Doctor Who – Fusion Patrol

Quick! Name two famous inventors from the turn of the Twentieth Century. If you picked Thomas Edison and Guglielmo Marconi, you are right! However, in this episode, Simon and Eugene talk about Nikola Tesla’s Night or Terror. Episode Synopsis: The Twentieth Century is dawning and Nikolas Tesla is having a bad day. He’s trying to ... Read more

54 orphan planets in all, 54 orphan planets. If another planet should happen to fall, 55 orphan planets in all. Simon and Eugene discuss Orphan 55. Episode Synopsis: Graham wins an all-inclusive vacation at Tranquility Spa, unfortunately, the vacation begins before they can adequately prepare as they are immediately teleported from the TARDIS to the ... Read more

Doctor Who returned to our screens in 2020 with the two-part opener, Spyfall. Simon and Eugene discuss. Episode Synopsis: Part One Operatives are attacked all over the world by strange creatures pushing through the walls. The Doctor and her fam (and if I never hear the word “fam” again it will be too soon) are ... Read more

Another exciting missing episode of Doctor Who is returned to the back catalog via animation. Simon and Eugene discuss the Second Doctor adventure, the Macra Terror. Episode Synopsis: On an Earth colony world a man, Medok, causes a scene during practice for a celebration. He’s seen creatures in the colony at night. His cries are ... Read more

The Douglas Adams story that just will not die as long as the BBC can milk some more money out of it. Simon and Eugene look once again at Shada in its latest animated recreation form. Episode Synopsis: Aboard a space station, something sinister involving people and a ball has happened. The sinister Skagra leaves ... Read more

It’s time for a Ressurection Revelation Remembrance Resolution! …of the Daleks… …on New Year’s Day, no less. Simon and Eugene discuss the Doctor Who 2019 New Year’s Special, Resolution. Episode Synopsis: In the Ninth Century, based on the context of the story, in what might be presumed to be England, epic armies came together to ... Read more

Doctor Who Series 11 comes to a (book)end. Simon and Eugene discuss. Episode Synopsis: Two religious zealots stand prepared to build a temple when their god appears before them. That can’t be good. 3,407 years later, the Doc and the Gang pick up multiple distress signals coming from the planet Ranskoor Av Kolos. A planet ... Read more

Beware the horrible monster, Erik, that lives in Norway. Simon and Eugene discuss, “It Takes You Away.” Episode Synopsis: In a wild part of Norway, the Doc and the Gang find a creepy, barricaded house. They notice someone peering out a crack from within and go to investigate. Inside, they find a lone, blind girl ... Read more

“There’s some lovely filth over here, Dennis,” is a line not spoken in this episode, but perhaps it should be. Simon and Eugene discuss the Witchfinders. Episode Synopsis: Doc and the Gang arrive in Lancashire just in time for the dunking of an old woman, an accused witch, and despite the Doctor warning her gang ... Read more

Everyone loves a delivery, even the Doctor, but this time there’s a mystery attached. Simon and Eugene discuss Kerblam! Episode Synopsis: In the Vortex, something is on an intercept course with the TARDIS. Unable to avoid it, a Kerblam! Delivery robot materializes on the flight deck and delivers a package for the Doctor. Inside, a ... Read more

India, 1947, on the eve of the birth of Pakistan and the TARDIS gang are there. Ben and Eugene discuss the Demons of the Punjab. Episode Synopsis: Yaz has a grandmother, Umbreen, who emigrated from Pakistan to the UK decades ago, but Yaz wants to know more about her, so she convinces the Doctor, somewhat ... Read more

On a deep space medical vessel the Doctor and the gang encounter a space gremlin. Ben and Eugene discuss. Episode Synopsis: While looking for junk, the TARDIS Gang find a sonic mine and set it off. The next thing you know, they find themselves on a hospital ship, heading away from the TARDIS. While the ... Read more

Giant spiders are overtaking Sheffield. Can the Doctor and her departing companions resolve this problem with humane dignity? Ben and Eugene discuss.

The Doctor and her companions arrive in Montgomery Alabama in 1955 on the eve of Rosa Parks’ historic bus ride, but there’s Artron energy in them thar hills and the Doctor needs to investigate. While Ryan gets a lesson in history, the Doctor confronts an enemy from the future who wants to change history. Ben ... Read more

Ben and Eugene discuss. Synopsis: We rejoin our heroes hanging in space, where they are dying, until Graham and Ryan are scooped up by a spacecraft that pops out of hyperspace next to them. The Doctor and Yaz are picked up by a second spacecraft. The ships are piloted by Angstram and Epzo, respectively. Both ... Read more

The 13th Doctor has arrived on our screens with a large, crashing-through-metal-from-a-ridiculous-height-with-a-loud-plonk sound. Without the benefit of foresight of things to come, how does The Woman Who Fell to Earth preface the newest era of Doctor Who. Ben and Eugene discuss. Transcript (computer-generated) Eugene: Hello and welcome to another episode of Fusion Patrol. I’m Eugene… ... Read more

It’s time for Capaldi’s regeneration blowout. Does he go out like a shooting star or a Christmas cracker? Simon and Eugene discuss the 2017 Doctor Who Christmas special, Twice Upon a Time.

The Doctor Who series 10 finale is here, the two-part Stephen Moffat-penned episodes, World Enough and Time and The Doctor Falls. Simon and Eugene discuss the last regular episode of Peter Capaldi’s tenure as the Doctor.

There are creatures that eat light. There are Picts and Romans. There is the Doctor, Bill and Nardole. Throw them all together and a story just writes itself, doesn’t it? Ben and Eugene discuss the Eaters of Light.

The Doctor and Bill investigate a mystery on Mars in 1881. The British Empire is bigger than we ever thought! What will happen when it encounters the Ice Warriors? Will they crush them, humiliate them and turn them into their manservant Friday? Simon and Eugene discuss the Empress of Mars.

The Monk Trilogy comes to a crashing close. In the end, did Ben and Eugene like it? Listen and find out.

Those meddling Monks are back and they’ve worked out just how the human race is going to die. They can save us, in return for nothing but their love and devotion. Ben and Eugene discuss The Pyramid at the End of the World.

There’s a book in the Vatican that causes everyone who reads it to kill themselves – and it’s not the Bible! How will the Doctor read it now that he’s blind. Simon and Eugene discuss Extremis.

A space station, a distress call and an empty space suit all walk into a bar… It must be Jamie Mathieson’s Oxygen – the latest episode of Doctor Who. Ben and Eugene size up this story’s anti-capitalism street cred.

A spooky old house, six college roommates, a creepy landlord and a lot of creaking floorboards… sounds like a recipe for a mystery! Eugene and Ben discuss Knock Knock.

When the TARDIS takes the Doctor and Bill to the last great Frost Fair in 1814 London, they are literally on Thin Ice. Ben and Eugene discuss the latest episode of Doctor Who.

The Doctor takes Bill far into the future to one of Earth’s first colony worlds, but what’s happening there isn’t something to smile about – but they’d better. Ben and Eugene discuss Smile.

We start a new series of Doctor Who episodes with Steven Moffat’s 10th series opener, the Pilot. Ben and Eugene discuss.

It wouldn’t be Christmastime without a Doctor Who Christmas special, and so… here is one. Simon and Eugene look at the Return of Doctor Mysterio. (Apologies for some minor technical problems with the recording.)

Lost forever and now brought back via an extraordinary effort of human ingenuity, it’s the missing inaugural Second Doctor story, the Power of the Daleks! This is the second time we’ve reviewed this episode, but this time we got to see what we were missing last time! Simon and Eugene review.

Finally, we come to the final pavement stone in our journey through animated and/or DVD-released Doctor Who reconstructed episodes with the First Doctor adventure, Galaxy Four. After their complete disagreement about the merits of Underwater Menace last time, I’m sure Simon and Eugene will agree on this one…

Is this the most divisive episode of Doctor Who ever? Simon and Eugene fundamentally disagree of the place of the Underwater Menace in the pantheon of Doctor Who episodes.

Question: What do you get when you condense a 7 part spice story into a 30 minute summary… oh, and you lose all the video somewhere along the way? Answer: You get Marco Polo! Simon and Eugene continue their exploration of DVD-released “lost” episodes of Doctor Who.

Landing in the London Underground, the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria are about to meet an old friend for the very first time. Simon and Eugene discuss the recently not-so-lost episode, the Web of Fear.

The Second Doctor, Ben, Polly and new Companion Jamie arrive on the moon just as the Cybermen make their second attempt to wipe out mankind. Simon and Eugene review this, the last (so far) of the animated reconstructions of lost Doctor Who episodes.

A reconstructed episode special. Simon and Eugene look at the first Doctor’s final story, the Tenth Planet and the animated reconstruction of the missing final episode.

River Song is back for Christmas. It’s a bit like giving a jar of Marmite for Christmas – love her or hate her, she always spurs discussion. Ben and Eugene discuss the 2015 Doctor Who Christmas Special, the Husbands of River Song. Please consider supporting Fusion Patrol as Patreon.

What’s 4.5 billion years between friends? Nothing right? I’m sure the Doctor and Rassilon will be BFFs, right? Ben and Eugene discuss the Series 9 final two-parts, Heaven Sent and Hell Bent. Damn, this was a long episode…

All companions’ stories have to come to an end someday… Clara’s has ended three times. Is third time a charm? Ben and Eugene discuss Clara Oswald’s parting adventure, Face the Raven.

“To sleep: perchance to dream.”  Or not, as the case may be. The Doctor and Clara investigate the Sandmen in this unusual episode of Doctor Who. Does it work?  Ben and Eugene discuss Mark Gatiss’ Sleep No More. Note to our listeners, stop shouting “Of Mice and Men” at us! I realized it after we ... Read more

It’s the Orange Scare! 20 Million Zygons live amongst us and nobody knows who they are, but when a radicalized splinter group forms, it’s the Nightmare Scenario! Ben and Eugene discuss the two-part story The Zygon Invasion and The Zygon Inversion.

If you call that living… Ben and Eugene discuss the not-even-remotely-really-a-second-part-of-a-two-part-story The Woman Who Lived.