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Journey Through Sci-FiJourney Through Sci-FiDystopia: Cyberpunk Cities (Escape from NY & Blade Runner 2049)This week, we’re joined by top genre journalists and hosts of the sci-fi podcast Robby The Robot's Waiting—Richard Edwards, Dave Bradley, and Tanavi Patel. Together, we dive into the dystopian visions of American cities depicted in John Carpenter's Escape From New York (1981) and Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 (2017). From the lawless, prison-like Manhattan of Escape From New York to the neon-soaked, rain-drenched streets of a future Los Angeles in Blade Runner 2049, we’ll explore how these films imagine the future of urban America and the grim possibilities that come with it. Join us as we diss...2022-04-211h 29Pods Like UsPods Like UsPods Like Us meets Robby The Robot‘s WaitingMarv chats with Dave Bradley, Tanavi Patel, and Richard Edwards about the sci-fi podcast Robby The Robot's Waiting, and their shared history with the magazine SFX. Robby The Robot's Waiting on Twitter Listen to Robby The Robot's Waiting  Marv's Links   2021-11-072h 00Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastS02 E06: Arise, Sir Robby! We talk Excalibur with author Joe AbercrombieIs that the rousing sound of Carl Orff’s O Fortuna assaulting our ears? Yes, it’s time for a genuine “round table” discussion: this episode we look back at Excalibur, John Boorman’s 1981 whirlwind tour of Arthurian legend. Based on the 15th-century prose work Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory, which collected together many popular legends about King Arthur and his knights, Boorman’s film takes us from Arthur’s conception through to his death, taking in the rise and fall of Camelot and the quest for the Holy Grail. It stars Nicol Williamson, Helen Mirren, Liam Neeson, G...2021-09-031h 18Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastS02 E05: Find the Minority ReportWe’ve received a premonition of the future and we predict that you’re about to listen to an hour and a bit of sci-fi and fantasy chat. Thanks to our pre-cog mates, we’ve also learned that we’ll be talking about Steven Spielberg’s remarkably prescient Philip K Dick adaptation, Minority Report. We’ll be joined this episode by author, futuregazer and games industry expert Kelly Vero.  Join us on a trip back 19 years to Steven Spielberg’s thriller Minority Report, in which a troubled cop played by Tom Cruise goes on the run after his psychic pre...2021-08-261h 31Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastS02 E04: Hasta la vista, Robby. It’s Terminator 2: Judgment DayJoin us on a trip back 30 years, as we rewatch Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Rightly regarded as a landmark in movie special effects, James Cameron’s 1991 classic remains a much-loved action film and a high point in the Terminator franchise. The film follows Sarah and John Connor (Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong) as they are targetted by an advanced, shape-shifting Terminator from the future (Robert Patrick). They are accompanied by a version of the original Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger), sent back in time to protect them. Are we still fans, after all this time? Which of us saw it at...2021-08-101h 18Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastS02 E03: Everything's relative in Christopher Nolan's InterstellarBlack holes. Warped time. The end of the world! It’s all relativity as we look back – and forward – at Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar. We're joined by Andrew Glester, acclaimed science writer, award-winning radio presenter and podcast host, film producer and director. Andrew's Cosmic Shed podcast was recently named as one of the Guardian's Favourite Podcasts, and he's also worked with BBC Worldwide, The Natural History Museum, Physics World, and more. He's perfectly placed to help us understand the time- and space-bending drama of Interstellar. The 2014 epic stars Matthew McConaughey as an astronaut recruited to save a dying Ea...2021-07-191h 27Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastS02 E02: Don't panic! It's The Hitchhiker's Guide To The GalaxyWe’ve got answers, but if you’re looking for questions… Well, you’re going to have to ask Deep Thought. We take a trip through life, the universe and everything as we celebrate The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.  Which is the definitive version of Douglas Adams' masterpiece? The radio series hit airwaves in 1978, the first novel followed in 1979, there's a much-loved 1980s TV series and oft-maligned 2005 movie, with videogames, comics and stageplays appearing along the way. Saturated with Adams unique voice, the story is infinitely quotable and hugely influential. Join us as we spend an evening...2021-06-221h 28Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastS02 E01: There can be only one HighlanderDon’t lose your head! Your sci-fi podcast is back for its second season. We’ll be rewatching 1986 sword-and-accents fantasy Highlander in the company of top author Guy Haley. Plus we’ll reveal the current shows we recommend, and cast our eyes over the news. It’s a lot of fun and – gasp! – features our first ever bleep censor. We check out The Nevers, the Victorian women-with-mysterious-powers show originated by Joss Whedon. And we’ve also watched Army Of The Dead on Netflix, the Ocean's Eleven meets Land of The Dead meets Escape From New York movie by Zack “Snyde...2021-06-081h 28Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastBONUS EPISODE What We've Been Watching And ReadingWe're back! But we haven't yet returned to our original form... As a precursor to the upcoming, hotly anticipated second season of Robby The Robot's Waiting, we've put together an elegantly titled What We've Been Watching And/Or Reading: Special Edition rounding up the sci-fi and fantasy we've been cramming into our eyeballs since we've been on hiatus.  What does "fantasy man" Dave think of Netflix's latest dose of magic? Which superhero show caused Tanavi to rage quit? Why have we been rewatching Green Lantern, FlashForward and Terra Nova? And how much did Chewits influence G...2021-06-0258 minRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastBONUS EPISODE The Falcon And The Winter Soldier [MASSIVE SPOILERS!]The latest MCU series felt like a film told in six instalments. Soaring action, powerful themes, exotic locations, old allies and new foes... it's been a thrill ride. We've had a week to recover from the finale of The Falcon And The Winter Soldier, with its battles and character reveals. So what did we think of it overall? The six-episode Marvel series ran weekly on Disney+ and took us on a fraught journey across a world dealing with the outcomes of Avengers: Endgame. In many respects, it's an origin story for our new Captain America. With some...2021-05-0237 minRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastEpisode 17 (redux): The Black Hole, Snowpiercer, For All Mankind, Servant, The Suicide Squad, Comic-Con, ThunderCats and Game Of ThronesFound it! Yes, the famous lost episode of Robby The Robot’s Waiting – the one that got lost somewhere in the deepest depths of outer space (aka the internet) – has been rediscovered and unleashed in the direction of your eardrums. After one of our audio tracks went missing, we re-recorded most of the podcast to make sure you didn’t miss out on our chat about The Black Hole. Now it’s back from the other side of reality – and it’s epic.  We’re joined by John Singh, a publicity mastermind who’s worked for companies like Disney and Luc...2021-04-251h 42Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastEpisode 18: Futurama, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Falcon And The Winter Soldier, The One, The Nevers, Thunder Force, Star Trek and more [season one finale]Good news, everyone! We’re hitching a ride to the 31st century with Planet Express, to celebrate the animated comedy genius of Futurama with our guest, writer and broadcaster Yael Tygiel. You can catch up on Matt Groening and David X Cohen’s sci-fi cartoon too because all 140 episodes are available now on Disney+. Is it still funny? We think so.  A waste of time or a four-hour epic of “I told you so” proportions? We discuss Zack Snyder’s Justice League and how it deviates from the 2017 version.  Meanwhile, we’ve also been watching the start of M...2021-04-041h 23Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastBONUS EPISODE WandaVision Celebration [MASSIVE SPOILERS!]Life moves pretty fast out in the suburbs. It was only last Friday that WandaVision came to an end. So we’ve put together this special episode of magical chat. Across nine episodes, Wanda, Vision, Agnes, Monica, Jimmy, Darcy, Haywood and co have kept us guessing about what’s really happening in Westview, New Jersey. Mixing the tropes of classic sitcoms with flashbacks to the adventures of the Avengers, it’s been event TV in its purest form, expanding the Marvel Cinematic Universe while giving us a unique tale of grief and redemption.  Be aware, this chat contain...2021-03-1238 minRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastEpisode 16: Spider-Man 2, Space Sweepers, Joss Whedon, WandaVision, Christopher Plummer, Buck Rogers, Star Wars, Iron Fist, A Song Of Ice And Fire and moreWith great power comes great responsibility – and some great movies. Amazingly, it’s been 17 years since Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker battled Doc Ock. In the latest episode of your sci-fi and fantasy podcast, the regular podcast gang are joined by author and comic expert Joseph McCabe, to reevaluate arguably the Wallcrawler’s finest screen outing, Spider-Man 2. Need viewing recommendations? We’ve been watching Space Sweepers on Netflix, which sounds like the Space Truckers sequel nobody wanted but is actually at the vanguard of a wave of exciting Korean sci-fi.  Joss Whedon’s been in the news for...2021-02-251h 20Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastEpisode 15: WALL-E, Resident Alien, Fate: The Winx Saga, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Game Of Thrones, Harry Potter, The Matrix 4 and moreIt’s the end of the world as we know it – and he feels fine! The story of a bleak dystopian future Earth was always unlikely subject matter for an animated movie, but if anyone could make it work, it’s Pixar.  In the latest episode of your sci-fi and fantasy podcast, your regular Robby The Robot’s Waiting team are joined by Radio Times journalist and Disney expert Jo-Anne Rowney to talk about WALL-E, aka R2-D2: The Movie. How were a pair of binoculars integral to the movie’s origins? Has WALL-E shown us the actual futu...2021-02-091h 16Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastEpisode 14: Supernatural, WandaVision, A Discovery Of Witches, Outside The Wire, The Expanse, Lord Of The Rings, Star Wars and moreWelcome to the latest episode of your sci-fi and fantasy podcast, where three top genre journalists lead you through the best of past, current and upcoming TV, movies and books. It’s like getting a top sci-fi and fantasy magazine delivered in audio form, so buckle up for an hour of chat where geekery comes as standard. We celebrate 15 seasons of demon-slaying carnage in Supernatural. But where should newcomers begin with so many years of a show? We’re joined by journalist, columnist and Supernatural superfan Jayne Nelson, who explains why the show remains so popular and sugg...2021-01-251h 15Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastBONUS EPISODE Star Trek Discovery Season 3 Celebration [MASSIVE SPOILERS!]Hailing frequencies open! With the latest season of Star Trek Discovery coming to end last week, it’s time to take a break from our regular podcast format and discuss the adventures of Michael Burnham and crew in depth.  Be aware, this chat contains huge spoilers for the CBS/Netflix series and assumes you’ve seen seasons 1, 2 and 3. You must only listen to this episode if you are up to date, and know about all the big reveals. Seriously, if you haven’t sat to the end, stay away – and don’t come back until you’ve binged the lo...2021-01-1542 minRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastEpisode 13: Terry Pratchett’s Night Watch, Soul, The Midnight Sky, Doctor Who, The Expanse, Star Wars, Elder Scrolls and moreHappy New Year, and welcome to our first episode of 2021. Thank you to all our listeners who have been with us on this journey. If you’re new to Robby The Robot’s Waiting: welcome! You’ll find some geeky chat, a wry look at the sci-fi news, some what-we’re-watching recommendations, and a look back at a classic of the genre in the company of a top guest. This episode we’re joined by Jonathan Wright, journalist and editor, an expert on literary SF, the publisher of Adventure Rocketship! and a regular in the pages of SFX magazi...2021-01-111h 16Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastBONUS EPISODE Review Of The Year 2020At the end of a year when planet Earth turned into a total-immersion version of a post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie, the Robby The Robot’s Waiting team take the only logical course of action – we look back on a year of TV and film.  While 2020 in cinema was as much about the films we didn’t see as the films we did – would Birds Of Prey be making it into top five lists in any other year? – TV has arguably never been better.  So, join Robby regulars Dave, Tanavi and Richard – and our special guest, journalist and author Tar...2020-12-3056 minRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastCHRISTMAS EPISODE HavenChristmas has been an eclectic mix for the Robby The Robot’s Waiting team. The premise of our "Christmas gifts" was to introduce our co-hosts to something they've not seen before. Having ventured into ’80s fantasy territory with Hawk The Slayer, before braving the Spanish Civil War chills of The Devil’s Backbone, we’re off for a jaunt to the decidedly odd Maine town of Haven. In the third of our festive specials, the Stephen King adaptation was Tanavi’s pick for Richard and Dave to watch. We invited freelance journalist, TV expert and former SFX editor Dav...2020-12-2839 minRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastCHRISTMAS EPISODE The Devil's BackboneWe've reinvented the concept of Christmas presents this year. Instead of handing out actual tangible gifts, Tanavi, Dave and Richard – aka the Robby The Robot's Waiting podcast team – have each chosen a favourite movie or TV show for the other two to watch. The only rule is that they can't have seen it before.  Following Dave's pick of Hawk The Slayer, Richard has gone for early Guillermo del Toro masterpiece The Devil's Backbone, a Spanish Civil War-set story about a haunting in an orphanage. And an unexploded bomb.  We've also invited along Den Of Geek UK edi...2020-12-2733 minRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastCHRISTMAS EPISODE Hawk The SlayerMerry Christmas! In three special festive episodes of Robby The Robot's Waiting, we're handing out Christmas presents... in a manner of speaking. In each one, regular hosts Dave, Tanavi and Richard have chosen a movie or TV show the others have never seen before to find out what they think – and to share the joy of sci-fi and fantasy this festive season. First up is Dave's pick, Hawk The Slayer. Is it a classic of ’80s fantasy? Or is it just the butt of a joke in Spaced? To help us decide, we've brought along a special gues...2020-12-2640 minRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastBONUS EPISODE The Mandalorian Season 2 Celebration [MASSIVE SPOILERS!]After the explosive season finale of The Mandalorian on Disney+ had Star Wars fans buzzing, we declare it the most important TV show of the year. It’s time to take a break from our regular podcast format and discuss the adventures of Din Djarin and Baby Yoda in depth.  Be warned, this episode contains major spoilers for the Disney+ original series, and assumes that you’ve seen both seasons 1 and 2, and are aware of all the show’s recent reveals. You must only listen to this recording if you are up to date. Seriously, if you haven’t...2020-12-2235 minRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastEpisode 12: Gremlins, Wonder Woman 1984, Star Wars, Marvel, Dungeons & Dragons, Batman and moreIs a mogwai for life or just for Christmas? The Gremlins are having a party in Kingston Falls and we’re all invited. With the festive season looming, we invite writer Sarah Dobbs onto the podcast to rewatch the madcap ’80s horror comedy.  We're not just into old movies though. Wonder Woman is back with her own version of 1984. We’ve ventured out of the house to give our verdict on Diana Prince’s return to the big screen. Fire up the invisible jet! New Star Wars! New Marvel! New Alien! New everything! From Mandalorian spin-offs...2020-12-211h 12Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastEpisode 11: Forbidden Planet, Ready Player Two, LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special, David Prowse, Killjoys, SCI-FI-LONDON, Christopher Nolan, Game Of Thrones and moreIt’s the movie that gave this podcast its name, and a classic of ’50s cinema. But how does Forbidden Planet hold up now it’s old enough to draw its pension? We head to Altair IV to chat about the Fred M Wilcox-directed sci-fi trailblazer, along with Louis Savy, director of the SCI-FI-LONDON festival.  Back on Earth, Louis is busy preparing for this year’s SCI-FI-LONDON event, which is the 20th since it began. This milestone festival will need to take place virtually because of the coronavirus lockdown, but that hasn’t held things back. Running 8-13 Decembe...2020-12-071h 28Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastEpisode 10: Energize! It's Star Trek: The Original Series with Paul CornellSpace. The final frontier. These are the voyages of Robby the Robot’s Waiting. Its hour-long mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new sci-fi and new conversations…  to, er, boldly talk about classic Star Trek episode The Doomsday Machine? We’re joined by celebrated writer Paul Cornell to discuss one of the best pieces of 1960s TV, as Kirk and Spock challenge a deadly threat from another galaxy – and an obsessive officer within their own ranks. Paul Cornell is an award-winning writer of novels, comics, short fiction and non-fiction, as well as a TV screenwri...2020-11-231h 15Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastEpisode 9: Moonraker, The Mandalorian, Tim Burton, Willow, Sean Connery, Avatar 2 and loads moreWherever Star Wars can go, James Bond can go too. In the latest episode of Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi Podcast, we open the dossier on 007’s outer space adventure, Moonraker. Released in 1979 as science fiction was proving to be box office dynamite, it took the franchise to new heights – literally, if not artistically. We’re joined to talk about spies, shuttles and space stations – and whether they mix – by writer and James Bond connoisseur Nick Setchfield.  While we were preparing to record the episode, it was announced that Sean Connery had died aged 90. The actor was fam...2020-11-081h 11Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastBONUS EPISODE 25 Years Of SFX Magazine: Part 2Welcome to the second part of a special episode of Robby the Robot’s Waiting dedicated to 25 years of SFX magazine! We had so much fun recording this bonus conversation that we split it into two parts. Make sure you’ve heard the first before you dive in here.  As you know, SFX is the world’s number one sci-fi and fantasy magazine, and it launched in 1995 making 2020 a milestone year. For the first time in the entire history of the universe, we brought together all five of those who have sat in the coveted editor’...2020-11-0448 minRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastBONUS EPISODE 25 Years Of SFX Magazine: Part 1Welcome to a very special episode of Robby the Robot’s Waiting – an instalment with added SFX appeal! SFX, the world’s number one sci-fi and fantasy magazine, celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. That’s kind of a big deal, so for the first time in the entire history of the universe, we’ve brought together all five of the magazine’s editors – from launch ed Matt Bielby to current captain of the ship Darren Scott – to reminisce on the history of a sci-fi institution. It’s like The Five Doctors but nerdier. In fact, it turns out...2020-10-3046 minRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastEpisode 8: Final Destination, The Haunting Of Bly Manor, Star Trek: Discovery, The Mandalorian, The Watch and moreOctober is the spookiest month, so we’re joined by horror expert Louise Blain to discuss new TV series The Haunting Of Bly Manor and classic movie Final Destination. Is Netflix’s gothic romance – loosely adapted from the works of Henry James – a worthy successor to last year’s Hill House series? We talk ghosts, accents, and adaptations. In our regular Rewind retro section, the crew share their love for 2000’s iconic teen death-dodging film. Is it worth a rewatch this Halloween? Meanwhile, we’ve been to the year 3000 – and beyond. We give our verdict on Star Trek: Discovery’...2020-10-221h 09Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastEpisode 7: Batman, Ms Marvel, The Walking Dead: World Beyond, Brave New World, Arrow, The Boys and moreWhere does he get those wonderful toys? We take the Batmobile back to 1989 to reminisce on Tim Burton’s Batman. And we’re joined on the journey by screenwriter, author, journalist and nerd celebrity Bonnie Burton. Welcome to the latest episode of Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi Podcast!  As more big movies get put back to 2021, we wonder if there’ll still be any cinemas for them to come back to. Now that Cineworld has shut its doors and films like Bond, Dune, Black Widow and more have vanished into next year, we ask what this mean...2020-10-121h 11Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastEpisode 6: Battlestar Galactica, sci-fi at the Emmys, The Walking Dead, Quantum Leap, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous and moreThere are those who believe… that the rebooted Battlestar Galactica is TV’s greatest ever space opera. We hear the sound of Cylons as we set coordinates for classic episode “33”, in this, the latest episode of Robby The Robot’s Waiting.  Your regular podcast crew is joined by Sari Cohen, a journalist based in LA. She covers music and live entertainment for AXS, writes for InLove Magazine, and is an on-air correspondent/associate producer for Hollywood First Look Features. Sari and regular hosts Tanavi, Richard and Dave, discuss the 21st-century version Battlestar Galactica. Is it as good as its repu...2020-09-251h 10Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastEpisode 5: The X-Files, 2020 movie preview, Black Widow, The Boys, Ridley Scott, The Witcher and moreThings are getting strange we’re starting to worry, this could be a case for… the Robby The Robot’s Waiting crew! Yes, in the latest podcast we’re seeing if the truth really is out there, with a look back at season one of The X-Files. We’re joined by writer and TV archaeologist Paul Terry, whose work on The X-Files: The Official Archives (Cryptids, Biological Anomalies, and Parapsychic Phenomena) will hit shelves this month. Is first season episode Squeeze still a great episode of TV? Back in the present day, we share the shows and films we’v...2020-09-1059 minRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastBONUS EPISODE Spoiler-filled Tenet specialAnyone for Tenet? In this one-off special episode, your Robby The Robot’s Waiting crew venture back to the cinema to watch Christopher Nolan’s time-bending thriller Tenet.  Tenet stars John David Washington with Elizabeth Debicki, Robert Pattinson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kenneth Branagh, Michael Caine, Himesh Patel and Dimple Kapadia, in an epic James Bond-like tale of secret agents tackling a billionaire’s doomsday plot… with added mind-frying time manipulation.  It’s the biggest release of the year so far, bringing people back to movie theatres after the Covid-19 lockdown. It’s also destined to be one of the mos...2020-09-0423 minRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastEpisode 4: Dune, The Batman, Lovecraft Country, Lucifer, Star Wars and moreSand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere, but it didn’t stand in the way of Dune becoming a classic. We fold space and take a trip through Frank Herbert’s epic SF novel in the company of Arthur C Clarke Award director Tom Hunter. And as Denis Villeneuve prepares to follow a trail blazed by David Lynch, is it really as unfilmable as some critics say?  Meanwhile, forget Comic-Con: DC hosted its own Fandome and got the world – and your podcast hosts – talking about The Batman, Wonder Woman 1984, Black Adam and The Suicide...2020-08-311h 02Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastEpisode 3: Flash Gordon, Life After Flash, Star Trek, Red Dwarf, Raised By Wolves, The Watch, and moreFlash Gordon approaching! (What do you mean “Flash Gordon approaching”?)  We’re off to Mongo circa 1980 in the third episode of your new fave sci-fi podcast. Lisa Downs, director of documentary film Life After Flash and bona fide Flash Gordon expert, joins genre journos Tanavi Patel, Richard Edwards and Dave Bradley as we look back at the 40-year-old space opera classic. We’ll be swapping anecdotes about Brian May, Brian Blessed and a few non-Brians with a filmmaker who interviewed the movie’s cast and crew for her unique documentary about Flash star Sam J Jones. We also e...2020-08-1356 minRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastEpisode 2: Cursed, Tremors, Comic-Con@Home trailers, The Boys and moreWe're going underground (going underground)... Welcome to the second episode of Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi Podcast. If you love sci-fi, fantasy and horror, join entertainment journalists Richard Edwards, Tanavi Patel and Dave Bradley, as they hide from Graboids and admire the latest TV and movie trailers. This week – joined by Den Of Geek UK editor, critic and horror aficionado Rosie Fletcher – we discuss blockbuster cinema in the coronavirus world, chat about top upcoming sci-fi including Bill And Ted and Star Trek Prodigy, and, of course, rewatch Kevin Bacon’s finest movie about killer worms, Tremors. There are also...2020-07-3147 minRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastRobby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi PodcastEpisode 1: Buffy, Marvel, Space Force, Comic-Con@Home 2020 preview and moreHailing frequencies open! Welcome to the first episode of Robby The Robot’s Waiting. Yep, we know the title only makes sense if you’re aware of both 1980s Bananarama hits and 1950s space films. But we hope that if you like sci-fi and fantasy, you’ll get a kick out of 50 minutes in the company of genre gurus and SFX magazine old-timers Richard Edwards, Tanavi Patel and Dave Bradley. Join us this week for our takes on the latest sci-fi news, a look back at the best of Buffy, a look forward to the first-ever online-only San Diego Comic...2020-07-1650 min