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  THE WAR BETWEEN THE LAND AND THE SEA episodes 1 and 2   Homo Aqua and Plastic Apocalypse   Well, now, well done. Tovey and the entire cast do well. Now, why couldn’t RTD and his writing partner have do this for DOCTOR WHO? Clearly, this was taken seriously, this was exciting, this was realistic, this had action, build up, tension, great character interactions, warmth, sensitivity and the rest.   I’m not totally clear on how Barclay got mixed up with the person he got mixed up with but it’s there and explained and if I had subtitles on the device I watched, I’m sure I would get it but that’s not even the point.   This works from start of episode one to end of episode two. And the rising tension does remind me of TORCHWOOD-the horrid CHILDREN OF EARTH in particular but also the world crisis in the even worse MIRACLE DAY, which makes me shudder for how this will end. On another note, this CANNOT take place in the DOCTOR WHO universe in the same wa...

 DARK SHADOWS   578 Louis Edmonds. New Carolyn! There is a new Carolyn! Are we in an alternate dimension/universe/world?   A shadow moves in the window, then a person behind the curtains in the newly filmed reprise. This New Carolyn gets an IDK. Even when it is established that Adam is outside, we see someone moving inside the drawing room behind the curtains.   During the credits, we hear Louis Edmonds say, “Today the part of Carolyn Stoddard will be played by Miss Diana Walker.”   I would ….imagine that he would know how to pronounce Carolyn but it sure sounds like he says Caroline.       Carolyn yells for Uncle Roger or Mrs. Johnson to come. Roger comes. Carolyn sees Tony is alive, “Thank God.”     The ground under everyone’s feet looks like what it is: a rug of some kind or carpet.   Adam voice over. He doesn’t care if Carolyn is angry with him for this.   Tony explains he was on his way o...

LOST IN SPACE -- THE ANDROID MACHINE WRITERS-BOB AND WANDA DUNCAN DIR-DON RICHARDSON   NARRATION: Last week, as you recall, we left Dr. Smith peacefully dozing while on a field trip with Will, Penny, and the Robot. All were unaware that nearby lay a machine capable of producing incredible, metallic creatures from another world.   TEASER-Fully recapped—however, Smith says something here he did NOT say in the teaser from last week. He’s half asleep or asleep and waving off a fly or some bug that is flying or he thinks is flying. The bug is NOT seen. He hits his own ear and wakes up and says, “I’m innocent.” None of that was in last week’s teaser cliffhanger! The scene then continues where the cliffhanger last week started as the Robot, Penny and Will enter from the right, behind his bed of rock.   Robot teaches Will and Penny lessons. "The plants on this planet do not follow the Earth method of transpiration. This plant, similar to an Earth cactus needs no m...

  THE MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE Writer-William Reed Woodfield Dir-James Clark   Teaser A space probe is returning from Saturn with something on it. This is picked up as being alive. Forced penetration reentry, Space Command figures, will kill it. The man in command calls someone named Wilson (Mark? or relative?). Seaview will recover the rocketship but the capsule comes down and sinks since its floatation device won't work. It sinks to the floor of the ocean--the life form still alive! (NOTE: Sparks in not in the radio shack--there is some older man with white hair.)   Act One New interior angles in the Control Room give us never before seen views of the ceiling. Crane and two divers in gear, swim out to the capsule and moving in, see the growth moving...alive. A crewman attacks it with a speargun and it wraps him up. Crane frees him with his speargun. Nelson sends down torches on the cable hook (NOTE: the surface appears to be only a few feet above the cap...