Fusion Patrol

A washed-up comedian, Buddy Hackett, arrives for a show, and there’s a disaster… No, that description might just be a little too meta. A washed-up comedian, Lenny Hacker, is en route for a show, and there’s a disaster. The Space Rangers team has to rescue him from a notorious prison planet. Kenneth and Eugene discuss ... Read more

Investigating a mystery on the planet of the slave girls. Tough job, and only one man in the 25th century is up to it: Capt. Buck Rogers! John and Eugene discuss Planet of the Slave Girls.

Between seasons 1 and 2 of Space: 1999, Gerry Anderson took another stab at space opera, this time with an eye towards teachiing children about Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity. How well did that plan go? Find out as Ben and Eugene discuss The Day After Tomorrow. (AKA, Into Infinity)

Simon and Eugene pick up where they left off on their coverage of bugs, this time with the opening episode of series 4, Absent Friends. Where they rant… er… discuss recasting, retcons, recasting, cliffhangers, and recasting.

This week, Kenneth and Eugene watch as Capt. Boon makes mistake after mistake after mistake as they muddle their way through the Space Rangers episode, Death Before Dishonor.

At long last, John and Eugene begin the much-requested coverage of the epitome of 1970s space opera: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century! This week they look at the theatrical release and they spare some thoughts for the television re-edit.

This week, Simon and Eugene finally come to the end of the 2025 season of Doctor Who and the end of the Gatwa era, when they look at the final two episodes, Wish World and The Reality War. They discuss Ncuti Gatwa’s performance as the Doctor, compare the Deadly Assassin with the Reality War, whether ... Read more

“Barbarella, pychodella, there’s a kind of cockleshell about you…” It began as a scandalous comic book, then Dino De Laurentiis thought, “hey, they oughta make a movie about that.” …and now, Ben and Eugene have to watch it and discuss it. It’s the 1968 movie, Barbarella starring Jane Fonda.

This week on Fusion Patrol, Simon and Eugene look at the 2025 season of Doctor Who, episode number six, the Interstellar Song Contest. They discuss parallels between the ice in the Doctor’s heart and the Time Lord Victorious, the influence of Diamonds Are Forever on this episode, why Eugene’s local sports team is the New ... Read more

The Doctor lands in Lagos, and Simon and Eugene land on their thoughts about the Story & the Engine. The consider which continents on Earth the Doctor tends to visit, barbershops in television culture, and give their Fusion Patrol literary recommendations.

Is it Simon and Eugene’s lucky day as they discuss Lucky Day? They argue over the capability of this incarnation of UN.I.T., they discuss the history of the Think Tank organization and whether Kate Stewart sends the Doctor monthly reports.

Simon and Eugene discuss whether the Well is needed to be a sequel and which episode it should have been a sequel to, whether twice is too many times to play Britney Spears’ Toxic in two decades, and whether dialogue on TV used to be easier to hear.

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