Twilight Zone: Not All Men

The Twilight ZoneThe seventh episode of Jordan Peele’s revival of Rod Serling’s science fiction anthology series The Twilight Zone streams on CBS All Access. Taissa Farmiga (American Horror Story) and Rhea Seehorn (Better Caul Saul) star.

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Twilight Zone: Point Of Origin

The Twilight ZoneThe eighth episode of Jordan Peele’s revival of Rod Serling’s science fiction anthology series The Twilight Zone streams on CBS All Access. Ginnifer Goodwin (Once Upon A Time) and James Frain (Star Trek: Discovery) star.

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Legends Of Tomorrow: Hey, World!

ArrowThe CW airs the 67th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Matt Ryan, Brandon Routh, and Tala Ashe. This episode is the fourth season finale.

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Twilight Zone: The Blue Scorpion

The Twilight ZoneThe ninth episode of Jordan Peele’s revival of Rod Serling’s science fiction anthology series The Twilight Zone streams on CBS All Access. Chris O’Dowd stars in an episode written by Glen Morgan (The X-Files).

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Retrogram #7342: Saturday Morning Cartoons, Saturday Night Massacre

Retrogram 7342theLogBook.com releases the first episode of the Retrogram podcast, hosted by Earl Green, covering the following shows from the week of October 14th, 1973:

  • The Starlost: Children Of Methuselah
  • Star Trek: The Animated Series: The Infinite Vulcan
  • The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women, and War
  • Moonbase 3: View Of A Dead Planet
  • Super Friends: Too Hot To Handle

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Twilight Zone: Blurryman

The Twilight ZoneThe tenth episode of Jordan Peele’s revival of Rod Serling’s science fiction anthology series The Twilight Zone streams on CBS All Access. Zazie Beetz (Atlanta) stars in the first season finale.

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Retrogram Special: Life Lessons From Kerr Avon

RetrogramtheLogBook.com releases the third episode of the Retrogram podcast, hosted by Earl Green, celebrating the career of the late Paul Darrow by covering the following shows:

  • The Legend of Robin Hood: Episode One (1975)
  • Blake’s 7: Sarcophagus (1980)
  • Hammer House Of Horror: Guardian Of The Abyss (1980)
  • Doctor Who: Timelash Part 1 (1985)

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Retrogram 7409: Houston, We Have Quite A Large Number Of Problems

RetrogramtheLogBook.com releases the sixth episode of the Retrogram podcast, hosted by Earl Green, covering the following shows from the week of February 24th, 1974:

  • Orson Welles’ Great Mysteries: The Furnished Room
  • The Tomorrow People: The Blue And The Green Episode 4
  • The Six Million Dollar Man: Doomsday And Counting
  • Doctor Who: Death To The Daleks Part 2
  • TV movie: Houston, We’ve Got A Problem

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Chandrayaan-2 mission launched

Chandrayaan-2ISRO, India’s space agency, launches the Chandrayaan-2 mission to Earth’s moon, consisting of an orbiter and the Vikram/Prgyan lander/rover combination. The robotic vehicles are intended to conduct measurements, both from orbit and on the surface, of possible water ice deposits believed to exist at the lunar south pole. Much like the Beresheet mission launched by Israel earlier in the year, Chandrayaan-2 will employ a series of orbit-raising maneuvers until its apogee is high enough to propel it into lunar orbit with minimum reliance on burning fuel. The landing is expected to take place in September 2019.

Retrogram 7250: Would The Last Man On The Moon Please Turn Out The Lights?

RetrogramtheLogBook.com releases the seventh episode of the Retrogram podcast, hosted by Earl Green, covering the following shows from the week of December 10th, 1972:

  • Night Gallery: Fright Night
  • Ghost Story: Creatures Of The Canyon
  • The Sixth Sense: Gallows In The Wind

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Retrogram #8001: Welcome To The 1980s

RetrogramtheLogBook.com releases the ninth episode of the Retrogram podcast, hosted by Earl Green, covering the following shows from the week of December 30th, 1979:

  • Buck Rogers In The 25th Century: Space Vampire
  • The Incredible Hulk: Broken Image
  • Flash Gordon: Chapter 16: Ming’s Last Battle
  • Doctor Who: The Horns Of Nimon Part 3

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Terrance Dicks, Doctor Who writer/script editor, dies

Terrance DicksTerrance Dicks, script editor of Doctor Who from 1968-1974, and writer of many episodes of the show both during and after that time, dies at the age of 84. He first took on Doctor Who script editing duties during the Patrick Troughton years under producer Derrick Sherwin, culminating in taking over as co-writer of an epic ten-part finale for the second Doctor, The War Games, when two other planned scripts fell through on very short notice. In incoming producer Barry Letts and frequent writer Malcolm Hulke, Dicks found a kindred spirits keen to introduce real-world issues into Doctor Who’s storytelling, resulting in what many fans of the original series regard as a golden age for the series. During the break between the 1973 and 1974 seasons, Dicks and Letts collaborated on an original science fiction series, Moonbase 3, which lasted a single season. When Tom Baker took over from Jon Pertwee, Dicks was succeeded by his protege (and frequent Doctor Who writer) Robert Holmes as the script editor, and then wrote numerous stories of his own, including Baker’s debut story, Robot, The Brain Of Morbius, The Horror Of Fang Rock, State Of Decay, and The Five Doctors. After Doctor Who ceased to exist as an active BBC production in the 1990s, Dicks contributed scripts to numerous commercial (but largely fan-made) direct-to-video productions, such as Shakedown, Mindgame, and Mindgame Trilogy. He also wrote for Space: 1999, Big Finish Productions, and the vast majority of Target Books’ voluminous output of Doctor Who novelizations in the 1970s and ’80s, based upon both his own scripts and those of other scriptwriters, which may ironically be the work for which he is ultimately best known.

India’s Vikram lunar lander falls silent

Chandrayaan-2 and VikramIndia’s mission to safely put a lander and an autonomous rover on the surface of the moon ends with a sudden loss of data. Deployed by the successful Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, the Vikram lander (carrying the Pragyan rover) begins a powered descent to the lunar surface, only to cease communicating with ground controllers in India at an altitude of 2.1 kilometers. With the speed of Vikram’s descent at the time of data loss measured at 60 meters per second via telemetry, ground controllers declare it likely that Vikram crashed into the moon, resulting in the loss of the vehicle and its payload, a fate somewhat similar to that of the Israel-launched Beresheet lander earlier in the year. The orbiter continues to function, and will search for signs of water ice at the south pole of the moon.

Retrogram #7130/7131: Apollo 15, Part 2

RetrogramtheLogBook.com releases the 11th episode of the Retrogram podcast, hosted by Earl Green, covering the following shows from the weeks of July 25th and August 1st, 1971:

  • Ace Of Wands: Seven Serpents, Sulphur, And Salt Episode 2
  • Ace Of Wands: Seven Serpents, Sulphur, And Salt Episode 3

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Star Trek: Short Treks: Q&A

Star Trek: Short TreksStreaming service CBS All Access debuts the fifth episode of Short Treks, a series of 15-20 minute short stories set in the Star Trek universe (in this instance, with scenes on the U.S.S. Enterprise prior to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds). Ethan Peck and Rebecca Romijn guest star in a short that seems like a trial run of (yet to be announced) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Read more

Star Trek: Short Treks: The Trouble With Edward

Star Trek: Short TreksStreaming service CBS All Access debuts the fifth episode of Short Treks, a series of 15-20 minute short stories set in the Star Trek universe (in this instance, with scenes on the U.S.S. Enterprise prior to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds). Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel) and H. Jon Benjamin (Archer) guest star. Read more