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I Don't Do Sci-Fi

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@min3rvas0wl.bsky.social & @selsijohn.bsky.social show non-fan Dani classic Sci-Fi films or TV shows. anchor.fm/idontdoscifi Also check-out our previous podcast anchor.fm/the-tripodscast

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I Don't Do Sci-Fi@idontdoscifi.bsky.social · 4w ago

Star Trek began airing on BBC1 on this day in 1969! They began with 'Where No Man Has Gone Before.' (More sensible than beginning with 'The Man Trap.') Listen to newbie Dani's thoughts on the series!

I Don't Do Sci-Fi@idontdoscifi.bsky.social · 2y ago

New episode! We initiate non #scifi fan Dani into Roddenberry's utopian 60s TV series, #startrek. Will her hailing frequencies be open to its charm & optimism? Or will she be raising shields? Joining us is guest @willhadcroft.bsky.social anchor.fm/idontdoscifi youtube.com/@iddsf

The text/logo for I Don't Do Sci-Fi - The Podcast Series, Season 2, Episode 2. A 2nd text box underneath says: Centuries beyond anything as crude as television. Dani watches Star Trek: The Original Series. The image behind these text boxes are a collage of co-host John Isles dressed as a 'Redshirt' (THE most unlucky colour uniform to wear in TOS) from Star Trek in 8 life-threatening, perilous situations based on original artwork by Ron Embleton (with thanks to Captain Scarlet for Redshirt workplace hazards guide): crawling out of a pile of rocks, sinking to the bottom of the sea, weighed down with chains, and with sharks circling, a pile of wooden crates tumbling down to land on him, tied to a tree in an alien jungle with a three-headed snake menacing him - an "Aldebaran serpent", falling out of the open door of a Starfleet shuttlecraft as it flys through space, about to be crushed between large metal spikes attached to walls closing in on him - he is pushing with all his might against them, knocked over by a tank - that's driving towards him, finally falling from a skyscraper to be squished on the ground far, far below (with laserbeams passing by him).
I Don't Do Sci-Fi@idontdoscifi.bsky.social · last mo.

We introduced newbie Dani to #StarCops for our first episode. Today is 'Star Cops Day' - the series debuted on BBC2 on 6th July 1987!

I Don't Do Sci-Fi@idontdoscifi.bsky.social · 3y ago

Catch-up with co-host non-believer Dani's views on watching Sci-Fi TV & Films: Star Cops, Death Race 2000/Rollerball, Blake's 7, Dark Season, Dr Who & the Daleks/Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150AD, The Stone Tape/Ghostwatch, Star Trek Movies, & The Silent Sea. anchor.fm/idontdoscifi youtube.com/@iddsf

The I Don't Do Sci-Fi logo (in the style of the Doctor Who titles from 1987-89) in the centre, with a colourful starfield behind it. Surrounding the logo in a circular pattern are 8 images representing each episode of Season 1 of the I Don't Do Sci-Fi Podcast: Star Cops, Death Race 2000/Rollerball, Blake's 7, Dark Season, Dr Who & the Daleks/Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150AD, The Stone Tape, Star Trek Movies, and The Silent Sea.
The Randomiser Podcast@randomiserpod.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In a world full of horror and awfulness, we are proud to add to that with: The Randomiser Podcast, episode 48 "Best Enjoyed Awake" Winner of this year's "Most inaccurate episode title" award. Badly recorded on Zoom for your listening displeasure, sorry about that. share.transistor.fm/s/8fb8e6da

48: Best Enjoyed Awake | The Randomiser: Unpredictable Doctor Who chat | Episode 48

With special guests Dani and Rebecca Wray, from "I Don't Do Sci-Fi"-- Spoilers warnings for --- all episodes of Doctor Who up to and including The Reality War.- The recovered episodes 1 & 3 of The Dal...

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Gareth Preston@garethpreston.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Before the 13th Doctor there was Dr B B Miller. Releasing an episode of Very British Futures all about 1991's Time Riders tomorrow. Children's SF drama featuring Hadyn Gywnne as the hero with Kenneth Hall as her Victorian urchin pal Ben.

Hadyn Gywnne as Dr B B Miller.
I Don't Do Sci-Fi@idontdoscifi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

@towelday.bsky.social, if it's not an imposition, please would you share the links to our Hitchhikers/Douglas Adams episode of our podcast? Thanks!

I Don't Do Sci-Fi@idontdoscifi.bsky.social · 10mo ago

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

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!
I Don't Do Sci-Fi@idontdoscifi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Do you know where your towel is? Happy #TowelDay where we celebrate the life of #DouglasAdams. He was a Hoopy #Frood

I Don't Do Sci-Fi@idontdoscifi.bsky.social · 10mo ago

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

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!
Gareth Preston@garethpreston.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Thunderbirds on the Very British Futures podcast: A Dive into Iconic Episodes Thunderbirds, a classic British sci-fi series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, debuted in 1965. It follows the International Rescue organization, utilizing advanced technology to save lives and fight crime. Renowned…

Thunderbirds on the Very British Futures podcast: A Dive into Iconic Episodes

Thunderbirds, a classic British sci-fi series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, debuted in 1965. It follows the International Rescue organization, utilizing advanced technology to save lives and fight crime. Renowned for its exciting rescues and creativity, the show remains iconic. Our latest podcast episode revisited key episodes, highlighting its enduring appeal.

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Alex Wilcock 🔸🏳️‍🌈@alexwilcock.bsky.social · 4mo ago

OYD* 1922: Sam Youd (John Christopher) Writer of many dystopian novels, compelling to young me not just for his grim worldbuilding but their sour endings Most famous for The Tripods Trilogy, later a BBC1 series with an infamously (accidentally) bleak finish *Yesterday, but…

The Prince In Waiting by John Christopher – stylised cover in reds and greens with soldiers in armour before a walled city with a head on a spike over its gateRadio Times September 1984 cover – The Tripods Are Coming, with towering metal Tripod travel machine
Gareth Preston@garethpreston.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Terrahawks – Very British Futures One of the hazards of nostalgia for old children's television is that fans sometimes forget they've done a lot of maturing since they watched their favourite programmes as youngsters. It became a problem for Terrahawks, Gerry Anderson's comeback to puppet…

Terrahawks – Very British Futures

One of the hazards of nostalgia for old children's television is that fans sometimes forget they've done a lot of maturing since they watched their favourite programmes as youngsters. It became a problem for Terrahawks, Gerry Anderson's comeback to puppet adventures in the Eighties, only to face criticisms from the viewers who'd grown up on Thunderbirds in the Sixties who found these new stringless stories somewhat lacking. Nevertheless plenty of their children did enjoy it, and not just in the UK but in countries such as the United States and Japan too.

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