Certain tropes in science fiction occur again and again, but few can be said to have a longer and more varied life than the concept that started with Frederick Brown’s short story Arena. Let’s take a look at some of … Continue reading The Many Histories of ‘Arena’
It’s popular among trendy chefs these days to present ‘deconstructed’ meals; that’s a popular or well-known dish broken down into its constituent elements and presented separately. For example, deconstructed Shepherd’s Pie would be a serving of lamb mince with a … Continue reading BBC’s Dracula
Spawn of the Deep has now ceased production. This post dates from January 2020. A teaser trailer for the forthcoming Timebase Productions Doctor Who fan film Spawn of the Deep is now available on our YouTube channel. Although filming is … Continue reading Spawn of the Deep Teaser Trailer
Warning: Contains Spoilers! Many ‘fans’ had judged Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker before they even saw a second of footage. As someone who grew up with Star Wars, I find the toxicity that has infected the fan-base a bitter … Continue reading Star Wars – The Rise of Skywalker: Review
Warning: contains spoilers. If last week’s episode Spyfall brought back memories of the Russell T. Davies years of Doctor Who, then the beginning of Orphan 55 brings to mind an even older era of the show… in the beginning at … Continue reading Doctor Who – Orphan 55
The early 80s were a golden age for cartoons on British TV: Thundercats, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Around the World with Willy Fogg, Dogtanian and the 3 Muskahounds, Inspector Gadget, The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Mr. Rossi’s … Continue reading Like a Bolt of Thunder from the Blue: Ulysses 31
Warning: Contains Spoilers. Unlike a lot of other fans of Doctor Who, I did not see Series 11 as the ruination of the show. I liked the cast, I appreciated a change in musical style, and I thought that the … Continue reading Doctor Who – Spyfall
I was 9 years old when Star Trek: The Motion Picture hit the cinema screens in Great Britain and I was already well aware of the crew of the Starship Enterprise. Anyone who tells you that they weren’t either had … Continue reading When The Human Adventure Was Just Beginning
Resurrection of the Daleks and Revelation of the Daleks are two parts of a trilogy in which nobody can really decide what the third part is. It might be Remembrance of the Daleks, which continues a lot of the themes … Continue reading ‘Doctor Who – Revelation of the Daleks’ by Eric Saward
To call BBC Television’s 2019 adaptation of The War of the Worlds ‘divisive’ would be an under-statement akin to calling H.G. Wells Martian conflict ‘a slight tussle’. In the minds of many fans of the famous novel, the combination of … Continue reading BBC TV’s The War of the Worlds
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