Paramount Picture’s The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series starts off with a classic episode this week. So good, it was remade by Joe Dante in the feature film (and it was very much suited to his storytelling style). Hold onto your happy thoughts as the series creator Rod Serling penned teleplay from a story by…
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Star Trek: The Original Series (1969) – The Lights of Zetar and Requiem for Methuselah
Captain’s log: stardate 5725.3 Poor Scotty (James Doohan). Unless your name is James T. Kirk (William Shatner), it seems your love life aboard the Enterprise is lacklustre at best and doomed at its worst. Scotty learns that in The Lights of Zetar. Written by Shari Lewis and Jeremy Tarcher, this episode first aired on 31…
Star Trek: The Original Series (1968) – Spectre of the Gun and Day of the Dove
Captain’s log: stardate 4385.3 Spectre of the Gun is a bit of an interesting episode. Written by Gene Coon, under a pseudonym the episode premiered on 25 October, 1968. When the Enterprise trespasses into Melkot space, the alien race punishes some of the crew including Captain Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), McCoy (DeForest Kelley),…
Star Trek: The Original Series (1968) – By Any Other Name and The Omega Glory
Captain’s log: stardate 4657.5 By Any Other Name was written by D.C. Fontana and Jerome Bixby and had an original airdate of 23 February, 1968. The Enterprise is seized by alien life forms known as the Kelvans, and may be the beachhead for a galactic invasion! Captain Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), McCoy (DeForest…
Star Trek: The Original Series (1967) – Mirror, Mirror and The Apple
Captain’s log: stardate unknown. The iconic episode, Mirror, Mirror is up first this week. Written by Jerome Bixby, this episode first aired on 6 October, 1967. The story is a lot of fun, Kirk (William Shatner) and a landing party, including Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), Scotty (James Doohan) and McCoy (DeForest Kelley) are victims of a…
The Mind Reels 