science fiction
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Calling time on a Time Lord?
The current series of Doctor Who ends today; an event that I have to keep reminding myself of lest I forget to watch it. It’s a far cry from previous years, when the resolution of last week’s cliffhanger and a much anticipated grand finale to the season would have kept me on tenterhooks all week.… Continue reading
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Coveting a little piece of plastic
I love collecting things. I think we all do to some degree. There’s something about knowing there’s a set of items out there – tied to one of our passions and just waiting to be collected – that stimulates our primeval hunter instincts. One of the most memorable times those instincts kicked-in for me was… Continue reading
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From looking down to looking up
“The Final Frontier” has fascinated me all my life. With my love of all things weird and otherworldly (originating from my childhood exposure to Star Trek, Star Wars, Doctor Who and many other 80s sci-fi shows and movies), I can’t help but be drawn to astronomical concepts and space-inspired imagery. They take me away from… Continue reading
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Kids shows from the Eighties
What TV shows did you watch as a kid? So, so many… I grew up in the 1980s, and here in the UK we used to have children’s programmes on BBC1 and ITV every weekday from 4 to 5.30pm. I used to love the cartoons that had strong individual stories or were ongoing sagas. Some… Continue reading
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Movies that molded me
What are your top ten favorite movies? Some of my favourite movies are probably in the top 10 for many others who like sci-fi films, whereas others are purely guilty pleasures for me. What they all have in common though is that they evoke some of my happiest memories, as I watched them with family… Continue reading
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Liberators of a lonely childhood
I was a very shy kid. Awkward. Lonely. Crippled with low self-esteem, I wasn’t interested in what most of my peers were into (namely sport – and if you’re a boy and you didn’t like sport, you were not ‘normal’). With school playtimes always revolving around a football, I would be the kid standing at… Continue reading