I really enjoyed these science fiction adventures when I was younger, watching them on the BBC during dinnertime. It had been quite some time since I’d seen them, and I have to say I was let down by how awkwardly they were crammed into 75-minute episodes. There wasn't ever much suspense in the storyline; "Flash" (Buster Crabbe) has to foil the schemes of "Ming" (Charles Middleton), with help from his companions Barin…