Tuesday Night TV Club

Recap: 06/10/08

Daniel — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:48:17 +0000

Episodes:

Doctor Who 4.09 “Forest of the Dead”: The Doctor and Prof. Song must uncover the secret of the Vashta Narada and rescue Donna from wherever she’s got to.
ReGenesis 3.08 “Sleepers”: Outbreaks of anthrax and other diseases emerge from British Columbia forest fires and the NorBAC team suspects bioterrorism.
UFO 1.17 “Sub Smash”: Skydiver is disabled by an underwater Alien attack, with Straker and Foster on board.
Total Recall 2070 1.08 “First Wave”: The CPB network is compromised by a psychic with mysterious ties to Ehrenthal.
Trick or Treat 2.02 “Kitten”: A college student is offered £500 not to kill a kitten.
Young Dracula 2.03 “Mirror Mirror”: Vlad discovers a “painless cure for vampires”; Ingrid and Olga attempt to outdo each other in evildoings.
Bugs 1.01 “Out of the Hive”: A government agent teams up with an electronics expert and a helicopter pilot in order to prevent the theft of a top-secret satellite transmission jammer.

Recap: 06/03/08

Daniel — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:08:17 +0000

Episodes:

Doctor Who 4.08 “Silence in the Library”: The Doctor and Donna encounter an archaeological expedition at an abandoned, planet-sized library.
ReGenesis 3.07 “One Hand Washes the Other”: The NorBAC team investigates the c. difficile strain that killed Carlos’s ex-wife; Bob reveals the truth about his vision problems to his associates.
UFO 1.16 “Kill Straker!”: Col. Foster is captured and brainwashed by the Aliens.
Trick or Treat 2.03 “Time”: A certain Scottish television actor appears to have the powers of precognition and postcognition.

Recap: 05/19/07

Daniel — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:23:52 +0000

Episodes:

Doctor Who 4.07 “The Unicorn and the Wasp”: The Doctor and Donna join Agatha Christie for a real-life game of Clue in Edwardian England.
ReGenesis 3.06 “Phantoms”: The team investigates the Lake McGraw mercury contamination; Mayko undergoes therapy for her phantom limb pain; David enters into an affair with Carlos’s ex-wife.
UFO 1.15 “E.S.P.”: A psychic develops an interest in SHADO after being compromised by the Aliens.
Total Recall 2070 1.07 “Rough Whimper of Insanity”: Favre begins to behave erratically after being exposed to a computer virus.
Young Dracula 2.02 “The Yanks are Coming”: Mr. Count’s younger brother comes to visit with his family, but the Van Helsings mistake them for breather victims.
Trick or Treat 2.01 “Quiz”: Derren Brown teaches speed-learning techniques to a pub quiz participant.

Recap: 05/12/08

Daniel — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:45:28 +0000

Episodes:

Doctor Who (new) 4.06 “The Doctor’s Daughter”: The Doctor, Donna and Martha find themselves caught in a generations-long holy war.
Torchwood 2.13 “Exit Wounds”: John Hart returns, leaving more destruction in his wake.
ReGenesis 3.05 “The God of Commerce”: The team traces Sinatra to an organ donor in the Phillipines; a maverick CDC agent asks NORBAC for help in investigating cases of mercury poisoning in the Pacific Northwest, and she’s got an interesting connection to Carlos.
UFO 1.14 “Confetti Check A-OK: Straker reflects upon the formation of SHADO.
Total Recall 2070 1.06 “Infiltration”: Hume and Farve investigate the murder of an Uber-Braun employee who may have been involved in industrial espionage.

Recap: 05/05/08

Daniel — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:52:12 +0000

Episodes:

Doctor Who (new) 4.05 “The Poison Sky”: The Doctor must save the world (again) from invading aliens (again).
Torchwood 2.11 “Adrift”: Gwen investigates a series of disappearances that seem to coincide with spikes in rift activity…a project that Jack doesn’t wish her to pursue.
ReGenesis 3.04 “I Dream of Genomes”: The team continues to investigate the links between Sinatra outbreaks in San Francisco and Boston; Owen inisists on pursuing Angelica’s gene therapy to cure his drug addiction.
Torchwood 2.12 “Fragments”: After being led into a trap, the Torchwood team reflects on the circumstances that brought them to where they are today.
Young Dracula 2.01 “Kidnipped”: The conflict between Mr. Count and Eric Van Helsing escalates to outright war, with hilarious consequences.

Recap: 04/28/08

Daniel — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:57:26 +0000

Episodes:

Doctor Who (new) 4.04 “The Sontaran Stratagem”: The Doctor investigates an automotive satellite navigation system that also reduces carbon dioxide emissions.
Torchwood 2.09 “Something Borrowed”: Gwen is attacked by an alien on the eve of her wedding.
ReGenesis 3.03 “Strangers in the Night”: A West Nile-like virus breaks out in San Francisco; Owen is offered an unconventional treatment for his addiction; the team meets their new liason to the U.S. government.
UFO 1.13 “Close Up”: SHADO develops a satellite that Straker believes might be able to broadcast photographs of the Alien homeworld.
Torchwood 2.10 “From Out of the Rain”: The team investigates the apparent return of a ghostly early-twentieth-century travelling show.

jPod is on hold until CBC actually bothers to air 1.11.

Recap: 04/22/08

Daniel — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:51:58 +0000

Episodes:

jPod 1.10 “The Betty and Veronica Syndrome”
Torchwood 2.07 “Dead Man Walking”
ReGenesis 3.01 “A Spontaneous Moment” & 3.02 “Dust in the Wind”
UFO 1.12 “Court Martial”
Torchwood 2.08 “A Day in the Death”

Recap: 04/15/07

Daniel — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:22:38 +0000

Episodes:

Doctor Who (new) 4.02 “The Fires of Pompeii”
Suburban Shootout 2.03
jPod 1.09 “Fine China”
Torchwood 2.06 “Reset”
Total Recall 2070 1.05 “Allure”

Recap: 04/07/08

Daniel — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:59:57 +0000

Episodes:

Doctor Who (new) 4.01 “Partners in Crime”
jPod 1.08 “The Last Shot”
Suburban Shootout 2.02
Torchwood 2.05 “Adam”
UFO 1.11 “The Square Triangle”

Recap: 04/01/08

Daniel — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:48:20 +0000

Episodes:

jPod 1.07 “Sprite Quest”
Suburban Shootout 2.01
UFO 1.10 “The Responsibility Seat”
Torchwood 2.04 “Meat”
Total Recall 2070 1.04 “Self-Inflicted”

Remarks: Bleh, still can’t get my rear in gear. Should mention, though, that we’re taking a three-session break from ReGenesis, partially so we don’t get burned out, partially to make room for the second season of Suburban Shootout, which (as far as I can tell) entirely consists of three forty-five minute long episodes.