First Contact
Hailing Frequencies Open!
You’d look this grumpy after 26 episodes, too.
SMALL BUT PERFECTLY FORMED
Brian Bray, email In SFX 367 Robert Dodd asks how they could make 26 episodes per series of Star Trek: Voyager in the 1990s yet only make 10 episodes per series of Discovery in the 2020s – despite it being easier and cheaper to do special effects now. It’s because of a few issues: actor availability, post-production is easier for shorter series, fans are more likely to watch the whole series, cost… and when did a BBC series last 26 episodes, apart from soaps?