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The Great Derelict

Andy Poulastidesgreatderelict.libsyn.com
Step aboard the Great Derelict - a massive long abandoned space dock and join Andy as he explores all the various aspects of Spaceships, Science fiction, and general geekery, In-depth reviews and discussions, bite size shows and little odds and sods
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Episodes

Welcome to 2019

Welcome back to the Great Derelict and Welcome to 2019! This week Andy is joined by Lee Medcalf to look at the year 2019 and some other interpretations we've seen in the past From Akira to Blade Runner with a little bit of questionable Italian VHS thrown in, and they ask the question Are we living in a Dystopia? The animated 'Awaken Akira' can be found here: https://www.awakenakira.com/ and the 'Real Life Blade Runner' instagram is here: https://www.instagram.com/bladerunnerrealworld/ Lee can be...

Jan 12, 20191 hr 39 minSeason 4Ep. 1

Don't you forget about Bee!

Welcome back to the Great Derelict! This week Andy is joined by The Llama God and JoBot because there is a Christmas miracle, a GOOD Transformers Movie?! They talk about the new Bumblebee movie and how it compares to the previous films and if its worth going to see (spoiler alert, it is!) You can find The Llama God on Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheLlamaGod And JoBot is - https://twitter.com/jobot935 And Lindsay Ellis' excellent retrospective on Starscream and the Bayformers in general is loca...

Dec 26, 20181 hr 27 minSeason 3Ep. 18

Cylon Night

Welcome back to the Great Derelict! This week Andy is joined by Ann-Marie Organ and Martin Thompson to get all Christmassy as we look at Christmas in Sci-fi, from Star Trek to Doctor Who, from The holiday Special to Babylon 5 and lots of stuff in between. The False Positives article mentioned is here - http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2004/12/03/the-lost-star-trek-christmas-episode-a-most-illogical-holiday/ and the Book of G'Kar can be seen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be9jVRRfEzE...

Dec 24, 20181 hr 8 minSeason 3Ep. 17

No bloody A,B,C or D

Welcome back to the Great Derelict! This week Andy is joined by former co-host Peter Organ to crank the nerd dial all the way past the redline to 11 to talk about Registry numbers (don't worry, its (relatively) short) And for the 3 of you brave enough to make it to the end, we have a Great Derelict Exclusive from Peter about what will come after the Borgcast! You can listen to the Borgcast here - http://borgcast.libsyn.com/ And you can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Medi...

Nov 30, 201839 minSeason 3Ep. 16

Bobin' around the Bobiverse

Welcome aboard the Great Derelict! This week Andy is joined by his Podcast Husband Elton McManus to give praise and thanks to the almighty Bob as they look at the books of the 'Bobi-verse' by Dennis E Taylor Be warned there will be spoilers for the books, but we try and give plenty of warning, and these are very good books, if you enjoyed the Martian, you should enjoy these! You can find the Bobiverse books here :- https://www.audible.co.uk/series?asin=B01M06BKXV&source_code=M2M14DFT1BkSH082...

Nov 15, 20182 hr 29 minSeason 3Ep. 15

You're not my Spacedad! - Captain Jellico on the Enterprise

This week aboard the Derelict Andy is joined once again by the Lords of the Admiralty Admiral Michal Sims, Admiral Drew Barker and 'The Most Noble Lord Llama God, Viscount and Baron Llama, of the Autobots and of Borgcast' as we sit in Judgement over Captain Edward Jellico and see if he really was the worst thing to happen to the Enterprise since Commander Shelby dared to question Riker's fitness to command. Michael can usually be found here http://earth-2.net/ and on Twitter: https://twitter.com...

Sep 03, 20181 hr 26 minSeason 3Ep. 14

Space Force! - Well there goes the Planet!

Welcome aboard the Great Derelict! This week Andy is joined by his Podcast Husband Elton McManus to marvel and wonder at the newly announced Spaceforce and wonder if its the dawn of a glorious new era, or just more of a farce? We might get a little political here, so warnings and apologies in advance As mentioned in the show The 'Official' Space-force Logo suggestions - https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/trump-space-force-logos-email.jpg Some better examples https://i.redd.it/ahyoa0o...

Aug 23, 20181 hr 40 minSeason 3Ep. 13

Nineworlds Geekfest Star Trek Discovery Panel

Welcome aboard the Great Derelict! This is a little bit different, I recently attended the Nineworlds convention in London, and was asked to contribute to a panel on Star Trek Discovery, and with the kind permission of the panelists I am making the recording available for your listening pleasure here. My co panelists were Neth Dugan - https://twitter.com/neth_dugan Debbie Moon - https://twitter.com/DebbieBMoon Emily January - https://twitter.com/janecdotes Nineworlds - https://twitter.com/London...

Aug 13, 20181 hrSeason 3Ep. 12

Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Stuff

Welcome aboard the Great Derelict! This week Andy is joined by long time friend of the show and occasional partner in crime Elton McManus to dip the proverbial toe into the mind bending world of Time and Time Travel. As mentioned in the show The Dr Who Red Nose Day Special is here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51JtuEa_OPc And the one with Rowan Atkinson here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp_Fw5oDMao One Minute Time machine is here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBkBS4O3yvY MouseX is h...

Jul 26, 20181 hr 35 minSeason 3Ep. 11

Blake-Curious - An Introduction to Blake 7

Welcome aboard the Great Derelict! This week Andy is joined by friend of the show and occasional member of the Admiralty Dave Probert to discuss one of his favourite subjects, Blake 7 You can find Dave on Twitter https://twitter.com/DaveJProbert and https://theprobertreport.wordpress.com/ and you can hear more of Dave on some of his Casts Shake and Blake - http://www.earth-2.net/podcasts/shakeandblake/shakeandblake.php The Happy Place - http://thehappyplace.libsyn.com/ And Twice as Bright Half a...

Jun 01, 20181 hr 36 minSeason 3Ep. 10

X-wing vs Tie Fighter vs X-WingVsTieFighter vs X-Wing Alliance

Welcome aboard the Great Derelict! This week Andy is joined by Oliver Monk to discuss the X-wing series of Video games from the 90's and what it was like to finally be able to climb into the cockpit of your very own Incom T-65 X-Wing or Sienar Fleet Systems Twin Ion Engine/LN (TIE) Starflighter You can find Oliver on Twitter https://twitter.com/oliver_monk and http://percytrollcast.blogspot.co.uk/ as mentioned in the Cast The TIE Fighter Anime - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9GRYa_3gno X-Wing...

May 09, 201851 minSeason 3Ep. 9

Living next door to Thanos

Welcome aboard the Great Derelict! This week Andy is joined by the Fiendish Dr Will to guide us through the myriad worlds of Marvels Cosmic Universe, starting with a 'brief' introduction to Thanos, the big bad from the upcoming Avengers Infinity War, touching briefly on Adam Warlock, the Infinity Stones, and Existential beings punching each other with metaphors. You can hear more of Will on the Realm of Nerdgard http://nerdgard.libsyn.com/ And check out 'Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men' here htt...

Apr 23, 20181 hr 41 minSeason 3Ep. 8

That's no moon, its a rapidly expanding field of debris...

This week aboard the Derelict Andy is joined once again by the Lords of the Admiralty (or was it Council of Moffs?) Moff Dave Probert, Moff Murray Christison and Grand Mothra The Llama God gather to discuss if it was really such a good idea building not just 1, but 2 planet destroying super weapons which seem to have a disturbing tendency for being blown up by plucky farmboys and smugglers Dave Can be found over at https://theprobertreport.wordpress.com Murray's videos are her - https://www.yout...

Apr 11, 201843 minSeason 3Ep. 7

Happy First Contact Day!

Welcome back to the Great Derelict! This week Andy is joined by Ann-Marie and Peter Organ to celebrate 'First Contact Day' the day when Humanity met the Vulcans, as seen in Star Trek First Contact, and ask, did Picard accidentally step on a Butterfly while he was there and make a mess of the Time-Line? You can listen to the Borgcast here - http://borgcast.libsyn.com/ And you can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - http://www.roguetwo.com/ - https://twitter.com/GreatDe...

Apr 04, 201840 minSeason 3Ep. 7

A "Brief" History of the Transformers

This week on the Great Derelict Andy is joined by The Llama God to give him an introduction to Transformers, From Toys, to Cartoon, to Comic to film and back again.almost everything you never knew you didn't want to know! As mentioned in the Cast, you can find The Llama God on Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheLlamaGod The Transformers Wiki is located - http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Main_Page And Lindsay Ellis' excellent retrospective on Starscream and the Bayformers in general is located here - https:/...

Mar 14, 20182 hr 2 minSeason 3Ep. 6

I'm not saying it was Aliens...

This week Andy is joined aboard the Great Derelict by Anne-Marie Organ from the bOrgcast for a little chat about Aliens, no not those ones, the more general ExtraTerrestrial non humans (although a lot are very close to humans) We Learn about 'Stumpy' no-doubt enrage a lot of Dr Who fans, and wonder if Picard knew there was a SeaWorld onboard the Enterprise. The bOrgcast can be found at http://borgcast.libsyn.com/ You can find more of Andy at http://www.roguetwo.com/ If you would like to contribu...

Feb 28, 20181 hr 30 minSeason 3Ep. 5

Blowing up the Galaxy (Class)

This week aboard the Derelict Andy is joined by the Lords of the Admiralty Admiral Dave Probert, Admiral Murray Christison and Devine Vorlon Deity The Llama God to sit in judgement over the Crew of NCC-1701-D and find out just who is to blame for the Flagship of the Federation being lost over Veridian III. Please note that due to the malleable nature of time this was infact the first episode recorded aboard the Great Derelict, but the 3rd released due to wibbly wobbly timey whimey...

Feb 22, 201859 minSeason 3Ep. 4

The Derelict Discovers and Discusses Star Trek Discovery

This week Andy is joined aboard the Great Derelict by Dave Probert and Jen Williams to discuss Star Trek's latest incarnation 'Discovery' What did we think of the cast? (loved them) What did we think of the Story? (enjoyed it) are we looking forward to season 2? (yes) Can you hear me Steven? (Yes we can hear you Clem Fandango) This will be a spoiler filled look back so I would advise you watch the show before listening. So please sit back, spin up the excess energy cavitation as we perform a Spo...

Feb 15, 20182 hr 21 minSeason 3Ep. 3

SpaceX, The Falcon Heavy and a Heliocentric Tesla

Welcome aboard the Great Derelict In this episode Andy is joined by Elton McManus from Rogue Two Media as they geek out over some exciting recent developments in space travel and look toward the immediate future wondering how long it will be until a human will walk on Mars https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c - Click here to re-watch the Falcon Heavy Launch https://youtu.be/aBr2kKAHN6M - Click here to see footage of the Starman in his Tesla https://youtu.be/zqE-ultsWt0 - A Video about the BFR https://yo...

Feb 09, 20181 hr 22 minSeason 3Ep. 2

Welcome to the Great Derelict

Welcome my friends aboard the Great Derelict Spacedock Jury is gone and consigned to the annals of history, This new show will allow your host, Andy, to guide you through the familiar, and some of the more obscure aspects of Science Fiction and Spaceships and maybe even the occasional flying submarine. So come join us as we attempt to make sense of the nonsensical, seek out the unfindable, and boldly go where quite frankly its probably unwise to venture.

Feb 03, 20186 minSeason 3Ep. 1

ex Space Dock Jury - Last Jedi 6 - The Return of the Org!

As promised a late last minute Christmas present for you all The Derelict is boarded once again as former host Peter returns to give us his in depth thoughts on Star Wars the Last Jedi. Will he side with Andy, will he be seduced by Lee (fnar!) is there a middle ground to be found? (or knowing Peter will he simply turn up and crash for no apparent reason)

Dec 23, 201741 minSeason 2Ep. 3

Space Dock Jury - Last Jedi 2 - The Medcalf Strikes Back

After the view from the Light Side in the previous Last Jedi episode Andy conjures up a view from the Dark Side by calling upon the force wraith of Lee Medcalf. And in atypical fashion chaos ensues with the only thing they can agree on being that Revenge of the Sith is actually quite under rated...

Dec 18, 20171 hr 50 minSeason 2Ep. 2

The Last Jedi Spoilers and Speculations Extravaganza!

Andy once again boards the derelict that was formally known as Spacedock Jury (but now goes by the moniker 'symbol') to discuss the latest offering from the house of Mouse 'Star Wars - The Last Jedi' along with Sean McGowan, late of 'The Question' Podcast We tackle the big questions: Is it the Best Star Wars film ever? (no) Is it worse than Attack of the Clones? (no) What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen Swallow? Spoilers abound right out of the gate, so if you haven't seen the film DO NOT...

Dec 18, 20171 hr 42 minSeason 2Ep. 1

Not SpaceDock Jury - Disco Inferno

Long range listening posts in the Gamma Draconis system picked up a faint transmission from the last known position of the SpaceDock Jury. Join Andy and Dave Probert at a look at Star Trek Discovery so far, We spore-jump all over the place from the reactions, to the cast, to the ships (of course) and where we hope to see the show go from here. We almost definitely wont be back next week with more of the same, but there might be something, who knows in this crazy world. You can find more of Dave ...

Nov 17, 20172 hr 13 min

Black Space Dog Jury - Blade Runner Spoiler Cast

In the second Blade Runner 2049 special Lee and Andy go full bore spoilers discussing everything so be warned If you want to listen to the non spoiler edition of this cast go to this link http://spacedockjury.com/the-black-dog-podcast-space-dock-jury-blade-runner-2049-no-spoiler-review

Oct 09, 20171 hr 37 min

Space Dock Jury - Star Trek Discovery

This week the team assemble to discuss the first three episodes of Star Trek Discovery and discuss what Trek is, what its becoming and where (if anywhere) Discovery fits into it all - Plus feedback from you listeners out there too!

Oct 07, 20172 hr 17 min

Space Dock Jury 043 - Grasping At Straws

This week Lee brings The Jupiter 2 from Lost in Space, Andy brings the Rocinante from The Expanse and Pete? Well he brings a Dr Who pirate ship captained by Aunty Mable...

Sep 30, 20171 hr 24 minEp. 43

Space Dock Jury Minisode - The Orville

This week Lee and Andy discuss their impressions of Seth MacFarlanes homage to Star Trek, The Orville. Firstly covering the show and its relationship to Star Trek (which is unavoidable) and then in the second half covering the first three episodes... Naturally for this point onwards personal spoiler containment protocols must be maintained

Sep 24, 20172 hr 16 min
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