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2.21 - Sci-Fi Comics part one

Posted by alex on Thu, 03/12/2009 - 12:00
Continuing our podcasts of talks and Q & As recorded live at this year's Spring Sci-Fi London festival, this is the first half of a two part podcast in which Alex Fitch talks to four practitioners of Science-Fiction comic books about their work; these include Paul Cornell (Captain Britain and MI-13 / Doctor Who), Bryan Talbot (Grandville / The Adventures of Luther Arkwright), Daniel Merlin Goodbrey (Iron Man 2020) and Paul Duffield (Freakangels). Alex discusses with the panel about using comics as an underated way of telling SF stories and the probable future of the medium via the internet. (More info about SFL8 day 4 can be found here)

2.20 - Time travelling Hobbits and other Cryptic paradoxes

Posted by alex on Thu, 05/11/2009 - 12:00
Continuing our podcasts recorded in front of a live cinema audience at this year's Sci-Fi London Film Festival, Alex Fitch talks to director Chris Bouchard and members of the cast and crew of The Hunt for Gollum about making an extended short film that stands up to the quality of the official Lord of the Rings movies. Alex also talks to producer / co-director Danny Kuchuck about his film Cryptic which mixes a murder mystery with time paradoxes to create an intriguing Sci-Fi drama. (More info about The Hunt for Gollum and Cryptic)

2.19 - Man vs. the Eyeborgs

Posted by alex on Thu, 01/10/2009 - 13:00
Continuing our podcasts of talks and Q & As recorded live at this year's Spring Sci-Fi London festival, Alex Fitch talks to the cast and crew of the new Science Fiction thriller Eyeborgs which sees surveillance cameras combined with miniature robots to create deadly machines that give Critters and Gremlins a run for their money! Featuring director Richard Clabaugh, producer John Rushton and stars Adrian (Highlander) Paul, Megan Blake and Luke Eberl... (More info about Eyeborgs can be found at the official website www.eyeborgs.com)

2.18 - Predicting the present with Cory Doctorow

Posted by alex on Tue, 15/09/2009 - 13:00
Alex Fitch talks to writer Cory Doctorow about his work, focussing on his novel Little Brother and short story collection Over Clocked. Alex and Cory also talk about the latter's interest in technology and disseminating information plus the kinds of science fiction that interested him as a developing writer from George Orwell to William Gibson. The podcast includes Jessica Fostekew's reading of his short story Printcrime.... (More info about Cory's work can be found at his website www.craphound.com and at www.boingboing.net)

2.17 - Supermarionation special: Gerry Anderson & Francis Matthews

Posted by alex on Fri, 21/08/2009 - 13:00
In a special episode looking at two of the people most closely associated with classic Supermarionation TV shows, Alex Fitch and Robin Warren are talking to Francis Matthews about providing the voice of Captain Scarlet and playing cult detective Paul Temple on TV. Alex is also talking to Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson about some of his more obscure titles from Fireball XL5 to Lavender Castle... (Buy Fireball XL5 and Paul Temple from play.com / find out more about the work of Gerry Anderson at his official fan club)

2.16 - Circling the Stargate

Posted by alex on Tue, 04/08/2009 - 13:00

As one era of Stargate on TV comes to a close and before the next begins, we're looking at the past of the franchise on DVD and CD. Guest interviewer Liz George talks to actress Rachel Luttrell about her experiences on Stargate: Atlantis and Alex Fitch talks to author James Swallow about his Stargate: SG1 & Atlantis talking books.

(More info at http://mgm.stargate.com and www.bigfinish.com)

Interlude: Kevin O'Neill on "Panel Borders"

Posted by alex on Fri, 31/07/2009 - 13:00
Alex Fitch talks to artist Kevin O'Neill about his work with writer Pat Mills from his early days working on Nemesis the Warlock and A.B.C. Warriors in 2000AD to the hero hunting cop Marshal Law for various publishers. Alex and Kevin also talk about the film adaptations of his work from Hardware (based on the short story Shok!) to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, loosely based on the comic he co-created with Alan Moore. Recorded live in front of an audience at Sci-Fi London. (More info at www.panelborders.com)

2.15 - Torchwood Novelists

Posted by alex on Mon, 20/07/2009 - 00:45
In a panel discussion recorded live at a meeting of the British Fantasy Society, late 1980s Doctor Who script editor Andrew Cartmel talks to a quartet of Torchwood novelists, Mark Morris, Sarah Pinborough, Guy Adams and Joe Lidster about bringing the show to the printed page and expanding the adventures of Jack, Ianto and Gwen to the length of a hardback novel. Recorded and edited by Alex Fitch. (More info at ...wiki/Category:Torchwood_novels and http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/)

2.14 - Female action heroes

Posted by alex on Wed, 08/07/2009 - 00:45
With new versions of the Terminator and Blood: The Last Vampire franchises currently in UK cinemas, Alex Fitch talks to experts on the previous instalments. In an extract from a press conference at the 'MCM Expo', Alex talks to Linda Hamilton about playing Sarah Connor and becoming a feminist icon. Alex also talks to anime and manga expert Helen McCarthy about Blood+ and the various incarnations of Blood: TLV, that lead to the current live action film. (More info at: www.londonexpo.com and www.bloodthelastvampire.co.uk)

2.13 - For all Mankind

Posted by alex on Fri, 19/06/2009 - 00:45
To coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Moon landing, we're looking at space exploration in fact and fiction. Alex Fitch talks to Sir Patrick Moore about the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969, which saw man first take a small step onto another world, and about entering his sixth decade as presenter of The Sky at Night. Also, Chris Patmore talks to NASA advisor Dr. Kevin Fong about current research into keeping men and women alive on future space missions and how this is reflected in the depiction of such science in Battlestar Galactica. (More info at www.sirpatrickmoore.com and www.britishscienceassociation.orgBuy the final season of Battlestar Galactica / The Sky at Night: Apollo 11 at play.com)

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