How can Baltar remain a credible villain if he remains in jail?  Answer:  He can’t, so, it must be time to escape! Ben and Eugene discuss Baltar’s Escape. Episode Synopsis:  Since the arrival of the Eastern Alliance Enforcers and Apollo and Starbuck’s prisoners, the Council have been getting increasingly upity.  It seems the civilian government ... Read more

How can Baltar remain a credible villain if he remains in jail?  Answer:  He can’t, so, it must be time to escape! Ben and Eugene discuss Baltar’s Escape. Episode Synopsis:  Since the arrival of the Eastern Alliance Enforcers and Apollo and Starbuck’s prisoners, the Council have been getting increasingly upity.  It seems the civilian government … Continue reading 416 – Battlestar Galactica – Baltar’s Escape

The Doomwatch team tackle sound pollution… or is it? Ben and Eugene pick up where they left off in 2013 and discuss Doomwatch, the 1970s BBC show with a pessimistic view of scientific accountability. Episode Synopsis: Environmentalist Bernard Colley and his daughter Dana pull up the lighthouse of Tommy Gort just in time to see ... Read more

The Doomwatch team tackle sound pollution… or is it? Ben and Eugene pick up where they left off in 2013 and discuss Doomwatch, the 1970s BBC show with a pessimistic view of scientific accountability. Episode Synopsis: Environmentalist Bernard Colley and his daughter Dana pull up the lighthouse of Tommy Gort just in time to see … Continue reading 415 – Doomwatch – The Red Sky

David Norliss, disbeliever, investigates the supernatural to debunk it.  What he finds challenges his understanding of reality. Simon and Eugene discuss the 1973 planned pilot movie, The Norliss Tapes, with some strong ties to Dan Curtis’ Night Stalker and Night Strangler movies. Episode Synopsis: David Norliss is a recognized-name author.  He’s been working on an ... Read more

David Norliss, disbeliever, investigates the supernatural to debunk it.  What he finds challenges his understanding of reality. Simon and Eugene discuss the 1973 planned pilot movie, The Norliss Tapes, with some strong ties to Dan Curtis’ Night Stalker and Night Strangler movies. Episode Synopsis: David Norliss is a recognized-name author.  He’s been working on an … Continue reading 414 – The Norliss Tapes

The Galacticans come across humans from a non-Colonial source.  Could it be the long-awaited contact with Earth? Ben and Eugene discuss. Episode Synopsis:  On long range forward patrol, Apollo and Starbuck encounter a strange, unresponsive spacecraft of unfamiliar design.  Their scanners indicate life inside and they bring it back to the Galactica.  Inside, six humans ... Read more

The Galacticans come across humans from a non-Colonial source.  Could it be the long-awaited contact with Earth? Ben and Eugene discuss. Episode Synopsis:  On long range forward patrol, Apollo and Starbuck encounter a strange, unresponsive spacecraft of unfamiliar design.  Their scanners indicate life inside and they bring it back to the Galactica.  Inside, six humans … Continue reading 413 – Battlestar Galactica – Greetings from Earth

It’s been a long, long journey since the moon left Earth’s orbit back on September 13, 1999.  A journey covering countless light-years, spanning galaxies, universes and other astronomical terms used with complete and absolute imprecision.  The Alphans have travelled far indeed. So too have Ben and Eugene as they have gone along with them ever ... Read more

It’s been a long, long journey since the moon left Earth’s orbit back on September 13, 1999.  A journey covering countless light-years, spanning galaxies, universes and other astronomical terms used with complete and absolute imprecision.  The Alphans have travelled far indeed. So too have Ben and Eugene as they have gone along with them ever … Continue reading 412 – Space: 1999 – Moonset (Special Series Wrap-Up Episode)