Retrogram #7060: The Case For Doctor Who Season 7
1970: The Doctor’s back. With a new face. In color! But his first story was being made by the last of the black & white era’s production team, and a new team would be taking over with an aim toward building social messages into their story. What were the expectations of the new Doctor and his new behind-the-scenes crew…and how were those expectations promptly defied? (1:19:10) Right-click here and “save as” to download the podcast to your audio device of choice, which may be confiscated if you accidentally wind up in a fascist alternate universe. Links: Feel free to help support the show at Patreon or Ko-Fi! 1970 in theLogBook’s History Timeline Jon Pertwee-era Doctor Who DVDs in theLogBook.com Store Music by Jahzzar Also visit Pop Culture Retrorama (I’ve written a few articles there) If you like Retrogram, you’ll also enjoy Earl’s books about Doctor Who – VWORP!1 and VWORP!2 – in theLogBook.com Store! Music (in order): “Great Dark Spot” by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA from the album Galaxy “League Of Mice” and “Autumn Afternoon” by Dee Zee from the album Random Sanity
An episode of the Retrogram – theLogBook.com podcast, hosted by Earl Green, titled "Retrogram #7060: The Case For Doctor Who Season 7" was published on December 2, 2020.
December 2, 2020 · Retrogram – theLogBook.com
Summary
1970: The Doctor’s back. With a new face. In color! But his first story was being made by the last of the black & white era’s production team, and a new team would be taking over with an aim toward building social messages into their story. What were the expectations of the new Doctor and his new behind-the-scenes crew…and how were those expectations promptly defied? (1:19:10) Right-click here and “save as” to download the podcast to your audio device of choice, which may be confiscated if you accidentally wind up in a fascist alternate universe. Links: Feel free to help support the show at Patreon or Ko-Fi! 1970 in theLogBook’s History Timeline Jon Pertwee-era Doctor Who DVDs in theLogBook.com Store Music by Jahzzar Also visit Pop Culture Retrorama (I’ve written a few articles there) If you like Retrogram, you’ll also enjoy Earl’s books about Doctor Who – VWORP!1 and VWORP!2 – in theLogBook.com Store! Music (in order): “Great Dark Spot” by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA from the album Galaxy “League Of Mice” and “Autumn Afternoon” by Dee Zee from the album Random Sanity
Episode Description

1970: The Doctor’s back. With a new face. In color! But his first story was being made by the last of the black & white era’s production team, and a new team would be taking over with an aim toward building social messages into their story. What were the expectations of the new Doctor and his new behind-the-scenes crew…and how were those expectations promptly defied? (1:19:10)
Links:
- Feel free to help support the show at Patreon or Ko-Fi!
- 1970 in theLogBook’s History Timeline
- Jon Pertwee-era Doctor Who DVDs in theLogBook.com Store
- Music by Jahzzar
- Also visit Pop Culture Retrorama (I’ve written a few articles there)
- If you like Retrogram, you’ll also enjoy Earl’s books about Doctor Who – VWORP!1 and VWORP!2 – in theLogBook.com Store!
Music (in order):
“Great Dark Spot” by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA from the album Galaxy
“League Of Mice” and “Autumn Afternoon” by Dee Zee from the album Random Sanity
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