This is where the time is. So when someone asks you “Where has the time gone?”, point them here.
- Two shows must be present for that week to be eligible for a podcast. Three shows are ideal, four are a tight squeeze, and more than four might mean that a “B” episode is warranted, especially if there’s a clear dividing line (i.e. three shows are prime time shows, three shows are Saturday morning kids’ shows, or three shows were made and shown for American audiences, while the other three were British shows).
- “Orphans” can be bundled together by month/serial at a later date for “dead week” shows.
- For a lost episode to be discussed rather than just getting a verbal acknowledgement, there must be something to review – audio recordings, scripts, etc. A lost episode with no reviewable material may drop a week back under the threshold to a single show.
- How daily strip-syndication shows will be covered: All given episodes for a week will be summarized and discussed almost as if they’re a single episode. Shows this applies to: Battle Of The Planets, Star Blazers, He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe, Robotech.
- Not included: the mid-1980s revival of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (due to lack of availability) and Mystery Science Theater 3000 (though it began in 1988 on local TV in Minneapolis, and migrated to cable in 1989, this series was, let’s face it, more of a ’90s phenomenon).
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Mission Impossible 413
The Amnesiac
CBS
Land Of The Giants 215
Our Man O’Reilly
ABC
Doctor Who 0701
Week 2
Land Of The Giants 216
Nightmare
ABC
Mission Impossible 414
The Falcon Part 1
CBS
Doctor Who 0702
Week 3
Land Of The Giants 217
Pay The Piper
ABC
Mission Impossible 415
The Falcon Part 2
CBS
Doctor Who 0703
Week 4
Land Of The Giants 218
Secret City Of Limbo
ABC
Mission Impossible 416
The Falcon Part 3
CBS
Doctor Who 0704
Week 5
Land Of The Giants 219
Panic
ABC
Mission Impossible 417
Chico
CBS
Doctor Who 0705
Week 6
Land Of The Giants 220
The Deadly Dart
ABC
Mission Impossible 418
Gitano
CBS
Doctor Who 0706
Week 7
Mission Impossible 419
Phantoms
CBS
Doomwatch 101
The Plastic Eaters
BBC 1
Doctor Who 0707
Week 8
Land Of The Giants 221
Doomsday
ABC
Mission Impossible 420
Terror
CBS
Doomwatch 102
Friday’s Child
BBC 1
lost episode
Doctor Who 0708
Week 9
Land Of The Giants 222
A Small War
ABC
Mission Impossible 421
Lover’s Knot
CBS
Doomwatch 103
Burial At Sea
BBC 1
lost episode
Doctor Who 0709
Week 10
Land Of The Giants 223
Marionettes
ABC
Mission Impossible 422
Orpheus
CBS
Doomwatch 104
Tomorrow, The Rat
BBC 1
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect
Doctor Who 0710
Week 11
Land Of The Giants 224
Wild Journey
ABC
Mission Impossible 423
The Crane
CBS
Doomwatch 105
Project Sahara
BBC 1
Doctor Who 0711
Week 12
Mission Impossible 424
Death Squad
CBS
Doomwatch 106
Re-Entry: Forbidden
BBC 1
Doctor Who 0712
Week 13
Land Of The Giants 225
Graveyard Of Fools
ABC
(end of series)
Mission Impossible 425
The Choice
CBS
Doomwatch 107
The Devil’s Sweets
BBC 1
Doctor Who 0713
Week 14
Mission Impossible 426
The Martyr
CBS
Doctor Who 0714
Week 15
Doomwatch 108
The Red Sky
BBC 1
Doctor Who 0715
Apollo 13
Week 16
Doomwatch 109
Spectre At The Feast
BBC 1
lost episode
Doctor Who 0716
Week 17
Doomwatch 110
Train And De-Train
BBC 1
First observance of Earth Day
Doctor Who 0717
Week 18
Doomwatch 111
The Battery People
BBC 1
Doctor Who 0718
Week 19
Doomwatch 112
Hear No Evil
BBC 1
lost episode
Doctor Who 0719
Inferno Part 1
BBC 1
Week 20
Phoenix Five 101
Zone Of Danger
ABC (Australia)
Doomwatch 113
Survival Code
BBC 1
lost episode
fan-made audio recreation
Doctor Who 0720
Inferno Part 2
BBC 1
Week 21
Phoenix Five 102
Two Heads Are Better Than None
ABC (Australia)
Doctor Who 0721
Inferno Part 3
BBC 1