Richard Edwards

Richard Edwards

Space.com Contributor

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.  

Latest articles by Richard Edwards

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'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 10 review: A season finale that saves the best for last

By Richard Edwards published

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

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'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 9 review: The race for Goldilocks is well and truly on

By Richard Edwards published

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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Close up of a female astronaut on Mars. In the background there are several containers and a white building.

'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 8 review: Mars prepares for the heist of the millennium

By Richard Edwards published

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

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Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) and the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) exchange glances in "The Church on Ruby Road".

How to watch 'Doctor Who' Christmas special: Stream 'The Church on Ruby Road' from anywhere

By Richard Edwards published

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

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Sitting at a table are three people with very serious expressions. In the background there are more people standing, some with their arms crossed. They are all wearing the same gray jumpsuit.

'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 7 review: Teases a spectacular end of season run

By Richard Edwards published

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

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'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 6 review: Culmination of a storyline decades in the making

By Richard Edwards published

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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Catherine Tate as Donna Noble and David Tennant as The 14th Doctor in Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder

How to watch 'Doctor Who' anniversary specials: Stream 'Wild Blue Yonder' from anywhere now

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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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Neil Patrick Harris as the Toymaker in "Doctor Who."

How to watch 'Doctor Who' anniversary specials: Stream 'The Giggle' from anywhere today

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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 woman with short black hair wearing a blue jumpsuit with an American flag patch on the shoulder is reading an important looking document. She looks concerned. In the background you see technical screens and some more space staff.

'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 5 review: A new asteroid heading for Mars puts a rocket under the season

By Richard Edwards published

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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Two men sitting either side of a desk in an office. Both are wearing grayish-blue jumpsuits. The older man is explaining something to the younger man.

'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 4 review: The shove that shook two worlds

By Richard Edwards published

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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Part of the movie poster from the science fantasy movie Krull (1983). From left to right: a beautiful princess with curly red hair, a prince with floppy blond hair beard and moustache wearing black gloves and holding up two small knives in an X, and on the far right is the prince and princess running away from a giant dome with lots of oval windows. Each image is separated by an arm of a giant glaive – a 5-pointed star-shaped weapon with curved blades at each point.

'Krull': the science fantasy of 'Star Wars' without the magic

By Richard Edwards published

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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A man in gray work coveralls embellished with a 'Helios' logo is pushing a metal cart down an industrial-looking corridor.

'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 3 review: A Cold War thriller set in the 21st century

By Richard Edwards published

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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'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 2 review: A brilliant exploration of the haves and have-nots on Mars

By Richard Edwards published

Season 4 finds its groove with a story about divisions on the Happy Valley base — and the importance of a fast internet connection.

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Still from the T.V. show For All Mankind (season 4, episode 1). Silhouette of an astronaut miner holding a pick axe whilst standing on a large rock. Above them is the show title "For All Mankind" with a teaser line above that which reads "A new gold rush begins." At the very top is the Apple TV+ logo.

'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 1 review: Lots of moving parts but light on plot

By Richard Edwards published

Apple TV Plus's alternative history of the space race blasts off for the 21st century and an audacious mission to capture an asteroid.

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Scene from the T.V. show Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Here we see 2 younger officers talking to an older officer.

Did 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'' second season overdo the gimmicks?

By Richard Edwards published

With a "Lower Decks" crossover, a musical episode and lots of James T. Kirk, Captain Pike and his crew couldn't move for novelty episodes.

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Still from the animated T.V. show Star Trek: Lower Decks. Here we see the whole crew sitting on the deck, celebrating.

Why 'Star Wars' needs its own answer to 'Star Trek: Lower Decks'

By Richard Edwards published

'Star Trek''s animated sitcom has brought comedy to the final frontier. Surely, it's time that galaxy far, far away followed suit…

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Still from the British sci-fi sitcom called Red Dwarf. Here we see four of the main cast pointing at the camera. From left to right: The Cat, Lister, Rimmer, and Kryten.

Red Dwarf: 10 ways the Brit sci-fi sitcom proved it was as smart as Star Trek

By Richard Edwards published

It may be engineered for gags, but the 35-year-old show has never shied away from sophisticated sci-fi ideas.

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Still from the sci-fi TV show Foundation which is based on the award-winning science fiction book series by Isaac Asimov. Here we see a promotional poster that shows the main cast as well as the release date (July 14).

'Foundation' season 2 review: Stick with it and you will be rewarded

By Richard Edwards published

Apple T.V.'s epic adaptation of Isaac Asimov's novels has been playing the very long game.

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Armageddon (1998) and Deep Impact (1998) movie posters side by side.

A tale of two space rocks: The year 'Deep Impact' and 'Armageddon' smashed onto the silver screen

By Richard Edwards published

Twenty-five years ago, two movies about deadly asteroids collided at the global box office – with very different results.

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'Terminator 3': Average movie, fantastic ending

By Richard Edwards published

Twenty years on, 'Rise of the Machines' powerful and bleak conclusion remains one of the highlights of the killer cyborg franchise.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Augments, Illyrians and the Eugenics Wars

By Richard Edwards published

Why first officer Una Chin-Riley was on trial, and how it links all the way back to Khan Noonien Singh.

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Still from the movie Rebel Moon (2023). Here we see a close up of Kora, a young woman with dark, chin length hair and wearing a beige cloak. In her hands she is grasping a large futuristic pistol.

What is Rebel Moon? Everything we know about Zack Snyder's new Netflix space opera

By Richard Edwards published

The Man of Steel director is off to Rebel Moon for an adventure inspired by both Star Wars and Akira Kurosawa.

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What is Picard Day? 'Star Trek' fans make it so on June 16

By Richard Edwards published

Here we explain why June 16 has become an annual celebration of Jean-Luc Picard, legendary commanding officer of the USS Enterprise-D.

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Still from animated movie Babylon 5: The Road Home. Here we see a cylindrical spaceship in the orbit of a brown planet against a black and blue starry galaxy.

Babylon 5: The Road Home — Everything we know about the Babylon 5 animated movie

By Richard Edwards published

The story of the last of the Babylon stations continues in "The Road Home", a time-hopping adventure reuniting many of the original cast.

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40 years on, 'Return of the Jedi' is still up there with the best of 'Star Wars'

By Richard Edwards published

As the original trilogy closer turns 40, 'Return of the Jedi' can still hold its own against almost everything that followed.

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