Episode 58: No Other Women in Space (The Space Pirates)

Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension

This episode, we bring to you our discussion of a story that is, in the eyes of fandom, one of the worst stories of all time. Seriously, in Doctor Who Magazine’s 50th Anniversary poll, it came in at 7th last. It’s also the last story to have missing episodes. That’s right, it’s the one and only The Space Pirates! Will we find it as bad as accepted wisdom would have it?

Over the course of the episode, Don questions the justice system of the time that this is set in, Julie continues to fangirl over Jamie, Anthony questions the decision to merge the pirate and cowboy genres and then set the whole thing in space, and Reilly gets the name of The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon wrong and attempts to fix in post-production with some hilariously bad dubbing. As a group, the crew ponders the potential of a The Adventures of Milo Clancy spin-off.

For those of you who want to watch this along with us, this story is sadly missing – the existing episodes are available as part of the Lost in Time DVD boxset through Amazon US (https://amzn.to/3pea8s9) and Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/3pmd2em). The audio of the missing episodes is available as part of The Lost Episodes: Collection Five CD boxset, available Amazon US (https://amzn.to/3jl0H6p) and Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/3G7gq31). This is story is available to stream through Britbox US (http://www.britbox.com) and Britbox UK (http://www.britbox.co.uk).

Other media mentioned in this episode:

• Z Cars - Complete Collection 1 & 2 (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3pdDtmF | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3lV2cKn)
• Inseminoid (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3xRycmN | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2RCOW0o)
• Thunderbirds: The Complete Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3tvGdKL | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3et5aSt)
• Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons: The Complete Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/33rjlRU | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3vW6xPL)
• UFO: The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3tp8um4 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3twcdhy)
• Spaceballs (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2WeS5WY | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3gqxe9O)
• Count Duckula: The Complete Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3vUAQpJ | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3uv2w4x)
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3G6YCoH | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3m0qOSc)
• Blake’s 7: The Complete Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2Zh7045 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/39luyGI)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3BYyaef | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3DWG34s)
• Best of Warner Bros.: Looney Tunes 50 Cartoon Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3G4IZxN | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2XscKXX)
• Firefly (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3tvpaZ8 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3eYHhRY)
• Sanford & Son: Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/33ulAUB | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3tzJLvb)
• WarGames (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3xZXUFM | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3evcdu5)
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• Ennio Morricone Collected (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3f46xpZ | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3vNmiIH)
• The Mandalorian (Disney+: http://www.disneyplus.com/)

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