Fusion Patrol

Doctor Who 2025 barrels on with episode 2, Lux, as Simon and Eugene discuss whether animations have depth, the missing merchandise from this episode, whether they’re seeing a new season template emerging, and how the new TARDIS wardrobe works.

Simon and Eugene kick off the 2025 season of Doctor who looking at the episode, The Robot Revolution, where they discuss meta-paradoxes, RTD using Moffatisms, and how you count hyphenated words when you are missing every ninth word.

Simon and Eugene discuss different forms of mind transference, they rate Steven’s departure against other companions, and they discuss what aspects of animation take us out of a animated reconstructed story. Come join the conversation as they look at the newly-released animated Doctor Who story, the Savages.

Kenneth and Eugene discuss “…so many pieces…” of this episode of Space Rangers.

John and Eugene come to the end of Star Maidens with the final two episodes. In Creatures of the Mind, where they discuss the implications of what happens if AI learned to move without the aid of wheels or legs. In The Enemy, they ask the question, “was the whole point of this series leading ... Read more

Cheap Star Wars ripoff, or a more brilliant parody than Space Balls? This week, Ben and Eugene look at the Roger Corman film, Starcrash!

This week, Simon and Eugene look at the final episode of the first series of Real Humans, episode 10, The Code. They discuss the source of HuBot morality, how HuBot’s having an old USB-A port is at least better than a Lightning port, why HuBots don’t have laser eyes, and what the Swedish Actors Union ... Read more

Eugene and Kenneth look at the next episode of Space Rangers, in which Boon and the gang go on an expedition to capture their most deadly enemy, a race of aliens they know virtually nothing about and they discover along the way that they have deadly sonic powers. Oh, so that’s why they’re called “banshees!” ... Read more

John and Eugene explore two more episodes of Star Maidens. First, the President of the planet Medusa dies and it is “The End of Time,” followed by Shem getting a girlfriend, who may just be cray cray in “Hideout.”

This week, it’s movie night, and Ben and Eugene take a serious look at a movie about a giant flying turtle. It’s 1995’s Gamera: Guardian of the Universe!