The Doctor (McCoy) and Mel (Bonnie Langford) end up in a strange adventure, when they arrive at Paradise Towers, a supposedly luxurious residential complex that is nothing like the adverts make out. Written by Stephen Wyatt, this four-part story ran from 5 to 26 October, 1987. The building is overrun by gangs, all who have…
Tag: mystery
Star Trek: The Original Series (1966/1967) – Shore Leave and The Galileo Seven
Captain’s Log: Stardate 3025.3 Shore Leave, written by Theodore Strugeon aired on 29 December, 1966, and was the first episode that showed me that sometimes Trek could take itself less seriously, wait until I discovered The Trouble with Tribbles (!), while also exploring the characters. This is an episode, much like the Naked Time, which…
Star Trek: The Original Series (1966) -Where No Man Has Gone Before and The Naked Time
Captain’s Log: Stardate 1312.4 The famed second pilot for the proposed series, Where No Man Has Gone Before was written by Samuel Peeples from Gene Roddenberry’s creation and found its way to the television sets everywhere on 22 September, 1966. This was an episode that I loved, and continue to love. It fostered the sense…
Futureworld (1976) – Richard T. Heffron
This sequel to Westworld is the next stop on the Sci-Fi Chronicles book. It sees Yul Brynner returning, ever so briefly, and in the oddest way possible, as the Gunslinger, while two reporters, Chuck (Peter Fonda) and Tracy (Blythe Danner)investigate the strange theme park, Futureworld, after another reporter is killed while trying to get…
Quantum Leap (1990) – Freedom and Good Night, Dear Heart
Sam (Scott Bakula) engages in more time travelling adventure this week as he leaps into a young Native American, George Washaki in Freedom. This episode was penned by Chris Ruppenthal and aired 14 February, 1990. It’s 22 November, 1970, and Sam finds himself on the run with George’s grandfather, Joseph (Frank Salsedo), with an…
Batman: The Animated Series (1997/1998) – Double Talk, Joker’s Millions and Growing Pains
Turn on the Bat-Signal, there’s more trouble in Gotham this week! With Double Talk, which aired 22 November, 1997, Arnold Wesker aka The Ventriloquist (George Dzunda) is deemed fit and healthy, he is released from Arkham, but his inner demon, voiced through his dummy, Scarface, may be trying to return! Wayne Enterprises and a…
Magnum, p.i. (1987) – Tigers Fan and Forever in Time
Loss hits private investigator, Thomas Magnum (Tom Selleck), pretty hard this week, as we continue our travels in Hawaii in the show’s final season. Tigers Fan was written by Bruce Cervi, and originally aired on 4 November, 1987. When his friend, and fellow Detroit Tigers fan, Lt. Yoshi Tanaka (Kwan Hi Lim) is murdered,…
Orphan Black S4E01 – The Collapse of Nature
Tonight Clone Club returns to Space with the fourth season premiere of Orphan Black, and right from the off, Tatiana Maslany’s spectacular acting ability is back front and center, and despite having to wait too long between seasons, in moments, we learn that that, as always, the wait was worth it. We find ourselves…
Batman: The Animated Series (1992) – Terror In the Sky, Christmas with the Joker and Heart of Steel Part I
Horror strikes in Gotham when it seems the Man-Bat (Marc Singer) aka Kirk Langstrom returns in Terror in the Sky. The Dark Knight (Kevin Conroy) investigates, but what if this new winged menace isn’t the Man-Bat, but is something else? Originally airing on 12 November, 1992, the mystery expanded when Bats became convinced that Langstrom…
Body Snatchers (1993) – Abel Ferrara
My time with the Sci-Fi Chronicles book continues as I examine the next iteration of the classic sci-fi tale of the Body Snatchers with this 1993 update. This version features Gabrielle Anwar in the lead supported by Meg Tilly, Forest Whitaker and R. Lee Ermey. Anwar is young teenager Marti Malone, who is on…
