Episode 64: Costume Change Level: Zoe (Doctor Who and the Silurians)

2021-08-01

This episode, we discuss our very first encounter with the other intelligent species from Earth in Doctor Who and the Silurians. Suffice to say that living through a pandemic, we all find ourselves somewhat triggered as we watch a deadly disease spread across England in this one! During the episode, Reilly talks two-state solutions, Anthony focuses on the “otherness” of the Doctor, Julie gets offended by humans being repeatedly referred to as “apes,” and Don questions why the initial problem ...

This episode, we discuss our very first encounter with the other intelligent species from Earth in Doctor Who and the Silurians. Suffice to say that living through a pandemic, we all find ourselves somewhat triggered as we watch a deadly disease spread across England in this one!

During the episode, Reilly talks two-state solutions, Anthony focuses on the “otherness” of the Doctor, Julie gets offended by humans being repeatedly referred to as “apes,” and Don questions why the initial problem of the research facility losing power was considered a UNIT problem. The entire gang questions the wisdom of writing a dinosaur into the script and whether it was actually needed (spoiler: it’s not).

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 get it on physical media as a standalone release from Amazon US (https://amzn.to/3lgYj2o) and Amazon UK as part of the “Beneath the Surface” box set (https://amzn.to/2V08VZ3).

Other media mentioned in this episode:

Death and Doctor Who, by Dave Columbus (https://linktr.ee/greenpear)
The New Statesman (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2WGS7qn | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3C3UqDS)
A Very Peculiar Practice (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/37dOgCZ | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3zVoekp)
Rugrats: The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3zSBCWs | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3fcP3bF)
Chernobyl (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3j2EOYK | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3j6kGF1)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3C1D9eD | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3CaA503)

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