Doctor Who | The Enduring Influence of ‘Light Entertainment’ With Doctor Who poised to delight a global audience on Disney, understanding British ‘light entertainment’ is key to making sense of the ...

Somehow, the sequel trilogy has returned. (Sorry, couldn’t help myself.) Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023 brought with it some exciting announcements for fans of ...

Around 15 years ago, fresh from being a writer-producer on Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, Damian Kindler went rogue. Drawing on experience gained working on a string of hit shows, he formed an ...

ITV ‘dinosaur sci-fi’ show Primeval may have ended in 2011, but there is still an active Reddit community tossing back and forth theories about which season was best and why Cutter had to die. There’s ...

Throw in a Federation-style organization (in this case, the United Earth Oceans Organization, or UEO), and a highly-advanced submarine that basically functioned as an aquatic USS Enterprise, and ...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The X-Files episode ‘Home’ (S4, Ep2). Proceed with caution. Of the 202 episodes of The X-Files that I watched whilst growing up, ‘Home’ (S4, Ep2) is the one ...

The Stargate universe is known for its fascinating and complex storylines, blending science fiction with mythology and exploring the depths of human nature. Among the many captivating plot elements, ...

There’s always been a fair amount of contention around Neon Genesis Evangelion. Like anything else that becomes as popular as it did (especially with anime, which attracts its fair share of possessive ...

In 2016, Mark Hamill was interviewed by Britain’s The Sun newspaper (don't worry, the link is for Vanity Fair) and suggested that Luke Skywalker was perhaps not as straight as an arrow. He said: “Fans ...

For movie geeks like us, it’s rare to happen upon a film you know little or nothing about. But that was exactly what happened in the late 1990s in a flat in North London when I came back one night ...

Farscape is anarchic and alien, sexy and savage – and that’s exactly how it sounds. The frantic stab of the first few seconds is like a needle scratch to shock you from your stupor: listen up, normal ...

Space combat has always been tenuously portrayed in science fiction; often as if the ships were operating in atmosphere. This is partly due to the popularity of Star Wars, where X-Wings and TIE ...