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May the Source be with you! Tom Baker’s regeneration eve story The Keeper of Traken starts strong with a Shakespearean wedding on a utopian world of niceness — but soon devolves into a slap fight between drama nerds and science nerds over a strangely buff statue. Even its surprise reveal is far from the most masterful. So can the Doctor and Adric’s double act, plus manic pixie dream Nyssa and too-good-to-be-true Tremas, deliver this nostalgia fest from evil? Grab an eggplant and claim consular privilege with us while we investigate. Give your own rating for The Keeper of Traken on Spotify!Subscribe to our YouTube Channel and become a True Companion of the podcast to get new episodes before everyone else!Subscribe to our newsletter at pulltoopen.net for extended notes on The Keeper of Traken.Support the podcast by becoming a patron of Pull To Open on Patreon.Please review Pull To Open on Apple Podcasts.Timeline: Intro Previously… True Companions Unite! Whomoji Challenge POLL To Open TL;DW Commentary Four Questions to Doomsday What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? Where Is the Clara Splinter? Final Judgment Randomizer! Follow us on: TikTok! @pulltoopen Instagram: @pulltoopen63 X: @pulltoopen63 Facebook: @pulltoopen63 Threads: @pulltoopen63 Bluesky: @pulltoopenPlay Pull To Open Bingo (NEW upgraded card!)Story Essentials Season 18, Serial 6 Story number: 114, per the The Pull To Open Codex Writer: Johnny Byrne Director: John Black Script Editor: Christopher H. Bidmead Producer: John Nathan-Turner Aired 31 January–21 February 1981Pull To Open: The Keeper of Traken Season 5 Episode 12Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris TaylorMusic: Martin West/Thinking Fish©️AnyWho Media LLC 2024