ORBzine - UK TV Roundup December 2005

31st December 2005 - Saturday UFO [Season 1, Episode 8] Sub-Smash This is reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Water Margin [Season 1, Episode 9] A Dutiful Son and the Love of a Brother This is reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Charmed [Season 7, Episode 16] The Seven Year Witch Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Today's SF films include Child's Play 30th December 2005 - Friday Futurama [Season 5, Episode 6] Less Than Hero Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Threshold [Season 1, Episode 8] Revelations Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . 29th December 2005 - Thursday Futurama [Season 3, Episode 5] Amazon Women In The Mood Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . BBC Radio 4 Mark Lawson and his guests slagged off Rome. Apparently they preferred Bleak House. Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, read by Edward deSouza Oneword Radio played this fantasy tale. It is a Christian metaphor [like the Narnia tales or Faerie Queene ], from an era when a religious pilgrimage was a once-in-lifetime holiday for land-bound persons. In this episode, the pilgrims are captured by the giant named Dispair. Today's SF films include Flash Gordon 28th December 2005 - Wednesday Rome [Season 1, Episode 10] Triumph Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . 26th December 2005- Monday Today's SF films include The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979), Scooby-Doo, and a Geoffrey Rush historical triple-bill: Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Shakespeare in Love, Elizabeth 25th December 2005 - Sunday Dr Who [Inter-Season] The Christmas Invasion Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . 24th December 2005 - Saturday Today's SF films include Shrek, Toy Story 2, Ice Age, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie 23rd December 2005 - Friday Today's SF films include The Sword of Xanten 22nd December 2005 - Thursday Invasion Iowa [Season 1, Episode ] It Came From Her Po-Po (2) We get the second draft of the Penguin story. This time the ending is quite different. 21st December 2005 - Wednesday First Wave [Season 1, Episode 8] Book Of Shadows Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Threshold [Season 1, Episode 7] The Order Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Rome [Season 1, Episode 9] Utica Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Stargate Atlantis [Season 2, Episode 10] Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . 20th December 2005 - Tuesday 19th December 2005 - Monday Today's SF films include Earthquake 10.5 18th December 2005 - Sunday Hammer House of Horror [Season 1, Episode 4] Growing Pains This is reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Hex [Season 2, Episode 13] Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Space 1999 [Season 1, Episode 6] Voyager's Return Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . 17th December 2005 - Saturday Mutant X [Season 2, Episode 14] Hard Time Reviewed in our special supplement here! Mutant X [Season 2, Episode 13] Within These Walls Reviewed in our special supplement here! . Timecop [Season 1, Episode 7] Lost Voyage This is reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . U.F.O. [Season 1, Episode 7] Kill Straker! This is reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Water Margin [Season 1, Episode 7] How Easy to Die, How Hard to Live This is reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Charmed [Season 7, Episode 14] Carpe Demon Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Today's SF films include Dracula, Prince of Darkness and Carrie (2003) 16th December 2005 - Friday The Dead Zone [Season 1, Episode 12] Shaman Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Hammer House of Horror [Season 1, Episode 5] The House That Bled To Death This is reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Space Cadets The Cadets finally return to Earth, in more ways than one. Perhaps the reason the show never picked up the cult following of Big Bro, despite all the advance publicity, is time. It usually took a month for word-of-mouth to get about, and ratings to buildup. Pity - it was a nice idea. The Avengers [Season 5, Episode 6] The Winged Avenger Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Today's SF films include Nightmare on Elm Street, Casino Royale (1968) and Flash Gordon 15th December 2005 - Thursday Invasion Iowa [Season 1, Episode ] It Came From Her Po-Po The ditzy actress reads out a section of her book, about a girl penguin who has her wings surgically enlarged. The Disentigratrix costume now shows far more cleavage than previously. 14th December 2005 - Wednesday First Wave [Season 1, Episode 7] Lungfish Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Point Pleasant [Season 1, Episode 11] Missing This was reviewed in the special supplement here! . . . Threshold [Season 1, Episode 6] Pulse Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Rome [Season 1, Episode 8] Caesarion Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Stargate Atlantis [Season 1, Episode 9] Aurora Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . 13th December 2005 - Tuesday Relic Hunter [Season 3, Episode 21] Fountain of Youth Reviewed in our special supplement here! Relic Hunter [Season 3, Episode 22] So Shall It Be Reviewed in our special supplement here! . The 4400 [Season 2, Episode 13 - Finale] Mommy's Bosses Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Stargate SG-1 [Season 9, Episode 10] Moebius Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . The Champions [Season 1, Episode 4] The Experiment Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . 12th December 2005 - Monday 11th December 2005 - Sunday Hex [Season 2, Episode 12] Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Space 1999 [Season 1, Episode 5] Death's Other Domain Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . 10th December 2005 - Saturday Futurama [Season 5, Episode 11] 300 Big Boys Reviewed in our special supplement here! Futurama [Season 3, Episode 10] Luck of the Fryrish Reviewed in our special supplement here! Space Cadets It's 48 hours before lift-off. The cadets are given a lecture in space hygiene. Timecop [Season 1, Episode 6] Alternate World This is reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . U.F.O. [Season 1, Episode 6] ESP This is reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Water Margin [Season 1, Episode 6] Bandits Who Steal Are Executed This is reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Charmed [Season 7, Episode 13] Charmageddon Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Today's SF films include Wing Commander and Cutthroat Island 9th December 2005 - Friday Lexx [Season 4, Episode 24] Yo Way Yo This was reviewed in the special supplement here! . . . 8th December 2005 - Thursday Today's SF films include Capricorn One and Supernova (2005) 7th December 2005 - Wednesday Point Pleasant [Season 1, Episode 10] Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Choked This was reviewed in the special supplement here! . . . Rome [Season 1, Episode 7] Pharsalus Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Threshold [Season 1, Episode 5] Shock Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Stargate Atlantis [Season 1, Episode 8] Conversion Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Today's SF films include Daredevil 6th December 2005 - Tuesday Medium [Season 1, Episode 15] Penny For Your Thoughts Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . The 4400 [Season 2, Episode 12] The Fifth Page Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Stargate SG-1 [Season 9, Episode 9] Prototype Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . 5th December 2005 - Monday 4th December 2005 - Sunday Hex [Season 2, Episode 11] Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Space 1999 [Season 1, Episode 4] War Games Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . 3rd December 2005 - Saturday Water Margin [Season 1, Episode 5] A Treasure of Gold And Jade This is reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Charmed [Season 7, Episode 12] Extreme Makeover: World Edition Reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Today's SF films include Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters 2nd December 2005 - Friday Lexx [Season 4, Episode 23] Lyekka vs Japan This was reviewed in the special supplement here! . . . Hammer House of Horror [Season 1, Episode 10] Guardian of the Abyss This is reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . 1st December 2005 - Thursday Missing [Season 2, Episode 18] And We Shall Be Changed AKA We Are Coming Home This is reviewed in our special supplement here! . . . Today's SF films include Supernova (2005)