Transmissions From Atlantis 36 – Reviewmania and the Legacy of the Fourth Doctor

Folks, JC and Rita go bonkers with reviews this week! They review Defiance, DaVinci’s Demons, not one but two Game of Thrones episodes, the trailer for Black Sails, the Spartacus series finale and Doctor Who Cold War.

In addition, they preview this week’s Doctor Who episode “Hide”, provide you the scoop on Disney’s plans for the Star Wars franchise and give you an in depth accounting of the legacy of the Fourth Doctor Tom Baker as part of their ongoing series – Legacy Who Redux.

All this, plus much more!

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Transmissions From Atlantis 33: Spoilerific Previews of the Season Premieres for Doctor Who & Game of Thrones

Hey there folks, we are all in on season premieres this week. First we look at the premiere of Game of Thrones and give you some juicy spoilers that we expect to see this season. Then later it’s all about the Bells of St. John – the series 7B premiere of Doctor Who coming this weekend.

Who are the villains, what type of episode will it be? We’ll give you the scoop. As always, we’ll review the latest episode of the Walking Dead and give you all the latest sci-fi and horror news – including some disturbing info on Star Wars Clone Wars.

We have an occurrence as rare as a solar eclipse – JC admits he was wrong. We have some Doctor Who 50th anniversary scoopage and in Legacy Who Redux, we introduce you properly to the First Doctor.

All this and more from Transmissions From Atlantis!

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Transmissions From Atlantis – Episode 26 – The One About JJ Abrams, Star Wars and Time Lord Fest 2013

It took forever but Episode 26 is finally up. If this is the first time you’ve listened to TFA – this one is a crackin’. We’re a riot as we goof our way through topics of conversation like JJ Abrams directing Star Wars, Possibly the mystery of Benedict Cumberbatch’s character in Star Trek Into Darkness being revealed by a prequel comic, Robotech, Spider Man, Battlestar Galactica, Walking Dead, Superman Lives – the Movie that never was and Hansel and Gretel.

We’re just getting started – we talk which actor is positioning himself to be the twelth doctor, we talk the series 7b premiere, we give you a preview of a posable David Tennant doll.

Still not satified? We give you a FULL review of Time Lord Fest 2013.

Finally, we wrap it up with our Legacy Who Redux – reviewing the Reign of Terror and giving you the scoop on the newly animated lost episodes in this classic first doctor serial.

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The Ratchet Retrocast Episode 1 – Our First Leap into a Wretched Hive of Scum & Villainy

For our first episode, The Ratchet RetroCast found themselves in Mos Eisley listening to a cantina band and trying to avoid the smell of some dead green thing. That’s right, it’s Star Wars! This week Strangeway, Q and CD talk about the Star Wars franchise, with occasional muffled additions from Ratchet. They are joined by Chris Lee, the founder of the Full Scale Falcon project, an R2D2 builder, one of the first members of the 501st and more! Afterwards, listen in for facts during “This Week in Geek History” and for the up-and-comings in the steampunk community during the “Steampunk Review”, and thanks for tuning in to our very first episode!

Box Office Buzz: What does Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm mean for the future of ‘Star Wars’?

By Ashley Bergner
Box Office Buzz

Like many “Star Wars” fans, I’m still trying to process the announcement that Disney has purchased Lucasfilm and now will be at the helm of the “Star Wars” media empire. Maybe it’s just me, but this news took me completely by surprise, and I certainly didn’t see it coming. As a movie buff, I normally monitor movie news websites and magazines fairly closely, but I didn’t hear any rumors about this sale before it happened.

It’s a major purchase — worth about $4 billion dollars — and it’s one Disney plans to quickly put to use: a new “Star Wars” movie, Episode VII, is slated for release in 2015, and other “Star Wars” related projects could soon follow. Overall, I’m feeling pretty positive about the announcement of this sale, and I think Disney has strong potential to successfully continue the “Star Wars” franchise.

DISNEY ACQUIRES LUCASFILM

George Lucas has sold Lucasfilm Ltd. to the Walt Disney Company. Disney announced plans for new Star Wars movies to premiere beginning 2015.

Transmissions From Atlantis – Episode 18: The One with the Great Debate – Star Wars vs. Star Trek

As the two Presidential Candidates duke it out for the White House, Rita and JC decide to take a geek’s look at debating. The first great debate of 2012 is the ultimate debate in Geekdom – Star Wars vs. Star Trek!

Han Solo or Commander Riker? Darth Vader or the Borg? The Millennium Falcon or the Enterprise? You decide who wins.

Also on this week’s show, we talk Doctor Who. What was behind the Doctor’s Door in the God Complex? What does Matt Smith think of his new companion, we review Doctor Who P.S. and why was John Barrowman hired for Arrow? We also talk The Walking Dead season three premiere (no spoilers), we give you the scoop on SyFy’s new show Defiance and tell you about a new J.R.R. Tolkien book written before Lord of the Rings that will be published for the first time.

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FLASH GORDON AND THE HEROES OF THE UNIVERSE GATHER IN STAMFORD CONNECTICUT

The Stamford Museum & Nature Center in Stamford, Connecticut has announced that it is hosting an exhibit called Flash Gordon and the Heroes of the Universe from September 22 – November 4, 2012.

Toy Review Star Wars: The Vintage Collection Wicket By Hasbro

For my final entry of Star Wars toys this week on Earth Station One I decided to cover a character that me and my son both really like.

I am a fan of Ewoks.

I get why people don’t like them, I just don’t agree. Ewoks are savage little brutes that were going to eat not only Han Solo and Luke Skywalker, but the mighty Chewbacca as well. And people scoff at the fact that they played such a big role in the Empire’s loss at the Battle of Endor. You know what? That generation of Imperials has been proven to be the most incompetent of any, while the Ewoks were wild savages backed into defending their homes and their way of life from invading aliens. If Randy frigging Quaid can save Earth from the Independence Day aliens, the Ewoks can darn sure do the same from a bunch of poorly trained morons who can’t even shoot straight and think the most efficient weapons of war are a giant dog robot that explodes when it gets tripped and a giant robot chicken that is apparently made of the Star Wars galaxy’s equivalent of tin foil.

Toy Review – Star Wars Vintage Collection: Bespin Cloud Car Pilot By Hasbro

Today’s Earth Station One toy review is of another of my favorite Star Wars characters, though this one is a bit more fringe than Monday’s Ackbar.

Actually, he’s not even really a character, as I think out of all 9,173,826 characters that have received their own biographies courtesy of Star Wars novels, comic books, video games, desktop RPGs, trading cards, pop-up books, young adult novels, short stories, Manga, or cereal boxes the Bespin Cloud Car Pilot is still a bit of an enigma.