Wanderers in the 4th Dimension: A Journey Through Doctor Who

Wanderers in the 4th Dimension: Twice Upon a Time

This week we cover story # #276, Peter Capaldi’s swan song, the brief introduction of Jodie Whittaker, and the 2017 Christmas special, Twice Upon a Time!  The Doctor, refusing to regenerate, finds himself at the South Pole where he meets his first incarnation, also refusing to regenerate.  When time freezes and a WWI soldier mysteriously appears, the Doctors must discover why -- and come to terms with their own ability to cheat mortality!

Question of the Week: What word(s) would you use to fill in the blank(s)? On the first day of Christmas, the Doctor gave to me ___. (If inclined, feel free to fill in the blanks for all 12 days of Christmas).

So Here are the Things.../Listener Mailbag

Review of "Twice Upon a Time" (Trevor 8.75, David 8.5, Charlie 9, Connor 9.9)

Big Finish Audio Adventure: Bonus Releases » XII. Trial of the Valeyard (Trevor 8, David 8.5, Charlie 8)

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Join us next week as we begin Wanderers in the Fourth Dimension: The Wilderness Years, covering Doctor Who and related media from the show’s long hiatus from 1989 to 2005. We’ll begin with the UNIT movies Wartime, Downtime, and Daemos Rising! These are a bit tougher to find than the canon Doctor Who serials, but some of them have multi-region DVD releases. Our audio adventure will be The Sirens of Time, available from BigFinish.com.

Direct download: WanderIn4D276.mp3
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Wanderers in the 4th Dimension: Classic Who Retrospective (part 2)

This week conclude our look back over our past few years of podcasting about all of classic Doctor Who.

So Here are the Things.../Listener Mailbag

Retrospective: Part 2

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Join us next week as we begin Wanderers in the Fourth Dimension: The Wilderness Years, covering Doctor Who and related media from the show’s long hiatus from 1989 to 2005. We’ll begin with the UNIT movies Wartime, Downtime, and Daemos Rising! These are a bit tougher to find than the canon Doctor Who serials, but some of them have multi-region DVD releases. Our audio adventure will be The Sirens of Time, available from BigFinish.com.

Direct download: WanderIn4D155R2.mp3
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Wanderers in the 4th Dimension: Classic Who Retrospective

This week we look back over our past 

So Here are the Things.../Listener Mailbag

Retrospective: Part 1

Sylvester McCoy Era Number Crunching

Big Finish Audio Adventure: UNIT Assembled 4.4: United (Charlie 7/8, David 8/7.75, Trevor 7.75/8)

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Join us next week as we continue our retrospective of classic Who covering stories 1-155. If you’d like to share your thoughts on classic Who in general or your own experiences as a Wanderer in the 4th Dimension, now’s your last chance to weigh in, so send in your questions, comments, audio segments, and whatnot. We won't be covering an audio adventure next week, but we'll be back in two weeks with a fresh Big Finish review!

Direct download: WanderIn4D155R1.mp3
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Wanderers in the 4th Dimension: The Curse of Fenric

This week we cover story #155, Survival!  The Doctor and Ace return to Ace's childhood home of Perivale to check on her old friends, only to find they've been vanishing -- and the town has been troubled by a mysterious plague of cats.  The mystery leads them to another world, where a deadly foe lies in wait!

QotW: If you could get revenge on the person who canceled classic Doctor Who, what would you do?

So Here are the Things.../Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "Survival" (Trevor 7.25, Charlie 6.75, David 6.75)

Big Finish Audio Adventure: UNIT Assembled 4.3: Retrieval (Trevor 8, Charlie 8.25, David 7.5)

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Join us next week for our retrospective of classic Who covering stories 1-155. If you’d like to share your thoughts on classic Who in general or your own experiences as a Wanderer in the 4th Dimension, now’s your last chance to weigh in, so send in your questions, comments, audio segments, and whatnot. For our audio adventure, we’ll be concluding the UNIT Assembled boxed set with the fourth and final adventure, United. The boxed set is available from BigFinish.com.

Direct download: WanderIn4D155.mp3
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Wanderers in the 4th Dimension: The Curse of Fenric

This week we cover story #154, The Curse of Fenric!  The Doctor and Ace travel to World War II where they encounter and English base under threat from Russian troops.  But the place is haunted by a prophecy and a curse, and an ancient evil lies in wait here for the Doctor!

QotW: What classic #DoctorWho protagonist do you think should have been tied into a modern era story but wasn't?

So Here are the Things.../Listener Mailbag/Call for Retrospective Segments

Discussion of "The Curse of Fenric" (David 7.5, Trevor 6.75, Charlie 7.5)

Big Finish Audio Adventure: UNIT ASSEMBLED: 4.2 Tidal Wave (David 8.25, Trevor 8.5, Charlie 9)

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Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #155, the classic series finale, Survival! You can stream the serial from BritBox, buy a digital copy on iTunes, rent the DVD from Netflix, or buy the DVD from Amazon.com or many other fine retailers. For our audio adventure, we’ll continue our coverage of the UNIT Assembled boxed set with the third adventure, Retrieval. The boxed set is available from BigFinish.com.

Direct download: WanderIn4D154.mp3
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Wanderers in the 4th Dimension: Ghost Light

This week we cover story #153, Ghost Light!  The Doctor takes Ace to revisit a place from her past 100 years earlier as an "initiative test".  The old haunted house plays host to strange happenings which will force Ace to face the choices she made there a century later!

QotW: If the Doctor were to unexpectedly take you back somewhere you were unprepared to return to, where would he take you?

So Here are the Things.../Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "Ghost Light" (Charlie 5, David 4.75, Trevor 4.5)

Big Finish Audio Adventure: UNIT ASSEMBLED 4.1 Call to Arms (Charlie 7, David 7.75, Trevor 7.5)

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Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #154, The Curse of Fenric! This serial is out of print in region 1 and the DVD is unreasonably expensive, but you can still stream the serial on BritBox. For our audio adventure, we’ll be continuing our coverage of the UNIT Assembled boxed set with the second adventure, Tidal Wave. The boxed set is available on BigFinish.com.

Direct download: WanderIn4D153.mp3
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Wanderers in the 4th Dimension: Battlefield

This week we cover story #152, Battlefield!  The Doctor and Ace receive a distress call and follow it to Earth's near future, where Arthurian villains from another dimension threaten to conquer the Earth.  UNIT recalls the Brigadier to active duty and he joins forces with the Doctor and Ace to oppose the Arthurian onslaught!

QotW: What fictional character from myth or legend would you like to have turn out to actually be the Doctor?

So Here are the Things.../Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "Battlefield" (Trevor 8.5, Charlie 9.5, David 8.25)

Big Finish Audio Adventure: THE LIVES OF CAPTAIN JACK - Month 25 (Trevor 6.75/6.5, Charlie 6.5/6, David 6.75/6.75)

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Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #153, Ghost Light! The DVD is out of print and very expensive in region 1, but you can stream it from Britbox, buy a digital copy on iTunes, or rent the DVD from Netflix. For our audio adventure, we’ll be starting the UNIT Assembled boxed set with the first story, Call to Arms.

Direct download: WanderIn4D152.mp3
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Wanderers in the 4th Dimension: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

This week we cover story #151, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy!  The Doctor and Ace receive an ad for the Psychic Circus and decide to check it out, but soon find themselves drawn into the circus's web of intrigue when they learn that circus fans and performers alike have been disappearing.  Who is behind the mystery of the Psychic Circus?

QotW: If you could populate a circus with aliens from #DoctorWho, what aliens would be performing what acts?

So Here are the Things.../Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy" (David 7.5, Trevor 6, Charlie 6.5)

Big Finish Audio Adventure: THE LIVES OF CAPTAIN JACK - One Enchanted Evening (David 6.5, Trevor 6, Charlie 6)

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Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #152, Battlefield! This one is out of print in region 1 and hard to find for a reasonable price, but you can stream the serial from BritBox or rent the DVD from Netflix. For our audio adventure, we’ll be concluding The Lives of Captain Jack boxed set with the fourth adventure, Month 25. The boxed set is available from BigFinish.com.

Direct download: WanderIn4D151.mp3
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Wanderers in the 4th Dimension: Silver Nemesis

This week we cover story #150, Silver Nemesis!  When a pair of travelers come to present-day England from hundreds of years in the past in anticipation of the arrival of the destructive comet Nemesis, the Doctor and Ace must get involved -- but the Cybermen have arrived as well, and a group of neo-Nazis styling themselves as the fourth Reich.  What could the comet's secret be, and what does it have to do with the Doctor?

QotW: If you could mix three themes, elements, characters, or ideas into a single Doctor Who story, what would you mix?

So Here are the Things.../Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "Silver Nemesis" (Charlie 9, Connor 10, David 8, Trevor 8.5)

Big Finish Audio Adventure: THE LIVES OF CAPTAIN JACK - Wednesdays for Beginners (Charlie 7, Connor 8.9 chocolate bars, David 7.5, Trevor 7.5 cheetos)

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Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #151, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy! You can stream the serial from BritBox, rent the DVD from Netflix, or buy the DVD from the usual sources if it’s still in stock. For our audio adventure, we’ll continue The Lives of Captain Jack boxed set with the third adventure: One Enchanted Evening.

Direct download: WanderIn4D150.mp3
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Wanderers in the 4th Dimension: The Happiness Patrol

This week we cover story #149, The Happiness Patrol!  The Doctor and Ace explore the colony of Terra Alpha, where unhappiness has been outlawed.  This displeases them, much to their own peril!

QotW: If you were to be executed by lethal candy, what kind of candy would you want it to be?

So Here are the Things.../Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "The Happiness Patrol" (Trevor 6, Charlie 7.75, David 6.75)

Connor's Corner

Big Finish Audio Adventure: THE LIVES OF CAPTAIN JACK - The Year After I Died (Trevor 6.5, Charlie 6.5, David 7)

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Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #150, Silver Nemesis! You can stream the serial on BritBox, buy a digital copy on iTunes, rent the DVD from Netflix, or buy the DVD from Amazon.com or other fine retailers. For our audio adventure, we’ll be continuing The Lives of Captain Jack boxed set with the second adventure, Wednesdays for Beginners. The boxed set is available from BigFinish.com.

Direct download: WanderIn4D149.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:00am PDT
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