August 1, 1953 – theLogBook.com Episode Guides

Quatermass

Very Special Knowledge

By theLogBook.com
August 1, 1953

The questioning of surviving astronaut Victor Carroon continues, and he reveals not only a fluent grasp of German, but knowledge of fellow astronaut Green’s life as well. The cockpit voice recorder from the rocket is found and its tape played back, revealing an unearthly sound that accompanied the rocket going off course. Though Detective Inspector Lomax dismisses the sound as that of “the rocket motors”, Quatermass knows it’s not the sound of the engines. When the tape is played back with Carroon and Lomax present, its obvious that the astronaut is not a murder suspect…but the victim of whas Quatermass believes was “like a cosmic ray, but alive”…

written by Nigel Kneale
directed by Rudolph Cartier
music not credited

Cast: Reginald Tate (Professor Bernard Quatermass), Isabel Dean (Judith Carroon), Duncan Lamont (Victor Carroon), John Glen (Dr. Gordon Briscoe), Ian Colin (Detective Inspector Lomax), Frank Hawkins (Detective Sergeant Best), Hugh Kelly (John Paterson), Paul Whitsun-Jones (James Fullalove), Philip Vickers (American Reporter), Edward David (Indian Reporter), Katie Johnson (Miss Wilde), Lewis Wilson (Walters)

Notes: The BBC, unsatisfied with its experimental telerecording technique, only recorded the first two episodes of The Quatermass Experiment. This synopsis and the remainder of this guide to The Quatermass Experiment, out of necessity, is based upon the original scripts and remaining production paperwork.

LogBook entry by Earl Green

Season 01 SG-1 Stargate

The Enemy Within

By theLogBook.com
August 1, 1997

The Goa’uld have Earth’s number – and they persistently try to send attack groups through the stargate, only to lose those warriors when they can’t penetrate the iris that has been installed to prevent unwanted visitors. The ongoing Goa’uld menace has also led General Hammond to take a less than friendly stance toward O’Neill’s request to add Teal’c to the SG-1 team. Teal’c is a Jaffa, a warrior who carries the larval form of a Goa’uld symbiont within him but is not controlled by it. Someone in the command center is under the control of a Goa’uld, however – Kawalsky, O’Neill’s former second-in-command and now in charge of SG-2, has brought back an unwelcome passenger from his last mission. The symbiont’s hold over Kawalsky is intermittent, but no one is quite sure how to remove it. But the Pentagon colonel who has arrived to interrogate Teal’c makes the surprising recommendation to leave Kawalsky infested – in the hopes that once the Goa’uld matures and assumes complete control, it can be questioned.

written by Brad Wright
directed by Dennis Berry
music by Dennis McCarthy & Kevin Kiner

Guest Cast: Alan Rachins (Colonel Kennedy), Jay Acovone (Kawalsky), Kevin McNulty (Dr. Warner), Gary Jones (Technician), Warren Takeuchi (Young Doctor)

Notes: Kawalsky was shown being attacked by a Goa’uld at the end of the series pilot Children Of The Gods.

LogBook entry by Earl Green with notes by Dave Thomer

Star Trek Star Trek Continues Star Trek Fan Films

Star Trek Continues

By theLogBook.com
August 1, 2012

This is an episode of a fan-made series whose storyline may be invalidated by later official studio productions.

Stardate not given: In the wake of Janice Lester’s attempt to take over his body and take command of the Enterprise, Captain Kirk waxes philosophical before ordering the ship underway once more.

based on scenes from Turnabout Intruder by Arthur H. Singer
extended script by Vic Mignogna
directed by Jack Marshall
music by Fred Steiner
additional music by Vic Mignogna

Cast: Vic Mignogna (Captain Kirk), Todd Haberkorn (Mr. Spock), Chuck Huber (Dr. McCoy), Chris Doohan (Mr. Scott), Grant Imahara (Sulu), Kim Stinger (Lt. Uhura), Wyatt Lenhart (Chekov), Alena Van Arendonk (Dr. Lester), Darrel Guilbeau (Dr. Coleman)

Notes: This short vignette reprises scenes from the end of Turnabout Intruder, attempting to match the lighting, staging and direction of what ended up being the final moments of classic Star Trek on TV. Kim Stinger previously played Uhura in the fan-made series Star Trek: Phase II, episodes of which were directed by Vic Mignogna. Star Trek Continues is a joint venture between Mignogna and the makers of the fan series Starship Farragut. Chris Doohan, the son of the late James Doohan, steps into his father’s role here (as he did for the Starship Farragut animated episode The Needs Of The Many).