Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension
TV & Film:TV Reviews
This episode, the Watchers return to Metebelis III as they exasperatedly take on the final Pertwee serial with Planet of the Spiders. Complete with a former salesman plotting revenge through the accumulation of power while at a Buddhist retreat (wut?) and a mindlessly self-indulgent chase scene, is this the story that will finally break the Watchers (or just Reilly)?
Along the way, Anthony struggles to make sense of the Spiders’ power structure, Julie picks up on one particular element inspiring a major device for 2008’s Series 4 episode Turn Left, Don rages at the brazen attempt to add to canon for no good reason, and Reilly finds Lupton’s plan so utterly baffling. The entire crew despairs over the mindless self-indulgence that is the Part Two chase scene.
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Episode 15: Widow‘s Peaks vs. Eyebrows (The Space Museum)
Bonus Episode 3: HOWWWW-DEEE! (Interviews Live from WhoLanta 2019 - Part 2)
Episode 14: Barbara in Bondage (The Crusade)
Episode 13: Zarbi Never Skip Leg Day (The Web Planet)
Episode 12: Maximus Petulance (The Romans)
Episode 11: Dido By Gaslight (The Rescue)
Episode 10: Middle School of the Daleks (The Dalek Invasion of Earth)
Bonus Episode 2: Pride and Prejudice (Again) (”Quatermass and Early British Sci-Fi” panel from WHOlanta 2019)
Episode 9: Death by Stiff Upper Lip (Planet of Giants)
Bonus Episode 1: Sitting at the Feet of Doctor Who (Interviews Live from WHOlanta 2019)
Episode 8: Taller Than Tom Cruise, Nicer Than Hitler (The Reign of Terror)
Episode 7: Makes No Sense-orites (The Sensorites)
Episode 6: Sweet Azz-tec Chocolate (The Aztecs)
Episode 5: Super Marinus Bros. (The Keys of Marinus)
Episode 4: Mongolface (Marco Polo)
Episode 3: Susan Loves Scissoring (The Edge of Destruction)
Episode 2: Sex Pants and Naiveté (The Daleks)
Episode 1: Susan Loves Slayer (An Unearthly Child)
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