Episodes
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Episode 40: Like Dirty Dancing, but With Crabs (The Macra Terror)
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
There is no such thing as the Watchers in the Fourth Dimension! The Watchers in the Fourth Dimension do not exist! Huh? Well, it must be time for us to take an anti-authoritarian stance and discuss The Macra Terror!
Over the course of the episode, Don calls out the incompetence of middle management, Reilly discusses the usage of media indoctrination in this story (and how prescient it is), Anthony talks about the British class system and how the holiday camp setting feeds into that, and Julie gets excited over the Doctor’s use of a screwdriver. The whole team discusses the design of the Macra - whether they actually worked in the original, and if they were maybe better realized in animated form.
If you want to watch along with us, this story is sadly missing. However, the BBC have released an animated version on DVD and Blu Ray, and you can acquire it through either Amazon US (https://amzn.to/3lXCBQQ) or Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/3C06pC5) .
Other media mentioned in this episode:
- That Mitchell and Webb Look – Series 1 (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3vpIhXf | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3AWo10k)
- The Wizard of Oz (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3ATvg9t | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3ARGSd3)
- 1984 – 1950s BBC adaptation (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3pdIQ5j | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3aVrG45)
- Dirty Dancing (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/30ABLkR | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3AQylqM)
- They Live (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3G13v2A | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3n7qbWa)
- Parasite (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3vEYWGt | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2Zauhoj)
- Society (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2Z213b5 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3pmgAgP)
- Futurama: The Complete Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3jfbkaQ | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3aQeMUL)
- Quatermass 2 (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2XsHjNl | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3pitNHq)
- Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2Z9Jiqz | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3vrt9sg)
- The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3n2F8c5 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2YWcHEe)
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Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Episode 39: A More Localized Terrible Idea (The Moonbase)
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Everyone’s second favourite Doctor Who monsters are back, as the Watchers in the Fourth Dimension once again encounter the Cybermen, along with weather control, poisoned sugar, and a rag-tag group of Europeans. It can only be The Moonbase!
Over the course of the episode, Don talks about Cybermen design, Reilly is disappointed by the absence of the Doctor wearing a hat in this story, Anthony raves over the international vibe of the moonbase, and Julie questions the obsession that fiction has with controlling the weather. The entire crew discusses the alleged misogyny in the story, with Polly being sent off to make the coffee (which actually leads to the main mystery of the first couple of episodes being solved…).
If you want to watch along with us, half of this story is sadly missing. However, the BBC have released the surviving episodes on DVD, along with animations of the two missing episodes, and you can acquire it through either Amazon US (https://amzn.to/3E0ap6l) or Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/2XuZG4c).
Other media mentioned in this episode:
- The Avengers (movie) (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2ZbFpl1 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3FVIpm9)
- The Avengers – Complete Collection (tv show) (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3B828eR | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3B0ChoS)
- Sherlock: The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3aVptWl | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3DV87Fl)
- Daft Punk – Homework (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3aTfD7e | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3aR2Jqe)
Finally, you can also follow us and interact with us on various forms of social media - Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. You can also e-mail us at watchers4d@gmail.com. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please subscribe to the show, and leave us a rating or review.