Serenity: The Official Souvenir Magazine

Date: Spring/Summer 2005
Price: £4.99
Page Count: 100
Editor: Darryl Curtis
Contributions by: Abbie Bernstein; Bryan Cairns; Tara DiLullo with K. Stoddard Hayes.

Titan were nothing if not quick on the uptake. Even though their Buffy and Angel magazines focused almost entirely on those shows, the wider Mutant Enemy family meant the casts often crossed paths — table reads, charity events, downtime on the lot — and Firefly‘s actors were swept into that orbit. So while Titan were covering the ongoing dramas of Sunnydale and Los Angeles, they quietly gathered material for Firefly at the same time, anticipating another hit from the same creative house.

Of course, things didn’t unfold the way anyone hoped, and Mal and his crew ended up with something different: a set of behind‑the‑scenes books and script collections, complete with cast and crew interviews. When Serenity was gearing up for release, Titan — ever practical, ever opportunistic — assembled an official magazine to support the film, produced by the same team behind their other publications.

Every major cast member was interviewed, alongside creators and department heads covering costumes, props, sets, and writing. The highlights of those interviews, along with selected production features, are presented here…

Welcome to The Watcher’s Guide, a resource, quite fittingly, back from the dead!

The original website shut down in 2004, following the cancellation of Angel. But Buffy the Vampire Slayer was no flash in the pan. It inspired and changed the way television was made and 30 years later, we’re still discussing the show and hoping for something new from the creative universe built over 254 episodes.

Firefly and Dollhouse also brought unique looks at the human condition in a fresh and innovative way, with a science-fiction twist, just as the BuffyVerse dealt with fantasy.

This website aims to be the ultimate resource for the five Mutant Enemy produced shows, to preserve their legacy, their characters and share it with the generations that have come since…