Invasion Inception (Thwarting “The Invasion of Time”)

You’ve got to hand it to the Doctor — he’s single-handedly saved Gallifrey almost as many times as the Earth, and The Invasion of Time even lets him double dip! Rescuing the Time Lords from the Vardans was just a warm-up, with the Sontarans laying in wait to have their crack at the planet once the production runs out of tinfoil. The story is a bizarro Russian doll of invasions, seemingly orchestrated by a borderline-megalomaniacal Doctor, set against the backdrop of Robert Holmes’ delightfully dysfunctional Gallifrey. Thank Rassilon there’s a robot dog here to make sense of it all. Commentary for The Invasion of Time begins at 29:00. Rate and review Pull To Open on ⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠! Join the conversation on ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠! Follow us on: TikTok! ⁠⁠⁠@pulltoopen⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@pulltoopen63⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠@pulltoopen63⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/pulltoopen⁠⁠⁠ Play ⁠⁠⁠⁠Pull To Open Bingo⁠⁠⁠⁠! Story Essentials Season 15, Serial 6 Story number: 96, per the The Pull To Open Codex Writer: David Agnew (Anthony Read, Graham Williams) Director: Gerald Blake Producer: Graham Williams Aired 4 February – 11 March 1978 Pull To Open: The Invasion of Time Season 4 Episode 15 Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor Music: Martin West/⁠⁠⁠Thinking Fish --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pull-to-open/support