Episode 35 - Like A Rolling Stone

I'll Explain Later: conversations about Doctor Who

Rocks, redemption and referendums in episode 35 of I'll Explain Later. Tom Baker does his best to hold his own against unexpressive and rigid screenmates, while the Ogri and Romana I co-star in 1978's The Stones of Blood. The Eleventh Doctor battles wobble boards and has to eat humble pie as a hopeless dad beats off wooden dolls - disturbing pyjama-based chills in 2011's Night Terrors. And a dead-eyed leader believes the ends justify the means when desperately interpreting the will of the people after a pernicious plebiscite. No read-across to the present day, but some brutal and jarring scenes as someone or other seeks Vengeance on Varos. Along the way, Doctor Who tackles urinary etiquette, Matt contemplates a massive library fine and John gets a promise of alcohol via the psychic paper.