The Doctor Who treasure trove in a Northumberland village cellar
Neil Cole’s Museum of Classic Sci-Fi, hosted in cellar of his Allendale townhouse, holds costumes and props from numerous TV classics
November 2021
As Black Mirror turns 10, just how well did it predict the future?
From chips – lots of chips – in our brains, to VR sex and Uber-style social media ratings, we rank every episode of the sci-fi series, from dystopian hogwash to shockingly prescient plots
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Cowboy Bebop review – a slick and spirited slice of TV cyberpunk
John Cho stars in Netflix’s brilliantly amped-up live-action update of the anime classic, which offers madcap mayhem with an anything-goes feel
Dean Stockwell – a life in pictures
The veteran American actor, star of Blue Velvet and Quantum Leap, has died aged 85. We look back at his 70-year career, from early roles alongside Errol Flynn and Katharine Hepburn to later award-winning TV work
October 2021
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Invasion review – no stranger danger in Apple’s anaemic alien takeover
The Swarm: German TV adapts hit sci-fi novel in English
September 2021
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Foundation review – a galaxy of money can’t save Apple’s Star Dreck
‘Astronauts check our scripts!’: inside the new age of sumptuous sci-fi TV
From Hogwarts to inter-galactic space: how Alfred Enoch’s career rocketed
Has Doctor Strange turned evil in Spider-Man: No Way Home?
August 2021
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: The Chair; When Ruby Wax Met…; Mastermind; See
Sandra Oh and co delight in Netflix’s smart, funny university drama; former celebrity interviewer Ruby Wax looks back in angst; and Clive Myrie is a Mastermind natural
Autumn arts preview 2021
Sex, Succession and sci-fi nightmares: the must-see TV of autumn 2021
More teenage hookups in Sex Education, a killer Olivia Colman and the long-awaited return of the Roy family … here is all the unmissable TV coming soon
Why Mass Effect is some of the best sci-fi ever made
By turns as cerebral as Star Trek, as hopeful as Asimov and as dramatic as Battlestar Galactica, the video game series deserves a place among the sci-fi greats
June 2021
Doctor Who: Olly Alexander tipped to be new lead
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Rick and Morty series five review – proof that Elon Musk must be stopped!
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The Handmaid’s Tale season four review – hope at last in the most harrowing show on TV
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TV tonight: poet laureate Simon Armitage takes stock of the pandemic
Friendship’s Death review – Tilda Swinton goes alien in a radical-chic Beckettian fable
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Sweet Tooth review – this fur-baby confection is either genius … or atrocious
May 2021
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: The Pact; Innocent; The Nevers; Subnormal: A British Scandal
Two binge-worthy crime dramas went head-to-head on terrestrial primetime
