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The Stone Tape | Nigel Kneale’s Christmas Ghost Story Turns 50

The X-Files | ‘How The Ghosts Stole Christmas’ – A Deep Festive Dive

The Lazarus Project | “Season 2 is a Time Travel Story” – An Interview with Joe Barton

Avatar | The Way of Neytiri: Exploring James Cameron’s Warrior Women

Christopher Judge | Elevating Black Voices in Sci-Fi – Watch the Full Video

Stargate | The Best Bits from R/Scifi’s 30 Days of Stargate

Premiere | Christopher Judge – Elevating Black Voices in Sci-Fi

Stargate | Brad Wright on Amazon’s New Show and What Might Been for Travelers – AMA Highlights

Listen to 10 of Our Best Articles Read Aloud with Music, Sound Effects, and Feeling | Companion Update

Christopher Judge Teaser Trailer, Audio Articles Latest, and Brad Wright AMA | Companion Update

Hear Our Audio Articles Before Anyone Else! | Companion Update

Stargate | Teal’c, Tretonin, and My Chronic Illness Journey

Christopher Judge Has a Message for Stargate Fans

Christopher Judge is Confirmed | Companion Update

Outer Wilds | The Sounds of Campfire Sci-Fi with Andrew Prahlow

Week in Film | New Avatar Trailer Drops and Wakanda Forever Hits Theaters

The X-Files | Abraham Lincoln’s Ghost: The Story of the Lost X-Files Episode

Week in Comics | Marvel vs Planet of the Apes + The Best New Comic Books

Star Trek | Deep Space Nine’s ‘Civil Defense’: Hauntings, Cardassians, and Metaphor

Week in Gaming | Mass Effect 5 First Tease + Best New Games

Week in TV | New Stargate “Gathering Dust” + What You Should Be Watching

Star Trek | 14 Fiery Quotes from Marina Sirtis – Watch the Full Video

The X-Files | Frank Spotnitz Storytelling Masterclass – Watch the Full Video

Week in Geek | Doctor Who is Flush with Disney Cash

Star Trek | How Robert Picardo Shaped Voyager’s Story – Watch the Full Video

Firefly | ‘Bushwhacked’ is Perfect Halloween Viewing

Star Trek | Prodigy Season 1 Part 2 Continues to Live Up to Starfleet’s Ideals – Review

Star Trek | We Are All Reg Barclay: Social Anxiety and Imposter Syndrome

Millennium | ‘The Curse of Frank Black’ and the Ghosts of Samhain

Week in Geek | New Stargate Series Might Not Be On Prime Video

Star Trek | Here’s Your Invite for the George Takei Round Table

Severance | Ted Shapiro on Composing the Eerie Emmy-Winning Score

Star Trek | John de Lancie Shares His Q Origin Head Canon – Watch the Full Video

These Are the Damned | Hammer’s Overlooked Atomic Horror Still Chills

Stargate | Our Heroes Reunite in Stargate A.I. v3.0 Atlantis – Watch the Full Video

Star Trek | ‘The Measure of a Man,’ Data, and Defining A.I. Consciousness

The X-Files | ‘Travelers’ and ‘The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat’ Blur the Show’s History

Week in Geek | Quantum Leap Defies Trolls with Full-Season Order

Star Trek | George Takei on Coming Out and Captain Sulu – Watch the Full Video

The X-Files | ‘The Field Where I Died’ and Charismatic Cult Leaders

Star Trek | Trill as Trans: Trek’s Evolving Attitudes Toward Gender Variance

Star Trek | ‘The Naked Time’ Proved George Takei Was a Comedy Master

Star Trek | Wrath of Khan at 40: Kirk’s Mid-Life Crisis Enters Middle Age

Week in Geek | New Doctor Who and Star Trek Trailers Drop

Dog McGillion and Stargate A.I. Quote T-Shirts on Sale Now

Everything Everywhere All at Once | Rafiq Bhatia on Son Lux’s Epic (and Eclectic) Score

Star Trek | How the Star Trek Adventures RPG Spans the Generations

Star Trek | The Madness of Benjamin Sisko: Psychosis and Prophecy

Week in Geek | New Stargate Odds Improve as MGM Gives TV Update

Severance | Apple TV+’s Surprise Hit Crafted a New Language in Sci-Fi

Battlestar Galactica | Bear McCreary Revisits the Music That Made Him

Leech by Hiron Ennes – Read the First Two Chapters

Firefly | Jayne Cobb’s Redemption Gives Us All Hope

Science of Star Trek | “Earl Grey, Hot” – Why Starfleet Captains Love Hot Drinks

UFO | The Alienation of Ed Straker – Gerry Anderson’s Haunted Hero

Week in Geek | Scott Bakula Addresses Quantum Leap Rumors

CGI Fridays | From Pepsiman to Iron Man, Will Anielewicz Made Superheroes Shine

The Expanse | How the Roleplaying Game is Filling the Void Beyond the Books

Star Trek | Jonathan Frakes Defends Discovery – Watch the Full Video

Stargate | Atlantis in Myth: From Ancient History to Stargate’s Lost City

The X-Files | ‘Fearful Symmetry’: Animal Rights and Alien Intervention

Firefly | Kaylee & Jayne: The Case For Greatest Love Story in the ‘Verse

Stargate | Merlin and the Holy Grail: The Medieval Myth Behind the SG-1 Storyline

Week in Geek | Here’re the Greatest Hits from Gatecon 2022

Gatecon 2022 | Peter & David DeLuise Take Us Inside Key SG-1 Episodes

Gatecon 2022 | Peter Williams Cuts to the Core of Apophis with Dial the Gate

Gatecon 2022 | Teryl Rothery Brings the Tears in Heartfelt Comeback

CGI Fridays | Adam Howard on Playing Palpatine and the Secret CG of Birdman

The Companion is 2 Years Old, So Here’s a $20 Gift For You

Stargate | SG-1’ s ‘The Changeling’ is One of TV’s Most Realistic Dream Episodes

Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle – Read the First Two Chapters

Star Wars | What Will it Take For the Sequels to be Re-Appraised?

Week in Geek | Bruce Timm Batman Series Axed by Warner Bros

Star Trek | Lower Decks Season 3 Review (With Minor Spoilers)

The X-Files | ‘El Mundo Gira’: Chupacabra and Fortean Weather in Folklore

Star Trek | The Science of Voyager’s ‘Tuvix’: Symbiogenesis Ain’t That

Stargate | SG-1’s ‘Fair Game’ Shows a Better Way For Us All

Week in Geek | Martin Gero talks Quantum Leap Mythology

CGI Fridays | Adam Howard Made Phasers Pop on Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek | The Music of Strange New Worlds and Prodigy with Nami Melumad

Stargate | SG-1’s ‘The Nox’: A Fairy Story with Powerful Lessons

Stargate | SG-1 ‘The Road Not Taken’: Could it Happen Here?

Week in Geek | Vince Gilligan Returns to Sci-Fi Horror Roots

The X-Files | Better Call ‘Pusher’: Vince Gilligan’s Tragic Men & Monsters

The X-Files | Doggett & Reyes Weren’t Done – Watch the Reunion Video

Stargate | Revisiting the SG-1 Cast’s Appearances in The Outer Limits

Stargate | We Put Atlantis Through the Myers-Briggs Personality Test

Week in Geek | New Stargate Could be Affected by Amazon Investigation

Stargate & Doctor Who | How Four Fanfiction Authors Went ‘Legit’

CGI Fridays | Matchmove Master Alia Agha Touched The Abyss

Star Wars | Changing Parenting Styles from Obi-Wan Kenobi to Din Djarin

The X-Files | ‘Ice’ in Reality: Scientific Secrets Beneath the Permafrost

Stargate | New Series Teased as ‘Children of the Gods’ Turns 25

Star Trek | Nichelle Nichols’ Finest Moments as Uhura

Week in Geek | Stargate Regular Named Quantum Leap Showrunner

The X-Files | Your Invite to Doggett & Reyes Reunite Live is Here

Fire in the Sky | How We Made the 1993 Alien Abduction Thriller

Mothership | Inside the Million Dollar Sci-Fi Horror RPG

VIP Event | Learn from Stargate Co-Creator Brad Wright in His New VIP Event

The X-Files | ‘This is Not Happening’: Revisiting Monica Reyes’s First Episode

Week in Geek | Star Trek, Star Wars, and 100% Superhero-Free News from SDCC

Stargate | Celebrate Stargate SG-1’s 25th Anniversary with Brad Wright and Richard Dean Anderson

CGI Fridays | Henry LaBounta Turned Down Star Wars for Steven Spielberg

The X-Files | Enemy ‘Within’? Revisiting John Doggett’s First Episode

Stargate | The Heart of SG-1 – An Interview with Teryl Rothery

Companion Update | New Events, New Newsletters, and New News

Star Trek | Deep Space Nine’s ‘Babel’ Virus and the Reality of Aphasia

Star Trek | ‘Wolf in the Fold’: How Robert Bloch Went Psycho on The Original Series

The X-Files | Frank Spotnitz Brings Doggett & Reyes to The Companion

Week in Geek | Star Trek, Stargate Model Maker Eaglemoss in Trouble, but Don’t Panic Yet

The X-Files | How John Doggett’s Journey Toyed With Our Expectations

Stargate | SG-1’s ‘Children of the Gods’ – How We Made the Epic Pilot Episode

The Expanse | Naomi Nagata and Camina Drummer: The Angry Women of the Belt

Week in Geek | Stranger Things Duo Plot Stage Play and Stephen King Series

The X-Files | The Case for Monica Reyes: Uplifting Woman of TV

Thor: Love and Thunder | Is This the End of Batshit Machismo? (Review)

Alien | How We Gave the Xenomorph ‘Extended Universe’ Plenty of Bite

Stargate | SG-1’s ‘Children of the Gods’: The Original vs the 2008 Final Cut

Week in Geek | Gerry Anderson UFO Goes Viral as ‘Real’ Flying Saucer

Stargate | Ancient Aliens and Stargate Have a Problematic Relationship

CGI Fridays | Frank Vitz Wanted the Stargate CGI to Melt Your Mind

Star Trek | The Science of Voyager’s ‘Threshold’ (No, Janeway Can’t Turn into a Newt)

Zack Snyder | The Momentous Staying Power of Zack Snyder’s Films

Stargate | Where to Watch Stargate SG-1 Online Right Now

Week in Geek | Quantum Leap Reboot Shoots New Pilot

Stargate | Teal’c on Trial: Can ‘Cor-Ai’s War Crimes be Redeemed?

The X-Files | How the Show Learned to Love Comedy Episodes

Stargate | SG-1’s Major Davis Comes Down to Earth – An Interview with Colin Cunningham

Firefly | Putting Serenity Through the Myers-Briggs Personality Test

Week in Geek | New Stargate in Doubt as Regulator Takes Aim

CGI Fridays | Jeff Kleiser’s Strange Journey from Super-8 to Stargate

The X-Files | ‘Travelers’, Howard Dimsdale, and McCarthy’s Red Menace

Stargate | SG-1’s ‘Rite of Passage’, Adolescence, and Cassandra’s Two Moms

The X-Files | Mulder & Scully Helped Me Understand My Grandmother

Week in Geek | Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Features the Weirdest Comeback

Martian Law | The Strange Story of the 1997 Space Western before Firefly

Star Trek | A History of Starfleet Uniforms From Fashion Disasters to Gender Equality

The X-Files | Why Fox Mulder is a Queer Icon

Week in Geek | More Bad News for British Star Trek Fans

CGI Fridays | How ‘Monster Kid’ Mark Siegel Made it at ILM

Stargate | From Janet to Beckett – How Fandom Copes with Character Death

Firefly & Stargate | Watch Jewel Staite: Uplifting Women in Film & TV Full Video Interview

Stargate | ‘Upgrades’ Shows Us the Truth about SG-1

The X-Files | Why ‘Home’ is Still the Show’s Most Terrifying Episode

Week in Geek | All the Star Wars Celebration News You Need to Know

Ed Kramer’s CGI Secrets is Here

Stargate A.I. Version 2.0 | Watch the Stargate SG-1 Reunion Video in Full

Justice League | Homoerotic and Heroic: The Unspoken Queerness of Zack Snyder’s Films

Star Trek | The Science of Wormholes, Portals, and the Guardian of Forever

Stargate | SG-1 ‘There but for the Grace of God’ and the Choices You Make

Week in Geek | RIP X-Wing and TIE Fighter Creator Colin Cantwell

The X-Files | ‘Darkness Falls’ Warns That Ecoterrorism Is Nothing Next to Nature’s Wrath

Star Trek | Deanna Troi Teaches us to Embrace Sensitivity as a Strength

Sucker Punch | Have We Misunderstood Snyder’s Steampunk Gut Punch?

Week in Geek | Stargate: Timekeepers First Footage Is Worth the Wait

Space: 1999 | Gerry Anderson’s Bleakest Show Reflected Cold War Britain

Star Trek | How The Motion Picture Explored the Horniest Frontier

Star Wars | “I Looked Sh*t-Hot”: An Oral History of Imperial Officers

Firefly | “One Day, We’ll Watch Firefly and Talk about Kaylee” – a Letter to My Daughter

Week in Geek | Doctor Who’s Ncuti Gatwa is the Perfect Casting

Star Trek | Strange New Worlds Boldly Goes Back to Basics (Review)

Star Wars | Put Your Questions to CGI Legend Ed Kramer

Star Trek | Teenage Genes, So Hard to Beat – De-Evolution in TNG’s ‘Genesis’

Stargate | SG-1 ‘One False Step’: Mycelium Networks and Plant Consciousness

Week in Geek | Noel Clarke Sues BAFTA: An Explainer

Stargate | Communication Stones and the Nature of Consciousness

Stargate | Manifesting Destiny: Stargate A.I. Creator Laurence Moroney Has Seen the Future

Who is Your Daddy and What Does He Do?: The Companion Survey 2022

Star Trek | How the Next Generation Pinball Dodged Disaster to Become a Hit

Week in Geek | How Star Trek NFTs Tore Fandom Apart

The X-Files | Who is ‘Deep Throat’? The Real Answer Lies in Watergate

Stargate | Putting SG-1 Through the Myers-Briggs Personality Test

Stargate | How We Made Stargate Infinity… and What Happened Next

Week in Geek | DC Entertainment: “Please Come Back, We’ve Changed”

Star Trek | Seven of None: Voyager’s ‘The Gift’ and the Ethics of Assimilation

The Expanse | A Space Anthropologist Rates Belter and Martian Society

Star Trek | Universal Translator Tech Is Pretty Close – So Are Its Challenges

Only Seven Tickets Left! Michael Shanks VIP Event

Stargate | SG-1’s ‘Demons’ is the Perfect Warning Against Fake News

Week in Geek | Picard Season 3 Gets the Bridge Back Together

Star Wars | Furry Road: How We Made the Ewoks Movies

Star Trek | The Hopepunk Case for Deep Space Nine

She-Hulk | Savage vs Sensational She-Bodies from Jennifer Walters to Hope van Dyne

Week in Geek | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds First Trailer is Here

Quantum Leap | Deborah M. Pratt: Uplifting Women in Film & TV

Star Wars | ‘Disco Sci-Fi’ from Moonbase Alpha to the Mos Eisley Cantina

Star Trek | The Science of Crystalline Entity and Silicon-Based Life

Ultraviolet | Vampires in London: The Story of Channel 4’s Ultraviolet

Week in Geek | New Stargate Will Wrap Up Atlantis and Universe Storylines

Star Trek | How We Made The Rebel Universe Videogame

Star Wars | Clumsy or Stupid? Why the Galactic Empire Loses Battles

Stargate | Janet’s Death Stings Now More Than Ever

Star Trek | Picard, Seven of Nine, and Growing Old with Trauma

Week in Geek | Stargate is With Amazon – It’s Official

Quantum Leap | Join Us for Deborah M. Pratt: Uplifting Women in Film & TV

Stargate | ‘Poisoning the Well’: Is Victory Worth Any Price?

Star Trek | The Impossible Neuroscience of ‘The Inner Light’

Stargate | How Sam Carter’s Hairstyles Explain Everything

Week in Geek | (Don’t Fear) The Leaper: NBC’s Quantum Leap Gets Even Better

Star Trek | Opening ‘The Cage’: The Time for Captain Pike is Now

Cthulhu Awakens | Green Ronin Founder Chris Pramas on Lovecraft’s Reckoning

Companion Update | Will You Help the Children of Ukraine?

Week in Geek | Farewell to The Man Who Made Star Wars Possible

Star Trek | Enterprise ‘Broken Bow’ 20 Years On with Dominic Keating

Star Trek | Picard Season 2 Celebrates the Best of The Next Generation

The Expanse | Clarissa Explains it All – An Interview with Nadine Nicole

Star Wars | Is the High Republic Already at Risk?

Week in Geek | Badgey’s Back Alright

Video | Richard Dean Anderson Q&A

Stargate | SG-1’s ‘The Other Side’: Do the Ends Justify the Means?

Star Trek | Is ‘Spock’s Brain’ Really the Worst of The Original Series?

Week in Geek | We Need to Talk About Kelvin

Star Trek | Talking Ship: VFX Legend Rob Legato Shot Enterprise in his Basement

CGI Friday | Doug Trumbull Lived in the Future, and I Was Lucky to Visit

Podcast | Inside a Healing Tank of Goo – Episode 10

Star Wars | Treat Yourself to a Bacta Tank Spa Day

Star Trek | Just Like a Trill: The Science of Symbionts

Stargate | Understanding the Arthurian Myth Behind SG-1’s ‘Morpheus’

Stargate | New Valentines Cards: More Teal’c, Daniel, and Smut

Star Trek | Unlucky in Love: The Romantic Disasters of Jean-Luc Picard

RDA Live Q&A With Brad Wright

Star Wars | Sex With Robots: Lando, L3-37, and the Drinks Droid

Podcast | The Alcohol Roomba of the Galaxy – Episode 9

Sense8 | Lito and Nomi: Sensates and Queer Struggle

Stargate | Richard Dean Anderson Wants Your Questions

Stargate | 10 Valentine’s Cards to Send to Your First Prime

Stargate | Jack O’Neill’s Lesson in Living with Loss

Star Wars | The Queer Potential of Luke Skywalker

Star Wars | Pit Droids: In Praise of Tatooine’s Mini Mechanics

Podcast | The Necessary Lives of Expendable Droids – Episode 8

Farscape | Crichton and Pop Culture as a Survival Mechanism

Stargate | ‘Crystal Skull’ and ‘Learning Curve’ in the Shadow of Alzheimer’s

Week in Geek | Doctor Who Missing Episodes… Still Missing

Farscape | Crichton and PTSD: Ben Browder’s Study in Trauma

Star Wars | B’omarr Monks: The Brain That Wouldn’t Die

Podcast | Here Come The Spider-Brains – Episode 7

Star Trek | Why Escaping the Delta Quadrant is a Nightmare

Battlestar Galactica | The Allegory of Our Journey through the Dark

Week in Geek | Star Trek: Discovery’s Cast Are Simply Too Cute

Video | SG-1’s Richard Dean Anderson in Conversation with Brad Wright

RDA and Brad Wright Video Interview | Watch Party

Stargate | How To Join the Richard Dean Anderson Watch Party

Podcast | Databank Dive Episode 6 – The Galaxy’s Attack Position

Star Wars | How We Made A New Hope’s Death Star Trench Run

Stargate | Vote for Your Favorite Carson Beckett Moments

Farscape | John Crichton and the Kubler-Ross Culture Shock Curve

Stargate | Bring a Friend to the Richard Dean Anderson Watch Party

Thor | The Slapstick Deicide of Marvel’s Thunder God
