The August 1938 issue of the pulp magazine Astounding Science Fiction featured a short story which initially seemed unremarkable, but which has gone on to be one of the seminal works of American science fiction. Who Goes There? was credited … Continue reading Keep Watching the Skies! The Thing from Another World (1951)
Warning: Contains Minor Spoilers! The latest Blu-Ray boxed set from Doctor Who – The Collection is Season 7, not only the first season of episodes to feature the Third Doctor Jon Pertwee, but also the first season to be screened … Continue reading How Many Beans Make Five? Doctor Who – The Collection Season 7: Review
Supernova is a bad sci-fi movie. In fact, it’s pretty much the metric by which all bad sci-fi movies are measured. I mean, sure, you can look at Robot Monster or Plan 9 from Outer Space and they are clearly … Continue reading Thar She Blows! Supernova Revisited
Remember this in the days to come, When uncertainly is the whole of your life, Did I do right? Did I do wrong? Did I make the world in which I live? This world when a knock upon the door, … Continue reading Remember This
Warning: Contains Mild Spoilers! How to make Skeleton Crew: take a generous amount of The Goonies, mix in Explorers with a large helping of Disney’s Treasure Planet and… now, what am I missing? Oh yes, add a soupçon of Star … Continue reading Star Wars – Skeleton Crew: Review
When most people think of Thin Lizzy, they imagine them as a four piece. The twin guitar sound of Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson/Gary Moore/Snowy White/John Sykes (delete as applicable) was such a part of Thin Lizzy in their pomp … Continue reading Thin Lizzy – Acoustic Sessions: Review
In the first volume The Return of the Daleks, we had seen the back-up strips to the end of Doctor Who Weekly and the beginning of Doctor Who Monthly. They could have made these two volumes ‘The Weekly Years’ and … Continue reading ‘Black Sun Rising – The Complete Doctor Who Back-Up Tales Volume 2’ by David Lloyd, Steve Moore, Paul Neary, John Stokes etc.: Review
Warning: Contains Minor Spoilers! Christopher Priest sadly passed away almost a year ago as I write this, but I’ve only now finished reading his final novel Airside. This is not entirely due to any laxity on my part; I’ve been … Continue reading ‘Airside’ by Christopher Priest: Review
Warning: Contains Spoilers! Since The Christmas Invasion aired way back in 2005, the Doctor Who Christmas Special has been a regular – but divisive – addition to the Yuletide TV schedules. To be brutally honest, very few of them stand … Continue reading Doctor Who – Joy to the World: Review
I’ve always had a soft spot for Secret Messages. I’m fairly sure that it was the second ELO album that I ever bought, on compact cassette because it was the late 80s and cassettes were still a thing. I have … Continue reading Hello, My Old Friend: ELO’s Secret Messages Revisited
