How about this photo that just emerged from the ether? Here is Carrie Fisher and her body double in the Slave Girl Bikini as they relax in the desert sun! Thanks to Kottke for the heads up.

A couple of months ago, in the Beefboy’s Top 25 Sci-fi Babes of 2009 article, I placed Tricia Helfer as my number one pick and Grace Park as number ten. Well, the boys and girls at Maxim magazine know a good thing when they see it so they got BOTH Tricia Helfer and Grace Park together for a photo shoot that’s hot as a supernova, and an interview about SyFy’s upcoming Battlestar Gallactica special “The Plan”.

I have a few photos here (plus a video), but I encourage you to visit the Maxim site or to pick up the latest issue to see and read more.

Since we’re almost through the summer movie season and completely through last year’s television season, it’s time to take the first annual look at the Beefboy’s 2009 Top 25 Sci-fi Babes List! This last year heralded the end of several long-running science fiction shows, including Battlestar Gallactica and both incarnations of Stargate, which means that this list will face a big shake up next year. The introduction of Dollhouse brought us two entries and the re-launch of Star Trek brought us two entries.

The criteria I used was relative hotness, star power, importance in their roles and how prolific they were. I welcome your additions or thoughts in the comment section below. Tell me what you think about the Beefboy’s list of Scifi Babes!

Tricia Helfer

1. Tricia Helfer – Tricia beat out Megan because she is absolutely all over the world of sci-fi! Of course she plays the slinky Number Six on Battlestar Gallactica, but Helfer also made appearances on Burn Notice, Warehouse 13, Chuck, and voice work in the Green Lantern and Spectacular Spider-man cartoons, plus in the upcoming Halo:ODST! Right now, Tricia Helfer is the Queen of Science Fiction.

Here is the Beefboy’s Gallery on Tricia Helfer.

Megan Fox

2. Megan Fox – Megan Fox is easily one of the hottest women on the planet. Period. She burned up the screen in Transformers 2 and will soon appear in the Jonah Hex movie. She was rumored to be in talks to play Wonder Woman, but she said she wasn’t interested in that and furthermore played down the Transformers role that made her a star. Note to Megan and her agent: Take the sci-fi roles and keep your yap shut and you’ll have a decade of lucrative gigs. Ask Angelina Jolie what sci-fi has done for her.

Rhona Mitra

Here is the Beefboy’s Gallery on Megan Fox.

3. Rhona Mitra – If Rhona Mitra was a bigger name then she could easily be at the top of this list. Super fit and smoldering, Mitra plied her trade in Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans and in the punk fantasy Doomsday.

Zoe Saldana

Here is the Beefboy’s Gallery on Rhona Mitra.

4. Zoe Saldana – It’s not easy to step into the role of a not only a sci-fi icon, but also an African American icon. Zoe Saldana brought a lot of class, and a lot of heat, to the role of Uhura in the Star Trek reboot. I wouldn’t be surprised to see her bust out given the attention everyone got from that film.

Rachel Nichols

5. Rachel Nichols – This is definitely the summer of Rachel Nichols. She had the role of Gaila in Star Trek at the beginning of the summer and ends the summer with a lead role as Scarlette in the G.I.Joe film. Expect to see more and more of this stunning former model in the future.

Billie Piper

Here is the Beefboy’s Gallery on Rachel Nichols.

6. Billie Piper – Bless Billie Piper for returning to her role of Rose Tyler on Dr. Who last season. She obviously found mainstream success with Secret Diary of a Call Girl (and given us some sexy scenes on there), but she’s not too big to return to the show that made her so famous. Billie is so damn pretty that it’s hard to look at her sometimes.

Eliza Dushku

Here is the Beefboy Gallery for Billie Piper.

7. Eliza Dushku – Eliza Dushku fulfilled about half of the Beefboy’s fetishes in her first season of Dollhouse, so naturally I’m looking forward to the second season! We got lucky with the renewal, so if you’re not hooked into Dollhouse be sure to tune in next season. You’ll thank me.

Yvonne Strahovski

Here is the Beefboy Gallery on Eliza Dushku.

8. Yvonne Strahovski – Since Chuck is such a geek, they sure know how to play to his (and our) own fantasies with the lovely Yvonne. Whether she’s in a skin-tight latex spy suit, or jeans and a t-shirt, this Aussie knows how to turn on that American girl-next-door charm.

Summer Glau

9. Summer Glau – If I’ve got to have a Terminator chase me, I sure hope she looks like Summer Glau! Besides her run on The Sarah Conner Chronicles she appeared as herself in The Big Bang Theory and gave the geek squad another hot unattainable chick to “fight” over.

Grace Park

Here is the Beefboy’s Gallery on Summer Glau.

10. Grace Park –Battlestar Gallactica’s Boomer has been gracious enough to do shoots for several men’s magazines, which gets her near the top of the Beefboy’s list!

Kristin Kreuk

11. Kristin Kreuk – In addition to her recurring role as Lana Lang on Smallville this year, Kristin Kreuk played the title role in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li.

Lena Headey

12. Lena Headey – Lena Headey followed up a nude appearance in 300 then took MILF to another level while making the Sarah Conner character her own. Headey’s performance in Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles proves that strong can also be sexy.

Kandyse McClure

Here is the Beefboy Gallery of Lena Headey.

13. Kandyse McClure – Yet another Battlestar Gallactica alum, Kandyse McClure may be more active in sci-fi than you know. She also made appearances on Sanctuary and Smallville last year. Kandyse is outrageously hot… I think it’s time for a starring role.

Hayden Panetierre

14. Hayden Panettiere – I can always tell when they are running episodes of Heroes the hits on my Hayen Panettiere gallery go through the roof. Young, pretty, and playing a cheerleader superhero are all a deadly combination.

Claudia Black

15. Claudia Black – Look, I’m a fan of Claudia Black since her Farscape days, so she’s definitely making my list this year due to her work on the two Stargate movies Continuum and Arc of Truth, plus an appearance on Moonlight. She’s spunky and she’s got that amazing accent; can’t we get her in a regular series? Please?

Malin Ackerman

16. Malin Ackerman – I imagine that most parents were aghast when they took their little darlings to see Hollywood’s latest superhero movie Watchmen and saw scenes of graphic violence, blue schlong and Malin Ackerman in, and out, of her latex costume.

Moon Bloodgood

17. Moon Bloodgood – Moon Bloodgood is one of the hardest working babes in sci-fi. Over the past year she had a starring role in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, played Blair Williams in Terminator: Salvation and had a recurring role on USA’s Burn Notice.

Eve Myles

18. Eve Myles –Merlin briefly pushed Eve Myles up to the top of my gallery hits list last month, but the real heat from Eve comes from her role as Gwen Cooper on the BBC’s Torchwood.

Jewel Staite

Here is the Beefboy Gallery on Eve Myles.

19. Jewel Staite – Jewel Staite has made a career of sci-fi and of playing “the nice girl”. Her role as Kaylee Frye, the sweet farm-girl/mechanic on Firefly, has been countered by playing the sweet Dr. Jennifer Keller on Stargate: Atlantis. Nice and sweet are not typically the Beefboy’s type, but I’ll make an exception for Jewel.

Kaley Cuoco

20. Kaley Cuoco – Yet another addition to the girl-next-door who dates a geek skein, Kaley Cuoco takes on a whole apartment full of sci-fi fanboys in The Big Bang Theory. Don’t dismiss Cuoco because of her radical cuteness, she’s got some powerful comic timing.

Anna Paquin

21. Anna Paquin – Anna Paquin has sci-fi street-cred from her X-men days, but she’s entering a whole new dimension with her sexy work as Sookie Stackhouse in HBO’s True Blood series.

Amanda Tapping

22. Amanda Tapping – Amanda Tapping is practically sci-fi royalty. She’s played Samantha Carter on Stargate: SG1 and Stargate: Atlantis for a decade now. This year Amanda Tapping added to her sci-fi gravitas by playing the lead role of Helen Magnus on Sanctuary.

Ali Larter

23. Ali Larter – Ali Larter has turned her regular gig on Heroes into an opportunity to star in the upcoming Resident Evil: Aftelife.

Hannah Spearritt

24. Hannah Spearitt – If you’ve seen Hannah Spearitt in her panties on Primeval, then you know why she’s on this list.

Dichen Lachman

Here is the Beefboy Gallery on Hannah Spearitt.

25. Dichen Lachman – There’s a lot more going on in Dollhouse besides Eliza Dushku. Dichen Lachman, as Sierra, gets her share of juicy roles, but I’d certainly like to see her get more attention next season.

Did I miss some sci-fi hotties over the past year? Don’t like the order I put these babes in? Tell me your thoughts in the comment section below.

NASA regularly takes it in the Jimmy for screw-ups, but I’ve got two big kudos for the boys and girls who work there. The recent success of the Phoenix Lander, making a tricky jet assisted touch down on the Martian North Pole is both laudable and exciting. Was there life on Mars? Phoenix will help make the case.

However, the big pat on the back goes to NASA for the continued work of the Spirit and Opportunity Rovers that were sent to Mars over five years ago! Those rovers were supposed to last a couple of months, but those little suckers are still doing their job and giving us some incredible photos of an alien world.

Thanks NASA.

Houston, we DON’T have a problem!

I’m shocked and saddened by the lack of decent photos of Hannah Spearritt from the BBC series Primevel (now running on America’s Sci-Fi Channel). Since Hannah has also been a pop star and in movies (Cody Banks), and she’s combines super hotness with girl next door cuteness, I couldn’t tell you why the photos of her are lame and poor quality. It just doesn’t make much sense. I guess we’re looking at a slow transformation from being a teen idol to being a young woman. I will expect to see hotter photos in the near future (hey Billie Piper sure upped her game, I’m sure Hannah Spearritt will too).

Until then, the best photos available are posted below. Plus I have a good clip from Primevel that will probably demonstrate to you why she caught my attention in the first place.

I’m way behind on this and shame on the Beefboy, but Dollhouse is seriously good, and there are a ton of rumors out there that FOX wants to cancel the show. If I have over four million hits a month, I should be pushing the good stuff and Dollhouse qualifies.

So, now that the first season of Dollhouse is nearly over and they are threatening cancellation, what can I do? I can show you at least one good reason that you should be tuning in weekly, and that’s Eliza Dushku! You may be familiar with her from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or Tru Calling, or a few movie appearances, but in Dollhouse, she really shines! I think Dollhouse is a very smart and sexy sci-fi show that deals with some very serious issues of the mind, and privacy and ethics in science… but forget all of that and just look at these photos!!!

Eliza Dushku even posed nude in promotional photos for the show, and a recent magazine spread in Allure magazine. It’s easy to discount how good she is, and how good Dollhouse is, by focusing on how hot she is… but who cares? If I can bribe you to tune in, or sign an online campaign to keep the show around, then I’m certainly not above that!

Summer Glau has made a career out of sci-fi and the Beefboy is down with that! She’s been in Firefly and the movie Serenity, but her break out role is clearly as the Terminator Cameron, in The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Here’s some of Summer’s best photos available on the web.