Episode 162: Oi! Plant Boy! (Frontios)

About this episode

The episode discusses the Doctor Who story 'Frontios' with various character references and media mentions.

Warm up your pan flutes and brace yourself for meteorites, listeners. We really hope none of you get sucked into the ground just to be used by our favorite giant pill bugs. That’s right, everyone. We’ve made it to Frontios. Over the course of the episode, we notice too many references to previous and future Doctor Who stories (talking about you, Moffat), the Watchers note how heavy handed they are in their naming of characters (and none of us care), Reilly comments on who the Gravis reminds him of (and it’s likely not what you think), and Julie actually utters the phrase “I don’t hate Turlough, guys”. We also continue to ask the age-old question: “Reilly, is Davidson the Doctor yet?” If you would like to watch along with us, you can find this entire season 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 also find it on the Doctor Who Season 21 Blu Ray box set available for pre-order from Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/4aLrt3v) Other media mentioned in this episode*: Game of Thrones: The Complete Series (Amazon US…

People in this episode

Host: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension

Topics covered

• Doctor Who
• Frontios
• character references
• media mentions
• Turlough
• Gravis

Keywords

• Doctor Who
• Frontios
• Turlough
• Gravis
• media mentions
• character references

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amazon UK, Amazon US

Books & works: Doctor Who, Game of Thrones: The Complete Series, Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Blake’s 7 – The Complete Collection

Places: Britbox, BBC iPlayer

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