Episode 93: The Doctor Does a Drive-By (Robot)

It’s that point of our journey where we finally have reached the legendary Tom Baker, as we kick-off his era with Robot! But will his debut live up to expectations? We also say a final “goodbye” to Producer Barry Letts and his love of bad CSO, and former Script Editor Terrance Dicks signs-off with the script. Listen in as we re-tread some of the UNIT-era tropes to welcome our new Doctor!

 

Along the way, Don admires the Brigadier’s snark, Reilly talks about the jarring use of videotape for location shooting, Julie accuses Anthony of worrying too much, and Anthony in turn accuses her of sounding like his mother. The entire crew talks about how terrible the SRS are at thinking through their nefarious plans.

 

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