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The Tomorrow People: Jaunting Back To The Seventies (article).
Before Stranger Things turned adolescence into a supernatural brand extension and before every other genre show discovered the ancient magic of “young people…
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March 2026
April 2025
FeatureDoctor Who
Doctor Who Season 2? Two companions, one TARDIS, and no idea what’s going on (article).
Hold onto your sonic screwdrivers and polish your fez collection because Doctor Who is back for another round of timey-wimey chaos, now entering…
January 2025
FeatureScifi
The Twilight Zone: a retrospective (article).
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is vast, it is infinite, and it somehow still makes…
March 2024
FeatureScifi
Space Above and Beyond – when a promising premise got Chig-whipped (article).
Larks, the ambitious Space: Above and Beyond series from the mid-90s. It had all the ingredients for a sci-fi epic – an interstellar…
December 2022
FeatureStar Wars
Andor, did it arrive too late to save Star Wars TV series from their previous rubbishness? (article)
“Andor” may not have had the same buzz as other Disney+ “Star Wars” series like “The Mandalorian” or “The Book of Boba Fett,”…
February 2021
FeatureScifi
Is The Expanse’s no carrier/no star-fighter rule realistic or rubbish? (article).
So, it’s time to examine whether The Expanse‘s no carrier/no star-fighter rule realistic or rubbish? And when it comes to Star Wars, Battlestar, and the like,…
May 2015
FeatureScifi
Remaking UFO: some thoughts by: GF Willmetts (article).
With ‘Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons’ and ‘Thunderbirds’ being remade as CGI series, there has been some talk of remaking ‘UFO’ for a…
March 2015
FeatureTV
If You Were A Man From U.N.C.L.E. – pointers by GF Willmetts (article).
Give THRUSH agents an even chance rather than hiding behind a sheet of bullet-proof glass. All American male agents should restrain themselves from…
January 2015
FeatureScifi
My Favourite Photograph: Thunderbird 2 Landing At London Airport – hopefully one of a series by: GF Willmetts (article)
We all have our favourite SF films and TV series but do you ever have an SF photograph that first made your heart…
January 2014
FeatureScifi
What Is Canon? an article of what is and isn’t by: GF Willmetts (article).
What is canon? I’m not referring to a religious rank, a piece of artillery or even a rotund 70s TV detective. It is…
September 2013
FeatureComics
Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. an examination of the first episode by: GF Willmetts (article).
**NB:There might be spoilers or suspicions so watch the episode before reading on.** It’s very weird watching Marvel’s own brand hitting the TV…
February 2013
FeatureScifi
My Favourite Character: Arnold Rimmer by Aidan Fortune (article).
Second Class Technician Arnold Judas Rimmer may seem like an unusual choice as a favourite character but there is logic in my madness.…