Episode 90: Cloudy with a Chance of Metebelis (Planet of the Spiders)

Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension

This episode, the Watchers return to Metebelis III as they exasperatedly take on the final Pertwee serial with Planet of the Spiders. Complete with a former salesman plotting revenge through the accumulation of power while at a Buddhist retreat (wut?) and a mindlessly self-indulgent chase scene, is this the story that will finally break the Watchers (or just Reilly)?

Along the way, Anthony struggles to make sense of the Spiders’ power structure, Julie picks up on one particular element inspiring a major device for 2008’s Series 4 episode Turn Left, Don rages at the brazen attempt to add to canon for no good reason, and Reilly finds Lupton’s plan so utterly baffling. The entire crew despairs over the mindless self-indulgence that is the Part Two chase scene.

If you would like to watch along with us, this serial is available for streaming at both Britbox US (https://www.britbox.com) and Britbox UK (https://www.britbox.co.uk). It can also be found on DVD from Amazon US (https://amzn.to/3vsutw7) and Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/3BtRqDd).

Other media mentioned in this episode:

• Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3bkGT2n | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3oJTI9D)
• The James Bond Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3FWn6kg | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3DQB4lR)
• Harry Potter: Complete 8-Film Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3SdAHd5 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3oFjhZh)
• Hot Fuzz (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2Uj9pZM | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3hHvhXw)
• Men in Black (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3PP6lMk | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3vr3VeP)
• The IT Crowd: The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3jn6p7V | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3n55Q3y)
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Netflix: https://www.netflix.com)
• Dumbo (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3vtBpJr | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3vqimQ8)
• The Wizard of Oz (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3ATvg9t | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3ARGSd3)
• The Flintstones: The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3G6YA03 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3poISY2)
• Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3zJtkTr | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3JeVJEh)
• Songs of Innocence and of Experience, by William Blake (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3PZe5ve | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3ByvjeV)
• The Iliad, by Homer (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2Z4xPbO | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3paJMY8)
• The Odyssey, by Homer (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2Xp1mMD | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3jdNQ60)
• Chewits Monster (YouTube: https://youtu.be/bg92hFmIDuc)
• The Best of SNL’s Stefon (YouTube: https://youtu.be/A94ktjmgZvM)
• Welcome to Night Vale (https://welcometonightvale.com)

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