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The podcast exploring the forgotten and unloved sci-fi television franchises of yesterday. New episodes every Tuesday. Recorded at Astrolab Studios.

Continuum Drag


    • May 20, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 324 EPISODES


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    **Hiatus Announcement & Baby Shower**

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 16:50


    We're going on a hiatus and stopping down the podcast for a while but before we do, it's a baby shower for Jordan!

    292 - Time Express (Finale)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 87:37


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 72:02


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 47:31


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 50:20


    The moon is just like any other office - full of annoying co-workers - in episodes three & four of Moonbase 3.

    288 - Night Slaves

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 48:01


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 53:18


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 54:59


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 38:16


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 62:26


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 8:49


    In this Deleted Scene, 승수 (Chris) gives us some final notes and final quotes.

    284 - Legend (Episodes 4 & 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 76:54


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 71:53


    The breach is on as all mysteries come into focus in episodes 3 & 4 of The City & The City.

    282 - Legend (Episodes 2 & 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 57:56


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 69:17


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 43:15


    The Old West gets a steampunk twist when MacGyver and Q team up for historical tomfoolery in episode one of Legend.

    279 - Wishman

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 58:22


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 61:30


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 48:50


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 48:14


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 80:08


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 45:46


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 86:46


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 46:57


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 90:55


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 52:07


    The Tommys come a knockin' as the deaths get wackier in Part 2 of The Tommyknockers.

    269 - The Tommyknockers (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 59:59


    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.

    268 - Doomwatch (Finale)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 40:22


    The British Parliament needs someone to figure out if sex and violence is bad for the British public and there is only one person they can trust - a popular rock'n'roll musician- in Season 3 Episode 12 of Doomwatch.

    267 - RoboCop (Finale)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 37:55


    The unholy trinity of pilot episode villains return to assassinate Old Detroit's #1 crime fighter and also maybe the President of the United States if she happens to be there in episode 23 of RoboCop.

    Bonus Episode for Charity - Forever Knight (Season 3 Episode 15)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 35:22


    Listener Adam made a generous donation to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health to bring vampire cop Nick Knight back for a 90s virtual reality murder mystery in this Bonus Episode for Charity on Season Episode 15 of Forever Knight.

    266 - Doomwatch (Season 2 Episodes 1 & 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 48:03


    They blow up a character and replace their secretary while a chicken grows a couple of human heads and a manufactured virus moves into a village in Season 2 Episodes 1 & 2 of Doomwatch.

    265 - Robocop (Episodes 5 & 6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 55:29


    Returning guest Dave does the math as one kid with four bad lungs sustains two storylines with zero lighting in episodes 5 & 6 of Robocop.

    264 - Doomwatch (Season 1 Episodes 7 & 11)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 47:12


    Quist and the team investigate why women love chocolate and cigarettes before heading to Wales for literal and metaphorical cock fights in Season 1 Episodes 7 & 11 of Doomwatch.

    263 - RoboCop (Episodes 3 & 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2024 64:40


    Old Detroit's mechanical crime fighter takes on religion and weight loss in Delta City in episodes three & four of RoboCop.

    262 - Doomwatch (Season 1 Episodes 1 & 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 70:41


    It's all political gamesmanship and existential threats as the Department of Measurement of Scientific Works try to keep humanity from ending itself in Season 1 Episodes 1 & 4 of Doomwatch.

    261 - RoboCop (Episodes 1 & 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 66:22


    Everyone's favourite robotic law enforcement officer comes to the small screen to do battle with Dick Tracy level villains in episodes one & two of RoboCop. 

    **Return Announcement**

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 7:44


    We're coming back with a few format changes and also Luke forgot how to record audio.

    **Hiatus Announcement & 5 Year Best/Worst Lists**

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 50:11


    That's a wrap on our fifth year of watching and chatting about old sci fi & sci fi-adjacent TV. We are going on hiatus but before we do, we look back and the best and worst TV we've watched according to the numbers.

    260 - The Sixth Sense (Finale)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 66:01


    Storm's a blowin' as two women have visions of their deaths - one during a hurricane and another after eye surgery - in Season 2 Episodes 11 & 12 of The Sixth Sense.

    259 - The Sixth Sense (Season 2 Episodes 2 & 9)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023 80:21


    Dr. Michael Rhodes takes a backseat as two Oscar-winners take over the ESPing in Season 2 Episodes 2 & 9 of The Sixth Sense.

    258 - The Sixth Sense (Season 1 Episodes 8 & 10)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2023 59:26


    Dr. Rhodes takes on an uncle-killing witch and an angry horse ghost in Season 1 Episodes 8 & 10 of The Sixth Sense.

    257 - The Sixth Sense (Season 1 Episodes 1 & 6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 67:20


    A professor studies psychic phenomena as the Vietnam war rages and ghosts gaslight the living in Season 1 Episodes 1 & 6 of The Sixth Sense.

    256 - Doorways

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 70:26


    There is an alternate world where George RR Martin created Sliders in the TV movie/failed pilot for Doorways.

    255 - Swamp Thing (Finale)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 45:57


    Hollywood heads to the swamp in Season 3 Episode 39 of Swamp Thing.

    254 - Swamp Thing (Season 2 Episodes 5 & 8)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2023 70:23


    Things are changing in the swamp with a recycling plant, a hot new teen heartthrob, and an evil nature documentary in Season 2 Episodes 5 & 8 of Swamp Thing.

    253 - Swamp Thing (Season 1 Episodes 11 & 12)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023 55:18


    Grandma is dead, Man-Bird is on a rampage and there a boy with a tin ear in Season 1 Episodes 11 & 12 of Swamp Thing 

    252 - Swamp Thing (Season 1 Episodes 1 & 10)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2023 58:11


    We get lost in the surreal and unhinged swamps in the live-action 1990 series Swamp Thing of Season 1 Episodes 1 & 10.

    251 - The Ultimate Impostor

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2023 48:31


    Get your mind erased to a perfect Alpha-10 state so you can drive a race car while occasionally faking a British accent in the TV movie/failed pilot for The Ultimate Impostor.

    250 - The Tripods (Finale)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2023 54:36


    We poke a alien corpse with a stick before running off to join the circus in Season 2 Episodes 10 & 12 of The Tripods.

    249 - The Tripods (Season 2 Episodes 1 & 8)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 46:52


    The boys get into sports before heading to the City of Gold with all its tentacle monsters in Season 2 Episodes 1 & 8 of The Tripods.

    248 - The Tripods (Season 1 Episodes 12 & 13)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 35:22


    The boys make it to the White Mountains with explosive results in The Tripods Season 1 Episodes 12 & 13.

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