ORBzine UK TV Roundup October 2000

First Week, October 2000

Stargate SG-1 [Season 2, Episode 4] The Gamekeeper

This was reviewed in our special supplement

V: The Series [Season 2]

The entire Season 2 of "V" was broadcast this month, at the rate of one episode per night. The reviews can be found on this month's TV reviews page.

The Crow: Stairway to Heaven [Season 1]

The entire Season 1 of "Crow: Stairway to Heaven" was broadcast this month, at the rate of one episode per night. The reviews can be found on next month's TV reviews page.

The Visitor [Season 1, Episode 9] Caged

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Seaquest [Season 1, Episode 14] Better than Martians

This was reviewed in our special supplement

Renegade [Season 3, Episode 11] Teen Angel

This is an action drama from the early 1990s. The guest-star this week is Emma Caulfield the girl who plays Demon Anya in Buffy the Vampire Slayer . She plays a 20-ish girl who went to L.A. and became a high-class hooker. Like Jeri Lynn Ryan in Co-Ed Call Girl , we get to see her in a string bikini!

Beyond the obvious babe factor, this illustrates why Anya seems so much more mature than the other kids. She was probably about thirty years old by the time Buffy ended!!

Robocop [Season 1, Episode ]

The plot is something to do with a mad bomber or something.

What makes this episode stand out is the Captain Cash cartoon, an insert worthy of the original film itself. It advises children that if they let OCP recycle their dead pets (as petfood!) the child will get a nice shiney nickel. The only flaw with this is that it does not take inflation into account.

Streethawk [Season 1]

This is the TV show about a lame cop who is a night-time vigilante and fights evil using his souped-up 1983 Honda motorbike. The show's regular babe is played by Marilu Henner (Taxi). The music is by Tangerine Dream.

In the Pilot episode the villain is played by Christopher Lloyd ( Back to the Future ).

[Season 1]
Dennis Franz (NYPD Blue) pops up as a senior detective.

Tales from the Crypt [Season 2, Episode 16] Television Terror

Reviewed in our special supplement

Fist of the North Star Criminals! Pray before you die!

This was reviewed in our special supplement

Babylon 5: Crusade [Season 1, Episode 12] Each Night I Dream of Home

This was reviewed in our special supplement

Codename: Eternity [Season 1, Episode 20] Dark of Night

This was reviewed in our special supplement

Mortal Kombat: Conquest [Season 1, Episode 10] Unholy Alliance

This was reviewed in our special supplement

Second Week, October

Stargate SG-1 [Season 2, Episode 5] Need

This was reviewed in our special supplement

Farscape [Season 2, Episode 10] My Three Crichtons

This was reviewed in our special supplement

Bionic Woman, The [Season 1, Episode 3] Angel Of Mercy

This is reviewed in a special supplement

Thunderbirds [Season 1, Episode 13] Vault of Death

This is reviewed in a special supplement

Star Trek: The Original Series [Season 1, Episode 11-2] The Menagerie I & II

This was reviewed in our special supplement

3rd Rock From The Sun [Season 5, Episode 3]

This appears to be from the Season 1999/2000 - to start with, there is new theme music.

This was reviewed in our special supplement

Weird Science [Season 3, Episode 11] The Wyatt Brief

We get another dose of the spin-off show, with Vanessa Angel as the electronic genie Lisa and Lee Tergesen (Oz, Shaft) as the thuggish brother played by Bill Paxton in the movie.

This was reviewed in our special supplement

Twin Peaks [Season 2, Episode 15] #21 THE SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN a.k.a. "Double Play"

This was reviewed in our special supplement

Third Week, October

Stargate SG-1 [Season 2, Episode 6] Thor's Chariot

This was reviewed in our special supplement

Farscape [Season 2, Episode 14] Beware of Dog

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La Femme Nikita [Season 3, Episode 14] Hand to Hand

This is a hi-tech thriller, but not really SF. However, this episode the Guest Star is Marjean Holden( Crusade ). She plays a pit-fighter - well, pool-fighter. Holden selects the protagonist, Nikita, as her opponent in a gladiatoral match to the death.

For some strange reason, their skimpy dresses do not get ripped off!

The Visitor [Season 1, Episode 10] Going Home

Reviewed in our special supplement

Seaquest [Season 1, Episode 17] Whale Song

This was reviewed in our special supplement

Ray Bradbury Theater (Season 6, Episode 1) The Earthmen

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: The Original Series [Season 1, Episode 15] Shore Leave

This was reviewed in our special supplement

First Wave [Season 1, Episode 2] Crazy Eddie

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Xena [Season 4, Episode 3] A Family Affair

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The Hunger (Season 2, Episode 3) Dream Sentinal

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Bionic Woman, The [Season 1, Episode 1] Welcome Home, Jaime (1)

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Fist of the North Star raging flame reverse flow punch: there are too many who must die

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Codename: Eternity [Season 1, Episode 21] Not a Bite to Eat

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Mortal Kombat: Conquest [Season 1, Episode 11] Thicker Than Blood

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Bionic Woman, The [Season 1, Episode 2] Welcome Home, Jaime (2)

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Star Trek: Voyager [Season 4, Episode 11] Concerning Flight

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The Visitor [Season 1, Episode 11] The Chain

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Star Trek: Voyager [Season 4, Episode 12] Mortal Coil

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Seaquest [Season 1, Episode 19] The Last Lap At Luxury

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Tek War [Season 2, Episode 2] Unknown Soldier

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Time Tunnel [Season 1, Episode 18] Visitors From Beyond The Stars

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Time Tunnel [Season 1, Episode 19] The Ghost of Nero

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VR5 [Season 1 ]

The heroine ( Lori Singer ) and a Secret Agent-type recurring character (Anthony Head - Buffy ) investigate a coverup concerning an air crash. Head got off the plane that crashed just before it lifted off; was he somehow responsible?

This is very far from the character of Giles in BTVS. And Head does a great job of pulling off the tough-guy act.

Babylon 5 [Season 4, Episode 6] Into The Fire

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Babylon 5 [Season 4, Episode 7] Epiphanies

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Babylon 5 [Season 4, Episode 8] Illusion of Truth

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Angel [Season 1, Episode 6] Sense & Sensitivity

This shown has been edited by Channel 4 to remove violence. Not only is it hard to follow because of the missing scenes, it is also so short they can squeeze two episodes into 90 minutes (including advert breaks)!

Angel [Season 1, Episode 7] The Bachelor Party

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First Wave [Season 1, Episode 3] Mata Hari

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First Wave [Season 1, Episode 4] Hypnotic

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Xena [Season 4, Episode 4] In Sickness And In Hell

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The Hunger (Season 2, Episode 5) Nunc Dimittis

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The Hunger (Season 2, Episode 19) The Seductress

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Red Dwarf [Season 4, Episode 6] Meltdown

This is reviewed in our special supplement!

Twin Peaks [Season 2, Episode 14] #20 PROJECT BLUE BOOK a.k.a. "Checkmate"

This was reviewed in our special supplement

Bionic Woman, The [Season 1, Episode 4] A Thing Of The Past

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Fist of the North Star Villains! Listen to the Blues of Hell!

This was reviewed in our special supplement

Codename: Eternity [Season 1, Episode 22] The Box

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Mortal Kombat: Conquest [Season 1, Episode 12] Shadow of a Doubt

This was reviewed in our special supplement

Fourth Week, October

Seaquest [Season 1, Episode 23] The Good Death

This was reviewed in our special supplement

Tek War [Season 2, Episode 3] Tek Posse

Reviewed in our special supplement

Time Cop [Season 1, Episode 9] The Future, Jack, The Future

This was reviewed in our special supplement

Seaquest [Season 1, Episode 24] Higher Power

This was reviewed in our special supplement

Six Million Dollar Man, The [Season 4, Episode 13] Death Probe

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Angel [Season 1, Episode 8] I Will Remember You

Angel [Season 1, Episode 9] Hero

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First Wave [Season 1, Episode 6] Speaking in Tongues

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer [Season 4, Episode 4] Fear, Itself

This was reviewed in our special supplement

Ray Bradbury Theater (Season 6, Episode 3) The Jar

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Incredible Hulk [Season 4, Episode 1] Prometheus: Part 1

This is yet another show produced by Kenneth Johnson ( 6 Million Dollar Man , V: The Series ).

A meteor crashes to Earth, and David (not Bruce!) Banner finds himself trapped in a half-Hulk half-Human state. He finds a blind babe to help him. They get to the huge meteor (it is as big as your living room). However, the US Military want the meteor and manage to capture the hulk! Continued next week!

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

This is a 1990s version of Jules Verne 's Victorian tale of subterranean exploration. John Neville ( X-Files ) commands a drilling vehicle (with an onboard AI) that discovers an underground world.

Babylon 5 [Season 4, Episode 9] Atonement

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Fist of the North Star I AM DEATH! I'll chase you to the ends of Hell!

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Codename: Eternity [Season 1, Episode 23] Underground

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Farscape [Season 2, Episode 15] Won't Get Fooled Again

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First Wave [Season 1, Episode 8] Book of Shadows

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Seaquest [Season 2, Episode 1] Daggers Part I

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The Visitor [Season 1, Episode 12] The Trial

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