John Bowman

Spike.com provides a deleted scene from the Star Trek DVD, showing Nero being interrogated by black hooded Klingons.

ABC provides a sneak peek at V; a re-imagining of the classic 1980’s series.

Incredibly clever social experiments as ads. Great watch. The Fun Theory. It reminds me why I like advertising.

Yesterday the BBC revealed the new Doctor Who logo that will help launch Matt Smith as the Doctor in 2010. They also provided a great look back at previous versions of the logo.

A look back at previous logos.

The new logo starting in 2010.

Earlier clips and/or data about this series left me unimpressed and uninterested. The series is billed as a children’s sci-fi/adventure series combining comedy, action and suspense “X Files” meets “Men in Black” with a zany dash of “Ghostbusters”. That’s a lot to live up to.

The updated physical appearance of K9 seems to have a very Saturday morning cartoon quality to it. The series also faces the same challenge of any live action children’s program, how to write for children without writing down to children. Apparently this is harder than you might think since so many programs are too busy writing down to children to write entertaining stories.

It should also be noted that BBC, in case you didn’t realize it, doesn’t own the rights to K9. As the character of K9 is owned by Bob Baker and Dave Martin the show will have no connection with the BBC unless they buy the rights to show it. On a happy note, John Leeson does return as the voice of K9 in this new series.

Overall the new trailer definitely demonstrates improvement from any earlier releases, but leaves me only mildly interested.