Episode 161: A Public Service Announcement About LARPing (The Awakening)

We’re off to rural England, where a giant stone head is driving a group of English Civil War LARPers to a new level of intensity, while Tegan gets ready to be sacrificed as the village’s May Queen. That’s right – we’re discussing Season 21’s two-parter, The Awakening!   Join us as we discuss the dangers of LARPing taken to an extreme, the first instance of a very-familiar looking crack in a wall (even though it’s not that one!), pagan sacrifices, whether Will Chandler is nothing more than a 17th Century Adric, and the problem with Andrew Varney (Tegan’s grandfather), and the show’s continued obsession with goo . Finally, Reilly confesses to having Master-related PTSD… we would ask “who hurt you!?” but the answer is clearly “Anthony Ainley!”   If you would like to watch along with us, you can find this entire season available for streaming on Britbox in the USA (http://www.britbox.com) and BBC iPlayer in the UK (https://bbc.in/48GSaCB). If you’re a little old fashioned and prefer physical media (like our very own Anthony), you can also find it on the Doctor Who Season 21 Blu Ray box set available for pre-order from Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/4aLrt3v)   Other media mentioned in this episode*: A Christmas Carol (George C. Scott version) (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4qcFf3W | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3NjSsJH) Open All Hours (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4qM4om1 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/45C74dN) Pirates of the Caribbean – Complete Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2Z5pQuQ | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3DUQzJv) ‘Allo ‘Allo: The Complete Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3B6Feag | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3F30WNy) All Creatures Great and Small: The Complete Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3FpbQ1J | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3iC2xm9) Jurassic Park (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3x3z6hQ | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3rk2JIj) The Wizard of Oz (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3ATvg9t | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3ARGSd3) Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3ptuM83 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3BSULsQ) Iron Maiden – Best of the Beast (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4bp938Z | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4aJJsr8) The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3n2F8c5 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2YWcHEe) Legends of the Hidden Temple (YouTube: https://youtu.be/8ZXJ43ii1Wo)   Finally, you can also follow us and interact with us on Facebook and Instagram. You can also e-mail us at [email protected], and you can join us on our Discord server. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please subscribe to the show, and leave us a rating or review.   *Support Watchers in the Fourth Dimension! We are an Amazon affiliate and earn a small commission from purchases through Amazon links. This goes towards the running costs of the podcast.