Radio Times
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items: Daredevil: Born Again boss explains controversial choice for Jessica Jones return
items: Classic Doctor Who screening confirmed for newly found episodes with special guests and more
items: What time will Invincible season 4 be released on Prime Video?
items: The Last of Us season 3 confirms major new castings and big changes for returning stars
items: Doctor Who icon David Tennant returns as the Tenth Doctor for 15 brand new adventures with Big Finish
items: For All Mankind aged its 46-year-old star up by 40 years with a painstaking process – here's how they did it
items: Iconic Doctor Who companion reveals his picks to play the next Doctor – including Riot Women star
items: Firefly animated series with original actors teased by star Nathan Fillion – but there's an obstacle to solve
items: Pluribus star Rhea Seehorn reacts to Vince Gilligan's scrapped hive-mind idea: 'Oh my God. Can you imagine?'
items: Invincible boss teases season 4’s "completely original" story in major change from comics
items: Doctor Who fans stunned by game-changing 13 and Yaz moment in new story
items: Doctor Who icon Peter Purves reveals frustration and relief as lost episodes found: "My flabber has never been so gasted"
items: Inside the incredible recovery of two missing Doctor Who episodes – archive expert "optimistic" more will be found
items: Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2 release schedule – when is episode 4 on Apple TV?
items: Classic Doctor Who lost episodes found at last after 60 years - and they will be available to watch in mere weeks
items: Invincible boss addresses major actor absence in season 4
items: Doctor Who writer explains how new revamp of "unloved" Peter Davison story will address "failings" of original version
items: Star Trek is struggling to find its moment – and it might need to face up to a hard truth
items: Spoilers, sweetie! Why Doctor Who fans need to learn the joy of waiting
items: Silo season 3 release window teased by Rebecca Ferguson after filming wraps on entire series
items: Rick and Morty season 9 premiere date for Adult Swim confirmed – won't be "AI slop"
items: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 2 release date speculation and latest news
items: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 1 ending explained – How does the trial end?
items: For all Mankind season 5 release date, cast, trailer, latest news
items: Star City: Release date, cast and latest news for the For All Mankind spin-off
items: Star Trek showrunner offers exciting update on potential new spin-off set to revisit iconic era
items: Rufus Sewell's sci-fi series based on iconic novel finds new streaming home
items: From season 4 confirms unexpected character return in chilling new trailer

Daredevil: Born Again boss explains controversial choice for Jessica Jones return
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date: 2026-03-17T16:00:42.000Z
creator: David Craig
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: Disney Plus
subject: News
subject: On demand
description: Dario Scardapane and Sana Amanat discussed the character's return – and whether we can expect a power upgrade.
encoded: Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane has addressed a sure-to-be controversial choice for the reintroduction of Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter). Fans have already waited years for the character to reappear, following the cancellation of her Netflix series in 2019 and the subsequent absorption of certain elements into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) shows on Disney+. Alas, they're going to have to be patient for a little while longer, as Ritter's no-nonsense private investigator and vigilante is notable only by her absence in the early episodes of Daredevil: Born Again season 2. It's a creative choice that holds the potential to frustrate some viewers, but showrunner Dario Scardapane told Radio Times that it was essential to make sure the return was done right. "Jessica Jones coming into our world needed to be, for lack of a better word, part of the story," he began. "You have a situation where vigilantes are being hunted... What's the reaction that particular vigilante is going to have to being hunted?" View Green Video on the source website Scardapane continued: "If you've seen to the end of episode 4, you kind of have an idea of what's happening. We needed to get to a certain part of the story before Jessica coming in would make perfect sense." Born Again season 2 takes viewers back to New York City under the tyrannical rule of Mayor Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio), better known by his criminal pseudonym Kingpin. Although his public image remains carefully curated, Fisk hasn't laid any of his grudges to rest, with an anti-vigilante task force being founded at the end of season 1 to keep the likes of Jessica and Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) in check. Jessica is, in theory, one of the more powerful characters on Marvel's "street-level" hero roster, although you may not have got that impression from her Netflix series, where feats of strength mainly involved breaking locks and doors. Scardapane, who previously worked on Netflix's two-season The Punisher …

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Classic Doctor Who screening confirmed for newly found episodes with special guests and more
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date: 2026-03-17T12:53:55.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: BBC iPlayer
subject: News
subject: On demand
description: The two newly found episodes will be screened alongside middle chapter, Day of Armageddon.
encoded: Following the recovery of two classic episodes of Doctor Who, which had long been missing, further details have been confirmed about an upcoming screening. The screening, hosted by Film is Fabulous!, will take place at Riverside Studios on Saturday 4 April, with the first three instalments of 12-part story, The Daleks' Master Plan, being shown. This includes the two recently recovered episodes, The Nightmare Begins and Devil’s Planet, as well as the middle chapter of the three, Day of Armageddon. The screening will also include introductions and special guest panels, with the exact list of guests yet to be confirmed. Information about the screening, including how to purchase tickets, can be found on Riverside Studios' website. For those who can't attend the screening, they will still get a chance to see the episodes soon, as Film is Fabulous! has collaborated with BBC Archives to ensure that the original 16mm telerecordings are restored, and will be available in the best possible condition on BBC iPlayer soon. After the episodes were recovered, Sue Malden, who was the BBC's first archive selector, and has been working on the recovery of missing Doctor Who episodes and other vintage television for decades, spoke exclusively with Radio Times. View Green Video on the source website Malden, who now works with Film is Fabulous!, said: "Someone from Film is Fabulous! rang me yesterday to say what a fabulous time it was. It was so emotional. "Apparently, Peter [Purves] was quite overwhelmed. He must have been absolutely stunned, suddenly to find why he'd been lured there. But the memories it must have brought back for him would have been fantastic." Film is Fabulous! is a charitable trust run by film collectors, cinema lovers and vintage television enthusiasts which is dedicated to preserving vulnerable film collections across the UK, helping collectors, and educating about film as a medium. Doctor Who will return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer this Christmas. Add Doctor Who t…

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What time will Invincible season 4 be released on Prime Video?
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date: 2026-03-17T12:00:25.000Z
creator: Louise Griffin
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Amazon Prime Video
description: General Thragg awaits...
encoded: It's almost time for Mark Grayson's (Steven Yeun) return in Invincible season 4! The upcoming instalment will follow Mark as he and the rest of the world recover from the devastating events of season 3. But massive new threats are incoming, including the long-awaited General Thragg (voiced by Lee Pace), plus a completely original story involving returning character Damien Darkblood. Speaking exclusively to Radio Times, co-showrunner Robert Kirkman said: "We always change things and enhance things and lengthen stories and shorten stories, so there’s a lot of big differences in this show. But to have something that's completely original and completely new, you know, hasn't happened a lot in the series up to this point. "And so this is something that you know is wholly original to the show. And I think that's going to be really cool, how it fits into the story, and how it weaves into the overall tapestry of the Viltrumite War. You'll just have to find out." But what time will new episodes of the show come our way? Here's what we know so far. What time will new episodes of Invincible season 4 be released? We're expecting new episodes of Invincible to be released at 7am GMT on 18 March. That works out to the following times around the world: 3am ET (USA) 2am CT (USA) 12am (midnight) PT (USA) 8am CET (Central Europe) 3pm AWST on Sunday (Australia) 5pm AEST on Sunday (Australia) Invincible season 4 will begin on 18 March on Prime Video - you can sign up now for a free 30-day Prime Video trial. Check out more of our Sci-fi coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.

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The Last of Us season 3 confirms major new castings and big changes for returning stars
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date: 2026-03-17T11:25:17.000Z
creator: Alex Raisbeck
subject: Gaming
subject: Sci-fi
subject: Technology
subject: TV
subject: HBO
subject: News
description: Two more new faces join the fray.
encoded: The cast of The Last of Us has received a major shake-up ahead of season 3, with two new faces joining a cast of returning regulars. The HBO series, which adapts the hit video game series from developer Naughty Dog, has been widely acclaimed by both critics and fans across its first two seasons. Now, as reported by Deadline, Bella Ramsey and Kaitlyn Dever will be joined for season 3 by Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring) and Jason Ritter (Matlock). Wilson will be portraying Jerry Anderson, Abby's father, while Ritter will be playing an original character, Washington Liberation Front soldier Hanley. Alongside these two new additions, three returning faces have been promoted to regular roles. Mel (Ariela Barer), Nora (Tati Gabrielle) and Owen (Spencer Lord), who were introduced as part of season 2, will all be core characters of season 3, with the story set to focus more heavily on Abby than Ellie. The trio join fellow returning cast members Isabela Merced, Gabriel Luna and Jeffrey Wright, as well as already-announced newcomers Clea DuVall and Jorge Lendeborg Jr. View Green Video on the source website Following the runaway success of its first two seasons, Craig Mazin – who served as co-showrunner alongside Naughty Dog studio head Neil Druckmann – is set to take over as sole showrunner for season 3, with Druckmann leaving the show to focus on the upcoming Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. Mazin has also recently been confirmed for a second video game jaunt, with the veteran writer and director set to take charge of HBO's adaptation of 2023 smash hit Baldur's Gate 3. The Last of Us season 2 is streaming on Sky Atlantic and NOW with an Entertainment Membership. Check out more of our Sci-fi coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on this week. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.

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Doctor Who icon David Tennant returns as the Tenth Doctor for 15 brand new adventures with Big Finish
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date: 2026-03-16T16:00:42.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
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subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: BBC iPlayer
subject: News
subject: On demand
description: Three of the new adventures will be multi-Doctor stories.
encoded: As fans wait for Doctor Who to return on screen at Christmas, some exciting news has just arrived – David Tennant will be returning as the Tenth Doctor. Tennant's return will not be on-screen (that we know of) but he will be back in audio form, playing his original incarnation of the Time Lord in 15 new Big Finish audio adventures. Twelve of these new adventures will be released bimonthly from summer 2027, while the other three will comprise a new box set in which the Tenth Doctor teams up with some of his other incarnations. The release date for that box set is yet to be confirmed. On returning as the Tenth Doctor, Tennant said in a statement: "Big Finish makes it dangerously easy – you turn up, have a lovely time, and suddenly you've saved the universe again." Meanwhile, Nicholas Briggs, Big Finish’s creative director, added: "We’re always on the look-out for David to return. He is such a busy, in-demand actor, sometimes it’s just not possible for him to find the time to come to the studio. "But we’re always ready and waiting with new stories to tell and now he’s back and we’re loving every minute of it. Get ready for a rollercoaster ride during these new adventures. They’re fast, funny, scary audio dramas with surprises from the very first episode." View oEmbed on the source website The initial 12-part series of The Tenth Doctor Adventures is available to pre-order now for £9.99 per story as digital downloads, or £13.99 with a collector’s edition CD at www.bigfinish.com. A complete series multibuy bundle is available to pre-order for £102 (digital download to own) or £132 (download to own and collector’s edition CD). Meanwhile, the box set of the final three episodes is available to pre-order for £19.99 (digital download to own) or £29.99 (download to own and collector’s edition CD). Add Radio Times as a Preferred Source on Google Keep up to date on what’s worth watching with your favourite entertainment news from Radio Times – see more of our exclusive news and …

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For All Mankind aged its 46-year-old star up by 40 years with a painstaking process – here's how they did it
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date: 2026-03-16T15:00:30.000Z
creator: Stephen Kelly
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Apple TV
subject: Exclusive
description: Makeup and prosthetics artist Jason Collins reveals how he transformed 46-year-old Joel Kinnaman into a convincing 80-year-old.
encoded: Physical transformations for film and TV are becoming increasingly impressive, but ageing an actor to look decades older is still one of the trickiest feats to pull off convincingly. While some productions turn to CGI, others rely on incredibly talented make-up artists and prosthetics experts to work their magic and add on the decades. Now, one of the most impressive transformations in TV has seen 46-year-old Joel Kinnaman aged up to play 80-year-old veteran astronaut Ed Baldwin in the upcoming fifth season of Apple TV sci-fi For All Mankind. Here, Jason Collins, head of make-up effects company Autonomous FX, explains the painstaking process behind ageing up an actor. Making magic When I was 12 my mother took me to a magic store in Los Angeles where I found a book about make-up effects. It felt like actual magic! That led to me setting up my own company, Autonomous FX, 20 years ago. Now I perform magic tricks every day. Such as making Joel Kinnaman look 80 years old! One small step for man One of the big challenges on For All Mankind is that the story jumps forward 10 to 12 years every season, so the characters have to age gradually across decades. The key was not pushing the aging too far too quickly. Otherwise you leave yourself nowhere to go in later seasons. In season 3 we started introducing subtle aging across the cast — wrinkles, thinning hair, small prosthetic pieces. Interestingly, some viewers thought the characters weren’t aging enough, even though many of them were already wearing several prosthetic appliances! By the time we reached the latest season, Joel Kinnaman’s astronaut character Ed had to be in his early eighties, which meant a much bigger transformation. Ageing-up To make an actor look elderly, you have to study the ageing process. With Joel, we started by looking at his facial features and seeing where he was ageing. I looked at his nasolabial folds (smile lines), which are pronounced already. Joel is never going to be the guy that's going to …

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Iconic Doctor Who companion reveals his picks to play the next Doctor – including Riot Women star
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date: 2026-03-16T14:00:36.000Z
creator: Louise Griffin
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Insiders
subject: Exclusive
subject: News
subject: Video
description: The Rory Williams actor has had his say.
encoded: Doctor Who legend Arthur Darvill has revealed his top picks for the next Doctor – and won't someone get Andy Pryor on the phone?! The Reality War, the last episode of season 15, saw Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor regenerate into returning star Billie Piper in a twist that will hopefully be explained in this year's Christmas special. But Piper has never been credited or referred to as the new Doctor, leading everyone to wonder if there's more going on with her role, including fellow former companion Darvill. While the Rory Williams actor said Piper taking over the role would be an "extraordinary move", he had some suggestions for if another actor is cast when sitting down for an in-depth interview for Radio Times' Doctor Who Insiders. View Green Video on the source website "There's so many," he told us. "Lorraine Ashbourne, I think, would be amazing. Nick Mohammed, I think, would be amazing." Joking, he added: "Alan Carr would be amazing – it’s just because I’m watching Traitors at the minute!" "David Threlfall, I think, would be brilliant. Yeah, there's loads of brilliant people. Mawaan Rizwan would be incredible," he went on to say. And, of course, with a new Doctor must also come a new companion. Asked whether he has any advice for the next actor to take on the role, Darvill added: "Just enjoy it. It's such a gift of a show to be on. "I think about this a lot because it's such a mad idea. It's really sci-fi and really detailed, and has its own law and its own rules and its own amazing fandom who care so much about it and it's this really specific type of British television." "I can't think of another example that does what this does, because it manages to straddle that sci-fi thing with being also Saturday night TV," he pointed out. "It shouldn't work as an idea, but it does. It works so brilliantly well. And, when you're on the show, I think the only thing you can do is try and enjoy it as much as possible, because there's nothing else like it, and every script's completel…

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Firefly animated series with original actors teased by star Nathan Fillion – but there's an obstacle to solve
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date: 2026-03-16T10:53:28.000Z
creator: David Craig
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: News
description: Firefly could return as an animated series, according to star Nathan Fillion, whose production company is attempting to get a reunion show picked up
encoded: Few sci-fi shows can boast as large an impact with as few episodes as Joss Whedon's Firefly, which might finally be getting its long-awaited revival – albeit, not in the form initially imagined. The cult favourite series premiered back in 2002, introducing viewers to 26th century space captain Mal Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) and his ragtag crew, as they explore a new star system in the years following a devastating civil war. Although it only aired 11 of its 14 total episodes before original broadcaster Fox pulled the plug, Firefly has remained a cultural touchstone for sci-fi aficionados for more than two decades. The lingering enthusiasm led to a 2005 film continuation, titled Serenity, but the franchise has been limited to novels and comic books since that effort majorly underperformed at the box office. Excitingly, original star Fillion – also known for TV dramas The Rookie and Castle, plus James Gunn's Superman – announced over the weekend that an animated series was in the advanced stages of development, set between the events of Firefly and Serenity. Fillion took to panel stage at Washington DC's Awesome Con for a live podcast recording with co-stars Alan Tudyk (Andor), Gina Torres (Suits), Jewel Staite (Resident Alien), Morena Baccarin (Deadpool), Sean Maher (Arrow) and Summer Glau (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles). All of them, plus absent original co-star Adam Baldwin (The Last Ship), were attached to the developing Firefly animated series, which is being overseen by writer-producers Marc Guggenheim (of DC's now-retired Arrowverse) and Tara Butters (Agent Carter). Firefly creator and Avengers director Joss Whedon is not involved in the project, although Fillion claimed that it had his blessing. Whedon's career has been quiet since allegations of toxic work environments on his sets, which he denies. View Green Video on the source website Concept art was revealed, evidencing how far along in development the proposed series is, but there remains one cru…

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Pluribus star Rhea Seehorn reacts to Vince Gilligan's scrapped hive-mind idea: 'Oh my God. Can you imagine?'
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date: 2026-03-15T12:55:11.000Z
creator: Morgan Cormack
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Apple TV
subject: News
subject: On demand
description: There were some major costume decisions to be made about Pluribus.
encoded: While we all wait patiently for the second season of Pluribus, series creator Vince Gilligan has now revealed that the show almost had a very different look to it – quite literally. Speaking during a panel at SXSW, the Breaking Bad screenwriter disclosed that his initial plans for Pluribus included a very naked hive mind. He said (via Variety): “We talked about [how] they didn’t need to wear clothes at all, but we’re not working for HBO. But then we thought, we can’t do that to all these extras. We can’t all be naked.” Gilligan added: “We figured, they strictly wear clothes for protection against the sun and against cold or whatnot. But we talked hours and hours and hours about all that kind of stuff.” Rhea Seehorn, who leads the cast as Carol – one of a handful of people on Earth somehow immune to a global virus – was also on the panel and joked: "Oh my God, thank you … Can you imagine if I had to try to act with 300 naked people?" While the hive mind aren't naked in Pluribus, there were other costume decisions made to help encapsulate their lack of individualism. Costume designer Jennifer Bryan said of their appearance in the series: “Eventually days pass, and obviously, people have to change clothes. And then all of those mores for clothing disappear. There’s no reason for them to impress you with their clothes.” Read more: Invincible boss teases season 4’s "completely original" story in major change from comics Vera icon Brenda Blethyn reveals big difference filming A Woman of Substance: "I didn’t rule the roost so I had to behave!" The Apple TV series quickly became the talk of the town upon its release and was subsequently renewed for a second season, but if fans are hoping for new episodes to come quickly then they'll have to exercise a bit of patience. When speaking at Apple TV's press day last month, Gilligan said: "We appreciate everybody’s patience. But it ain’t gonna be The Pitt, coming back every year. I wish it would be because it’s an awesome show tha…

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Invincible boss teases season 4’s "completely original" story in major change from comics
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date: 2026-03-15T08:00:06.000Z
creator: Ben Williams
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subject: TV
subject: Amazon Prime Video
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subject: News
subject: On demand
subject: Video
description: Clancy Brown's demon detective is back.
encoded: Along with the Viltrumite War arc and the long-awaited debut of Dinosaurus, Invincible season 4 will see the return of a character in a change from the comics that's 'completely original to the show'. In preparation for the big reveal, series co-showrunners and executive producers Robert Kirkman and Simon Racioppa, have given us a tease about its great importance. In season 1 of Invincible, demon detective Damien Darkblood was part of the show’s initial storyline about investigating Omni-Man (Nolan Grayson) as the prime suspect for murdering the Guardians of the Globe. His part in the television adaptation ended a bit differently compared to the comics. In the show, Cecil sent him back to Hell to stop him from interfering with his own plans; originally, Darkblood was more of a gag character in the comics, and naturally disappeared from the story once Omni-Man's guilt was revealed. View Green Video on the source website Years after a slight tease during a post-credits scene of his final season 1 episode, and confirmation with a new scene at the end of season 3 where he speaks to Satan, Damien Darkblood will be making his Invincible return in season 4 — via a new storyline that’s completely original to the show. As gathered from snippets of Invincible’s season 4 trailers so far, Darkblood’s new story seems to be set in Hell — it appears that we'll see him don intimidating armour to take on a powerful enemy, and pull Mark Grayson into the fray. When asking Kirkman and Racioppa about how this will affect and fit in with the Viltrumite War Arc — the main plot of season 4 — both were keen to share that this wasn’t skippable content, and is still important to the show, both for comic fans and those who only know Invincible through the series. "We always change things and enhance things and lengthen stories and shorten stories, so there’s a lot of big differences in this show. But to have something that's completely original and completely new, you know, hasn't happened a l…

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Doctor Who fans stunned by game-changing 13 and Yaz moment in new story
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date: 2026-03-14T10:00:39.000Z
creator: Nicola Austin
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: News
description: ‘Thasmin’ fans, rejoice!
encoded: Despite plenty of chemistry, heartbreaking confessions, and touching moments, Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill) and the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) certainly faced a bumpy road throughout their blossoming – but ultimately bittersweet – romance in Doctor Who. Following the slow burn will-they-won’t-they arc throughout season 13 (Doctor Who: Flux), the pair finally admitted the true nature of their feelings in the subsequent 2022 specials Eve of the Daleks and Legend of the Sea Devils. However, despite this, the pair never officially kissed on screen. But Thasmin fans will certainly be pleased to know that their pair’s latest audio adventure – in Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: The Violet Hour – has finally resolved that with a game-changing moment. In The Violet Hour, the fifth instalment in The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures by Big Finish, the Doctor and Yaz travel to 1920s London to investigate the puzzling murder of a medium. And in one key moment, Yaz seemingly kisses the Doctor to try to bring her back from another dimension. “A surprise?” Yaz is instructed. “OK. One surprise coming up!” followed by the sound of a kiss. “Oh, I say!” a male doctor responds. "My mouth feels funny... Did you punch me or something?" 13 exclaims as she wakes up, while Yaz retorts: “Yeah, something like that." There’s no denying that many fans were left disappointed with how the Thasmin storyline ended in the live-action series, with the heartbreaking revelation in Legend of the Sea Devils seen as a last-minute, tokenistic development between the pair. Despite the emotional "I wish this could go on forever" beach scene, there was a disheartening lack of a major romantic moment for the Doctor and Yaz, with the sapphic sci-fi love story – the first for the iconic character – falling flat in its depiction. This reflects an all-too-common trend that queer love stories often face, particularly in sci-fi and fantasy. Add Radio Times as a Preferred Source on Google Keep up to dat…

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Doctor Who icon Peter Purves reveals frustration and relief as lost episodes found: "My flabber has never been so gasted"
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date: 2026-03-13T19:00:24.000Z
creator: Nicola Austin
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: News
description: It’s a Hartnell-shaped surprise for Doctor Who stars and fans alike!
encoded: Doctor Who legend Peter Purves has reacted to the incredible recovery of two of his long-missing episodes after more than 60 years. The rediscovered episodes, which were found in a "ramshackle collection" of vintage films donated by a collector, both star William Hartnell, the first incarnation of the Doctor, and Purves, and are the first and third episodes from the third season of Doctor Who. The first episode, titled The Nightmare Begins, aired back in November 1965, while the third episode, Devil’s Planet, aired two weeks later. They were part of a “dark and gritty” 12-episode arc called The Daleks’ Master Plan, written by Terry Nation – the creator of the Daleks. This follows the discovery of the second episode, Day of Armageddon, by a BBC engineer back in 2004 – meaning the opening three episodes of the arc have finally been recovered. The BBC has since confirmed that restored versions of the episodes will be released on BBC iPlayer this Easter. Alongside Hartnell, the episodes also star Purves as the Doctor's companion Steven Taylor, Nicholas Courtney as Bret Vyon, Adrienne Hill as Katarina, and Kevin Stoney as Mavic Chen. To mark the occasion, the Phoenix Cinema in Leicester invited Purves to view the recovered two episodes – originally under false pretences. Purves commented on the surprise reveal: "My flabber has never been so gasted." Purves added after the screening: "I'm speechless, knocked out. I'm not sure I even saw those programmes go out originally – I remember the stories, but having seen them, the pictures are unfamiliar to me. "I didn't remember the first one when I was still almost comatose following the injury I received fighting in Troy in the wonderful Mythmakers – which of course is missing." The former companion has previously spoken to Doctor Who Magazine about how he "gave up long ago" on the hope that missing episodes would ever be found. This reveal is therefore a particularly heartwarming moment for the actor. As of writing, a total of…

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Inside the incredible recovery of two missing Doctor Who episodes – archive expert "optimistic" more will be found
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date: 2026-03-13T14:21:00.000Z
creator: Louise Griffin
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: Interview
description: After two previously missing Doctor Who episodes were found this week, former BBC archive selector Sue Malden breaks down what led to the recovery.
encoded: After more than 60 years, two missing Doctor Who episodes have officially been recovered and will soon be made public. It's an announcement that Doctor Who fans worldwide have been awaiting – but not many have been waiting longer than Sue Malden, who was the BBC's first archive selector, and has been working on the recovery of missing Doctor Who episodes and other vintage television for decades. Now, Malden works with Film is Fabulous, a charitable trust run by film collectors, cinema lovers and vintage television enthusiasts which is dedicated to preserving vulnerable film collections across the UK, helping collectors, and educating about film as a medium. This week, Film is Fabulous announced that it had recovered two previously missing episodes of the Doctor Who story The Daleks' Master Plan – The Nightmare Begins and Devil’s Planet – which will both be made available on BBC iPlayer in April. The two episodes were discovered in a private collection after the death of its owner, who will remain anonymous. Incredibly, it's the first discovery of missing Doctor Who episodes since 2013. Speaking exclusively to Radio Times after the news, Malden said: "Oh, it's so exciting. I've spoken so many times about Doctor Who and people always ask, 'Do you think there are any more to be found?' "You go from saying, 'I don't know, I think this is the last,' to, 'Well, they were all recorded, so actually they've got to be somewhere,' and then these pop up. View Green Video on the source website "Actually, it was six [episodes] that were found, but four of them are already in the BBC archive – but it's possible that they're better quality than the ones at the BBC. They're going to go back to the BBC anyway and be checked for that. But there's two of them that definitely are not there, which is incredible." The other four episodes that were found, which already exist in the BBC archive, are: The Survivors (episode 2 of The Daleks), The Escape (episode 3 of The Daleks), The Web Plan…

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Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2 release schedule – when is episode 4 on Apple TV?
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date: 2026-03-13T10:30:09.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Apple TV
subject: On demand
description: The Monsterverse series is back for a new run of episodes.
encoded: We're now three episodes into the second season of Monsterverse series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, with the latest instalment seeing Shaw, Keiko, Hiroshi and Kentaro going rogue in an attempt to find Titan X. Meanwhile, the episode also saw Cate struggling with feelings of guilt, and a long-buried secret being exposed. This second season, which once again stars father-son duo Kurt and Wyatt Russell in a shared role across two timelines, has been helping to fill in the gap between big screen Monsterverse releases for fans, following Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and ahead of Godzilla x Kong: Supernova, which is coming next year. Joining both Russells in the series are Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe, Mari Yamamoto, Joe Tippett and Anders Holm, all of whom have returned from season 1. But when will the show's next episode be released on Apple TV, how many episodes are there in season 2 and what is the rest of the schedule for the full season? Read on for everything you need to know about the release schedule for Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2. When will Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2 episode 4 be released? Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2 is working to a weekly release schedule, and began on Friday 27 February on Apple TV. This means that episode 4 will be released in the on Apple TV on Friday 20 March. How many episodes will there be of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2? There will be a total of 10 episodes in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2. This is the same number of episodes are there was in season 1. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2 release schedule Episodes of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2 will be released weekly. With the season having started on Friday 27 February, this means the finale will be released on Apple TV on Friday 1 May. The new season is arriving just over two years after season 1, which debuted its first episodes in November 2023. Here's a full breakdown of the release schedule for Monarch: Legacy of M…

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Classic Doctor Who lost episodes found at last after 60 years - and they will be available to watch in mere weeks
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date: 2026-03-13T10:14:48.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: BBC iPlayer
subject: News
subject: On demand
description: The episodes are both from the season 3 serial The Daleks' Master Plan.
encoded: In major news for Doctor Who fans, two of the sci-fi show's long missing episodes have just been uncovered, found in a deceased enthusiast's private collection. The episodes, both of which star William Hartnell as the First Doctor, were recovered by Film is Fabulous!, a charitable trust run by film collectors, cinema lovers, and vintage television enthusiasts. The primary objective of Film is Fabulous! is to ensure that vulnerable film collections held in the UK are preserved, when private film collectors and former industry professionals pass away, and since 2023, the team have preserved many private film collections. The two episodes which have been newly found are The Nightmare Begins, which was broadcast on 13 November 1965, and Devil’s Planet, which was broadcast on 27 November 1965. The estate of the deceased owner wishes that he remains anonymous. View oEmbed on the source website Both of these episodes were from the season 3 serial The Daleks’ Master Plan, written by Terry Nation, which also starred Peter Purves as Steven Taylor, Nicholas Courtney as Bret Vyon, Adrienne Hill as Katarina and Kevin Stoney as Mavic Chen. The recovery of these episodes reduces the number of missing instalments to 95, and means that the first three instalments of a once totally missing 12-part story now exist. The two episodes will be screened at an upcoming special event, taking place on Saturday 4 April, with full details to be published shortly. Meanwhile, Film is Fabulous! have collaborated with BBC Archives to ensure that the original 16mm telerecordings are restored, meaning viewers will be able to watch them in the best possible condition on BBC iPlayer soon. The synopsis for The Nightmare Begins says: "The TARDIS lands on the planet Kembel and the Doctor goes to find help for his injured companion, Steven. He discovers that the Daleks are on Kembel and, together with the Guardian of the Solar System, Mavic Chen, are planning to conquer Earth." Meanwhile, the synopsis for …

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Invincible boss addresses major actor absence in season 4
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date: 2026-03-13T08:00:43.000Z
creator: Ben Williams
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Amazon Prime Video
subject: Exclusive
subject: News
subject: On demand
subject: Video
description: Aaron Paul won't be returning as Powerplex.
encoded: Season 4 of Invincible is once again set to up the ante with the start of the Viltrumite War saga and its other unique stories, adapted from the comics. But one major change is coming in the shape of Aaron Paul, who won’t be rejoining the show as Powerplex — and the franchise’s creator has given us a bit more insight behind it all. Voiced by the Breaking Bad actor since the character's debut, Powerplex (aka Scott Duvall) was one of the show's most tragic figures. After being on a war path of revenge against Mark Grayson’s Invincible for the deaths of his sister and niece, Powerplex ends up going too far with his electrical powers against the hero, and accidentally kills his wife and infant child as well. Powerplex had lines in episodes spread throughout the rest of season 3, and it was initially assumed Aaron Paul would be back to voice the character in season 4 of Invincible, if the villain was returning. However, Paul revealed in a late 2025 episode of the Kinda Funny Gamescast that although he was asked to come back for season 4, he declined the offer due to playing the character being "just way too grueling on [his] psyche". He even added that, due to the actor’s dedicated approach to the character, being Powerplex was a "skin [he] didn’t feel comfortable in". View Green Video on the source website When Radio Times asked Invincible co-showrunners and executive producers, Robert Kirkman (also Invincible’s creator) and Simon Racioppa, if they were surprised about Paul’s departure, they suggested that the actor declined to return based on logistics. Kirkman said: "Animation is a different animal. In live action, a lot of times, you have to change how things are written to expand roles and things to maintain having an actor stay on for a role. "In animation, there’s a little bit more freedom in following the actual story." Continuing, he added: "I think that if you look at the Powerplex character, he's still present, and he, you know, pops up from time to time, but …

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Doctor Who writer explains how new revamp of "unloved" Peter Davison story will address "failings" of original version
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date: 2026-03-12T19:00:12.000Z
creator: Morgan Jeffery
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: News
description: Pete McTighe reveals how his team have revamped 1984's Warriors of the Deep to create a new, enhanced viewing experience.
encoded: Pitting the Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) against the united force of the Silurians and the Sea Devils onboard an undersea military base, against the backdrop of a looming nuclear war... it sounds like perfect fodder for a classic Doctor Who adventure, but 1984's Warriors of the Deep has long been considered one of the weaker entries in the show's long history. It's possible that could be about to change, though – with a new special edition of the story available on the Doctor Who: The Collection: Season 21 Blu-ray set looking to repair its reputation by retroactively addressing some of the issues which impacted its production 42 years ago. Speaking at a BFI Southbank screening, Pete McTighe – writer on Doctor Who and spin-off The War Between the Land and the Sea, who also oversaw the revamp of this story – called Warriors of the Deep "quite an unloved story", adding that it was "was kind of crying out [to be revisited], purely because I actually felt there's a really, really good story buried in [...] the original version." McTighe explained: "We know from the history books that they were so challenged in terms of time in the studio. Pennant Roberts, the director, didn't have enough time to get all the coverage he wanted, so the battle scenes were just locked-off wide shots. They didn't have time to get the lighting right, so there's lots of issues… "In my opinion, a lot of the failings of it happened because they were so under pressure in the studio to to actually just finish the thing." The original plan for the special edition was simply to use modern visual effects to replace the Myrka – one of Doctor Who's less-convincing monsters – but this soon expanded to encompass a more thorough reworking, including shooting new footage. "Looking at the story, I felt there was so much more we could do with it," said McTighe. "It could be re-edited to be tighter. A lot of the battle sequences in Warriors of the Deep, they weren't able to get the coverage – so we decided tha…

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Star Trek is struggling to find its moment – and it might need to face up to a hard truth
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creator: David Brown
subject: App
subject: App features
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
description: As the franchise marks its 60th anniversary, its optimistic vision feels out of step with the current political mood.
encoded: Add Star Trek: Starfleet Academy to your watchlist There’s a scene late in the 1991 movie Star Trek VI: the Undiscovered Country where old warhorses Kirk and Spock wonder whether they’ve outlived their own usefulness. The film itself is a Cold War allegory that sees the once-adversarial Klingons brokering for peace, a situation that leaves the Enterprise crewmates confronting a galaxy that may no longer need them. It’s a sobering moment in a story that serves as a swan song for the original team. But it’s also a question that echoes today, not just for Kirk but for Star Trek itself. The underwhelming performance of latest offshoot Starfleet Academy in early Nielsen ratings, and the fact that no new series is currently in production, suggest a once-dominant sci-fi brand is struggling to capture the public imagination. Streaming fragmentation muddies the numbers, but the cultural temperature feels far cooler than in previous eras. A show that once defined television science fiction now feels strangely peripheral. But this could be more than just franchise fatigue. It may be that Star Trek’s worldview is simply out of step with the political mood. Because historically, the franchise tends to flourish at one particular kind of time: moments when the United States feels confident about the future. Just consider when Star Trek has previously thrived. It arrived amid the optimism of JFK’s “reach for the stars” rhetoric. It soared again with The Next Generation during Reagan’s “Morning in America” resurgence of the late 1980s and the post-Cold War triumphalism of Clinton’s 1990s. In short, Star Trek chimes when America believes the future belongs to it. Contrast that with the periods when it’s struggled. In the 1970s, distrust of institutions runs high after the Watergate scandal – and Star Trek exists mostly in reruns until the films revive it. Once we hit the 2000s and George W Bush’s war on terror, Star Trek again stumbles with the lacklustre Enterprise, which is axed af…

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Spoilers, sweetie! Why Doctor Who fans need to learn the joy of waiting
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creator: David Brown
subject: App
subject: App features
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
description: Fans are already fretting about casting and Christmas plot details. But the long wait is not a problem that needs solving.
encoded: Add Doctor Who to your watchlist It’s the early hours of Christmas Day 2007 and I’m woken by the sound of paper being torn in my son’s bedroom. Stumbling half-dazed to where he ought to have been sleeping, I’m met instead by the sight of discarded wrapping and an action figure of David Tennant clutched triumphantly in my young child’s hand. So excited was he by the prospect of Doctor Who toys arriving that he couldn’t wait until morning. But he was of primary-school age, so that anticipatory thrill was understandable – if slightly taxing for his dad, who’d been wrestling with Sellotape and gift tags until close to midnight. At the time, I did, admittedly, feel robbed of precious sleep. But looking back, I should have been grateful that the youngest Doctor Who fan in our house had at least managed to contain his excitement until the clock ticked over to the 25th of December. Because in 2026, Doctor Who fandom is in danger of hyping itself into a state of insensibility a full nine months before Christmas. Granted, the most recent episode of the BBC sci-fi series – which saw Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor regenerate into Billie Piper – left audiences with several questions. Chief among them: whether Piper, who was once companion Rose Tyler, is really playing the Doctor at all. Answers will no doubt arrive in December. But already, a faint air of online panic hangs over claims that the script for the upcoming Christmas special exists in several different versions. Theories about surprise regenerations fill speculative “news” articles, while a supposed casting delay is seized upon as proof that the show must somehow be in disarray. It has become a depressingly familiar pattern. The moment there is a gap in information, the vacuum fills with confident declarations that Doctor Who has entered the disaster zone – a conclusion eagerly amplified by sections of the press whose broader mission is to do down the BBC. But dare we consider the possibility that the production team may simply…

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Silo season 3 release window teased by Rebecca Ferguson after filming wraps on entire series
type: item
date: 2026-03-12T14:30:23.000Z
creator: Louise Griffin
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Apple TV
subject: News
description: The best is still to come in the Apple TV sci-fi.
encoded: Silo season 3 has been a long time coming, but star Rebecca Ferguson has hinted that the wait might finally be over soon. The wildly popular Apple TV sci-fi follows the inhabitants of an underground silo who have no idea how they came to be there, or what they survived in the outside world. Ferguson plays Juliette, a mechanic intent on discovering the truth. We know that season 3, which will move the series into a new chapter, is coming this year, but when asked specifically when we can expect it, Ferguson teased: "Maybe in the middle of this year." Ferguson's interview with Collider also confirmed that she has now wrapped on the fourth and final season of the show, with the actress adding: "I'm emotionally grieving, and I don't talk about it because I'll probably break down crying. I’m pushing it down." Season 3 is set to adapt Shift, the second book in Hugh Howey's Wool trilogy, which goes back in time to focus on how the silos were originally built, becoming a prequel to the first novel. The end of season 2 gave us a glimpse at where the story is going to go, introducing us to a journalist and a congressman who, if the series follows the novels, will be incredibly important to the story going forward. View Green Video on the source website However, Ferguson's involvement in season 3 suggests the show might diverge a little from what's in the novel, considering Juliette only appears very briefly in Shift. Previously speaking to RadioTimes.com, showrunner Graham Yost confirmed that we'll find out more about how exactly the silos came to be in future seasons, saying: "You'll also see something in the final episode that gives you just a hint of where we hope to go in the rest of the story, which is finding out how this happened." And, for anyone who's read the books, they'll know that the best is still to come. Silo seasons 1 and 2 are available to stream on Apple TV. Add Silo to your watchlist on the Radio Times: What to Watch app – download now for daily TV recomme…

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Spoilers, sweetie! Why Doctor Who fans need to learn the joy of waiting
type: item
date: 2026-03-12T13:30:00.000Z
creator: David Brown
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: Comment
description: Fans are already fretting about casting and Christmas plot details. But the long wait is not a problem that needs solving.
encoded: It’s the early hours of Christmas Day 2007 and I’m woken by the sound of paper being torn in my son’s bedroom. Stumbling half-dazed to where he ought to have been sleeping, I’m met instead by the sight of discarded wrapping and an action figure of David Tennant clutched triumphantly in my young child’s hand. So excited was he by the prospect of Doctor Who toys arriving that he couldn’t wait until morning. But he was of primary-school age, so that anticipatory thrill was understandable – if slightly taxing for his dad, who’d been wrestling with Sellotape and gift tags until close to midnight. At the time, I did, admittedly, feel robbed of precious sleep. But looking back, I should have been grateful that the youngest Doctor Who fan in our house had at least managed to contain his excitement until the clock ticked over to the 25th of December. Because in 2026, Doctor Who fandom is in danger of hyping itself into a state of insensibility a full nine months before Christmas. Granted, the most recent episode of the BBC sci-fi series – which saw Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor regenerate into Billie Piper – left audiences with several questions. Chief among them: whether Piper, who was once companion Rose Tyler, is really playing the Doctor at all. Answers will no doubt arrive in December. But already, a faint air of online panic hangs over claims that the script for the upcoming Christmas special exists in several different versions. Theories about surprise regenerations fill speculative “news” articles, while a supposed casting delay is seized upon as proof that the show must somehow be in disarray. It has become a depressingly familiar pattern. The moment there is a gap in information, the vacuum fills with confident declarations that Doctor Who has entered the disaster zone – a conclusion eagerly amplified by sections of the press whose broader mission is to do down the BBC. But dare we consider the possibility that the production team may simply want to keep hold of its secrets…

Rick and Morty season 9 premiere date for Adult Swim confirmed – won't be "AI slop"
type: item
date: 2026-03-12T11:45:39.000Z
creator: Louise Griffin
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: HBO Max
subject: News
description: "Just Grade A organic slop, made by real humans."
encoded: If life doesn't feel chaotic enough right now, we've got good news for you – Rick and Morty will be back in full force for season 9 very soon. The premiere date for the new season of the adult animated comedy has been confirmed, and fans don't have too long to wait. New episodes will begin on Adult Swim on Sunday 24 May. The official synopsis for the new season teases: “Rick and Morty is back, baby! Season 9 is all certified bangers. No AI slop! Just Grade A organic slop, made by real humans with real human traits like back hair and cysts. Please watch, or we’ll have neglected our families for nothing.” Michael Ouweleen, president of Adult Swim, added: “I know it’s my job to say that this show just keeps topping itself, but it also has the benefit of being true. "It’s kind of scary what this show unit is doing season over season – just pouring an absurd amount of talent and brilliance into these episodes. "From the first frame, you’re going to see great high‑concept insanity with some of the best character writing ever done. Again, it’s my job to say that, but it’s also true.” Some suitably chaotic first-look pictures have also been released for the upcoming instalment, which will see the return of voice actors Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden, who have been at the forefront of the show since season 7. In the US, fans will be able to purchase new episodes from digital retailers the day after they air on Adult Swim. However, season 9 won't be available to stream until 31 August. When it launches in the UK and Ireland on 26 March, HBO Max will become the new home of Rick and Morty, taking over from Channel 4. Rick and Morty season 9 will begin on 24 May on Adult Swim. Add Rick and Morty to your watchlist on the Radio Times: What to Watch app – download now for daily TV recommendations, features and more. Check out more of our Sci-Fi coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to The Radio Times …

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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 2 release date speculation and latest news
type: item
date: 2026-03-12T09:00:51.000Z
creator: Nicola Austin
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Paramount Plus
description: Everything we know so far!
encoded: The first season of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has officially come to a close, and fans already have good news about the future of the series. A second season was renewed early, with the announcement made during the Star Trek Universe panel at New York Comic Con back in 2024. With the two-part finale finally bringing back Tatiana Maslany as Anisha Mir, we can expect to see an even more conflicted Caleb heading into his sophomore year at Starfleet Academy. As executive producer and showrunner Alex Kurtzman originally mapped the series out to emulate a four-year college experience, the cadets will undoubtedly face bigger challenges – and new foes – in their second year aboard the USS Athena (NCC-392023). While we wait to see whether Paramount+ will greenlight a third season, here’s everything we know so far about Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 2. Starfleet Academy season 2 release date speculation As of yet, there hasn’t been a confirmed release date for the second season of Starfleet Academy. However, production has now wrapped on the sophomore season at the Star Trek Stage at Pinewood Studios in Toronto, with the main cast sharing a number of emotional messages and behind-the-scenes videos on Instagram. Paramount+ has yet to announce official release dates for either Starfleet Academy season 2 or Strange New Worlds season 4. However, judging by the streamer’s previous staggered release schedules for the franchise, season 2 of Starfleet Academy is likely on track for an early 2027 release window. That would suggest a mid-to-late 2026 premiere for Strange New Worlds season 4, particularly as Paramount+ has historically scheduled its Star Trek offerings so that one show airs between January and March, with another running in the summer or autumn – avoiding two live-action series overlapping. Who could star in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 2? While specific plot details have been kept closely under wraps, we do know that Alex Kurtzman wrote the series to em…

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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 1 ending explained – How does the trial end?
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date: 2026-03-12T09:00:11.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Paramount Plus
description: Everyone is now back aboard the USS Athena, but that doesn't mean anyone is safe.
encoded: School's almost out for summer, or whatever constitutes a summer break aboard Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's USS Athena. This semester has flown by, especially as the final two episodes of the season are actually a two-parter that reunites Caleb (Sandro Rosta) with his mother after 16 years apart. As seen at the very start of the season, Caleb was separated from Anisha (Tatiana Maslany) when he was just a kid due in part to Holly Hunter’s officer Nahla Ake. That's why the captain has gone out of her way to help Caleb all season, to make up for this awful past trauma. By the end of last week's episode, Anisha was wounded after she helped Caleb's fellow cadets escape execution. Everyone is now back aboard the USS Athena, but that doesn't mean anyone is safe, not with Paul Giamatti’s obnoxious baddie Nus Braka back on the scene. And where does Anisha's allegiance really lie? Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 1 ending explained — How does the trial end? Braka has everyone's favourite crew on the ropes when the finale begins. Overlapping mines have prevented the ship from escaping, and there are 240 inhabited planets in the blast radius if one should go off. Not even the USS Discovery could jump through this using Mycelium Spores because that would trigger the bombs too. The skeleton crew that remains aboard surmises that the energy field surrounding these mines is being controlled by one signal. If they can isolate it and jam it, they can deactivate the entire network of bombs. They just need to do so without disrupting it, because that would lead to one big BOOM. The Venari Ral warp in then with Braka at the helm. Jett Reno (Tig Notaro) hides the first year cadets below deck as the ship's shielding is pummeled to breaking point, allowing Braka to teleport onboard. "It was always going to be me in this chair," he laughs, leaving his stinkiness all over Nahla's nice Captain's furniture. Braka is very surprised to see Anisha still alive, and what's even more shocking is…

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Star Trek is struggling to find its moment – and it might need to face up to a hard truth
type: item
date: 2026-03-11T19:00:49.000Z
creator: David Brown
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Comment
subject: Paramount Plus
description: As the franchise marks its 60th anniversary, its optimistic vision feels out of step with the current political mood.
encoded: There’s a scene late in the 1991 movie Star Trek VI: the Undiscovered Country where old warhorses Kirk and Spock wonder whether they’ve outlived their own usefulness. The film itself is a Cold War allegory that sees the once-adversarial Klingons brokering for peace, a situation that leaves the Enterprise crewmates confronting a galaxy that may no longer need them. It’s a sobering moment in a story that serves as a swan song for the original team. But it’s also a question that echoes today, not just for Kirk but for Star Trek itself. The underwhelming performance of latest offshoot Starfleet Academy in early Nielsen ratings, and the fact that no new series is currently in production, suggest a once-dominant sci-fi brand is struggling to capture the public imagination. Streaming fragmentation muddies the numbers, but the cultural temperature feels far cooler than in previous eras. A show that once defined television science fiction now feels strangely peripheral. But this could be more than just franchise fatigue. It may be that Star Trek’s worldview is simply out of step with the political mood. Because historically, the franchise tends to flourish at one particular kind of time: moments when the United States feels confident about the future. Just consider when Star Trek has previously thrived. It arrived amid the optimism of JFK’s “reach for the stars” rhetoric. It soared again with The Next Generation during Reagan’s “Morning in America” resurgence of the late 1980s and the post-Cold War triumphalism of Clinton’s 1990s. In short, Star Trek chimes when America believes the future belongs to it. Contrast that with the periods when it’s struggled. In the 1970s, distrust of institutions runs high after the Watergate scandal – and Star Trek exists mostly in reruns until the films revive it. Once we hit the 2000s and George W Bush’s war on terror, Trek again stumbles with the lacklustre Enterprise, which is axed after four seasons. There’s a sense here that when the pre…

For all Mankind season 5 release date, cast, trailer, latest news
type: item
date: 2026-03-11T15:44:39.000Z
creator: David Craig
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Apple TV
subject: On demand
description: The alternate history drama has hooked a loyal fanbase.
encoded: Season 5 of For All Mankind is almost upon us, with humanity on the brink of a brand-new frontier as deeper exploration of the solar system becomes a reality. The latest instalment in the alternate 21st-century timeline also ushers in a growing interplanetary conflict between the Happy Valley colony and the nations of Earth, while a brand-new generation takes centre stage. "Our fascination with the Soviet space programme has grown with every season of For All Mankind," said executive producers Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi. "The more we learned about this secret city in the forests outside Moscow, where Soviet cosmonauts and engineers worked and lived, the more we wanted to tell this story of the other side of the space race." "We could not be more excited to continue building out the alternate history universe of For All Mankind with our partners at Apple and Sony." Ahead of the upcoming return mission to Mars, here’s our debrief for For All Mankind season 5. For All Mankind season 5 release date The countdown to launch is officially underway, as the fifth instalment of the hit sci-fi show lands on Apple TV+ on Friday 27 March 2026. For All Mankind season 5 will consist of ten episodes, which will be released weekly, with the series continuing through to the season finale on Friday 29 May 2026. New episodes are typically available to watch from 8am UK time on the streaming service. What will For All Mankind season 5 be about? The next entry jumps another decade into the future to 2012, with the fallout of the Goldilocks asteroid heist further deepening the interplanetary friction, as the trailer teases a growing conflict between the two factions. Happy Valley - the growing base on Mars - is now a bustling colony fighting for independence after acquiring a certain valuable asteroid in the season four finale. And yet, there’s a revolution brewing on the red planet, with an elderly Ed Baldwin (Joel Kinnaman) encouraging his grandson Alex Baldwin (Sean Kaufman) to rally …

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Star City: Release date, cast and latest news for the For All Mankind spin-off
type: item
date: 2026-03-11T15:31:53.000Z
creator: Aimee Hart
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Apple TV
description: Star City, the For All Mankind spin-off, continues to look promising.
encoded: Star City, a For All Mankind spin-off from Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert and Ronald D Moore, is an upcoming sci-fi show from Apple following the premise of an alt-history retelling of the space race. Its original show dared to ask the question: what if the space race ended with the Soviet Union putting the first man on the moon instead of the US? Star City, however, is taking a different approach. Instead of focusing on the space race as a whole, the series will delve into the lives of the people who made it possible for the Soviet space programme to succeed. The risks, the rewards, and everything in between. Everything it took to make it possible for the Soviet Union to take the first big step for mankind. And we finally got our first glimpse at the major players and settings of the USSR in the atmospheric first-look stills. But when will the series arrive on Apple TV? Read on for all we know so far. Star City release date speculation For All Mankind fans won’t have to wait long for the next chapter in the expanding Apple TV franchise, as the series is set to debut with a two-episode premiere on Friday 29 May 2026. That’s right - Star City will launch globally on the same day as the For All Mankind season 5 finale, neatly tying the two shows together. The eight-episode season will then follow a weekly release schedule, continuing through to the finale on Friday 10 July 2026. New episodes are expected to be available to stream from around 8am UK time on Apple TV. Who will be in the cast of Star City? Star City already has a jam-packed cast of star-studded talent going for it, with big names like Rhys Ifans (House of the Dragon) and Adam Nagaitis (Chernobyl). Ifans’s Chief Designer is a major player in the series, described as "the driving force behind the Soviet Space Program", while Martin’s Lyudmilla Raskova is another key figure as the head of the KGB surveillance department at Star City. Meanwhile, Sasha, Anastasia and Valya are all cosmonauts within the Soviet space…

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Star Trek showrunner offers exciting update on potential new spin-off set to revisit iconic era
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date: 2026-03-11T14:28:36.000Z
creator: Louise Griffin
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: News
subject: Paramount Plus
description: There are more stories to be told on board the USS Enterprise.
encoded: While the future of Star Trek looks a little uncertain at the moment, one of the franchise's showrunners has revealed he's not exactly short of ideas for where it could go. Henry Alonso Myers, who is the co-showrunner of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds alongside Akiva Goldsman, has confirmed that the two of them have pitched their new idea, which they're calling Star Trek: Year One, to Paramount+ and it's now "in their hands". Year One would act as a sequel to Strange New Worlds, following Paul Wesley's James T Kirk on board the USS Enterprise. “Yeah, we we’ve brought them a lot," Myers recently told TrekMovie. "We’ve done a lot to give to them. It’s in their hands right now. They’re taking a look at it, trying to decide it. I mean, there’s a lot of love for our show over there, and obviously a lot of love for Star Trek.” He added: "We think it would be a great [show], it’s the next thing for Star Trek, we think, in the story that we’ve been telling. But it’s out of our hands." Goldsman has previously said that the final episode of Strange New Worlds (which will end with its fifth season) will show Kirk’s first day of command. Year One would then fill in the gaps in his story, before we see him in The Original Series episode Where No Man Has Gone Before. View Green Video on the source website It's thought that other cast members, including Ethan Peck (Spock), Jess Bush (Christine Chapel), Martin Quinn (Scotty), and Celia Rose Gooding (Uhura) could also join the show. Strange New Worlds wrapped on its fifth and final season late last year - although it still has two seasons left to air. Season 4 is expected to air sometime this year. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is available to stream on Paramount+. Check out more of our Sci-Fi coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.

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Rufus Sewell's sci-fi series based on iconic novel finds new streaming home
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date: 2026-03-11T10:38:38.000Z
creator: Louise Griffin
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: News
description: The four-season sci-fi is based on Philip K Dick's classic novel.
encoded: More than a decade after it first premiered, Rufus Sewell's sci-fi series The Man in the High Castle has now found a new home in the UK on Netflix. Loosely based on Philip K Dick's 1962 novel, the alt-history dystopia follows a world in which Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan won World War II and are in control of the United States. But a mysterious film portraying a different world inspires one particular woman to resist. Alexa Davalos stars in the sci-fi, which originally streamed on Prime Video and ran from 2015 to 2019, alongside Rupert Evans, Luke Kleintank, DJ Qualls, Joel de la Fuente, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Rufus Sewell. View oEmbed on the source website Speaking to Deadline in 2019, when it was announced the show's fourth season would be its last, producer Isa Dick Hackett (who is also the author's daughter), spoke about the prescience of the story. "I think of all times to be dramatising this novel, there may have been no better than now, this anti-fascist tale, and so I think during this fraught time, I think that it has been not lost on anyone on this show that this is a particularly important time to be, you know, having this discourse about the dangers of fascism," she said. Executive producer David Zucker was also asked about whether the series could live on in some way, adding: "It is very provocative to think about what stories may come thereafter. "Whether or not we all get to tell them or they get told in another incarnation in film and television, that's for us to all see. However, I don't think you can look at this as an absolute culmination because of the nature of the stories that we're telling." The Man in the High Castle is available to stream on Netflix. Check out more of our Sci-Fi coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.

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From season 4 confirms unexpected character return in chilling new trailer
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date: 2026-03-10T15:44:46.000Z
creator: Louise Griffin
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: News
description: Jim Matthews, is that you?!
encoded: From season 4 is on its way and is already surprising us, with a very dramatic and unexpected return now confirmed in the new trailer. Fans have officially been treated to the first footage of season 4, which shows Harold Perrineau's Boyd Stevens and co facing more nightmarish horrors in the town that never lets them leave. But eagle-eyed viewers couldn't help but notice a brief appearance from Eion Bailey's Jim Matthews - who, by all accounts, died a horrific death last season. In the trailer, Jim's son Ethan is shown running up to his father and throwing his arms around him - so, either Jim has survived, this is a flashback, or Jim appears this season as a ghost or a spectre. Stranger things have certainly happened in Fromville! Check out the trailer below: As a reminder, the season 3 finale showed Jim's death at the hands of the newly introduced Man in Yellow, as a result of Tabitha and Jade's discovery about who they really are (reincarnated versions of Miranda and Christopher). Safe to say, we certainly didn't expect to see him back. The trailer also teases an even darker side to Boyd, and the return of the dreaded Man in Yellow. Season 3 has proven once and for all that the show won't hold back when it comes to killing its darlings - who might be next this time around? Perrineau previously opened up to Radio Times about the questions he still needs answering after the season 3 finale, saying: "We've lost a lot of people this season alone. The town wants to break Boyd, Jade keeps having encounters with all sorts of people, Tabitha may or may not have been here before, we don't know. "I want to know where we are and why we're here, and who's connected to this place. "So I'm really curious about who's connected to this place, why they're connected, and how it's going to help us or hurt us. That's going to be really, really interesting for me." Not long to wait now! From season 4 will arrive in the US on 19 April. From seasons 1-3 are available to stream on NOW. C…

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