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Varada Sethu on the reaction to Belinda’s Doctor Who ending, Millie Gibson’s return in The Forsytes, Flux moves to Halloween 2027, new Circuit Breaker cards, and Pyramids of Mars at 51.
Netflix’s Allen trailer: the Bluey studio’s live-action sci-fi drama brings a boy’s lost alien friend back after 20 years. On Netflix from 12 November.
Eva Mendes is reported to be joining Ryan Gosling in Star Wars: Starfighter. Also this morning: Glasgow backs the Scottish Doctor Who bid, Star Trek Secret Lair cards, the Knights of Ren’s names for the Force, Sarah Snook in The Birds, Coven Academy season 2, Dead Giveaway and Ghost Rider.
Stephen King’s The Monkey is on BBC One at 10.40pm, The X-Files’ “Squeeze” is on Disney+, and Under the Shadow is the hidden gem on Netflix.
Lionsgate has released an Official Fan Edit Trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, cut by fan Areq. In UK cinemas from 20 November.
Warner Bros. has released the final Dune: Part Three trailer, as Timothée Chalamet’s Emperor Paul faces betrayal. In UK cinemas and IMAX from 18 December.
Derek Jacobi’s War Master returns in Big Finish’s Deeds Without Name. Plus Sosie Bacon joins The Black Tapes, iHunt heads to the screen, Channel 4 comes to Disney+ and Keanu Reeves takes over Maelstrom.
Star Trek pays tribute to Walter Koenig, a new visual history of the original series sets its UK date, Star Trek Online goes spooky for Halloween, and IDW’s Holo-Ween II reaches its finale.
The race to make the next Doctor Who: Hat Trick Mercurio, World Productions and STV Studios are reported to be bidding. Plus The Mandalorian and Grogu art book, Bill Nighy in Ascension, Yamazaki’s Grandgear, MADiSON, Devour and The Block.
Star Trek’s “Catspaw” is on Paramount+, The Boogeyman is on BBC Two at 11pm, and Saint Maud is the hidden gem free on Channel 4.
Walter Koenig, Star Trek’s Ensign Chekov, has died at 90. Plus MGM+ orders The Black Tapes, McAvoy’s AI comedy Almost You, Pattinson on The Batman Part II and a Lord of the Rings reunion in The Gentlemen.
Brent Spiner won’t take credit for Data helping neurodivergent fans, Lord and Miller say “never say never” to Star Wars, Shudder sets its horror line-up to Christmas and James Gunn says DCU stories don’t have to build towards anything.
Bodies Bodies Bodies is on BBC One at 11:10pm, The Night House is the hidden gem on Disney+ and Channel 4, and Andor’s “Harvest” is our Star Wars pick.
Grasshopper Film has released the official trailer for zi, Kogonada’s dreamlike Hong Kong mystery starring Michelle Mao, Haley Lu Richardson and Jin Ha. It opens in US cinemas on 6 November; no UK date yet.
Chris Carter won’t read Ryan Coogler’s X-Files script, Starfleet Academy’s Karim Diané has a message for critics, Shudder lands Hell House LLC, Vincent D’Onofrio corrects a Daredevil misquote and Creature Commandos gets a timetable.
Misery is on BBC Two at 10:45pm, His House is the hidden gem on BBC iPlayer and Netflix, and Doctor Who’s ghost story “Hide” is on iPlayer.
