Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension

• Episode 140: Let Me Speak With Your Manager (Logopolis)

  It’s the end, but the moment has been prepared for… (were we ever going to start out this blurb with anything else!?) We finally reach the end of Tom Baker’s seven year tenure on the show with the Master embarking on a bonkers scheme that threatens the entire universe. But one question remains – is Logopolis actually any good!?   Join us as we discuss dressing for job that you want, why Tegan is magnificently annoying in the best way possible, how this story plays into the history of the podcast, the stupidity of some of the Doctor’s plans, how Logopolitan society is based on Kabbalah, how camp the new Master is, and how Adric actually does math. Oh, and Anthony pokes plot holes in the plan to save the universe…   If you would like to watch along with us, you can find this story available for streaming on Britbox in the USA (http://www.britbox.com) and BBC iPlayer in the UK (https://bbc.in/48GSaCB). If you’re a little old fashioned and prefer physical media (like our very own Anthony), you can find the entirety of Season 18 on Blu Ray from Amazon US (https://amzn.to/4fvAcqb) and Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/4etoACE)   Other media mentioned in this episode*: Galaxy Quest (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3plEDMM | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3B3afci) Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Complete (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3ptuM83 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3BSULsQ) Avengers: Infinity War (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3aV91Fj | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2Z0eIz4) Captain America: The First Avenger (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4gDDW8G | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4hts1LY) The Smurfs (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4aUGEpi | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/40OILX2) New Super Mario Brothers U. Deluxe (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3EvN7L2 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4jJ9oVX)   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 [email protected]. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please subscribe to the show, and leave us a rating or review.   *Support Watchers in the Fourth Dimension! We are an Amazon affiliate and earn a small commission from purchases through Amazon links. This goes towards the running costs of the podcast.

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• Episode 139: Bowie: Keeper of Earth (The Keeper of Traken)

  Back in N-Space, we find ourselves in the very odd (but apparently extremely harmonious) society of Traken, ruled over by an apparently all-powerful Keeper in The Keeper of Traken! All is not as it seems, as an old, kinda crispy enemy lurks in the background, ready to steal all of our bodies in his quest to keep living…   Join us as we discuss the clear influences of Shakespeare, how the Trakenites were able to procure weapons so quickly, the rampant use of ring tropes, how Adric calls the Doctor out on his nonsense, the issues with Trakenite architecture not being load-bearing, and the interesting story parallels between The Keeper of Traken and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.   If you would like to watch along with us, you can find this story available for streaming on Britbox in the USA (http://www.britbox.com) and BBC iPlayer in the UK (https://bbc.in/48GSaCB). If you’re a little old fashioned and prefer physical media (like our very own Anthony), you can find the entirety of Season 18 on Blu Ray from Amazon US (https://amzn.to/4fvAcqb) and Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/4etoACE)   Other media mentioned in this episode*: All Creatures Great and Small: The Complete Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3DS2Uhx | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3aNiAGr) Space: 1999: The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3pbTv08 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3p7W43u) The Pallisers (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3AQEL96 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3vkwF7K) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3G6YCoH | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3m0qOSc) A Midsummer Night’s Dream (ballet version) (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4jugiOG | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4aFcWo4) Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3ptuM83 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3BSULsQ) Captain Planet: The Complete Franchise (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4aucJUx | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/40Lhnds) Avengers: Infinity War (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3aV91Fj | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2Z0eIz4) Dr Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4hdc5xo | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3PO29hN) Return of the Living Dead (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3CrxSlJ | Amazon UK:) The Wizard of Oz (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3ATvg9t | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3ARGSd3) The Three Stooges: The Ultimate Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3Mbal7v | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3Mm1AHv) Marillion: The Best of Both Worlds (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3PQwufq | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3CBejau) The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/48vQjkz | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/45RC3AL) The Bible (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4awKvII | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4hwnYOE) The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkein (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4jsKgCD | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/42o8bwZ) The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkein (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4dXHbGC | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4dTcS3R) Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights (YouTube: https://youtu.be/-1pMMIe4hb4) Kelis – Milkshake (YouTube: https://youtu.be/pGL2rytTraA) Millenialism (Wikipedia: https://bit.ly/4jtFCEp) 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 [email protected]. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please subscribe to the show, and leave us a rating or review.   *Support Watchers in the Fourth Dimension! We are an Amazon affiliate and earn a small commission from purchases through Amazon links. This goes towards the running costs of the podcast.

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• Episode 138: The Printer and the BabyBjörn (Warriors' Gate)

  It’s time to BRING THE WEIRD as we wrap up the E-Space trilogy with a white void, slavers, lion-man slaves (who used to be slavers), magic mirrors, and more questions than answers. Oh, and Adric spends most of the time flipping coins. It can only be Warriors’ Gate!   Join us as we discuss how the Tharils look at time (or how they think they’re better than everyone else), how K9 continues to be done dirty (even up to her last story), the return of the bad boss trope, whether Romana was put in danger of predatory behaviour, the true moral lesson of the story, and how Reilly wants to consign Adric to the same fate as Katarina. To nobody’s surprise, Anthony expresses how he would follow a cult led by Romana.   If you would like to watch along with us, you can find this story available for streaming on Britbox in the USA (http://www.britbox.com) and BBC iPlayer in the UK (https://bbc.in/48GSaCB). If you’re a little old fashioned and prefer physical media (like our very own Anthony), you can find the entirety of Season 18 on Blu Ray from Amazon US (https://amzn.to/4fvAcqb) and Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/4etoACE)   Other media mentioned in this episode*: La Belle et la Bête (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/40v4eFw | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4j5fvUh) Orphée (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3C4556x | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4fO94C0) Alien (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3nbhOZt | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3BX7I4X) The Wizard of Oz (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3ATvg9t | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3ARGSd3) David Lynch’s Dune (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3pvxKIU | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3EabR6c) The Beauty and the Beast: The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/42ebgzx | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4j4H0x0) Monty Python’s Flying Circus: The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2VNSNKA | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/37JfHoE) Rick and Morty – Seasons 1-4 (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3lAWSLv | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/31pNymB) What We Do in the Shadows – Season 1 (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3IJaE7N | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3LhR8AV) Thundercats: The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3IGnVzo | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3yBLmp2) The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4jcsAuH | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3DQF6A5) Gateway, by Frederik Pohl (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3C0HZ0F | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4gMDeH9) In His Image: Cloning of a Man, by David M. Rorvik (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3BVGMrw | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4jdIAgg) The Dragon of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence, by Carl Sagan (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/426BHY1 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4jdSjD9) Dune, by Frank Herbert (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3Rp4DU3 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/48pgA37) The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/46a4aeH | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/454Ayhm) Ken Laszlo – Greatest Hits and Remixes (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4jdIoh2 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4gOx1KV) Gangnam Style (YouTube: https://youtu.be/9bZkp7q19f0) Doom (video game) (Wikipedia: https://bit.ly/4fO9bxq) Teddy Ruxpin (Wikipedia: https://bit.ly/4fVC0Iv) I Ching (Wikipedia: https://bit.ly/4fTd846)   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 [email protected]. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please subscribe to the show, and leave us a rating or review.   *Support Watchers in the Fourth Dimension! We are an Amazon affiliate and earn a small commission from purchases through Amazon links. This goes towards the running costs of the podcast.

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• Episode 137: Give Me an Ankle, at Least! (State of Decay)

  It’s Doctor Who-does-Vampires as we encounter everyone’s favourite bloodsuckers in E-Space (well, everyone except Diana, who apparently thoroughly dislikes vampires!) Throw in some absolutely unnecessary Time Lord lore, and we have State of Decay.   Join us as we discuss whether this would feel more natural with Dudley Simpson’s organic music over the synth, the merits and issues of Adric, whether Wil Wheaton and Matthew Waterhouse have ever met, how an old script can somehow feel like a rush-job, the amazing beards in this story, and whether or not Time Lords have a race memory of the vampires. Of course, we try to figure out what the Wasting is – beyond being the Wasting.   If you would like to watch along with us, you can find this story available for streaming on Britbox in the USA (http://www.britbox.com) and BBC iPlayer in the UK (https://bbc.in/48GSaCB). If you’re a little old fashioned and prefer physical media (like our very own Anthony), you can find the entirety of Season 18 on Blu Ray from Amazon US (https://amzn.to/4fvAcqb) and Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/4etoACE)   Other media mentioned in this episode*: Count Dracula (1977 BBC adaptation) (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/47QtjuY | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3vT43H8) The Vampire Lovers (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3TCP8aN | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3Wg6tIC) All Creatures Great and Small: The Complete Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3DS2Uhx | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3aNiAGr) The Neverending Story (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3hwLxgX | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3hzHyA8) Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2Z49NxL | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3jl68Cn) What We Do in the Shadows – Season 1 (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3IJaE7N | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3LhR8AV) Mean Girls (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3Oduhrf | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3PdBTeI) Lifeforce (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3kBY1Tk | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/36PueOV) Star Trek: The Original Series – The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2XmJNg0 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3pjzbdD) Buck Rogers in the 25th Century – The Complete Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3FM9XtN | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/32zijGQ) Rick and Morty – Seasons 1-4 (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3lAWSLv | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/31pNymB) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3H1JDhn | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4aygoAt) The Little Mermaid (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4hcQnJx | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4iS3YHJ) Scooby Doo & Scrappy Doo: The Complete Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4gemybi | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/49zKBPn) Scooby Doo (live action) (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4gAdmxW | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/49W90i9) Dracula, by Bram Stoker (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3MkFHeH | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3s7xZhb) Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4efkNsR | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4efthjL) Carmilla, by Sheridan Le Fanu (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3VOpO3W | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4eUCWxi) Wicked, by Gregory Maguire (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3PesDsf | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4gve8MP) The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/48vQjkz | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/45RC3AL) Grimm’s Law (Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimm%27s_law) The Great Vowel Shift (Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift) Outkast – Hey Ya (YouTube: https://youtu.be/PWgvGjAhvIw)   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 [email protected]. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please subscribe to the show, and leave us a rating or review.   *Support Watchers in the Fourth Dimension! We are an Amazon affiliate and earn a small commission from purchases through Amazon links. This goes towards the running costs of the podcast.

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• Bonus Episode 40: He WAS the Dish of the Day! (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

  For our 2024 Holiday special, Julie’s taking over the show, and we’re joined by our favourite regular guest R. Alan Siler, as choose not do something seasonal, but to do something very much related to Doctor Who that we’ve really wanted to do for a while now… and so, we’re heading into the world of Douglas Adams, as we discuss the 1981 TV version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy!   Join us as we learn about Julie’s bedtime, discuss the animation style, the comparison between this in different media, the unexpected similarities between Gene Roddenberry and Douglas Adams, the works of Oolon Caloophid, just how uncool Zaphod Beeblebrox secretly is, and how amazing David Dixon is as Ford Prefect (and what a great Doctor he would’ve been!). We also have a great discussion about casting in the TV show vs the movie   If you would like to watch along with us, this story is available to stream on Britbox in the US (https://www.britbox.com), and on Blu Ray from Amazon US (https://amzn.to/3G6YCoH)  and Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/3m0qOSc).   Other media mentioned in this episode*: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (radio version) (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4aqrRR1 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3WI44sP) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3G6YCoH | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3m0qOSc) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (film) (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4iGTc77 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3PatMRI) Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3ptuM83 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3BSULsQ) Good Omens (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3n5DA0M | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3ARTLUe) 30 Rock (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/43NZCKp | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4aEHzIM) Family Guy (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3AtKMuf | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3pLwxMz) Monty Python’s Flying Circus: The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2VNSNKA | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/37JfHoE) Monty Python’s Life of Brian (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3OrjEm5 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3EEb6nr) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3n4P30y | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3n5ong6) Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2Z49NxL | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3jl68Cn) Alien (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3nbhOZt | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3BX7I4X) Downton Abbey (film) (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3VNBDby | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3DuijKf) The Gilded Age: The First Season (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3P8dTeE | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4fvLUA0) The Kids in the Hall – The Complete Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2YYVH0B | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2Z132fs) Community – The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2ZczFaG | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3C1UTpM) Blackadder: The Ultimate Edition (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/30sMUnN | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3BU2WoN) Rick and Morty – Seasons 1-4 (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3lAWSLv | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/31pNymB) The Behavioural Aspects of Marketing, by Dr Keith C. Williams (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4greC6C | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4fu9VYw) Modern Musicology podcast (Spotify: https://bit.ly/41NE5CK) Eagles – Journey of the Sorceror (YouTube: https://youtu.be/wZdZKolMIl0)   Finally, you can follow us and interact with us on our social media accounts - Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. You can also e-mail us at [email protected]. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please subscribe to the show, and leave us a rating or review.   *Support Watchers in the Fourth Dimension! We are an Amazon affiliate and earn a small commission from purchases through Amazon links. This goes towards the running costs of the podcast.

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