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Podcast and reviews from the team at Fusion Patrol
Episodios
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546 – Bugs – Hot Metal
16/10/2021 Duración: 01h08minIf you cross a device that silences explosions with an explosive that explodes silently, will you go deaf when it goes off? Simon and Eugene discuss Hot Metal. Episode Synopsis Two men, both observing very sloppy safety protocols are taking part in a demonstration. Da Silva is showing a potential buyer the enormous commercial properties ... Read more
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545 – Doctor Who – Evil of the Daleks
07/10/2021 Duración: 01h10minAnother missing episode of Doctor Who rejoins the fold via animated reconstruction. This time Simon and Eugene discuss the Daleks’ final outing when they look at Evil of the Daleks. Episode Synopsis The TARDIS has been taken from Gatwick airport on a lorry. The Doctor and Jamie chase the lorry as fast as possible with their ... Read more
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544 – Ultra Q – Goro and Goro & A Present for Mars
02/10/2021 Duración: 01h06minThis week we tackle a couple of episodes of Ultra Q. First John and Eugene contemplate the unique bond between man and his giant monkey – or perhaps we contemplate the bond between giant monkey and his pet man? Then they look at the very real implications of space exploration. What if mankind shot an ... Read more
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543 – The Quatermass Experiment
25/09/2021 Duración: 01h24minFinally, we take a look at one of the seminal pieces of science fiction television: The Quatermass Experiment – Nigel Kneale’s 1953 pioneering original television serial. Logistical problems galore as Simon and Eugene discuss this “lost” classic. Episode Synopsis Part One – Contact Has Been Established The British Experimental Rocket Group and its leader, Professor Bernard ... Read more
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542 – Starhunter Redux – Bad Girls
18/09/2021 Duración: 48minThe stuff of nightmares is letting an unstable teenage misfit develop automated weapons’ system. Kennth and Eugene discuss the techno-ethicist’s nightmare that is Bad Girls. Episode Synopsis Percy is doing something very, very stupid, she’s decided to rig up an automated gun emplacement in the shuttle bay access area. During her installation process, she nearly ... Read more
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541 – Bugs – Manna from Heaven
11/09/2021 Duración: 59minOne of the great problems that needs to be addressed in the world is food production and sustainability. What is that could be solved with a simple algae-based superfood. How much would that be worth? How far would you go? And, can you ransom a city with it? Team Bugs are going to find out, ... Read more
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540 – Ultra Q – Defeat Gomess!
04/09/2021 Duración: 49minJohn and Eugene fall into the Unbalanced Zone. For the next 49 minutes you will experience a parting of mind from body and join them in becoming swallowed into this mysterious time. We start our look at the legendary Eji Tsubaraya’s first TV series for Japanese TV: 1966’s Ultra Q. In the first episode a ... Read more
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539 – Dr. Who and the Daleks
28/08/2021 Duración: 01h06minAt the height of the 1960’s Dalekmania it was time for the Daleks to jump to the big screen and they brought along their old friend, Dr. Who for the ride. Simon and Eugene discuss Peter Cushing starring as Dr. Who in Dr. Who and the Daleks! Movie Synopsis: It’s just another quiet evening at ... Read more
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538 – Starhunter Redux – Eat Sin
21/08/2021 Duración: 57minWhat happens when you have plot for ⅓ of an episode and three main characters? Repetition! Kenneth and Eugene look at the Starhunter Redux episode Eat Sin. Episode Synopsis After the mostly nonsensical events of the previous episode, Dante finds himself alone on the Tulip, except then its Lucretia all alone and then its Percy ... Read more
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SC2021-001 – Doctor Who – Web of Fear (Animation)
16/08/2021 Duración: 46minThe Web of Fear has gotten a Blu-Ray release, along with an animated re-creation of the missing (presumed in the hands of an evil, evil, villainous collector) episode 3 – that episode that first introduces the character of Col. Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, later Brigadier and founder and pioneer of U.N.I.T. This animation uses a new ... Read more
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537 – Bugs – Stealth
14/08/2021 Duración: 01h15minIndustrial espionage is big business and sexy, too, but developing automated weapons of war is more profitable. Between that and an unlicensed nuclear reactor, what could go wrong? Simon and Eugene discuss the Bugs episode Stealth. Episode Synopsis Tronix, a company run by a charming chap named O’Neal, is producing an introductory video for their ... Read more
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536 – Man From Atlantis – The Siren
07/08/2021 Duración: 53minIt’s a child, it’s a mermaid, it’s a siren, it’s a tool used by pirates – no matter what is it, it’s a problem for Mark Harris, the Man from Atlantis, as he tries to solve the mystery of a series of sunken ships. John and Eugene discuss the Siren. Episode Synopsis Mark Harris, the ... Read more
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535 – Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of the War of the Worlds
31/07/2021 Duración: 01h05minIn the wake of the recent disastrous BBC adaptation of War of the Worlds, we’ve decided to cleanse our pallet with a good version of War of the Worlds. This is a special audio review episode as we look at Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of the War of the Worlds. Album Synopsis: Strange green jets ... Read more
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Special Announcement July 2021
30/07/2021 Duración: 01minIf you’re extremely spoiler adverse about Doctor Who news that has been quite literally announced and confirmed by the BBC, skip the rest of this announcement. Seriously, skip it. OK, you’ve been warned. It’s been a jam packed week or so for Doctor Who news starting with the announcement that series 13 would ... Read more
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534 – Starhunter Redux – A Twist in Time
24/07/2021 Duración: 47minWatching Percy die is cathartic. Seeing her resurrected, disheartening. Kenneth and Eugene discuss the up again down again episode A Twist in Time. Trailer: On the next cruel, cruel episode of Starhunter Redux, entitled A Twist in Time, my dreams are granted then brutally, callously, and painfully crushed repeatedly as Percy dies (yay) and is ... Read more
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533 – Bugs – Shotgun Wedding
17/07/2021 Duración: 01h02minRoss and the gang get embroiled in international political intrigue and assassinations when a guy who makes laser logos asks them to investigate industrial espionage. Simon and Eugene discuss Shotgun Wedding. Episode Synopsis: The episode opens with a highly-implausible science fiction concept: A political party that believes in honesty and stands against corruption. We are ... Read more
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532 – Man From Atlantis – Crystal Water, Sudden Death
10/07/2021 Duración: 50minWe’re back to finish off the Man from Atlantis with this the first of the two episodes we’d previously skipped. This week, Mark Harris travels to the depths of the ocean to discover… Southern California with mimes. John and Eugene discuss Crystal Water, Sudden Death. Episode Synopsis: Schubert and his henchmen are searching for powerful ... Read more
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531 – Starhunter Redux – Super Max
03/07/2021 Duración: 55minIt’s laugh-a-minute slapstick comedy as Dante gets his crotch rubbed by his new boss’ wife. Does the team of the Trans-Utopian have what it takes to be part of the Super Max corporate team? Kenneth and Eugene discuss Super Max. Episode Synopsis: Aboard the mega-space station Reno Seven, Dante and the gang are trying to ... Read more
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530 – Space: 1999 – Death’s Other Dominion & Goldilocks
26/06/2021 Duración: 01h14minJohn and Eugene close out Big Finish Productions’ Space: 1999 Volume One’s with Death’s Other Dominion, a reimagining of the original series’ episode, and Goldilocks, a new tale. Death’s Other Dominion Synopsis Moonbase Alpha is still struggling in the aftermath of the events of Breakaway. A section decompression kills Alphan Mary Page. And it is ... Read more
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529 – Bugs – Down Among the Dead Men
19/06/2021 Duración: 01h34sIt’s a jolly tale of murder and intrigue on the high seas, or, at least, under them. Simon and Eugene take a look at the Bugs episode, Down Among the Dead Men. Episode Synopsis Someone has been stealing Navy salvage parts and willing to murder to do it. Through a not-adequately-explained coincidence, the Team Bugs ... Read more