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Doctor Who: Dalek War – Frontier in Space

November 30, 2014 in Dr Who, Guest Blogs by GuestBlogs

A Guest Blog by Hevy782

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In 1973, Doctor Who was celebrating it’s tenth anniversary. Jon Pertwee was entering his fourth year in the role and celebrations has already begun with a special story uniting the first three incarnations of the Doctor. This story, appropriately titled The Three Doctors, also saw the end of the Doctor’s exile on Earth and he was at last able to travel freely in time and space once again. But the celebrations were not over yet and the production team had big plans for Doctor Who’s tenth anniversary. Two interconnected six-part stories were commissioned, thus forming a loose twelve-part epic which has since come to be known as the Dalek War.

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Blake’s 7: Cygnus Alpha

November 29, 2014 in Blake's 7, Guest Blogs by GuestBlogs

A Guest Blog by Hevy782

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Over the past two episodes we’ve heard a fair bit about Cygnus Alpha and now we finally get to find out what it’s really like in an episode appropriately named after it. Written by Terry Nation and directed by Vere Lorrimer, Cygnus Alpha doesn’t introduce us to any new characters as such but we do have the first appearance (if you’d even call it that) of Zen who is voiced by Peter Tuddenham. Zen is the control computer of the ship commandeered last episode which had now been named the Liberator after Zen read Jenna’s mind and took the word from her thoughts. An interesting thing to note is that the crew of the transport ship in this episode state that it had been an eight month journey. So presumably the events of the previous episode were spread out over those eight months, but this just does fit in my mind. The breakout must’ve taken place not too long before the start of this episode as Blake, Jenna and Avon haven’t even started exploring the ship yet. Am I missing something or is there a continuity error at work here?

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Farscape : Into the Lion’s Den – Part 2 Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

November 26, 2014 in Farscape by Firebird

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Crichton is making incredible breakthroughs in his wormhole research, accessing information previously locked away. His crewmates are not so sure about the success of the plan, and are debating whether to leave or stay. Crais also has his own interests at heart, and when he is denied access to Talyn by the Peackeepers, he realizes he needs a bargaining chip. He goes to Scorpius and reveals Crichton’s true intentions: to sabotage the wormhole research and destroy the Carrier. The plan blown, Moya’s crew is immediately arrested, and it seems all is lost.

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The Day of the Triffids – Episode 2

November 25, 2014 in Cult TV by Firebird

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In the hospital Bill soon discovers that everyone, patients, doctors and nurses have been blinded. The doctor he was talking to falls from a balcony and dies. Somewhere else in the city a young woman leaves her home and drives away. Not realising that the blindness is widespread when her car stops she’s captured by a knife wielding man who intends to use her to see for him.

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Star Trek : What are Little Girls Made Of

November 24, 2014 in Guest Blogs, Star Trek by GuestBlogs

A Guest Blog by Mindless-Droid

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This week’s classic Star Trek episode is What are Little Girls Made Of. The Enterprise is sent to Exo III a barren planet with a fading star to investigate the disappearance of Doctor Roger Korby a well-known medical archeologist and former fiancé of Nurse Chapel. Korby’s expedition went silent five years ago after a message that said they had found underground caverns. After several attempts to contact Korby he replies. Korby insists that Kirk beam down alone because of a remarkable discovery he has found but when he hears Chapel he invites her as well.

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The Day of the Triffids – Episode 1

November 23, 2014 in Cult TV by Firebird

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A BBC series first broadcast in 1981 this retelling of John Wyndham’s classic sci-fi story of man-eating plants is in six half hour episodes. Recovering from a triffid sting, Bill Masen wakes in hospital to an uncanny silence.

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Blake’s 7 : Space Fall

November 22, 2014 in Blake's 7, Guest Blogs by GuestBlogs

A Guest Blog by Hevy782

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As we continue our voyage through the sci-fi classic Blake’s 7 we move on to the second episode which is given the intriguing title of Space Fall. Once again written by Terry Nation, Space Fall introduces us to new recurring characters, Kerr Avon and Olag Gan played by Paul Darrow and David Jackson respectively. Something I forgot to mention last week was the director of the episode, who was Michael E Briant. He, like many other people in front of and behind the camera on Blake’s 7, had strong ties to Doctor Who and directed what may very well be my favourite Doctor Who story, The Robots of Death. This time around we have Pennant Roberts directing who also directed a couple of Doctor Who stories and there’s a connection here to one of his stories but that’s a topic for later. Now that we’ve successfully covered the general trivia for Space Fall let’s move onto the synopsis.

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Farscape : Into the Lion’s Den – Part 1 Lambs to the Slaughter

November 19, 2014 in Farscape by Firebird

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The crew board Scorpius’ Command Carrier under the falsehood that Crichton is there to master wormhole technology. The ex-Peacekeepers Aeryn and Crais are forced to confront their past lives, and D’Argo, Rygel, Chiana, and Jool encounter unhidden hostility from all sides. Talyn is also implicated, brought on board for a cognitive replacement. While Crichton searches for a way to sabotage the Carrier, he is being watched by Scorpius, who is ready to exact deadly retribution if Crichton does not cooperate.

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Star Trek : Mudd’s Women

November 17, 2014 in Guest Blogs, Star Trek by GuestBlogs

A Guest Blog by Mindless-Droid

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This week’s classic Star Trek episode is Mudd’s Women. The Enterprise pursues a small ship into an asteroid field. The ship refuses to stop and burns out its engines. Kirk orders the Enterprises deflectors to cover the ship and in doing so burns out the ship’s Lithium crystals. Before the Enterprise loses power and the other ship is destroyed by an asteroid Scotty beams the ship’s Captain and three of her “crew” aboard.

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Blake’s 7: The Way Back

November 15, 2014 in Blake's 7, Guest Blogs by GuestBlogs

A Guest Blog by Hevy782

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Blake’s 7! A dystopian space opera created by Terry Nation and starring Gareth Thomas as the titular Roj Blake. Not including the creation of the Daleks, Blake’s 7 is the most fondly remembered of Terry Nation’s contributions to cult television. Set at least seven-hundred years in the future, Blake’s 7 is sort of like Star Trek only flipped on it’s head. Here the Federation are the villains and heroes are a group of rebels who make up the crew of the Liberator. Running from 1978 to 1981, the series proved popular from the first broadcast and despite not having the budget to sustain the tropes of most space operas, it succeeded because of the strong characterisation and dystopian themes.

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