Richard's love affair with outer space started when he saw the original "Star Wars" on TV aged four, and he spent much of the ’90s watching "Star Trek”, "Babylon 5” and “The X-Files" with his mum. After studying physics at university, he became a journalist, swapped science fact for science fiction, and hit the jackpot when he joined the team at SFX, the UK's biggest sci-fi and fantasy magazine. He liked it so much he stayed there for 12 years, four of them as editor.
He's since gone freelance and passes his time writing about "Star Wars", "Star Trek" and superheroes for the likes of SFX, Total Film, TechRadar and GamesRadar+. He has met five Doctors, two Starfleet captains and one Luke Skywalker, and once sat in the cockpit of "Red Dwarf"'s Starbug.
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Why does the companion's origin story possess enough power to defeat a god?

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Why does this mysterious woman keep popping up in the Doctor's timeline? And what's her connection to the season's Big Bad?

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With his trademark suit-and-tie an anomaly among the primary-colored "Star Trek: Discovery" uniforms of the 32nd century, Dr. Kovich always looked like a man out of time. But who is he, really?

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Strangely, the Star Trek: Discovery ship's far-future fate was revealed in 2018 'Short Trek' episode 'Calypso'.

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Who's the man who turns the Doctor's head in Regency England in "Doctor Who" episode 6 "Rogue"?

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In the fifth episode of "Doctor Who," called"'Dot and Bubble," a city has been invaded by giant, human-eating space slugs, and they seem to have a plan.

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The TARDIS lands in Wales, where the Doctor disappears and Ruby finds herself at the heart of a creepy folk horror tale in episode 4 of Doctor Who, "73 Yards."

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The Doctor has his foot on a landmine throughout this high-concept adventure for episode 3 — but who's the real enemy on Kastarion 3?

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The new villain Maestro is out to destroy music in 'Doctor Who' episode 'The Devil's Chord' —and they're part of a new Pantheon of godly antagonists.

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In season 1 premiere 'Space Babies', the Doctor tells Ruby and the cosmic infants that he's the last of the Time Lords. Here's what that means.

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How to watch new 'Doctor Who' on Disney Plus and BBC iPlayer, as 15th Doctor Ncuti Gatwa takes control of the TARDIS.

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How far would you go to steal to an asteroid? This epic season closer has the answers.

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As the wannabe asteroid thieves put their plans in motion, NASA and Roscosmos refuse to let Goldilocks go without a fight.

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Dev gets "Oceans Eleven"-shaped delusions of grandeur, while an old friend of Margo returns to deliver an ominous message.

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How to watch the 'Doctor Who' Christmas special 'The Church on Ruby Road' online on Disney Plus and BBC iPlayer.

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An industrial dispute becomes a matter of life and death, while Margo prepares for an unlikely comeback.

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A new black market kingpin, an unlikely vocation shift for Ed Baldwin, and the long-awaited reunion of two estranged colleagues.

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How to watch "Doctor Who" anniversary special Wild Blue Yonder online on Disney Plus and BBC iPlayer

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How to watch the 'Doctor Who' anniversary special 'The Giggle' online on Disney Plus and BBC iPlayer today.

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A new body in the Solar System starts a multi-trillion-dollar gold rush, while the shockwaves from a certain someone's departure continue to resonate on Mars.

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As tensions between East and West intensify, a workplace dispute and a cover-up in Roscosmos have major ramifications on both Earth and Mars.

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Forty years on, "Krull" remains a flawed – but intriguing – effort to cash in on George Lucas's galaxy far, far away.

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Communism and capitalism collide, as Margo is trapped in the midst of a Soviet coup and Miles finds a lucrative new side hustle.
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