If you’re a fan of Doctor Who, you’re well aware of his handy tool, the Sonic Screwdriver.

In our recent Specialty Items Holiday Geek Gift Guide, we featured a couple of these screwdrivers…though they were only of the toy variety for fan and collector amusement. Now, there’s word that living breathing scientists out there are actually working on the technologies to create a real Sonic Screwdriver.

The screwdriver, for those who don’t know, is the ultimate tool, used mainly to fix pretty much anything and get past all types of locks, both electric and mechanical.

The hope is to develop a tool that emits incredibly powerful ultrasonic sound waves that will form something resembling a miniature tornado, allowing users to move and manipulate objects using the waves.

Bristol University’s Professor Bruce Drinkwater, who is working with The Big Bang: UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair to figure out the technology, hopes his work inspires other bright minds to work on things that once seemed impossible. [...]

Because R2-D2 was lonely, apparently, here comes the C-3PO swimsuit counterpart.

I have to say, these designs are quite clever. (Check out the image here at right of both swimsuits modeled by some very attractive ladies.)

The folks over at Black Milk are selling this gem for $85 in sizes small, tiny, and non-existent. No, I kid, it’s just that after seeing those models, I’m guessing even the Large size is tiny. The swimsuit comes in sizes from XS to Large, and has stuff like UV blocking and a “cooling effect.”

Check out more details about the swimsuit here below [...]

The MP3 album deal of the day over at Amazon today is the Tron: Legacy Soundtrack for only $3.99.

Note, this sale is only for today, Tuesday December 7, 2010.

The soundtrack to the upcoming film Tron Legacy, which was released in stores today, is also available on CD for only $11.88.

The MP3 album comes with 23 songs by electronic music artists Daft Punk, along with the digital download of the CD booklet. This version sold by Amazon also has an exclusive track on it, “Sea of Simulation.” [...]

Amazon is offering up the complete first season of Mad Men for purchase for only $9.99 through their Video On Demand service. This includes all 13 episodes of the AMC drama starring Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, and January Jones.

This digital deal is only for today, Tuesday, December 7, 2010, so grab it while you can. The digital version is regularly $19.99, and sold separately, each episode is $1.99. (The HD version is $27.99 or $2.99 each episode.)

Visit the Mad Men Season 1 product page to purchase the entire season in standard definition for only $9.99 [...]

The most wonderful time of the year is once again upon us. The Christmas season is here and with that comes Christmas TV episodes!

For the 25 days leading up til Christmas Day this month, we’ll be spotlighting some of the best Christmas-themed episodes from some of Geek culture’s greatest shows. Each day we’ll cover different shows and episodes and encourage you to watch along with us. So come one, come all, to the 25 Days of Geek TV Christmas!

Monday, December 6th, 2010 – Day 6: Batman: The Animated Series

Season 4, Episode 1: “Holiday Knights”
Directed by: Dan Riba
Written by: Paul Dini
Starring: Kevin Conroy, Tara Strong, Mathew Valencia, Mark Hamill, Ron Pearlman, Arleen Sorkin, Diane Pershing, Bob Hastings, Marilu Henner, Robert Costanzo, Liane Schrimer
Original Air Date: September 13, 1997

You can also purchase a copy of the episode at Amazon or iTunes [...]

The BBC announced that it has plans to create a subscription-based service to access content currently only available through iPlayer — an on-demand video service available for free to citizens within the UK.

This means shows like Doctor Who, Torchwood, Merlin, and many others will be available worldwide the same time it’s released in Britain.

The service will get ported over to the iPad first in a subscription-based business model, although iPlayer on mediums will likely be a combination of advertisement and paid subscription moving forward, according to the BBC.

Why only offer iPlayer on an iPad? My personal assumption is because of the proven track record that iOS has for getting its customers to pay for content. Also, since so many fans have been forced to stream or pirate BBC content that they couldn’t find available anywhere else, this offers a solid first step into making money off of something that essentially has been “free” (albeit, stolen) [...]

If you’re in the market for some geeky t-shirts for a very low price, look no further than Threadless.

Starting today, December 6, 2010, all shirts on the site is on sale for only $9 each. Also, there’s a select few that are only $5 each. The sale ends tomorrow, December 7 at 10AM CST.

Threadless offers up all kinds of t-shirt designs, so many in fact that it can be daunting to navigate the site, so you might want to start with the following pages: Zombies, Monsters, Robots, and Halloween. There’s a variety of shirt types in Guys, Girlies, Kids, and Babies sizes [...]

Check out Episode 23 of the Flix of Doom podcast, the official movie podcast of Geeks of Doom, with hosts Empress Eve and Justin Vactor.

This week, we’ll be discussing our favorite Christmas movies, as well as the latest movie news and box office results.

Click HERE to open the podcast player in a new window.

Full Episode Guide is here below, along with player.

Listen now!

E-mail us at flixofdoom [at] gmail.com
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Subscribe to the Podcast: RSS | iTunes | Zune [...]

Last night the groundbreaking AMC series The Walking Dead, developed for television by acclaimed filmmaker Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Mist) and blockbuster producer Gale Anne Hurd (The Terminator, Aliens) and based on the Image Comics series created by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard, ended its first season on a somber and occasionally revealing note that valued the further development of the show’s principal characters and the severity of their situation over gruesome zombie carnage, and it proved to be a powerful finale that raised a few questions and for me at least was only somewhat disappointing. The ratings for the finale are not in yet, but it wouldn’t surprise me if the episode pulled in even more viewers than last week’s edition, which drew 2.8 million viewers, the show’s biggest audience since the highly-hyped Halloween night premiere.

Continue reading for a SPOILER-filled overview of The Walking Dead Season 1 Finale [...]

It’s no secret to anyone that George Lucas, the man behind the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, is quite fond of computer effects and digital enhancements. But could that fondness cross a line no one ever thought it would cross?

While speaking to the UK’s Daily Mail, famed actor, writer, director, and comedian Mel Smith — closest to my own heart as the Albino from The Princess Bride — shared a little secret about Mr. Lucas: that he’s been buying up the rights to dead film stars, with hopes of one day being able to digitally insert them into new movies with today’s stars.

Smith directed Radioland Murders, which Lucas produced, but wasn’t thrilled at how it turned out. He explained before sharing this little morsel:

The film was a disaster. George doesn’t understand comedy, so the movie flopped. At least it taught me how to use CGI. George is obsessed with it and used too much in the last two Star Wars films — which I thought were ghastly. [...]

Family Guy: A Very Special Family Guy Freakin’ Christmas, which stars KISS in their own Christmas tale KISS Saves Santa, will air on Cartoon Network tonight at 11pm EST.

This Christmas episode, which is from the third season (Ep. 16) of the animated television series Family Guy, originally aired on December 21, 2001, and is typically re-run around the holidays each year. It’s available to watch online for subscribers of HuluPlus or Netflix Instant, and is also available for purchase through Amazon’s Video On Demand.

You can watch some clips from A Very Special Family Guy Freakin’ Christmas here below.

In the episode, Peter just wants to relax and watch his favorite Christmas special, KISS Saves Santa, where the rock band helps Santa with the power of rock. Now that’s a Christmas special! [...]

Any MMORPG fan who’s not been hiding under a rock since around last Christmas knows that World of Warcraft: Cataclysm is going live in just one day on December 7, 2010.

If you were hiding under that rock, it’s probably only been about a month for you. That’s right, while we were waiting Blizzard had been dropping down little patches laden with treats to make those “end of the expansion blues” just a little less tedious to bear with. Most recently we saw a complete overhaul to every character class in terms of talent trees, timed events that wracked an Azeroth already in the midst of small changes with a surprising amount of elemental attacks, cults preaching the end of the world, and finally, with the last sizable patch came ‘The Shattering’ of the World we all knew.

So with a whole new ‘World’ before us and absolutely zero meaningful raiding going on while we all wait for the expansion to officially drop, what would one do to pass the time?! Well, I’ve complied a list of the 5 things you are going to love about the new Azeroth, the upcoming Cataclysm expansion, and for some of you, a game you thought had grown stale and old [...]

First of all: BRRAAAAHHHMM!

Ok, now that we got that out of the way: Inception is coming to DVD and Blu-ray this Tuesday, so now’s a great time to get in on the $9 t-shirt deal of the day over at Teefury, which is an Inception-inspired design called “Totem Totem Pole.”

The sale at Teefury began at midnight EST (Monday, December 6, 2010) and continues for 24 hours, and once it’s over, it’s gone forever.

The t-shirt design, by artist Spitfire19, is a totem pole of the totems from the film Inception, the most popular one being the top, which is at the top of the pole. Below it are the totems for the other characters in the film, and in the background is a red maze.

The shirt comes in charcoal and is available in Men’s (including 2X) and in Women’s sizes [...]

The most wonderful time of the year is once again upon us. The Christmas season is here and with that comes Christmas TV episodes!

For the 25 days leading up til Christmas Day this month, we’ll be spotlighting some of the best Christmas-themed episodes from some of Geek culture’s greatest shows. Each day we’ll cover different shows and episodes and encourage you to watch along with us. So come one, come all, to the 25 Days of Geek TV Christmas!

Sunday, December 5th, 2010 – Day 5: Batman: The Animated Series

Season 1, Episode 02: “Christmas With The Joker”
Directed by: Kent Butterworth
Written by: Eddie Gorodetsky
Starring: Kevin Conroy, Loren Lester, Bob Hastings, Robert Costanzo, Mari Devon, Clive Revill, and Mark Hamill.
Original Air Date: November 13, 1992

You can purchase a copy of the episode at Amazon or iTunes [...]

Last month, we spotlighted some very cool Doctor Who Wrapping Paper made by Merrypranxter’s, aka designer Lauren Castor, sold through her Etsy shop.

Lauren tells us that thanks to our coverage of her geeky creations (as we were the first mainstream site to feature her shop and got the ball rolling), she’s gotten in enough orders that she was able to lower her prices! So, if you had your eye on getting buying some of this wrapping paper, for the uber-geek in your life, now’s the time!

Also, she’s added a few more Christmas-themed geeky designs to her selections, including the Christmas TARDIS and Klingon Christmas. These styles are among several other Star Wars, Star Trek, and Doctor Who-themed wrapping paper and holiday cards (as well as many of her original designs).

See here at right a sample of the Doctor Who Christmas TARDIS design (which I think is my favorite!!!) [...]

One of the greatest aspects of Doctor Who is that even though the Doctor will always be the Doctor, each incarnation brings some unique personality aspects to the Time Lord. Part of these personality traits are also embodied in the manner of image that the Doctor portrays himself: by costume.

From the long scarf of the Tom Baker days, to the crime against fashion that was the Sixth Doctor’s outfit, to Matt Smith declaring that both bow ties and fezzes are cool, each Doctor’s costume is as much a part of the mythos of the Time Lord as the sonic screwdriver, or even the TARDIS itself.

Doctor Who fan and graphic artist Alex Freeman recognizes this. Relatively known among geek fandom online for his minimalist designs for Star Wars book covers, Freeman has now taken on the challenge of applying his minimalist art approach to each Doctor’s personality and appearance. Using simple outlines and colors, he making posters for each Doctor, and his Flickr page states they should be on sale soon – providing there’s enough interest [...]

The $9 t-shirt deal of the day over at Teefury today is a spotlight on the God of Thunder himself, Thor.

The sale at Teefury began at midnight EST (Sunday, December 5, 2010) and will continue for 24 hours, and once it’s over, it’s gone forever.

The t-shirt design, by artist jimiyo, is of everyone’s favorite Norse god, Thor, wielding his hammer Mjolnir. The shirt is available in Men’s (including 2X) in Silver and in Women’s sizes in White [...]

The most wonderful time of the year is once again upon us. The Christmas season is here and with that comes Christmas TV episodes!

For the 25 days leading up til Christmas Day this month, we’ll be spotlighting some of the best Christmas-themed episodes from some of Geek culture’s greatest shows. Each day we’ll cover different shows and episodes and encourage you to watch along with us. So come one, come all, to the 25 Days of Geek TV Christmas!

Saturday, December 4th, 2010 – Day 4: The Office

Season 3, Episode 10: “A Benihana Christmas”
Directed by: Harold Ramis
Written by: Jennifer Celotta
Starring: Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Nancy Walls, Ed Helms, Jenna Fischer, Rashida Jones and B.J. Novak
Original Air Date: December 14, 2006

If you’re a Hulu Plus subscriber, you can steam the episode here. You can also purchase a copy of the episode at Amazon or iTunes [...]

The holiday season is upon us, which means there’s lots of decorating to be done.

One of the many fun holiday activities for kids to do is to make homemade paper snowflakes. Now you can make your very own Star Wars-themed paper snowflakes!

Just follow these instructions, which include templates, to make your very own paper snowflakes: one is for Darth Vader; the other has Boba Fett and Clone Troopers. Both have the imperial logo in the center.

It’s been a while, but just might have to break out my scissors to try this one out (or get my Mom to do it, yeah, I think that’s the way to go) [...]

Artist Max Dalton has created a limited edition poster called Ten Great Years, which has the various versions of The Beatles from their early years in the 1960s through their final years together in the early 1970s.

The 16 x 21.3-inch poster is a giclée print on ultra premium paper with a limited edition at 500. You can purchase it here for $59.99.

Check out the poster here at right (click for larger, full view).

Of the design, the artist said, I guess any explanation about the characters of this illustration will be redundant. The greatest band of all times is now on this limited edition giclée print. [...]