Podcast
Launching The Pilot
Hosted by Brian Sear · EN
Reviewing TV pilots old and newish, on twitter Launching The Pilot @LaunchingTPilot, email launchingthepilot@gmail.com
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Murder She Wrote 07
Mar 800:36:11Tap to summarizeMurder She Wrote Episode 07 "We're Off To Kill The Wizard" Jessica gets mixed up with a nasty scheme involving a theme park creator whilst visiting relatives.
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The Investigator (1973)
Nov 900:36:39Tap to summarizeEpisode 405 is Gerry Anderson's The Investigator The Investigator, a benevolent alien from a distant galaxy, selects an Earth boy and girl, John and Julie, to assist him in his mission to make their world a better place. The pair are miniaturized to assist The Investigator more easily, and assigned to prevent the theft by Stavros Karanti of a 14th century masterpiece from a church on Malta. John and Julie are presented with a car and a boat, scaled to accommodate their miniaturized size, and set out to thwart Karanti's plans..
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Into Infinity (1975)
Nov 201:02:42Tap to summarizeEpisode 404 is Gerry Anderson's Into Infinity (1975) The crew of the lightship Altares are lost in space when the craft is struck by a meteor shower and goes out of control. Also know as "The Day After Tomorrow"
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Hammer House Of Horror (1980)
Sep 2101:09:19Tap to summarizeEpisode 403 is Hammer House Of Horror (1980) "Witching Time" The ghost of a witch returns to her place of residence before she died, a rural farm, and possesses one of the current occupants.
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Samllville (2001)
Aug 3101:13:00Tap to summarizeEpisode 402 is Smallville (2001) "Pilot" Baby Kal-El lands on earth and is found by the Kents. Kal-El is named Clark by Jonathan and Martha and tries to live a normal teenage life. This is somewhat of a challenge given his developing abilities. He becomes fast friends with Lex Luthor after saving Lex's life. Same plot used as the aired pilot except for some extension to certain scenes and Cynthia Ettinger portraying the role of Martha Kent before Annette O' Toole takes her place for the rest of the series.
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Supergirl (2015)
Aug 2401:05:16Tap to summarizeEpisode 401 is Supergirl (2015) "Pilot" Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, cousin of Superman, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 12 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them.
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Here Come The Double Deckers ! (1970)
Aug 1600:49:10Tap to summarizeEpisode 400 is Here Come The Double Deckers !(1970) "Tiger Takes Off" The gang try and build a hovercraft though disaster strikes when Tiger gets trapped in it and ends up being chased all over town.
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Battlestar Galactica Part 3 (1978)
Aug 200:49:26Tap to summarizeEpisode 399 is Battlestar Galactica Part 3 (1978) Episode 3 After the Twelve Colonies of Mankind were destroyed in a sneak attack by the Cylon tyranny, the last Battlestar Galactica leads a makeshift fugitive fleet on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth
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Battlestar Galactica part 2 (1978)
Jul 1001:06:12Tap to summarizeEpisode 398 is Battlestar Galactica part 2 (1978) Episode 2 When the fleet stops at the planet Carillon to refuel and pick up supplies, a newly-elected member of the Council seizes power from Commander Adama.
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Battlestar Galactica (part One, 1978)
Jun 2801:01:43Tap to summarizeEpisode 397 is Battlestar Galactica (1978, part one) Episode 1 part 0ne When the Cylons trick the human fleet and destroy all its ships except the Battlestar Galactica, Commander Adama gathers up the remaining humans from the 12 colony worlds and leads them in search of the legendary 13th colony: Earth.
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