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From unlikely beginnings - a character created to introduce music videos to UK audiences - sprang a trailblazing, underappreciated #cyberpunk chapter in American genre TV. Sci-Fi 5 reloads Max Headroom into your memory.
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Written by Shane Vaughn
Hosted by Ryan Myers
Music by Devin Curry
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi
Music by Devin Curry
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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
Music by Devin Curry
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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
Music by Devin Curry
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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
Music by Devin Curry
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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
Music by Devin Curry
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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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Written by Vic Sage
Hosted by Kim Horcher
Music by Devin Curry
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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
Music by Devin Curry
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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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Written by Earl Green
Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi
Music by Devin Curry
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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
Hosted by Earl Green
Music by Devin Curry
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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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Written by Ashley Thomas
Hosted by Ryan Myers
Music by Devin Curry
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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
Music by Devin Curry
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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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Written by Ashley Thomas
Hosted by Roberto Lewis
Music by Devin Curry
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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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Written by Earl Green
Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi
Music by Devin Curry
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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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Written by Earl Green
Hosted by Ryan Myers
Music by Devin Curry
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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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Written by Ryan Myers
Hosted by Earl Green
Music by Devin Curry
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