THEIR SCI-FI
Some choice celeb picks from SFX’s My Sci- Fi column…
Favourite TV Shows
“I themeused to quite love scary Rentaghost, because but of I Timothyfound the
Claypole’s laugh at the end.”
Matt Lucas “Star Trek. Even William Shatner’s
hammy acting worked.”
Roger McGuinn, The Byrds
“I really like Voyager. That could have been mainly down to Captain
Janeway. My type of woman.”
Jimmy Greaves “I love everything about Doctor Who – it is fantastic and the scripts are brilliant and I think it’s made in Wales, isn’t it?”
Alex James, Blur
“I’m absolutely addicted to Medium. I’ve probably seen every episode at least six times.”
Toyah Wilcox “I watched Lost. I thought the first series was fantastic, then it became more of an endurance thing.”
Russell Howard
“Dollhouse is really underrated.” Jonathan Ross
“It’s all Buffy for me. Do you know Joss Whedon tweeted about my musical Matilda
yesterday? F** king best day of my life!”
Tim Minchin “I loved Red Dwarf and Quantum Leap to the point of obsession. All my Christmas presents
were books about them.”
Josie Long
Favourite Books/ Comics
“I Lovely like Snow ideas, Crash great by story, Neal very Stephenson. cool.”
Graham Linehan “Hitchhiker’s. It was like a carnival taking place in your head.” Charlie Brooker
“Stephen Baxter’s Voyage. A very clever idea.”
ProfESSOR Colin Pillinger “As a kid I read a lot of Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury, who I still love.” Mackenzie Crook
Favourite Movies
“The Empire Strikes Back – it’s the darkest, coolest and best directed of the Star Wars films.”
Simon Pegg “I saw Tron at the Odeon Picture House in 1982 and left the cinema fizzing!”
Mike Joyce, The Smiths “I’m a huge fan of JJ Abrams. In Star Trek he lovingly and knowingly plays with the mythos.” Quentin Tarantino
“When I was growing up Alien was a huge favourite of mine. I was fascinated by spacecraft, so I couldn’t be bothered with the horror; I just love the architecture of the ships.” Professor Brian Cox
“Most sci- fi films are crap.”
Adam Yauch, The Beastie Boys