In part 14 of 2969 (you don't need to have heard the others), Briar and Uther discuss 'The Brink of Disaster' (you don't need to have seen it). Written by David Whitaker and directed by Frank Cox, it's the final episode of The Edge of Destruction, the fourth story of the first series of the first iteration of Doctor Who. We also talk about Nigel Robinson's 1988 novelisation of it and the 2011 audiobook of said novelisation read by William Russell.

Other topics covered: “I think we’re raw-doggin’ this one.” A lot on mic technique. Briar reading storybooks. Listening to your own voice. Briar flies solo for the episode recap. The episode’s mouth-feel. What Nigel Robinson expanded on. The 3 Ninth Doctors. The Wicked + the Divine. Hideaki Anno reading TS Eliot. A cameo from our flatmate Rachel. A Yuri!! On Ice recommendation. Bri’s anime takes. Uther perhaps reveals far too much about himself while discussing Evangelion 3.0+1.0.1: Thrice Upon a Time. The surprisingly dark story of why Briar doesn’t like psychedelia. Uther unveils his ‘Reckoner’ impression. Yet another podcast about Home Improvement and Tim Allen. "Does the body rule the mind?/Or does the mind rule the body?/I dunno." Whether it is Matt Damon. Emotional lemons. Jon Klassen’s The Rock from the Sky. Metaphorical camp geography. Microsoft’s Teams is a nightmare. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. “Problematic.” Uther defends? appropriation?? Coastwatcher by David Hill. Briar and the Solomon Islands. Uther goes off on one with an absolutely cack-handed idea of what the world should have done IRT: COVID and that betters that with an even worse thought through idea of how to fight global poverty while Briar remains sane. Alan Partridge’s best line. The table, the chairs, and, of course, Jenny Nicholson.

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