Yep, it's another crossword. This one may or may not be any harder than either of the preceding years. Or it might not be. Okay, decisiveness isn't my strong point right now. Go to it.

Across

5. DeLorean's biggest film role (4,2,3,6)
9. Built the Foundations (5,6)
10. Drew vignettes, slew clanger! (1,1,1)
11. Dared to follow HG Wells (6)
13. Undead blackbird's creator (1,4)
16. Symbiont lifeform (3)
17. Abbreviated alien (3)
19. Author of a colourful trilogy (8)
22. Antipodean wordsmith (4)
23. A bit on the dry side... (7)
25. Helmsman (4)
26. Mr Batty, didn't enjoy his retirement (3)
27. Serial destroyers of Tokyo (4)
30. He dared to challenge the pilot of the future (5)
31. ET in happy days (4)
32. Mr Bronson in space! (5)
33. Signatory to the treaty of Khitomer (7)
34. Big warrior, black sword (5)
35. Ensouled demon, definitely not Charlie's (5)
36. Came from Outer Space (2)
37. Took over the Great Machine (5)
38. Zen acolyte (4)
39. Charged for weapon or propulsion (3)
41. Unconscious monster (2)
42. It lives in the heart (6)
43. That Ivan, Londo says he'd fight a war on two fronts! (5)
44. Gave AD a whole new meaning... (6)

Down

1. Definitely not Pigs in Space (8)
2. JWC's successor (4)
3. Sad, rubs a jittery stardrive (7)
4. Wrote a Faerie tale (5)
6. Master of Gort, or is he? (6)
7. Methuselah's father (8)
8. He bore a precious burden (5)
12. Pooh's pocket pal (3)
14. large stupid thing? (1,1,1)
15. God of big, hollow "asteroid"? (4)
17. Created the Count (4,6)
18. Metropolitan icon (5)
19. Give him the keys for a few minutes, and he prangs it into a planet. (5)
20. Red eye (6)
21. Wintermute's other half (11)
24. Iron man (with added carbon) (8)
27. Inkling (7)
28. Became self-aware on August 29th 1997 (6)
29. He is the man, he has the vote. (8)
35. Outsider on film (5)
36. Gods' blood! (5)
37. Night of the killer truck? (4)
38. "Mr Wednesday" has a raven.(4)
40. A type of wave developed in the sixties (3)

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