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Aug

2020

306: The Village People are In Control of Everything (Countrycide)

I’m about to crack this conspiracy wide open.

A lovely stroll with the Village People. I look out across the village. We are happy here. We listen to Go West every day, on repeat. In the Navy is our national anthem. And when we’re feeling really risque, we’ll listen to YMCA. We’ve all heard it so many times we can recite the dance from memory. It is a good life. It’s Countrycide, written by Chris Chibnall and aired on November 19, 2006.

Show-notes:

7:29: If you want to listen to us talk about other shows like The Prisoner and Children of the Stones, check out our classic sci-fi podcast, Inevitable: A Classic Sci-Fi Podcast.
28:00: John Barrowman in Star Wars pajamas. You can die happy now. You’re welcome.
31:34: The audio got kind of screwed here, but I said “mini axe,” as in like a hatchet.
1:27:17: If you want to listen to a podcast we started because like 2 people asked us to, check out Zenith: A Blake’s 7 Podcast, our Blake’s 7 podcast.

Torchwood © The BBC
Any other references belong to their respective owners, no copyright infringement is intended by this podcast.
The Torchwood title music was originally composed by Murray Gold. The version used in this episode was arranged by Murray Gold.

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Jul

2020

The Prisoner 5 – The Schizoid Man

This week on Inevitable Dylan is replaced by a copy.

Have I already made the replaced by a copy joke? I feel like I have because we’ve put out over 375 episodes of stuff and surely in one of those descriptions I’ve made that joke. Seriously how do I keep coming up with stuff to write? And how did I get to 375-something episodes before I got all meta talking about how many episodes it’s been? It’s The Schizoid Man, written by Terence Feely and aired on October 27, 1987.

Show-notes:

4:05: Here’s the full article about Albertus, the font they use in the Village.
33:16: If you want to listen to us talk about Blake’s 7 for some reason, check out Zenith, A Blake’s 7 Podcast, our Blake’s 7 podcast.
41:19: Here’s a bit more on Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar (cause I got some of this wrong).
52:39: The arcade game in Back to the Future was Wild Gunman.
1:01:20: This is the guy flipping off the cat meme thing.
1:01:56: You got the touch. You got the POWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEER.
1:19:20: If you want to listen to us talk about Doctor Who/Torchwood for some reason, check out our Doctor Who (and now Torchwood) podcast, Trust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast.

Sources and stuff:
TV Tropes (ugh)
Anorak Zone
Pop Apostle
Balladeer’s Blog
Midnight Only
Review Nebula
The Prisoner Episode by Episode
Big Gay Longcat’s Big Gay Longblog

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Jul

2020

305: Big Finish, Open Up! (Small Worlds)

The year is 2099. Big Finish prowls the street looking for non-Doctor Who fans.

I had never even made any association between this and the really annoyingly catchy Disney song until right this second. And now that I’ve made that association I’m not going to be able to unmake it. Plus now you’ve probably got that song stuck in your head, and you know what? You’re welcome. It’s Small Worlds, written by PJ Hammond and aired on November 12, 2006.

Show-notes:

1:05: If you want to listen to us talk about Sapphire and Steel, The Prisoner, and other wonderful shows like Star Cops and Children of the Stones, check out our classic sci-fi podcast Inevitable: A Classic Sci-Fi Podcast.
16:26: The Museum of Hoaxes has a write up and images of the Cottingley Fairies photos.
19:44: Wow for some reason dozens of people have adapted Conan Doyle’s The Lost World. Apparently I was wrong about Hound of the Baskervilles being not a Sherlock story at first. 50% isn’t so bad.
35:00: Here’s the full Nightmare painting from 1781. According to etymonline, nightmare doesn’t come from the painting, but did enter the modern usage of “any bad dream” after the painting was made.
39:51: World War I was 1914 to 1918.
54:19: Here’s the full Stolen Child poem by W.B. Yeats.
1:09:54: If you want to listen to us talk about movie trilogies, check out our movie trilogy podcast, Triple Play: A Movie Trilogy Podcast

As promised here’s a Christian take on Torchwood. Spoiler: they didn’t like it. (Also spoiler warning for season 4.)
While we’re at it, here’s another Christian take on the show, this time from Be Thinking (warning: this one spoils the Children of Earth season).
Christian.org.uk also reported on how many Christians were offended by Torchwood and complained about it.

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Jul

2020

The Prisoner 4 – Free For All

I’m running for president of this podcast.

Look I’m not saying democracy is a sham. Paddy Fitz, whoever that is, is saying that, and we just happened to watch his magnum opus trying to prove the point. And along the way maybe we agree and maybe we don’t, I guess time will tell. Frankly any voting system entirely based around buttons the townspeople wear with absolutely no election security is bound to fail. It’s Free for All, written by “Paddy” “Fitz” and aired on October 20, 1987.

Show-notes:

1:10: Wow, I actually found it. Turns out I conflated Mr. Bean waiting for his role with him waiting for the role of the woman he meets over the course of the movie. The memory cheats!
4:45: Behold. The glory of After Earth.
36:28: Here’s the newspaper article that was in this episode.
45:47: If you want to listen to us talk about Blake’s 7, check out our Blake’s 7 podcast, Zenith: A Blake’s 7 Podcast. And if you want to make your very own Blake’s 7 teleport bracelet, check out this ancient Blue Peter segment.
53:41: I couldn’t find the take 🙁
1:07:50: It’s called kishotenketsu.
1:15:13: It was zeugma and syllepsis. And just for the hell of it, here’s Score Tonight from Grease 2.
1:25:08: If you want to listen to us talk about Doctor Who, check out our Doctor Who podcast, Trust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast.
1:37:38: Here are the Prisoner soundtracks I found on Youtube: File 1 File 2 File 3

Sources, blogs, and other stuff:
Midnight Only
Balladeer’s Blog
Anorak Zone
Review Nebula
The Prisoner Episode by Episode
Big Gay Longcat’s Big Gay Longblog

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Jul

2020

304: The UNIT Effect (Cyberwoman)

I wish I was a UNIT soldier who could indiscriminately fail at his job like that.

Did you know I was partially cyberized once? It’s true, if you go back to some of our old episodes I’m sure you could hear when my voice would just go all cyber for some reason. Yeah that’s when I was cyberized. Luckily I was able to uncyberize myself but unfortunately I can’t really remember how I did that so that knowledge has been lost to the ages. Sorry. It’s Cyberwoman, written by Chris Chibnall and aired on November 5, 2006.

Show-notes:

14:40: If you want to listen to us talk about Neverending Story 3 for some reason, check out Triple Play: A Movie Trilogy Podcast, our movie trilogy podcast.
27:55: If you want to listen to us talk about other random sci-fi shows like The Prisoner or Sapphire and Steel, check out our classic sci-fi podcast, Inevitable: A Classic Sci-Fi Podcast.
33:47: “What’s the point of being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes?” is apparently from Robot, at least according to the BBC.
35:40: Not this shit again.
1:10:30: Yeah, I couldn’t find it.
1:26:40: Amazing quote

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Jul

2020

The Prisoner 3 – A. B. and C. ft. Keith

It’s as easy as Do Re Mi.

The first real episode of the Prisoner where we get into the nitty gritty and realize that not all is as it seems in the village. This will probably be Number 6’s life for the next 14 weeks so it’s best we treat him nicely for a while before we really beat him up. You know what I’m saying? On a side note, this podcast episode was a dream constructed to extract information from Keith. Did we get what we want? Listen and find out. It’s A. B. and C., written by Anthony Skene and aired on October 13, 1987.

Show-notes:

10:28: Pretty sure this is the episode of Columbo.
41:03: This blog post features some photos of the original Rover.
42:57: Video of the guy making a plate out of milk. Brace your stomachs.
1:14:05: I remember what this was all about now, but I’m not going to drop a link here cause it’s related to my work. Not that it would really be difficult to figure who we are or anything…
1:17:15: If you want to listen to us talk about Blake’s 7 for some reason, check out Zenith: A Blake’s 7 Podcast, out Blake’s 7 podcast.
1:58:16: If you want to listen to us talk about Doctor Who (and now Torchwood), check out Trust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast, our Doctor Who podcast.

Blog posts and other stuff we talk about in this episode:
Midnight Only
Anorak Zone
Balladeer’s Blog
Review Nebula
The Salty Press
The Prisoner Episode by Episode
Big Gay Longcat’s Big Gay Longblog

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Jul

2020

303: Complementary Desert Eagle (Ghost Machine)

Not to be confused with Ghost IN The Machine.

If I had a ghost machine, I’d open that puppy up when I got into my apartment to find out if someone died in here. I might not want to actually know that, actually. Can you imagine if Gwen took the machine home, fired it up, and then boom just a straight montage of 6 murders happening in her home? The trauma that would induce. It’s Ghost Machine, written by Helen Raynor and aired on October 29, 2006.

Show-notes:

3:45: Relive our golden years with Zenith: A Blake’s 7 Podcast or our sad attempt to recapture the magic with Inevitable: A Classic Sci-Fi Podcast.
18:33: Here’s the link to our April Fool’s episode… I still can’t believe we did this.
28:25: Meant 90 degrees here.
55:36: Apparently you can bleed out in as little as 5 minutes.
1:26:38: I can’t believe I’ve never heard of Chocolate Rain sequel Cherry Chocolate Rain.
1:27:44: Blue Jeans and Bloody Tears for Eurovision 2020.
1:31:29: Hey, it’s Fred!

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Jul

2020

The Prisoner 2 – The Chimes of Big Ben

I’m pretty sure Kiyan has actually heard the chimes of Big Ben…

Is Big Ben the only famous clock tower in the world? This is a strange thought I just had, while sitting here, trying to come up with a description for this episode. Googling ‘famous clock towers’ gave me a lots of clock towers after “Big Ben” as the first result, and I recognize none of them. So I guess I just proved that Big Ben is the only famous clock tower. It’s The Chimes of Big Ben, written by Vincent Tilsley and aired on October 6, 1987.

Show-notes:

9:13: No. 6 uses a triquetrum in the alternate version of this episode.
9:35: This video compares the alternate intro/outro with the final versions and has footage of the triquetrum scene.
26:02: If you want to listen to us do what we do here but with Doctor Who/Torchwood instead of the Prisoner, check out our Doctor Who podcast, Trust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast.
58:31: Sweden, not Switzerland
1:16:09: Patrick McGoohan actually was in The Magical World of Disney.

Blogs and sources we mentioned in this episode:
Anorak Zone
Big Gay Longcat’s Big Gay Longblog
Balladeer’s Blog
Midnight Only
Review Nebula
The Salty Press
The Prisoner: Episode by Episode

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Jul

2020

302: The Seven Sins of Torchwood (Day One)

And the secret 0th sin: existence.

The name of this story evokes strong memories of… something. Another story or tv show or movie and I just can’t really place what it is. I seriously feel like I watched something called Day One once upon a time and I genuinely cannot remember what the heck it was. That’s so weird. It’s Day One, written by Chris Chibnall and aired on October 22, 2006.

Show-notes:

4:27: You’re welcome for this masterpiece of movie musical history. My personal favourite part is 1:19, when a dancer launches a bowling ball sideways accidentally and the shot immediately cuts, presumably to avoid showing the carnage that caused.
8:40: Every time.
16:14: If you want to listen us talk about classic sci-fi shows like Sapphire & Steel or The Prisoner, check out our classic sci-fi podcast, Inevitable: A Classic Sci-Fi Podcast.
27:01: FBI, OPEN UP
43:16: Yes, there really is a page for masturbation on the tardis wiki.
56:50: Here’s the trailer for Vampire Diary. Y’know, I kind of miss the edginess of the mid 00s.
58:00: Yeah, I was completely wrong here. Twilight was never a Harry Potter fanfic. Dylan was right. It was 50 Shades that started as a Twilight fanfic.

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Jul

2020

The Prisoner 1 – Arrival

Who is number 1? We are number 1! *music cue*

Can you believe that we’ve made it to season 4? Speaking of which, like I said last week, Kiyan and I have been trapped in a personal podcasting hellscape. It just turns out that it’s a village populated by dozens of hundreds of more successful podcasts than ours. We don’t have names here, but I’ve been looking to see if I can find Sapphire and Steel anywhere in case they made it to this trap instead of the other one. It’s Arrival, written by George Markstein and David Tomblin and aired on September 29, 1987.

Show-notes:

4:31: We go these dates wrong. It should be 1960 and 1963.
6:41: Here’s the Reddit community for The Prisoner. And here’s the specific post we talked about.
8:55: The Prisoner: A Complete Production Guide came out in 2007. Here’s CST Online, the site TV analysis/studies site we were talking about, btw. (Blog posts by Pixley below.)
18:45: Here’s the episode order chart on Wikipedia.
19:44: If you want to listen to us talk about Blake’s 7 for some reason, check out our Blake’s 7 podcast, Zenith: A Blake’s 7 Podcast.
20:09: Six of One is still active apparently. Their site is super old looking, but still being updated.
26:27: Here’s where you can listen to ITC Entertained the World, and they have two more episodes than they did when we recorded this (for a grand total of 5)!
31:29: Here’s Ron Grainer’s arrangement of the Doctor Who theme. Imagine this being played over some of the early Doctor Who intros, lol.
45:59: If you want to listen to us talk about Doctor Who (and now Torchwood!), check out our Doctor Who podcast, Trust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast.
1:01:54: Here’s Iron Maiden performing The Prisoner live. The Prisoner in Popular Culture page on Wikipedia is also worth a skim if you have a minute.
1:19:07: Behold: a chumbley in all its 1960s BBC budget alien glory.

Andrew Pixley’s blog posts:
When is a book not a book?
Well out of order
Village people

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