Episode 71: Hot Colony Mud Wrestling (Colony in Space)

Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension

We’re on alien planet for the first time since The Krotons! It’s corporations vs. colonizers, with an ancient weapon of mass destruction in the background! Oh, and since its Season 8, the Master shows up, in disguise. Sort of. Whatever. It’s one of the less-loved serials of the season in Colony in Space!

During the episode, Reilly gets his lawyer on, Julie gets frustrated at the role given to Jo (or, rather, lack of role), Anthony discusses the sunk cost fallacy and its relevance to this serial, and Don has never been so happy to see a quarry. We all contemplate this serial's similarities to the very earliest serials in Doctor Who.

If you would like to watch along with us, this story is available for streaming at both Britbox US and Britbox UK. If you’re a little old fashioned (like Anthony), you can get it on physical media from Amazon US (https://amzn.to/3GOA7wG) and Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/3q9hAFp).

Other media mentioned in this episode:

• Zardoz (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2ZVt04O | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3o1ABqS)
• Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3ptuM83 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3BSULsQ)
• Firefly (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3tvpaZ8 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3eYHhRY)
• The Pink Panther (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3018fEY | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3BSvPkh)
• Blazing Saddles (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2Z1Eeok | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3n5G9Ac)
• Scooby Doo Where Are You – The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2WeSMj2 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3zeqTFO)
• Beneath the Planet of the Apes (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2ZZff56 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3mMBmEM)
• Deadpool (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3qcmHEX | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3kdHapb)
• The Island of Dr Moreau, by H.G. Wells (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3wk7xyt | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3wtirSI)
• Sunk cost fallacy (Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost#Fallacy_effect)

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