We live in sad times, when those celebrated entertainers of our youth reach their reckoning. WIth the sad loss of Bernard Cribbins and David Warner within a week of each other, we look at how these actors impacted not just Doctor Who but the wider cinematic and televisual landscape, withRead More →
In one of those episodes where we talk over Doctor Who, James McLean and Christian Cawley revisit 1975’s The Android Invasion. Starring Tom Baker and Lis Sladen as the Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith, the serial is a rare 1970s adventure from the hand of Terry Nation – rare, asRead More →
The crazy Doctor Who casting keeps coming, so this week’s podcast has a chat about Neil Patrick Harris before turning attention to Blu-ray boxset promos. Do Mel’s Dragon’s Den antics count as “real” Doctor Who? Is the Fourth Doctor’s chat with a disembodied head between seasons part of your canon?Read More →
It’s the question on everybody’s lips: what does David Tennant’s return as Doctor Who actually mean to the show’s ongoing story? And what’s the deal with that new sonic screwdriver? To get to the bones of it all, we’ve teamed up with Brian Terranova once again to talk Tenth/Fourteenth (?)Read More →
Prometheus, House of the Dragon, the Star Wars prequel trilogy, and many more all have one thing in common: they’re all prequels. While it remains to be seen how House of the Dragon will turn out, looking around there aren’t many people crying out for a Game of Thrones prequel.Read More →
As we saw in Survivors of the Flux, the idea of a multiverse has been reawakened in Doctor Who, 52 years after Inferno first introduced the concept to the show. In the post-Spider-Man: No Way Home/Loki/Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness cultural landscape, the concept of multiverses has becomeRead More →
Who could have imagined a David Tennant and Catherine Tate Doctor Who return really happening?Read More →
Ncuti Gatwa is the new Doctor Who – but where have you seen him before?Read More →
With one more episode of Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor Who run to go, we review Legend of the Sea Devils.Read More →
Doctor Who is back this Easter weekend with Legend of the Sea Devils, the penultimate adventure of the 13th Doctor. We check out the trailer, make some observations about what is known (or rumoured) and look forward to the episode. Meanwhile, the reaction to our last podcast (How Much DoesRead More →
Stunned by the price fans pay for a photo, autograph, and meet Doctor Who actors, this podcast looks at encounters the podcast team has had with people from the show. We cover everything here, from youthful encounters with larger-than-life actors to interviewing renowned television directors. We also have some “fantasyRead More →
Our podcast this week welcomes back Gareth Kavanagh for a longer chat, mainly about Cutaway Comics’ latest projects, selling issues in the basement at Gallifrey One, and taking a trip to Aldbourne in honour of 1972 Doctor Who serial The Daemons. Gareth joins Christian Cawley and James McLean in aRead More →
