Digital Spy reports that Heroes‘ creator Tim Kring is in talks with NBC to make a final miniseries to conclude his show.

The miniseries will take place a year after the conclusion of Volume Five: Redemption (season four), and will see Claire (Hayden Panettiere) become a spokesperson for people with abilities.

Heroes was confirmed canceled last month at NBC’s up-fronts for their fall 2010 schedule. At around that time, there were rumors of other ways NBC might carry on Heroes instead of canceling it. One proposed finale for the show was a thirteen episode miniseries. Another was a two-hour movie. Looks like one of these might get the go-ahead, regardless of the show being officially canceled.

Heroes cancellation shouldn’t have come as a surprise to any of its fans, and definitely wasn’t a surprise to the show’s critics. The show never recovered the audience numbers it had with the first half of its first season. The Writer’s Guild of America strike, partway into the show’s second season, didn’t help either. Kring cut the second season short with an abrupt conclusion. The third season, presented as two volumes that were quite different from each other, struggled to recapture fans, but didn’t quite succeed. The fourth season, presented as one entire Volume, came the closest to recapturing the feel of the first season.

Running concurrent with the show, NBC ran a series of graphic novel chapters on their website. The original premise of the graphic novel chapters was to expand on the show. These went on to present original characters not seen in the show (though some characters became important on the show), and their own original story arcs. There is now discussion among fans about whether or not the graphic novels should continue in their own right.

However this plays out, Heroes had a good run. I’m of the opinion that the fourth and final season was just about up to the standard set by the first season. I’m also of the opinion that Heroes ended on a good note, and there should be no further mini-series.

We’ll see how this plays out.

Apologies for canceling last night’s live episode. I didn’t really have any material prepared, and I had soem things come up IRL (in real life) at the last minute, so I wasn’t able to be at the computer during that hour.

I decided giving the show the weekend off wouldn’t be too bad.

I’ve recorded and uploaded a new studio episode of The RaT Project. In this rather short episode, I give my thoughts on a speculative extension of a plot point from the Doctor Who episode “Cold Blood”. Needless to say it’s spoilery, so if you’ve not seen the episode yet, keep it on hand until after you’ve seen the episode.

Join in tonight for the weekly Friday Night Trivia over at Radio Free Caemlyn. It’s Friday Night Trivia XII: Returning to the Well.

Topics tonight include Doctor Who and the inevitable word trivia round. Also, fans of the Cultdom Collective podcast will be pleased with one of the rounds.

Show starts at around 9:30PM EST tonight.

Yes, two great observances in the same day! First of all, it’s Towel Day, in remembrance of Douglas Adams and his Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books. Be sure to have a towel with you throughout the day, because you should always know where your towel is.

Also, it’s Geek Pride Day. Keep the following in mind for today:

Then again, isn’t every day Geek Pride Day? 😉

Looking for 30-second promos of RaT Project and Radio Free Caemlyn to use in your own shows to help spread the word for these shows? I’ve now got you covered.

Here is a spot for The RaT Project.

Here is a spot for Radio Free Caemlyn.

Welcome to the first episode of the commentary series for The RaT Project. In this series, a very special guest, @Inventrix, and I shall watch all the episodes of the original Fullmetal Alchemist series and provide commentary.

Herein Inventrix and I comment on the first episode of Fullmetal Alchemist, “To Challenge the Sun”. So, find your copy of the first episode, queue it up to the start, and listen to this podcast as you’re watching the episode, and enjoy!

Thanks to @Inventrix for her help.

Direct download mp3: http://bit.ly/b5MQVS

The RaT Project returns from a short break with a non-Doctor Who topic. Tonight, we’re discussing book-to-movie translations. If you’ve got a particular favorite, feel free to join in and discuss it.

Show goes live at 8PM EST, at TalkShoe ID 21129.

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The RaT Project Live is now a member of the ever-growing Doctor Who Podcast Alliance. Check out the site I just linked to there for a list of all sorts of Doctor Who fan podcasts. You’ll find everything from Doctor Who Podshock, to the Tin Dog Podcast, to Cultdom Collective, Tim’s Take On, Flashing Blade, Staggering Stories, and many, many more.

The twitter feed is here.

Thanks for the listing, guys, I’m glad to be a part of this group.

I’ve finally obtained a copy of the ROM for the All Night Nippon version of Super Mario Bros.. If you’ve not heard of it, it’s a version of SMB made back in 1986 as a promotional game for the All Night Nippon radio show in Japan. The game was only released in Japan for the Famicom Disk System, and is quite a rare find.

Here’s part one of my five-part Let’s Play on this game, wherein I go all the way through, from stage 1-1 to 8-4, showing off all the differences from the original SMB to this version.