton ).

Matt Smith explaining how in preparing for his role as the 11th Doctor in the long running BBC series, Doctor Who that he studied quotes of Albert Einstein. Recorded at the US premiere of the 2010 series of Doctor Who at the Paley Center for Media in New York, April 2010.

Also see Karen Gillan explaining that anything is possible in Doctor Who at the same event.

"I don't know where we're going but my old hand's very excited about it!"

Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 223 EXTRA Edition
Running Time: 0:38:33

In this Extra Edition of Doctor Who: Podshock we interview a director who has worked on Doctor Who, The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood: Alice Troughton. Plus Doctor Who news, and some special show announcements in this Doctor Who: Podshock Extra Edition.

The Sonic Newsdriver 20101003
Selected Doctor Who related news delivered sonically.
For Earth-date: Sunday, the 3rd of Oct. 2010

Sarah Jane Adventures Return, Matt Smith is the Piano Man, Doctor Who Live news, Music News, Doctor Who and the Florence and the Machine, NYCC is Coming to Town, Your iPhone Just Got More Sonic, Party Like It's 1996, and more.

Three weeks ago Apple unveiled the new Apple TV. It is now housed in a mysterious black box, as opposed to the silver of the previous Apple TV. It's much smaller and without a hard disk spinning inside plus a more efficient processor, it runs much cooler.

A black mysterious box is most fitting for this product because there's still so much about it that we don't know yet.