The Solar One - Sci-Fi Podcast

02/11/2025

New Podcast intro! Many thanks to on Youtube who helped out with the AI.

31/10/2025

Long before she stepped onto the bridge of Star Trek: Voyager, Jeri Ryan was just a nineteen-year-old trying to get her first break in Hollywood. She landed a small extra role in John Hughes’ Planes, Trains and Automobiles, sitting quietly on a bus beside two comedy legends Steve Martin and John Candy. But once the cameras rolled, all that professionalism flew out the window. Their off the cuff antics, their faces, their timing everything was too much. Jeri couldn’t hold it in. She laughed through take after take.
John Hughes, a director known for his patience but also his perfectionism, gave her multiple chances. Yet every time Martin and Candy launched into their scene, the young extra cracked up again. Eventually, Hughes had no choice but to gently let her go and reshoot the entire scene without her. It wasn’t anger it was timing. Comedy, after all, depends on rhythm, and Jeri’s laughter though genuine threw off the beat.
Years later, as Jeri Ryan transformed into one of sci-fi’s most iconic characters, Seven of Nine, that story became a favorite Hollywood anecdote. It showed how she began not with flawless composure, but with genuine, uncontrollable laughter. Even in failure, it was clear: she had the spark of someone meant to stand out. Sometimes, losing a small role is just the first laugh before a legendary career begins.

30/10/2025

WTF have I just watched? Worst film I’ve seen since Batman Vs. Superman. 1/10 - the only thing that gave it a point was the Britt Ekland “revealing scenes”

30/10/2025

Episode 223 - Alien Earth Review

On this episode, we focus on the recent series - Alien Earth. We discuss how well this fits in the Alien franchise and potentially how the series could continue if it gets renewed for a second season. We also discuss some Doctor Who news...

YouTube: https://youtu.be/9UBTv7trYdU?si=J7AlUrcPzauGpR8T

29/10/2025

Better than the whole RTD2 era!

28/10/2025

So disappointed 😞

27/10/2025

Behind the scenes V The Mini Series. Late (1982)

27/10/2025

Well worth a watch

Imagine: It's September of 2025, a VHS tape with an unknown episode of SPACE 1999 has been recovered. Dated 1980, hinting at a Season 3 Pilot.... This is the...

26/10/2025

40 years ago…

25/10/2025

Sad news, Nabil Shaban has sadly passed away age 72. RIP. - He was best known as the recurring villain Sil in the Doctor Who serials "Vengeance on Varos" (1985) and "Mindwarp" ("The Trial of a Time Lord") (1986), and the Big Finish audios Mission to Magnus (2009) and Antidote to Oblivion (2014) and Reeltime Pictures' Doctor Who spin-off Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor (2019).

21/10/2025

Enjoy

21/10/2025

Space - The Solar Frontier! 😳