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

Why Holly Hunter's Nahla Ake already deserves a place at Star Trek's ultimate top table
By Richard Edwards published
'Starfleet Academy''s principal mixes new ideas with inspiration from her famous predecessors

Is Nus Braka's weapon in the latest "Starfleet Academy" a "Galaxy Quest" in-joke?
By Richard Edwards published
There's something refreshingly familiar about the Omega 47 weapon in "300th Night"

'Masters of the Universe': Release date, plot, cast, and everything we know about He-Man's big screen return
By Richard Edwards published
He-Man prepares to renew hostilities with Skeletor in a live-action reboot of the toy-inspired cartoon. But does he still have the power?

'Starfleet Academy''s latest episode reminds us why the Doctor is one of 'Star Trek's greatest ever characters
By Richard Edwards published
Few sci-fi characters have exceeded their original programming quite like Voyager's Emergency Medical Hologram.

Has 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' just unleashed its very own Khan?
By Richard Edwards published
After an inauspicious debut, Paul Giamatti's space pirate has emerged as a villain to be reckoned with on 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.'

'The Black Hole' was Disney's original response to 'Star Wars'. What the hell were they thinking?
By Richard Edwards published
Trapped somewhere between the big ideas of "2001" and the fun of a galaxy far, far away, this 1979 movie is a true space oddity.

Silo vs Fallout: getting under the surface of TV's bunker-based hits
By Richard Edwards published
We're going deeper underground; there's too much panic in this town.

This week's "Starfleet Academy" episode, "Series Acclimation Mil", is a near-perfect "DS9" sequel
By Richard Edwards published
What happened to Captain Benjamin Sisko? This episode won't give you any answers, but it asks all the right questions.

New 'Starfleet Academy' episode 'Vox in Excelso' shows that Klingons are the most versatile species in 'Star Trek'
By Richard Edwards published
Think Klingons are just loudmouthed louts with terrible table manners? Think again…

'Vitus Reflux' may be the lowest stakes episode of 'Star Trek' ever. Luckily, it's also a lot of fun
By Richard Edwards published
Starfleet Academy's third mission is remarkably light on peril, but that isn't necessarily a problem

'Starfleet Academy' isn't the first time that 'Star Trek' tried to go back to school
By Richard Edwards published
The new teen-led Paramount+ TV show isn't Trek's first attempt to study at the Academy.

'Stranger Things' and 5 other places Einstein-Rosen Bridges have wormed their way into sci-fi
By Richard Edwards published
From the Upside Down through the Devil's Anus and beyond. Here are 6 times these theoretical wormholes turned up in sci-fi shows and movies.

10 sci-fi movies we're excited for in 2026
By Richard Edwards published
The power of Grayskull, Superman's cousin, and the return of a certain galaxy far, far away are among 2026's big-screen wonders.

The best sci-fi and space TV shows of 2025, ranked
By Richard Edwards published
Watch those skies! In 2025, quality television really did come from outer space.

Who are the Sea Devils? The classic 'Doctor Who' monsters in 'The War Between the Land and the Sea'
By Richard Edwards published
As the veteran 'Who' antagonists get ready for their close-up, we look back at 50 years of underwater history.

Why are the 'Avatar' movies so massive? Their success seems to defy conventional logic
By Richard Edwards published
They're not part of a vast, Marvel-style universe, and neither is a classic. So why are the "Avatar" movies so successful?

10 years into the Disney 'Star Wars' era: Grading the ups and downs of a galaxy far, far away
By Richard Edwards published
Ten years on from 'The Force Awakens', we look back at what's gone right and what's gone wrong.

'The Expanse' at 10: the outer space drama that should have been as big as 'Game of Thrones'
By Richard Edwards published
It's one of the 21st century's best sci-fi shows. If only "The Expanse" had found the audience it deserved.

'Doctor Who' spin-offs ranked: From K-9 and Daleks! to 'Class', 'The Sarah Jane Adventures' and 'Torchwood'
By Richard Edwards published
As 'The War Between the Land and the Sea' rages on, we look back at the previous TV shows to explode out of the Whoniverse.

How to watch 'The War Between the Land and the Sea': stream the 'Doctor Who' spin-off online and from anywhere
By Richard Edwards published
The Sea Devils are back in a brand new 'Doctor Who' spin-off. Here's how to watch 'The War Between the Land and the Sea' online on BBC iPlayer in the UK

'Torchwood: Children of Earth': Why the 2009 mini-series is the greatest thing ever to come out of the 'Doctor Who' universe
By Richard Edwards published
Ahead of 'The War Between the Land of the Sea', we look back at a drama that rewrote the rules of the Whoniverse.

Buzz Lightyear at 30: How sci-fi's most famous flying toy took us to infinity… and beyond
By Richard Edwards published
In 1995, "Toy Story" introduced one of sci-fi's greatest heroes. Thirty years on, Buzz Lightyear is still the pride of Star Command

'The War Between the Land and the Sea': Release date, plot, cast, and everything we know about the aquatic 'Doctor Who' spin-off
By Richard Edwards published
Classic "Who" foes the Sea Devils make waves in this Doctor-less, grown-up drama series from the mind of Russell T Davies.
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