Fusion Patrol

John and Eugene ponder if eggs might have chains in the Rainbow’s Egg and marvel at the ejaculating alien in Challenge from the Year 2020. The Rainbow’s Egg Synopsis Two truckers are transporting a highly dangerous vaguely egg-shaped container of enriched uranium to a new industrial city in the country. They see blooming bamboo, which ... Read more

We kick off our Series Two of Bugs coverage with the two-part openers “What Goes Up…” and “…Must Come Down.” (In that same order.) Simon and Eugene discuss Bugs. What Goes Up… Synopsis Because I refuse to call them “Gizmos,” Team Bugs have been called in by the Space Technology Agency or STA to ensure ... Read more

Percy gets some lovin’ from a spaceman. Kenneth and Eugene discuss.

Tick tock, goes the clock.  It’s the penultimate 13th Doctor adventure, Legend of the Sea Devils.  Simon and Eugene discuss. Episode Synopsis The year is 1807, and the infamous pirate Zhen Yi Sao is assaulting a statue of a sea devil over the protestations of one of the locals.  The statute cracks, and out pops ... Read more

This week we look at two more episodes of Ultra Q.  Garamon makes a surprise return in Garamon Counterattacks.  Will he be less derpy? In the 1/8 Project, Yuriko accidentally undergoes “voluntary” over-population reduction. John and Eugene discuss. Garamon Counterattacks Episode Synopsis A strange man approaches the Astronomical Physics Lab at night.  He uses a ... Read more

Is there room for miracles in Dr. Ian Hood, Scientist’s worldview?  No.  Simon and Eugene discuss Miracle. Episode Synopsis In Clayton, the police, acting on behalf of social services, take a child, Alfie, away from his father and proceed with emergency tumor removal surgery against the father’s wishes.  He’s been treating the boy with magic ... Read more

Callie has been shot. Kenneth and Eugene discuss. Episode Synopsis Travis and Callie are setting up to take in a smuggler named Strasser, but things go south when he recognizes Callie and shoots her.  She’s in a bad way and Travis doesn’t take her to the nearest ER, he takes her back to the ancient ... Read more

How does an investigation of the British Brain Drain turn into an expose on a secret US/USSR space program? Find out what is Alternative 3 as John and Eugene discuss this 1977 program. Synopsis Anglia Television’s science affairs program, Science Report presents the results months-long investigation, initially into the brain drain effecting Britain’s science community. ... Read more

Temperatures drop in Tokyo as an old friend returns and an exploration of the dangers of the power of gold. John and Eugene discuss Tokyo Ice Age & Kanegon’s Cocoon. Tokyo Ice Age Episode Synopsis It is a beautiful sunny summer’s day at Haneda airport when first a jet runs into trouble because its flaps are ... Read more

Climate Change and cryptography go hand in hand like seashells and fractals, and Dr. Ian Hood, Government Scientist soon finds out. Simon and Eugene discuss Kryptos. Episode Synopsis Richard Adams is a man who likes to walk on the beach, study shells, talk to himself, and run away from would-be assassins.  He also happens to ... Read more