Fusion Patrol

Simon and Eugene discuss the “Big Lie” in fiction, the Oscar-winning music of Anne Dudley, the difference between train length in the UK and the US, and how foreknowledge might affect your behavior in a time paradox. Episode Synopsis Fashion designer Sonia Duval is being interviewed about her upcoming show and about negative feelings about ... Read more

Caravaggio is damaged, and Percy replaces him with Kate, the crew’s new holographic pal that’s fun to play with, designed by Percy. Would could possibly go wrong? Find out as Kenneth and Eugene look at the Starhunter Redux episode: Kate. Episode Synopsis Percy is having a conniption fit.  She wanted to use some hot water during the ... Read more

Simon and Eugene discuss their previous encounters with this missing story, pure historicals and historical accuracy, and the editorial decisions around reconstructing a story where there is insufficient original material to convey the narrative. Foreword You’ll often hear that the world you create in the mind’s eye when listening to audio adventures is in every ... Read more

John and Eugene tackle two more episodes of Logan’s Run.  This week we contemplate the nature of good and evil and look at another of the masterpieces from the pen of legendary writer Harlan Ellison. Half Life Synopsis Logan and the gang encounter electronic interference in their car and then get captured by a bunch ... Read more

Simon and Eugene discuss the similarities between Holly Turner and Romana I, whether you could plug a time machine into a 30 amp ring main, and what the conviction rate is like in the world of Crime Traveller. Episode Synopsis Holly and Slade are at the bank.  Holly is looking for a loan to pay ... Read more

The Divinity Cluster rears its ugly head once more, and like night follows day, so does The Orchard.  This time their subject is the human guinea pig, Travis Montana.  Kenneth and Eugene discuss The Prisoner. Episode Synopsis Travis is being a grumpy puss, and the events that make him a grumpy puss haven’t even happened ... Read more

This week John and Eugene look at two more episodes of Logan’s Run.  In the Innocent: Take one awkward, socially-isolated teenage girl, place her in close proximity to a TV series’ hunky lead, and watch the television inevitable happen.  Oh, did I mention she has superpowers?  Then, in Man out of Time: A time-traveling researcher ... Read more

Just in time to spread some holiday cheer, John and Eugene are taking a look at 1968’s The Green Slime. Synopsis A member of the crew aboard the UNSC Gamma 3 space station utters those inevitably fateful words, “nothing exciting ever happens around here,” and fast than you can say, “sir, I’ve got something on ... Read more

Just in time for Christmas, it’s a new series here on Fusion Patrol!  (And this is one we’ve been looking forward to for a very long time – for at least seven years!) We’re beginning our journey through Anthony Horowitz’s 1997 time-traveling* detective series, Crime Traveller. Simon and Eugene get our first look at our ... Read more

WARNING: Subjectively, I feel like this may be the harshest episode of Fusion Patrol ever.  It may not be suitable for listeners of a nervous disposition. Dimension hopping? Time displacement? Body/Soul swapping? We don’t know what’s going on here, and we daresay no one else does, either.  Kenneth and Eugene ponder A Stitch in TIme. ... Read more