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Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Michelle and they are leaving the bright lights of New York City and heading out into the American heartland and Oklahoma to take a look at Ghostbusters Afterlife and give our thoughts on the much anticipated sequel to 1984's Ghostbusters, warning there will be spoilers throughout! You can find Michelle on Twitter here - https://twitte...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by his old friend Laz Allen as they take a quick look over some of their favourite Sci-Fi books and have a chat about Space Romans, Interstellar Trains, and Honor Harringtons Hitachi Magic Wand (ask your parents kids)  Contains very mild spoilers for Project Hail Mary and Seveneves You can find Laz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lazallen...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by the Orgs and by Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian to tackle the topic of Religion in Sci-Fi, why is it missing from so many Sci-Fi franchises, how has religion been depicted, and how do you create new Religions for alien cultures. You can find more from Peter and Ann-Marie on the Borgcast https://borgcast.libsyn.com/ and Borgcast Galactica and now...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Kit Rackley who has been allowed down from Thunderbird 5, and new guest Dave Wynn to take a look at climate change through the lens of Science Fiction, That is to say, how Science fiction has depicted Climate change and how it has been used to carry forward story, not that climate change is science fiction, because I assure you it is v...

Welcome aboard the Great Derelict! This week Andy is honoured to welcome back Gillian, Satai of the grey council to talk about what might be our favourite sci-fi show of all time, Babylon 5 its an exciting time for B5 fans with a remaster now available via streaming services and a remake announced by JMS coming to the CW we take a look back at she show, what made it special and what we think the r...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict! This week in the run up to halloween Andy is joined by the master of the macabre Mr Jim Moon to discuss Alien invasion as a trope throughout the history of Sci-fi and why it has resonated and been presented as a horror trope more so than encountering Aliens out in Space, and how the sub-genre has evolved through time. You can read the very first Alien invasion s...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Chris Dailey (or a very convincing artificial Intelligence posing as him) to discuss A.I's, Machine learning and neural networks both in Sci-Fi an in Real life You can find Chris on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Dails08 and on this weeks Joint Geeks of Staff Podcast here: https://the-joint-geeks-of-staff.simplecast.com/ And you can...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Theresa Hitchens to talk about the new book 'To Boldly Go' a collection of essays about leadership through the lens of Sci-Fi and specifically about Trade in Sci-fi and the parallels between Jules Pierre Mao, the East India Company, and the race for private space with companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin You can find Theresa on Twitte...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Eli Ramos to look back at Science Fiction from the past, and its views on the future. We look at how Sci-Fi was shaped by the society of the time, and in turn influenced the society we have today, and how revisiting older works can give new insights when viewed through a more modern lens   You can find more from Eli on Twitter: https:/...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined from behind an opaque wall by a Heptapod called Medcalf as they dive into Denis Villeneuve's 2016 masterpiece 'Arrival' Spoilers a plenty, so please do not listen unless you have watched the film (its excellent, do check it out) and as a Trigger Warning there is discussion about child death.  You can find Lee on the Blackdog Podcast here...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict Reactor Online. Sensors Online. Weapons Online. All Systems Nominal! This week Andy FINALLY climbs into his Timberwolf and in the Company of Bryan in his Atlas sets out to finally take an Alpha Strike at the Battletech franchise From its beginnings on the tabletops in 1984, to the 100+ tie- in novels and over 20 Video games! You can find Bryan on Twitter here : h...

The Nature of the Jedi   A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away…   STAR WARS   Episode 13 - The Nature of the Jedi PODCAST! This week ANDY is joined by KERA   As they take a look at the warrior monks of the   galaxy the JEDI! We wonder if its safe to have force users who can bring IMPERIAL STAR DESTROYERS crashing to   the ground walking around without training, if they really are a force force...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict! This week Andy is Joined by Will Nguyen aka the Star Trek communist to discuss the Maquis and the very nature of the Federation itself,   was Martok sympathetic to the cause? And did Starfleet deliberate sabotage the maquis to prevent it spreading throughout the UFP? If you would like to read more from Will you can find him on Twitter here - https://twitter.com/...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict! This week Andy is preparing for 3rd Impact as he is joined by Daria from the NERV 4th division in Australia, and the anonymous monolith that is Eddie from Food and Cosplay as they dive into the world of Evangelion. We discuss our first experiences with is in the late 90's and thoughts about the Rebuild movies and some discussion about the nature of Canon in fand...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night? Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic? Have you or your family ever seen a spook, spectre or ghost? If the answer is "yes," then don't wait another minute. Plug in your headphones and Listen to Andy, with special guests Sean Charlesworth and Michelle Lally as we dive in to GHOS...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week you cant stop the signal as Andy is joined by Phil Better, and Lee Stringer, who at the time of recording was still trapped in the cooler. We dive into the verse and look back at the seminal Sci-fi wester which is approaching 20 years old Firefly and its follow up Movie - Serenity, Including a couple of new details we had never heard before about how Th...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Rachelle Strange, as they reset the filters to 2% and bask in the magnificence of Danny Boyle and Alex Garlands 2007 masterpiece - Sunshine You can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - http://www.roguetwomedia.com/ - https://twitter.com/GreatDerelict - https://www.facebook.com/groups/GreatDerelict/

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week there are no strings on Andy, Kit and Lee as they look back at the seminal British Science fiction series, Gerry Andersons 'Thunderbirds' From its origins in 1965, its resurgence in the 90's and the New incarnations both good (Thunderbirds are Go) and bad (Turbocharged Thunderbirds) and how it continues to resonate in the world today. F.A.B You can find...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict It is said to lose one fleet may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two looks like carelessness and to investigate just what has happened to the Andorian Imperial Guard, and the Vulcan High Command Andy is joined by Eric Muirhead and Nick Narbutovskih to see if they can work out just what happened to them, and why all are all the ships we encounter in Starfleet...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict  With the announcement of a new Alien TV show from Fargo show runner Noah Hawley causing the internet to get up in arms, Andy is joined by Alan and Jo to take a look at the REAL Villain of the film, The Company Weylan(d) Yutani. We also take a look at some other examples of evil mega Corporations in Sci-Fi, and look at some real world examples of evil? mega corps...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict! This week Andy is filled with Glorious Purpose and is joined by 2 Variants, Tom Gallagher and Eddie Cheung to discuss the latest Disney + Show 'Loki' We will discuss the Show, the Cast, look at some of the big revelations and speculate on where the MCU might be going next, There are spoilers for Loki, and some mild spoilers for Wandavision and Winter Soldier (th...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict! This week, Andy is joined by the Commodore Dan Decker and Amber to look at one of the most famous Aliens in all of Science fiction, and the quintessential Comic book Super Hero, Superman. From the humble origins in Action Comics in 1938 to Zack Snyders Justice league and several Elseworlds stories along the way Dan is on Twitter -  https://twitter.com/dandeckr a...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict!   This week Andy is joined in the Mesa by Christina of Black Girl Couch to visit the Dystopian Western themed park that is Westworld We venture through the maze and try to understand the bicameral nature of the show and the fascinating hosts and humans which inhabit the world   You can find Christina on Black Girl Couch here: https://blackgirlcouch.podbean.com/...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Martin and Dave to try to untangle the Gordian Knot that is the 'Time War' from Doctor who, how it started before it was a thing and ended before it started, with plenty of talk about Daleks, Peter Cushing and Audio Books You can find Dave on Twitter  https://twitter.com/DaveJProbert and  https://theprobertreport.wordpress.com/ and you...

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by the crew of Apollo 26, CSM Pilot Mike Smart, LM Pilot Rachelle Strange, and Commander Zoë Gold to talk about the best Sci-fi show no-one is watching right now: For All Mankind. We keep the chat mostly spoiler free for the first 30 mins or so but since no-one is watching this you should just listen and then go watch it so you can see wh...