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Master of the Moment (Ingesting “The Time Monster”)
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TOMTIT jokes. Chronovores. Diapers. That one time the Doctor ran interference with a cork and a fork. Welcome to The Time Monster — a Pertwee six-parter that throws everything into the vortex, including Atlantis, bird gods, and a TARDIS nesting doll. Is this Jon Pertwee’s “so bad it’s good” masterpiece? Or just a cautionary tale about letting the Master go full academia? We try to make sense of the nonsense, analyze why the Master needs to chill with the bird metaphors, and launch a bold theory: Clara Oswald is Kronos. Fight us.
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Timeline:
- Intro 00:00:00
- Previously… 00:01:34
- Whomoji Challenge 00:06:10
- TL;DW 00:20:25
- Commentary: The Time Monster 00:24:29
- History Corner 01:04:16
- Four Questions to Doomsday 01:07:42
- What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? 01:11:31
- Where Is the Clara Splinter 01:16:30
- Final Judgment 01:19:51
- Randomizer! 01:26:36
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Story Essentials
- Season 9, Serial 5
- Story number: 63, per the The Pull To Open Codex
- Writer: Robert Sloman, Barry Letts
- Director: Paul Bernard
- Script Editor: Terrance Dicks
- Producer: Barry Letts
- Aired 20 May–24 June 1972
Pull To Open: The Time Monster
- Season 6
- Episode 24
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
©️AnyWho Media LLC 2025
Doctor Who ©️BBC 1963
196 episodes
Manage episode 503356605 series 3236461
TOMTIT jokes. Chronovores. Diapers. That one time the Doctor ran interference with a cork and a fork. Welcome to The Time Monster — a Pertwee six-parter that throws everything into the vortex, including Atlantis, bird gods, and a TARDIS nesting doll. Is this Jon Pertwee’s “so bad it’s good” masterpiece? Or just a cautionary tale about letting the Master go full academia? We try to make sense of the nonsense, analyze why the Master needs to chill with the bird metaphors, and launch a bold theory: Clara Oswald is Kronos. Fight us.
Give your own rating for The Time Monster 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 Time Monster.
Support the podcast by becoming a patron of Pull To Open on Patreon.
Please review Pull To Open on Apple Podcasts.
Timeline:
- Intro 00:00:00
- Previously… 00:01:34
- Whomoji Challenge 00:06:10
- TL;DW 00:20:25
- Commentary: The Time Monster 00:24:29
- History Corner 01:04:16
- Four Questions to Doomsday 01:07:42
- What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? 01:11:31
- Where Is the Clara Splinter 01:16:30
- Final Judgment 01:19:51
- Randomizer! 01:26:36
Follow us on:
- TikTok: @pulltoopen
- Instagram: @pulltoopen63
- Facebook: @pulltoopen63
- X: @pulltoopen63
- Threads: @pulltoopen63
- Bluesky: @pulltoopen
Play Pull To Open Bingo
Story Essentials
- Season 9, Serial 5
- Story number: 63, per the The Pull To Open Codex
- Writer: Robert Sloman, Barry Letts
- Director: Paul Bernard
- Script Editor: Terrance Dicks
- Producer: Barry Letts
- Aired 20 May–24 June 1972
Pull To Open: The Time Monster
- Season 6
- Episode 24
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
©️AnyWho Media LLC 2025
Doctor Who ©️BBC 1963
196 episodes
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