The Great Derelict

Five years on the Edge of Midnight

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict and yes, this one's a little self-indulgent. But it's my podcast, so I'm allowed. Andy is joined by longtime collab...

Best of Both Worlds at 35

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Great Derelict – 35 Years of The Best of Both Worlds Thirty-five years ago, Star Trek: The Next Generation changed television forever with The B...

Starfleet Academy and Navycon 2025

14 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Andy is joined once again by naval historian, author, and long-time friend of the show Claude Berube. With a new Star Trek: Starfleet Academ...

Star Wars, But With Paperwork: The Bureaucracy of Evil in Andor

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome Back to the Great Derelict! With Andor Season 2 just around the corner, Andy is joined by historian and worldbuilder John Concagh to look back...

Into the Expanse: Dragon Tooth

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Oye Beltalowda and Inyalowda!  Its a surprise Podcast as Andy and Elton jump back into thier grav-couches and dive back into the Expanse to take a lo...

Great Derelict/Black Dog v2 Special - Alien Romulus

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

+++SPOILER WARNING REPEAT SPOILER WARNING+++ In a special bonus episode (read between the lines - Lee wanted to rant to someone other than his long su...

Space Dock Jury Episode 300!

20 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to Space Dock Jury   After a brief hiatus of around 7 years, Andy Lee and Peter return to cast Judgment over 3 Spaceship which have vent...

Ship Building. in. SPACE

07 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined once again by Claude Berube, and for the first time Mark Vandroff to take a look at what i...

The Bad Batch and SW Animated Universe

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This Week Andy is joined by Catrina as we jump into the Marauder with Gonky and take a look back at the SW Animated...

The Legacy of Homeworld

11 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This Week Andy is aboard the Mothership while a salvage corvette is pulling Thomas Marrone all the way from Star Tr...

Fallout the tv adaptation

28 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is heading back to the wastelands with Vault Dweller Laura and Darren the Ghoul to talk about the ne...

Historians doing Sci-Fi

14 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict! This week Andy is joined by Chris Kempshall, author of the upcoming 'the Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire' to ...

Fire the Canons!

02 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict! This week Andy is joined by Jim Moon and they take a look at the history of canon, but not the shooty bang bang so...

Dune Part 2 Spoiler Chat and Spicy Takes!

03 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome aboard the Great Derelict! This week Andy is heading back to Arrakis and is joined by Jessie Earl to talk about Part 2 of Denis Villeneuve mag...

What Sci-Fi are we excited for in 2024

03 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome aboard the Great Derelict! This week andy's getting (some of) the band back together as Lee joins him to look ahead at 2024 and see what sci-f...

Godzilla Minus One

21 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome aboard the Great Derelict! We kick off 2024 proper with Andy and Eric venturing the world of Godzilla Minus One and look at how the film refle...

12 Days of Star Wars: The Round Up

05 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is Day 12 and we have come to the end of our Star Wars journey, let Rachelle and Andy take you on a retrospective of the last 11 days.  What wa...

12 Days of Star Wars: Rogue One

04 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is Day 11 on our journey across the Star Wars universe and today we stray the furthest from the Jedi possible with the war film Rogue One What a...

12 Days of Star Wars: Solo: A Star Wars Story

03 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is Day 10 on our journey across the Star Wars universe and today we branch in to waters unknown, as we enter the world of Star Wars away from th...

12 Days of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

02 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is Day 9 on our journey across the Star Wars universe and at last our hero's have reached the end of the Skywalker Saga!  Normally I put a funn...

12 Days of Star Wars: The Last Jedi

01 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is Day 8 on our journey across the Star Wars universe and we are welcoming in 2024 with the most controversial film out of the lot!!  Is Luke a...

12 Days of Star Wars: The Force Awakens

31 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is Day 7 on our journey across the Star Wars universe and we are entering the modern Star Wars era!  Who are these new characters? Why Does C3P...

12 Days of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

30 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is Day 6 on our journey across the Star Wars universe and we are at the moment of creation for Darth Vader!  Did you ever hear the tragedy of D...

12 Days of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones

29 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is Day 5 on our journey across the Star Wars universe and we are in the deep depths of the CGI prequels!  Is this as bad as we remember it? (ye...

12 Days of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

28 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is Day 4 on our journey across the Star Wars universe and we are about to hit the 21st Century with the prequels!  Pod Racing? JarJar? Nabu? Je...

12 Days of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

27 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is Day 3 on our journey across the Star Wars universe and we end the original serise today with the most controversial of the original 3 movies...

12 Days of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

26 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is Day 2 on our journey across the Star Wars universe and today we are venturing to cold cold planets and exposing deep family secrets.  We have...

12 Days of Star Wars: Star Wars

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is Day 1 on our journey across the Star Wars universe and we start where it all began, a long time ago in the 1970s. We have teamed up with The ...

The Derelict does the Dominion War

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Is Thrawn a baddie?

20 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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'...

The Road Home to Babylon 5

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ve...

10 years on: Star Trek Into Darkness

10 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 Art of We have Engaged the Borg

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 tal...

Writing the Wolf 359 Project

07 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 Hav...

Talking to Andy Diggle about Incubus, The Losers and Expanse at Lawless

11 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 m...

Pondering Picard S3

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 Picar...

Interlude 6: The Return of the Undiscovered Country

13 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 contri...

The Fleet Museum from Star Trek Picard

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 St...

Audio Drama with Rob Valentine

25 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Kang, Kang and more Kangs and the state of the MCU

11 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 thi...

Alternate History

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 Spac...

Children of Men

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 b...

Breaking down the Borg

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 atmosph...

Deus ex

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Looking forward to 2023 in Sci-Fi

31 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 a...

A look back at Andor

24 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 a...

Interstellar

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back the Great Derelict This week Andy has quite literally JUST finished re-watching Interstellar and by some amazing co-incidence Rachel has ...

Bollywood Sci-Fi

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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.....

Interlude V: The Interlude Strikes Back!

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict Its another Interlude!, probably the best one yet but what do you think? Featuring Contributions from Elton: https:...

Interlude IV

25 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 st...

Another Day in Paradise

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 Coll...

Lets talk about Leia

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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, r...

Starship Troopers at 25

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict Tonight Andy is discussing the Federation with Eric the Starfleet Historian, no not that Federation, but the Totali...

Event Horizon

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 l...

Shiny and Chrome - The World of Mad Max

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

A Great Derelict Minisode - Less is More

15 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week the temporal storms emanating from the Blackhole have been particularly bad meaning that no shuttles have...

Space Sims, Your own Starship in a box!

06 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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, an...

Families II : The Wrath of Topa

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Designing the USS Titan-A with Admiral Buck

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is in rarefied company as he is joined by Bill Krause aka Admiral Buck to talk about designing the l...

A Decade of Dredd

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by a pair of Mega City Ones finest to talk about Dredd as the film turns 10. Judge Pal aka...

Half Life 2 Episode 2, City 17 Wanderers 3

09 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict Rise and Shine Mr Freeman Rise and Shine, This week Andy, Lee and Elton continue their discussion on Half Life look...

Half Life - Episode 1 of 3

02 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Lee and Elton as they board the Black Mesa Transit system to the Sector C test labs for...

Families in Sci-Fi

25 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week, Andy is accepting the inevitability that sooner of later Fast and Furious will become a Sci-Fi, and so w...

HR In Sci-Fi

18 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back aboard the Great Derelict! This week Andy has to pay a visit to HR and so is joined by Michaela to discuss some of the examples of good, ...

Tron and its Legacy at 40

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is on the Grid taking on the MCP with fellow Programs Lee and Dave to talk about the 1982 Classic fi...

How Big is your Space Navy?

04 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back aboard the Great Derelict! This week Andy is joined by Claude Berube to pick up where they left off when discussing if Starfleet is a Mil...

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (its ok! its the Comics, not the film!)

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict! This week Andy will be joining Jim Moon aboard the Nautilus as we travel deep into the mind of Alan Moore and the ...

Interlude 3

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to a very different Great Derelict This week, Andy is still recovering from Spicy Flu, and the world is still on fire (figuratively and l...

Strange (familiar) New (old) Worlds (starships)

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome Back to the Great Derelict This week Andy has covid, and so Seán and John are locking him in the airlock and will not be breaking quarantine ...

The Trauma's of Disney's Obi-Wan Kenobi

07 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hello There This week Andy is joined by Amber, Zoe and Rachel to discuss Obi-wan Kenobi and to look at the Trauma's he and many of the characters are ...

The Thing about the Thing at 40

01 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Lee who is so very tired, and doesn't trust anyone as they draw some blood and dip in a...

Public Transportation; IN SPACE!

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week's planned Obi-wan episode has been delayed due to leaves on the line, so Murray has arrived with a replac...

Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell

17 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict! This week Andy is Joined by Eddie as they dive into the vast an infinite net in search of their ghosts as we look ...

Star Trek Coda - How to end a universe

10 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Peter Hong from the Star Trek Book Club and Michelle Pirraglia, to discuss the Star Tre...

Pride in Sci-Fi

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict With Pride month upon us and every evil corporation throughout the multiverse flying a rainbow flag, Andy is joined...

Minority Report

26 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Elton to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Stephen Spielbergs 'Minority Report' We di...

NeoG - The Space Coast Guard

19 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy  is joined by Annie to talk about the Space Coast Guard in K B Wagers 'NeoG' series, described as '...

Interlude 2

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to a very different Great Derelict This week, Andy is skiving off from doing a proper episode, and so we take another brief interlude to ...

Swords, Songs, and Bloodwine: The Klingon Deep Dive

05 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

nuqneH! Its time to light the citronella candles, swap out the red lightbulbs and light some incense because this week things are going distinctly Kli...

Bolland, Banter and Bar-Con - Looking ahead to Lawless 2022

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict! This week Andy is joined by Su and Joanne to take a look at the upcoming Lawless Comic Con, a celebration of Briti...

Disability in Sci-fi

21 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Daria and by Jenny to take a look ad how Disability is portrayed in Science Fiction Wha...

What if Superheroes were real?

14 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Doctrine Man and his sidekick the Strategy Troll (aka Steve and John) to take a look at...

Lost in Olympus with Ulysses 31

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome Back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Anne-Marie and Zarich to take a look at the French/Japanese re-imagining of the Greek E...

Derelict does the Discworld!

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In a distant and secondhand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly, the curling starmists waver and part to reveal, The Gre...

So after 218 episodes we ask, What is Sci-Fi?

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Jim and Lee to answer a question that probably should have been tackled 217 episodes ag...

Lawgivers and Alethiometers : Talking props with Michael Van Kesteren

18 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Prop maker and Art Director Michael van Kesteren to talk about some of the props he has...

Tabletop and Board Games with Gav Thorpe

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by game designer and occasional player Gav Thorpe to set up the pieces and face off with a...

Interlude 1

04 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to a very different Great Derelict This week, Andy is trying something different and invited some of his friends to recommend some music ...

Canons and Continuity

24 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome Back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Rachelle, Jen Williams and Seán Ferrick to take a look at 'Canon' and 'Continuity' in ...

Star Wars and the Filoni Cinematic Universe

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome Back to the Great Derelict This week in the wake of the Book of Boba Fett and with more Mandalorian on the way Andy is joined by Zoe and Rache...

Discussing District 9

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined once again by the tame geography Teachers as Kit returns with Alistair to discuss the 2009...

A 'brief' look at Star Trek Online

04 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy helps Mike answer the burning question of just what is the deal with Star Trek Online? is it Canon? ...

Looking back Into the Expanse

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Oye Beltalowda and Inyalowda!  This week Andy is joined by Elton to take a look back at one of the greatest Sci-fi shows of the past decade, nay the ...

Sci-fi (and some Fantasy) coming in 2022

21 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict  This week Andy is joined by Sean McGowan to take a look at the year ahead and see what sci-fi and fantasy shows a...

Costumes and Fashion in Sci-Fi

13 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Lizzie Biscuits, creator of costumes and frocks for Peacocks to talk about Costumes and...

Transhumanism in Sci-Fi

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Alex Kingsley to talk about Transhumanism, the more technology is integrated into our d...

Reflecting on Matrix Resurrections

30 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome Back to the Great Derelict This week in a somewhat unplanned part 2 Rachel joins Andy as they take a look at the latest instalment of the Matr...

Looking back at the Matrix

24 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome Back I created the Great Derelict, I have been waiting for you. It is possible you have been a subscriber, or you have downloaded the cast for...

Cosplay, Characters, and Cardassians with Kellan

17 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome Back to the Great Derelict!   This week Andy is Joined by Kellan aka ThriftyTrekkie to talk about Cosplay and how cosplaying as some of their...

Ground Forces in Sci-Fi

10 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is down in the trenches with Eric to take a look at the depiction of ground forces in Sci-fi, from A...