How much does this story get right about pollution? Surprisingly much. Ben, Luke and Nick pick apart this Pertwee classic.
Doctor Who: Fifty Years Ago
A Blogspot page for a Podcast on iTunes.
Friday, 19 May 2023
Friday, 7 April 2023
Season 10: Planet of the Daleks
This edition of the Doctor Who Fifty Years Ago podcast covers Planet of the Daleks, comparing the theme of warfare and the use of emotions in this story, and in more recent Who stories.
Friday, 24 February 2023
Season 10: Frontier in Space
In this episode of Doctor Who Fifty Years Ago, we look at what Frontier in Space can tell us about 1973, and dissect the "metaphor of the Master's plan" to spread fear and xenophobia.
Friday, 27 January 2023
Season 10: Carnival of Monsters
Friday, 30 December 2022
Season 10: The Three Doctors
The podcast returns to start looking at Season 10's stories, with plenty to discuss on the differences on the show and in the world in 1972 and 2022. We begin with the first multi-Doctor story, so here's multiple people to review and analyse it!
Saturday, 2 January 2021
A Character Analysis Podcast on "The Master"
A special edition of the Doctor Who Fifty Years Ago podcast in which Ben, Luke and Nick commit an in-depth analysis into the long-term villain of the show, "The Master".
Saturday, 20 June 2020
Episode 25: Inferno Episode 7: Endings and Beginnings
A Doctor Who series and a government ends, and a new
government begins in the 1970s which brought in an element of internationalism.
In 2020, there might be an end of an age with isolationist nationalistic
agendas cropping up. We can but analyse what Doctor Who and the world was in
1970, compare it to what it is in 2020, and murmur disapprovingly.