SPACE AND TIME NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF DOCTOR WHO

SCI FACT! The BBC Radiophonic Workshop created the

Rants & Raves

Inside the SFX hive mind

Kevin Bacon: Demon Hunter

Showrunner Erik Oleson embraces the absurd for The Bondsman

Survival On Arrakis

Frank Herbert’s work gets the videogame treatment with Dune: Awakening

NEW SWARP

HIGH-SPEED INFORMATION

Snakes Alive!

Patrick Zircher’s new Solomon Kane series The Serpent Ring paves the way for this year’s Conan epic

Road Warriors

Hit the road as Wacky Races returns for a new comic series

Claiming Dominion

Jurassic World: Chaos Theory ’s showrunner on how season three enhances Jurassic World Dominion

NEWS WARP

HIGH-SPEED INFORMATION

Strange New Worlds

Jo Mullein ventures beyond the Far Sector in Al Ewing’s Absolute Green Lantern

Going Green

Dynamite Entertainment’s new Captain Planet is all about the environment

Holy Blood

It’s Conclave with vampires in Mark Millar’s new series Vatican City

Hoodoo Blues

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler on venturing into horror with vampire tale Sinners

ROBERTO ORCI 1973-2025

The blockbusting Trekkie

MH AYINDE

MEET THE FUTURE WORLDS PRIZE WINNER BEHIND EPIC FANTASY A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

SPACE BRAWLS BALLS

THE FIRST EVER SEQUEL EPISODE OF BLACK MIRROR BEAMS DOWN – SFX SETS AN INTERCEPT COURSE

CAPTION ON THA BRIDGE

Cristin Milioti is Nanette Cole

A MAN REBORN

Jimmi Simpson is Walton

FELLOW TRAVELLERS

Osy Ikhile is Packer & Paul G Raymond is Dudani

THE REVELUTION WILL BE TELEVISED

STAR DIEGO LUNA AND SHOWRUNNER TONY GILROY TELL SFX HOW THEY’RE BRINGING STAR WARS ’ MOST CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED TV SHOW TO AN END

RECUES GALLERY

Rogue One characters appearing in Andor

CEIIRE ROLES

Tony Gilroy on how far you can push the Star Wars envelope

THE DEATH STAR IS HOME

Eight facts about the Empire’s infamous battle station

THE VOYAGE HOME

NCUTI GATWA’S SECOND RUN OF DOCTOR WHO SEES THE TIME LORD TASKED WITH AN EPIC QUEST: GETTING NEW COMPANION BELINDA BACK HOME IN ONE PIECE. PRODUCERS RUSSELL T DAVIES AND JOEL COLLINS TELL US MORE

“SHE’S THE MAIN CHARACTER IN HER OWN STORY”

Varada Sethu introduces Belinda Chandra

FLOOD WARNING

Keep your eyes peeled for Anita Dobson!

SECOND ACT

Varada Sethu is not the first companion actor to be a familiar face

A CUP UPSET?

Will episode six actually air as planned?

DESIGNING DOCTOR WHO

Production designer Phil Sims talks about some of the inspirations for episodes one and two

SHROOM DOOM

THE SECOND SEASON OF THE LAST OF US IS ABOUT TO BE UNLEASHED ACROSS THE GLOBE! PEDRO PASCAL (WHO PLAYS JOEL), BELLA RAMSEY (ELLIE), GABRIEL LUNA (TOMMY), KAITLYN DEVER (ABBY), ISABELA MERCED (DINA) AND YOUNG MAZINO (JESSE) JOIN FORCES WITH CO-SHOWRUNNERS CRAIG MAZIN AND NEIL DRUCKMANN FOR A NO-HOLDS-BARRED DISCUSSION AT SXSW IN AUSTIN, TEXAS ON EVERYTHING FROM SPORES AND STUNTS TO SHROOMS AND SERAPHITE SCARS

Dropping by

Christopher Landon takes his horror to a new level in Drop

Queer Fear

Horror has a huge LGBTQ+ following but the studios still have their issues... issues…

Keep Spinning

SFX GOES BEHIND THE SCENES ON THE WHEEL OF TIME TO WITNESS JUST HOW BIG THE SHOW ’S THIRD SEASON IS

EVIL RISES

Natasha O’Keeffe returns as Lanfear, servant of the Shadow

LEADER OF THE TWO RIVERS

Perrin’s heading home. Marcus Rutherford on his character’s epic journey

A HERO IS BORN

Dónal Finn talks returning as Mat Cauthon after his heroic season two moment

REVOLUTION ROAD

THE SHOW RUNNERS OF THE H ANDM AID’S TALE DISCUSS HOW THEY’VE TURNED MARGARET ATWOOD’S CLASSIC BOOK INTO A R ALLYING CALL FOR OUR TIMES

NICHOL A S BINGE

Remembrance days: the bestselling novelist discusses his new thriller

Gregory Maguire

The author of Wicked has a pretty moving postbag

Tunnels & Trolls

Personal recollections of cherished sci-fi and fantasy

Fact Attack!

In 1976 T&T creator Ken St Andre published

MICKEY 17

The Clone Chores

HEART EYES

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OPUS

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TIME TRAVEL IS DANGEROUS

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Y2K

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THE END

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IN THE LOST LANDS

“Stop, or one of us will toss off

GIANTS OF LA MANCHA

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DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN

He’s back, and so’s that Netflix vibe

SMALL TOWN, BIG STORY

UK streaming now on NOW/Sky Atlantic, Thursdays Creator

THE ELECTRIC STATE

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

HARLEQUIN

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DOCTOR WHO: THE SAVAGES

Transfer saga

DOUGLAS ADAMS: THE MAN WHO IMAGINED OUR FUTURE

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O’DESSA

Stranger Sings

LIKE TEARS IN RAIN

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DIE ALONE

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BOOGER

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GATOR CREEK

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DOCTOR WHO Season Seven

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ASSAULT! JACK THE RIPPER

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DEEP BLUE SEA

Artificial fintelligence

THIRST

Blood pressure

NEW RELIGION

Gentleman Takes Polaroids

DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW

Straw Power

GODZILLA VS BIOLLANTE

Rumbling Rose

964 PINOCCHIO

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JE T’AIME JE T’AIME

Past life regression

ROUND UP

Surely the death knell for Sony’s Spidey spin-offs,

DISSOLUTION

A book of memory and forgetting

WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE

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EXTERMINATE/ REGENERATE

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ONCE WAS WILLEM

A very English jidaigeki

THE CAT BRIDE

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THE ART AND MAKING OF MICKEY 17

Creeper Show

A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

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NIGHTWEAVER

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LUMINOUS

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THE PRINCE WITHOUT SORROW

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REISSUES

To a degree the literary equivalent of Event

EVOLUTION OF THE TOY DALEK

BULLET TIME

ROSE/HOUSE

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INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE

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ALSO OUT

As ever, there’s plenty more books we couldn’t

THE NEW GODS

Fourth World problems

FML

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BATMAN: DARK PATTERNS

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JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED

All Along The Watchtower

SHAKARA: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION

RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher Rebellion Writer Rob

AVOWED

Back in the Lands of the Living

DOCTOR WHO: GENESIS OF THE CYBERMEN

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STARBURST: THE ALBUM

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MONSTER HUNTER WILDS

Atop Seikret

RECORD STORE DAY

The vinyl-geek event returns on 12 April. Here’s a few highlights you may deem worth queuing for

DREAMS

This issue’s quiz involves quick thinking and some rapid eye movement. And please, don’t have nightmares…