Jodie Whitaker’s Doctor’s era comes to a close. Simon and Eugene conclude a two-part discussion of the fall of the Thirteenth.
This week’s episode under discussion: the 13th episode of Space Above and Beyond, Level of Necessity. In this episode, Damphousse gets psychic powers, and Kenneth and Eugene ask, “what good are psychic powers when you’re in the military?” Level of Necessity originally aired on January 14th, 1996.
This week, John and Eugene examine two more vintage 1978 space opera parody TV series Quark episodes. First, it’s “The Old and the Beautiful,” where Quark contracts a fatal aging disease. Will an extended romantic interlude with a young, beautiful, and voracious princess be the death of him? And then, in “The Good, the Bad, and the Ficus,” Quark’s ship plummets through a black hole, releasing evil doppelgangers. Will Quark be able to reason with his evil self, and why is that gauge in Ficus’ ear?
*Note* This episode was originally intended to be released on May 27; however, quotas at my podcast host prevented it from releasing until June 1. This is re-release.This week, Simon and Eugene look at the 2024 season Doctor Who episode #73Yards and discuss whether a reset makes an episode worthless, whether Doctor Who is really an anthology series, and they identify the influences of Nigel Kneale, Years and Years, 2001, An American Werewolf in London, and The Wild, Wild West.
This week, Simon and Eugene look at the Bugs episode Happy Ever After. John Stroud directed this Series Three episode, which first aired on August 30, 1997.They discuss marrying for love and marrying for control, the implications of a water grid and why this wasn’t explored in a show ostensibly about technology, and whether passion for cricket is the best reason not to go live in the United States.