Every day here at Doom HQ we receive tons of tips from our readers about really cool stuff from the world of geek, as well as promotional materials for new films, comic books, collectibles, and much more. While we do our best to bring you as much of it as possible, we don’t always have enough geek manpower available to cover it all on a daily basis. But we hate the idea of all of this really cool stuff wasting away in our inbox. How could we NOT cover it? Hence why we’ve resurrected our long-defunct column Bits Of Doom, now rebranded and revamped as Doom Digest, a collection of easily digestible bits of news, videos, photos, and other goodies.

Today: The Dark Knight Rises TV spot, Thin Lizzy does the Doctor Who theme, behind-the-scenes of Merlin The Game, an alternate animated intro for the original Star Trek television series, and Thor whisky, plus Bits Of Doom.

The Dark Knight Rises – TV Spot #1

The first TV spot for The Dark Knight Rises has been released. Watch it here just below.

Transformers The Ride – Fun Facts

Universal Studios Hollywood has created this Fun Facts infographic for their new attraction, Transformers: The Ride 3-D.

Merlin The Game

Bossa Studios will an release adaptation of the fantasy TV series Merlin, to be released this Fall. Check out this behind-the-scenes clip of the making of Merlin – The Game.

[Source: www.merlingame.com]

Thor Whisky

You see this image here below of Thor, the first in Highland Park’s Single Malt Scotch Whisky Valhalla Collection? Yeah, I’m waiting for my review “sample” to arrive in the mail, thank you. More on Thor after I imbibe.

Star Trek Alternate Title Intro

The Quintek Group created this very cool animation to go with the William Shatner-narrated opening intro for the original Star Trek television series.

[Source: The Quintek Group via Neatorama]

Bits Of Doom

• Out now: Superman vs. The Elite on DVD and Blu-ray.
• Alamo Drafthouse Cinema‘s newest location will be in Kansas City, Missouri, opening Fall of 2012 at the former flagship AMC Mainstreet Theater in the downtown Power and Light District. [io9]
• Prometheus Is Basically Star Trek V, Here’s The Proof. [Topless Roboto]
• Over 45 Things We Learned on the Set of Len Wiseman‘s Total Recall. [/Film]
• Rob’s Prometheus FAQ. [Topless Robot]

To end today’s edition of Doom Digest, here’s the rock band Thin Lizzy covering the Doctor Who theme song in a 1973 concert. Take a listen to the live track here below.

[Source via Doctor Who and the Tardis by Craig Hurle]

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