When you hear “a Doctor Who story set in the Jurassic period,” the picture you conjure in your head probably looks quite a bit different from Time-Flight. That’s not necessarily a strike against it: The finale of Season 19 is notorious for being light on budget, so it’s probably a blessing that they didn’t even try to show a single allosaurus stomping around the barren plains of prehistoric London. Instead we get the Xeraphin, a telepathic race of morally conflicted humanoids that are almost interesting — at least until the Master uses them as the winner-take-all prize in his technobabble rap battle with the Doctor. Plus: A time-travel mystery! Cringey disguises! Not one, but TWO Concordes! That more than makes up for some absent dinosaurs, doesn’t it? Doesn’t it?
Special guest Christopher Burgess (@dubbayoo) from Radio Free Skaro joins!
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Story Essentials
Season 19, Serial 7
Story number: 122, per the The Pull To Open Codex
Production Code: 6C
Writer: Peter Grimwade
Producer: John Nathan-Turner
Aired 22 – 30 March 1982
Pull To Open: Time-Flight
Season 3
Episode 32
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Feedback loop and interlude music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
Outro music: Chronos by Alexander Nakarada
Mile-High Flub (Piloting “Time-Flight,” with guest Christopher Burgess)