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Diana Rigg in The Avengers - one of the things that could prise Nick's wallet open for Blu-ray.

10 movies without which Blu-ray is pointless

Hi-def isn't cheap tech, but here are the ten movies that might persuade Nick to shell out for more pixels...

Why Dakota, my dear, I don't believe we're in Surrey any more...

10 geek books that have yet to be a decent film

Sometimes a great book begets a great film - even when they have very little to do with each other.

Jeri Ryan as Seven Of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager (1996-99)

5 desperate new characters for ailing TV shows

The kid; the hottie; the hunk. New blood or old (and cheap) tricks...?

Castle Grayskull. Unimpressive.

Top 10 Disappointing Toys of the 1980s

The 1980s: an era where toys looked great in the adverts on the telly, but, er, didn't quite work out when you got them home...

Doctor Who: The Mutant Phase

Doctor Who audio: The Mutant Phase

No bees in series 4, no wasps in this legacy audio from Big Finish...what in the wide wide world of Gallifrey is going on here?

Live 3D geometry scanning

Real-time 3D faces...and 3D printers too

Photocopying inappropriate body parts at the office party may become a disturbingly 3D experience in the very very near future...

Stiffer than usual: Stallone in the excellent Demolition Man (1991)

Top 10 Sci-Fi Prisons

It's lights out early and mind the soap even for the old lags and lifers of the future, as we examine incredible incarcerations yet to come...

Disc battles: a curse of the modern age

8 thing Blu-ray needs to do to win more people over

There are a few things holding Bluray back from widespread adoption...

The late Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes dies

One of the greats has left us - so John salutes the majesty of the late, great Mr Isaac Hayes

You ain't seen me...right?

Cloaking device coming...?

Invisibility for the masses. Well, for some army types, anyway. Can it really be possible to bend light around objects...and people?

Excuse me, Seymour, but I'm feeling a bit peckish...

Top 10 killer plants

Join us in a chorus of horror as we meet a nasty end in Hollywood's marrow patch of doom...

Sarah Michelle Gellar

The Sarah Michelle Gellar ready reckoner

Sarah Michelle Gellar isn't just Buffy, y'know. Nope. She's been in other things, too. Nothing as good, obviously...