In this episode, the Eternals have some distressing contemporary resonances, the Master is smoked paprika, and Terminus has an obvious reading that somehow neither of us have encountered before (do get in touch if you know a source that does it well). Ciarán somehow manages to get the words “moral ambiguity” and “Black Guardian” into the same sentence without breaking the English language, before Jacob exclusively reveals said Guardian’s side gig. We also talk quite substantially about the other two Davison seasons, possibly freeing ourselves of the obligation of actually covering them in the process.
Very minor errata that occurred to me (Ciarán) in editing: it’s the Battle of Waterloo, not the First World War, that is said to have been won “on the playing fields of Eton” (quite the opposite is often said of WWI), while the Robert Browning poem mentioned as a source for The Five Doctors is “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came,” which I think I was mixing up with “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage,” by Lord Byron. Everything Jacob said is perfect, as always.
Mawdryn Undead: 0:35
Terminus: 20:56
Enlightenment: 43:51
The King’s Demons: 1:02:32
The Five Doctors: 1:18:34
Rankings and Conclusions: 1:34:45
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