Before Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin famously blew up the White House, they sent Kurt Russell, and James Spader on a journey trillions of miles from home! Stargate (1994) was a combination of action/adventure, sci-fi, and ancient Egyptian mythology.

While a modest success at the box office, it failed to get a sequel on the big screen. Yet the movie contained the beginning of a saga and the seeds of potential that would grow into long-running TV show Stargate SG-1, and many other Stargate spin-off series and media.

Joining us as we step over the threshold into the Stargate is returning guest, sci-fi aficionado and long-time 'Gater' Mark Ali.

Credits:

Hosts: Dani Wray, Rebecca Wray, John Isles All music composed and performed by Steve Johnson https://www.idlebones.co.uk

Logo by Kevin Hiley. Cover composition by Dani Wray.

Directed and edited by Kevin Hiley

Produced by Kevin Hiley and Rebecca Wray

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E-mail: idontdoscifi@gmail.com

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To tell the story of this episode of the podcast, it's best to tell the story of some of the minds behind it. A human from the planet Earth was one of them, though as our podcast opens, she no more knows the 1981 BBC2 television adaptation of the hugely successful radio series, and novels of Douglas Adams' Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy than chatGPT knows about … well, anything. Her name is Dani Wray, she is a five-foot tall ape descendant and someone is trying to convince her to like science fiction.

This episode our guest is Tim Reid, who was not descended from an ape, but was in fact from a small town somewhere in the vicinity of Glasgow and not from Guildford after all.

Will Dani award the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy the Galactic Institute Prize for Extreme Cleverness, or will it make her small intestine leap up her spinal chord and throttle her brain? Find out if you can, in this improbable episode of I Don't Do Sci-Fi!

Credits:

Hosts: Dani Wray, Rebecca Wray, John Isles All music composed and performed by Steve Johnson https://www.idlebones.co.uk

All artwork and logos by Kevin Hiley. Directed and edited by Kevin Hiley

Produced by Kevin Hiley and Rebecca Wray

Contact details:

E-mail: idontdoscifi@gmail.com

Blue Sky: idontdoscifi.bsky.social

Facebook: I Don't Do Sci-fi

Last season, we made Dani watch Star Trek II, III and IV for the podcast, and to our suprise/relief she actually enjoyed them!

Emboldened by this, we decided to initiate Dani into Gene Roddenberry's utopian 1960s TV series so she can experience the OG 'Five Year Mission!'

Star Trek (now appended by fans as 'The Original Series' or 'TOS' for short) ran for three seasons from 1966-69 on NBC in the States. Despite the modest initial run, its cultural legacy has been enormous, becoming arguably the most famous science fiction franchise of all time. There are more Star Trek related products out there than we could ever hope to list!

But how will Dani greet this creaky old show full of hastily painted chipboard sets, papier-mâché rocks, and unevenly tailored uniforms?

Will Dani's hailing frequencies be open to its charm and optimism of a wonderful future for humanity in space? Or will she be raising shields to this melodramatic old dinosaur that is long since past its best?

To counter the rabid fandom of hosts John and Rebecca, our returning guest this episode is author, and casual Star Trek enjoyer, Will Hadcroft!

Credits:

Hosts: Dani Wray, Rebecca Wray, John Isles All music composed and performed by Steve Johnson https://www.idlebones.co.uk

All artwork and logos by Kevin Hiley. Directed and edited by Kevin Hiley

Produced by Kevin Hiley and Rebecca Wray

Contact details:

E-mail: idontdoscifi@gmail.com

Blue Sky: idontdoscifi.bsky.social

Facebook: I Don't Do Sci-fi

Will Hadcroft's latest audiobook 'Dark Contract' is available now.