Fusion Patrol

For some of us, Star Trek is where it started, and where Star Trek started was The Cage.  To celebrate our 600th episode of Fusion Patrol, Simon and Eugene go where no podcast has ever gone before (I’m pretty sure about that claim, I couldn’t find any other podcasts that have ever taken a look ... Read more

Simon and Eugene split hairs over whether the Spitznbergen Separatist are terrorists or extortionists, we discuss sending a remote-controlled dog to do a robot’s job, and the connections between the worlds of Bugs and Batman. Episode Synopsis Three evil motorcycle-riding Power Rangers stage a raid on the Austin Institute.  Inside, Dr. Siegal and his assistant, Dr. ... Read more

It’s the sequel to the episode you couldn’t get enough of!  Kenneth and Eugene discuss, Supermax Redux. Episode Synopsis Travis and Callie return to the Trans-Utopian with a prisoner.  They’re carrying a crazy person who hears voices from the Quantum Federation in his ears, which he claims are technologically enhanced.  He’s nuts, so they don’t ... Read more

We bid a fond adieu to Ultra Q as John and Eugene look at the final episode, Open Up! and ask the question: What have they done with Ippei? Episode Synopsis After 27 episodes, finally, Yuriko acts on her feelings for Jun, and, indirectly, Ippei.  She entices Jun to ditch Ippei so they can run ... Read more

Simon and Eugene discuss the ending, again, of the Doctor Who animation series, where animation improves on live action, and we look at what missing serials from Doctor Who remain unanimated. Episode Synopsis In the Himalayas, at a mountain camp, a strange creature enters the camp and leaves one man dead.  Shortly thereafter, somewhere else ... Read more

Simon and Eugene discuss explaining quantum mechanics badly, Simon explains quantum mechanics badly and we talk about a plot so convoluted it involves buying your way out of prison by buying the prison. Episode Synopsis Doctor Neumann and his daughter Cassandra visit, at gunpoint, an archaeological site in the country of Naobi(?) They are brought ... Read more

Beauty is only skin deep, or so they say, so what’s a little plastic here and there?  Grounds for murder, that’s what! Kenneth and Eugene discuss Skin Deep. Episode Synopsis An episode in two stories Leena’s tale. Back before Callie was in the military, she went to university, and there she knew a woman she ... Read more

Boxing and Kaiju are not two words you’d think go together.  Do they?  You decide as we discuss Blazing Victory.  Then Jun and Ippei get lost in another dimension with a dangerous criminal and giant walrus as we explore the Disappearance of Flight 206. John and Eugene discuss. Blazing Victory Episode Synopsis Featherweight boxer Dynamite ... Read more

Join us as we discuss the adventures of Dr. Who, Tom Campbell, Susan, and Louisa as they travel to the far-flung future Earth and meet some old friends.  Simon and Eugene discuss. This episode, originally released to our Patrons in 2020, is being released in honor of the late Bernard Cribbins, who recently passed. Synopsis ... Read more

Simon and Eugene discuss how Ros has added biochemistry to her incredible and expanding skillset, the way that a show that is all about technology seems to portray innovation as having so little value beyond brute force criminal schemes, and TV music and how we used to tape theme music back in the days of ... Read more

“It’s easier to keep existing customers than make new ones,” said no one in this episode, as Travis and the gang are investigating a deadly new illegal drug on the market. Of course, Sherlock Percy has to try it herself. Kenneth and Eugene discuss. Episode Synopsis Titan City, Titan, Saturn Federation.  Two morons take drugs ... Read more

Face-burning snails, cursed idols, murderous spirits, and Ippei’s soul being ripped from his body by Prof. Ichinotani’s quest for knowledge – it’s all happening in the next two episodes of Ultra Q, The Idol of Goga & The Devil Child. John and Eugene discuss. The Idol of Goga Synopsis At a shadowy underground meeting, an ... Read more

While Godzilla has, in recent years, undergone a successful translation into the Hollywood movie-making machine, in 2016, it also underwent a renaissance revival in Japan with the release of Shin Godzilla. Like the very first Godzilla film, this was a movie with something to say about contemporary Japan, and it says it very well. John ... Read more

Simon and Eugene discuss how efficient it is to rob a bank using a power station, how not to dress a set to look like a real building site, and isotope implosions and the difference between fusion and fission. Episode Synopsis Ros is getting a tour of the NRGen Split Isotope Fusion Power plant, arranged ... Read more

Kidnapping at the speed of light?  Is this the cunning and lucrative crime bonanza of the future?  Kenneth and Eugene discuss Torment. Episode Synopsis Old man Santiago’s got a problem.  His parents were kidnapped 50 years ago, and now the kidnapper, Darnell, wants ransom to return them unharmed.  They’re just a pair of scared kids, ... Read more

John and Eugene look at two more episodes of the cult classic, Ultra Q.  This time we ponder the connection between rare butterflies and the Yeti, plus, what happened to the stunt octopus after filming his big scene. Metamorphosis Episode Synopsis A mountain expedition comes across some bones and footprints.  Could it be the yeti?! ... Read more

Simon and Eugene discuss memory and learning in SciFi shows in general and using scifi as a MacGuffin rather than a way to explore the human condition in Bugs in particular, and we’ll be talking about the physics of ejecting from a stealth jet, and how the Bugs vision of the 1990s is purely private ... Read more

Join John and Eugene as they listen to and talk about Big Finish Productions’ second Space: 1999 boxset, featuring the stories Mooncatcher, Earthbound, and Journey’s End. Mooncatcher Synopsis 11 months after leaving Earth’s orbit, the Alphans are celebrating the birth of the first child on Alpha – everyone except Paul, that is, who’s a big ... Read more

Kenneth and Eugene ponder the notion, “how bored does a holovision audience have to be to sit and watch a completely unedited feed?” and also, “do they watch when they go to the bathroom?” It’s Starhunter Redux’s Third Thing. Episode Synopsis Matilda is the saccharine, bitchy host of a holovision program called the Third Thing.  ... Read more

Does music soothe the savage beast? When does a scientist cross the line from brilliant visionary to quack? Do you know someone who wears sandals, and do you know where they came from? Primordial Amphibian Ragon Synopsis An undersea volcano forms near the fishing waters off Iwane Island.  The island is the home of Professor ... Read more