2026-10-28
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Television
worth Remembering
From cult classics to forgotten favourites, Chromakey celebrates the programmes, people and stories that keep us watching.
Cult classics ✳ Hidden gems ✳ The stories behind the screen
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2026-10-27
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Issue 12 is in the works
Work is underway on the next issue of Chromakey. Keep an eye on this space for more details as the issue takes shape.
Read more ↗01 / About Chromakey
A little more than a trip down memory lane
Chromakey is a print magazine dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, telefantasy and cult television. From much-loved classics to programmes waiting to be rediscovered, we look at the shows, stories and people that have made television so memorable.
Each issue brings together original interviews, in-depth features, reviews, opinion and analysis. Our writers take a closer look at television history and the series that continue to inspire conversation, offering informative, detailed and often retrospective perspectives.
Explore the issues ↗Our beginnings
Inspired by the magazines we loved
Chromakey was the brainchild of Bob Furnell and Richard Peevers, longtime fans of classic genre television magazines such as Timescreen, InVision, Action TV and The Frame. Feeling there was room for a modern magazine in that tradition, they decided to create one of their own.
Before the first issue took shape, Bob and Richard asked fellow cult television fans and friends what they would like to see in a magazine. Their ideas helped establish Chromakey’s direction. Bob also invited writers and fans he knew to submit material, and their contributions became the foundation of the debut issue.
The first cover was designed by Steve Ince, with Iain Robertson helping to create the issue’s graphics. Robert Carpenter, of The Doctor Who Project and Whotopia, designed and developed the Chromakey logo. In 2024, Paul MC Smith of Wonderful Books took over the magazine’s design and layout.
Our publisher
Independent publishing
Made in Canada
Chromakey is an imprint of Pencil Tip Publishing, a small independent publisher based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Alongside Chromakey, Pencil Tip publishes books on cult and genre television, short-story collections, original fiction and Doctor Who.
The people behind Chromakey
Meet the team
- Publisher & distribution
- Pencil Tip Publishing
- Senior editors
- Bob Furnell & Richard Peevers
- Contributing editor
- Hamish Crawford
- Design & layout
- Paul MC Smith
02 / Current Issue
Current Issue - Issue 11
Spies &
secret agents
From Miami to the Cold War, join Chromakey for a look at spies, secret agents and the television worlds they inhabit—plus reviews and features from across cult TV.
60 pages · 6 × 9″ paperback · $9.99 CAD
Inside issue 11
In this issue
Burn Notice
Miami heat – what happens when a spy is decommissioned?
Spy TV
Chromakey examines the evolution of spy series in both the USA and Great Britain.
Cold War Agents
The spy series of the 60s saw TV coming to terms with shifting certainties about how the world worked.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Is ‘Voyage’ a spy series? Perhaps, but the first season certainly goes to some dark places.
UFO
Does UFO take many of its narrative cues from the spy shows that came before it? We find out.
Dominic Hide / Another Flip for Dominic
Take a trip back to the 80s to examine the legacy of these two series.
MacGyver
We look into the factors that made MacGyver such a success.
Level 9
A celebration of this oft remembered UPN series.
Alex Rider
Follow the journey from print to the television screen in the adaptation of the popular books by Anthony Horowitz.
X Company
WWII espionage follows trainees from Canada’s secret Camp X.
The War Between the Land & the Sea
A review of the recent Doctor Who spinoff series.
Blake’s 7 Reboot
Looking forward to the possibilities of a series revival.
Back Issues
Back Issues
Explore the earlier issues and their contents. Select an issue to see what’s inside.
Issue 10
The Animation Issue
A tour of animated cult television, from Saturday morning adventures to science-fiction favourites.
60 pages · 6 × 9″ paperback · $9.99 CAD
Explore this issue’s contents
- Danger Mouse
- Babylon 5: The Road Home
- Invasion America
- Farscape
- Star Trek: Lower Decks
- Night Hood
- Stargate: Infinity
- The Herculoids
- X-Men: The Animated Series
- Star Blazers
- Jonny Quest
- Blake & Mortimer
- Doctor Who: Dreamland
Issue 9
Domestic Frights
Horror, science fiction and television history, from Hammer House of Horror to the UPN network.
64 pages · 6 × 9″ format · $9.99 CAD
Explore this issue’s contents
- Hammer House of Horror
- Crusade
- Star Trek: Section 31
- Casino Royale
- Space Ghost
- Murdoch Mysteries
- Stargate SG-1
- Space: 1999
- Survivors: Season Two
- The Year of the Sex Olympics
- Blake’s 7 on audio
- Spotlight on the UPN network
Issue 8
Spy Craft
Features on spies, classic television and genre favourites, including The Avengers and Star Cops.
52 pages · 6 × 9″ format · $9.99 CAD
Explore this issue’s contents
- X-Men ’97
- The X-Files reboot
- Star Trek: Discovery
- The Twilight Zone
- Dark Shadows in print
- Star Cops
- The Avengers
- Survivors
- The Umbrella Academy
- Undermind
- Strange New Worlds
- Sci-fi curios, columns and reviews
Issue 7
July 2022
A look across contemporary and classic cult TV, including The Walking Dead, Loki and Stranger Things.
76 pages · 6 × 9″ format
OUT OF PRINT
Explore this issue’s contents
- The Walking Dead expanded universe
- Loki
- Snowpiercer
- Star Trek: Picard season 2
- Good Omens
- Star Trek: Lower Decks
- Stranger Things
- Star Trek: Discovery
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
- Upload
- The Umbrella Academy
- Doctor Who
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
- The Prisoner
- Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
- Columns and reviews
Issue 6
April 2021
Interviews and features spanning Babylon 5, Timeslip, Doctor Who and the origins of Blake’s 7.
88 pages · 6 × 9″ format
OUT OF PRINT
Explore this issue’s contents
- Babylon 5
- Lucille Ball’s sitcoms
- Roger Cross interview
- Thriller in Canada
- Star Trek: Picard
- Revolution of the Daleks
- Robert Holmes: the early years
- Visions of Future’s Past
- WandaVision
- Timeslip
- Yesterday the Rat
- The Lure of…
- Space: 1999: Death’s Other Dominion
- Doctor Who: The Masters of Luxor
- The Genesis of Blake’s 7
Issue 5
January 2021
Explore Robin of Sherwood, archive television and a conversation with actor Eric Pierpoint.
84 pages · 6 × 9″ format
OUT OF PRINT
Explore this issue’s contents
- Robin of Sherwood
- Eric Pierpoint interview
- Project Blue Book
- The Champions
- Doctor Who: The First Companions
- Archive TV in the digital age
- The Year of the Sex Olympics
- Catweazle
- Stargirl
- Blake’s 7: Stardrive
- Gene Roddenberry
- Battlestar Galactica
- Knightfall
- K9: Regeneration
Issue 4.5
The Tripods Special
A special issue devoted to The Tripods, featuring interviews, memories, photographs and an episode guide.
48 pages · 6 × 9″ format
OUT OF PRINT
Explore this issue’s contents
- Interview with Jim Baker
- Interview with John Christopher
- When The Tripods Came
- Dad Remembered
- The League of Freemen recall episode one
- Tripods photo album
- Episode guide
Issue 4
Spring 2020
Interviews with Kathryn Leigh Scott, Ed Bishop and Nick Mellish, alongside classic cult television features.
100 pages · 6 × 9″ format
OUT OF PRINT
Explore this issue’s contents
- Kathryn Leigh Scott interview
- Ed Bishop interview
- Nick Mellish interview
- Captain Scarlet & the Mysterons
- Battlestar Galactica
- The Curse of Fatal Death
- Northern Exposure
- Farscape
- The Mad Death
- Doctor Who: Tinker Tailor Soldier Timelord
- From the Earth to the Moon
- Doctor Who: A Hero in Time and Space, Part Two
- Blake’s 7: Project Avalon
- Firefly
- Columns and features
Issue 3
Winter 2020
From Max Headroom and Dark Skies to a tribute to Terrance Dicks and the Blake’s 7 finale.
88 pages · 6 × 9″ format
OUT OF PRINT
Explore this issue’s contents
- Max Headroom
- Good Omens
- Dark Skies
- Sarah Rush interview
- Nightingales
- Threads
- Wojeck
- Game of Thrones
- A tribute to Terrance Dicks
- Matthew Kresal interview
- Star Trek: Miri
- Blake’s 7 series finale
- Quantum Leap
- Doomwatch: Project Sahara
- Doctor Who series 11
- Daybreak, columns and reviews
Issue 2
Summer 2019
Features on The Avengers, Sapphire and Steel, Doctor Who and more, plus interviews and reviews.
104 pages · 6 × 9″ format
OUT OF PRINT
Explore this issue’s contents
- The New MacGyver
- Doctor Who: A Hero in Time and Space
- Out of the Unknown: The Machine Stops
- Failed genre pilots of the 70s, Part Two
- Paul McGillion interview
- Clarence
- The Avengers: Tunnel of Fear
- Michael Scott Phillips interview
- Sapphire and Steel: The Man Without a Face
- Doctor Who and television in the United Kingdom
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Star Trek: Discovery
- The Prisoner: The Girl Who Was Death
- Dead Head, columns, reviews and letters
Issue 1
The Debut Issue · Winter 2019
The first issue explores Lost in Space, The Starlost, UFO and more, with an interview with Gary Conway.
96 pages · 6 × 9″ format
OUT OF PRINT
Explore this issue’s contents
- Lost in Space
- Altered Carbon
- The Starlost
- Gary Conway interview
- A Very British Coup
- Gargoyles
- UFO: Kill Straker
- Counterstrike
- Sapphire & Steel
- Failed 1970s genre TV pilots
- Reviews and more
03 / Subscribe
Cult television,
delivered to you
Enjoy more of the television you love with a Chromakey subscription. Choose two or three issues and look forward to original interviews, in-depth features, reviews and fresh perspectives on cult and genre TV.
Subscriptions are available in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Prices include postage and packaging.
Enquire about a subscription ↗Subscription rates
Choose the option for you
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|---|---|---|
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| USA | $15.00 USD | $17.50 USD |
| UK | £11.00 GBP | £14.00 GBP |
| Australia / New Zealand | $21.00 AUD | $29.00 AUD |
All prices include postage and packaging. Payment can be made via PayPal, payable to Pencil Tip Publishing. Please allow 5–7 days for your subscription to be processed.
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Delivery details
Where to send your issues
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Chromakey also offers gift subscriptions. Please email us for information.
04 / Get involved
Write for
Chromakey
Have a fresh perspective on a favourite series, a forgotten classic or a particular corner of television history? We welcome knowledgeable, thoughtful writing on science fiction, fantasy and cult television.
Your writing should be informative and entertaining, with room for a sense of fun. We welcome strong opinions and constructive criticism supported by clear reasons.
What we’re looking for
Bring your perspective to the page
We welcome articles, reviews, interviews, analysis and opinion pieces that appeal to both dedicated television enthusiasts and general readers. Ideas include:
- In-depth series histories and overviews
- Opinion pieces, topical discussions and points of view
- Articles exploring a particular theme
- Series and season overviews or assessments
- Episode reviews and analysis
We do not accept fiction or poetry.
Length & format
Preparing your article
General articles are approximately 2,000–3,000 words; main features are approximately 3,000–3,500 words. Please check with us before submitting anything longer than 3,500 words or four pages.
As a rough guide: 800 words fill one page, 1,500 two pages, 2,200 three pages and 3,000 four pages.
Submit written material as a Word document (.doc or .docx) attached to an email. Chromakey reserves the right to decline material that is not suitable for the magazine.
Contributor copies
Thank you to our writers
Contributors receive a free copy of the issue in which their material appears, as well as a 30% discount on all Pencil Tip Publishing publications. The full submission guidelines and style guide are available on request.
05 / Get in touch
We’d love to
hear from you
Have a question about Chromakey, an idea for an article or simply want to say hello? Get in touch.