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Every weekday, your Sci-Fi 5 brings you five minutes of science fiction history. Our panel of hosts present the background stories and details about the creators and context around the stories you love. Brought to you by Roddenberry, the first name in science fiction.

Sep 30, 2021

Captain Picard found himself stranded with a Tamarian when "Darmok" premiered on September 30, 1991. Find out why their language barrier helped make this one of Star Trek: The Next Generation's most enduring episodes. Temba, his arms wide on today's Sci-Fi 5.

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Sep 29, 2021

An all-star cast (of sound-alikes), an indestructible hero, and all the (puppet-sized) hardware you could imagine. When "Captain Scarlet" premiered on September 29, 1967, it was a leap forward for Gerry Anderson's "Supermarionation." S.I.G. on today's Sci-Fi 5.

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Sep 28, 2021

Public television took to the stars on September 28, 1980 with the premiere of "Cosmos." It was an attempt to impart complex scientific concepts to a wide audience, and host Carl Sagan used science-fiction as one of his teaching tools.

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Sep 27, 2021

Hear the story of how the time lord got a do-over before he even started. On this day in 1963, cameras rolled for the Doctor Who pilot, but something wasn't right, and that footage wasn't seen again for decades. We have the "Unearthly" story on today's Sci-Fi 5.

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Sep 24, 2021

No toy collection is complete without at least a few of the iconic action figures made by Mego since the 1970s and covering a wide range of pop-culture subjects. The "father of action figures," Marty Abrams, is almost as famous as some of his creations, and today we celebrate his birthday.

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