Fusion Patrol

Another missing episode of Doctor Who rejoins the fold via animated reconstruction. This time Simon and Eugene discuss the Daleks’ final outing when they look at Evil of the Daleks. Episode Synopsis The TARDIS has been taken from Gatwick airport on a lorry. The Doctor and Jamie chase the lorry as fast as possible with their ... Read more

This week we tackle a couple of episodes of Ultra Q. First John and Eugene contemplate the unique bond between man and his giant monkey – or perhaps we contemplate the bond between giant monkey and his pet man? Then they look at the very real implications of space exploration. What if mankind shot an ... Read more

Finally, we take a look at one of the seminal pieces of science fiction television: The Quatermass Experiment – Nigel Kneale’s 1953 pioneering original television serial. Logistical problems galore as Simon and Eugene discuss this “lost” classic. Episode Synopsis Part One – Contact Has Been Established The British Experimental Rocket Group and its leader, Professor Bernard ... Read more

The stuff of nightmares is letting an unstable teenage misfit develop automated weapons’ system.  Kennth and Eugene discuss the techno-ethicist’s nightmare that is Bad Girls. Episode Synopsis Percy is doing something very, very stupid, she’s decided to rig up an automated gun emplacement in the shuttle bay access area.  During her installation process, she nearly ... Read more

One of the great problems that needs to be addressed in the world is food production and sustainability.  What is that could be solved with a simple algae-based superfood.  How much would that be worth?  How far would you go? And, can you ransom a city with it? Team Bugs are going to find out, ... Read more

John and Eugene fall into the Unbalanced Zone. For the next 49 minutes you will experience a parting of mind from body and join them in becoming swallowed into this mysterious time. We start our look at the legendary Eji Tsubaraya’s first TV series for Japanese TV: 1966’s Ultra Q. In the first episode a ... Read more

At the height of the 1960’s Dalekmania it was time for the Daleks to jump to the big screen and they brought along their old friend, Dr. Who for the ride.  Simon and Eugene discuss Peter Cushing starring as Dr. Who in Dr. Who and the Daleks!  Movie Synopsis: It’s just another quiet evening at ... Read more

What happens when you have plot for ⅓ of an episode and three main characters?  Repetition!  Kenneth and Eugene look at the Starhunter Redux episode Eat Sin. Episode Synopsis  After the mostly nonsensical events of the previous episode, Dante finds himself alone on the Tulip, except then its Lucretia all alone and then its Percy ... Read more

The Web of Fear has gotten a Blu-Ray release, along with an animated re-creation of the missing (presumed in the hands of an evil, evil, villainous collector) episode 3 – that episode that first introduces the character of Col. Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, later Brigadier and founder and pioneer of U.N.I.T. This animation uses a new ... Read more

Industrial espionage is big business and sexy, too, but developing automated weapons of war is more profitable.  Between that and an unlicensed nuclear reactor, what could go wrong?  Simon and Eugene discuss the Bugs episode Stealth. Episode Synopsis Tronix, a company run by a charming chap named O’Neal,  is producing an introductory video for their ... Read more

It’s a child, it’s a mermaid, it’s a siren, it’s a tool used by pirates – no matter what is it, it’s a problem for Mark Harris, the Man from Atlantis, as he tries to solve the mystery of a series of sunken ships.  John and Eugene discuss the Siren. Episode Synopsis Mark Harris, the ... Read more

In the wake of the recent disastrous BBC adaptation of War of the Worlds, we’ve decided to cleanse our pallet with a good version of War of the Worlds.  This is a special audio review episode as we look at Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of the War of the Worlds. Album Synopsis: Strange green jets ... Read more

If you’re extremely spoiler adverse about Doctor Who news that has been quite literally announced and confirmed by the BBC, skip the rest of this announcement. Seriously, skip it.     OK, you’ve been warned. It’s been a jam packed week or so for Doctor Who news starting with the announcement that series 13 would ... Read more

Watching Percy die is cathartic.  Seeing her resurrected, disheartening.  Kenneth and Eugene discuss the up again down again episode A Twist in Time. Trailer: On the next cruel, cruel episode of Starhunter Redux, entitled A Twist in Time, my dreams are granted then brutally, callously, and painfully crushed repeatedly as Percy dies (yay) and is ... Read more

Ross and the gang get embroiled in international political intrigue and assassinations when a guy who makes laser logos asks them to investigate industrial espionage.  Simon and Eugene discuss Shotgun Wedding. Episode Synopsis: The episode opens with a highly-implausible science fiction concept:  A political party that believes in honesty and stands against corruption.  We are ... Read more

We’re back to finish off the Man from Atlantis with this the first of the two episodes we’d previously skipped.  This week, Mark Harris travels to the depths of the ocean to discover… Southern California with mimes.  John and Eugene discuss Crystal Water, Sudden Death. Episode Synopsis: Schubert and his henchmen are searching for powerful ... Read more

It’s laugh-a-minute slapstick comedy as Dante gets his crotch rubbed by his new boss’ wife.  Does the team of the Trans-Utopian have what it takes to be part of the Super Max corporate team?  Kenneth and Eugene discuss Super Max. Episode Synopsis: Aboard the mega-space station Reno Seven, Dante and the gang are trying to ... Read more

John and Eugene close out Big Finish Productions’ Space: 1999 Volume One’s with Death’s Other Dominion, a reimagining of the original series’ episode, and Goldilocks, a new tale. Death’s Other Dominion Synopsis Moonbase Alpha is still struggling in the aftermath of the events of Breakaway. A section decompression kills Alphan Mary Page. And it is ... Read more

It’s a jolly tale of murder and intrigue on the high seas, or, at least, under them. Simon and Eugene take a look at the Bugs episode, Down Among the Dead Men. Episode Synopsis Someone has been stealing Navy salvage parts and willing to murder to do it. Through a not-adequately-explained coincidence, the Team Bugs ... Read more

It’s the final two episodes of the Invisible Man. First Dan must battle an escaped mental patient that’s holding the Klae Resource hostage – he just doesn’t know what he’s got. Then Dan needs to thwart some cold war shenanigans to allow world peace through plastic surgery. John and Eugene close out their coverage of ... Read more

Dark and Stormy Night! The production team’s Bulwer-Lytton aspirations are finally laid bare for all to see!  Dante meet Darius, can he help him find his son?  Will he live to do so? Kenneth and Eugene discuss Dark and Stormy Night. Episode Synopsis In the aftermath of the previous escapade, Dante and Lucretia have a ... Read more

Big Finish fills in the blanks about what happened when Moonbase Alpha encountered the planet Meta in their Space: 1999 episode, the Siren Call.  John and Eugene discuss Episode Synopsis Moonbase Alpha is still struggling in the aftermath of the events of Breakaway. A section decompression kills Alphan Mary Page. And it is in this ... Read more

Which is better for flying a plane?  A joystick or a mouse?  Ed gets the chance to find out in All Under Control.  Simon and Eugene discuss. Episode synopsis: Ms Langford, airline Big Wig is returning via corporate jet when he plane behaves irrationally, completely out of control of the pilot.  Control is restored just ... Read more

Dan deals with the peccadilloes of the Klae family and nearly loses his job in the Klae Dynasty and then, he encounters someone who renders his super powers meaningless in Sight Unseen.  John and Eugene discuss these two episode of the Invisible Man. The Klae Dynasty Synopsis The Klae Family are coming to the Klae ... Read more

Sometimes there’s a moment when the writer gives the audience a conspiratorial knowing wink.  That moment came when they named this episode “Half Dense Players.”  Kenneth and Eugene discuss. Episode Synopsis Darius arrives at Clarke Station, in Jupiter space.  An event of interest to the Orchard has happened.  That event is a death. As Darius ... Read more