NewsScifi
Sliders: the TV series that gave the multiverse its original mojo? (classic retrospective).
Welcome to Sliders, the show that turned quantum physics into a spectator sport. It’s the late 90s, and instead of playing with Pogs…
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April 2024
ReviewBooks
The Worlds Of Gerry And Sylvia Anderson by Ian Fryer (book review).
For a book on the Anderson empire with an introduction by Shane Rimmer, it seems a shame that the marionette he voiced, Scott…
TrailerScifi
Dark Matter: new Apple TV scifi series (1st trailer).
Ready your quantum calculators and brush up on your alternate realities, folks. Apple TV+’s latest sci-fi saga, Dark Matter, is here to scramble…
NewsDoctor Who
Doctor Who: Time-Travelling Tussles and Tardis Tribulations (video).
In the mysterious vortex of time and space, the second season of “Doctor Who,” charmingly dissected by Stam Fine, whisks us back to…
ReviewDoctor Who
Doctor Who: The Complete First Series: The Ninth Doctor 2005 (DVD review).
As I originally reviewed the original 13 episodes as they appeared on screen, the focus is on things for this DVD boxset, which…
March 2024
TrailerAnime/manga
Gundam Requiem for Vengeance: Netflix’s new Mecha mayhem (trailer).
Roll up, roll up, anime aficionados and Gundam gurus! Netflix is strapping on its mobile suits and charging headfirst into the fray with…
NewsScifi
Salvage 1 (classic sci-fi TV series retrospective).
Larks, chums, gather round for a jaunt back to 1979, a time when bell-bottoms were wide, hair was big, and dreams were even…
TrailerFantasy
House of the Dragon season two (trailer).
Roll up, roll up, fantasy fans and dragon aficionados! Prepare your goblets, sharpen your swords, and don your finest Targaryen or Velaryon—choose your…
TrailerSuperheroes
The Penguin Pecks Back: Colin Farrell Reprises His Role (TV series: trailer).
Oh, waddle me this, waddle me that, who’s afraid of a big, bad bat? Not Colin Farrell, that’s who! He’s slipping back into…
TrailerFantasy
Kaos: Jeff Goldblum Transforms into a Paranoid Zeus in Netflix’s Mythological Adventure (trailer).
Hold onto your thunderbolts, folks, because Netflix is about to shake the heavens with its latest concoction, Kaos. This isn’t your grandma’s bedtime…
TrailerStar Wars
The Acolyte Star Wars TV series: A New Hope or Old Troubles? (trailer)
Strap in, folks! There’s a fresh brew of Star Wars mystique simmering in the pot, and it’s called The Acolyte. This new concoction…
ReviewScifi
Fireball XL5: World Space Patrol Technical Operations Manual by Chris Thompson & Andew Clements (book review).
Before I sit down for a serious read of books of this sort, the first thing I do is have a look through…