We begin a new mini-series we’re calling ‘The War On Sobriety’ where we cover the Doctor Whojacent mini-series ‘The War Between The Land And The Sea’. First up is episode one titled ‘Aqua Homo’ in which we are introduced to totally normal bloke Barclay. Unfortunately Barclay is treading water since he’s in way over his head... and paygrade... when he is called in as an ‘expert’ to bear witness to Earth’s prior inhabitants resurfacing from... well... the sea. Whilst these Sea Devils (or Homospondyls if you’re woke) just want us to stop pooping in their habitat, Barclay ends up humanity’s ambassador just cuz he’s a nice and totally normal bloke. And that’s why I’m an asshat. Nobody expects much from an asshat.

We conclude our latest relapse by watching the remaining three episodes of this 3rd Doctor serial “The Sea Devils” featuring... well, you know... the Sea Devils! Whilst the said titular Sea Devils finally start to wreak havoc, it turns out (surprise?) the Master is just using them to achieve his nefarious ends. Until the Sea Devils flip the script (surprise!) on the Master and use him to achieve their nefarious ends! Plus the Doctor and Jo are there too until the story ends abruptly! Like this description. Just like that. Damn... why can’t I just stop? Just ask Steve. Cuz he’ll enable me. Thanks Steve!

In this latest podcast episode, we take a slow walk down memory lane by watching the first half of 6 episodes where the 3rd incarnation of the Doctor takes a boat trip with then companion Jo Grant to check in on the super-duper-evil yet super-duper-well-guarded-prisoner (ha!) the Master on a remote (?) island prison where we hope they eventually encounter our titular foes: “The Sea Devils”. Whilst we see said devilry going down, not much happens. Or to paraphrase Ian Malcolm: “Are we going to see any Sea Devils in this Sea Devil story?”