TFA Episode 5: Alex Kingston and the Naked Captain Jack Harkness!

We ring in the Fourth of July with a Gallifreyan extravaganza – Transmissions From Atlantis style! First, we give you the lowdown on our meet up and photo op with the one and only Alex Kingston (River Song from Doctor Who). We also give you a little bit of the Q&A with Alex from Hurricane Who Summer Nights. We talk Mickey in the 50th and a sonic screwdriver remote! In addition, we give you a peek into the Whovian Pub singer Ken Spivey’s video shoot and give you a quick interview with Doctor Scott Vigue of Articles of the Shadow Proclamation. If that’s not a Who hoot, we also give you the 411 on Asylum of the Daleks, we discuss whether Matt Smith should be the Doctor “forever”, we talk about the Doctor’s regenerations and last but not least – naked Captain Jack Harkness!

Of course, for you non-whovians, we serve up a little a-spicy meatball for you! First we break down the creepiest film scores in Sci-Fi and Horror. We talk the new Riddick movie, JJ Abrams’ Star Trek 3, the new Wicked book and Barrack Obama vs. Mitt Romney vs. the Alien Overlords’ impending invasion.

We also receive the transmission of the author of the apocalyptic thriller Second World, Jeremy Robinson.

Rockets red glare on this week’s episode of TFA!

The schedule and important links are after the jump!

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Toy Review Star Wars: The Vintage Collection Admiral Ackbar By Hasbro

Obviously I was going to have to get to Star Wars toys at some point. I wanted to kick of this week of Lucas-inspired plastic here on Earth Station One with one of my absolute favorite characters from all Star Wars media.

Admiral Ackbar was by far the figure I was most excited about from the Return of the Jedi wave. He’s always been one of my favorite alien characters, and not just because of the ToyFare attention. Part of his appeal to me comes from how great and important his character ends up being in the Expanded Universe, the other part comes from the fact that he just looks awesome and weird and out there.

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