Fusion Patrol

Bounty hunting in the 23rd century in nothing like a trek to the stars. On a new show we’re looking at here on Fusion Patrol, we join the dysfunctional crew of the spacecraft, Trans-Utopian, a luxury liner re-purposed into a a bounty hunter’s ship.  That bounty hunter is Dante Montana, man of few words, his ... a title=477 – Starhunter Redux – The Divinity Cluster class=read-more href=https://fusionpatrol.com/2020/06/20/477-starhunter-redux-the-divinity-cluster/ aria-label=Read more about 477 – Starhunter Redux – The Divinity ClusterRead more/a

When inadequate safety protocols at a factory in a small industrial town lead to the death of a child, the events set in motion are about to make a new public enemy. Simon and Eugene discuss the Doomwatch episode, Public Enemy. Episode Synopsis: In the town of Carlingham a healthy young boy kicks a football ... a title=476 – Doomwatch – Public Enemy class=read-more href=https://fusionpatrol.com/2020/06/13/476-doomwatch-public-enemy/ aria-label=Read more about 476 – Doomwatch – Public EnemyRead more/a

What happens in scientific research on the lawless frontier can’t get approvals for human or animal trials?  You conduct it anyway because it’s the “lawless” frontier. John and Eugene discuss the Star Cops episode, Conversations with the Dead. Episode Synopsis: A freighter bound for Mars, the Daedalus, has a wee problem.  Its engines have fired ... a title=475 – Star Cops – Conversations with the Dead class=read-more href=https://fusionpatrol.com/2020/06/06/475-star-cops-conversations-with-the-dead/ aria-label=Read more about 475 – Star Cops – Conversations with the DeadRead more/a

Firefly comes to a close with the motion picture, Serenity.  Simon and Eugene discuss. Movie Synopsis: We open on what appears to be flashbacks showing the day Simon broke River out of the Alliance experimentation facility.  Paradoxically, even though this happened in the past, he seems to know quite a bit more about what was ... Read more

Teaching and computers.  An amoral match made in hell? Simon and Eugene discuss the Logicians. Episode Synopsis: It’s a jolly lovely summer’s day at the Elsdene School and the boys are preparing for a field trip to a pharmaceutical company after spending the night planning a heist.  The boys seem a bit full of themselves ... Read more

This week we start a new series on Fusion Patrol:  The 1987 BBC Science Fiction Police Drama, Star Cops by creator Chris Boucher, who long-time listeners will know from his work on Blakes 7. What does murder and crime look like in the age of computers and space travel? And what constitutes being a good ... Read more

We come to the end of the TV Series Firefly as Simon and Eugene discuss Objects in Space. Episode Synopsis: River is wandering about the ship, as if in a dream, she sees the others and hears their thoughts, or what she thinks their thoughts, she sees a branch on the floor… then she comes ... Read more

What happens when Doomwatch is called in to investigate rabies?  Simon and Eugene discuss The Inquest. Episode Synopsis: Hardcastle of Doomwatch is on the job at a lab in Ipswich.  The lab manager, Dr. Fane, is giving Hardcastle an earful of the problems he’s had running his lab, and the constant attacks and vandalism that ... Read more

John Wyndham’s novel seminal post-vegetable-apocalyptic novel, The Day of the Triffids has been adapted several times, but possibly most faithfully by the BBC in 1981. Simon and Eugene look at the 6-part Day of the Triffids. Story Synopsis: Triffids are plants bioengineered by the Soviet Union to be an efficient fuel additive. They are unique ... Read more

Our tour of Moonbase 3 comes to an abrupt end with the destruction of all life on Earth.  What happens when the last remnants of the human race contemplate the imminent end of all mankind? John and Eugene discuss this uplifting – and final – episode of Moonbase 3. Episode Synopsis:   Moonbase 3 is ... Read more