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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wyvern Gaming’s Brad Ellis is no stranger to games design or crowdfunding. His company has produced five tabletop/card/deckbuilding games and all five were ...

Last November 30, we awoke to the outwardly alarming news that a black hole was aimed right at Earth. “Earlier this year, astronomers at the Palomar Observatory detected an extraordinary flash in a ...

Farscape Season 1 VFX supervisor Paul Butterworth on the creation of Moya, beating Star Wars at their own game, and inspiring Guardians of the Galaxy. “It was a very bizarre, very bizarre project,” ...

Even in a fine decade for genre film and television, 1972 was a year to remember. It began under the merciless glare of a Las Vegas sun, as Carl Kolchak – the scourge of vampires, ghouls, and ...

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 ...

Despite 20 years of frontline psychiatry, I am still yet to diagnose a Schizoid Embolism in any of my patients… but of course, it only exists (so far), within the rich world of Total Recall. The 4K ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...