Guillermo Del Toro
Del Toro is the director behind ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’, ‘Pacific Rim’ and ‘Hellboy’.
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Film and TV personalities
John Carpenter
The director’s films include ‘The Thing’, ‘Escape From New York’, ‘They Live’ and ‘Ghosts of Mars’.
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Brian Blessed
Blessed appeared in ‘Flash Gordon’, ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘Star Wars: The Phantom Menace’.
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Anthony Daniels
Anthony Daniels played the droid C-3PO in six ‘Star Wars’ movies.
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Scientists
Jim Al-Khalili
Al-Khalili is one of the most recognisable scientists on British TV and radio.
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Maggie Aderin Pocock MBE
Maggie Aderin Pocock co-presents the BBC’s long-running ‘The Sky at Night’.
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Dr Adam Rutherford
Rutherford is best known for BBC Radio’s ‘Inside Science’ and his blogs for the Guardian.
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Professor Robert Winston
Robert Winston is familiar from documentaries including ‘How Science Changed Our World’.
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Science fiction authors
Stephen King
Stephen King has explored sci-fi in the likes of ‘The Long Walk’, ‘The Stand’ and ‘Under the Dome’.
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George RR Martin
Martin is best known for ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’, the inspiration for HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’.
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Alastair Reynolds
Reynolds’s works include the Revelation Space series and the Poseidon’s Children trilogy.
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Kim Stanley Robinson
Kim Stanley Robinson’s ‘Mars’ trilogy redefined modern sci-fi.
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Film critics and experts
Robin Ince
Robin Ince appears regularly on TV and radio, being both funny and serious.
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Helen Keen
Helen Keen hosted the first ever stand-up showcase at the CERN laboratory.
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Rebecca Watson
Watson’s skepchick.org focuses on science, critical thinking and feminism.
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Kim Newman
Newman is famous for his mordant wit, unflinching opinions and natty dress sense.
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