Episode List in Order

SPECIAL PATREON EXCLUSIVETHE OPENING: "Peter, Peter, please forgive me..." A countdown begins the most diplomatic disagreement in podcast history.BELATED BIRTHDAY & TIMING: John's birthday just passed! Next story is Attack of the Cybermen (aired January 5, 1986) - "the year I turned 18!"THE DREAD: John: "I'm filled with a little dread to talk about this with you, Jim, because I know where you stand."Jim: "Listen, we've made too much of it. Every fan has doctors they like and doctors they don...

Episode Title: "I Am The Doctor, Whether You Like It Or Not" - The Twin Dilemma ReviewTHE GREAT REVERSAL: After three seasons of John defending Peter Davison against Jim's criticisms, the tables turn completely. Jim embraces Colin Baker.JIM'S SHOCKING TAKE: "I don't usually line up with Doctor Who fans because I did not like Caves of Androzani and I liked this. I liked Baker. If it's not what the show needed at this moment in time, it's definitely what I needed. I needed a Doctor who was more ...

Episode Title: "I Need My Pain" - The Caves of Androzani Review & The Fifth Doctor's RegenerationTHE CAVES OF ANDROZANI (March 8-16, 1984)Writer: Robert Holmes (returning!) Director:Graeme Harper (debut - directing from studio floor, not control room)PRODUCTION NOTES:The Fake Title: JNT put "The Doctor's Wife" on the production board deliberately to catch office leaks (ironic foreshadowing of Matt Smith's episode!)Graeme Harper's Innovation: Highly innovative direction with unrestricted ca...

Episode Title: "From Carnage to Cleavage" - Planet of Fire ReviewPLANET OF FIRE (February-March 1984)Writer: Peter Grimwade (his final Doctor Who work)Director: Fiona Cumming (her last story, dating back to The Highlanders)Location: Lanzarote, Canary Islands - chosen after Cumming promoted it with holiday photos!THE SHOPPING LIST EPISODE: Peter Grimwade faces an enormous writing burden with his final Doctor Who script - a literal checklist: Introduce Perry, reintroduce Kamelion (and write h...

Episode Title: "Throwing Daleks Out the Window" - Resurrection of the Daleks Review with The Irredeemable ShagSPECIAL GUEST ALERT: The Irredeemable Shag joins from the Fire & Water Podcast Network for what he calls "The Tegan Jovanka Appreciation Podcast!" A lifelong Davison-era fan who started watching in 1982 at age 10, Shag brings 500+ Doctor Who books worth of knowledge and passionate defense of the Fifth Doctor era.THE STORY: "Resurrection of the Daleks" (February 1984)Writer: Eric Sawar...

"The Hamster Wheel of Science Fiction Television" - Frontios ReviewSTORY DETAILS: "Frontios" (January 16 - February 3, 1984)Production Code: 6NWriter: Christopher H. Bidmead (former script editor, Logopolis and Castrovalva)Director: Ron Jones (Arc of Infinity, future Colin Baker stories)CAPSULE REVIEW: Jim: "Doctor Who in 1984 is the hamster wheel of science fiction television shows. It just keeps going round and round and doesn't go anywhere."PLOT SUMMARY:The TARDIS is drawn to Frontios ...

"Two Is Too Few, Four Is Too Much" - Production 6M: "The Awakening" (January 19-20, 1984) - Classic Doctor Who Season 21 ReviewThe Fifth Doctor brings Tegan to 1984 Little Hodcombe so she can visit her grandfather, Andrew Verney. But the TARDIS materializes in an unstable church during an English Civil War reenactment organized by the local magistrate, Sir George Hutchinson. When Tegan's grandfather goes missing and they encounter Will Chandler—a genuine 17th century peasant pulled through time...

"There Should Have Been Another Way"Production 6M: "Warriors of the Deep" (January 5-13, 1984)Classic Doctor Who Season 21 Premiere ReviewIn the year 2084, the Fifth Doctor, Tegan, and Turlough materialize at Sea Base Four, a military installation staffed with personnel on high alert due to tensions that could trigger World War III. An unknown object lurking in the waters proves to be a Silurian battlecruiser seeking to revive suspended animation Sea Devil warriors stored in underwater chambe...