Step on board the set of Black Mirror’s new USS Callister episode with the latest issue of SFX

The cover of SFX issue 390, and some of the features inside.
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Black Mirror is on the cover of SFX issue 390, ahead of the Netflix anthology show’s return for a seventh season.

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Black Mirror

A behind-the-scenes photo from filming on the USS Callister set.

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Back in 2017, SFX went on set for the Star Trek-riffing episode “USS Callister”, stepping foot on the titular spacecraft. Now we do so again for the filming of a sequel episode, speaking to the show’s creator Charlie Brooker, director Toby Haynes, and four of the cast of the episode. Warning: may contain prosthetic testicles.

Doctor Who

The Doctor and Belinda in spacesuits.

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The TARDIS rematerialises on 12 April for Ncuti Gatwa’s second season. In a 10-page feature, we talk to Doctor Who overlord Russell T Davies, Varada Sethu (new companion Belinda Chandra) and producer Joel Collins. Plus we talk to production designer Phil Sims, who shares some concept art from the first two episodes!

Andor

Diego Luna as Cassian Andor.

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The story of Cassian Andor’s rebel is getting wrapped up, in a second and final season which, across four batches of episodes, bridges the gap between the debut run and the events of Rogue One. We find out more from star Diego Luna and showrunner Tony Gilroy. 

The Last of Us

Key art of Bella (standing on a giant guitar) and Joel (on a giant cracked watch).

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Also returning this month: the postapocalyptic videogame adaptation. Our correspondent went to SXSW in Austin, Texas to speak with showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, and cast members Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna, Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced and Young Mazino. 

The Handmaid’s Tale

A bruised-faced June (Elisabeth Moss) holding a baby.

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The TV show based on Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel set in a USA that’s become a totalitarian patriarchy will be bowing out with its sixth season. We find out what’s in store from showrunners Yahlin Chang and Eric Tuchman. 

The Wheel of Time

A desert city part obscured by a sand storm.

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We’ve also got more from our trip to South Africa to watch the filming for season three of the Robert Jordan fantasy saga. 

And that’s not all feature-wise. We also catch up with Christopher Landon (the man behind Happy Death Day and Freaky) about his new thriller Drop, and profile author Nicholas Binge.

Red Alert

Director Ryan Coogler.

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And the big features are just the tip of the iceberg! As ever, our news section, Red Alert, is crammed with insights into yet more movies, TV shows, comics and books. In the spotlight this month: Ryan Coogler on his horror movie Sinners; Kevin Bacon’s new demon-hunting show The Bondsman; videogame Dune: Awakening; Jurassic World: Chaos Theory season three; Mark Millar on vampire comic Vatican City; plus the latest Green Lantern, Solomon Kane, Wacky Races and Captain Planet titles. 

Reviews

Two pages of film reviews.

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The SFX verdict on Mickey 17 kicks off 21 pages of searing critical analysis, as we inform you which of the latest films, TV shows, books, comics, audio plays, and video games are worth splashing your hard-earned cash on! 

Six Black Mirror characters on the cover of SFX 390.

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Deputy Editor, SFX

Ian Berriman has been working for SFX – the world's leading sci-fi, fantasy and horror magazine – since March 2002. He's also a regular writer for Electronic Sound. Other publications he's contributed to include Total Film, When Saturday Comes, Retro Pop, Horrorville, and What DVD. A life-long Doctor Who fan, he's also a supporter of Hull City, and live-tweets along to BBC Four's Top Of The Pops repeats from his @TOTPFacts account.

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