Bonus Episode 23: On Behalf of the Rubber Bats (Scars of Dracula and Carry On Screaming)

Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth Dimension

Watchers in the FEAR Dimension returns for a second year, as we bring you our bonus Halloween special, in which we discuss two Doctor Who-related horror films. This year, we talk about Hammer Horror’s Scars of Dracula (featuring Patrick Troughton) and the Carry On franchise’s Carry On Screaming (featuring Jon Pertwee). Join us as we discuss the serious and the silly in these two films, from vomiting bats to scientists with strange accents to Patrick Troughton’s monobrow to goth girls, and to Christopher Lee just being Christopher Lee.

Along the way, Reilly gets to once again try his hand as moderator, Don tries to out-do Anthony’s encyclopedic knowledge of Doctor Who actors, Anthony gets pedantic, and Julie does her music thing (no surprises there). The entire crew discuss some of the actors from these movies that are in our Doctor Who-viewing future!

If you would like to watch along with us, these films are available to purchase at the links below:

• Scars of Dracula (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3TCBt3R | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3DzdsEY)
• Carry On – The Complete Collection (inc. Carry On Screaming) (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3B4mBRL | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3jg5IgF)

Intro and Outro Music Credit: What If John Carpenter Did a Doctor Who Theme?, by George C. Music (YouTube: https://youtu.be/CPzulODLeD8)

Other media mentioned in this episode:

• The Quatermass Xperiment (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3rC8t10 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3DsBVbM)
• Quatermass and the Pit (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3kW0x5y | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3h1BtZK)
• Friday the 13th Collection(Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3zhuW6p | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3gKUHFA)
• Halloween (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3iM1n4C | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3iL0Obj)
• The Avengers – Complete Collection (tv show) (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3B828eR | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3B0ChoS)
• Game of Thrones: The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3lRgVWD | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3aQhh9U)
• Lord of the Rings (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3FucnNC | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3llVpsV)
• Gilmore Girls: The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3gMrzhd | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3TUcf13)
• Police Academy: The Complete Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3U0czL2 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3W5sIks)
• Universal Classic Monsters – 30 Film Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3Dap8ga | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3fbz2pR)
• Hammer Horror Films:
  • Dracula (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3f4jq7F | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3syfBL6)
  • The Brides of Dracula (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3Ddirtx | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3DaW4Fp)
  • Dracula: Prince of Darkness (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3DutdvZ | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3gOtwKo)
  • Dracula A.D. 1972 (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3sx2Ekx | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3gMehS9)
  • The Vampire Lovers (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3TCP8aN | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3Wg6tIC)
  • The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3Dxj0A2 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3Na51mS)
  • The Mummy (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3DzrnLc | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3FdXpxM)
  • The Curse of Frankenstein (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3DeoiPD | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3SDIPme)

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