Fusion Patrol

Everyone loves a delivery,  even the Doctor, but this time there’s a mystery attached. Simon and Eugene discuss Kerblam! Episode Synopsis:  In the Vortex, something is on an intercept course with the TARDIS.   Unable to avoid it, a Kerblam! Delivery robot materializes on the flight deck and delivers a package for the Doctor.   Inside, a Fez – clearly indicating the sender doesn’t have...

A mysterious stranger comes to the fleet with promises too good to be true.  Could he be the Great Deceiver? Ben and Eugene discuss the War of the Gods Episode Synopsis: Silver Spar squadron are buzzed by strange, super-speed lights in space, and then go missing.   Apollo, Starbuck and Sheba investigate a nearby planet for clues and discover a gigantic destroyed spacecraft and Count Iblis, a seemi...

India, 1947, on the eve of the birth of Pakistan and the TARDIS gang are there. Ben and Eugene discuss the Demons of the Punjab. Episode Synopsis: Yaz has a grandmother, Umbreen, who emigrated from Pakistan to the UK decades ago, but Yaz wants to know more about her, so she convinces the Doctor, somewhat reluctantly, to go visit her in her youth.   They find themselves in a rural area in 1947, whe...

For our 400th episode, we look at the absolute  classic BBC serial, Quatermass and the Pit. Simon and Eugene discuss. Story Synopsis: Respected scientist Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group is drawn into a strange mystery when fossils of human ancestors are discovered at an excavation at Hobs Lane.   Dated to 5 million years ago and representing a missing link in man’s evol...

A giant space amoeba invades our galaxy, threatening all life and the valiant crew of the starship Enterprise must save us all or die trying.  Whoops, sorry.  Wrong DVD. Let’s try that again: Cmdr. John Koenig and the Alphans encounter a nonsensical planet. Ben and Eugene discuss. Episode Synopsis:   2310 Days after leaving Earth’s orbit, Alpha has been surveying a promising planet for two d...

On a deep space medical vessel the Doctor and the gang encounter a  space gremlin. Ben and Eugene discuss. Episode Synopsis:  While looking for junk, the TARDIS Gang find a sonic mine and set it off.   The next thing you know, they find themselves on a hospital ship, heading away from the TARDIS.   While the Doctor reluctantly agrees to go with the ship to its base where they can be returned to th...

Kolchak and Peri battle a water vampire. Simon and Eugene discuss Into Night. Episode Synopsis:  It’s late at night and two office workers are burning the midnight oil working on an actuarial presentation.   The man expresses his gratitude that his co-worker has worked so hard to help him.   She, in return suggests they go for a drink.   Could this be the start of something?   If we cared, we’ll n...

Giant spiders are overtaking Sheffield. Can the Doctor and her departing companions resolve this problem with humane dignity? Ben and Eugene discuss.

Where there’s space, and oxygen, you know there’s going to be FIRE!  Remember, Smokey the Daggit says, “Only you can prevent space fires.” Ben and Eugene discuss Fire in Space. Episode Synopsis: Boomer, Athena, Boxey and Muffet are spending time in the Rejuvenation Center when the Cylons launch a massive attack.   All squadrons are launched to intercept but it is soon clear...

The Doctor and her companions arrive in Montgomery Alabama in 1955 on the eve of Rosa Parks’ historic bus ride, but there’s Artron energy in them thar hills and the Doctor needs to investigate.   While Ryan gets a lesson in history, the Doctor confronts an enemy from the future who wants to change history. Ben and Eugene discuss.

Ben and Eugene discuss Episode Synopsis 2306 days after leaving Earth’s orbit, Alpha discovers two planets in their Eastern quadrant.   An Eagle is dispatched to investigate.   Onboard, John Koenig and Medical Technician Dispensable. They discover an amazing, Earth-like planet, with high-tech cities, but instead of investigating a big-budget alien city, they investigate a low-budget box in the cou...

Hey Fusion Patrol listeners (and especially Doctor Who fans.) As you know, it’s Doctor Who season and we are recording an episode immediately after every episode of Doctor Who that airs; however, with our release schedule also having our other series in it, our releases of Doctor Who podcasts are inexorably getting further and further distant from the original episodes’ air dates. What if I told y...

Ben and Eugene discuss. Synopsis: We rejoin our heroes hanging in space, where they are dying, until Graham and Ryan are scooped up by a spacecraft that pops out of hyperspace next to them.   The Doctor and Yaz are picked up by a second spacecraft.   The ships are piloted by Angstram and Epzo, respectively.   Both were expecting a planet to be where they came out of hyperspace and both more or les...

Kolchak is onto a lead which might get him answers about the death of his wife. It might also get him arrested or killed or both. Simon and Eugene discuss the two-part story episodes, The Source and the Sea. Synopsis: At a drug lord’s palatial estate a man, Victor Caleca, tries to buy his life, but before the scene can play out, Four Motorcyclists arrive and, with silent efficiency, slaughter the...

The 13th Doctor has arrived on our screens with a large, crashing-through-metal-from-a-ridiculous-height-with-a-loud-plonk sound.  Without the benefit of foresight of things to come, how does The Woman Who Fell to Earth preface the newest era of Doctor Who. Ben and Eugene discuss. Transcript (computer-generated) Eugene: Hello and welcome to another episode of Fusion Patrol. I’m Eugene…...

The last thing the last battlestar expected to find was another last battlestar.  It seems they’re a dime a dozen. But this last battlestar comes complete with Cain – the Living Legend. Ben and Eugene discuss. Synopsis While on patrol, Apollo and Starbuck encounter the Battlestar Pegasus, a long-thought lost Battlestar from the Fifth Fleet that was wiped out two yahrens ago. The Pegasu...

Remember when there were only two Psychons left in the universe; the beautiful and wonderful Maya and her argogant, insane father that didn’t chaff at the idea of sucking the brains out of passign aliens to accomplish his plans?  Remember how we all thought, “Maya’s father is the odd one out – the bad egg in the Psychon basket?” Enter Dorzak, a great philospher from t...

Carl Kolchak is being questioned about a crime, but what crime, and who committed it?  What has Kolchak gotten himself into this time? Simon and Eugene discuss the Night Stalker episode Malum. Synopsis: Carl Kolchak is being questioned by the police as is police Detective Carver. A tragedy has happened and it is clear that the police want to help one of their own and send Kolchak down the river fo...

Starbuck crash lands on a Cylon-occupied planet, where he runs into a group of young freedom fighers whive’been giving the Cylons hell. Can he turn the Young Lords into a credible fighting force and defeat an entire garrison of Cylons? Ben and Eugene discuss The Young Lords. Synopsis Starbuck and Boomer, on patrol, are ambushed by Cylons. Once again the superior Colonial Warriors defeat a gr...

When a combination of John Koenig’s bad command decisions and a lack of leafy green salads to look at come together there’s bound to be lots of high-drama action or excitement, plus questions, lots of questions, like: Was  that a seance? Where is the spectre? Why haven’t the Alphans risen up and thrown off their oppressor long ago? Ben and Eugene discuss the Seance Spectre. Synop...

One year ago the FBI with the help of the Beacon captured a serial killer that claimed to to be bringing hellfire down on his victims.  Today, the killings begin again. Carl Kolchak’s unerring instincts detect that this really may be hellfire and not a biological agent and we all know Kolchak is never wrong about these things. Simon and Eugene discuss The Burning Man. Synopsis: A man finds a...

A small town connives to get a group of battle-trained warriors to help defend their town against maurading bandits. That description sounds a bit generic – and so does this episode! Ben and Eugene discuss The Magnificent Warriors. Synopsis Blue Squadron defeats an incoming Cylon attack fleet, but a few ships get through, the reach the fleet and destroy ⅔ of the agro ships in the fleet. The...

There’s a pinwheel in space and we all know what that means!  Psychic phenomena run amuck! Ben and Eugene discuss the Lambda Factor. Synopsis 2308 days since leaving Earth’s orbit, the moon is traveling through a completely empty zone of space. The Alphans call it the peace zone because with nothing there, there are no threats. (Of course, with nothing there, there’s no chance of a new home,...

A series of bizarre phobia-related deaths has Kolchak’s supernatural -hypothesis generator running overtime – but which of his wacky ideas, if any, will be correct? Simon and Eugene discuss Three. Synopsis: A nervous young woman takes a bus to an unsavory part of town and arrives at a creepy old, abandoned house. She’s met by two young men, who seem to be known to her. Soon, they’re at...

There’s a planet.  With a gun on it. A frozen world – one might even call it an “ice planet.”  That planet is known as Arcta, or perhaps Kalpa, but we shall call it “Zero – Ice Planet Zero.” And we shall do so for no apparent reason whatsoever. No matter, because the Galactica is in a heap of trouble if a rag-tag planetary assault team doesn’t take t...