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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.By Lone Locust Productions
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732 – Doctor Who – The Robot Revolution
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1:29:42Simon 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.By Lone Locust Productions
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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.…
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Kenneth and Eugene discuss “…so many pieces…” of this episode of Space Rangers.By Lone Locust Productions
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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 to the revelation that the women of Medusa just needed to…
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Cheap Star Wars ripoff, or a more brilliant parody than Space Balls? This week, Ben and Eugene look at the Roger Corman film, Starcrash!By Lone Locust Productions
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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 might have to say about using digital clones to …
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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!” It’s the episode Banshees.…
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725 – Star Maidens – The End of Time & Hideout
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49:10John and Eugene explore two more episodes of Star Maidens. First, the President of the planet Medusa dies and it is “The End of Time,” followed by Shem getting a girlfriend, who may just be cray cray in “Hideout.”By Lone Locust Productions
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This week, it’s movie night, and Ben and Eugene take a serious look at a movie about a giant flying turtle. It’s 1995’s Gamera: Guardian of the Universe!By Lone Locust Productions
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In this episode, Simon and Eugene look at Season 1, Episode 9 of Real Humans, Heritage. They discuss the Engman family melodrama, Hubot fire safety, and they reveal if they’d choose to be copied and put into a machine after they’re dead.By Lone Locust Productions
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This Week, Kenneth and Eugene start a full-series look at Space Rangers with episode one, Fort Hope.By Lone Locust Productions
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721 – Star Maidens – The Perfect Couple – What Have They Done to the Rain?
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44:15John and Eugene look at two more episodes of Star Maidens. In The Perfect Couple, they find out what happens when bored surburan housewives get a load of the boys from Medusa, and in What Have the Done to the Rain? they ponder how stupid Rudy can be while at the same time being really ... Read moreBy Lone Locust Productions
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This week, Ben and Eugene look at the 1972 British-American pilot movie Baffled!, a supernatural thriller starring Leonard Nimoy.By Lone Locust Productions
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This week, Simon and Eugene tackle Episode 8 of Real Humans: Make Haste. They discuss Hubots in Love, Hubot Humor, and Hubot Voltage Standards.By Lone Locust Productions
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718 – Space Above and Beyond – And If they Lay Us Down to Rest… & …Tell Our Moms We Done Our Best
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1:39:28Our coverage of Space: Above and Beyond concludes as Kenneth and Eugene discuss the final two-part season finale (and, as history records, also the series finale) episodes, “And If They Lay Us Down to Rest…” and “…Tell Ours Moms We Done Our Best.” They discuss this week’s court-martial-able offenses, things that might have been if ... Read more…
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717 – Star Maidens – The Trial & Test for Love
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40:10This week, John and Eugene look at two more episodes of Star Maidens, The Trial, and Test for Love. They marvel at everyone’s utter in these episodes.By Lone Locust Productions
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716 – Doctor Who – Joy to the World
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1:17:15This week, Simon and Eugene look at the 2024 Doctor Who Christmas special, Joy to the World, where they discuss whether Christmas episodes can break all the show’s usual rules, whether the TARDIS jukebox will be replaced by a chair, and how Doctor Who should treat the politics of the COVID lockdown rules.…
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Simon and Eugene look at the Real Humans episode, Blind Love. They discuss legal statutes in alternative universe Sweden, constructive dismissal by Hubot, and whether the video site glimpsed in this episode is an alternate Swedish version of YouTube because they didn’t dare to google whether Bigtubes is a real site.…
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714 – Space Above and Beyond – Sugar Dirt
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44:46This week, Kenneth and Eugene look at Season 1, Episode 21 of Space Above and Beyond, entitled Sugar Dirt. They look at bad historical analogies, check in on this week’s contestant on Wheel of Court Martial and ask the question, “What has the 58th been eating for three months?”By Lone Locust Productions
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713 – Star Maidens – The Proton Storm & Kidnap
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40:33Want to know what a proton storm is, or how big it is? You won’t find out by watching the Star Maidens episode The Proton Storm, but you might by listening to John and Eugene discuss the episode. For the double the fun, they then turn their eye towards the episode Kidnap.By Lone Locust Productions
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712 – The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
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43:50John (suspicious name) and Eugene discuss that most 80’s of 1980’s cult films: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension.By Lone Locust Productions
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This week, Simon and Eugene look at Season one, Episode six of Real Humans: Sly Leo. They discuss the current draw of parallel universe USB-A, the paradox of tolerance applied to free will for Hubots, translating smutty Hubot magazines, and downloading sex drives. …and, of course, sex with robots.By Lone Locust Productions
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This week, Kenneth and Eugene look at the Space: Above and Beyond episode “Stardust” in which they consider the deeply offensive use of Native Americans in television and this episode in particular, consider, once again, the absolutely illogical incompetence of the Earth Forces’ military strategies, and talk about the episode’s pretentious yet some…
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709 – Star Maidens – Nemesis & The Nightmare Cannon
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43:08This week John and Eugene look at two episode of the Star Maidens. They discuss the episodes Nemesis and the Nightmare Cannon, and contemplate if the Medusans are supposed to be so smart, how come they cannot read a room? And they marvel at lightning done on a really small budget.By Lone Locust Productions
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On this week’s episode, Simon and Eugene examine season one, episode five of Real Humans, Power at Heart. They discuss coincidences in the number of Hubot sex clubs in this Swedish city, computers programming computers, robots watching soap operas, and actually, finally, seeing some sex with robots.By Lone Locust Productions
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This week, Kenneth and Eugene look at Episode 19 of Space Above and Beyond, R&R, where they ask, “Will people know Clint Eastwood in the year 2064?” “Do they save sex-ed class for the end of invitro school?” and “What power does W.C. Fields have over Colonel McQueen?” Also, this week, exclusively for our patrons ... Read more…
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This week, John and Eugene begin looking at a new series: Star Maidens, a 1976 TV series co-produced by the United Kingdom and West Germany. It’s a contemporary (for 1976) look at female equality through the lens of a planet run by women.By Lone Locust Productions
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705 – Real Humans – Semi-Human Rights
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1:28:38This week, Simon and Eugene look at season one, episode four of Real Humans: Semi-human rights. They discuss non-human rights within the Swedish legal system, whether the uncanny valley is legally mandated, and whether HuBots are capable of actually lying or just crafty deception. Oh, and maybe they also mention sex with robots.…
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John and Eugene look at the third “Shin” reimaging movie of classic Japanese science fiction/fantasy properties. This week, it’s 2023’s Shin Kamen Rider. How well does a movie about human-grasshopper cyborg translate to the big screen?By Lone Locust Productions
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This week, Fusion Patrol examines the 18th episode of Space Above and Beyond, entitled “Pearly,” where Kenneth and Eugene finally find out why Wang wasn’t court-martialed at the end of Episode 9, why the space jarheads are too stupid to realize that the Chigs talk, and when discretion is the better part of valor when ... Read more…
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702 – Quark – All the Emperor’s Quasi-Norms 1 & 2
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43:48This week, Fusion Patrol looks at the two-part Quark episode “All the Emperor’s Quasi-Norms.” John and Eugene ask if American television in the 1970s was ready for full-frontal pollination, why Jean didn’t get equal time with Gene, and if Ficus is the most alien character ever committed to the small screen.…
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701 – Real Humans – The Lord Shall Be Our Companion
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1:30:44This week, Simon and Eugene examine season 1, episode 3 of Real Humans, “The Lord Shall Be Our Companion.” When they discuss Swedish search warrants, whether and who Bea is bluffing, double bluffing or triple bluffing, the parallels between the politics of immigration and being anti-Hubot, and, yes, of course, sex with robots.…
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700 – The Day the Earth Stood Still
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1:21:29This episode, we’re celebrating our 700th episode of Fusion Patrol with the film The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1951 edition. Simon and Eugene discuss whether the film is an appeal to authoritarianism or pacifism, whether the spaceship was guarded by UNIT soldiers, and, of course, Eugene talks about sex with robots.…
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This week, John and Eugene look at the 1972 film Silent Running. They discuss the naming order of Huey, Dewey, and Louie, does Eugene find the film as boring now as he did as a child in the 1970s, and how much of a monster is Freeman Lowell for murdering a robot?By Lone Locust Productions
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This week on Fusion Patrol, Kenneth and Eugene look at the Space: Above and Beyond episode, “Dear Earth,” where they discuss who gets first naming rights for babies in a family, just how good the Marines are at killing sons and daughters, what is the Emily Post-approved length of a “Dear Jane” letter, and whether ... Read more…
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This week John and Eugene look at episodes 5 and 8 of Quark. In episode number 5, “Goodbye, Columbus,” they discuss heirloom peaches, and in episode 8, “Vanessa 38/24/36,” they compare a sentient ultimate computer to Bridget Bardot’s hourglass figure.By Lone Locust Productions
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On this episode of Fusion Patrol, Simon and Eugene will examine Season 1, Episode 2 of Real Humans, “Trust No One.” They discuss having a criminal investigation division for a particular kind of technology and what their sniffer dogs are smelling, robo-nature versus robo-nurture, and they question our hetero-robosexual outlook as we discuss even mo…
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695 – Space Above and Beyond – Toy Soldiers
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48:56This week, Kenneth and Eugene examine the Space Above and Beyond episode “Toy Soldiers.” They ask the questions: Which is more honorable: going into the military during peacetime or in wartime? Did the writers of this episode actually ever read the Red Badge of Courage or just quote mine from it? And is it ever ... Read more…
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694 – Quark – The Old and the Beautiful & The Good, the Bad, and the Ficus
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42:40This week, John and Eugene examine two more vintage 1978 space opera parody TV series Quark episodes. First, it’s “The Old and the Beautiful,” where Quark contracts a fatal aging disease. Will an extended romantic interlude with a young, beautiful, and voracious princess be the death of him? And then, in “The Good, the Bad, ... Read more…
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693 – Real Humans – Break In, Break Loose
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1:15:08This week on Fusion Patrol, we begin our look at a new series, the 2012 Swedish sci-fi series Real Humans. Simon and Eugene discuss whether androids make efficient robots; remakes, adaptations, and cultural differences; and, of course, sex with robots.By Lone Locust Productions
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692 – Space Above and Beyond – Never No More & The Angriest Angel
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57:36This week, Kenneth and Eugene look at the Space Above and Beyond, the two-part Chiggy von Richthofen saga with episodes 14 and 15, Never No More, and The Angriest Angel, where Killer tries to grab some action on the rebound, Winslow goes after Zero-G-Sex with the Colonel, and McQueen crosses the line into being a ... Read more…
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691 – Quark – Quark & May the Source Be With You
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52:23This week, John and Eugene kick off our coverage of the 1977 TV series Quark, which aired on NBC and starred Richard Benjamin as space garbage collector Adam Quark. First, we look at the pilot episode, which introduces us to the eccentric group of characters under Quark’s command. Then, we watch May the Source Be ... Read more…
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690 – Doctor Who – The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
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1:45:29This week, Simon and Eugene discuss the two-part Doctor Who series finale, #TheLegendOfRubySunday & #EmpireOfDeath. They discuss why the One Who Waits waited, wanting more Mel, the difference between an anagram and a homophone, and a new UNIT dating controversy.By Lone Locust Productions
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Simon and Eugene look at the very recently released 3D animated re-creation of the missing 1966 Doctor Who story, #TheCelestialToymaker. They discuss the new art style for 3D motion-captured animated Doctor Who, the consequences of budgetary constraints in both the original and animated productions of this story, and they finally agree on whether t…
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This week, Simon, Ben, and Eugene discuss the Doctor’s sexuality and changes in the representation of sexuality on Doctor Who, Gatwa singing the same pitch as Gene Wilder, and Checkov’s psychic earrings as we look at the #DoctorWho episode #Rogue.By Lone Locust Productions
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This week, Simon and Eugene look at #DotAndBubble, the 5th episode of the 2024 Doctor Who series. They discuss having sympathy for a homicidal AI, the influence of #BlackMirror on Doctor Who, and they talk about judgment with hindsight as they have a “fierce” argument over whether this episode is better than Kerblam!…
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*Note* This episode was originally intended to be released on May 27; however, quotas at my podcast host prevented it from releasing until June 1. This is re-release. This week, Simon and Eugene look at the 2024 season Doctor Who episode #73Yards and discuss whether a reset makes an episode worthless, whether Doctor Who is ... Read more…
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This week, Simon and Eugene are looking at the 3rd episode of the 2024 series of Doctor Who with the episode Boom. They discuss different approaches towards the writing of different writers, faith, and the logic of the landmine with the flashy lights.By Lone Locust Productions
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684 – Doctor Who – The Devil’s Chord
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1:04:14This week’s second bonus episode looks at the Doctor Who episode, the Devil’s Chord. Simon and Eugene discuss a missed opportunity for a respectful pastiche of the Beatles, whether bi-generation will be reversed, and whether Ruby is an abominable snowman. #DevilsChord nKIrtJ7h5tA19QybvwBvBy Lone Locust Productions
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