Science Fiction Trivia

Wiki pages · Post by **Thargoid** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:48 pm

Dr Who (at least the new incarnation thereof).

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:05 am

And the point goes to ... Thargoid!

Over to you, Sir.

Wiki pages · Post by **Thargoid** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 8:11 pm

Give me a day or two - life's chaos with new carpets and a whole raft of new furniture in 3 rooms. All sorts of stuff now in all sorts of weird places and I can't get into my study at all...

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:35 pm

Thargoid wrote:
...carpets and a whole raft of new furniture

Hmm, interesting insight into the interior of a Thargoid warship.

Gimi · Post by **Gimi** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:45 pm

If you ask me, he is taking on the role of Arthur Dent after his house was demolished, and thus setting the scene for his quiz question.

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:56 pm

Lestradae wrote:
OK: It's a TV series about a guy who is supposed to be the shining hero (albeit one with quite some flaws), even though he is personally responsible for the biggest genocide ever "successfully" commited in any other SciFi story that I know of - it makes World War II look like a tavern brawl with just two drunks involved.

Y’know, this reminds me of the utterly insane redemption of Darth Vader. OK, so he wiped out hundreds of billions of people, but hey, in the end he still loved his son.

Soft sci-fi is definitely the #2 genre for really messed-up moral messages.

Chrisfs · Post by **Chrisfs** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:34 am

It was an US or Them situation with the Daleks.

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:56 am

Ahruman wrote:
Lestradae wrote:
OK: It's a TV series about a guy who is supposed to be the shining hero (albeit one with quite some flaws), even though he is personally responsible for the biggest genocide ever "successfully" commited in any other SciFi story that I know of - it makes World War II look like a tavern brawl with just two drunks involved.
Y’know, this reminds me of the utterly insane redemption of Darth Vader. OK, so he wiped out hundreds of billions of people, but hey, in the end he still loved his son.

There is a tvtropes page containing plot summaries in this style, which turn out to be valid for two or more completely unrelated stories/books/movies/series. Don't remember the trope title right now, though.

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:23 am

Ahruman wrote:
Soft sci-fi is definitely the #2 genre for really messed-up moral messages.

What would you deem the #1 genre for that then: Soaps, or Fox News?

Chrisfs wrote:
It was an US or Them situation with the Daleks.

Weeell ... did you see End of Time, the very last episode publicly shown yet? Because it was more like an "US or everybody else" situation ... with the Time Lords.

Wiki pages · Post by **Thargoid** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:20 am

OK, quick and easy one as I'm in a rush.

In the late 70's/early 80's TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, what was the name of the robot sidekick and who provided his voice?

Wiki pages · Post by **Thargoid** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:22 am

Griff wrote:
Thargoid wrote:
...carpets and a whole raft of new furniture
Hmm, interesting insight into the interior of a Thargoid warship.

You really don't wanna know. Given the battle I've just had with some of it I'm definitely recommending it for our covert infiltration heavy weaponry programme

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:09 pm

Thargoid wrote:
OK, quick and easy one as I'm in a rush.

In the late 70's/early 80's TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, what was the name of the robot sidekick and who provided his voice?

That would be Twiki, voiced by Mel Blanc ("biddi-biddi-biddi"). Although for a couple of episodes in the second season the voice was provided by Bob Elyea.

Website · Post by **Cody** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:21 pm

Commander McLane wrote:
voiced by Mel Blanc

... and did he have a list of voices on his CV, or what!

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:48 pm

El Viejo wrote:
Commander McLane wrote:
voiced by Mel Blanc
... and did he have a list of voices on his CV, or what!

I remember the ad Warner ran when Mel Blanc died - it was all the cartoon characters stood off to one side with an an empty mike on the other and a single word "Speechless" - very poignant.

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:50 pm

TV Trivia moment - Some of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV pilot) was filmed where I used to work - The Rutherford Appleton Laboratories.

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