Episodes
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
Episode 44: The Cyberman Outreach Program (The Tomb of the Cybermen)
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
After a brief diversion in the shape of our Dragon Con panel, we are BACK to continue our journey through all of Doctor Who as we get started with Season 5 of the show. This episode, we discuss a story where our heroes get drawn into a remake of The Mummy starring a rag-tag group of archaeologists, some logicians, and the Cybermen… it’s The Tomb of the Cybermen!
Over the course of the episode, Julie praises Victoria’s characterisation, Anthony’s mind goes to the gutter, Reilly ponders whether the Scrubbing Bubbles brand is part of a Cyberman plot, and Don discusses the inferiority complex of the Brotherhood of Logicians. The whole team questions the archaeological method on display in this story and whether it was sensible in any way, shape, or form.
For those of you who want to watch this along with us, this story is available on DVD as a standalone release through Amazon US (https://amzn.to/3C1jdbx), or as part of the Revisitations 3 box set through Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/2ZahAtP). It’s also available for streaming on Britbox US (http://www.britbox.com) and Britbox UK (http://www.britbox.co.uk).
Other media mentioned in this episode:
- Out of the Unknown (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3FUDTEn | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3aHZ4LA)
- Doomwatch (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3jmkouC | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3G89SBg)
- The Mummy [Hammer] (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3ATsml7 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3nhtvya)
- The Mummy Trilogy [Universal] (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3ne7AHQ | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3BYF7fy)
- The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3DZvWMs | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3G2guRx)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2Z49NxL | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3jl68Cn)
- Through Time: An Unauthorized and Unofficial History of Doctor Who, by Andrew Cartmel (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3pkU9IQ | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3neM31K)
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Sunday Oct 18, 2020
Sunday Oct 18, 2020
With many conventions forced to go virtual in 2020, we were invited to participated in a panel for DragonCon, in which we discussed Doctor Who’s Missing Episodes. The result is this special bonus episode, in which we are joined by our old friend R. Alan Siler, and the Director of Dragon Con’s British Media Track (aka the “Brittrack”), Caro McCully Tidwell. If you would prefer to watch the panel, rather than listen, it can also be found on the Brittrack’s YouTube page (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBUvs6-m0WA).
As you would expect from such a discussion, the group discusses why Doctor Who has missing episodes, where any surviving episodes could possibly be hiding (and the chances of anything else showing up), as well as the various attempts over the years to bridge the gaps. And, naturally, a missing episodes discussion just isn’t complete without a discussion on most wanted stories for return.
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Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Episode 43: Scr*w Your Spreadsheets! (Season 4 Retrospective)
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
It’s that time again! We’ve reached the end of another season, and so we spend an episode looking back on Season 4, which was a time of enormous change for the show. What were our favourite things from the season, and how does this season stack up against what we’ve seen so far? Does the fact that the majority of this season is missing materially impact our feelings towards it?
Along the way, Julie continues to rave over Jamie, Don brings down a fellow Smith, Anthony once again takes great pleasure in doing his best Professor Zaroff impression, and Reilly makes an unexpected choice for Best Supporting Actor. The entire team take turns to take shots at that most forgettable of stories - The Smugglers.
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