Space: 1969 (Energizing “The Space Pirates”)
Ahoy, space scallywags! This week the Randomizer maroons us in The Space Pirates, the six-part “epic” so padded it should come with its own flotation device. Join us as we navigate Argonite economics, Star Trek knockoff vibes, Clancy's comedy moustache, a CEO who is definitely up to something, and a TARDIS crew who spends most of the story confused, kidnapped, or both. Is this Bob Holmes’ secret experiment? A proto–frontier-in-space? Or simply the BBC showing off their 1969 model shop? Whatever it is… grab your magnets and hold on.
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Timeline:
- Intro 00:00:00
- Previously… 00:01:37
- Whomoji Challenge 00:08:58
- POLL to Open 00:16:35
- TL;DW 00:22:00
- Commentary: The Space Pirates 00:25:17
- Four Questions to Doomsday 01:01:37
- What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? 01:03:45
- Where Is the Clara Splinter? 01:08:49
- Final Judgment 01:13:22
- Randomizer! 01:18:23
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Story Essentials
- Season 6, Serial 6
- Story number: 48, per the The Pull To Open Codex
- Writer: Robert Holmes
- Director: Michael Hart
- Script Editor: Derrick Sherwin
- Producer: Peter Bryant
- Aired 8 March–12 April 1969
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