GEMMA WHELAN

Game of Thrones’ Yara GreYjoY Talks sci-fi!

FAVOURITE SF/FANTASY MOVIE

I love District 9 – “naughty prawn” is a common utterance in our house! It’s original and funny and was extremely prescient. “What do we do with these people who are different?” It was ahead of its time, clever and interesting and thought-provoking, but also sensitive and very funny in parts. Sharlto Copley brought such charm and humour to the main role. We even called our goldfish Christopher Johnson after one of the characters.

FAVOURITE SF/FANTASY TV

Stranger Things – I’m sure it’s many people’s answer to this question, it was so fantastically compelling and different. The acting was superb, and the child actors were above and beyond in their performances. The storyline, the direction, the grade, the writing, the whole thing was perfection for me and I can’t wait for the second series.

FAVOURITE SF/FANTASY HERO

Can I say Bananaman? I loved eric so much as a kid! If I have to give a serious answer then, no, it’s still Bananaman. The number of bananas I ate as a child trying to be like him! What a superb way to manipulate children into eating bananas. I can still hear the theme tune – an absolute classic...

SF/FANTASY GUILTY PLEASURES

I’ve started to get into Doctor Who – I watched it as a child and the Daleks absolutely terrified me so I’d always switch it off. However I worked with David Suchet recently, and I tuned in to watch his episode and I loved it. I am delighted I returned to the show and I suppose this isn’t really a guilty pleasure but it feels relevant. Also, I did love a bit of Buffy.

Game Of Thrones airs on Sky Atlantic.