Day: April 8, 1972

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Classic Season 09 Doctor Who

The Mutants

Doctor WhoThe Doctor and Jo are sent on a Time Lord-mandated courier mission, shrouded in secrecy, to the 30th century. His cargo is a small container keyed to the bio-readings of a single being. The TARDIS – temporarily cleared for a single flight to the destination of the Time Lords’ choice – takes them to an Imperial Earth Skybase orbiting the planet Solos, a world whose poisonous atmosphere and proud natives are the only things that have kept the Earth Empire from completely overrunning it. As it turns out, the container the Doctor has brought is intended for Ky, a Solonian national who is on the wrong side of the law, wanted dead or alive by the tyrannical Marshal of the Skybase. Not only is the Doctor fighting the Marshal’s forces from the moment he arrives, but years of the Marshal’s dictatorship have made it unlikely that the Solonians will trust an outsider either – even if the future of their entire species depends on it.

written by Bob Baker & Dave Martin
directed by Christopher Barry
music by Dudley Simpson

Guest Cast: Paul Whitsun-Jones (Marshal), Geoffrey Palmer (Administrator), Christopher Coll (Stubbs), Rick James (Cotton), James Mellor (Varan), Jonathan Sherwood (Varan’s son), Garrick Hagon (Ky), George Pravda (Jaeger), John Hollis (Sondergaard), Sidney Johnson, David J. Graham (Old Men), Roy Pearce (Solos Guard), David Arlen (Guard Warrior), Damon Sanders, Martin Taylor (Guards), Peter Howell (Investigator)

Broadcast from April 8 through May 13, 1972

LogBook entry & review by Earl Green

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Classic Season 2 Tomorrow People

The Doomsday Men – Part 1: Dressed To Kill

Tomorrow PeopleJohn sends Stephen undercover at a Scottish boarding school in an attempt to find out about a secret society of warmongers known only as the Doomsday Men. The society’s founder, General McLelland, runs the school, while his grandson Douglas runs roughshod over new students – including Stephen. Stephen survives enough new-boy hazing to impress Douglas, who invites him to join the Doomsday Men…the initiation rituals for whom are far more dangerous.

Download this episode via Amazonwritten by Roger Price
directed by Roger Price
music by Dudley Simpson

Tomorrow PeopleCast: Elizabeth Adare (Elizabeth), Nicholas Young (John), Peter Vaughn Clarke (Stephen), Philip Gilbert (TIM), Christopher Chittell (Chris), William Relton (Douglas), Simon Gipps Kent (Paul), Nigel Pegram (Traffic Warden), Lindsay Campbell (Lieutenant General McLelland), Arnold Peters (Dr. Laird)

LogBook entry by Earl Green

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Babylon 5 / Crusade Season 3

Ceremonies of Light and Dark

  • By Dave
  • April 8, 1996

Babylon 5In the wake of Babylon 5’s secession from Earth, Garibaldi begins hacking into the station’s main computer to ensure that Earthforce can’t take over the station from the inside. Delenn plans to hold a Minbari rebirth ceremony to mark the change in everyone’s lives, but she finds few people willing to participate. And if an underground group of particularly murderous Night Watch members can carry out their latest orders, the only ceremony Delenn can expect is a funeral.

Order now!Download this episodewritten by J. Michael Straczynski
directed by John C. Flinn, III
music by Christopher Franke

Cast: Bruce Boxleitner (Captain John Sheridan), Claudia Christian (Commander Susan Ivanova), Jerry Doyle (Security Chief Michael Garibaldi), Mira Furlan (Delenn), Richard Biggs (Dr. Stephen Franklin), Bill Mumy (Lennier), Jason Carter (Marcus Cole), Stephen Furst (Vir), Jeff Conaway (Zack Allan), Peter Jurasik (Londo Mollari), Andreas Katsulas (G’Kar), William Forward (Lord Refa), Don Stroud (Boggs), Paul Perri (Sniper), Kim Strauss (Lennan), Vincent Bilancio (Maintenance Man), Joshua Cox (Lt. Corwin), Harlan Ellison (Sparky the Computer), Doug McCoy (Guard), Ed Wasser (Morden), Jim Cody Williams (Thug #1)

LogBook entry by Dave Thomer

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Deep Space Nine Season 04 Star Trek

Rules Of Engagement

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate 49665.3: While commanding the Defiant on a mission to escort a relief convoy to a plague-stricken Cardassian colony, Worf apparently destroyed a Klingon civilian transport which decloaked in the middle of a battle with two other Klingon ships. Now an extradition hearing is taking place on DS9, with Sisko defending Worf and Advocate Ch’Pok arguing the Klingon Empire’s case. The tale of the mission unwinds in flashbacks, as Odo searches for the truth.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonteleplay by Ronald D. Moore
story by Bradley Thompson & David Weddle
directed by LeVar Burton
music by

Guest Cast: Ron Canada (Ch’Pok), Deborah Strang (Admiral T’Lara), Christopher Michael (Helm Officer)

LogBook entry by Tracy Hemenover

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Season 02 Star Trek Voyager

Innocence

Star Trek: VoyagerStardate not given: One of Voyager’s shuttles has crashed on a class-M planet and Tuvok is unable to prevent Ensign Bennet from dying from his injuries. Tuvok notices that they are being watched by a small child and introduces himself. Two other children emerge from the jungle and they tell Tuvok that they have been left here to be killed by a creature called the Morrok. Meanwhile, Voyager is making first contact with the Drayans, a highly civilized race that does not invite potential cultural contamination from other species. The first contact is diplomatic enough, but it is made clear that Voyager and her crew are not welcome. When Tuvok’s presence with the children becomes a diplomatic incident, Janeway faces the possibility of a hostile reaction to any attempt to rescue him.

Order the DVDsteleplay by Lisa Klink
story by Anthony Williams
directed by James L. Conway
music by Jay Chattaway

Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Chakotay), Roxann Biggs-Dawson (B’Elanna Torres), Jennifer Lien (Kes), Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Tim Russ (Tuvok), Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim), Marnie McPhail (Alicia), Tiffany Taubman (Tressa), Sarah Rayne (Elani), Tahj D. Mowry (Corin), Richard Garon (Bennet)

LogBook entry by Paul Campbell

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Deep Space Nine Season 05 Star Trek

Business As Usual

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate not given: Ever since being blackballed by the FCA, Quark has been up to his lobes in debt. Having put his bar up as collateral, he faces losing everything when his investments fail. To the rescue comes his cousin Gaila, who wants Quark to eventually take his place in the arms dealing business, and introduces Quark to his dangerous associate Hagath. Though the Bajoran government refuses to touch their dealings, Quark finds himself ostracized by the station’s Federation citizens. And he also finds himself in a moral dilemma when Hagath makes a deal that will cause the deaths of 28 million people.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonwritten by Bradley Thompson & David Weddle
directed by Siddig el Fadil
music by David Bell

Guest Cast: Lawrence Tierney (Regent of Palamar), Josh Pais (Gaila), Tim Halligan (Farrakk), Steven Berkoff(Hagath), Eric Cadora (Customer)

LogBook entry by Tracy Hemenover

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Babylon 5 / Crusade Season 5

The Ragged Edge

Babylon 5During yet another border raid, a human ship is destroyed by the mysterious attackers who are causing the Alliance to crumble, but this time a lone survivor escapes, making his way to the Drazi homeworld, and Sheridan is eager to contact this witness. But the survivor in this case was smuggling illegal goods from Earth to the Drazi, and any discussions with him will have to be conducted very quietly. Sheridan wants to send Garibaldi and Franklin, but Garibaldi insists on going solo. Upon his arrival, he gets into a great deal of trouble, largely of his own making, but comes back with evidence that seems to point to an important member of the Alliance as the perpetrators of the attacks. And G’Kar is most annoyed to discover that he became a best-selling author and spiritual leader in absentia.

Order now!Download this episodewritten by J. Michael Straczynski
directed by John Copeland
music by Christopher Franke

Guest Cast: Marshall Teague (Ta’lon), John Castellanos (Tafiq Azir), Mirron E. Willis (Brannagan), Mark Hendrickson (Narn Acolyte)

LogBook entry by Dave Thomer

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Season 04 Star Trek Voyager

Vis a Vis

Star Trek: VoyagerStardate 51775.2: Voyager encounters a damaged ship piloted by the alien Steth, who requests help. Paris tries to help Steth repair his spacecraft, and Steth returns the favor by stealing a sample of Tom’s DNA and reshaping himself in Tom’s image. Tom transforms into Steth’s alien body as his attacker assumes his role among the crew – and his role in Tom’s relationship with B’Elanna. To silence Tom, Steth sends him off in his newly-repaired ship, where Tom is apprehended by an armada who assume from his appearance that he is Steth. On Voyager, Steth quickly tires of being a mere helmsman and sets his sights on command – by assuming the physical form of the ship’s captain.

Order the DVDswritten by Robert J. Doherty
directed by Jesus Salvador Trevino
music by Dennis McCarthy

Guest Cast: Dan Butler (Steth), Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (Daelen), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

LogBook entry by Earl Green

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Clone Wars Star Wars Tartakovsky Series, Vol. 1

Chapter 20

  • By Dave
  • April 8, 2004

Star Wars: Clone WarsAnakin returns to Muunilinst, where Obi-Wan is overseeing mop-up operations. Kenobi receives a distress call from a number of Jedi on the planet Hypori, who are under siege from a ferocious new droid general.

Order the DVDsstory by Bryan Andrew, Darrick Bachman, Paul Rudish and Genndy Tartakovsky
directed by Genndy Tartakovsky
original music by John Williams
new music by James L. Venable and Paul Dinletir

Notes: This chapter was slightly longer than Volume 1’s typical three-minute episodes, and featured the first look at the character of General Grievous.

LogBook entry by Dave Thomer