Coming Up This Week

Big week for entertainment, this one. Over in America, a Time Lord will walk to his death by Lake Silencio at the hands of River Song. Closer to home, yet infinitely further away, Merlin and Arthur must defend Camelot against the enraged Morgana in their kingdom's darkest hour. On top of that, gamers can head back to the football pitches and into the world of comic books starting Friday. Want more? Read on...
NEW SHOWS- Returning to an alternate reality, Clark faces the wrath of his ex-father in Smallville: Kent, while Karl travels on the Trans-Siberian railway in An Idiot Abroad 2: Trans-Siberian Express, Outnumbered reaches its penultimate story. After his death, the Doctor will also come face to face with an old enemy and a new friend in Doctor Who: Death Is The Only Answer, a short-story written by a school class set to air first in the Episode 13 Confidential. Oh, and two big episodes of major fantasy shows on the way too- more on them in a bit!
NEW MOVIES- Taylor Lautner returns to the box office scene in thriller Abduction this week, and better yet Shark Night 3D and The Debt are coming to cinemas too. In DVD and Blu-Ray, Summer flicks Attack The Block and Thor make their disc débuts.
NEW GAMES- Though they're hardly the biggest releases of the Autumn of Gaming, many fans will be eager to see how X-Men: Destiny and FIFA 12 turn out this week. Next month, I'll be bringing you a Review Blitz, featuring and comparing some of the most anticipated titles of 2011...
DOCTOR WHO: THE WEDDING OF RIVER SONG- Okay, so Closing Time was good rather than absolutely great (my review tomorrow), but it did at least set up Doctor Who's epic finale very well! Set in what appears to be an alternate reality, the climactic episode sees returns from Dorium, Charles Dickens, Winston Churchill, Madame Kovarian, Amy Pond, Rory Williams, the Daleks, the Silurians, the Silence and River Song, the latter of whom seems poised to kill the Doctor...can the Time Lord make it out of this one alive?
MERLIN: THE DARKEST HOUR- As one BBC One drama ends, another begins- Merlin returns for a fourth season, and this time the stakes are higher than ever. Morgana opens the veil between worlds, bringing a deadly evil dragon to Camelot and threatening to destroy the kingdom if it does not meet her vengeful demands. It's time for this show to enter dark new territory...
PLUS: The Autumn of Gaming's second month preview; the best release of September 2011; our top five most anticipated releases of next month; and of course even more world exclusive coverage from GAMEFest!
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