Category Archives: Science Fiction

Star Trek: By Any Other Name

Posted on December 8, 2021 by Roger Pocock

Replying to a distress call, Kirk and crew find themselves on a stunningly colorful planet. They encounter humanoids that can immobilize them for some classic 60’s “stand still” action. Kudos to the cast for really sticking with it and not … Continue reading →

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Unregenerate!

Posted on December 7, 2021 by DrAcrossthePond

I was just starting to wonder if I’d fallen out of love with the Doctor Who audios when I’d started this.  I mean, I loved when McCoy became the Doctor.  Everything about him was wonderful.  He was comical, but dark … Continue reading →

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Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (Review)

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Roger Pocock

You might have reached this point by watching the first series of the anime, or you might have watched the two compilation films that proceed it. Either way, this feature film is the continuation of the Made in Abyss story, … Continue reading →

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The Outer Limits: The Premonition

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Roger Pocock

I had a premonition that The Premonition was going to be a lame duck episode and was pleasantly surprised to find it was actually very good.  While it’s again about an experiment that goes wrong, a common theme in the … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who Flux: Survivors of the Flux

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Roger Pocock

We should have had more faith. When Chris Chibnall wrote UNIT out of Doctor Who in Resolution it seemed like sacrilege, but the man had plans. Survivors of the Flux shows us the Grand Serpent’s interference in UNIT’s history, right … Continue reading →

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Star Trek: Patterns of Force

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Roger Pocock

Some Star Trek episodes are hard to watch.  I’m looking at you, Space Hitler.  Patterns of Force had the decency to explain that the Nazi regime was wrong but hey, they were controlled by bad men and they didn’t intend … Continue reading →

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Three’s a Crowd

Posted on November 30, 2021 by DrAcrossthePond

Doctor Who is a wonderful show and Big Finish does a great job keeping it alive.  It even adds some lore in the form of new companions that can smoothly fit in between stories and last for many episodes between … Continue reading →

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The Outer Limits: The Brain of Colonel Barham

Posted on November 26, 2021 by Roger Pocock

Here’s all you need to know about The Brain of Colonel Barham.  Col Barham is a really smart dude, but he’s dying of an incurable disease.  As part of an experiment to colonize Mars, the powers-that-be decide they could remove … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who Flux: Village of the Angels

Posted on November 25, 2021 by Roger Pocock

These are the days where writing doesn’t come easy. Why? Because the episode I have to write about is just too good, and there’s nothing particularly interesting about pointing out how good something is. You’re probably not interested in my … Continue reading →

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Star Trek: Return to Tomorrow

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Roger Pocock

For having one of Star Trek’s best remembered quotes, Return to Tomorrow is a dreadfully slow affair that offered the chance for greatness and delivered mediocrity.  Conceptually, this is an episode about godlike beings who just want a favor.  That … Continue reading →

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Catch-1782

Posted on November 23, 2021 by DrAcrossthePond

Which is why I’ve always said that detectives and computer technicians have something in common.  I’d even go so far as to say it’s why I enjoy detective stories; as a fan of time travel, the storytelling is often surprisingly … Continue reading →

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The Outer Limits: Counterweight

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Roger Pocock

There are a number of things I don’t understand about the episode Counterweight.  I always let the Control Voice finish his monologue at the end before stopping the episode, but noticed this one had extra time, because there was a … Continue reading →

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Dreamtime

Posted on November 18, 2021 by DrAcrossthePond

I think the combination of the 7th Doctor, Ace and Hex has a lot of potential and they were off to a good start in The Harvest, but Dreamtime wasn’t the place to go next!  “You scared the sh… well, … Continue reading →

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Star Trek: A Private Little War

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Roger Pocock

There have been countless articles and comments over the years about Star Trek’s season 2 pro-Vietnam episode, A Private Little War.  This isn’t going to be about that.  As readers, we’ve been there, done that.   This is my experience with … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who Flux: Once, Upon Time

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Roger Pocock

The Dark Times: so far little more than a cool sounding idea, a vague notion of a scary, distant past. This is the playground that Chris Chibnall is choosing to play in, and it’s surprising that no writer has really … Continue reading →

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The Outer Limits: The Duplicate Man

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Roger Pocock

Remember that scene in Doctor Who’s The Visitation when the Doctor was like, “we’re going to search for the Terileptil”, and Adric was like, “you know where it is?”  and the Doctor sarcastically said, “Yes, that’s why we’re searching!”  Well, … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who Flux: War of the Sontarans

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Roger Pocock

For the majority of this episode we have a much more traditional Doctor Who story, and it works well. The Sontarans have invaded, and the Doctor has to defeat them. Chris Chibnall does a very good job with this episode … Continue reading →

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Star Trek: The Immunity Syndrome

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Roger Pocock

I had always liked The Immunity Syndrome but, as I’ve said before, putting the episodes under a microscope does have its disadvantages.  While there’s a sense of mutual appreciation on the Enterprise, with both Kirk and Spock offering commendations to … Continue reading →

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The Game

Posted on November 9, 2021 by DrAcrossthePond

You know what gives me a lot of enjoyment, Rog? What’s that, Mike? Making fun of sports!  Maybe it’s the nerd in me talking, taking a morbid pleasure in mocking those that had mocked me as a kid but the … Continue reading →

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The Outer Limits: Keeper of the Purple Twilight

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Roger Pocock

A weird thing happened to me today.  I worked on my write up for a Twilight Zone episode, then finished prepping a pre-written post for a Doctor Who audio story called The Twilight Kingdom.  Finally done with writing for the … Continue reading →

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