Drunken Time Travel

A special return to finish off the classic Doctors, we are joined by AAl and Matt from the Post Atomic Horror podcast. Image (Doctors) BBC

Third Doctor and Sarah Here it is, apologies for the delay for any listeners, The Third Doctor, the last episode. How will he die and pave the way for Tom Baker? "At a Tibetan retreat in England, a group are using meditation rituals to tap into a mysterious alien power. Unwittingly, they create a bridge between Earth and Metebelis 3, a planet where "Two legs" are oppressed by giant spiders.    The creatures are desperate to recover the blue jewel that the doctor gave to jo as a wedding gift. Now The Doctor must risk everything and return to Metebelis 3 to face the power of the great one, who plans to enslave all of Human kind..." Written By: Robert Sloman (and Barry Letts)  Directed By: Barry Letts

Third Doctor and Sarah Jane "The TARDIS lands on Peladon 50 years after its first visit.The Doctor and Sarah discover a troubled planet at the centre of a war - and the galactic federation desperately needs a mineral found in the mines. But why is the ghost of Aggedor killing miners and why can't everyone be trusted? Queen Tharila needs The Doctor's help to find out..." Written By: Brain HaylesDirected By: Lennie Mayne

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Third Doctor and Sarah Jane "A power failure in the TARDIS draws it off course, and The Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith end up stranded on the bleak planet of Exxilon. They soon meet members of an Earth expedition in a similar situation.  The Humans are searching for a rare mineral, but first they must find out what is draining their power and avoid what’s inside another grounded spaceship – The Doctor’s oldest enemies, the Daleks…" Written By: Terry NationDirected By: Michael Briant

Third Doctor and Sarah Jane "Returning to london The Doctor and Sarah find a city almost completely devoid of life. The civilian population has been evacuated in the wake of an unimaginable event: somehow dinosaurs have returned to terrorise the Earth... As the Brigadier and UNIT fend off increasingly vicious attacks from gigantic prehistoric reptiles, The Doctor investigates just how these monsters are appearing without warning. But when Sarah Jane is kidnapped, The Doctor realises that perhaps even his oldest friends can't be trusted...." Written By: Malcolm HulkeDirected By: Paddy Russell

3rd Doctor and Sarah "The Doctor is called in by unit to investigate when a number of scientists go missing from a top security institute. Following the kidnappings back in time to the middle ages, he is unaware that investigative journalist Sarah Jane has stowed aboard the tardis.  As events unfold, The Doctor discovers a sinister alien, intent on altering the future of mankind..." Written By: Robert HolmesDirected By: Alan Bromly

Third Doctor, Jo, and Brig "UNIT is called to a sleepy mining town in South Wales to investigate the mysterious death of a miner in an inactive pit. The Wholeweal environmental community believe that a local chemical company has something to do with the death, and when the Doctor heads a mission down the mines he discovers thousands of maggots surrounded by poisonous slime. Further investigation at the chemical works reveals the owner to be under the malign influence of a sentient computer, BOSS." Written By: Robert Sloman and Barry LettsDirected By: Michael Briant

Third Doctor and Jo "The TARDIS arrives on Spiridon, an inhospitable planet where the vegetation is hungry and extremely dangerous. The Doctor has been badly hurt and has fallen into a coma, so it's up to his concerned assistant Jo to leave the safety of the tardis to find help. She soon discovers a jungle containing invisible creatures, and that the planet is hiding a terrible secret about The Doctor's oldest enemy, the Daleks..." Written By: Terry NationDirected By: David Maloney

Third Doctor and Jo "It is the year 2450 and a fragile peace exists between the great empires of Earth and Draconia. The TARDIS materialises aboard on Earth cargo ship which comes under attack. Arrested and accused of espionage, The Doctor is sentenced to life imprisonment on the Moon, but salvation arrives in an unexpected form...  Can The Doctor and Jo stop The Master's plans to provoke a galactic war and reveal the deadly enemy waiting for the chance to destroy both empires?" Written By: Malcolm HulkeDirected By: Paul Barnard 

Third Doctor and  Jo "Freed from his exile on Earth, The Doctor takes Jo on a test flight in the TARDIS, landing aboard the SS Bernice, a cargo ship crossing the Indian Ocean in 1926.  As events unfold, it seems that their fate lies in the hands of a travelling showman named Vorg, who has just arrived on inter minor with an inter- galactic peepshow called the miniscope..." Written By: Robert HolmesDirected By: Barry Letts

1st, 2nd, 3rd, Jo, and The Brig "The Time Lords are in crisis. A powerful force is draining their energy into a mysterious black hole - and they must recruit The Doctor to save them. But one Doctor isn’t enough for this mission...  All three of The Doctor's incarnations, aided by Jo Grant and UNIT, must face the wrath of Omega - a fallen Time Lord trapped for millennia in a universe of anti-matter. Driven mad by his exile, Omega now has just one thing on his mind - revenge..." Written By: Bob Baker and Dave MartinDirected By: Lennie Mayne

Third Doctor, and Jo "The Master is back! Assuming the alias of Professor Thascales, he harbours a plot to seize control of time itself. Can The Doctor and Jo thwart his terrible plan?  What secrets does the trident-shaped crystal hold? Why is the ancient city of Atlantis central to the master's plan? And what mythical terror lies at the heart of the maze? With time literally against them, the odds might just be too great for the time travellers..." Written By: Robert Sloman and Barry Letts Directed By: Paul Bernard

Third Doctor and Jo "When a message pod turns up at UNIT HQ, The Doctor and his assistant Jo Grant find themselves with another dangerous mission for the Time Lords.  The TARDIS takes them to Skybase One above the planet Solos. It is the 30th century and the planet is about to achieve independence from Earth's empire, but someone has very different plans and alarmingly, many of the natives are mutating into fierce-looking creatures. The Doctor and Jo must find out why..." Written By: Bob Baker and Dave MartinDirected By: Christopher Barry

3rd Doctor and Jo 'Arrested after the events at Devil's End, The Master has been incarcerated at a top-security prison on a remote island off the south coast of England. When The Doctor and Jo Grant pay a visit to their old enemy, they find him a reformed character. But can the spate of mysterious shipping accidents and garbled reports of sea monsters in the local area really be a coincidence? The Doctor soon finds himself pitted against the Sea Devils, an ancient race of reptiles intent on eliminating mankind and reclaiming the earth for themselves...' Written By: Malcolm HulmeDirected By: Michael Bryant

Third Doctor, Jo Taking a test flight, the tardis makes an inelegant landing on the planet Peladon.  Mistaken for Earth's representative, The Doctor soon finds himself chairing the committee of alien delegates assessing Peladon's petition to join the Galactic Federation.  When one of the King's advisors is killed, the high priest fears the ancient curse of Aggedor is at work, but The Doctor is sure that his old enemies the Ice Warriors are to blame. Can Jo and The Doctor uncover the identity of the saboteurs before a major diplomatic incident plunges them into war? Written By: Brian HaylesDirected By: Lennie Mayne

Third Doctor, Jo, and Brigadier On Earth in the 22nd century, Daleks have enslaved the planet and Humans live in fear of their master. Meanwhile, back in the 20th century, a peace conference is urgently needed to prevent World War Three. When reports reach UNIT of a ghost at Auderly House - the site for the conference - The Doctor and Jo decide to investigate. Danger is waiting for them there, including a trip two hundred years into the future without the TARDIS... Written By: Louis MarksDirected By: Paul Bernard

Third Doctor, Jo, and The Brigadier In the peaceful village of Devil’s End something very strange is happening. A professor is preparing to open a nearby burial mound, and a local white witch foresees death and disaster. Meanwhile, the new vicar looks suspiciously like The Master and he is using black magic to conjure up an ancient dæmon. Can The Doctor, Jo and UNIT stop their old enemy before he succeeds? Written By: Guy Leopold (Barry Letts and Robert Sloman)Directed By: Christopher Barry LinksTardis de-materialisation effect

That's the Christmas Break over with, seems ages ago doesn't it? Now it's time to get back to the regularly scheduled episodes and drinking...lots of drinking. Seriously, we were quite drunk with this one. Enjoy. The Time Lords discover that The Master has stolen secret information about a device called the doomsday weapon and realise they need the exiled Doctor's help. They send the TARDIS, along with The Doctor and his assistant Jo Grant, to the bleak planet Uxarieus in the middle of the 25th century where all is not well. What is attacking the colonists and can the doctor stop his old enemy from finding the dangerous weapon before it is too late? Written By: Malcolm HulkeDirected By: Michael Briant Beer: White Horse - Village Idiot

For those that haven't been over to Post Atomic Horror, here's Part 2 of our crossover.