Episode 42: The Tomb of the Cybermen

Doctor Who: the World Enough and Time podcast

It's 2022 and Andy and Alex celebrate the fact that its 30 years (30!) since The Tomb of the Cybermen was returned to the archives. Well they don't exactly celebrate this as I've only just worked it out for these episode notes but it's a neat milestone all the same. During proceedings Alex orders 'a bottle of a bottle', Andy fails to print his podcast notes, and a robin in a black cagoole causes a commotion. When it comes to talking Tomb, Andy pronounces Telos correctly and vociferously defends Victoria, Alex calmly explains why none of Doctor Who should be cancelled, and there’s a long tale of Shirley Cooklin (Kaftan) getting a little pissed off at a funeral. Elsewhere, this month’s quiz is ‘Tomb or Boom’, RuPaul features on the Time-Space Visualiser, and there’s even a little contemporary Flux-based discussion. More importantly than any of the above neither Alex of Andy are wearing orange underwear as they will explain! The more knowledgeable Who fans will realise that I get the Denise Buckley story wrong. In fact, Alex is dead right that the re-casting of Victoria was to do with Pauline Collins. Oh well. Not quite seamless in post. Happy New Year to you our lovely listeners. Next Time: Probably a McCoy. (This episode's opening words are from the prologue of Gerry Davis's novelisation of Tomb)