Fusion Patrol

We’re experimenting with a new feature here at Fusion Patrol, called Fusion Reaction, which is planned to be a regular livestream video event. Fusion Reaction is a show that covers the odds and ends that, for whatever reason, don’t make it or don’t fit into the weekly podcast.  It’s also your chance to be part ... Read more

After this episode, nothing will ever be the same.  Well, we can all hope against hope that they can fix this mess. Simon and Eugene discuss Fugitive of the Judoon. Episode Synopsis:  It’s Gloucester, modern day, and in what is not at all a contrived coincidence or metaphor, it’s Ruth Clayton’s birthday, but apart from ... Read more

Quick!  Name two famous inventors from the turn of the Twentieth Century. If you picked Thomas Edison and Guglielmo Marconi, you are right!  However, in this episode, Simon and Eugene talk about Nikola Tesla’s Night or Terror. Episode Synopsis: The Twentieth Century is dawning and Nikolas Tesla is having a bad day.  He’s trying to ... Read more

54 orphan planets in all, 54 orphan planets.  If another planet should happen to fall, 55 orphan planets in all. Simon and Eugene discuss Orphan 55. Episode Synopsis: Graham wins an all-inclusive vacation at Tranquility Spa, unfortunately, the vacation begins before they can adequately prepare as they are immediately teleported from the TARDIS to the ... Read more

Doctor Who returned to our screens in 2020 with the two-part opener, Spyfall. Simon and Eugene discuss. Episode Synopsis: Part One Operatives are attacked all over the world by strange creatures pushing through the walls. The Doctor and her fam (and if I never hear the word “fam” again it will be too soon) are ... Read more

On September 13th, 2019, Big Finish productions launched a new line of Space: 1999 audio adventures, starting with a re-imagining of the original series pilot, Breakaway. Eugene and John take a listen and decide if our wandering moon’s adventures are beginning again, or should they already be over. Episode Synopsis: The year is 1999 in ... Read more

Doomwatch tackles mustard gas… and also the implications of scientifically prolonging human life.  Simon and Eugene discuss In the Dark. Episode Synopsis:  A young man is improbably going for a swim in the waters off the Scottish coast.  He encounters a strange yellow substance floating in the water and dies.  He has been killed by mustard ... Read more

Sometimes you just need to get away from it all – and sometimes you succeed. John and Eugene discuss the Outsiders Episode Synopsis:  Important research continues at Moonbase 3, but Helen Smith has concerns about two of the scientists.  Drs. Partness and Conway.  Although Partness is working on important fuel research, he’s working at a desperate ... Read more

It’s time some things got cleaned up.  You might say it’s time to take out the Trash. Simon and Eugene discuss. Episode Synopsis:  Things are looking bad for Mal, he’s naked, stranded in the desert.  Oh wait, the storytellers can’t create appropriate tension without a flashback. [expand title=”More…” swaptitle=”Less” tag=”strong”] Let’s start this story again, knowing, ... Read more

It’s time to say, “not yeti on the underground,” with a touch of disappointment, for while this episode does explore terrors underground, there is nary a yeti in sight. Simon and Eugene discuss the Web of Fear. Episode Synopsis: The Minister of Health and Duncan, Permanent Secretary at a mysteriously connected Ministry that somehow occasionally ... Read more