Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast - Episode 18 - The Underwater Menace

Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast - Episode 18 - The Underwater Menace

From Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast by Tim

March 8, 2026 · 2h 36m · Episode 23

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Episode 18 explores The Underwater Menace, featuring discussions on the story's mythological elements and character developments.

Support us on Patreon 👉https://www.patreon.com/missingepisodes 🙌 Tip us on https://ko-fi.com/missingeps Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/drwhopodcasters It’s episode 18 of The Missing Episodes Podcast and it’s The Underwater Menace, in which we see “Dr. W” dabbling with the mythological in this astonishing aquatic adventure. The fifth story of season 4 sees the continuation of the development of Patrick Troughton’s Doctor and a proper introduction for Jamie. We also have Polly being turned into a fish (almost) and Ben wondering what the future holds, now there’s a strapping young(er) man on the team. But it’s a story that’s often overlooked and almost forgotten, which leaves plenty of scope for insights anew from the assembled shoal of podcasters. Tim Burrows is joined by multimedia producer and DVD range stalwart John Kelly, co-creator of Dalek 63:88, 3D modeller and DWM contributor Gavin Rymill, Missing Episodes Podcast debutant, pianist extraordinaire and creator of “Dudley Simpson is Doctor Who”, Jess Jurkovic, but did they all have a whale of a time with this serial? We also check in with science and astronomy writer Giles Sparrow, to chew over whether the science…

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Host: Tim

Guests: John Kelly, Gavin Rymill, Jess Jurkovic, Giles Sparrow

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