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Episode 32

Quentin Crisp Duck Face

We have a new Doctor, and a new release schedule. In the first weekly episode of Flight Through Entirety, Brendan, Nathan, Richard and Todd, the sort of girls who give motorcars pet names, discuss Tom Baker’s first ever Doctor Who story, Robot. Please do not resist. We do not wish to cause you unnecessary pain.

Episode 32: Quentin Crisp Duck Face · Duration 0:34:38 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 33

A Beneficent God

Todd has given that helmic regulator quite a twist, I’m afraid, and we’ve found ourselves in the year 16,087, on a space station being menaced by bubble wrap and fibreglass ants. And still it’s one of the best Doctor Who stories to date. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Ark in Space.

Episode 33: A Beneficent God · Duration 0:37:26 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 34

Choc Bit Breast Plates

This week, Flight Through Entirety is on location in Dartmoor, testing our resistance to fear, burning, pressure, fluid deprivation and immersion in liquids, as we discuss the third story of Tom Baker’s first season, The Sontaran Experiment.

Episode 34: Choc Bit Breast Plates · Duration 0:32:58 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 35

Bring Back the Drahvins

Our weekly flight through Tom Baker’s first season continues with an episode made entirely of thirty foot thick reinforced concrete. That’s right, it’s time for that 1975 classic, Genesis of the Daleks!

Episode 35: Bring Back the Drahvins · Duration 0:46:13 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 36

A Sociopathic Child

As our flight through Tom Baker’s first season comes to an end, we pull on a latex mask, strap on some bombs, fill our pockets with gold dust and drop down into Wookey Hole to discuss Revenge of the Cybermen.

Episode 36: A Sociopathic Child · Duration 0:42:43 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 37

A Shaved Mr Snuffleupagus

This week, we’re high in the misty Highlands, out by the purple islands, being attacked by Zygons, Scotland the Brave!

Episode 37: A Shaved Mr Snuffleupagus · Duration 0:36:37 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 38

Where’s Spielberg?

In a strange universe, in the distant future, the President, Vice-President and Treasurer of the Prentis Hancock Appreciation Society, Brendan, Richard and Nathan, meet to discuss shower curtains, detergent bottles and undeserved survival in Planet of Evil.

Episode 38: Where’s Spielberg? · Duration 0:39:52 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 39

He’s Always a Villain

This week we discuss Pyramids of Mars, a classic Hinchcliffe story that comes in the top ten in every reputable fan poll. Naturally enough, Nathan doesn’t like it.

Episode 39: He’s Always a Villain · Duration 0:41:35 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 40

Just Full of Nazis

Harry and Benton are back, but no one cares, as robot replicas of Brendan, Nathan and Richard trudge through Terry Nation’s penultimate Doctor Who story, The Android Invasion.

Episode 40: Just Full of Nazis · Duration 0:37:12 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 41

Philip Madoc in Fishnets

This week, we’re off to the planet Karn for wine, cheese and cyanide with Dr Mehendri Solon and his pet brain-in-a-jar Morbius. And Sarah Jane Smith has never had so much fun!

Episode 41: Philip Madoc in Fishnets · Duration 0:37:00 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 42

Playing It Straight

It’s time to put down those bonsai pruners and catch the first helicopter to Antarctica, as we discuss the final story of Season 13, that florid, fecund, flexuous and frutescent classic, The Seeds of Doom.

Episode 42: Playing It Straight · Duration 0:46:37 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 44

A Fabulous Beard

Well, Todd’s enthusiastic, Brendan’s cheerful and Nathan just wishes there was a Sontaran involved. We’re off to the Duchy of San Martino in Wales, where clichéd but gorgeously-designed things are afoot in The Masque of Mandragora.

Episode 44: A Fabulous Beard · Duration 0:31:34 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 45

Not Sufficiently Executed Enough

It’s time to bid a fond farewell to Lis Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, and what better way to do that than blowing her up, hypnotising her, sticking her in an exploding nuclear reactor and dangling her over the edge of a precipice in The Hand of Fear? Till we meet again, Sarah.

Episode 45: Not Sufficiently Executed Enough · Duration 0:33:42 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 46

A Hookah in the TARDIS

Where has the magic of Doctor Who gone? It’s the first time we’ve been back to Gallifrey since the last time, Todd is cross, and Mary Whitehouse is furious. It’s time for The Deadly Assassin!

Episode 46: A Hookah in the TARDIS · Duration 0:43:39 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 47

So Very Sexless

This week, Flight Through Entirety is conducting a weird experiment in eugenics to create the perfect race of Doctor Who podcasters. And so Brendan’s fake tan is orange, Nathan is wearing turquoise nappies and Todd’s face has been carved into the side of a mountain. That’s right, it’s time for The Face of Evil.

Episode 47: So Very Sexless · Duration 0:33:35 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 48

Midichlorians

Pamela Salem is a goddess and The Robots of Death is just brilliant. Is there anything more to say here?

Episode 48: Midichlorians · Duration 0:31:31 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 49

Equal Opportunity Death

This week, we risk the goodwill of our entire audience by spending the first 18 minutes of the episode discussing the appalling racism of fan favourite The Talons of Weng-Chiang. After that, Brendan and Todd talk about how great the story is, while Nathan just says Do you know what I mean? over and over again.

Episode 49: Equal Opportunity Death · Duration 0:50:50 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 50

The Practical Problem with Leaving Someone Alive

Well, we should have listened to Mrs Nethercott, really. Yet another story that we all love: the Graham Williams era kicks off with a spectacular Edwardian Base Under Siege™ — it’s Horror of Fang Rock!

Episode 50: The Practical Problem with Leaving Someone Alive · Duration 0:31:17 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 51

Ren and Stimpy

This week, Brendan, Nathan and Richard enjoy the worst prawn cocktail of the entire 1970s: it’s The Invisible Enemy.

Episode 51: Ren and Stimpy · Duration 0:36:38 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 52

Remotely Phallic

Brendan, Richard and Nathan are menaced, drugged and tied up, which means it’s either a normal Saturday night or the rather spectacular Image of the Fendahl.

Episode 52: Remotely Phallic · Duration 0:45:43 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 53

Don’t You Feel Every Single Centimetre?

This week, we head off into the far future of the distant planet Pluto (yes, we know, shut up), to liberate humanity from the Company, in The Sun Makers. Hey Cordo, don’t bogart the pentocyleinicmethylhydrane, man.

Episode 53: Don’t You Feel Every Single Centimetre? · Duration 0:34:27 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 54

Sophisticated Psychological Realism

Underworld just might be the worst Doctor Who story of the 1970s, which is why we spend this episode discussing Hellenistic epic, orgies in Diana Dors’s house, and the reason why you might choose to wear a bag on your head. Enjoy!

Episode 54: Sophisticated Psychological Realism · Duration 0:35:56 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 55

Timothy Dalton’s Pyjamas

As Season 15 limps towards its inevitable conclusion, we discover a new trope, reflect on the possibilities of Sevateem–Gallifreyan romance, and deplore the indefensible cruelty of horse racing: it’s The Invasion of Time!

Episode 55: Timothy Dalton’s Pyjamas · Duration 1:03:51 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 56

He Positioned the Sausage Wrongly

It’s the start of a new season, and Brendan, Nathan and Todd are sent on a mission from God to find six hidden podcast episodes, that, when assembled, form hours and hours of tiresome commentary on Season 16 of Doctor Who. First stop: The Ribos Operation.

Episode 56: He Positioned the Sausage Wrongly · Duration 0:38:53 · Download · Open in new window

Season 16The Fourth Doctor

Episode 57

Bucks Fizz

By the left frontal lobe of the Sky Demon, it’s a new golden age, and we’re off to Calufrax to confront The Pirate Planet.

Episode 57: Bucks Fizz · Duration 0:34:23 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 58

The Fool Idwal Morgan

This week, we’re back on Earth, being menaced by giant glowing fibreglass rocks. Incidentally, we’re also discussing the third story in the Key to Time season, The Stones of Blood.

Episode 58: The Fool Idwal Morgan · Duration 0:35:00 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 59

Joan Crawford with a Little Pencil Moustache

If there was ever any doubt that Brendan is a young man of exceptional taste and discernment, this episode finally lays it to rest with the revelation that his favourite Doctor Who story ever is The Androids of Tara!

Episode 59: Joan Crawford with a Little Pencil Moustache · Duration 0:38:53 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 60

Another Holmes Colonialism Thing

In this fart-astic episode of Flight Through Entirety, our search for the fifth segment of the Key to Time takes us to the third moon of Delta Magna where we confront The Power of Kroll.

Episode 60: Another Holmes Colonialism Thing · Duration 0:37:24 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 61

Holden Astra

It’s the final story of the Key to Time season, whose story wheezes and groans to a halt in The Armageddon Factor. Meanwhile, Brendan, Nathan and Todd have a lovely time praising Mary, dissing everything else, and answering that pressing question: what did we think of Doctor Who’s first ever season-long arc?

Episode 61: Holden Astra · Duration 1:00:30 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 62

Circuit Boards Glued to a Piece of Wood

It’s the start of an exciting new season of Doctor Who. Terry Nation’s back and Mary Tamm isn’t, but we still manage to pull ourselves together long enough to discuss Destiny of the Daleks.

Episode 62: Circuit Boards Glued to a Piece of Wood · Duration 0:50:22 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 63

Crushed with Disappointment

This week, Brendan, Richard and Nathan tackle City of Death, by Douglas Adams and Graham Williams. How many superlatives can fit in a single 40-minute podcast episode?

Episode 63: Crushed with Disappointment · Duration 0:41:33 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 64

There Shall Be No Fire

This week, Brendan, Richard and Nathan are just simply too mature to make fun of the ludicrously phallic monster in The Creature from the Pit. Aren’t we? Aren’t we?

Episode 64: There Shall Be No Fire · Duration 0:38:23 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 65

I Don’t Want Nancy Reagan

So, we’ve all taken several hits of vraxoin, which means that we really enjoyed this week’s story, in spite of the sets, the script, most of the performances and the ham-fisted anti-drugs message. It’s Nightmare of Eden!

Episode 65: I Don’t Want Nancy Reagan · Duration 0:40:19 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 66

Falling on Cory Bernardi

Our flight finally reaches the end of the 1970s, only to run out of hymetusite and crash ignominiously into The Horns of Nimon.

Episode 66: Falling on Cory Bernardi · Duration 0:44:19 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 67

Chaotic Intent

We’ve reached the end of the Graham Williams Era, and before we go off to have a relaxing one-month break in a nearby parallel universe, we have just enough time to discuss Shada, the sadly uncompleted keystone of the last three years of Doctor Who. Tea, anyone?

Episode 67: Chaotic Intent · Duration 0:55:59 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 68

Giant Squashy Bottoms

Exhausted by a two-hour tracking shot along Brighton Beach, Brendan, Nathan and Todd head off to the leisure planet Argolis, a beautifully-directed planet under attack from an army of David Haigs. Welcome to the 1980s, everyone!

Episode 68: Giant Squashy Bottoms · Duration 0:57:38 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 69

By the Power of Bad Acting

The Season 18 fun continues this week as we head off to the planet Tigella to confront megalomaniacal pot plant Meglos. On the way, we discuss another important trope, hating the Doctor’s old friends, and, of course, the awesome wonder of Jacqueline Hill.

Episode 69: By the Power of Bad Acting · Duration 0:38:00 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 70

He Swims in a Very Special Way

This week, our trip to Gallifrey is unexpectedly diverted when we fall headlong into Doctor Who’s first ever trilogy, set in a bubble universe weirdly intersecting with the Newtown Branch of The Sofa of Reasonable Comfort. While there, we discuss polar vs Cartesian coordinates, the laws governing space evolution and skimpy transparent underwear. Tell Dexeter we’ve come full circle!

Episode 70: He Swims in a Very Special Way · Duration 0:50:57 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 71

Why Is E-Space Green?

Our flight through the vast green void of the E-Space Trilogy continues, as we land on an unnamed planet inhabited only by playing-card monarchs, unconvincing plastic bats and press-on BBC beards. But we still have a pretty good time. Welcome to State of Decay.

Episode 71: Why Is E-Space Green? · Duration 0:40:20 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 72

Petulant Teenage Moment

Our flight through E-Space crashes into a mysterious white void inhabited only by crazy alchemist Christopher Hamilton Bidmead and some hirsute slaves on the run from a Jean Cocteau film. It’s Warriors’ Gate.

Episode 72: Petulant Teenage Moment · Duration 0:46:47 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 73

Web of Nothing

This week, Brendan, Nathan and Todd perform the entire podcast in iambic pentameters and wearing stick-on BBC beards. The script is great, the sets are great, the actors are great, and the Master is here too. It’s The Keeper of Traken.

Episode 73: Web of Nothing · Duration 0:47:29 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 74

Full of Orphans

This episode, we say farewell to the star of Doctor Who’s last seven years and a huge part of our childhoods: the Great Curator himself, Tom Baker. On the way, we discuss gravity, orphans, Auntie Vanessa’s outfit, agnosticism and the untimely destruction of the entire universe. It’s Logopolis.

Episode 74: Full of Orphans · Duration 1:31:34 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 75

It’s All About Him

Tom’s gone, so it’s time for another retrospective episode, ably compered by Sir Todd Beilby. Who will we snog, marry and avoid this time?

Episode 75: It’s All About Him · Duration 1:13:00 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 90

Great Balls of Commentary!

We’ve now been recording Flight Through Entirety for exactly twenty years, and to celebrate this milestone, all four of us are back for our second ever commentary podcast. So grab your iPhone, fire up your Blu-ray player and settle down to a relaxing pineapple daquiri. It’s The Five Doctors!

Episode 90: Great Balls of Commentary! · Duration 1:37:13 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 120

Carrying an Offensive Commentary

This week, we give Sylvester McCoy a brief holiday while we revisit a Doctor Who story with some actual women in it. Which seems like the right thing to do nowadays. Sausage sandwiches at the ready, everyone: it’s our commentary on The Stones of Blood.

Episode 120: Carrying an Offensive Commentary · Duration 1:38:07 · Download · Open in new window

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