The Great Derelict

Step aboard the Great Derelict - a massive long abandoned space dock and join Andy as he explores all the various aspects of Spaceships, Science fiction, and general geekery, In-depth reviews and discussions, bite size shows and little odds and sods

The Derelict does the Dominion War 12/04/2023

The Derelict does the Dominion War Welcome aboard the Great Derelict! ghuy'cha'! ghuy'cha'! which might be Klingon for Achtung, depending on the translator. This week Andy is joind once again by Eric to take a deep dive into the Dominion War and ask if it was as black and white as we might have believed, was the Dominion just evil? and what impact did it have on the alpha quadrant. You can find more from Eric on Twitter and you can read the USS Pershing here: and We have Engaged the Borg here: And you can find more of Andy here: and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/28915703

Is Thrawn a baddie? 10/20/2023

Is Thrawn a baddie? Welcome aboard the Great Derelict! We're back after an unscheduled hiatus with a look at everyones favourite red eyed blue skinned Admiral, Mitth'raw'nuruodo, or Thrawn to his friends, Andy is joined by John and Nathan to look at how his character has evolved over the years and ask if he's still a baddie or not? You can find more from John here: and on I Quit Star Trek here: and Nathans Blog can be found here: - And you can find more of Andy here: and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/28375013

The Road Home to Babylon 5 08/25/2023

The Road Home to Babylon 5 Welcome aboard the Great Derelict! This week Andy is honoured to welcome back Gillian, Satai of the grey council as we take a rather unexpected but very welcomed return to Babylon 5 with the surprise animated movie 'The Road Home' We talk about the story, the cast old and new and what the film might mean for the future of Babylon 5 You can find Gillian on Twitter - and on Blue Sky - And you can find more of Andy here: and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/27852510

10 years on: Star Trek Into Darkness 08/10/2023

10 years on: Star Trek Into Darkness Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is Joined by Charlotte as we Boldly go where no-ones has ever returned before, to re-evaluate one of the most divisive Star Trek films of all time, Into Darkness and ask if its really as bad as I remember? You can find Charlotte here: and And you can find more of Andy here: and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/27717399

The Art of We have Engaged the Borg 07/21/2023

The Art of We have Engaged the Borg Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is STILL going on about that Book he wrote with Eric, but this week is joined by Hye and Ste to talk about the art and design of the book, from the wonderful LCARS pages to Ste's fantastic paintings and logo You can find all the socials for the Book as well as the link to read it here: You can find more from Hye here: and the Ohniaka 3 Project here: and Ste can be found here: And you can find more of Andy here: and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/27528018

Writing the Wolf 359 Project 07/07/2023

Writing the Wolf 359 Project Welcome back to the Great Derelict In this slightly self serving episode Andy is joined by Eric to talk about the book they have just released 'We Have Engaged the Borg: The Oral history of the Battle of Wolf 359' You can find all the socials for the Book as well as the link to read it here: You can find Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarfleetHist And you can find more of Andy here: and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/27400626

Talking to Andy Diggle about Incubus, The Losers and Expanse at Lawless 06/11/2023

Talking to Andy Diggle about Incubus, The Losers and Expanse at Lawless Oye Beltalowda and Welcome back aboard the Great Derelict! This week Andy is interviewing Andy at the Lawless Comic Con to talk about his career and most importantly his new series The Expanse Dragons Tooth, a sequel comic to the Expanse. You can find Andy on Twitter here: http://www.andydiggle.com/ And be sure to follow Lawless here: https://lawlesscomiccon.co.uk/ And you can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/27111969

Pondering Picard S3 05/25/2023

Pondering Picard S3 Welcome back aboard the Great Derelict! This week the Andy is reconvening the Admiralty and is joined by Hye and the Llama God to take a look at Picard S3 and ask is it any good or at the very least was it better than Season 1 and 2? You can find the Llama god on Twitter: You can find Hye on Twitter: and the Ohniaka 3 Project can be found here: And you can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/26955765

Interlude 6: The Return of the Undiscovered Country 05/13/2023

Interlude 6: The Return of the Undiscovered Country Welcome back to the Great Derelict! So after an unintended extended hiatus (sorry was galavanting) I return with the episode i asked you all to contribute to before I left so there wouldn't be a gap in the schedule, don't you just love it when things like that all line up? Anyway enjoy a wonderful selection of music from you my lovely listeners And you can find more of Andy here: and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/26830344

The Fleet Museum from Star Trek Picard 04/06/2023

The Fleet Museum from Star Trek Picard Welcome back aboard the Great Derelict! This week Andy is joined by Claude Berube the Director of the US Naval Academy Museum to take a look at the Starfleet Museum shown in Star Trek Picard Season 3 We look at how it compared to current museums and some of the challenges it might face and why you shouldn't leave sensitive equipment on historic ships. You can find Claude on Twitter: On the Preble Hall Podcast about Naval History here - And on the Joint Geeks of Staff here: And you can find more of Andy here: and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/26471571

Audio Drama with Rob Valentine 03/25/2023

Audio Drama with Rob Valentine Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy after 10 years of podcasting finally decides to speak to an expert and is joined by Rob Valentine to talk about Audio Dramas (not Audio books) You can find Rob on twitter here: And you can find more of Andy here: and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/26339934

Kang, Kang and more Kangs and the state of the MCU 03/11/2023

Kang, Kang and more Kangs and the state of the MCU Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is still messing around with Multiverses and is joined by Steve Lacey to try and get a handle on this Kang fellow and what it means for the MCU going forward Beware spoilers for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania You can find Steve on the Birdapp: and the Fantasicast here: And you can find more of Andy here: and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/26198718

Alternate History 02/24/2023

Alternate History Welcome back to the Great Derelict In this timeline Andy overslept so he was late to his geography GCSE and so Jim and Elton were his co-hosts on Space Dock Jury! wibbly wobbly timey wimey They have come back to discuss the genre of Alternate History and how it connects to Sci-Fi You can find Jim at Hypnogoria :- And Elton at Rogue Two :- And you can find more of Andy here: - and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/26032857

Children of Men 02/09/2023

Children of Men Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Ness as they take a deep dive look at the 2006 Masterpiece ‘Children of Men’ Ness can be found on Twitter - And you can find more of Andy on Mastodon - and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - http://www.roguetwomedia.com/ - https://twitter.com/GreatDerelict - https://www.facebook.com/groups/GreatDerelict/ /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/25885470

Breaking down the Borg 01/26/2023

Breaking down the Borg Welcome back aboard the Great Derelict! This week Andy has noticed the atmosphere onboard the Derelict is 39.1 °C, with 92% humidity, 102 kPa atmospheric pressure, and trace amounts of tetryon particle which can only mean one thing! his heating bill is going to be through the roof! Also Hye has come to visit to talk about everything they can think of about the Borg! From their arrival in Q-Who to the ongoing legacy in the current Star Trek shows and what does that mean for the future of everyones favourite space Zombies! You can find Hye on Twitter: and the Ohniaka 3 Project can be found here: and listen to my previous episode about Star Trek and Klingons here: And you can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/25741110

Deus ex 01/12/2023

Deus ex Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week, Andy is joined by Sampo as we dive into the world of dark glasses, conspiracy theories and never asking for this as we look at Deus Ex, from the original in 2000 to a hopeful sequel to mankind divided coming sometime we hope! You can hear Sampo feedback on the Borgcast https://borgcast.libsyn.com/ You can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - http://www.roguetwomedia.com/ - https://twitter.com/GreatDerelict - https://www.facebook.com/groups/GreatDerelict/ /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/25592193

Looking forward to 2023 in Sci-Fi 12/31/2022

Looking forward to 2023 in Sci-Fi Welcome back the Great Derelict This week Andy is wintering at the Narrative Labyrinth so he's taken over Rachelle's recording studio to take a look ahead to some of the Sci-Fi sows we can look forward to in 2023. You can find Rachelle on Twitter here: and the Narrative Labyrinth here: And you can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/25471290

A look back at Andor 12/24/2022

A look back at Andor Welcome back aboard the Great Derelict! This week Andy and Llama are on Program for a look back at the recent Star Wars series Andor, We take a look at how the show shows us the mundanity of evil present in the Empire, why Swimming lessons are important even in a galaxy far far away, and how 2 corpos trying to shake down a guy outside a bar ultimately led to the destruction of the Death Star You can find more from Llama on Twitter: and on Mastodon: and you can find the Borgcast here: And you can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/25423956

Interstellar 12/15/2022

Interstellar Welcome back the Great Derelict This week Andy has quite literally JUST finished re-watching Interstellar and by some amazing co-incidence Rachel has arrived to have a chat about it, come and see what we think about Christopher Nolans 2014 Masterpiece as we ask: is it long enough? or could it use another 30 mins? and Would Spielberg have made a better film? You can find Rachelle on Twitter here: and the Narrative Labyrinth here: And you can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/25342914

Bollywood Sci-Fi 12/08/2022

Bollywood Sci-Fi Welcome back aboard the Great Derelict! This week Eli returns and has brought Inigo to give Andy an introduction to Sci-Fi from South Asia. From Koi... Mil Gaya to PK an Love Story 2050 Inigo and Eli give us a little taste at some of the best Sci-fi films to come out of Bollywood. You can find more from Inigo on Twitter: and on his comedy cast - and you can find Eli on Twitter: and the Aster Podcasting network: And you can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/25272249

Interlude V: The Interlude Strikes Back! 12/01/2022

Interlude V: The Interlude Strikes Back! Welcome back to the Great Derelict Its another Interlude!, probably the best one yet but what do you think? Featuring Contributions from Elton: Jeff: AMO: Rachel: Zoe: Eddie: Dave: Jo: Llama: Lee: And you can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/25193367

Interlude IV 11/25/2022

Interlude IV Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week, Andy is having the Derelict fumigated to deal with a nasty Xenomorph infestation and since no-one has stopped him yet we're doing another Interlude, normal service will be resumed next week...or will it? Featuring Contributions from Ethan Murray - Ol - Sampo Lee - Martin - Euan and yes I'm aware I've swapped from Arabic numbers to Roman numerals And you can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/25008150

Another Day in Paradise 11/17/2022

Another Day in Paradise Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Brandon as they take to the karaoke bar of the Great Derelict to do a duet of Phil Collins 1989 classic ‘Another Day in Paradise’… wait, no, no I’m being told what we are actually doing is taking a look at the Federation and asking if it really is the Paradise those time traveling Starfleet Officers always insist it is? You can find more from Brandon on Twitter here: And the Fake Nerd Podcast Network here: And our Previous Great Derelict Discussion about Trekonomics here: And you can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/25007541

Lets talk about Leia 11/10/2022

Lets talk about Leia Welcome back the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Zoe and somehow Rachel has returned! We're taking a look at everyones favourite princes, rebel leader and general Leia Organa, her journey through the films and legacy, how intertwined the character is with Carrie Fisher and the future of the character since her death. You can find Rachelle on Twitter here: and the Narrative Labyrinth here: and Zoë is on Twitter here: And you can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/24973281

Starship Troopers at 25 11/03/2022

Starship Troopers at 25 Welcome back to the Great Derelict Tonight Andy is discussing the Federation with Eric the Starfleet Historian, no not that Federation, but the Totalitarian State from Starship Troopers, We discuss the problematic themes in the Robert A. Heinlein novel and if some of Paul Verhoeven satirical dissection was lost amongst the Bugs, Blood and Beautiful people of his 1997 B-movie spectacular Would you like to know more? You can find more from Eric on Twitter: And on the Joint Geeks of Staff Podcast here: And you can find more of Andy on Twitter - and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/24897720

Event Horizon 10/27/2022

Event Horizon Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week where we're going you wont need eyes....because its audio only! Join Andy, Ness and Will as they take a look at 1997's 'Event Horizon as we take a look as this Cult Classic to see if it still stands up You can find Will on Twitter - and his Podcast with Zarich - Ness can be found on Twitter - And you can find more of Andy on Twitter - and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/24825036

Shiny and Chrome - The World of Mad Max 10/20/2022

Shiny and Chrome - The World of Mad Max Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy will ride eternal on the Fury Road with Aunty Daria and Lord Humongous (or Darren to his friends) to look back at the history of the Road Warrior - Mad Max which should help us all get ready for when prices his £2 a litre and we all have to start wearing leather chaps (sometime round December at this rate) You can hear more from Darren on the Black Dog Podcast - and on Twitter - You can find more from Daria on Twitter And on her casts Podspolotation - and Not so Giant Women - And you can find more of Andy on Twitter - and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/24754248

A Great Derelict Minisode - Less is More 10/15/2022

A Great Derelict Minisode - Less is More Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week the temporal storms emanating from the Blackhole have been particularly bad meaning that no shuttles have been able to make it to the Derelict, plus Andy has been feeling nostalgic for the old days of Space Dock Jury and the Minisodes, so heres a Minisode about less being more You can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/24696471

Space Sims, Your own Starship in a box! 10/06/2022

Space Sims, Your own Starship in a box! Pilot Attend! Your mission this week is to Join Andy (Alpha 1) and he is joined by wingman Murray in Alpha 2, Menace with an Ursa Bryan as Red 4, and absolutely not planing to sneak of in the middle of the battle to salvage some Alien wreck and flog it at the local space mart the dream Space Pirate Medcalf! We're talking about Space sims, From Elite to Freespace, from Wing Commander to Star Citizen with a sprinkling of Mechwarrior and Ship breaker for good measure. And make sure all the Lambda shuttles survive! You can find more from Murray on Twitter: and his adventures with the Kilrathi here: Lee can be found lurking on the Twitters here: and on the Blackdog Podcast: and Bryan can be found on Twitter here: You can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - - - /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/24612714

Families II : The Wrath of Topa 09/29/2022

Families II : The Wrath of Topa Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week, Andy is joined by Kit and Anne-marie, and making their official Podcast debut Quinn to discuss the tale of Topa on the Orville, from the conception of the Moclans as a punchline about single sexed species, to one of the most nuanced and best realised family units in all of Sci-Fi. You can find more from Kit on Twitter: - and on their podcast: You can find more from Ann-Marie on the Borgcast https://borgcast.libsyn.com/ and Borgcast Galactica and now Borg Rogers at http://galactica.libsyn.com/ Ann-Marie on Twitter You can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - http://www.roguetwomedia.com/ - https://twitter.com/GreatDerelict - https://www.facebook.com/groups/GreatDerelict/ /episode/index/show/greatderelict/id/24537201

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