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

Wanderers in the 4th Dimension: The Leisure Hive

This week we cover story #109, The Leisure Hive!  The Doctor and Romana visit Argolis for a vacation but are soon caught up in a plot of galactic domination!  How could a leisure planet have such a dark secret?

QotW with special guest co-host Leann: The Wanderers think The Leisure Hive is not a memorable name for a serial. What would you title this serial?

Charlie's Variety Segment/Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "The Leisure Hive" (David 7.75, Trevor 7.5, Charlie 7.5)

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Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #110, Meglos! You can buy the DVD from Amazon.com, the WB Shop, BarnesAndNoble.com, or many other fine retailers.

Direct download: WanderIn4D109.mp3
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Wanderers in the 4th Dimension: Shada

This week we cover story #108.5, Shada!  In this unfinished serial, the Doctor and Romana visit Professor Chronotis on Earth in the 1970s -- but what dark secret does he hide, and who is the mysterious Skagra who is after the man and his Gallifreyan book?  In this extra-long episode we review FOUR different versions of Shada!

QotW: In #Shada a TARDIS appears as a college room. What real-life building do you think might be a TARDIS?

Charlie's Variety Segment/Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "Shada" (Charlie 8, David 8.25, Trevor 8.25)

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Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #109, The Leisure Hive! You can buy a digital copy on iTunes or buy the DVD from Amazon.com, BarnesAndNoble.com, the WB Shop, the BBC Doctor Who Shop, or many other fine retailers.

Direct download: WanderIn4D108.5.mp3
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Wanderers in the 4th Dimension: The Horns of Nimon

This week we cover story #108, Nightmare of Eden!  The Doctor and Romana visit Skonnos where a mysterious Nimon has had a labyrinthine power complex built under the direction of his priest, Soldeed -- but to what sinister end?  

QotW: If you had to pick a universe for the Nimons to swarm like locusts, what universe would it be?

Charlie's Variety Segment/Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "The Horns of Nimon" (Trevor 7.5, Charlie 7.75, David 8.75)

Big Finish: 4th Doctor Adventures: The Sands of Life (Trevor 8, Charlie 8, David 8)

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Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #... well, it doesn’t really have a number, because it was unfinished and never broadcast. But it’s after story #108 and before story 109, so let’s call it 108.5, shall we? (We’ll argue about the details on next week’s show.) You can buy the DVD from Amazon.com, BarnesAndNoble.com, the WB Shop, the BBC Doctor Who Shop, or many other fine retailers.

Direct download: WanderIn4D108.mp3
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Wanderers in the 4th Dimension: Nightmare of Eden

This week we cover story #107, Nightmare of Eden!  The Doctor and Romana find themselves aboard a ship with a problem: another ship has materialized overlapping it.  Meanwhile, the crew are overdosing from a rare drug and monsters are rampaging through the ship.  What foul plot could explain all of these disasters?

QotW: If you could capture a place in a data crystal and later project it and return there any time, what place would you choose?

Charlie's Variety Segment/Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "Nightmare of Eden" (David 7.5, Trevor 7.75, Charlie 7)

Big Finish: 4th Doctor Adventures: The Auntie Matter (David 8, Trevor 8, Charlie 8.5)

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Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #108, The Horns of Nimon! You can rent the DVD from Netflix, or buy the DVD from Amazon.com, but we had difficulty locating other retailers selling it directly at a reasonable price.

Direct download: WanderIn4D107.mp3
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Wanderers in the 4th Dimension: Creature from the Pit

This week we cover story #106, The Creature from the Pit!  The Doctor and Romana find themselves on a world in a dark age where metal is precious and a strange alien eggshell has appeared on the landscape.  But what mysterious creature lurks in the pit the planet's leader casts her enemies into?

QotW: Creature from the Pit was the last Doctor Who serial directed by Christopher Barry. What's your favorite story of his and why?

Charlie's Variety Segment/Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "Creature from the Pit" (Scott 8.5, Charlie 8.5, David 8.25, Trevor 7.5)

Big Finish: Tenth Doctor Adventures -- Death and the Queen (Charlie 7, David 7.75, Trevor 7.5)

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Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #107, Nightmare of Eden!  You can buy a digital copy on iTunes or rent the DVD from Netflix.  This one is out of print in region 1, so if you can find a copy for sale, it will likely be rather expensive.

Direct download: WanderIn4D106.mp3
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