Ep. 47 – Very Clever TARDIS
11/02/19 • 12 min
Review of S01 – The Sensorites E02-04
- Cross Dressing v. The Patriachy
- The YW found the use of stage whispers off-putting
- We’d recently watched this JFK speech
- The TARDIS translation circuit was first touched mentioned in The Masque of Mandragora but features more heavily in New Who
- Clara spoke German in Cold War
We are also at handwavium.net & on Twitter @handwavium
Review of S01 – The Sensorites E02-04
- Cross Dressing v. The Patriachy
- The YW found the use of stage whispers off-putting
- We’d recently watched this JFK speech
- The TARDIS translation circuit was first touched mentioned in The Masque of Mandragora but features more heavily in New Who
- Clara spoke German in Cold War
We are also at handwavium.net & on Twitter @handwavium
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Ep. 46 – One Space Lady
Review of S01 — The Sensorites E01
- We play a small part in Who for Schools & donated to The Malala Fund. Please support!
- This is our first First Doctor story
- The YW was reminded of Tom Baker & Matt Smith
- And preferred him here to The Daleks & An Unearthly Child
- But she wasn't Actually Grooving to this theme
- Listen to Verity on Susan, including the Deb Stanish interview with Carole Ann Ford (not Caroline, OM)
- The YW was distracted by Barbara Wright’s hair
- And has thoughts about Victoria in The Krotons
- The OM thinks Delia Derbyshire’s arrangment of the theme is still best
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Ep. 48 – Surrounded by Enemies
- These episodes were directed by Frank Cox rather than Marvin Pinfield
- The tunnel shots reminder the OM of The Web of Fear
- The Ood & Sensorites were neighbours, The Ood Sphere being in the same star system
- Heaven Sent & Hell Bent affirmed this episodes description of Gallifrey
- Joseph Conrad wrote the deeply problematic Heart of Darkness
- The TARDIS scanner has varied significantly across the years
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