The BBC has announced that actor Ncuti Gatwa has been cast as the 14th Doctor in the TV show “Doctor Who”. Russell T Davies, who is again the showrunner and is scheduled to start the next season’s production soon, posted on Instagram a photo of him with Gatwa. Unlike what happened with the previous announcements, this one came as a surprise and not in a televised event.
“Farewell” is the tenth episode of the second season of the TV show “Star Trek: Picard”, it follows “Hide and Seek” and it’s the second season finale. It’s available in the USA on the Paramount+ streaming platform and in many other countries on Amazon Prime Video.
The travelers and Tallinn (Orla Brady) must try to save Renée Picard (Penelope Mitchell) and the Europa mission but Adam Soong (Brent Spiner) seems willing to do anything to prevent the launch. Everyone must make crucial choices for their future.
The novel “Frozen Hell” by John W. Campbell Jr. was published for the first time in 2019.
An anomalous magnetic source is detected during a scientific mission in Antarctica. Some of the scientists go in search of the source and discover an object that is clearly of artificial origin. Its position within the ice indicates that it has been there for an extremely long time and the creature discovered next to what looks like an alien spaceship must have died. Or so they think when they bring the Thing to the scientific base to study it.
“Hide and Seek” is the ninth episode of the second season of the TV show “Star Trek: Picard” and follows “Mercy”. It’s available in the USA on the Paramount+ streaming platform and in many other countries on Amazon Prime Video.
The Borg Queen (Annie Wersching) proceeds with her plans to take over La Sirena and use it to create an invincible collective ahead of time. She uses her new drones to hunt down her enemies but her toughest opponents are not in flesh and blood.
Twitter’s board of directors accepted Elon Musk’s offer to buy the social network for $54.2 a share in a $44 billion deal. One consequence will be that Twitter will be a private company again leaving the Wall Street Stock Exchange. In early April, Musk bought 9.2% of the social network but decided not to join its board. Now, his stated goal is to change Twitter to ensure free speech, which he sees as a bedrock of democracy.
