The Weekly Stuff Bonus Podcast #7 – Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos (Story 139, 1985)
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It’s time for another monthly bonus episode of The Weekly Stuff Podcast with Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman, where we will be discussing serials from classic Doctor Who history. The turbulent 1980s for Doctor Who reached its lowest and most fraught period during the reign of Sixth Doctor Colin Baker, when the BBC’s antagonism towards the show was at its most intense and the then 22-year-old series was even temporarily cancelled between Baker’s first and second seasons. In the midst of much behind-the-scenes chaos, the show’s on-screen quality wavered more than ever, despite consistently strong work from Baker himself. At least one true diamond-in-the-rough can be found in this era, and it’s the story we’re discussing today: “Vengeance on Varos,” the Sixth Doctor’s third story and one of
The Weekly Stuff Bonus Podcast #7 – Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos (Story 139, 1985)
The Weekly Stuff Bonus Podcast #7 – Doctor…
The Weekly Stuff Bonus Podcast #7 – Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos (Story 139, 1985)
It’s time for another monthly bonus episode of The Weekly Stuff Podcast with Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman, where we will be discussing serials from classic Doctor Who history. The turbulent 1980s for Doctor Who reached its lowest and most fraught period during the reign of Sixth Doctor Colin Baker, when the BBC’s antagonism towards the show was at its most intense and the then 22-year-old series was even temporarily cancelled between Baker’s first and second seasons. In the midst of much behind-the-scenes chaos, the show’s on-screen quality wavered more than ever, despite consistently strong work from Baker himself. At least one true diamond-in-the-rough can be found in this era, and it’s the story we’re discussing today: “Vengeance on Varos,” the Sixth Doctor’s third story and one of