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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.

Oct 31, 2022

Shambling from the pages of the comics that started it all to take over the big screen, zombies turned out to be a prime-time hit. Sci-Fi 5 looks back at how The Walking Dead started, and where this post-apocalyptic franchise is going.

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Written by Ryan...


Oct 28, 2022

Maybe you know her as the fierce Brienne of Tarth, or perhaps in another role - or perhaps your favorite Gwendoline Christie role is yet to come. Today's Sci-Fi 5 celebrates her impact on both genre and mainstream media.

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Written by Ashley Thomas

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Oct 27, 2022

TV in the 1970s was arguably the apex of the spinoff and its closely-related novelty, the crossover. On today's Sci-Fi 5, we celebrate the moment that bionic forces combined to save Oscar Goldman from the fembots!

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Written by Earl Green

Hosted by Jessica...


Oct 26, 2022

Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Join us for the premiere female of steel: Supergirl!

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Written by Shane Vaughn

Hosted by Earl Green

Music by Devin Curry


Oct 25, 2022

The popular attention on all-things-ancient-Egypt in the mid-70s was the perfect inspiration for a Doctor Who. Hear why "Pyramids of Mars" became a story for the ages on today's Sci-Fi 5.

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Written by Earl Green

Hosted by Roberto Lewis

Music by Devin Curry