Fusion Patrol

Who knew Team Bugs had such depths of athletic abilities?  That will come in handy as they enter the seedy world of performance-enhancing drugs.  Simon and Eugene discuss A Sporting Chance. Episode Synopsis Ed, it turns out, is some sort of black belt in a curiously mixed mode martial art.  He is at Dr. Defreitas’ ... Read more

Our Compressed Fusion reaction quick look at Chapter 2 of Doctor Who Flux, War of the Sontarans. Things are looking up for Doctor Who, if not so much for the Sontarans.

A pair of Ultra Q episodes this week as we travel from the lush jungle vegetation of Tokyo to the frozen wastelands of Antartica as deadly prehistoric flowers and creatures threaten mankind. John and Eugene discuss Mammoth Flower & Peguila is Here. Mammoth Flower Synopsis: On an empty street, a policeman meets an untimely end ... Read more

BONUS EPISODE A quick look, first reaction to the Halloween Apocalypse.

There’s a new circus in town and you’ll die laughing. Fusion Patrol movie night finds John and Eugene looking at the cult film, Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Movie Synopsis: Crescent Cove is just another example of a small rural American college town. It’s a nice little, until the circus big top arrives. Mike and Debbie ... Read more

What happens when the least important man in the universe finally has value to the Orchard? Kenneth and Eugene discuss Bad Seed. Episode Synopsis Nevare, Orchard high muckity-muck and substitute Darius, decides it’s time to choose.  He is at odds with Tosca, another Orchard high muckity-muck and substitute Paquette.  It’s the whole internal Orchard “study ... Read more

If 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

Another 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

This 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

Finally, 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

The 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

One 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

John 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

At 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

What 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

The 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

Industrial 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

It’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

In 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

If 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