GPR Ep. 285: The Sontaran Experiment

Sometimes, when you have a tale to tell, you don't need to embellish it with a lot of extraneous characters and tangential moments. The beginning, middle, and end just fall into place, straightforward and true. (And you don't even have to mention that in the crafting of the story, people were getting seriously injured, and it was probably best that you didn't drag things for any longer, else something really nasty might come about.)

This week, Taylor Nelson from The PODcastica joins us for a surprisingly brief rewatch of Season 12's two-part story, 'The Sontaran Experiment'. Neither he nor Jay had viewed it before, and were rather thrown to find that it was the first two-episode story of Doctor Who ever aired. Nonetheless, we all agreed it was a tight, perfectly enjoyable extension to the "Ark In Space" predecessor...perhaps...the Ark Arc? (We'll show ourselves out.) The TARDIS is missed, Harry is a bit of a clod (again), Sarah Jane stands strong against Styre, and Tom Baker is endearing and amiable, despite an on-set injury that would/should have really impeded his performance. Let's face it...he's just that good.

EXTRA: A little "Five Rounds, Rapid" with Taylor!