Fusion Patrol

Simon and Eugene discuss how efficient it is to rob a bank using a power station, how not to dress a set to look like a real building site, and isotope implosions and the difference between fusion and fission. Episode Synopsis Ros is getting a tour of the NRGen Split Isotope Fusion Power plant, arranged ... Read more

Kidnapping at the speed of light?  Is this the cunning and lucrative crime bonanza of the future?  Kenneth and Eugene discuss Torment. Episode Synopsis Old man Santiago’s got a problem.  His parents were kidnapped 50 years ago, and now the kidnapper, Darnell, wants ransom to return them unharmed.  They’re just a pair of scared kids, ... Read more

John and Eugene look at two more episodes of the cult classic, Ultra Q.  This time we ponder the connection between rare butterflies and the Yeti, plus, what happened to the stunt octopus after filming his big scene. Metamorphosis Episode Synopsis A mountain expedition comes across some bones and footprints.  Could it be the yeti?! ... Read more

Simon and Eugene discuss memory and learning in SciFi shows in general and using scifi as a MacGuffin rather than a way to explore the human condition in Bugs in particular, and we’ll be talking about the physics of ejecting from a stealth jet, and how the Bugs vision of the 1990s is purely private ... Read more

Join John and Eugene as they listen to and talk about Big Finish Productions’ second Space: 1999 boxset, featuring the stories Mooncatcher, Earthbound, and Journey’s End. Mooncatcher Synopsis 11 months after leaving Earth’s orbit, the Alphans are celebrating the birth of the first child on Alpha – everyone except Paul, that is, who’s a big ... Read more

Kenneth and Eugene ponder the notion, “how bored does a holovision audience have to be to sit and watch a completely unedited feed?” and also, “do they watch when they go to the bathroom?” It’s Starhunter Redux’s Third Thing. Episode Synopsis Matilda is the saccharine, bitchy host of a holovision program called the Third Thing.  ... Read more

Does music soothe the savage beast? When does a scientist cross the line from brilliant visionary to quack? Do you know someone who wears sandals, and do you know where they came from? Primordial Amphibian Ragon Synopsis An undersea volcano forms near the fishing waters off Iwane Island.  The island is the home of Professor ... Read more

Simon and Eugene discuss how far futuristic shows should project from the present, and coincidentally where electric bolt guns fit with extrapolating the progression of genetic engineering.  We discuss baddies in Bugs and which we would and wouldn’t like to come back and somehow we end up exploring British and American naming conventions. Episode Synopsis ... Read more

John and Eugene ask the question, “why not vampires,” consider if racial prejudice goes away if you lose your pigmentation, and why Chuck Heston never gets a good ending in a film. It’s the Omega Man! Synopsis Col. Dr. Robert Neville is a man with a problem:  He’s the last man on Earth, roaming the ... Read more

Kenneth and Eugene discuss the Starhunter Redux episode Becoming Shiva and ask the question, are the terrorists playing Grand Master-level chess or deaf, dumb, and blind pinball? Episode Synopsis In a disused, restricted section of Ring Shepard Station, in orbit around Saturn, Salvatore and Nailson, two terrorists from Terra’s Children plant a bomb, and they ... Read more