What is SciFi Mojo?

What is ‘SciFi Mojo?’ SciFi = Science Fiction, and Mojo = good luck, and finding or getting your ‘groove’ back. SciFi Mojo is a blog site dedicated to science fiction television news and opinion, as well as space exploration. It’s also a cheeky look at what some old school science fiction shows could look like, if they were rebooted.

Spotlight On… Space: 1999

Welcome to the Space: 1999 and Space: 2059 pages of SciFi Mojo. The classic 1970s science fiction series, Space: 1999, has been a fan favourite for decades. Despite it’s age (and those flares), and despite some of the “way out” concepts that were explored on an episode-by-episode basis, it continues…Continue reading “Spotlight On… Space: 1999”

Nichelle Nichols…

A New Light in the Heavens

1 Aug 20222 Aug 2022

Iconic, thoughtful, courageous, sassy, stunning, talented, and transcendent. Those are all words I associate with Nichelle Nichols, the remarkable human-being who embodied Nyota Uhura across decades. Today, we learned that…

The Line Vanishes

18 Jan 202219 Jan 2022

I recently watched episodes of Star Trek: Discovery season 4, The Expanse season 6, Foundation, and Apple TV’s Invasion back to back in a rare binge session. The day before…

Happy Star Trek Day, 2021!

9 Sep 202110 Sep 2021

Welcome to scifimojo's coverage of Star Trek Day 2021, streaming live from the United States. Today, in the US (8th of September, 2021 - it's the 9th in Australia), is…

William Shatner

Happy Birthday, William Shatner!

23 Mar 202125 Mar 2021

William Shatner, known to many as Captain James T. Kirk, turned 90 on the 22nd of March this year (2021). That is one heck of a milestone! Born in Montreal,…

In Case You Missed Them

21 Jan 202127 Mar 2021

2020 was a rough year. Which is an understatement, I know! It was heart-breaking, tragic, occasionally inspiring, and generally confronting. As a global community we faced down a world-wide pandemic…

Carrie Fisher…

Forever Our Princess

27 Dec 202027 Mar 2021

A long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, I ran a website called The Skywalker Legacy. It was, as you might expect, dedicated to Star Wars, a…

Akiva Goldsman…

Strange New Worlds

16 May 202024 Mar 2021

From the moment Anson Mount appeared on screen in episode one of Star Trek: Discovery's second season as the legendary Captain Christopher Pike, Trek fandom fell in love with him. …

The Mandalorian: Season 1 Review

30 Dec 201925 Mar 2021

There are a lot of us who have been waiting a very long time for this: Star Wars has finally come to live-action television and it is a big, bold,…

Aron Eiseberg…

What We Leave Behind

24 Sep 201924 Mar 2021

On the 21st of December, 2019, Star Trek lost another of its shining lights with the passing of Aron Eisenberg. Aron's wife, Malissa Longo, announced his passing that day with…

New SciFi Show Reviews

Another Life. The Next Big Thing, or Another Hot Mess?

5 Sep 201924 Mar 2021

Writing science fiction isn't easy, despite the fact it's an enormous sandbox where your imagination can run free. That freedom, however, can be disorienting. In recent months, Netflix has been…

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century…

Change is as Good as a Holiday?

15 Jul 201924 Mar 2021

If you've been a follower of either of my science fiction blogs (Space 2049 and Star Trek: Sentinel), you would have noticed both have been pretty quiet of late. That's…

Alex Kurtzman…

T Minus 11 Days

7 Jan 201924 Mar 2021

In Australia it's the 7th of January as of the writing of this article, meaning we only have 11 days until the first episode of Star Trek: Discovery season two…