Podcasts by Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi Podcast

S02 E06: Arise, Sir Robby! We talk Excalibur with author Joe Abercrombie from 2021-09-03T21:54:57

Is that the rousing sound of Carl Orff’s O Fortuna assaulting our ears? Yes, it’s time for a genuine “round table” discussion: this episode we look back at Excalibur, John Boorman’s 1981 whirlwi...

S02 E05: Find the Minority Report from 2021-08-26T00:07:09

We’ve received a premonition of the future and we predict that you’re about to listen to an hour and a bit of sci-fi and fantasy chat. Thanks to our pre-cog mates, we’ve also learned that we’ll ...

S02 E04: Hasta la vista, Robby. It’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day from 2021-08-10T10:50:02

Join us on a trip back 30 years, as we rewatch Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

Rightly regarded as a landmark in movie special effects, James Cameron’s 1991 classic remains a much-loved actio...

S02 E03: Everything's relative in Christopher Nolan's Interstellar from 2021-07-19T21:47:09

Black holes. Warped time. The end of the world! It’s all relativity as we look back – and forward – at Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar.

S02 E02: Don't panic! It's The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy from 2021-06-21T23:53:28

We’ve got answers, but if you’re looking for questions… Well, you’re going to have to ask Deep Thought. We take a trip through life, the universe and everything as we celebrate The Hitchhiker’s ...

S02 E01: There can be only one Highlander from 2021-06-08T08:33:32

Don’t lose your head! Your sci-fi podcast is back for its second season. We’ll be rewatching 1986 sword-and-accents fantasy Highlander in the company of top author Guy Haley. Plus we’ll reveal t...

BONUS EPISODE What We've Been Watching And Reading from 2021-06-02T03:37:34

We're back! But we haven't yet returned to our original form...

As a precursor to the upcoming, hotly anticipated second season of Robby The Robot's Waiting, we've put to...

What We've Been Watching And/Or Reading: Special Edition from 2021-06-02T03:37:34

We're back! But we haven't yet returned to our original form...

As a precursor to the upcoming, hotly anticipated second season of Robby The Robot's Waiting, we've pu...

BONUS EPISODE The Falcon And The Winter Soldier [MASSIVE SPOILERS!] from 2021-05-02T09:41:07

The latest MCU series felt like a film told in six instalments. Soaring action, powerful themes, exotic locations, old allies and new foes... it's been a thrill ride. We've had a week to recover...

Episode 17 (redux): The Black Hole, Snowpiercer, For All Mankind, Servant, The Suicide Squad, Comic-Con, ThunderCats and Game Of Thrones from 2021-04-25T12:51:05

Found it! Yes, the famous lost episode of Robby The Robot’s Waiting – the one that got lost somewhere in the deepest depths of outer space (aka the internet) – has been rediscovered and unleashe...

Episode 18: Futurama, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Falcon And The Winter Soldier, The One, The Nevers, Thunder Force, Star Trek and more [season one finale] from 2021-04-04T19:09:39

Good news, everyone! We’re hitching a ride to the 31st century with Planet Express, to celebrate the animated comedy genius of Futurama with our guest, writer and broadcaster Yael Tygiel. You ca...

BONUS EPISODE WandaVision Celebration [MASSIVE SPOILERS!] from 2021-03-12T10:22:23

Life moves pretty fast out in the suburbs. It was only last Friday that WandaVision came to an end. So we’ve put to...

Episode 16: Spider-Man 2, Space Sweepers, Joss Whedon, WandaVision, Christopher Plummer, Buck Rogers, Star Wars, Iron Fist, A Song Of Ice And Fire and more from 2021-02-25T12:22:55

With great power comes great responsibility – and some great movies. Amazingly, it’s been 17 years since Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker battled Doc Ock. In the latest episode of your sci-fi and fa...

Episode 15: WALL-E, Resident Alien, Fate: The Winx Saga, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Game Of Thrones, Harry Potter, The Matrix 4 and more from 2021-02-09T05:22:52

It’s the end of the world as we know it – and he feels fine! The story of a bleak dystopian future Earth was always unlikely subject matter for an animated movie, but if anyone could make it wor...

Episode 14: Supernatural, WandaVision, A Discovery Of Witches, Outside The Wire, The Expanse, Lord Of The Rings, Star Wars and more from 2021-01-25T15:23:14

Welcome to the latest episode of your sci-fi and fantasy podcast, where three top genre journalists lead you through the best of past, current and upcoming TV, movies and books. It’s like gettin...

BONUS EPISODE Star Trek Discovery Season 3 Celebration [MASSIVE SPOILERS!] from 2021-01-15T07:06:48

Hailing frequencies open! With the latest season of Star Trek Discovery coming to end last week, it’s time to take a break from our regular p...

Episode 13: Terry Pratchett’s Night Watch, Soul, The Midnight Sky, Doctor Who, The Expanse, Star Wars, Elder Scrolls and more from 2021-01-10T23:29:32

Happy New Year, and welcome to our first episode of 2021. Thank you to all our listeners who have been with us on this journey. If you’re new to Robby The Robot’s Waiting: welcome! You’ll find s...

BONUS EPISODE Review Of The Year 2020 from 2020-12-30T10:00

At the end of a year when planet Earth turned into a total-immersion version of a post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie, the Robby The Robot’s Waiting team tak...

CHRISTMAS EPISODE Haven from 2020-12-28T19:41:42

Christmas has been an eclectic mix for the Robby The Robot’s Waiting team. The premise of our "Christmas gifts" was to introduce our co-hosts to someth...

CHRISTMAS EPISODE The Devil's Backbone from 2020-12-27T19:39:03

We've reinvented the concept of Christmas presents this year. Instead of handing out actual tangible gifts, Tanavi, Dave and Richard – aka the Robby The Robot's Waiting podcast team – have each ...

CHRISTMAS EPISODE Hawk The Slayer from 2020-12-26T20:12:23

Merry Christmas! In three special festive episodes of Robby The Robot's Waiting, we're handing out Christmas presents... in a manner of speaking. In each one, regular hosts Dave, Tanavi and Rich...

BONUS EPISODE The Mandalorian Season 2 Celebration [MASSIVE SPOILERS!] from 2020-12-22T09:30:50

After the explosive season finale of The Mandalorian on Disney+ had Star Wars fans buzzing, we declare it the most impor...

Episode 12: Gremlins, Wonder Woman 1984, Star Wars, Marvel, Dungeons & Dragons, Batman and more from 2020-12-21T16:59:37

Is a mogwai for life or just for Christmas? The Gremlins are having a party in Kingston Falls and we’re all invited. With the festive season looming, we invite writer Sarah Dobbs onto the podcas...

Episode 11: Forbidden Planet, Ready Player Two, LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special, David Prowse, Killjoys, SCI-FI-LONDON, Christopher Nolan, Game Of Thrones and more from 2020-12-06T23:58:31

It’s the movie that gave this podcast its name, and a classic of ’50s cinema. But how does Forbidden Planet hold up now it’s old enough to draw its pension? We head to Altair IV to chat about th...

Episode 10: Energize! It's Star Trek: The Original Series with Paul Cornell from 2020-11-22T23:12:16

Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of Robby the Robot’s Waiting. Its hour-long mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new sci-fi and new conversations…  to, er, bo...

Episode 10: Star Trek: The Original Series, His Dark Materials, Star Wars, Wonder Woman, Transformers: Redemption, a tale of two Chrisses, The Umbrella Academy and Spike vs Angel from 2020-11-22T23:12:16

Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of Robby the Robot’s Waiting. Its hour-long mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new sci-fi and new conversations…  to, er, bo...

Episode 9: Moonraker, The Mandalorian, Tim Burton, Willow, Sean Connery, Avatar 2 and loads more from 2020-11-08T09:45:22

Wherever Star Wars can go, James Bond can go too. In the latest episode of Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi Podcast, we open the dossier on 007’s outer space adventure, Listen

BONUS EPISODE 25 Years Of SFX Magazine: Part 2 from 2020-11-03T23:42:25

Welcome to the second part of a special episode of Robby the Robot’s Waiting dedicated to 25 years of SFX magazine!

We had so much fun recording this bonus conversation that we split it i...

BONUS EPISODE 25 Years Of SFX Magazine: Part 1 from 2020-10-30T09:00

Welcome to a very special episode of Robby the Robot’s Waiting – an instalment with added SFX appeal!

SFX, the world’s number one sci-fi and fantasy magazine, celebrated its 25th annivers...

Episode 8: Final Destination, The Haunting Of Bly Manor, Star Trek: Discovery, The Mandalorian, The Watch and more from 2020-10-21T22:31:40

October is the spookiest month, so we’re joined by horror expert Louise Blain to discuss new TV series The Haunting Of Bly Manor and classic movie Final Destination. Is Netflix’s gothic romance ...

Episode 7: Batman, Ms Marvel, The Walking Dead: World Beyond, Brave New World, Arrow, The Boys and more from 2020-10-11T23:10:23

Where does he get those wonderful toys? We take the Batmobile back to 1989 to reminisce on Tim Burton’s Batman. And we’re joined on the journey by screenwriter, author, journalist and nerd celeb...

Episode 6: Battlestar Galactica, sci-fi at the Emmys, The Walking Dead, Quantum Leap, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous and more from 2020-09-25T08:38:02

There are those who believe… that the rebooted Battlestar Galactica is TV’s greatest ever space opera. We hear the sound of Cylons as we set coordinates for classic episode “33”, in this, the la...

Episode 5: The X-Files, 2020 movie preview, Black Widow, The Boys, Ridley Scott, The Witcher and more from 2020-09-10T10:23:22

Things are getting strange we’re starting to worry, this could be a case for… the Robby The Robot’s Waiting crew! Yes, in the latest podcast we’re seeing if the truth really is out there, with a...

BONUS EPISODE Spoiler-filled Tenet special from 2020-09-04T11:00

Anyone for Tenet? In this one-off special episode, your Robby The Robot’s Waiting crew venture back to the cinema to watch Christopher Nolan’s time-bending thriller Tenet. ...

Episode 4: Dune, The Batman, Lovecraft Country, Lucifer, Star Wars and more from 2020-08-31T17:16:24

Sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere, but it didn’t stand in the way of Dune becoming a classic. We fold space and take a trip through Frank Herbert’s epic SF novel ...

Episode 3: Flash Gordon, Life After Flash, Star Trek, Red Dwarf, Raised By Wolves, The Watch, and more from 2020-08-13T10:19:56

Flash Gordon approaching! (What do you mean “Flash Gordon approaching”?) 

We’re off to Mongo circa 1980 in the third episode of your new fave sci-fi podcast. Lisa Downs, director of ...

Episode 2: Cursed, Tremors, Comic-Con@Home trailers, The Boys and more from 2020-07-30T23:47:16

We're going underground (going underground)... Welcome to the second episode of Robby The Robot’s Waiting: The Sci-Fi Podcast. If you love sci-fi, fantasy and horror, join enter...

Episode 1: Buffy, Marvel, Space Force, Comic-Con@Home 2020 preview and more from 2020-07-16T10:08:20

Hailing frequencies open! Welcome to the first episode of Robby The Robot’s Waiting. Yep, we know the title only makes sense if you’re aware of both 1980s Bananarama hits and 19...