The Solar One - Sci-Fi Podcast: Recent Episodes
Michael Ball
A weekly UK Sci-Fi podcast where Mike and Martin talk sci-fi news, focus on a sci-fi show of the week and generally just have a bit of a laugh...
This week we are joined by Nick from Sci-Finatics. We discuss the current state of the Star Trek franchise and speculate how it will potentially continue in the near future.
This week, we focus on The Monster Squad from 1987. We also discuss season 2, episode 3 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
This week we continue our theme of AI in sci-fi and focus on I, Robot from 2004 starring Wil Smith. We also discuss the first episode of season 2 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
This week, we focus on Colossus: The Forbin Project from 1970. We discuss how 1970 predicted the dangers of AI in the future and how this film seems very relevant in 2023
This week, we focus on This Island Earth from 1955. How well does it hold up when watched in 2023?
This week, we focus on the Irwin Allen series The Land Of The Giants from 1968. We also ask why does anyone watch daytime TV show - This Morning?
This week Martin is sick, however, he and Michael still review the short lived 1988 War Of The Worlds TV adaption based as a sequel to the 1953 movie.
This week, we focus on the Disney film Tron from 1982, which was way ahead of it's time.
This week we are joined by Jay from Sci-Trek, and we focus on the third and last season of Star Trek: Picard. Was it any good?
This week on the UK TV series Children Of The Stones from the 70's. We also discuss the penultimate episode from season 3 of Star Trek Picard + Michael has an unexpected interruption!
This week we focus on The Men In Black from 1997. We also talk about the news from Star Wars Celebration 2023 + we're near the end of Star Trek Picard Season 3!
This week we focus on Capricorn One from 1978 starring James Brolin and Elliott Gould. Technically not a sci-fi film, however, it's a great movie...
This week we focus on the 1963 movie version of The Day Of The Triffids originally written by John Wyndham and starring Howard Keel.
This week, we focus on Christine from 1983, written by Stephen King and directed by John Carpenter. We also discuss the latest episodes of Star Trek: Picard and The Mandalorian.
This week we focus on the creepy classic The Fly from 1958 featuring Vincent Price. We also discuss the news of the end of Star Trek: Discovery.
This week we focus on Maximum Overdrive from 1986 which was directed by Stephen King and starred Emilio Estevez.
This week, we focus on the first Marvel film - Iron Man from 2008. We also give our final hopes before Star Trek: Picard - season 3 begins...
This week we focus on a 1995 episode of Star Trek: DS9 which predicted a bad solution to social and domestic problems in 2024.
This week we focus on a 1995 episode of Star Trek: DS9 which predicted a bad solution to social and domestic problems in 2024.
This week we are very pleased to be joined by Jay from Sci-Trek. We talk about the potential expected highlights in science fiction in 2023. We also discuss the hopeful return of new Stargate soon.
This week, we turn out attention to Battle Beyond The Stars from 1980. It's features the most bizarre shaped spaceship in sci-fi history!
We're back for the new year and our first film review is Life from 2017. We also hear some potentially bad news concerning the return of Stargate!
Its our Christmas episode and Martin has certainly found a unique Christmas movie for us to review....
This week, we focus on the sequel to the original Planet Of The Apes movie, and we like it!
This week we focus on the Irwin Allen Classic - Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea. Also, Michael celebrates his 50th Birthday!
We are back (now that Michael has moved house) to discuss the latest Star Wars series - (Andor) to see whether it was any good...
We are back for a special focusing on the last story from the Jodie Whittaker era of Doctor Who. What did we think of it?
On our last show before our hiatus, we focus on the short sci-fi BBC drama The Nightmare Man from 1981.
This week we focus on the Doctor Who TV movie from 1996 which was a co-production between Universal Studios and BBC Worldwide starring Paul McGann as the Doctor.
This week we focus on The Day The Earth Stood Still. We also discuss the end of Season 3 of The Orville and the new Predator prequel movie - Prey.
This week, we focus on the John Carpenter movie "They Live" from 1988. We also discuss the potential story ending ideas Star Trek: Picard series 2.
We're back from our break where we focus on the 5th Doctor era of Doctor Who. We also talk about the latest episodes of Star Trek: Picard and discuss the decline in popularity with Netflix.
This week, we focus on the 3 season show Under The Dome based on the book by Stephen King.
This week we focus on the highly regarded original Robocop movie from 1987 starring Peter Weller.
This week we focus on the Battlestar Galactica remake from 2004 and how it differs from the original...
This week we focus on Gerry Anderson's UFO, we discuss the new trailers for Obi Wan Kenobi and Strange New Worlds + Michael has Covid!
This week we focus on the highly regarded movie Cube from 1997 Featuring David Hewlett and Nicole DeBoer. We also turn our attention to the terrible situation in Ukraine.
On our 100th episode, we're delighted to have actor and executive producer of Star Trek: Continues, Vic Mignogna join us to discuss the series. We are also joined by guest host Tom Julian and Robert Johnson who's been a strong supporter of the show.
This week, we take a look at the first season of Foundation which is based on the novel by Isaac Asimov.
This week, we focus on the time loop comedy Groundhog Day with Bill Murray from 1993. We also discuss the limited future of live TV and how the BBC could potentially become a streaming service in the future.
This week, we do our full review of The Matrix Resurrections and look at the pros and cons of the new fourth addition in The Matrix franchise.
And we're back for 2022 where we catch up on all the latest in the world of Sci-Fi TV and film. We also review the 2018 version of Lost In Space which has recently finished.
A one off non-sci-fi special where we focus on the classic comedy drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
This week, we focus on the classic from 1982 starring Harrison Ford. We also discuss it's sequel Blade Runner 2049.
This week, Michael, Martin and Tom talk about the first season of WandaVision and give their opinions of the show. We also have the latest Sci-Fi news...
After a week off, Martin and Michael return to bring you the latest sci-fi news and focus on the movie. Galaxy Quest. We also talk about a friend on Facebook who sadly recently died of Covid 19.
This week, we focus on co-host Tom Julian's Book Timberwolf and ask how he came up with the idea.
This week we focus on the critically acclaimed series Babylon 5. We also get Martin to review Leprechaun 4: In Space!