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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.

Feb 28, 2022

It's far from the only update of the H.G. Wells classic, but the 2020 remake of The Invisible Man flipped the script by dealing with serious real-world issues, and then had its release complicated by more real-world issues.  See how things turned out for The Invisible Man on today's Sci-Fi 5!

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Feb 25, 2022

George Duning was born on this day in 1908. A pioneer in the industry, Duning composed original scores across all genres, but it was his childhood love of science-fiction that made him a perfect match for those films - and a few episodes of Star Trek!

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Feb 24, 2022

How many apocalypses can happen in the same week!? If you're in the world of the "mockbuster", as many as your small budget can afford.  Today's Sci-Fi 5 dives into the numbers behind this subgenre of modern sci-fi filmmaking, and today's specimen, Quantum Apocalypse.

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Feb 23, 2022

Today in 2010, The Asylum released "Meteor Apocalypse" about Earth facing a threat from space. The low-budget action film fit firmly in their low-budget catalog, and we're certain we won't need to cover another "apocalypse" film for some time.

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Feb 22, 2022

Fans know her from her roles in a number of genre productions, and we'll be seeing her soon yet again in the upcoming second season of Star Trek: Picard. But what early role of Jeri Ryan's ended up on the cutting room floor? Find out in today's Sci-Fi 5!

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