Episode 164: Hold Me Closer, Tiny Master (Planet of Fire)

Episode 164: Hold Me Closer, Tiny Master (Planet of Fire)

From Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension by Watchers in the Fourth Dimension

March 1, 2026 · 1h 3m

About this episode

The episode discusses the penultimate story of the Davison era, 'Planet of Fire', and features various opinions on the characters and direction.

In this penultimate episode of the Davison era, we continue to clear house of the Fifth Doctor’s TARDIS by finally saying goodbye to Turlough (and there was much rejoicing by Julie and Reilly). That’s right dear listeners, we are covering Planet of Fire! Join us as Reilly gives us his unexpected opinions on the Master’s return for the umpteenth time, Julie and Diana get supremely frustrated with our returning lady director due to her gratuitous shots of Peri, Anthony gives us some insight on how this story impacted his formative years, and everyone expresses joy with the location filming. We also hope that all of our listeners start using P-Dave just so we can keep it alive for Anthony. 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*: Monty Python’s Life of Brian (Amazon US…

People in this episode

Hosts: Reilly, Julie, Diana, Anthony

Topics covered

  • Doctor Who
  • Fifth Doctor
  • TARDIS
  • Master
  • location filming
  • female director
  • nostalgia

Keywords

  • Doctor Who
  • Fifth Doctor
  • TARDIS
  • Planet of Fire
  • Master
  • female director
  • location filming
  • nostalgia

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Planet of Fire, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Flash Gordon, Department S, Jason King

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