Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension
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It’s Terry Nation’s Greatest Hits as we discuss Planet of the Daleks – a story where he appears to have put all of his favourite past plot points in a hat, drawn them out at random, and attempted to make a coherent story out of the results! Join us as we keep track of the TerryTropes and discuss, among other things, whether or not this makes for a good story.
Over the course of the episode, Reilly expresses the opinion that this is one of the most disgusting Doctor Who serials we’ve covered to date, Julie gets excited about woodwind, Anthony tries to argue that there is a reasonable (albeit poorly represented) connection with Frontier in Space, and Don digs out Terry Nation’s original titles for each individual episode. The entire cast discuss how frustrating Vaber’s general anger issues are.
If you would like to watch along with us, this story is available for streaming at both Britbox US (https://www.britbox.com) and Britbox UK (https://www.britbox.co.uk). If you’re a little old fashioned (like Anthony), you can also get the Special Edition on DVD as part of the Dalek War boxset from Amazon US (https://amzn.to/3iVzJBS) or from Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/3JYvUaW). It can also be found on Blu Ray as part of The Collection: Jon Pertwee Season Four from Amazon US (https://amzn.to/3i0hs5V) and The Collection: Season 10 from Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/3MGUyP8)
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Episode 120: Missing the Junk in the Trunk (The Ribos Operation)
Episode 119: Like an Undercooked Cake (Season 15 Retrospective)
Bonus Episode 35: The Julie and Reilly Simping Special (The Fate of Krelos / Return to Telos)
Episode 118: Effectively Getting Susan'd (The Invasion of Time)
Episode 117: Two Dollars and a Ball of String (Underworld)
Episode 116: Saved by a Jelly Baby (The Sun Makers)
Episode 115: Snuffleupagus' Detached Trunk (Image of the Fendahl)
Bonus Episode 34: The Daleks Have Blue Balls! (The Daleks... in Colour!)
Episode 114: Is the Enormous Prawn Horny? (The Invisible Enemy)
Bonus Episode 33: How Is This Guy Funded!? (The Underwater Menace Animation)
Episode 113: The Real Housewives of Wherever (Horror of Fang Rock)
Bonus Episode 32: We're Getting Cronenberg'd! (Destination: Nerva)
Episode 112: Three Fifths of a Speaking Woman (Season 14 Retrospective)
Episode 111: Simple Old-Fashioned Cannibalism (The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
Bonus Episode 31: Summoning Old Gregg (The Box of Delights)
Episode 110: Murder on the Kill-All-Humans Express (The Robots of Death)
Episode 109: Very Leeroy Jenkins (The Face of Evil)
Episode 108: Crispy, But Also Greasy (The Deadly Assassin)
Episode 107: The Hand of Microwaving (The Hand of Fear)
Bonus Episode 30: Terry-Thomas in Panties (Dracula and The Vault of Horror)
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