Category Archives: Transmissions

Tread Perilously — The Watch: The Dark In The Dark

Tread Perilously starts a month of modern sci-fi and fantasy that either aired on Syfy or should have with The Watch episode “The Dark in the Dark.” As the Assassins Guild and Thieves Guild continue their merger, Vimes becomes aware of the other … Continue reading

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Tread Perilously — The Brady Girls Get Married

Tread Perilously’s pilot season concludes with the TV movie The Brady Girls Get Married. Six or so years after the conclusion of The Brady Bunch, Jan comes home with good news: her boyfriend Phillip Covington III has proposed! Unfortunately, Mike and Carol … Continue reading

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Tread Perilously — Mockingbird Lane: Pilot

Tread Perilously’s month of pilots takes a drive over to the rethink of The Munsters called Mockingbird Lane. When Eddie Munster begins to show he is a true Munster, the family moves to the Mockingbird Heights area of San Francisco. And there, … Continue reading

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Tread Perilously — Future Cop: Pilot

Pilot season continues as Tread Perilously looks at the TV movie/backdoor pilot for Future Cop. Lazy and slovenly beat cop Joe Cleaver (Ernest Borgnine!) — who somehow still gets results — is just the sort of man to aid the police … Continue reading

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Tread Perilously — Remo Williams: The Prophecy

Tread Perilously returns to pilot season for a selection of shows that may or may not have made it to series. First up: Remo Williams comes to television in a pilot episode called “The Prophecy.” A year after the events of … Continue reading

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Tread Perilously — Doctor Who: The Power Of The Doctor

Tread Perilously’s annual Doctor Who month concludes with the most recent episode of the series, “The Power of The Doctor.” When The Doctor, Yaz, and Dan are tipped off to a Cybermen train heist, it leads Dan to leave the TARDIS and … Continue reading

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Tread Perilously — Doctor Who: The Mind Robber

Tread Perilously’s Doctor Who month continues with a return to the 1960s for a story called “The Mind Robber.” When The Doctor tries to save the TARDIS from a lava flow, he, Jamie, and Zoe are caught in a white, featureless void. … Continue reading

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