Hercule Poirot is reunited with his old friend Captain Hastings who comes to England to see his old friend, but the duo find themselves caught up in their biggest adventure yet. The Big Four moves the characters into some new territory, almost James Bondian in nature, as the pair encounter an international master criminal (well…
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Star Wars: The Last Command (1993) – Timothy Zahn
Five years after the events of The Return of the Jedi, the battle against the Empire continues, as the blossoming New Republic gears up for a final encounter with Grand Admiral Thrawn in the third volume of Timothy Zahn’s trilogy that truly launched the original Star Wars Expanded Universe. While Thrawn plans to cripple the…
Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon (1983) – L. Neil Smith
Lando Calrissian aboard the Millennium Falcon, with his pilot droid and friend Vuffi Raa at his side finds his way into more trouble this week in L. Neil Smith’s second book in his trio of Star Wars novels that follows the scoundrel and gambler. Lando just can’t seem to make a living as a freighter…
Star Trek: Discovery (2019) – Project Daedalus, and The Red Angel
Captain’s log: 2257 Jonathan Frakes returns to direct this episode that first aired on 14 March, 2019 and was written by Michelle Paradise. When members of the Discovery crew infiltrate a Section 31 station, Pike (Anson Mount) and the rest begin to fear they have a leak aboard ship. Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Spock (Ethan…
Star Wars: Rebels (2015) – The Siege of Lothal: Part 1, Part 2, and The Lost Commanders
Season Two of Rebels got underway on 20 June, 2015 with a two-part premiere, The Siege of Lothal. Part One shows the Ghost crew stepping into a larger world, as they become a part of the growing rebel alliance. They are assigned to Phoenix Squadron and the Inquisitor is no more. But Kanan (Freddie Prinze…
Star Trek: Discovery (2017) – Choose Your Pain, and Lethe
Captain’s log: December 2256 Kemp Powers pens the teleplay for Choose Your Pain from a story by Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts and Kemp. It first aired on 15 October, 2017, and sees a familiar character return to this version of the Trek Universe. While Micheal Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) starts to worry about the pain…
Star Wars: Rebels (2014/2015) – Path of the Jedi, Idiot’s Array, and Vision of Hope
Path of the Jedi first aired on 20 December 2014, and was written by Charles Murray. Following last week’s episode that saw young Ezra (Taylor Gray) dip a little into the Dark Side, Kanan (Freddie Prinze Jr.) takes his young apprentice on a search for a Jedi temple where they can perform a test to…
Star Trek: Legacy (1991) – Michael Jan Friedman
More voyages with the starship Enterprise this week, as I dig into another of The Original Series novels from Pocket Books. Set during the original five year mission headed by Captain James T. Kirk, Friedman gives us a Spock story, that ties into his earlier missions with Captain Christopher Pike, who also makes appearances in…
Star Trek: Voyager (2001) – The Void, and Workforce
Captain’s log: stardate 54553.4 Raf Green and James Kahn pen the teleplay for this episode from a story developed by Green and Kenneth Biller. It first debuted on 14 February, 2001. As the Voyager continues it’s homeward journey, they tumble into a subspace pocket which has trapped ships over the years, and those aboard the…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2010) – R2 Come Home, Lethal Trackdown, and Corruption
“Adversity is friendship’s truest test.” R2 Come Home first aired on 24 April, 2010. It was written by Eoghan Mahoney and continues the Boba Fett (Daniel Logan) arc introduced in the previous episode. Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter) and Mace Windu (Terrence Carson) are off to rescue the crew of a downed Republic Cruiser (caused by…
The Mind Reels 