Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott (Alien + Thelma & Louise)

Archaeon 20/01/2023

After that distraction that was the 2022 review and the launch of a spin-off podcast, we are back to our normally scheduled episodes. Last time we looked at Gladiator & Blade Runner, two very masculine classics from Ridley Scott’s vast and important filmography. This time, we look at two films […]

Ridley Scott (Blade Runner & Gladiator)

Archaeon 23/12/2022

Merry Christmas Friends! And just to show how well I planned in advance, here’s what is totally a Christmas special. Yeah, absolutely a Christmas episode.  Yeah, it’s clearly not. It is part one of a discussion of Ridley Scott, the second will drop in the new year. For now, though, […]

Little Lost Robot (Out of this World)

Graham Williamson 21/01/2015

Before production started on Doctor Who in 1963, the BBC commissioned an internal document assessing the difficulties of producing a science-fiction series. In particular, they were concerned that female viewers would be uninterested in such a show. Perhaps one reason why the show’s creator Sydney Newman pressed on was that […]