We return to the magical realms to find that one character is finally getting their long overdue spotlight episode, and to experience surely the biggest anticlimax this show could possibly deliver.
Covering the episodes 'Child of the Stargazer' and 'The Dungeon at the Heart of Dawn'.
If you've been missing the transforming robots in the podcast of late, never fear, they are here! We look at a recent effort to tell an origin story for some classic characters, and find it largely successful. Yes, it's Transformers One.
Gareth Bowley drops in the discuss the superlative series 'Around the World with Willy Fog', which adapts some classic literature via the medium of cartoon anthropomorphic animals! Hey, now the story must go on, 'cause a lot of time has gone. We must be ready to go awaaaaaay.....
Ulysses shows some surprising willingness to trust someone that nearly leads to universal chaos (literally!), and his crew are awakened, but there has to be a catch...
Covering the episodes 'At the Heart of the Universe' and 'The Magician in Black'.
Back to the realm of Dungeons and Dragons for one episode with a nauseating premise and ending, and another that is a high point in the series. Will Venger be veritably vanquished?
Covering the episodes 'The Last Illusion' and 'The Dragon's Graveyard'.
Paul Monk returns to the podcast to look over a Hanna-Barbera classic that brings together many favourite characters from other series, and some that are definitely not supposed to be characters they couldn't get the rights to, oh no....
We examine a couple of episodes of 'Laff-a-lympics'.
Why does No-No make such an inappropriate request? What is the truth? And should King Minos be a bit more imaginative about his punishments?
Covering the Ulysses 31 episodes 'The Hidden Truth' and 'Lost in the Labyrinth'.
Back to the magical realms, where we discover the importance of clear communication and understand a little more why one of the group is even friends with the rest. Not sure why the Care Bears' less cute cousins had to get involved, though....
Covering the episodes 'The Traitor' and 'Day of the Dungeon Master'.
Welcoming special guest Rod Brown to the podcast to talk about the sublime 'Perils of Penelope Pitstop', a series full of absurd antics and convoluted contrivances. Heyulp!
Covering the episodes 'Jungle Jeopardy' and 'The Terrible Trolley Trap'.
Another pair of trips in the 31st century, in which we wonder what Ulysses has against birds, and how he fails to notice that he's just run into two guys with the same name.
Covering the episodes 'Before the Flood' and 'The Magic Spells of Circe'.
Back to the magical realm of Dungeons and Dragons to find out about the treasure of Tardis, er, Tardos. Are we really about the meet the most dangerous creature in the realms? And what do the team do when they encounter a father figure?
Covering the episodes 'The Treasure of Tardos' and 'City at the Edge of Midnight'.
Special guest Joe Ford joins us for our 100th episode to talk about a fond memory from his childhood, Thundercats Ho! The Movie. Action, adventure, padding and dreadful cliffhangers! What more could you want?!
Pete Lambert returns to talk about conceptions in rescue that can challenge the impossible! It's Thunderbirds 2086!
Covering the (remarkably similar!) episodes 'Firefall' and 'Sunburn'.
Drew and Jason continue wandering unknown stars in the 31st century. There they encounter some very slow moving threats, some real pirates (seriously, a hook-hand and everything!) and No-no gets his ears turned off. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm just going to see where that singing is coming from....
Covering the episodes 'Phantoms of the Swamp' and 'Song of Danger'.
Steve and Jason return to the magical realm to see a very familiar tale of giants, eggs tall plants, and the find that the villain had what our heroes needed all the time!
Covering the episodes 'P-R-E-S-T-O Spells Disaster' and 'The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow'.
Mark McManus returns to the podcast to discuss the antics of James Bond's nephew at spy school. Who is letting IQ loose with all this tech? Who thought 'SCUM' was a name that would strike fear into the heart of law enforcement around the world? And just what is the question no-one really wants to ask?
Covering the episodes 'The Beginning', 'A Race to Disaster' and 'Red Star One', released on VHS in the 90s.
Drew and Jason encounter one of the more surreal episodes of the series, and one of the darkest, but never fear, the plucky little robot is on hand to rescue everyone in the other!
Covering the episodes 'The Seat of Forgetfulness' and 'Trapped Between Fire and Ice'.
We're back in the magic realms of Dungeons and Dragons, and still trying to get home. We're flummoxed by the rules of magic, bemused by convertible spaceships, and why does one episode remind Jason of a Doctor Who story?
Covering the episodes 'The Box' and 'The Lost Children'
Ellie Collins returns to the podcast and we find that a classic 90s cartoon really hasn't aged well. We wonder what was going through their minds when they animated some of this, and we think they were trying to recapture a previous format and missing the mark somewhat.
Covering the episodes 'Rock and Ride!' and the two-part 'The Reeking Reign of the Head Cheese'
Drew and Jason continue wandering unknown stars in the 31st century, and face many questions. how does time work? Why don't the gods just blast him? Where is the instruction manual for that prism? These questions and more will fail to be answered....
Covering the episodes 'Cronus, Father of Time' and 'The Temple of the Lestrigones'