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death ray

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death ray
n
an imaginary ray capable of killing

death ray - Was a staple of (pulp) science fiction in the mid-20th century.
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com What can world domination and interstellar death rays tell us about the human psyche?
SCIENCE FICTION WHEN laser technology was first developed 50 years ago, there was much talk of death rays being developed, a subject picked up enthusiastically by the science fiction media decades after Buck Rogers burst on the scene with a ray gun.
30pm ROB WEBB and David Mitchell continue their brilliant comedy half hour, as viewers discover the true purpose of the Giant Death Ray, meet a gangland villain made of wood and get some dating advice from a man who is "almost Gary Rhodes.
 
 
 
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