ORBzine UK TV Roundup Xmas 2001 Special

31st December 2001 - Monday - New Year's Eve

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys [Season 4, Episode 21] Top God

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Smallville [Season 1, Episode 2] Metemorphosis

Smallville [Season 1, Episode 1] Pilot

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 9] Tattoo

Reviewed in our special supplement!

The 10th Kingdom [Season 1, Episode 6]

Reviewed in our special supplement!

30th December 2001 - Sunday

Bilbo and Beyond

Rory McGrath presents a documentary that examines JRR Tolkien's early life and WWI, the writing of the his books and their eventual success - as paperback bestsellers on the 1960s American college campuses.

Star Trek: TNG [Season 1, Episode 14] Too Short A Season

Reviewed in our special supplement!

29th December 2001 - Saturday

Burnt Offerings: The Cult of the Wicker Man

Mark Kermode introduces this documentary on Britain's ultimate cult horror film. We get information not only on the makings of the movie, but also on the controversial events that resulted in the apparent destruction of the Director's Cut!

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 8] Persistence of Vision

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Futurama [Season 3, Episode 15] I Dated A Robot

Reviewed in our special supplement!

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Today's SF films include Theatre of Death

28th December 2001 - Friday

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 7] Parturition

Reviewed in our special supplement!

The 10th Kingdom [Season 1, Episode 5]

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Today's SF films include big-screen adaptions of: Mysterious Island, First Men in the Moon, Young Sherlock Holmes, Spawn and The Crazies

27th December 2001 - Thursday

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 6] Twisted

Reviewed in our special supplement!

The 10th Kingdom [Season 1, Episode 4]

Reviewed in our special supplement!

26th December 2001 - Wednesday - Boxing Day

BBC1 screened the second half of a specially-commissioned version of The Lost World

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 5] Non Sequitur

Reviewed in our special supplement!

The 10th Kingdom [Season 1, Episode 3]

Reviewed in our special supplement!

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Today's SF films include Jumanji, Back to the Future II and Antz & Night of the Living Dead (1967)

25th December 2001 - Tuesday - Xmas Day

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 4] Elogium

Reviewed in our special supplement!

The 10th Kingdom [Season 1, Episode 2]

Reviewed in our special supplement!

BBC1 screened the first half of a specially-commissioned version of The Lost World

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Today's SF films include Braindead, Toy Story & Hellraiser

24th December 2001 - Monday - Xmas Eve

Blackadder Back & Forth [45-minute Millennium special]

It is New Years' Eve, 1999. Blackadder hosts a dinner party for Fry, Laurie & Co. He accidentally gets sent back in time, in a machine designed by Leonardo DaVinci and built by Baldrick.

We get to see a number of familiar figures from previous series. Queen Elizabeth I and Shakespeare (Colin Firth - Shakespeare in Love ). Rik Mayall ( Drop Dead Fred ) is Robin Hood/Flashheart, and even Wellington pops up.

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 3] Projections

Reviewed in our special supplement!

The 10th Kingdom [Season 1, Episode 1]

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Futurama [Season 3, Episode 3] The Cryonic Woman

Reviewed in our special supplement!

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Today's SF films include a Ray Harryhausen double-bill: Golden Voyage of Sinbad & Jason and the Argonauts

22nd December 2001 - Saturday

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 2] Initiations

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Today's SF films include Day of the Dead

21st December 2001 - Friday

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 1] The 37s

Reviewed in our special supplement!

20th December 2001 - Thursday

Futurama [Season 3, Episode 9] The Bird-Bot of Ice-Catraz

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Lois & Clark [Season 2, Episode 9] Season's Greedings

The BBC have shown Season 2 out of sequence deliberately: this is the Christmas episode. Thankfully, the episode actually works quite well as a stand-alone.

This was reviewed in a special supplement here!

Stargate SG-1 [Season 5, Episode 1] The Tomb

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: VGR [Season 1, Episode 16] Learning Curve

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Relic Hunter [Season 1, Episode 19] Love Letter

Reviewed in our special supplement!

19th December 2001 - Wednesday

Red Dwarf [Season 4, Episode 5] Dimension Jump

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Dark Angel [Season 1, Episode 16] Haven

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Mutant X [Season 1, Episode 10] Dark Star Rising

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Stargate SG-1 [Season 5, Episode 16] Summit

Stargate SG-1 [Season 5, Episode 7] Beast of Burden

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: VGR [Season 1, Episode 15] Jetrel

Reviewed in our special supplement!

18th December 2001 - Tuesday

Mortal Kombat [Season 1, Episode 22] Vengeance

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Earth: Final Conflict [Season 4, Episode 17] Atonement

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Stargate SG-1 [Season 5, Episode ] Rite of Passage

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: VGR [Season 7, Episode ]

Star Trek: VGR [Season 1, Episode 14] Faces

Reviewed in our special supplement!

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Today's SF films include Gattacca, Clan of the Cave Bear & Mad Max 2: Road Warrior

17th December 2001 - Monday

Mortal Kombat [Season 1, Episode 21] Stolen Lies

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible [Season 1, Episode 6] Scream Satan Scream

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Stargate SG-1 [Season 5, Episode 4] Red Sky

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: VGR [Season 1, Episode 13] Cathexis

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Farscape [Season 3, Episode 17] Revenging Angel

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Captain Scarlet [Season 1, Episode 13] Point 783

The Mysterons plan to assassinate the Supreme Commander of Earth's Military. Captains Blue and Scarlet are assigned as bodyguards while the Commander attends trials of a new super-tank called the Unitron.

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Today's SF films include Barb Wire

16th December 2001 - Sunday

Roswell High [Season 2, Episode 14] How the Other Half Lives (2)

Reviewed in our special supplement!

15th December 2001 - Saturday

Invisible Man [Season 2, Episode 1] Legends

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Codename Eternity [Season 1, Episode 9] Death Trap

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Night Visions [Season 1, Episode 13]

Patterns

Voices

Reviewed in our special supplement!

X-Files [Season 8, Episode 3] Patience

Reviewed in our special supplement!

14th December 2001 - Friday

Mortal Kombat [Season 1, Episode 20] Balance Of Power

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Stargate SG-1 [Season 5, Episode 2] The Fifth Man

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: VGR [Season 1, Episode 12] Heroes and Demons

Star Trek: VGR [Season 1, Episode 11] State of Flux

Reviewed in our special supplement!

13th December 2001 - Thursday

Mortal Kombat [Season 1, Episode 19] Flawed Victory

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Lois & Clark [Season 2, Episode 20] Individual Responsibility

This was reviewed in a special supplement here!

Stargate SG-1 [Season 5, Episode 1] Ascension

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: VGR [Season 1, Episode 10] Prime Factors

Reviewed in our special supplement!

12th December 2001 - Wednesday

Mortal Kombat [Season 1, Episode 18] In Kold Blood

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Red Dwarf [Season 4, Episode 4] White Hole

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Dark Angel [Season 1, Episode 15] Female Trouble

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Stargate SG-1 [Season 5, Episode 15] Fail Safe

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Stargate SG-1 [Season 4, Episode 22] Threshold

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: VGR [Season 1, Episode 9] Emanations

Reviewed in our special supplement!

11th December 2001 - Tuesday

Mortal Kombat [Season 1, Episode 17] The Master

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Earth: Final Conflict [Season 4, Episode 16] Trapped By Time

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Stargate SG-1 [Season 4, Episode 21] Double Jeopardy

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: VGR [Season 6, Episode ]

Star Trek: VGR [Season 1, Episode 8] Ex Post Facto

Reviewed in our special supplement!

10th December 2001 - Monday

Mortal Kombat [Season 1, Episode 16] Kreeya

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible [Season 1, Episode 5] Voodoo Feet Of Death

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Stargate SG-1 [Season 4, Episode 20] Entity

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: VGR [Season 1, Episode 7] Eye of the Needle

Reviewed in our special supplement!

9th December 2001 - Sunday

Roar [Season 1, Episode 13] Sweet Brigit

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Stargate SG-1 [Season 3, Episode 14] Foothold

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: DS9 [Season 2, Episode 18] Profit And Loss

Star Trek: DS9 [Season 2, Episode 19] Blood Oath

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Xena: Warrior Princess [Season 6, Episode 22]

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Roswell High [Season 2, Episode 13] Disturbing Behaviour (1)

Reviewed in our special supplement!

8th December 2001 - Saturday

Meego [Season 1, Episode ]

The friendly alien teaches the teenage son of the family that driving without a licence is baaaad.

Invisible Man [Season 1, Episode 14] Cat And Mouse

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Codename Eternity [Season 1, Episode 8] Making Love

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Night Visions [Season 1, Episode 12]

Cargo

Switch

Reviewed in our special supplement!

X-Files [Season 8, Episode 2] Without (2)

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: DS9 [Season 2, Episode 16] Shadowplay

Star Trek: DS9 [Season 2, Episode 17] Playing God

Reviewed in our special supplement!

7th December 2001 - Friday

Mortal Kombat [Season 1, Episode 15] The Serpent & The Ice

Reviewed in our special supplement!

X-Files [Season 1, Episode 22] The Erhlrmeyer Flask

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Stargate SG-1 [Season 4, Episode 19] Double Jeopardy

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: VGR [Season 1, Episode 6] The Cloud

Star Trek: VGR [Season 1, Episode 5] Phage

Reviewed in our special supplement!

6th December 2001 - Thursday

Mortal Kombat [Season 1, Episode 14] Festival of Death

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Futurama [Season 3, Episode 2] War is the H-Word

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Lois & Clark [Season 2, Episode 19] Target: Jimmy Olsen

This was reviewed in a special supplement here!

Stargate SG-1 [Season 4, Episode 18] Entity

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: VGR [Season 1, Episode 4] Time And Again

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Relic Hunter [Season 1, Episode 9] The Book Of Love

Reviewed in our special supplement!

5th December 2001 - Wednesday

Mortal Kombat [Season 1, Episode 13] Twisted Truths

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Red Dwarf [Season 4, Episode 3] Justice

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Dark Angel [Season 1, Episode 14] The Kidz Are Alright

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Stargate SG-1 [Season 5, Episode 14] 48 Hours

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Stargate SG-1 [Season 4, Episode 17] The Prodigy

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: TNG [Season 1, Episode 13] Datalore

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: VGR [Season 1, Episode 3] Parallax

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Relic Hunter [Season 1, Episode 8] Etched In Stone

Reviewed in our special supplement!

4th December 2001 - Tuesday

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

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Earth: Final Conflict [Season 4, Episode 15] Street Chase

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: TNG [Season 1, Episode 12] The Big Goodbye

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Stargate SG-1 [Season 4, Episode 16] The Light

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: VGR [Season 6, Episode ]

Star Trek: VGR [Season 1, Episode 2] Caretaker [Part II]

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Relic Hunter [Season 1, Episode 7] Transformation

Reviewed in our special supplement!

3rd December 2001 - Monday

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

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible [Season 1, Episode 4] And Now The Fearing ...

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Stargate SG-1 [Season 4, Episode 15] Chain Reaction

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: VGR [Season 6, Episode ]

Star Trek: VGR [Season 1, Episode 1] Caretaker [Part I]

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Relic Hunter [Season 1, Episode 6] Diamond In The Rough

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Farscape [Season 3, Episode 16] Infinite Possibilites II: Icarus Abides

Reviewed in our special supplement!

2nd December 2001 - Sunday

Roar [Season 1, Episode 12] The Cage

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: VGR [Season 5, Episode 15] Dark Frontier [Part I]

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Stargate SG-1 [Season 3, Episode 13] The Devil You Know

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: DS9 [Season 2, Episode 10] Sanctuary

Star Trek: DS9 [Season 2, Episode 9] Second Sight

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Roswell High [Season 2, Episode 12] We Are Family

Reviewed in our special supplement!

1st December 2001 - Saturday

Invisible Man [Season 1, Episode 13] Reunion

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Codename Eternity [Season 1, Episode 7] Tawrens

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Night Visions [Season 1, Episode 11]

The Maze

Harmony

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: VGR [Season 5, Episode 14] Bliss

Reviewed in our special supplement!

Star Trek: DS9 [Season 2, Episode 8] Necessary Evil

Star Trek: DS9 [Season 2, Episode 7] Rules of Acquisition

Reviewed in our special supplement!