Adrian Tchaikovsky (@aptshadow.bsky.social)

Starship Alexandria: Episode 12 - Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves For our April 2026 episode of Starship Alexandria – and the second in our new season – Adrian puts forward the film: Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley.  Other talking points:  Wonderful Hugh Grant  Rubbish sorcerers  A certain ambivalence  Dungeons we have Dragonned  Save the cat!  Everything wrong with Hollywood  Remembering the Forgotten Realms  The “It’s him!” moment of failed fan service    Media Mentions:  Dungeons and Dragons movie dir. Courtney Solomon  Middle Earth Role-Playing (MERP) TTRPG  Dungeons and Dragons TTRPG  Conan the Barbarian, movie dir. John Milius  Lord of the Rings series of movies dir. Peter Jackson  Heretic, movie dir. Scott Beck and Bryan Woods  Bridget Jones’s Diary movie dir. Sharon Maguire  Dungeons and Dragons, TV series  28 Years Later, movie dir. Danny Boyle  Galaxy Quest movie dir. Dean Parisot   Next month we look at the illustrated book Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan  Adrian’s music recommendation:  Emma’s latest writing is included in Creative Futures (Beyond and Within)  which was recently shortlisted for a BSFA Award  Adrian’s most recent book: Children of Strife   If you'd like to support the show, and get an additional monthly patrons-only episode, you can become a patron at    You can buy our official t-shirts and mugs at   Follow us at:  Emma: @[email protected] and    Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and   https://starshipalexandria.com/episode-12-dungeons-and-dragons-honor-among-thieves