And we've come to the end of Five Years Rapid, which is what we'll call season 1 of a Doctor Who podcast from Kyle and Joy. (More on that later.) In this final FYR, we give you our top 5 and bottom 3 stories, our Senior Superlatives, and try to summarize the Third Doctor era as succinctly as possible. As you can see, it's our longest ever episode. For those interested, here are our full individual story ranking.

Doctor Who: Five Years Rapid

The Big Wrap-Up Episode

It's the end...but the moment has been prepared for. Wait, no, that's a different final story. We did it! We have come to the end of the five year that have indeed been rapid. Joy and Kyle discuss "Planet of the Spiders," a beloved story that has a lot to recommend it...and a lot of not great stuff too. Like, more that people like to remember. Let's get in to it! A tear, Sarah Jane?

24 - Planet of the Spiders

For our penultimate Pertwee story, we look at *checks notes* wait, is this right? "The Monster of Peladon?" Well, I guess if we have to.

Episode 23 - The Monster of Peladon

Third to last story for the Third Doctor and it's the third of his Dalek stories. Ermahgerd, Derlerks. 

Episode 22 - Death to the Daleks

Our final Malcolm Hulke story is an oft-maligned but undeservedly so. "Invasion of the Dinosaurs" has intrigue, politics, weird sci-fi ideals, Sarah Jane being absolutely awesome, a dramatic turn for Mike Yates, and the Doctor's best jacket. Yes, and some cruddy looking dinosaur puppets too. What're you gonna do?

Episode 21 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs

It's the beginning of the end. Sad face. Our journey through the Third Doctor's reign begins its inevitable march toward the finish. But at least we have a really fun one to talk about --- "The Time Warrior!" Written by Robert Holmes, this story introduces the Sontarans, the word Gallifrey, and most importantly, brand new companion, the amazing Sarah Jane Smith!

Episode 20 - The Time Warrior

We finish up another season of the Third Doctor with a beloved classic, "The Green Death." And who better to join us for a discussion into Jo Grant's final story than returning champion Sage Young?! We get into maggots, miners, and meet-cutes in this truly legendary Doctor Who story.

Episode 19 - The Green Death w/ Sage Young

This month...well, it is. Kyle and Joy talk about "Planet of the Daleks," the also-ran of season 10. It's pretty boring, AND it has bad gender politics. But at least Pertwee and Manning have good costumes.

18 - Planet of the Daleks

It's the new year! Finally, 2020 is no more, and Kyle and Joy have a great story to discuss for you all. It's "Frontier in Space," the beginning of a would-be Dalek epic, but...not. They discuss the political nature of the story, the Draconian culture, and say farewell to Roger Delgado's Master.

Episode 17 - Frontier in Space

It's the end of 2020! Finally! And ain't it great that Joy and Kyle get to talk about a good story to send it off? It's "Carnival of Monsters," which both hosts enjoy but don't think about very often. Why is that? 

16 - Carnival of Monsters

This month, Kyle and Joy begin season 10 and with it an anniversary story! "The Three Doctors" gives us the return of Patrick Troughton's Second Doctor and William Hartnell's First Doctor--kind of. We discuss the ways in which the various characters come across, and the truly irritating way the Brigadier is presented. And we answer the question: can a story be great without being good?

Episode 15 - The Three Doctors

Well, we were always heading here. It's just our luck it fell in October. Yes, Kyle and Joy this month finish off Season 9 with *GULP* "The Time Monster," which is...well, it's something.

Episode 14 - The Time Monster

This month, Joy and Kyle tackle the oft-derided, fiercely underrated story "The Mutants," which has, ohhh a fair few things to talk about in it.

Episode 13 - The Mutants

This month finds Joy and Kyle lost at sea! Well, not "lost" exactly, but definitely adrift in the action-heavy story "The Sea Devils," which finds the Master in a prison castle, the Navy in full force, and the Doctor trying to talk to the Silurians' less interesting cousins. We've got sword fights, hovercrafts, and land mines, but do we have any real story to speak of? And is that a bad thing?

Episode 12 - The Sea Devils

This month we finally get some class up in this joint! The Doctor and Jo visit an alien kingdom under threat and a Galactic Federation on the brink. It's the surprisingly excellent "The Curse of Peladon," which lets Jo take charge and flirt with a guy closer to her own age for once.

Episode 11 - The Curse of Peladon

The only Doctor Who podcast to tackle 5 seasons of the 3rd Doctor in only 2 years! Joy Piedmont and Kyle Anderson do a deep dive on one story from the Jon Pertwee tenure of Doctor Who every month, talking about its themes, origins, historical context, and all-around cool factor. After all, who's more suave than the Third Doctor?

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Doctor Who: Five Years Rapid

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