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Saturday, July 26th, 2008The War of the Worlds (1953)
It was the first movie based on the book by H. G. Wells. It won an Oscar for special effects.
Dr. Clayton Forrester (Gene Barry) is a physicist and he investigates the cause of the Martian anemia discovered by the pathologist Dr. Dupre.
Video: The War of the Worlds movie trailer
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Dr. Zachary Smith
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008Lost in Space, the science fiction TV series ran for three seasons from September 15, 1965 to March 6, 1968.
Dr. Zachary Smith’s character is that of a mad scientist and evil doctor.
He begins as sinister, but while never losing his self-serving qualities, he evolves into passive-aggressive, often cowardly and effeminate behavior as comic relief.
Video: Lost [...]
The Time Tunnel
Sunday, July 20th, 2008The Time Tunnel is a 1966-1967 science fiction TV series.
Physicist Dr. Tony Newman (James Darren) and scientist Dr. Doug Phillips (Robert Colbert) are lost in time.
Dr. Ann MacGregor (Lee Meriwether) and Dr. Raymond Swain (John Zaremba) operated the control room.
Behind the Scenes - Part 1 video
Behind the Scenes - Part 2 video
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Witchdoctor - Stargate Atlantis
Friday, July 18th, 2008In Stargate Atlantis, an expedition is sent through a newly discovered Stargate and they travel to the submerged city of Atlantis in the Pegasus Galaxy.
Dr. Meredith Rodney McKay is a Canadian and the Chief Scientific Adviser of the Atlantis Expedition.
Dr. Carson Beckett is Scottish and the former Chief Medical Doctor of the Atlantis Expedition.
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Dr. Bashir’s Flap
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008Trials and Tribble-ations, Dr. Bashir and O’Brien from Deep Space 9 travel back in time to Captain Kirk’s Enterprise in the 23rd century.
Dr. Bashir: I never met my great-grandfather. This could be a predestination paradox! Come on, Chief, surely you took elementary temporal mechanics at the Academy? I may be destined to fall in love [...]