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The text/logo for I Don't Do Sci-Fi - The Podcast Series, Season 2, Episode 4. A 2nd text box underneath says: I'm here in case you succeed. Dani watches Stargate. There is an image in the centre is the Stargate which is a large circle made of a metal-looking material, with engraved symbols all around it. The symbols are lit-up - suggesting the gate is 'active' - a large Egyptian pyramid can be seen through the circle of the Stargate. Looking at the gate from the outside are two men in standing, in silhouette Daniel Jackson, and Col. Jack O'Neil. (Image by Dani Wray)

Join a non-fan as she takes a journey a million light years from home through the #Stargate! The movie, combined action/adventure, sci-fi, & ancient Egyptian mythology. Will her Chevrons be locked or will the gate stay closed?

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John in a video call. He is wearing a T-shirt with the outline of a Plesiosaur. Text on the shirt reads: Nessie - Social distancing for 200 million years. The virtual background is the Stargate which is a large circle made of a metal-looking material, with engraved symbols all around it. There is a puddle of energy in the centre that looks like water.

Monday.
#Stargate

The text/logo for I Don't Do Sci-Fi - The Podcast Series, Season 2, Episode 4. A 2nd text box underneath says: I'm here in case you succeed. Dani watches Stargate. There is an image in the centre is the Stargate which is a large circle made of a metal-looking material, with engraved symbols all around it. The symbols are lit-up - suggesting the gate is 'active' - a large Egyptian pyramid can be seen through the circle of the Stargate. Looking at the gate from the outside are two men in standing, in silhouette Daniel Jackson, and Col. Jack O'Neil. (Image by Dani Wray)

Coming soon! Non-fan & co-host Dani 'steps through the gate' to travel a journey of a million miles from home as she watches #Stargate (1994).
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36. Sizzling chemistry (Blake’s 7) Podcast Episode · Nostalgia Tours · 07/11/2025 · 1h 19m

‼️ NEW EPISODE OUT ‼️
Join the wonderful Jonathan Helm, the writer & researcher on the amazing B7 Production Diaries, & @selsijohn.bsky.social of the I Don’t Do SciFi pod, as we head off to Federation space to assess Space Fall, Weapon, Ultraworld & Orbit. Brilliant

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It was for the sake of this day that he had first decided to run for the Presidency, a decision which had sent waves of astonishment throughout the Imperial Galaxy. Zaphod Beeblebrox? President? Not the Zaphod Beeblebrox? Not the President?

Now, Sapphire, take time back! Sapphire and Steel – Very British Futures There's a brand new episode of Very British Futures out there now, tackling another of British TV most famous SF series - Sapphire and Steel. When Sapphire & Steel first aired on ITV in July 1979, it didn’t so much arrive as materialize—mysterious, minimalist, and utterly unlike anything else on television. Created by Peter J. Hammond, who had written for Ace of Wands and Shadows but had mostly worked on conventional fare like Z-Cars and Crossroads, the series was born from a desire to explore the fragility of time and the eerie consequences of its disruption.

Now, Sapphire, take time back! Sapphire and Steel – Very British Futures

There's a brand new episode of Very British Futures out there now, tackling another of British TV most famous SF series - Sapphire and Steel. When Sapphire & Steel first aired on ITV in July 1979, it didn’t so much arrive as…

"The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why and Where phases."

The end of an era… No, not the last Jodie episode, but my final Thirteenth Doctor commentary with @frakturedboy.bsky.social and @jeffgoddard.bsky.social

What a ride it’s been….

A pumpkin on a doorstep, in the dark. It has been carved for Halloween in the shape of the 'Earth' symbol from 'Stargate' - a bit like 2 lines of the sides of a triangle, with a circle above the tip of the triangle. A sinister orange light is emanating from within the pumpkin.

P.S. Also available in orange.
#Halloween #Stargate

A pumpkin on a doorstep, in the dark. It has been carved for Halloween in the shape of the 'Earth' symbol from 'Stargate' - a bit like 2 lines of the sides of a triangle, with a circle above the tip of the triangle. A sinister blue light is emanating from within the pumpkin.

Happy #Halloween!
Coming to a podcast platform near you soon our next episode #Stargate!

"Let me get this straight," said Tricia. "You want me to come with you to... Rupert..." "Yes." "To recalculate your horoscopes for you to take account of the relative positions of Earth and Rupert?" "Yes." "Do I get an exclusive?" "Yes." "I'm your girl," said Tricia

Photo of a man, Tim Reid (a man with a beard) standing outside Bolton Railway Station. He has his thumb up, as if to hitch-hike, and holding a towel with the words 'Don't Panic!' written across it.

P.S. Here's a photo of Tim from @randomiserpod.bsky.social (a hoopy frood, who knows where his towel is) hitch-hiking to the recording of the podcast.

None of us spotted in the recording, but the final two numbers chosen were… 4 and 2!!!

Coincidence? I think so!

Like the Great Prophet Zarqhoun, we may be late posting this, but here it is: Photos of the 'Fortune Teller' the device used to add a random element to the points of discussion about #DouglasAdams #HitchHikersGuidetotheGalaxy in our episode with guest Tim/ @randomiserpod.bsky.social

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Roland Emmerich's Stargate was released 31 years ago today.

This film spawned an entire TV universe, from 1997 to 2011, and a continuation or reboot wouldn't be surprising in the next few years.

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To celebrate the 31st anniversary of Stargate, the article I published last week on Peter Rubin's journey with this film is open to everyone today. 🖖

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Why not celebrate Sandra Dickinson's birthday by listening to a Hitch-Hikers newbie discuss the TV series!

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It's been out for a week, for those who haven't heard it yet, here's a link to one of the things we mentioned in the episode: #Marvin 's debut as a popstar! #HitchHikersGuidetotheGalaxy #DouglasAdams
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Hi, Kevin @kjd42.bsky.social would you please be kind enough to RT our new episode of the podcast? (Since today IS a Thursday!)

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Ford Prefect had checked his Sub-Etha Sens-O-Matic at less and less frequent intervals, and had exhibited less and less annoyance at its continued silence. He was beginning to think he liked it here.

He pulled a card from his pocket. "Do we have..." he put up a hand to hold back the cheers, "do we have a party here from the Zansellquasure Flamarion Bridge Club from beyond the Vortvoid of Qvarne? Are they here?"

"No," said Arthur to one of the natives who had just shuffled some of the letters round in a fit of abysmal dejection, "Q scores ten you see, and it's on a triple word score, so... look, I've explained the rules to you... no no, look please, put down that jawbone... all right, we'll start again."

On the latest #DoctorWho Too Hot For TV I am joined by Liam to look at what could have been for seasons 27 and 28 and the lost story 'Alixion' from Big Finish.

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This is guaranteed to be a great listen!

I Don't Do Sci-Fi - the podcast series, Season 2, Episode 3: "One's never alone with a rubber duck." Dani watches The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.The main image is a montage and of people and things from the BBC TV adaptation of The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. In the centre is a disgusted/perturbed man wearing a dressing gown over pyjamas - this is Arthur Dent. Beneath him are written the words: This is of course impossible. Surrounding him are various objects/creatures from The Hitch-Hikers Guide to Galaxy on TV.

Out now! Non-fan Dani watches #BBC TV's #DouglasAdams' #HitchHikersGuidetotheGalaxy Will she need a Babel Fish to understand it all? Does she know where her towel is? This episode our guest is Tim from @randomiserpod.bsky.social listen here: anchor.fm/iddsf youtube.com/@iddsf

New episode scheduled to release at 11.59pm tonight!

#HitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy

#DouglasAdams

#ScienceFiction

A pleasure doing this. Lovely to see my friends and meet the entirely amazing Dani for the first time. Jinantonix all round!

I Don't Do Sci-Fi - the podcast series, Season 2, Episode 3: "One's never alone with a rubber duck." Dani watches The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.The main image is a montage and of people and things from the BBC TV adaptation of The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (1981). In the centre is a disgusted/perteberd man wearing a dressing gown over pyjamas - this is Arthur Dent (played by Simon Jones). Beneath him are written the words: This is of course impossible. Surrounding him are: a yellow fish - the Babel Fish, an animal's head on a platter with an apple in it's mouth - this is the Dish of the Day, a tablet-like device - the titular Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (on it's screen are the words: Don't Panic!), and mouse, a weird-shaped glass with an exotic drink - this is a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster (which drinking it is like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a gold brick), a neon sign for 'Milliways' (The Restaurant at the End of the Universe), a multi-armed alien - a Jatravartid holding a few deodorant spray cans, the logo of Disaster Area - generally regarded as not only the loudest rock band in the Galaxy, but also the loudest noise of any kind at all, a mathematical symbol for infinity(?), two fried eggs on slices of bread, a roughly humanoid-shaped robot - Marvin the Paranoid Android (who has a brain the size of a planet - thinking down to our level gives him a headache!), a squadron of red, and green arrows in formation representing space fleets of the G'Guvuntts, and the Vl'Hurgs, the words 'forty' and 'two' in circluar/wooden tiles laid out like Scrabble, a sperm whale, and a pie-chart split into 3 equal looking sections: Thinkers, Doers, Middle Men. Finally, in large, friendly, pink letters: Don't Panic in the background of it all!

NEW EPISODE! This Saturday (11/10/25): non-fan Dani watches #BBC TV version of #DouglasAdams #HitchHikersGuidetotheGalaxy for the 1st time. Our guest is Tim from @randomiserpod.bsky.social Don't forget to bring your #towel! #ArthurDent #Zaphod #FordPrefect #Trillian #Marvin #42