Spocklight: A Star Trek Podcast

On the latest episode of ‘Spocklight at the Movies’ we cover Chris Pine starring runaway train disaster thriller, ‘Unstoppable’, the last ever film to be directed by the late, great Tony Scott.

Come ride in the driver's seat as we question the morality of Pine’s protagonist, make comparisons with the true life tale the film is based on, praise the mountain of charisma that is Denzel Washington, debate the intended customer base of Hooters, take a detour into ‘Riverdale’ and explore Scott’s entire illustrious career movie by movie. All that and much, much more. 

 

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Our extensive conversation with Husband and Wife writing team, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens hits your feed at warp speed!

Hear how Judith and Garfield first met and how they moved from penning science textbooks to writing New York Times-bestselling ‘Star Trek’ novels before becoming Writers and Co-Producers for the final season of ‘Star trek: Enterprise’. Learn about their involvement in a NASA Space Policy Workshop alongside other such luminaries as James Cameron and becoming lead writers for the Walt Disney Imagineers helping to plan the rides and attractions for Shanghai Disneyland, entire park concepts for Disney Asia as well as working as Lead Story Consultants for the 40^th Anniversary of EPCOT.

Discover the truth behind their clashes with television standards and practices while writing for the legendary ‘Batman: The Animated Series’ and how they're hard at work adapting a host of acclaimed sci-fi author Andre Norton's novels

Writing with William Shatner, showrunning ‘Phantom 2040’ and ‘Primeval: New World’, as well as their work on a unique ‘Van Helsing’ project – all this and much, much more as we cover a career so varied we can barely cram it into one podcast. 

 

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Our beautiful artwork was created by Stephen Trumble, see more at http://www.stephentrumble.com 

In our first ever Halloween special, the Spocklight crew investigate Robert Wise's (Director of ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’) 1963 horror classic ‘The Haunting’.

Liam praises the claustrophobic production design of Elliot Scott, Paul highlights how Julie Harris' own fragile mental state fuelled her frenzied performance and Matt delves into the world of black and white psychological horror cinema.

We compare and contrast the movie with Shirley Jackson's original source novel, the disastrous 1999 Jan De Bont remake starring Liam Neeson and Netflix's own hot new adaptation, ‘The Haunting of Hill House’.

We also chat Star trek’s very own Halloween special from The Original Series, ‘Catspaw’.

So listener beware, you're in for a scare!

 

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Credit for our wonderful theme music goes to the incredibly talented, Adam Johnston’s, you can find more of his work at - https://adamjohnstonuk.bandcamp.com/

Our beautiful artwork was created by Stephen Trumble, see more at http://www.stephentrumble.com 

 

 

 

Join us for a whole new chapter of the Spocklight journey as we celebrate the incredibly talented cast and crew that have made the ‘Star Trek’ franchise so special over the years by examining their non-Trek work, it’s ‘Spocklight at the Movies’!

In the inaugural episode of this new strand of the podcast, we take a look at ‘Three Men and a Baby’, Leonard Nimoy’s 1987 directorial follow up to ‘Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home’ starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson.

Listen as we debate the character's intended ages, discuss the Baby comedy sub-genre, try to work out which of this trio is the Kirk, Spock and Bones of the movie, plot what a third film would have looked like and fan-cast a modern remake.  

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Our beautiful artwork was created by Stephen Trumble, see more at http://www.stephentrumble.com 

 

 

 

 

This month, we’re joined by Todd Jordan of ‘The Bitter End’ Podcast as we roll up our sleeves and scrape the bottom of the Star Trek barrel, discussing what are considered to be some of the worst episodes of all time! Is their reputation justly deserved or have they been unfairly judged by the fan base? Journey with us on a voyage to discover silver linings as we experience Evil Kids, Satan himself, a clip show, Benidorm in Space, chocolate wobble and much more.

The things we do for you... Make our sacrifices mean something by downloading now!

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You can find more information on Todd’s excellent podcast, ‘The Bitter End’ on Twitter @bitterendpod

Credit for our wonderful theme music goes to the incredibly talented, Adam Johnston’s, you can find more of his work at - https://adamjohnstonuk.bandcamp.com/

Our beautiful artwork was created by Stephen Trumble, see more at http://www.stephentrumble.com 

 

In a special episode, Liam, Matt and Paul are joined by the most prolific Star Trek Director of all time, David Livingston, for an exclusive interview.  Hear how he started out as Unit Production Manager in the early days of ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ before stepping into the Director’s chair for a record breaking run of a combined 62 episodes of TNG, DS9, Voyager and Enterprise.

Learn how he switched between Director and Supervising Producer mode when on set and what an experience it was bringing George Takei’s Sulu back to the franchise for Trek’s 30^th anniversary. We also discover how Hitchcock and John Ford influenced his own work and of course there’s plenty of chat on David’s favourite subject, ‘The Beatles’.

Apologies for the background noise during this episode, but we encourage you to persevere as David has so many great insights from almost 20 years of working in the world of Trek for you to hear.

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Credit for our wonderful theme music goes to the incredibly talented, Adam Johnston’s, you can find more of his work at - https://adamjohnstonuk.bandcamp.com/

Our beautiful artwork was created by Stephen Trumble, see more at http://www.stephentrumble.com 

 

 

Liam, Paul and Matt warp their way through the colourful history of Star Trek spoofs and homages: Galaxy Quest, USS Callister, The Orville and much more are explored as our expectations are thoroughly subverted - Toxic masculinity, the redemption of Seth Macfarlane, Tim Allen’s surprising acting inspiration, humans becoming the villains of their own stories…By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Worvan, you... should download this episode right now!

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Our beautiful artwork was created by Stephen Trumble, see more at http://www.stephentrumble.com 

 

In a special episode, Liam, Matt and Paul are joined by Actor, Conrad Coates, as he gives us the lowdown on his roles as Admiral Terral on ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ and as Darius Johnson in Robert Zemeckis’s forthcoming film, ‘Welcome to Marwen’.

We also chat Conrad’s appearances in ‘Tron:Legacy’, ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’, Syfy’s ‘Defiance’ and even playing Drake’s Dad in ‘Degrassi: The Next Generation’, as well as his Theatre work and running his own acting school, ‘Coates and Company’.  Download now for all this and much more.

 

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Credit for our wonderful theme music goes to the incredibly talented, Adam Johnston’s, you can find more of his work at - https://adamjohnstonuk.bandcamp.com/

Our beautiful artwork was created by Stephen Trumble, see more at http://www.stephentrumble.com 

 

 

Liam, Matt, Paul and special guest, Chortle Award nominated Stand Up Comedian, Sean McLoughlin, attempt to find their way out of the mirror universe in Part Two of our epic two part look back over the first season of ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ as we analyse the back six episodes of the series.

Liam reads a ridiculous fanboy rant that complains about everything from “feminist lunacy” to “feminist Idiocy” for ruining the show, Paul reckons Qo'noS looks more like Camden Market then the Klingon homeworld, Matt ponders the thought process behind naming a torture device an 'Agonizor' while Sean falls a little bit in love with Admiral Cornwell. Multiple sword fights, shocking twists, Jason Isaacs owning twitter trolls, and much more as we find out whether the USS Discovery sticks its landing.

FULL SPOILERS FOR ‘STAR TREK: DISCOVERY’ SEASON ONE CONTAINED WITHIN!

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You can get all the latest news on Sean McLoughlin’s gig schedule at his official website: http://seanmcloughlincomedy.com

Sean also has his own Podcast, Heal your Wounds, which can be found on Itunes and @woundspod on Twitter.

Credit for our wonderful theme music goes to the incredibly talented, Adam Johnston’s, you can find more of his work at - https://adamjohnstonuk.bandcamp.com/

Our beautiful artwork was created by Stephen Trumble, see more at http://www.stephentrumble.com  

 

In a special episode, Liam, Matt and Paul are joined by Actor, Ronnie Rowe Jr. as he tells us how he ended up bagging himself a semi-regular role on ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ as the ship’s Comms Officer, Bryce, and gives a unique insight into the production of the show.

We also go in depth with Ronnie on his starring role in Cory Bowles searing political police movie, ‘Black Cop’ and the challenges of playing a ruthless Prosecutor on BET’s hit legal drama, ‘In Contempt’. Download now for all this and much more.

Spoilers for Season 1 of 'Star trek: Discovery' are contained within, you have been warned.  

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Credit for our wonderful theme music goes to the incredibly talented, Adam Johnston’s, you can find more of his work at - https://adamjohnstonuk.bandcamp.com/

Our beautiful artwork was created by Stephen Trumble, see more at http://www.stephentrumble.com