This festive season we unwrap 2015 Anthology movie, A Christmas Horror Story, starring William Shatner as DJ Dangerous Dan. Matt saw this film during the Frightfest Festival many moons ago and awarded it 4.5 stars on Letterboxd…Paul does not agree… leaving Liam to referee a Crimbo battle more exciting than Santa vs Krampus! We discuss the history o…

We're joined by Dave Corkery from the Award winning Cinemile podcast as we take on The Doomsday Machine from The Original Series. Dave grapples with the idea of being known as a Trekkie and tells us why this episode stuck out for him on his lockdown inspired epic mission to watch all of Star Trek from the beginning, Liam pays an emotional tribute t…

In a very special Halloween episode, Daryl Bar from Is Paul Dano Ok? joins us to discuss 1981 cult classic Horror, The Boogens, which counts amongst it’s fans Stephen King and Quentin Tarantino. Then we’re joined by the film’s Director, James L. Conway, who tells us about the film’s origins and its very cold production process, meeting his future W…

The Spocklight crew take the Ecto-1 for a joy ride to nostalgia city as we reminisce over childhood's playing with Ghostbusters toys and discuss 'Russian About, Season 6, episode 8 of The Real Ghostbusters, guest starring Walter Koenig as Vladamir Maximov. We discuss why The Real Ghostbusters became Slimer and The Real Ghostbusters, and what this m…

WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR STAR TREK: PRODIGY SEASON 2! We’re joined by Star Trek: Prodigy’s Head Writer, Aaron Waltke, to breakdown Season 2 in detail, as we discuss the challenges of balancing writings a Kid’s show combined with a Voyager sequel, Dal coming to realise why he doesn’t have to be Captain, Wesley Crusher’s return, Ma…

Five years after covering the first X-Men film on the podcast and with 'Deadpool & Wolverine' currently in Cinemas and lighting up the box office, we return to the franchise to discuss 2017 entry, Logan, with special Guest, Kobi Omenaka. We talk about Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart's performances in the film and how they clearly approached this f…

The Spocklight Crew beam down to The BFI IMAX in London to watch the 4K 40th Anniversary re-release of Leonard Nimoy's directorial debut, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, on Britain's biggest screen. Joined by Agent Scott from the Spy Hards podcast and Chris Carr from Homicide: Life on the Set, we sit down in the bar before the screening for so…

Following Liam's interview with Sonequa Martin-Green on the Pilot TV Podcast, The Spocklight crew reconvene to fully dissect the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Discovery. We discuss Discovery's search for an identity over it's 5 Season run and whether we were happy with what it eventually settled on, analyse the additional scenes that were sh…

We’re joined by Craig Stimson, from the amazing Doctor Who podcast, Around the Console, to discuss an early episode of Star trek: Deep Space Nine, Captive Pursuit. Craig tells us why this episode was the start of his true love affair with Star Trek and highlights the evident political allegories on display, Paul discovers they may have misjudged th…

We’re joined by Helen Sadler from the Flixwatcher podcast, to discuss the Indie Sci-Fi Horror sensation of 1997, Cube, starring Nicole de Boer, who essayed the role of Ezri Dax on Star trek: Deep Space Nine. We discuss the budget limitations of the film and if it would have been better suited to a short film treatment while also praising the innova…

The Spocklight crew beam down during the commercial break to cover a fascinating array of television adverts featuring the original series crew & much more. William Shatner cashes in on Commodore computers, Leonard Nimoy attempts to induct viewers into his Magnavox cult, James Doohan flogs some Star Trek themed plates, George Takei rides the bus, a…

The Spocklight crew take the turbo lift down to the Lower Decks once again as we analyse the 4th Season of Star Trek’s adult animated comedy series. Liam surprises by finally being won over by the show despite the return of the dreaded Badgey, Matt makes a fateful comparison to The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy exactly 42 minutes in, while Paul ba…

The Spocklight crew are joined by Sam Clements, host of the excellent, 90 Minutes or Less Film Fest Podcast, to celebrate the stellar sophomore season of 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'. Join us as we discuss the political allegories of 'Ad Astra per Aspera' and 'Under the Cloak of War', dissect the format breaking innovations of 'Those Old Scienti…

We're joined by Comedian, Josh Weller, to debate one of the most controversial episodes in Star Trek history, Tuvix. As usual you can find SPOCKLIGHT on: TWITTER - @spocklightpod INSTAGRAM – @spocklightpod FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/spocklightpod/ EMAIL - spocklightpod@gmail.com Please Follow, like, share and all that good stuff. Josh can …

They're together again, but on different sides of the law! William Shatner Vs Leonard Nimoy - it's T.J. Hooker in Vengeance is Mine! The Spocklight crew dive into Hookland to wonder if William Shatner's other iconic TV show was actually a Police Academy prequel, praise the episode's sensitive handling of sexual assault for the time, but find themse…

On a special Christmas edition of the Star trek Podcast from a non-Trekkie perspective, the Spocklight crew discuss two festive episodes of Boston Legal (Hired Guns from Season 1 and Green Christmas from Season 4) starring William Shatner in his Emmy Award winning turn as Denny Crane. We're joined for this dive into David E. Kelley's legalverse by …

The Spocklight Crew cover Steve Martin’s definitive City of Angels satire, L.A. Story, featuring a legendary cameo from Sir Patrick Stewart. We discuss the aftermath of Martin being the butt of a cutting joke from Dennis Pennis, if Martin’s Harris K. Telemacher’s was a TikTok pioneer, the pre-Sex & The City career of Sarah Jessica Parker, and celeb…

Our resident Animation expert, David Trumble, returns to the podcast with news of the latest project he's been working on for Netflix, an adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Twits, and primarily to help us breakdown the second half of Star Trek: Prodigy's triumphant first season. We discuss the importance of having a great Star Trek show on the air that…

Comedian, Dan Thomas (Smersh Pod) returns to the podcast to discuss Star Trek Original Series classic, Arena, as the Spocklight Crew go full Gorn! We breakdown the iconic fight between Kirk and the Gorn, discover what else was on TV the night that Arena was first broadcast in UK, debate whether a lizard man should blink, and much more. As usual you…

In a very special episode, we’re joined by returning Guest, Nick De Semlyen, Editor of Empire Magazine and Author of new book, The Last Action Heroes, the behind-the-scenes story of the movie Action Heroes who ruled 1980s and ‘90s Hollywood, to talk his reasons for writing the book, what made him fall in love with Action cinema and just have a big …

The Spocklight Crew boldly go on one last adventure with the original TNG crew as we finally engage with the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard We discuss the huge difference that excellent writing & direction can make to an Actor's performance, praise Todd Stashwick's brilliant portrayal of Captain Shaw, debate whether Jack Crusher walked…

The Spocklight crew take the turbolift back to the lower decks on a search for justice as Paul defends Bird/Robot sex to the hilt, a search for adventure as Matt seeks to discover if he still “low-key loves” the show and a search for wonder as Liam asks why his most hated character had to make a return... It's the Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3 Sp…

We’re joined by Cosplayer and D&D Player, Linda McGarrigle, to discuss new Blockbuster release, Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves, Starring Captain Kirk of the Kelvinverse himself, Chris Pine. Matt praises the stand alone nature of the film and Pine’s ability to laugh at himself, Liam has a breakdown regarding the state of modern movies, whi…

The Spocklight crew celebrate Star Trek’s return to episodic television as we examine the first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Paul praises the ensemble cast of the show but questions the casting of Paul Wesley as Captain James T. Kirk, Matt is impressed by the reintroduction of a classic Trek alien race, while Liam asks if there could be…

Our long delayed Discovery Season 4 episode is finally here! We discuss all aspects of the Anomaly/Ten-C storyline and if this season long arc worked to the show’s benefit, debate whether Michael Burnham is a good Captain or not and where we stand with the Discovery crew four seasons in. Then, we reconvene and bring things bang up to date by poring…