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Kenneth Mitchell - November 25, 1974 Nov 25, 2022

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Kenneth Mitchell has played a real-life astronaut, a multitude of characters in the Star Trek universe, and stopped in the Marvel universe along the way. On his birthday, we celebrate Ken's activism for ALS and anti-bullying charities on today's Sci-Fi 5!

Visit Ken's shop at PunkArmy.net

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Written by Ashley Thomas

Hosted by Roberto Lewis

Music by Devin Curry

The Time Element - November 24, 1958 Nov 24, 2022

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As a decade known for inoffensive sitcoms drew to a close, CBS took a chance on a daring script by writer Rod Serling. On today's Sci-Fi 5, the uphill battle Serling faced to tell the story of The Time Element to America's TV audience.

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Written by Matthew Comegys

Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi

Music by Devin Curry

Doctor Who premieres - November 23, 1963 Nov 23, 2022

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Before he was known as a Time Lord, before the arrival of the Daleks or the Cybermen, the Doctor was a mysterious old man who hid his time machine in a junkyard. On today's Sci-Fi 5, learn how the Doctor's travels were almost derailed by history itself.

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Written by Tom Kozak

Hosted by Ryan Myers

Music by Devin Curry

Jamie Lee Curtis - November 22, 1958 Nov 22, 2022

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You might know her as the star of the Halloween series, True Lies, or from other roles, but today's Sci-Fi 5 reveals that in her downtime, Jamie Lee Curtis is as much a genre fan as the rest of us!

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Written by Johnny Kolasinski

Hosted by Earl Green

Music by Devin Curry

Westworld - November 21, 1973 Nov 21, 2022

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Every studio in Hollywood took a pass on Michael Crichton's story about a theme park that turns deadly. Then MGM came along and launched a franchise when "Westworld" debuted on this day in 1973. Hear the story on Sci-Fi 5!

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Written by Ashley Thomas

Hosted by Kim Horcher

Music by Devin Curry

Uncanny X-Men #142 - November 18, 1980 Nov 18, 2022

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It was an X-Men comic book classic whose story raised the stakes and reverberated into the X-Men movies decades later. On today's Sci-Fi 5, the original telling of Days Of Future Past.

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Written by Isaiah Hardy

Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi

Music by Devin Curry

Star Wars: Battlefront - November 17, 2015 Nov 17, 2022

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Star Wars gaming was lost in space for a time, but the reboot of Star Wars: Battlefront that launched on this day in 2015 proved that the force was still strong with the mighty franchise. Hear the story on today's Sci-Fi 5!

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Written by Isaiah Hardy

Hosted by Roberto Lewis

Music by Devin Curry

Doctor Who: Time Crash - November 16, 2007 Nov 16, 2022

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Incarnations of Doctor Who crossing the time streams to work together was a tradition of classic Doctor Who. On today's Sci-Fi 5, it took a charity sketch to bring that tradition into the new series - and it hasn't stopped happening since.

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Written by Earl Green

Hosted by Kim Horcher

Music by Devin Curry

Meet The Hollowheads - November 15, 1989 Nov 15, 2022

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It's a strange, obscure movie in a bizarro world, with some top-flight talent on display - and yet it seemed to disappear into a series of tubes. Time to Meet The Hollowheads on today's Sci-Fi 5!

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Written by Ryan Myers

Hosted by Earl Green

Music by Devin Curry

Wendy Carlos - November 14, 1939 Nov 14, 2022

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She was at the forefront of the synthesizer revolution, with her album of synth interpretations of Bach gaining widespread acceptance for fully electronic music. And that was just the beginning of Wendy Carlos' impact on music - learn more on today's Sci-Fi 5.

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Written by Shane Vaughn

Hosted by Ryan Myers

Music by Devin Curry

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