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Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension

Watchers in the Fourth Dimension

Three Americans and a Brit attempt to watch their way through all of Doctor Who (in order), and discuss each story with a mix of whimsy and intellect.

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01:00:20

Episode 83: Terry Nation’s Greatest Hits (Planet of...

Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension ·

2022/04/24

It’s Terry Nation’s Greatest Hits as we discuss Planet of the Daleks – a story where he appears to have put all of his favourite past plot points in a hat, drawn them out at random, and attempted to make a coherent story out of the results! Join us as we keep track of the TerryTropes and discuss, among other things, whether or not this makes for a good story. Over the course of the episode, Reilly expresses the opinion that this is one of the most disgusting Doctor Who serials we’ve covered to

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59:51

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

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2022/04/10

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

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52:27

Episode 81: Googly Eyes on Socks (Carnival of Monsters)

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2022/03/27

It’s an unusually low-key story for the Pertwee era, as we handle the classic dual menace of bureaucracy and sock puppets in Carnival of Monsters! Join us as we talk budget serials, grey worlds, Holmesian double acts, monster cameos, and the Doctor’s long-awaited return to regular space-and-time adventuring! Over the course of the episode, Anthony finds himself alone in appreciating the bureaucrats of the serial, Julie continues to find herself please with the direction of the scores this season,

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01:01:29

Episode 80: Doctor Who and the Other Two (The Three...

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2022/03/13

We’re kicking off Season 10 of Doctor Who in style as our two past stars of the show, Patrick Troughton and William Hartnell, team up with Jon Pertwee’s Third Doctor to defeat a truly galactic threat in The Three Doctors! Join us as we talk about this truly special union, the impact it has on our current cast, and whether or not the Brigadier goes a bit bonkers as a result of this serial… Over the course of the episode, Don ponders whether this serial was sponsored by Clearasil, Reilly

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56:03

Episode 79: The James Bond Approach (Season 9...

Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension ·

2022/02/27

It’s the Watchers in the Fourth Dimension Season 9 Retrospective Extravaganza! Join us as we look back on the entirety of Jon Pertwee’s third season, with our usual blend of qualitative awards, quantitative measures, and questions from social media! Over the course of the episode, Julie finds herself longing for the day that Doctor Who gives us a good pirate story, Don talks about Dudley getting his groove back, Anthony finds the best use of a quarry in the show so far, and Reilly draws parallels

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41:46

Bonus Episode 19: Waiting for Littmann (Big Finish -...

Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension ·

2022/02/20

It’s our Season 9 Big Finish bonus episode, as Anthony and Julie are joined by Reilly for his first Big Finish experience with a tale featuring spycraft, Nazis, and the occult as we discuss Operation: Hellfire, from The Third Doctor Adventures, Volume 6. Along the way, Julie gets frustrated at Jo’s inability to adequately go undercover, Reilly realizes that he’s a prime candidate for occult sacrifice, and Anthony once again expresses his distaste for the phrase “wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey.” All

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01:07:15

Episode 78: Time Ram, Thank You Ma’am! (The Time...

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2022/02/13

It’s another season finale as everyone’s favourite moustache-twirling renegade Time Lord returns to unleash the power of Kronos on the universe. Oh, and cause a headache for everyone across the fandom the destruction of Atlantis for the third(?) time. Join us as we discuss what is possibly the thirstiest Doctor Who story to date in The Time Monster! Over the course of the episode, Julie appreciates Ruth’s upfront-and-centre feminism, Don expresses his horror over the new TARDIS set, Reilly talks

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01:05:59

Episode 77: Flagrant Abuse of Paisley (The Mutants)

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2022/01/30

We’re heading off-world for the second time in a season... What is this, the Troughton era!? Actually, no! The Doctor’s just off on another bizarre mission for the Time Lords to help a poor, oppressed species evolve into superbeings because… reasons? Well, whatever the reasons may be, we’ll be talking about them, as we discuss The Mutants! Over the course of the episode, Anthony plays historian (again), Julie gets offended by the term “munt,” Reilly espouses his admiration for the direction, and

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01:06:00

Episode 76: Rise of the Moustache Brigade (The Sea...

Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension ·

2022/01/16

The Silurians are back, but in aquatic form! And disappointingly called Sea Devils and not Sealurians, because someone decided that they wanted to avoid further scientific inaccuracies. Disappointment over the name of the creatures aside, we spend the episode discussing The Sea Devils - a rollicking adventure that also includes everyone's favourite bearded Time Lord renegade, as well as some jaunts with the Royal Navy. What fun! Over the course of the episode, Julie praises the fine Naval beards

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54:57

Episode 75: Arcturus Shot First! (The Curse of Peladon)

Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension ·

2022/01/02

We’re off to an alien planet for the first time in Season 9, in The Curse of Peladon, as we head to Peladon, where there’s a bit of a kerfuffle on whether or not the planet should join the Galactic Federation. We talk politics, giant green phalluses, obvious villains not being that villainous, and the continually evolving kinder, gentler Third Doctor! Over the course of the episode, Don expresses his love for Arcturus (the most metal-looking creature to date in the show), Julie finds Jo’s sneezes

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01:11:02

Bonus Episode 18: Full-On Chumbley (Galaxy 4 Animation)

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2021/12/26

For a very special bonus episode, we are joined by our friends Diana and Jenn from the Doctor Who: On the Rocks podcast as we jump back to the Hartnell-era to discuss the recent animation of Galaxy 4! Taking a best of both worlds approach from our two shows, we kick off the episode by discussing the Penderyn “Celt” whisky, Anthony talks about the story’s journey from being lost to animation, we launch into a robust discussion about the animation, re-rate the story, and make the all-important

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56:21

Episode 74: Slight Moment of the Daleks (Day of the...

Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension ·

2021/12/19

It’s guerillas, gorillas, and Daleks, as we kick off Season 9 with Day of the Daleks - a tale of peace conferences, dystopian futures, and bootstrap paradoxes. Will this be the season where the Third Doctor finally comes into his own, or will we continue to struggle with his bad attitude? And will the Production Team finally give poor Jo something to do again!? Over the course of the episode, Julie sets a new record for losing her patience with the lads, Anthony redefines UNIT’s remit, Don goes

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19:00

Bonus Episode 17: Who‘s Who and Did Horton Hear Him?...

Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension ·

2021/12/12

Following the precedent set last year, the Watchers once again gather for a special holiday episode in which they discuss a few Doctor Who-related musical “classics.” Once again guided by our very own Don, we kick things off with Jon Pertwee’s spoken word masterpiece “Who is the Doctor?” Next, we follow that up with “Who’s Who?” by Roberta Tovey (aka Suzie Who from the Dalek movies), before wrapping it all up with the Delaware version of the Doctor Who theme. Halp. You can find the tracks at the

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53:10

Episode 73: Peace Through Chicken in Our Time (Season...

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2021/12/05

We’re finding it tough to believe that we’re already done with another season! And what a Masterful one Season 8 has been. Literally full of the Master! With that in mind, it’s time for our customary season retrospective, as we look back on the height of the UNIT Family™, Roger Delgado’s superb turn as everyone’s favourite villainous Time Lord, and even a long-awaited jaunt away from Earth! During the episode, Anthony confesses his love of Mr Chinn (Legend of Politics) and his chicken drumstick,

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46:29

Bonus Episode 16: I Blame Tumblr (Big Finish - The...

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2021/11/28

Anthony and Julie are joined by JM Casey from the Chrononauts podcast as they tackle the Season 9-adjacent Big Finish story, The Doll of Death from The Companion Chronicles range! Over the course of the episode, Julie gets mad at Jo for having a date arranged with Captain Yates, JM questions established fan wisdom about the Doctor, Jo, and Yates, while Anthony ponders the use of ginger biscuits as an innuendo. The entire team ponders the effectiveness of the entire of the central concept of a

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01:06:16

Episode 72: The Yokels of Death (The Dæmons)

Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension ·

2021/11/21

It’s a classic tale of occult shenanigans in a small South West England village as the Master dresses up as a vicar, Benton finds himself an on-screen admirer, the Doctor goes hard on the science-vs-magic debate, and Jo is (for some bizarre reason) willing to sacrifice herself for him, even though he’s awful to her for the whole story. It can only be Season 8’s finale, The Dæmons! During the episode, Julie’s love of Benton reaches a whole new level, Reilly espouses his admiration for Professor

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44:17

Bonus Episode 15: Up the Kilt! (The Evil of the...

Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension ·

2021/11/14

Anthony, Don, Julie, and Reilly are joined by friend-of-the-podcast Alan Siler as they return to the Troughton-era to discuss the recently released animation of The Evil of the Daleks in this bonus episode, Up the Kilt! Over the course of the episode, the team looks at the animation style, its suitability as a substitute for the missing episodes, and whether they’d watch it again. Along the way, Reilly stokes controversy by revealing that he watched the colour version(!), Julie gets to re-ignite

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01:04:38

Episode 71: Hot Colony Mud Wrestling (Colony in Space)

Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension ·

2021/11/07

We’re on alien planet for the first time since The Krotons! It’s corporations vs. colonizers, with an ancient weapon of mass destruction in the background! Oh, and since its Season 8, the Master shows up, in disguise. Sort of. Whatever. It’s one of the less-loved serials of the season in Colony in Space! During the episode, Reilly gets his lawyer on, Julie gets frustrated at the role given to Jo (or, rather, lack of role), Anthony discusses the sunk cost fallacy and its relevance to this serial,

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43:32

Bonus Episode 14: The Devil Was Huge in the 70s (The...

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2021/10/28

It’s a seasonal bonus episode of Watchers in the FEAR Dimension, as Reilly rallies the crew to discuss two classic horror films featuring stars from Doctor Who – The Omen (featuring Patrick Troughton) and the Amicus anthology The House That Dripped Blood (featuring Jon Pertwee and Peter Cushing). Along the way, Julie plays true to type as “the musical one” and expresses a love for scores by Jerry Goldsmith, Don struggles to understand how so many men could fall in love with a non-so-attractive

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56:49

Episode 70: That Goldmember Look (The Claws of Axos)

Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension ·

2021/10/24

Watchers calling Earth... Request immediate listening… Watchers calling Earth… it’s a new episode of Watchers in the Fourth Dimension! And this episode, we’re discussing the most psychedelic, the most glam story so far, as we tangle with The Claws of Axos! During the episode, Anthony takes pity on the story’s comedy yokel, Reilly ponders the optimal distribution strategy for Axonite, Don questions the Master’s latest disguise, and Julie gets concerned about the way that classified information is

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