Dr Who: The Planet of the Spiders
July 31, 2013 in Dr Who by Firebird
Despite the dated models this is not one for arachnophobes 🙂
Not only the first Doctor I remember but also the ultimate Companion, Sarah Jane Smith!
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Star Trek: Court Martial
July 30, 2013 in Guest Blogs, Star Trek by Firebird
A guest blog by Siblings and Mindless-Droid
“All of my old friends look like doctors, all of his look like you.” – Doctor McCoy to Shaw (Sister’s favorite quote from the episode.)
And we’re back for this week’s OS Star Trek blog; it’s good to be once again in friendly Federation space let us tell you, but no one is supposed to know that we were on a secret mission into the Romulan Neutral Zone, so shhhhhhh. This week’s episode is “Court Martial.” You can read the synopsis here http://www.startrek.com/database_article/court-martial and watch it here http://www.startrek.com/watch_episode/8kMGlVQlFwYH
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Dr Who: The War Games
July 25, 2013 in Dr Who by Firebird
Moving on just three years and The War Games is a much more polished story. Ten episodes long it starts with the Doctor and his companions apparently arriving in the middle of a WW1 battle field, but all is not as it seems.
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Star Trek: Tomorrow is Yesterday
July 21, 2013 in Guest Blogs, Star Trek by Firebird
A guest blog by Mindless Droid
Welcome to this week’s edition of the OS Star Trek blog here on The Nexus Route. My co-bloggers Siblings are on a secret mission to the Romulan neutral zone and unfortunately won’t be joining us this week. This week’s episode is Tomorrow is Yesterday. The episode synopsis is here http://www.startrek.com/database_article/tomorrow-is-yesterday and you can watch the original version of the episode here http://www.startrek.com/watch_episode/mnzro_57JqqU.
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Dr Who: The Tenth Planet
July 18, 2013 in Dr Who by Firebird
As part of the Doctor Who 50th celebrations the BBC has released a book and DVD set called Regeneration. It contains all the stories in which the Dr regenerated. Today I watched the first of them, The Tenth Planet.
While the original air dates of 8 to 29 October 1966 means it’s not technically before my time I don’t remember the first two Doctors and good grief was 1960s TV a different beast! It was interesting to watch but slow, and the lack of involvement by the Doctor himself, leaving the companions to take action on their own initiative felt odd. Reading the Wiki entry I see that by then William Hartnell was suffering from ill health and wasn’t in the 3rd episode at all because he was too sick to work.
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Star Trek: Arena
July 14, 2013 in Guest Blogs, Star Trek by Firebird
A guest blog by Siblings and Mindless Droid
First off, we would like to thank Mindless Droid for filling in for us last week. He did a good job writing about an episode that does not particularly stand out in any way.
This week’s episode is “Arena.” You can read the summary of it here, http://www.startrek.com/database_article/arena and you can watch it here http://www.startrek.com/watch_episode/mikNELiCbYTB. The story is also based off of a science fiction story of the same name that neither of us has read, so Sister found an article comparing them, and you can read it here http://barebonesez.blogspot.com/2011/04/fredric-brown-on-tv-part-five-star-trek.html.
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Star Trek: Squire of Gothos
July 9, 2013 in Guest Blogs, Star Trek by Firebird
A guest blog by Mindless Droid
Since as Yoda might have said “Ended the Clone Wars have” (thanks a lot Disney) the need for additional blog posts has arisen here on The Nexus Route. So until we get to see the additional Clone Wars episodes we have been promised, one of, well actually two of our esteemed members Siblings (Brother and Sister) had the cool idea of blogging the Original series Star Trek episodes as they air each week on Me-TV. Knowing that I was a longtime Trek fan they asked if I would like to add my thoughts as well and I was more than happy to.
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The Wrong Jedi
July 7, 2013 in Episode Guides by Firebird
#108 Season 5 Episode 20
“Never give up hope, no matter how dark things seem.”
On trial for murder, Ahsoka faces her greatest challenge
Ahsoka Tano has been captured and must face trial for sedition, murder, and destructive acts of terrorism. As the Galactic Republic military seeks justice, Ahsoka feels increasingly abandoned by the Jedi Council.
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To Catch a Jedi
July 6, 2013 in Episode Guides by Firebird
#107 Season 5 Episode 19
“Never become desperate enough to trust the untrustworthy.”
The fugitive Ahsoka escapes to the criminal depths of Coruscant.
Ahsoka Tano has no choice but to flee the surface of Coruscant, evading pursuing clone troopers by journeying into the dangerous depths of the city-planet. The long arm of the law extends even to undercity, and time is running out for Ahsoka to prove her innocence.
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The Jedi Who Knew Too Much
July 5, 2013 in Episode Guides by Firebird
#106 Season 5 Episode 18
“Courage begins by trusting oneself.”
As the Republic military takes over the Temple bombing case, Ahsoka finds herself at odds with Admiral Tarkin.
Ahsoka Tano is still coming to terms with the shocking attack on the Jedi Temple. She hopes that justice is swift and thorough with Letta Turmond, the captive saboteur.
The Jedi have apprehended the bomber who targeted the Jedi Temple, but that is only just the start of the intrigue. Letta has more to say, but she is moved from Jedi custody by decree of the military and placed in a Republic prison.
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