Review pop-Science Fiction Universes, as historical data, episode by episode, year by year.

 

Why?

This Blog began it's genesis with a unit I took at University:

History in Fantasy; Fantasy in History. This looked at the history of the three 'fantasy' (or imaginitive) genres: Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy; when, how and why they evolved, as well as how they used history (or pseudo-history) within their texts (texts defined as both print and non-print media).

Humanity has an inbuilt desire to tell stories. Science Fiction, begining in the late 19th Century, is a way of expounding themes and tropes of the culture that made it, illuminating thoughts, biases and pre-conceptions that were new or now out-dated. Science Fiction traditionaly explores outer space and inner space - the mind and society - or postulating on the future. Science Fiction is limited only by the imagination, and when televised, budget.

 

 Who?

My first experience of 'Classic' Science-Fiction was around 1999 - watching Star Wars: A New Hope and The Phantom Menace the same day (the Original Trilogy followed soon after). In around 2002 the Australian Broadcasting Corporation began broadcasting the original episodes of Doctor Who. I saw a few episodes.

My dad was a big Star Trek fan (we have an unopened 'How to host a Mystery' game, waiting for my Dad to organise a Star Trek night, since my early childhood) and showed us a movie or so - definitely the one with the whales and Transparent Aluminium.

My best friend and I watched StarGate (the Movie) in our late highschool years. 

Of course, the real catylist was the Reboot of Doctor Who in 2005. Never looked back.

 

I now have a B.A. in History and Classics and an Advanced Dip. in Costume and Set Design.

 

Maybe this is a crazy idea.

Maybe I'll give up.

May the Force be with us.

17/1/2016