Episode 127: Chuck Davros Out the Window (Destiny of the Daleks)

New Romana, who dis? It’s the return of everyone’s favourite hack writer, Terry Nation, as we kick off Season 17 with Destiny of the Daleks! We get multiple quarries, a ton of NationTropes™, a bunch of Douglas Adams-inserted humour, and some robots that are also icons of D-I-S-C-O!

 

Join us as we discuss the totally unexplained regeneration of Romana, the untapped potential of the Daleks as quiz show hosts, the clear Douglas Adams additions to the script, the questionable deaths of some of the extras, and whether the Daleks get enough time off from their jobs (and what the Dalek HR department might be like!) Meanwhile, Anthony ponders if Davros is actually an analogue for Terry Nation himself.

 

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