314 - Deadly Games (Episodes 1 & 2)
What if a video game bad guy came to life but no one involved really understood video games or compelling television in episodes one and two of Deadly Games.
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The podcast exploring the forgotten and little seen sci-fi television of yesterday. New episodes every other Tuesday. Email us at continuumdrag@gmail.com
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313 - Swamp Thing (Episodes 5 & 6)
It's time for the mid-season origin story for a new superhero character that no one saw coming in episodes 5 & 6 of Swamp Thing.
312 - Annihilator
Returning guest Michael joins us for a man on the run for being wrongfully accused of killing his wife but it was a robot-armed and legged and torso'd man who did it in the TV movie Annihilator.
311 - Swamp Thing (Episodes 3 & 4)
Swamp Thing solves some horrors of the week in episodes three & four of Swamp Thing.
310 - Strange Luck (Finale)
After taking the Escape Pod™, we get a complete explanation for Chance's entire backstory in episode 17 of Strange Luck.
309 - Swamp Thing (Episodes 1 & 2)
We go splashing around in the swamp as the pretty people face down some ugly deaths in episodes one & two of Swamp Thing.
308 - Strange Luck (Episodes 5 & 6)
One week you're getting mistaken for a racist hitman, the next you've lent your powers to a waitress in episodes five & six of Strange Luck.
307 - Electric City
In the future, Tom Hanks will kill you if you waste a single kilowatt in the short-form digital series Electric City.
306 - Strange Luck (Episodes 3 & 4)
Chance uses his luck to ensure the right man gets executed and the right man gets stabbed to death in the street in episodes three & four of Strange Luck.
305 - Space Precinct (Finale)
Returning guest Mark does a ride along as Brogan and the squad take on slumlords and space spores in episodes 23 & 24 of Space Precinct.
304 - Strange Luck (Episodes 1 & 2)
We take a chance on whether a coincidence is science fiction in episodes one & two of Strange Luck.
303 - Space Precinct (Episodes 7 & 8)
Brogan tries to figure out who let the dogs and the organs out in episodes 7 and 8 of Space Precinct.
302 - Parallels
Guest Chris enters the building that makes you slide in the TV movie Parallels.
301 - The War Game
A documentary from the front lines of a nuclear strike on the UK that never happened in the TV movie The War Game.
300 - Night Visions (Finale)
Returning guest Ryan from Yum Yum Pod shows up to defend the indefensible in the finale of Night Visions.
299 - Space Precinct (Episodes 5 & 6)
There's a mad bomber and a cyborg on the loose in episodes 5 & 6 of Space Precinct.
298 - Night Visions (Episodes 5 & 6)
Guest David returns for some cautionary tales of picking up hitchhikers, dying and coming back to life, and just being crazy in episodes 5 & 6 of Night Visions.
297 - Space Precinct (Episodes 3 & 4)
The precinct takes on a hologram and a dangerous new street drug that improves your health in episodes 3 & 4 of Space Precinct.
296 - Night Visions (Episodes 3 & 4)
Returning guest Jamie envisions a star-studded outing of half-baked twists in episodes 3 & 4 of Night Visions.
295 - Space Precinct (Episodes 1 & 2)
Guest Bazil discovers that in the space justice system, aliens are considered especially weird looking in episodes one & two of Space Precinct.
294 - Night Visions (Episodes 1 & 2)
The visions start coming and they don't stop coming as the spooky anthology series gets a new millennium upgrade (?) in episodes one & two of Night Visions.
293 - Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
A very bad boy is making Halloween extra satanic in the TV movie Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell.
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292 - Time Express (Finale)
Vincent Price assures us that everything makes senses and that everyone is making a change to their lives but we aren't sure he's right in episode 3 & 4 of Time Express.
291 - Moonbase 3 (Finale)
It's the end of the world as they know it and the Russians need to save Tom in episodes 5 & 6 of Moonbase 3.
290 - Time Express (Episodes 1 & 2)
All aboard for a time bending lessons in second chances with Vincent Price in episodes one & two of Time Express.
289 - Moonbase 3 (Episodes 3 & 4)
The moon is just like any other office - full of annoying co-workers - in episodes three & four of Moonbase 3.
288 - Night Slaves
With a metal plate in his head, only one man is immune to mind control and he uses his powers to have a meet-cute in the TV movie Night Slaves.
287 - Moonbase 3 (Episodes 1 & 2)
A pre-Brexit EU has a base on the moon where they're up to all sorts of science and paperwork in episodes one & two of Moonbase 3.
Bonus Episode for Charity - Forever Knight (Season 2 Episode 18)
Listener Ryan made a generous donation to the Annex Cat Rescue to send us back to early-90s, vampire-ridden Toronto with a special appearance by guest Don, a former crew member, for this bonus episode on Season 2 Episode 18 of Forever Knight.
286 - Legend (Finale)
After taking the Escape Pod™, Ramos gets the chance to shine as Pratt and Bartok try to make an old timey movie in episode 12 of Legend.
285 - Das Millionenspiel/The Millions Game
Germany, 1970. You can get hunted for money for the entertainment of millions and to sell a variety of bizarre products in the TV movie Das Millionenspiel/The Millions Game.
284.5 - Legend (Deleted Scene)
In this Deleted Scene, 승수 (Chris) gives us some final notes and final quotes.
284 - Legend (Episodes 4 & 5)
Guest 승수 (Chris) climbs aboard Bartok's proto-drone as General Custer and Wild Bill Hickock drop by for some alt-history in episodes four & five of Legend.
283 - The City & The City (Finale)
The breach is on as all mysteries come into focus in episodes 3 & 4 of The City & The City.
282 - Legend (Episodes 2 & 3)
Pratt (and to a lesser extent Bartok) mix it up with a Robin Hood-style bank robber and the 18th president of the United States in episodes 2 & 3 of Legend.
281 - The City & The City (Episodes 1 & 2)
Returning guest Stephen squints his eyes to see between the blurry neo-noir of episodes one & two of The City & The City.
280 - Legend (Episode 1)
The Old West gets a steampunk twist when MacGyver and Q team up for historical tomfoolery in episode one of Legend.
279 - Wishman
Guest Allie joins us for a fleshy little freak that wants to take ET's place in your heart in the TV movie Wishman.
278 - The Stone Tape
Returning guest Billy joins us for a Halloween episode with some rowdy chaps who annoy a ghost with science in the TV movie The Stone Tape.
277 - Alien Nation (Finale)
We take the Escape Pod™ while sniffing some tanctonip and worry about everyones interspecies relationships in episode 21 of Alien Nation.
276 - Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (Part 3)
Arrakis gets it's very own Sonic the Sandworm to do something that isn't entirely clear while the Atreides deals with some interpersonal issues in Part 3 of Frank Herbert's Children of Dune.
275 - Alien Nation (Episode 3 & 4)
Bad cop & Tenctonese cop have to protect a witness, be better fathers, survive a siege and mind control gas in episodes three & four of Alien Nation.
274 - Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (Part 2)
Arrakis jumps 15 to 20 years into the future, where Leto 2 & his sis Ghanima are chillin' out, maxin', relaxin' all cool when the mind-ghost of Baron Harkonnen starts makin' trouble in the neighbourhood in Part 2 of Frank Herbert's Children of Dune.
273 - Alien Nation (Episodes 1 & 2)
Returning guest Jane is our Uncle Moodri, who drops in to give us wacky new-aged advice, in episodes 1 & 2 of Alien Nation.
272 - Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (Part 1)
Susan Sarandon conspires to take down the Muad'Dib with a little help from that rascal Bijaz in part one of Frank Herbert's Children of Dune.
271 - Alien Nation (Episode 0)
Aliens have landed and they have a little something to teach us about our prejudice in episode 0 of Alien Nation.
270 - The Tommyknockers (Part 2)
The Tommys come a knockin' as the deaths get wackier in Part 2 of The Tommyknockers.
269 - The Tommyknockers (Part 1)
Jimmy Smits has a plate in his head to protect him from the wacky inventions the glowing green lights make in part one of this TV movie adaptation of Stephen King's The Tommyknockers.