Kindred review – Octavia E Butler’s daring sci-fi novel makes for hit-and-miss TV
The acclaimed author’s book, about a woman traveling back in time to a slave plantation, is transformed into an overlong yet well-acted series
November 2022
The G2 interview
‘There was one prima donna on Star Trek’: George Takei on William Shatner, love and life as an ‘enemy alien’
Observer New Review Q&A
Armando Iannucci: ‘I have ADHD, which explains why I can only work to deadlines’
October 2022
Doctor Who Am I review – a genial dive into the Whoniverse with one of its creators
Screenwriter Matthew Jacobs, who wrote Doctor Who: The Movie, plunges among fans of the sci-fi series to find out what makes Time Lord diehards tick
How the first female Time Lord changed Doctor Who forever
As Jodie Whittaker hands the baton to Ncuti Gatwa, we reflect on how embracing diversity has led to some of the show’s most unflinching and affirming tales
TV review
The Peripheral review - Westworld creators’ new sci-fi is brilliant … if you can actually understand it
From the Triffids to Blake’s 7 and Ghostwatch: the BBC’s greatest cult classics
Science fiction exhibition in London takes visitors on a journey into space
September 2022
Andor star Diego Luna: ‘I thought I could do whatever I wanted after Rogue One. I was naive’
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power; Ridley; The Suspect; Days That Shook the BBC With David Dimbleby
August 2022
TV tonight
TV tonight: old flames, drugs and a guest star in Irma Vep
The week in TV: Irma Vep; The Sandman; All or Nothing: Arsenal; Paper Girls
Nichelle Nichols was my hero and a groundbreaking figure for Black women
Mikki Kendall
TV tonight
TV tonight: sinkhole swallows Los Angeles in sci-fi disaster drama La Brea
July 2022
TV review
Paper Girls review – a hugely fun sci-fi caper that’s like an all-female Stranger Things
It’s set in the 80s and follows suburban kids who get drawn into a reality-warping battle, but its feminist approach to time-hopping makes it feel genuinely fresh
June 2022
TV review
Westworld season four review – nothing but a humdrum dramedy about sad singletons
The Man in Black is back! And Ariana DeBose joins as a glum twentysomething trawling dating apps. Has the show that once asked the biggest questions about humanity and technology really come to this?
TV review
Halo review – fails to be TV’s first great video game adaptation
This sterile mix of trigger porn and talky world-building is full of middling battle scenes, and simply does not make much sense to newcomers to the Xbox games. It could have been so much more
The week in TV: Sherwood; The Lazarus Project; Grenfell: Five Years, Five Stories; God’s Favorite Idiot
It’s Groundhog Day … again! Why TV can’t get enough of time-loops
JJ Abrams’ sci-fi series that was to be filmed in Northern Ireland cancelled
