Episode 82: Too Dumb to Live (Frontier in Space)

This episode, we go on a tour of the galaxy’s finest jail cells, featuring appearances from the Master! Ogrons! A few Daleks! Draconians! And future humanity’s most dictatorial regime to date! It’s a rather grim vision of the future in Frontier in Space! Join us as we keep track of the number of times that the Doctor and Jo are incarcerated, and generally despair at how so many people *on both sides* repeatedly ignore what they’re trying to say.

 

Over the course of the episode, Don advances his theories about the Third Doctor’s anecdotes being most nonsense, Anthony denies the possibility that General Williams could be his future descendant, Julie praises Jo’s choice of (sensible) outfit, and Reilly dreams of seeing the Ogron version of The Office! The entire crew find themselves enamoured with the world building presented in the story.

 

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 also get the Special Edition on DVD as part of the Dalek War boxset from Amazon US (https://amzn.to/3iVzJBS) or from Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/3JYvUaW). It can also be found on Blu Ray as part of The Collection: Jon Pertwee Season Four from Amazon US (https://amzn.to/3i0hs5V) and The Collection: Season 10 from Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/3MGUyP8)

 

Other media mentioned in this episode:

• Battlestar Galactica – The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2YZzJtQ | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3vqmHS9)
• Planet of the Apes (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/35xdTl2 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3iWbYcK)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3BYyaef | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3DWG34s)
• That Mitchell and Webb Look – Series 1 (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3vpIhXf | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3AWo10k)
• This is Spinal Tap (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3ye4MOs | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3j9zkg1)
• Soylent Green (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3LG6r6J | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3iY6VIZ)
• The James Bond Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3FWn6kg | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3DQB4lR)
• Star Trek: The Original Series: The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3aifha7 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2YtSYvx)
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3Bvp4Fy | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3lofajC)
• The Office – The Complete Series [US Version] (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/30ETjwn | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3pdhmg4)
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3JX2A4F | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/35wGdnA)
• Jurassic Park (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3x3z6hQ | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3rk2JIj)

 

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