Sci-Fi 5

It started as an indie comic with a cult audience, but on this day in 1995 a movie version tried to introduce a whole new audience to #TankGirl. Sci-Fi 5 fills you in on the character's origins and some spicy could-have-been casting.

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Written by Ashley Thomas

Hosted by Earl Green

Music by Devin Curry

You may know him best from the music of Blade Runner or Cosmos, but as Sci-Fi 5 celebrates composer and musician Vangelis on his birthday, there's so much more to his career than that.

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Written by Brian Clayton

Hosted by Kim Horcher

Music by Devin Curry

Sometimes, showrunners trying to broaden a show's palette of characters and storylines...don't quite stick the landing. Sci-Fi 5 examines the curious case of two survivors who didn't fascinate the otherwise obsessive fans of Lost.

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Written by Earl Green

Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi

Music by Devin Curry

You may know him from non-genre hits such as The Rookie and Castle, but chances are good that you still know Nathan Fillion best as Captain Mal Reynolds from Firefly. Sci-Fi 5 aims to misbehave and wish him a happy birthday.

Learn more about Nathan's charity: Kids Need To Read

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Written by Shane Vaughn

Hosted by Roberto Lewis

Music by Devin Curry

The king of the ape world made his big-screen debut today in 1933, and Sci-Fi 5 scales the whole tall tower of trivia behind what made King Kong such a groundbreaking cinematic spectacle.

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Written by Matthew Comegys

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Even if you haven't sought out the films he wrote and directed, you have seen movies - many of them in the sci-fi category - heavily influenced by legendary director Akira Kurosawa. Sci-Fi 5 charts his influence on cinematic history.

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Written by Ryan Myers

Hosted by Kim Horcher

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It was the last episode of the series, but it wasn't the last episode viewers saw. It was meant to lead into a second season, but the show was cancelled. Sci-Fi 5 tries to unravel tha tangle of trivia surrounding the original V finale.

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Written by Earl Green

Hosted by Roberto Lewis

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Early American TV sci-fi was wild.  Magical TVs, puppets, a teleporting comic relief robot - anything goes!  Today's Sci-Fi 5 infuses you with super jelly bean power and tells you all about Johnny Jupiter.

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Written by Mike Richards

Hosted by Earl Green

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With four years of storylines and mysteries to wrap up, was the Battlestar Galactica series finale going to satisfy everyone? Sci-Fi 5 runs down the pros and cons of one of sci-fi's most controversial endings.

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Written by Ashley Thomas

Hosted by Ryan Myers

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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla made its American debut today in 1977 - with an altered title intended to cash in on an American TV favorite. Sci-Fi 5 revisits the arrival of Godzilla's mechanical nemesis.

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Hosted by Kim Horcher

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It was meant to propel a reliable star under studio contract to movie stardom, and was meant to absolutely not resemble any other contemporary genre films in any way. Really. Sci-Fi 5 puts out the plank for 1984's The Ice Pirates.

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Written by Shane Vaughn

Hosted by Earl Green

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How close should a movie be to the book that inspired it?  And can any movie even get close to a mind-bending classic like Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s Slaughterhouse-Five?  Sci-Fi 5 gives the 1972 movie adaptation a fresh look.

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With diminishing returns in his big screen sequels, it was only natural that RoboCop would start patrolling the small screen. Sci-Fi 5 tries to find out if RoboCop: The Series did the character... well... justice.

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Written by Ryan Myers

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It was a deceptively quiet beginning to one of modern sci-fi's most picked-over endings.  Revisit part one of Battlestar Galactica's series finale, Daybreak - so say we all, and so says today's Sci-Fi 5.

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With a renowned special effects artist as its director, a potential human breakout star and three almost-certain robot breakout stars, Sci-Fi 5 rejoices in the distant sunlight of the cult classic movie, Silent Running.

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Written by Ryan Myers

Hosted by Kim Horcher

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Sci-Fi 5 halts the flow of time - for just a few minutes, at any rate - to fill you in on just a few of the strange stories behind the making of the legendary sci-fi film Star Crash.

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Hosted by Roberto Lewis

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Genesis of the Daleks is one of the most beloved chapters of #DoctorWho history. Sci-Fi 5 examines the origins of the Daleks' origin story and its extremely pivotal place in the lore of Doctor Who - old or new.

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It was a new sci-fi show that boasted, as one of its co-creators, one of literary sci-fi's all-time heavy hitters.  Sci-Fi 5 asks, with those kind of credentials, what happened to the 1988 series Probe?

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The Mass Effect video game franchise has indeed had a massive effect on modern gaming. Today's Sci-Fi 5 recounts how the release of Mass Effect 3 was greeted by controversies of both the real and manufactured varieties.

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From its European comic origins to the next act in the career of Babylon 5's showrunner, Sci-Fi 5 reveals that nothing in Jeremiah's post-apocalyptic world was ever going to be easy.

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Written by Earl Green

Hosted by Kim Horcher

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Not to make a meal of the issues, but Sci-Fi 5 has some truly tasty details about one of the most popular - and frequently quoted - Twilight Zone episodes in the history of the show... if you're hungry for that kind of trivia.

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A police forensic scientist with a time machine. A detective trying to bring criminals to justice. In today's Sci-Fi 5, they fight crime and they fight time in the '90s British time travel drama, Crime Traveller.

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Written by Shane Vaughn

Hosted by Ryan Myers

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When longtime collaborator Russell T. Davies became the showrunner of #DoctorWho, Murray Gold found himself along for the ride. Sci-Fi 5 finds out what else Gold has scored - and wonders if he'll be resuming his time travels.

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Written by Brian Clayton

Hosted by Earl Green

Music by Devin Curry

Audiences may have passed up their chance to walk through the Dark City, but today's Sci-Fi 5 demonstrates that this didn't stop this 1998 movie from influencing later genre films.

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Written by Ryan Myers

Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi

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If you're looking for a man of deeds, not words, look no further than today's Sci-Fi 5 and its tribute to star of Megaforce and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Barry Bostwick!

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Hosted by Earl Green

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The DC Comics-inspired "Arrowverse" shows spawned many a spinoff, but today's Sci-Fi 5 reveals how one such spinoff left the rest of the Arrowverse behind to put a bold spin on arguably DC's best known hero.

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Written by Ashley Thomas

Hosted by Roberto Lewis

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A Danish sci-fi film from 1918 pioneered the "space opera" format that persists to this day. Hear the story of "A Trip to Mars" and its themes that left a legacy on today's Sci-Fi 5!

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It tried to bring superspy exploits up to date with recent space age technology (and alumni from Star Trek and other popular shows). Today's Sci-Fi 5 probes the question: why didn't Probe survive as a series called Search?

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Written by Earl Green

Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi

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It could have hailed a new Marvel TV universe in the mid 1990s... but, as today's Sci-Fi 5 reveals, Fox's Generation X pilot-turned-movie was not the Marvel property that would take over the multimedia universe.

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With family and co-star connections to the Star Trek franchise, it seemed like only a matter of time before Jerry O'Connell found himself on the final frontier. Sci-Fi 5 wishes a happy birthday to the voice of Lower Decks' Commander Ransom!

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He's the spirit of vengeance who looks like he rode in straight out of hell.  But despite Ghost Rider's success in comics, today's Sci-Fi 5 chronicles a bumpier ride for the character onto the big screen.

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Written by Isaiah Hardy

Hosted by Kim Horcher

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It's a familiar story: A-list talent in front of and behind the cameras, with the best intentions, somehow turns out a universally derided genre film. Today's Sci-Fi 5 explores what happened on the journey from page to stage for Saturn 3.

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How far away can you get from home and still see it?  On this day in 1990, Voyager 1 looked back toward the planet it launched from and saw half a pixel. Today's Sci-Fi 5 recalls how even that was enough to inspire a whole new perspective.

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See Voyager 1's original "family photo".

Written and hosted by Earl Green

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In today's Sci-Fi 5, with the premiere of a new Joss Whedon creation on Fox in 2009, one might assume that everyone had learned from Firefly...or perhaps those experiences had been completely forgotten, as often happened in Dollhouse.

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You may know him as the composer behind the sound of the first Star Trek movie, but as today's Sci-Fi 5 demonstrates, there's so much more to Jerry Goldsmith's storied career than any one film score.

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Written by Shane Vaughn

Hosted by Earl Green

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Fans turned out in droves when The Wheel Of Time streaming series premiered in 2021. But only insomniacs might have noticed the quickly-produced 22-minute prelude, which premiered on this day in 2015. Today's Sci-Fi 5 unravels the connection between the two.

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He's provided the symphonic sounds that made Star Wars soar, made Harry Potter's magic real, and gave Jaws its bite. Today's Sci-Fi 5 celebrates the life and career of John Williams - who says he's not done yet.

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Star Trek isn't always just about the heroes. On this day in 1994, The Next Generation introduced us to "Lower Decks" which, decades later, would inspire "Star Trek: Lower Decks." Get the story on today's Sci-Fi 5!

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Written by Andrew and Owen Beal

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With a studio asking them to create a new movie with franchise potential, the Wachowskis created the universe of Jupiter Ascending.  Today's Sci-Fi 5 explores why this film didn't catch on quite like their previous creation.

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Written by Ashley Thomas

Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi

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It's easy to find a sci-fi story that involves two spacecraft docking.  But how easy is docking?  Sci-Fi 5 looks back at the historic first rendezvous of a U.S. space shuttle and a former Soviet space station to find out.

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Written by Earl Green

Hosted by Ryan Myers

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With his dedication to bringing his characters to life, Brent Spiner could have become a household name in almost any role. Today's Sci-Fi 5 explores how his star was rising even before a certain android was brought online.

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Written by Shane Vaughn

Hosted by Kim Horcher

Music by Devin Curry

It was an atypically funny X-Files case with some familiar guest stars - and a story that was intended for another series years earlier. Today's Sci-Fi 5 recalls when Mulder and Scully met the Weremonster!

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Written by Brian Clayton

Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi

Music by Devin Curry

Known best for his comedy and podcasting success stories, Paul Scheer is also the voice of characters in the Marvel and Star Trek universes.  Today's Sci-Fi 5 celebrates his life, laughs, and his career.

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Written by Ashley Thomas

Hosted by Roberto Lewis

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It had heartwarming family drama, comedy, some big names, and even a space monkey.  But today's Sci-Fi 5 asks: was that enough to make 1981's Earthbound noteworthy?

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Written by Ryan Myers

Hosted by Earl Green

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His dissatisfaction with the comic book industry led him to revitalize that industry by cross-pollinating genres.  Today's Sci-Fi 5 pays tribute to Frank Miller.

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Written by Johnny Kolasinski

Hosted by Roberto Lewis

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A sci-fi thriller with a bit of everything - paranoia about invading aliens, romance, and a message.  Find out why the latter may not land the same way as it did at release as today's Sci-Fi 5 revisits Attraction.

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Written by Ryan Myers

Hosted by Kim Horcher

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It may not be on the tip of the tongues of fans of time travel adventures everywhere, but today's Sci-Fi 5 has some reasons why Minutemen is still worth a minute of your time - maybe quite a few minutes.

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His career may have suddenly exploded on stage as part of the cast of Hamilton, but today's Sci-Fi 5 reminds you that Daveed Diggs has genre cred too, from Snowpiercer to Star Trek and beyond!

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Written by Ashley Thomas

Hosted by Earl Green

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From unlikely beginnings came an animated show (and, since it was the '80s, accompanying toy line) loved by many. Find out how Thundercats gained a major foothold in the '80s pop culture landscape, on today's Sci-Fi 5!

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One of many syndicated genre series to hit American TV in the 1990s, Time Trax added a time travel twist to some time-honored tropes. Today's Sci-Fi 5 takes you back to the premiere in 1993.

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It was a movie based on an original script by one of the most celebrated scribes of The Twilight Zone. Today's Sci-Fi 5 tells the story of how Roger Corman and his family revived that story under a new name with rising '90s talent.

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As was often the case, the first American sci-fi anthology on TV tried to bring the classics to our screens, with tiny budgets and big name talent. Today's Sci-Fi 5 brings a legendary production of Frankenstein back to life!

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Written by Earl Green

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It was an attempt to make a dystopian, machine-ruled future on a TV budget...and to make it funny and kind of sexy too. Hear the story behind Cleopatra 2525 on today's Sci-Fi 5!

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Superman was one of the earliest heroes to conquer every form of media. On this day in 1939, after a stunning comic book debut, Superman got his own daily strip that would leave lasting impact on his storied history. Learn more on today's Sci-Fi 5!

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Amazon took a gamble on a show that posed a huge "what if..." to its audience. What if the Axis powers had won WWII? A look into this alternate reality and the production that brought "The Man in the High Castle" to life on today's Sci-Fi 5.

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Before she bought out Cheers, she was a welcome addition to the Enterprise crew for just one movie appearance. Today's Sci-Fi 5 celebrates the life and career of the late Kirstie Alley.

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Written by Shane Vaughn

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An adaptation of an unpublished horror novel scared up ratings as a made-for-TV movie. Today's Sci-Fi 5 looks through the files to revisit Carl Kolchak's first case on the small screen, tracking down The Night Stalker.

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Written by Vic Sage

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At a time when Quinn Martin Productions had prime-time thrillers and police stories to spare, the legendary producer ventured into science fiction as well. Today's Sci-Fi 5 urges you to be on the lookout for...The Invaders.

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Written by Brian Clayton

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There's a lot of British TV sci-fi that can be described as short on budget, but still creates an eerie atmosphere. On today's Sci-Fi 5, how Chocky had all that to live up to while focusing on extremely young cast members.

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Written by Earl Green

Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi

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From a supporting role in Captain America to her own short film to her own series, today's Sci-Fi 5 celebrates Marvel's Agent Carter as she took over the small screen.

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Written by Ashley Thomas

Hosted by Kim Horcher

Music by Devin Curry

Wait, the Enterprise has shuttlecraft?  Today's Sci-Fi 5 takes you back to the day that Star Trek fans first saw the episode The Galileo Seven - and forward to that Galileo shuttlecraft's final flight in Star Trek: Prodigy.

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Written and hosted by Charlynn Schmiedt

Music by Devin Curry

It was a new era of Doctor Who, with the first new face for the Doctor in seven years.  On today's Sci-Fi 5, how "Castrovalva" ushered in a new Doctor in the form of Peter Davison.

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Written by Shane Vaughn

Hosted by Roberto Lewis

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It was all part of the plan: an exciting TV movie to turn the corner from Babylon 5 to its spinoff, Crusade. On today's Sci-Fi 5, how the cast and creators of Babylon 5 answered "A Call To Arms".

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Mere months after the theatrical premiere of Star Wars, the BBC launched a new science fiction series with the same budget as the cop show it replaced on the schedule. On today's Sci-Fi 5, how Blake's 7 overcame its very humble beginnings.

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The first TV sci-fi saga to become a mass-media phenomenon in the U.S., today's Sci-Fi 5 rewinds to Space Patrol's national television premiere after getting its start on local TV in Los Angeles.

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You might know him as one TARDIS traveler or another, but there's so much more to the astonishing 79-year career of the late, great Bernard Cribbins.  Today's Sci-Fi 5 shines a spotlight on his amazing legacy of entertainment.

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From unlikely, impoverished beginnings came a storyteller who would change the face of comics forever.  Today's Sci-Fi 5 pays tribute to the legendary Stan Lee.

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With familiar set pieces, ribald robots, disco-era glitz and glamour, and at least one legitimate tragically doomed star in its cast, Buck Rogers' voyage on a "Cruise Ship To The Stars" is the subject of today's Sci-Fi 5!

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There are plenty of offbeat holiday specials out there, TV confections with everything from Wookiees to Muppets. But as today's Sci-Fi 5 points out, none of those are Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey.

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An early example of space-age television sci-fi trying to be a bit more realistic, CBS' Men Into Space spent "Christmas On The Moon" on this day in 1959.  Find out how family-hour TV portrayed a space crisis in today's Sci-Fi 5!

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Not for the the first time, the pod people were once more on the move in theaters everywhere on this day in 1978.  Today's Sci-Fi 5 tries to examine what the remake of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers was really warning audiences about.

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Written by Brian Clayton

Hosted by Kim Horcher

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It was one of the viral sensations of streaming TV in 2018.  On today's Sci-Fi 5, find out who first opened the Bird Box and how it took flight.

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Written by Ashley Thomas

Hosted by Ryan Myers

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Sworn enemies forced to work together in a punishing environment... and that was before the cameras even rolled! We look at the behind-the-scenes drama that challenged a sci-fi classic, "Enemy Mine," released today in 1985.

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Written by Tom Kozak

Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi

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Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men?  Today's Sci-Fi 5 tries to find out, unearthing what we can about a missing episode of legendary radio series The Shadow, broadcast on this day in 1954!

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Written by Vic Sage

Hosted by Earl Green

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A much-loved entry in the modern era of Star Wars, Rogue One's origins far predate the movie's release - in fact, one might say the original idea happened a long time ago, as chronicled in today's Sci-Fi 5!

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If you're assuming that the TV series Automan, which premiered on this day in 1983, was inspired by Tron, you're not wrong. Today's Sci-Fi 5 takes a cursory glance at both that inspiration and the making of Automan!

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With stars made familiar by other TV and film franchises, a bona fide rock star as its villain, and a rising genre star behind the camera and the script, 1984's Runaway - the subject of today's Sci-Fi 5 - seems like it should have been a bigger deal.

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Written by John Champion

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Some say it's the worst British sitcom ever made. Some say it's the worst British sci-fi series ever committed to television. Today's Sci-Fi 5 asks... who says they can't both be right about Come Back, Mrs. Noah?

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With two simultaneously released Short Treks, animated Star Trek made a comeback - and while today's Sci-Fi 5 recounts those two tales, it also tells the story of paving the way for a new generation of animated Trek series.

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He's Star Trek's most recognizable (and longest-serving) Klingon - and on today's Sci-Fi 5, we still haven't seen the last of Michael Dorn as Worf, son of Mogh!

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It's not even possible to imagine 1980's big screen Flash Gordon adventure without Queen's fearless rock opera accompanying it. On today's Sci-Fi 5, find out how this marriage of sound and image was arranged.

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Written by Shane Vaughn

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Was any sequel to 2001 ever going to live up to the classic status of the original?  Who would be bold enough to try?  The story of the making of 2010: The Year We Make Contact, on today's Sci-Fi 5!

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It's a TV movie that could easily have been forgotten if not for the fact that it's an early directorial entry by a future Hollywood heavy hitter. Go Through The Magic Pyramid on today's Sci-Fi 5!

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One of science fiction's most venerable pulp heroes returned to the big screen for the 1980s and became a cult favorite. Today's Sci-Fi 5 ponders if this was because of what happened behind the scenes... or in spite of it?

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Borrowing the title of a sci-fi story he admired, Isaac Asimov explored the nature of morality through robots and his enduring Three Laws. Hear the origins of "I, Robot," released today in 1950, on today's Sci-Fi 5!

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It left an indelible mark on both real astronomy and the public imagination.  On today's Sci-Fi 5, find out why both the beginnings and the end of the Arecibo Radio Telescope happened on this day.

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You almost certainly know Kevin Conroy as the voice of animated Batman, but the twists and turns of his career are worthy of their own epic story on today's Sci-Fi 5!

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She penned one of the most influential American science fiction novels of the 20th century, a favorite of teachers' and librarians' reading lists for decades.  On today's Sci-Fi 5, find out why Madeleine L'Engle almost gave up writing.

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It turns out that visions of a high-tech utopian future were on the minds of many Hollywood scriptwriters in the early 1970s.  On today's Sci-Fi 5, explore space station Earth II's sole on-screen adventure, and meet the crew.

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As a decade known for inoffensive sitcoms drew to a close, CBS took a chance on a daring script by writer Rod Serling.  On today's Sci-Fi 5, the uphill battle Serling faced to tell the story of The Time Element to America's TV audience.

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Written by Matthew Comegys

Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi

Music by Devin Curry

Kenneth Mitchell has played a real-life astronaut, a multitude of characters in the Star Trek universe, and stopped in the Marvel universe along the way. On his birthday, we celebrate Ken's activism for ALS and anti-bullying charities on today's Sci-Fi 5!

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Written by Ashley Thomas

Hosted by Roberto Lewis

Music by Devin Curry

Before he was known as a Time Lord, before the arrival of the Daleks or the Cybermen, the Doctor was a mysterious old man who hid his time machine in a junkyard.  On today's Sci-Fi 5, learn how the Doctor's travels were almost derailed by history itself.

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Written by Tom Kozak

Hosted by Ryan Myers

Music by Devin Curry

You might know her as the star of the Halloween series, True Lies, or from other roles, but today's Sci-Fi 5 reveals that in her downtime, Jamie Lee Curtis is as much a genre fan as the rest of us!

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Written by Johnny Kolasinski

Hosted by Earl Green

Music by Devin Curry

Every studio in Hollywood took a pass on Michael Crichton's story about a theme park that turns deadly. Then MGM came along and launched a franchise when "Westworld" debuted on this day in 1973. Hear the story on Sci-Fi 5!

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Written by Ashley Thomas

Hosted by Kim Horcher

Music by Devin Curry

It was an X-Men comic book classic whose story raised the stakes and reverberated into the X-Men movies decades later.  On today's Sci-Fi 5, the original telling of Days Of Future Past.

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Written by Isaiah Hardy

Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi

Music by Devin Curry

Star Wars gaming was lost in space for a time, but the reboot of Star Wars: Battlefront that launched on this day in 2015 proved that the force was still strong with the mighty franchise. Hear the story on today's Sci-Fi 5!

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Written by Isaiah Hardy

Hosted by Roberto Lewis

Music by Devin Curry

Incarnations of Doctor Who crossing the time streams to work together was a tradition of classic Doctor Who.  On today's Sci-Fi 5, it took a charity sketch to bring that tradition into the new series - and it hasn't stopped happening since.

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Written by Earl Green

Hosted by Kim Horcher

Music by Devin Curry

It's a strange, obscure movie in a bizarro world, with some top-flight talent on display - and yet it seemed to disappear into a series of tubes.  Time to Meet The Hollowheads on today's Sci-Fi 5!

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Written by Ryan Myers

Hosted by Earl Green

Music by Devin Curry

She was at the forefront of the synthesizer revolution, with her album of synth interpretations of Bach gaining widespread acceptance for fully electronic music.  And that was just the beginning of Wendy Carlos' impact on music - learn more on today's Sci-Fi 5.

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Written by Shane Vaughn

Hosted by Ryan Myers

Music by Devin Curry