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While Dave is jet-setting around Europe, Rob welcomes Dylan Rees (DOCTOR WHO: TOO HOT FOR TV) back to the podcast. Dylan has brought today's main topic: 1960s Doctor Who writer, and sometime script editor, Dennis Spooner. The guys keep the discussion light, so anyone can tune in and learn a little about Dennis and his stories without feeling overwhelmed by someone they perhaps aren't familiar with, writing black and white television almost 60 years ago. Before then, the guys discuss some news from the past month, some short topics, and some great listener feedback. We really do have the best listeners, folks. Hope you enjoy the episode! Contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

While Dave is jet-setting around Europe, Rob welcomes Dylan Rees (DOCTOR WHO: TOO HOT FOR TV) back to the podcast. Dylan has brought today's main topic: 1960s Doctor Who writer, and sometime script editor, Dennis Spooner. The guys keep the discussion light, so anyone can tune in and learn a little about Dennis and his stories without feeling overwhelmed by someone they perhaps aren't familiar with, writing black and white television almost 60 years ago. Before then, the guys discuss some news from the past month, some short topics, and some great listener feedback. We really do have the best listeners, folks. Hope you enjoy the episode! Contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

Having covered the first half of the story in our last episode, we’re back in Bring Back the Corpse of Dennis Spooner to discuss episodes 7 through 12 of The Daleks’ Master Plan! If you missed the first half of our discussion of this story, you can find it in our previous episode, Poppycock and Nonsense.   This time around, Don continues his vendetta against John Wiles, Julie pines for more of the Meddling Monk, Reilly wishes for some Dalek situational comedy in the style of The Office, while Anthony expresses his disappointment over the lack of the Evil Christmas Tree delegate. All the while, the entire team continues their debate over which delegate is which.   For those who want to watch along with us, the surviving episodes are available as part of the Lost in Time DVD set, which is available through both Amazon US (https://amzn.to/3pea8s9) and Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/3pmd2em). You can find the missing episodes on narrated audio in The Lost TV Episodes: Collection Two box set through either Amazon US (https://amzn.to/3BT5dAh) or Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/3vlQnzY). If you want to watch the reconstruction, you should Google it – we don’t want to be naughty by posting a link to Dailymotion *cough*.   Other media mentioned in this episode: Blake’s 7 – The Complete Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3aMvRyT | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3aMxa0L) The Best of Benny Hill (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3lUOM17 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3jg6w5k) The Office – The Complete Series [US Version] (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/30ETjwn | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3pdhmg4) Avengers: Infinity War (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3aV91Fj | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2Z0eIz4) Guardians of the Galaxy (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3peOX9m | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3aLvBQZ) Douglas Adams – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3G1iKZ5 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3voI3zw) Douglas Adams – Life, the Universe, and Everything (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3jd2ef1 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3piDGF5) George Orwell – Animal Farm (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3FW5VPV | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3n2me57)    Big Finish’s Meddling Monk stories: 2nd Doctor: The Black Hole (BigFinish.com: https://bit.ly/3aVamvP) 3rd Doctor: The Blame Game (BigFinish.com: https://bit.ly/3DVtzdE) 3rd Doctor: The Rise of the New Humans (BigFinish.com: https://bit.ly/3FUIl62) 4th Doctor: How to Win Planets and Influence People (BigFinish.com: https://bit.ly/3n4VNvv) 5th Doctor: The Secret History (BigFinish.com: https://bit.ly/3n3Z1zw) 8th Doctor: The Book of Kells (BigFinish.com: https://bit.ly/3ASSCvQ) 8th Doctor: The Resurrection of Mars (BigFinish.com: https://bit.ly/3ASZ3yQ) 8th Doctor: Lucie Miller (BigFinish.com: https://bit.ly/3n4W4P3) 8th Doctor: To the Death (BigFinish.com: https://bit.ly/3aQYviG) 8th Doctor: Doom Coalition 4 (BigFinish.com: https://bit.ly/3n3Zf9Q) Missy: Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated (BigFinish.com: https://bit.ly/3paJJvv)    Finally, you can also follow us and interact with us on various forms of social media - Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. You can also e-mail us at watchers4d@gmail.com. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please leave us a review on your preferred podcasting app.

Having covered the first half of the story in our last episode, we’re back in Bring Back the Corpse of Dennis Spooner to discuss episodes 7 through 12 of The Daleks’ Master Plan! If you missed the first half of our discussion of this story, you can find it in our previous episode, <a href="https://watchers4d.podbean.com/e/episode-23-poppycock-and-nonsense/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Poppycock and Nonsense</a>. This time around, Don continues his vendetta against John Wiles, Julie pines for more of the Meddling Monk, Reilly wishes for some Dalek situational comedy in the style of The Office, while Anthony expresses his disappointment over the lack of the Evil Christmas Tree delegate. All the while, the entire team continues their debate over which delegate is which. For those who want to watch along with us, the surviving episodes are available as part of the Lost in Time DVD set, which is available through both Amazon US (<a href="https://amzn.to/3pea8s9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3pea8s9</a>) and Amazon UK (<a href="https://amzn.to/3pmd2em" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3pmd2em</a>). You can find the missing episodes on narrated audio in The Lost TV Episodes: Collection Two box set through either Amazon US (<a href="https://amzn.to/3BT5dAh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3BT5dAh</a>) or Amazon UK (<a href="https://amzn.to/3vlQnzY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3vlQnzY</a>). If you want to watch the reconstruction, you should Google it – we don’t want to be naughty by posting a link to Dailymotion *cough*. Other media mentioned in this episode: <ul><li>Blake’s 7 – The Complete Collection (Amazon US: <a href="https://amzn.to/3aMvRyT" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3aMvRyT</a> | Amazon UK: <a href="https://amzn.to/3aMxa0L" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3aMxa0L</a>)</li> <li>The Best of Benny Hill (Amazon US: <a href="https://amzn.to/3lUOM17" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3lUOM17</a> | Amazon UK: <a href="https://amzn.to/3jg6w5k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3jg6w5k</a>)</li> <li>The Office – The Complete Series [US Version] (Amazon US: <a href="https://amzn.to/30ETjwn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/30ETjwn</a> | Amazon UK: <a href="https://amzn.to/3pdhmg4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3pdhmg4</a>)</li> <li>Avengers: Infinity War (Amazon US: <a href="https://amzn.to/3aV91Fj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3aV91Fj</a> | Amazon UK: <a href="https://amzn.to/2Z0eIz4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2Z0eIz4</a>)</li> <li>Guardians of the Galaxy (Amazon US: <a href="https://amzn.to/3peOX9m" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3peOX9m</a> | Amazon UK: <a href="https://amzn.to/3aLvBQZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3aLvBQZ</a>)</li> <li>Douglas Adams – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Amazon US: <a href="https://amzn.to/3G1iKZ5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3G1iKZ5</a> | Amazon UK: <a href="https://amzn.to/3voI3zw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3voI3zw</a>)</li> <li>Douglas Adams – Life, the Universe, and Everything (Amazon US: <a href="https://amzn.to/3jd2ef1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3jd2ef1</a> | Amazon UK: <a href="https://amzn.to/3piDGF5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3piDGF5</a>)</li> <li>George Orwell – Animal Farm (Amazon US: <a href="https://amzn.to/3FW5VPV" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3FW5VPV</a> | Amazon UK: <a href="https://amzn.to/3n2me57" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3n2me57</a>)</li> </ul> Big Finish’s Meddling Monk stories: <ul><li>2nd Doctor: The Black Hole (<a href="http://BigFinish.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BigFinish.com</a>: <a href="https://bit.ly/3aVamvP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3aVamvP</a>)</li> <li>3rd Doctor: The Blame Game (<a href="http://BigFinish.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BigFinish.com</a>: <a href="https://bit.ly/3DVtzdE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3DVtzdE</a>)</li> <li>3rd Doctor: The Rise of the New Humans (<a href="http://BigFinish.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BigFinish.com</a>: <a href="https://bit.ly/3FUIl62" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3FUIl62</a>)</li> <li>4th Doctor: How to Win Planets and Influence People (<a href="http://BigFinish.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BigFinish.com</a>: <a href="https://bit.ly/3n4VNvv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3n4VNvv</a>)</li> <li>5th Doctor: The Secret History (<a href="http://BigFinish.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BigFinish.com</a>: <a href="https://bit.ly/3n3Z1zw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3n3Z1zw</a>)</li> <li>8th Doctor: The Book of Kells (<a href="http://BigFinish.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BigFinish.com</a>: <a href="https://bit.ly/3ASSCvQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3ASSCvQ</a>)</li> <li>8th Doctor: The Resurrection of Mars (<a href="http://BigFinish.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BigFinish.com</a>: <a href="https://bit.ly/3ASZ3yQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3ASZ3yQ</a>)</li> <li>8th Doctor: Lucie Miller (<a href="http://BigFinish.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BigFinish.com</a>: <a href="https://bit.ly/3n4W4P3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3n4W4P3</a>)</li> <li>8th Doctor: To the Death (<a href="http://BigFinish.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BigFinish.com</a>: <a href="https://bit.ly/3aQYviG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3aQYviG</a>)</li> <li>8th Doctor: Doom Coalition 4 (<a href="http://BigFinish.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BigFinish.com</a>: <a href="https://bit.ly/3n3Zf9Q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3n3Zf9Q</a>)</li> <li>Missy: Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated (<a href="http://BigFinish.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BigFinish.com</a>: <a href="https://bit.ly/3paJJvv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3paJJvv</a>)</li> </ul> Finally, you can also follow us and interact with us on various forms of social media - <a href="mailto:Facebook">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/watchers4d/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/Watchers4D" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. 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Episode 24: Bring Back the Corpse of Dennis Spooner (The Daleks‘ Master Plan - Episodes 7-12)

It's historicals a-go-go as Erik and Kyle discuss one of the most influential writers of early Doctor Who, Dennis Spooner. He wrote three stories, "The Reign of Terror," "The Romans," and "The Time Meddler," all during William Hartnell's first two seasons, and was a script editor in season two. He might be one of the most important writers in the history of the show, and the fellas will tell you why.  Send feedback to erikandkyle@gmail.com TWITTER: @DWTWR, @sjcAustenite, @FunctionalNerd

It's historicals a-go-go as Erik and Kyle discuss one of the most influential writers of early Doctor Who, Dennis Spooner. He wrote three stories, "The Reign of Terror," "The Romans," and "The Time Meddler," all during William Hartnell's first two seasons, and was a script editor in season two. He might be one of the most important writers in the history of the show, and the fellas will tell you why. Send feedback to erikandkyle@gmail.com TWITTER: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/dwtwr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@DWTWR</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/sjcAustenite" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@sjcAustenite</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/functionalnerd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@FunctionalNerd</a>