Qmx's "Mal's Pistol" now available to the UK

All avid watchers of Qmx will be pleased to learn that they've overcome an impossible and are now free to ship this item to the UK!

In early October, the UK Government tightened the existing law regarding the importing of replica firearms rendering it impossible for "Mal's Pistol - Stunt Replica" to be shipped to the UK and unfortunately for us, Qmx's release date was some nearly 3 weeks after the law was amended.

However, Qmx has been working hard to get a shipping licence and all that effort has now paid off.

The replica costs $150 (give or take a few cents) and they have a special offer with regard to shipping until 31 December. So what are you waiting for? Head over to their website, check this out as well as their other "SERENITY" goodies and treat yourself for 2008 - you know you deserve it.

December Show now available!

The final show of 2007 is now available, and it's a blinder! A couple of months back, Wendy and Andrew interviewed some of the crew behind the fan film project Bellflower, a movie set within the Firefly/Serenity universe. In this we talk to MJ, who is writer, producer and director on the project, as well as people behind the design, set construction and music. For those of you who don't know about this, you really must visit their website by clicking here. You will need to register to get the best content, but it is well worth it.

If you would like to manually download this show, click here.

That's it for 2007, we will see you next month!

Mutant Enemy Strike Day

On 7 December, Mutant Enemy's planned strike picket took place at the Fox Studios joined by 400 fans.

Members of the "Firefly" cast joined former cast members of "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" as well as writers of all three productions, in a show of solidarity for the ongoing WGA strike now entering it's second month.

We thank the forum of www.fans4writers.com for posting a list of cast members and writers who took part:

Joss Whedon, Amy Acker, Morena Baccarin, Jeffrey Bell, Nicholas Brendon, Felicia Day, Steve DeKnight, Eliza Dushku,
Ben Edlund, Jane Espenson, Sarah Fain, Michael Fairman, Raphael Feldman, Yan Feldman, Nathan Fillion, David Fury,
Drew Goddard, Ron Glass, Summer Glau, Harry Groener, James Gunn, Erich Hoeber, Samantha Humphery, Juliet Landeau,
Robert Lee, Tom Lenk, William Mapother, Brett Matthews, Tim Minear, Marti Noxon, Rick Parks, Doug PetrieLoni Peristere,
J. August Richards, Douglas Romayne, Mere Smith, Keith Szarabajka, Camden Toy, Alan Tudyk, Brian K. Vaughn

Fans4Writers now have a cafepress shop selling mugs, badges, tees and other items for you to show your support for the writers. Visit their main site: www.fans4writers.com.

Marti Noxon is on the organising committee for "Write Aid", a fundraising benefit for employees affected by the WGA action. It's taking place in Los Angeles on 14 December, tickets are $75 and performers include Eddie Izzard and Tenacious D - go to www.unitedhollywood.blogspot.com for full details.

Writers are arguably the most important people in entertainment; this strike is about writers obtaining a share of profits from the new media - and without them, the people we all like to see in films and TV can't work. Support the WGA strike.

Writers Strike 2007

Where would we be without writers? Simply our favourite universes wouldn't exist. As Steven Spielberg said at one of his Oscar acceptance speeches - it all begins with the written word.

Show your support to the Writers Guild of America; they have a blogsite at www.unitedhollywood.blogspot.com and you can watch their "Speechless" shorts here or on YouTube