Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Sean McGowan to take a look at the year ahead and see what sci-fi and fantasy shows are we most excited about, with more Star Trek and Star Wars content being released than ever before, and more MCU shows than you can shake an Asgardian stick at! You can find Sean on Twitter https://twitter.com/jersey2bronx And you can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - http://www.roguetwomedia.com/ - https://twitter.com/...
Jan 21, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 7Ep. 3
Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Lizzie Biscuits, creator of costumes and frocks for Peacocks to talk about Costumes and Fashion in Sci-Fi! From Silver Bikinis to Noir Trenchcoats, via a Versace Codpiece You can find more of Lizzie here: https://www.lizziebiscuits.com/ and on all Social Media as Lizzie Biscuits 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.faceb...
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 7Ep. 2
Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Alex Kingsley to talk about Transhumanism, the more technology is integrated into our daily life, the more comfortable we are with it, and the blurring of the line between technology and the user, and touch upon the Singularity and the sexualisation of A.I. you can find Alex on Twitter here: - https://twitter.com/alexyquest and more of their content here: https://strongbranchproductions.com/ https://alexjkingsley.wordpress.com/ and c...
Jan 06, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 7Ep. 1
Welcome Back to the Great Derelict This week in a somewhat unplanned part 2 Rachel joins Andy as they take a look at the latest instalment of the Matrix series, Resurrections. What did we think? is it as bad as people say? Did Rachel Actually watch Reloaded and Revolutions? if you would like answer to all these questions take the Red Pill, and we'll see just how far down this rabbit hole goes... You can find Rachelle on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/StrangeRachelle and the Narrative Labyrint...
Dec 30, 2021•57 min•Season 6Ep. 48
Welcome Back I created the Great Derelict, I have been waiting for you. It is possible you have been a subscriber, or you have downloaded the cast for the very first time regardless, it is a pleasure to have you join us. You have many questions and while you remain presumably human you will have noted the title of the episode prior to listening, ergo you know we are here to talk about the Matrix, and its sequels While they remains a burden assiduously avoided, it is not unavailable, and thus not...
Dec 24, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Season 6Ep. 47
Welcome Back to the Great Derelict! This week Andy is Joined by Kellan aka ThriftyTrekkie to talk about Cosplay and how cosplaying as some of their favourite characters from DS9 they have learnt more about their identity, and we take a look at how Identity has been explored with the Trill **NOTE** Minor Discovery Season 4 Episode 4 Spoilers at 16 mins If you would like to read more from Kellan you can find them on Twitter here - https://twitter.com/ThriftyTrekkie And you can find more of Andy an...
Dec 17, 2021•49 min•Season 6Ep. 46
Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is down in the trenches with Eric to take a look at the depiction of ground forces in Sci-fi, from AT-AT's to Martian Goliaths, From knives in a nuke fight to the deadliest ground force ever depicted in all of Sci-Fi, the Emperors bane the dreaded Ewoks! You can Find Eric on Twitter https://twitter.com/StarfleetHist And as part of the Joint Geeks of Staff https://the-joint-geeks-of-staff.simplecast.com/ And you can find more of Andy on Twitter - ...
Dec 10, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 45
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://twitter.com/Miss_Oktober and more about the 2021 Visual arts centre here - http://www.2021visualartscentre...
Dec 02, 2021•58 min•Season 6Ep. 44
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 You can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - http://www.roguetwomedia.com...
Nov 26, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 6Ep. 43
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 Borg Rogers at http://galactica.libsyn.com/ Peter is on Twitter https://twitter.com/rev_org Ann-Mar...
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 6Ep. 42
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 very real, and it is happening now. You can find more from Kit on Twitter: - https://twitter.com/geog...
Nov 12, 2021•1 hr 45 min•Season 6Ep. 41
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 reboot might look like, mild spoilers for the entire show, but honestly, if you haven't already watch...
Nov 05, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 6Ep. 40
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 story 'The Germ Growers' from 1892 here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Germ_Growers You can find...
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 6Ep. 39
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 find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - http://www.roguetwomedia.com/ - htt...
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 38
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 Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Genevaexpat And more about ’To Boldly Go’ here: https://www.casematepubl...
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 6Ep. 37
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://twitter.com/mxeliramos And more of their work here: Queers in love at the end of the world: https://w...
Oct 07, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 6Ep. 36
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 - http://blackdogpodcast.com And on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/BlackdogPodcast And you can fin...
Oct 01, 2021•2 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 35
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 : https://twitter.com/Bryan3E You can find Tex talks about Battletech here: https://www.youtube.com/pla...
Sep 23, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 6Ep. 34
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 good in the galaxy and was PALPATINE doing the galaxy a favour by orchestrating their downfall… You can find mo...
Sep 16, 2021•58 min•Season 6Ep. 33
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/BoomerNiner And you can read more about Socialist Revolution here - https://socialistrevolution.org/ A...
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 6Ep. 32
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 fandoms As they say, Come for the Giant Robots fighting monsters, stay for the what the hell did I just ...
Sep 02, 2021•2 hr 27 min•Season 6Ep. 31
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 GHOSTBUSTERS! Looking at our love of the franchise, of the tools and the talent and our connection to th...
Aug 26, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 6Ep. 30
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 Thunderbird 2 directly influenced the design of the ship. You can find Phil on Twitter - https://twitt...
Aug 19, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 6Ep. 29
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/
Aug 12, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Season 6Ep. 28
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 more from Kit on Twitter: - https://twitter.com/geogramblings and on their podcast: https://geogram...
Aug 05, 2021•1 hr 51 min•Season 6Ep. 27
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 of the more Human design, The implications of cross-species crews on internal social structures of ...
Jul 29, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 6Ep. 26
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 and how will they screw us over for a goddamn percentage You can listen to more of Joanne on Banterf...
Jul 22, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 6Ep. 25
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 (there were spoilers for Black Widow, but i edited them out ;) ) You can hear more from Eddie over are ...
Jul 15, 2021•2 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 24
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 and - https://twitter.com/joshdanandsupes and you can listen to Bad Choices and Bourbon here - https:/...
Jul 08, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 6Ep. 23
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/ And on Twitter :- https://twitter.com/BlackGirl_Couch And you can find more of Andy and his other casts ...
Jul 01, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Season 6Ep. 22
