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Why Death Ray #8 is great…

We've got big names interviewed (Ridley Scott! Dustin Hoffman! Terry Pratchett!) We've got tons of stuff on US TV's cracking new season, from Pushing Daisies and the new season of Heroes to a giant on-set report from Journeyman, talking to star Kevin McKidd, creator Kevin Falls and more. Here are some highlights…

Inside Torchwood!

 

Chris Chibnall, lead writer and all-round main man on the saucy, oft-nocturnal Doctor Who spin off, talks series two. What's changed? What's the same? What's better? And what on earth is Spike from Buffy doing there? It's a lengthy old chat, and full of fascinating stuff.

Inside Primeval!

With a second series of ITV's top-notch 'prehistoric beasts crash through wormholes into the modern world and cause havoc' show about to hit ITV1, we visit Impossible Pictures, home of Primeval, Walking with Dinosaurs, Prehistoric Park, the recent Frankenstein one-shot, and Hannah Spearritt's pants. What can we expect of series two?

Inside Journeyman!

Steadily, quietly, NBC's stylish new time-travel mystery – a bit of romance, a bit of adventure, huge chunks of Quantum Leap and The Time Traveller's Wife – is starting to build up momentum. It's an enjoyable romp, and as the continuing underlying mystery starts to take hold (like: why's our hero, rugged journo Dan Vasser, bouncing back and forth through time?) it starts to reveal itself as one of the season's genuine hits. We visit the set, talk to stars Moon Bloodgood, Gretchen Egolf and Rome's Kevin McKidd, and get the background goss on what's going on from the horse's mouth, show creator Kevin Falls.

Inside Blade Runner!

Who's chatting to us about one of the greatest cult films of them all? Only director Ridley Scott, stars Joanna Cassidy and Sean Young, 'visual futurist' Syd Mead and more! it's more than a trip down memory lane; it's a real insight into the making of one of the best, and most controversial, of science fiction movies…

Inside Terry Pratchett!

(Actually, that doesn't sound quite right, but hopefully you know what we mean.) You know how long and in-depth the Death Ray interviews normally get, right? Well, this one's a doozy – Terry talks Discworld, Dungeons & Dragons, what The Colour of Magic is like as a TV movie, and way more, all in his inimitable style. Plus, we pick the best eight Pratchett books – and no, they're not all Discworld!