'John Halifax, Gentleman' and 'An Unknown Country' may be titles that you are familiar with; but what about the author Dinah Mulock / Craik.
A German physicist stumbled across a phenomena that was to revolutionize the field of medicine. The scientist was Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen ( 1845-1923 ). He had discovered X-Rays.
The Tholians are a mysterious, non-human species, that inhabit the Alpha Quadrant, in the Star Trek Universe. Little is known about these crystalline entities.
Read the tale of how a child entertainer from Stoke-on-Trent became a star of both the West End theatres, and of Maltese radio.
The CYLONS are the main nemesis of the human race in 'Battlestar Galactica'. They were originally created by a reptilian race of the same name. These automatons were built to serve the needs of their creators. They became self-aware and rebelled, and then sought vengeance upon their former masters.
The Cybermen, those upgraded silver automatons that are the nemesis of Doctor Who:- Where did they come from?