Episode 9 - Godzilla Minus One
Starship Alexandria
For our January 2026 episode of Starship Alexandria, Emma puts forward the movie Godzilla Minus One directed by Takashi Yamazaki for Adrian to consider. Other talking points: A monstrous regiment of Godzillas Survivor’s Guilt Redemption arcs Found boat family The Unbearable Weightiness of Kaiju Convenient mattress factories Godzilla amplification Media Mentions: Godzilla (Gojira), movie dir Ishiro Honda Subsequent Godzilla movies, dir. various Pacific Rim, movie dir. Guillermo...
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Day 25 - 2025 Advent Calendar
Starship Alexandria
Merry Christmas! This is the twenty-fifth, and final, episode of the 2025 advent calendar. We share some news, a gift and something that will hopefully make you laugh! If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 24 - 2025 Advent Calendar
Starship Alexandria
For the Christmas Eve episode of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Adrian shares why Andor is so special for him. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 23 - 2025 Advent Calendar
Starship Alexandria
For the twenty-third day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Emma shares her deep love for the show Detectorists. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 22 - 2025 Advent Calendar
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For the twenty-second day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Adrian makes a bold declaration about the show Farscape. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 21 - 2025 Advent Calendar
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For the twenty-first day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Emma talks about another cosy murder mystery show, this one set in 1920's Melbourne: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 20 - 2025 Advent Calendar
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For the twentieth day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Adrian shares his love of the ultimate low budget british science-fiction show Blake's 7. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 19 - 2025 Advent Calendar
Starship Alexandria
For the nineteenth day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Emma talks about why Avatar: The Last Airbender (the original animated series!) is such a joy to watch. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 18 - 2025 Advent Calendar
Starship Alexandria
For the eighteenth day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Adrian talks about a show he loves which is impossible to enthuse about without spoilers: The Good Place. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 17 - 2025 Advent Calendar
Starship Alexandria
For the seventeenth day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Emma recommends a TV show that is not for those who want a happy, easy story; The Leftovers. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
info_outlineFor our sixth episode of Starship Alexandria, Adrian puts forward our first film, Battle Beyond the Stars directed by Roger Corman, for Emma to watch and consider.
Other talking points:
Idiolectic time units
Suggestive spaceship design
Doing the robot
Caiman, of the Lambda Zone
Doing a lot of spaceship on a small budget
James Horner soundtracks
The longevity of practical model work
Writing to music
Media Mentions:
The Seven Samurai, film directed by Akira Kurosawa
The Magnificent Seven, film directed by John Sturges
Logan’s Run, film directed by Michael Anderson
The Waltons, TV series
Pulp Fiction, film directed by Quentin Tarantino
The A-Team, TV series
Our next episode will look at The Ministry for the Future, the novel by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Adrian’s music recommendation: the soundtrack to the Skylanders computer game, by Lorne Balfe and Han Zimmer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Z9PCie0mo&list=PL046FFA1862CCE21C&ab_channel=SethisZurlo
Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance https://geni.us/thevengeance
Adrian’s most recent book: The Hungry Gods https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-hungry-gods-adrian-tchaikovsky/7756963
Follow us at:
Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and www.enewman.co.uk
Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and www.adriantchaikovsky.com