Podcasts by Doctor Who: Gallifrey Public Radio
A weekly ‘Doctor Who’ podcast devoted to an open and positive discussion of anything and everything in the Whoniverse, spanning its nearly 60-year history.
Further podcasts by Keir Hansen, Jay Witten, Haley Malle
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Sarah Jane Adventures Rewatch: Warriors of Kudlak (S1E4) from 2022-02-22T02:50:15
A simple game of laser tag turns out to be a recruitment program for a misled alien general. (Ain't that always the way?)
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Classic Rewatch: Terminus from 2022-02-12T03:08:02
As we take another grimacing look into the Black Guardian's manipulation of Turlough, it's Nyssa who leaves us concerned by the story's end.
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The Showrunner Hand-Off from 2022-01-30T17:17:21
This week, we have a brief chat about what could -- or should -- get resolved or at the very least addressed before the reins are handed from CC's hands to RTD's.
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Sarah Jane Adventures Rewatch: Eye of the Gorgon (S1E3) from 2022-01-21T15:49:16
It's the tale of Medusa brought to 21st-century England, but with an alien twist and a phalanx of creepy nuns to boot.
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Classic Rewatch: Mawdryn Undead from 2022-01-17T16:44:13
Joined by friend Don Klees of Acorn Media, we revel in the time-manipulations and character performances of this Season 20 gem.
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Eve of the Daleks from 2022-01-07T14:58:43
The first of Chris Chibnall's finale trio of specials traps the Doctor, Yaz, and Dan in a self-storage center, all wrapped in a diminishing deadly time loop.
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Sarah Jane Adventures Rewatch: Revenge of the Slitheen (S1E2) from 2021-12-31T22:44:24
The zipper gets pulled back on an alien invasion that feels right at home in a youth sci-fi story that doesn't try to take itself too seriously.
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Classic Rewatch: Snakedance from 2021-12-24T15:38:54
With a rattle and a hiss, and a pair of sweet crystal pendants, we return to Tegan's 'little problem' with the Mara.
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Measuring Flux Capacity from 2021-12-16T18:08:31
Joined by guest Kevin Burnard, we dutifully examine the must-stay, could-go, should-change aspects of the divisive final Chris Chibnall series.
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The Vanquishers from 2021-12-08T20:27:46
The Doctor Who: Flux series draws to a close, and with it comes a lot of loose threads we feel compelled to tie off. But should viewers be expected to do that lifting?
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Survivors of the Flux from 2021-12-02T01:20:15
We're five out of six installments into Doctor Who: Flux, and we have answers to some things! But they come with twice as many new questions.
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Village of the Angels from 2021-11-27T01:06:55
In this fourth chapter of the Doctor Who: Flux series, we ask: is a creepy story with intense scenes, great performances and a cliffhanger ending enough to forgive the fact that we still have no an...
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Once, Upon Time from 2021-11-18T18:23:40
Sucked out of quiet contemplation about the Flux conflict, we're bounced around the collective timestreams and memories of Dan, Yaz, Vinder, and the Doctor herself...but what can we trust of what w...
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War of the Sontarans from 2021-11-11T20:31:44
The mysterious Flux has scattered our trio just at the moment when Sontarans seem to have reappeared in Earth's past and present timelines. The time for potato humor...is over.
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The Halloween Apocalypse from 2021-11-03T23:45:28
With more pieces in play than a D&D tournament arena, Series 13 crashes in with a frenetic first episode that brings new adversaries, new friends, new conflicts, and new locations.
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Now That’s a Series 13 Teaser from 2021-10-21T12:08:21
A proper (and we use that term with precision) teaser trailer for Doctor Who's rapidly approaching Series 13 is here, and there's a lot to unpack from a pallet of tiny 1.5-second boxes.
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Happy Hallo-what? from 2021-10-13T23:54:25
So it looks as though we're getting Series 13 in the Fall of 2021 as promised after all (and just barely), as we're told that Halloween 2021 will mark the first episode of eight.
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Sarah Jane Adventures Rewatch: Invasion of the Bane (S1E1) from 2021-10-08T01:04:43
There are secrets in the Bubble Shock production warehouse, but we soon learn they're nothing compared to the secrets within 13 Bannerman Road.
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Classic Rewatch: Arc of Infinity from 2021-09-25T01:06:21
Season 20 drops us into the middle of a right mess: identity theft on Gallifrey, terror in the Netherlands, and a certain renegade Time Lord.
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Torchwood Rewatch: Children of Earth, Day Five from 2021-09-13T17:50:11
Across 58 minutes of near-constant emotional trauma, we complete the final installment of RTD's devastating third season of Torchwood.
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When Companions Exit from 2021-09-01T12:39:40
This week, we look at the methods by which past companions have taken their leave, and the impact those departures have had on us as devoted viewers.
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Classic Rewatch: Time-Flight from 2021-08-20T16:47:53
Season 19 closes with a story that has too much of some things, not enough of others, and a thing or two that never should have been.
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Torchwood Rewatch: Children of Earth, Day Four from 2021-08-15T16:01:43
With all the horrific dominoes now in place, it's time for things to begin crashing down on our Torchwood team...and everyone in their immediate area.
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The Planned Series 13 Exeunt from 2021-08-05T20:12:59
Making headlines with more supposition than surprise, we take apart this past week's announcement that Chris Chibnall and Jodie Whittaker will be exiting Doctor Who in 2022 after no less than three...
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The Old Switcheroo from 2021-07-31T14:12:11
This week, we take stories that weren't our personal favorites, and explore what a little change of Doctor and companion might do for the same story situation.
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Classic Rewatch: Earthshock from 2021-07-22T13:47:45
We spelunk caverns and then explore the corridors of a 26th century freighter in this 1982 nail-biter that sees the return of a certain silver menace.
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Torchwood Rewatch: Children of Earth, Day Three from 2021-07-19T13:29:54
We reach the midpoint of the "CoE" miniseries season where all the pieces are now arranged properly on the board, and the game turns wickedly dark on a dime.
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Whovian Mixology – The Companions from 2021-07-09T17:39:51
We crack the cap on our final installment of character-themed drink menu creation, this time devoted to the Doctor's dearest.
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Classic Rewatch: Black Orchid from 2021-07-01T15:41:31
In a fast-paced and equally quickly-resolved two-part story, our TARDIS classroom arrives in 1920s England for a cricket match and a bit of masquerade murder.
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Torchwood Rewatch: Children of Earth, Day Two from 2021-06-27T14:25:09
We reach the second installment of the "CoE" season of Torchwood, and while the anticipation of horrific things is palpable, we need to get really invested in all our characters first...including t...
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Too Much and Not Enough from 2021-06-22T00:41:18
We really don't envy the challenge that the BBC's marketing department faces when deciding how much to share about upcoming series production, and when.
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Classic Rewatch: The Visitation from 2021-06-14T18:00:41
The entire TARDIS classroom is back in session, but the history lessons are rather anachronistic in a trip to Heathrow that failed to meet Tegan's expectations.
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Torchwood Rewatch: Children of Earth, Day One from 2021-06-01T17:14:21
With a deep, steadying breath and a word of thanks to our listeners for their encouragement, we begin our journey into the tumultuous third season of Torchwood.
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Comparing Timepieces: 12 Monkeys from 2021-05-17T12:47:58
Stepping into other film & television properties that explore time travel, we look at Terry Gilliam's 1996 exploration of a post-pandemic attempt to return to normalcy. (Too soon?)
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Classic Rewatch: Kinda from 2021-05-06T15:15:41
There's an abundance of concurrent crazy to contend with in the Series 19 off-world adventure, from colonists, to dream-invaders, to Adric trying to pilot an emotionally-driven safari robot suit.
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Torchwood Rewatch: Exit Wounds (S2E13) from 2021-05-04T19:44:08
Season 2 of Torchwood ends with what we consider to be a well-crafted but nonetheless difficult to watch finale.
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Deemed Worthwhile: The Long Game from 2021-04-26T00:46:30
Yes, it's Adam Mitchell, but that still doesn't mean we can't find a lot to enjoy in our first visit to Satellite 5 in the Ninth Doctor's glorious season.
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Classic Rewatch: Four to Doomsday from 2021-04-20T00:13:27
We delve into the Fifth Doctor's first post-regeneration story, involving a trio of nefarious space-frog-avocados and more than a bit of concerning cultural and racial depictions.
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Torchwood Rewatch: Fragments (S2E12) from 2021-04-13T01:07:23
The second season of Torchwood makes an interesting choice by going with a set of flashback sequences for its penultimate episode.
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Interplanetary Alignment from 2021-04-02T13:21:54
Using the classic role-playing-game grid of good-to-evil, lawful-to-chaotic, we see how Doctor Who characters past and present align themselves...or fail to be so defined.
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Classic Rewatch: Castrovalva from 2021-03-29T23:20:09
With the unraveling of a scarf and the donning of a smart cricket jumper, the Fifth Doctor's era begins in earnest in the opening story of Season 19.
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Torchwood Rewatch: Adrift (S2E11) from 2021-03-18T15:48:46
Gwen learns of another disturbing aspect of dealing with the Rift, and we all take a blow from Chris Chibnall's ability to write emotionally charged scenes.
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Whovian Mixology – The Villains from 2021-03-12T13:34:28
No one stopped us the last time, so we're at it again; mixing drinks to pay tribute to our favorite adversaries of the Doctor.
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Classic Rewatch: Logopolis from 2021-03-06T19:48:16
At long last, our enjoyment of the Fourth Doctor era in our rewatch of "classic" Doctor Who stories comes to a close with the final story of the 18th season.
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Torchwood Rewatch: From Out of the Rain (S2E10) from 2021-02-27T15:31:09
We spin up some oldey-timey footage of circus sideshows and try and determine exactly who the 'Night Travellers' were, why they were doing whatever nefarious things they did in a century ago, and h...
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Classic Rewatch: The Keeper of Traken from 2021-02-15T01:29:17
With more affection for Anthony Ainley than we can reasonably 'master', we collectively praise a well-told and well-executed long-game villain payoff.
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Torchwood Rewatch: Something Borrowed (S2E9) from 2021-02-08T01:23:34
Phil Ford is back in the writing credits for one of the strongest humor-horror-high-anxiety stories of the second Torchwood season, but we have a difficult time discerning which categorization best...
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Classic Rewatch: The Time Monster from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we're pleased to be joined by Will and John of the Mutter's Spiral podcast, chatting away about the six-part Pertwee and Delgado adventure in Atlantis, 'The Time Monster'. With the ideal...
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The L.I. Who 5 Preview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we have the L.I. Who showrunner himself, Ken Deep, back with us to discuss the Herculean efforts that go into putting such a convention together.
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Classic Rewatch: The Mutants from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pertwee goes political -- sort of -- as we're joined by Stephen Webb of the Coal Hill AV Club to enjoy the Third Doctor's 1972 adventure on Soros, 'The Mutants'. Shed those bulky exoskeletons, and ...
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Basically…Run from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Whether you are in pursuit of the rapidly shrinking portal that will allow you to return safely to your own relative time and place, or avoiding the grasp of some malicious alien race hell bent on ...
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Classic Rewatch: The Sea Devils from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we slowly rise from the depths of main show hiatus to absorb the six-part aquatic adventure, 'The Sea Devils'. Pertwee and Manning are back in the Master's crosshairs, this time attempti...
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Dreamcasting (from ReGeneration Who 3) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we call an audible in our planned GPR programming, and share with you all a panel discussion on wishful casting, recorded at (Re)Generation Who 3 in Baltimore. Joined by guests Tai Goode...
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Classic Rewatch: The Curse of Peladon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we lose at least ten minutes staring at a spinning mirror as we enjoy a rewatch of the Third Doctor classic, "The Curse of Peladon", joined by the delightful and insightful Charles Marti...
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Does This Smell Spoiled to You? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we take some time to look at the nature of spoilers as they have affected the Doctor Who program, in recent past, as well as present moment in the anticipation of Series 11.
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Classic Rewatch: Day of the Daleks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Keir and Haley are joined by Don Klees to throw back a bottle of red, a few nibbles of exquisite gorgonzola, and enjoy "Day of the Daleks". Season 9 hits the ground running with bigger aspirations ...
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The Moffat Legacy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
That faint brogue. That kinky hair. That incredible knowledge of Whovian trivia. That uncanny ability to divide a fan base with a single line of dialogue. Oh, Mister Moffat, no matter what the worl...
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Classic Rewatch: The Daemons from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we're joined by none other than Jeremy Radick (Gareth in the 1996 Doctor Who Movie) to enjoy a rewatch of the Third Doctor occult classic, "The Dæmons".
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Gallifrey! The Musical! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There's only one place where you'll see the most fantastic costumes, outlandish characters, unbelievable exploits, manic emotional upheaval, and tumultuous conflicts -- Camden, New Jersey! No, wait...
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Classic Rewatch: Colony In Space from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we welcome friend Chris Kocher to join in our return to the GPR Classic Rewatch Series with "Colony In Space". The Master is back at his Season 8 shenanigans, and the Third Doctor and Jo...
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The Companion Exit Strategy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, joined by Mike Solko of the TimeScoop podcast, we walk the list of modern Doctor Who companions, and discuss how fitting (or unfitting) their exit from the program suited the character. ...
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It’s About Time from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joined by fellow podcasters Danica and Brandon of Doctor Whooch, we spend a full hour on the subject of the Thirteenth Doctor casting decision, looking at the impact of such a momentous step in the...
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Series 10 In Review from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we look back at the breadth of Series 10, and reflect on its entertainment and emotional effectiveness. Joined by friend of the cast Kathleen Schowalter, we unpack the themes, tones, and...
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The Doctor Falls from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we draw the incredible tenth series of the renewed Doctor Who to a close (if you will) with "The Doctor Falls". We scream for respite from the pain of Bill's predicament, and get a most ...
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World Enough and Time from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we release our grip on the edges of our seats long enough to reflect on "World Enough and Time", the penultimate episode of Series 10, and the first of an unofficial trilogy leading up t...
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The Eaters of Light from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we cheer the return of Rona Munro to write for Doctor Who in 'The Eaters of Light'. From Bill' penchant for making friends at the bottom of holes, to Nardole's storytelling (ahem) skills...
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Empress of Mars from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we look to Mark Gatiss one more time, perhaps the last time, to tell a Whovian tale in "The Empress of Mars". In a set of circumstances wonderfully unique to this program, our Doctor tak...
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The Lie of the Land from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Putting the capstone on the series 10 trilogy, our TARDIS team directly contends with the Monks of Veritas in Toby Whithouse's story, "The Lie of the Land". After Bill's impulsive consent to allow ...
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The Pyramid At the End of the World from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we look to the second component of Moffat's final trilogy, "The Pyramid At the End of the World". The Doctor is on to the Monks' deception, in some small part, but is thoroughly concerne...
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Knock Knock from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we creep slowly up the stairs to find out what's really going on in "Knock Knock". We discuss the somewhat narrow-sighted behavior of nearly every character in the episode to one degree ...
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Series 10 Wishes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we look at all we know about the upcoming season, and lay out some of our wishes for the Series 10 episodes to come. These aren't the if-it-were-up-to-me or if-continuity-didn't-matter o...
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Classic Rewatch: The Claws of Axos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we relish the 1971 classic, "The Claws of Axos". Pertwee and Delgado are at their finest, the costumes and effects at their most questionable, and the story is aces. Pull up a bowl of ps...
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Series 10 Preview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we take stock of what we know, what we *think* we know, and what are still scandalous rumours, and lay the cards out for Doctor Who Series 10.
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The Doctor Who Movie (Drinking Game Commentary) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, joined by friends and GPR guests Julie, Tanu, and Raemani, we fill our glasses and provide a less-than-professional commentary to the 1996 Doctor Who "pilot" movie.
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Classic Rewatch: The Mind of Evil from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we consider the many important developments that occur within the Pertwee story, "The Mind of Evil". UNIT is at the forefront, and we gain a fuller appreciation for Yates and Benton; the...
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Recasting On a Budget from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we have a laugh at ourselves as American viewers, and wonder what we would do if trying to cast iconic Doctor Who roles with American actors who, for whatever reason, were not "the" comm...
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Classic Rewatch: Terror of the Autons from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we enjoy the action, adventure, and cat-and-mouse interplay between Doctor and Master in the Third Doctor story, "Terror of the Autons". Liz Shaw has made an abrupt off-screen departure,...
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Battle of the Spin-Offs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, the GPR squad each takes on the mantle of one of the Doctor Who spin-off series (Torchwood, Class, The Sarah Jane Adventures), and discusses its success as a standalone series, as well a...
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Classic Rewatch: Inferno from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we slip sideways in our own realities in complete enjoyment of the Third Doctor adventure, "Inferno". An action-packed, yet intellectually compelling story, we're given fantastic perform...
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Doctor’s Exit, Stage Left from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As we eagerly await the premiere of Series 10, news comes to us from the BBC that hits us like the proverbial ton of bricks: Peter Capaldi will be leaving at the end of this season, exiting alongsi...
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Classic Rewatch: The Ambassadors of Death from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we find the diamonds in the radioactive rough that is the Third Doctor story, "The Ambassadors of Death". Liz Shaw shines, the Doctor demonstrates his ability to merge science with magic...
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The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Jay and Haley try to comprehend the alternate planes presented in the seventh Class episode, "The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did". BONUS: Sophie Aldred, live from LI Who 4!
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Classic Rewatch: The Silurians from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, our Third Doctor dons his best spelunking gear, and gives us our first look at what might have been our reptilian overlords in "The Silurians". We discuss the emergence of this iconic vi...
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The Return of Doctor Mysterio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we find out once again how the Doctor is coping with grief during the holidays, in "The Return of Doctor Mysterio". Bonus Segment: Our annual birthday chat with none other than the Eight...
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Brave-ish Heart from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we resolve the previous Class cliffhanger in the fifth episode of the season. Bonus: We are honored to get to know Jeremy Radick, who portrayed (the unsung hero) Gareth in the 1996 Docto...
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Classic Rewatch: Spearhead From Space from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we fall headlong into the debut of the Third Doctor, in "Spearhead From Space". We discuss all the backstory components that contributed to such a monumental shift in the franchise, the ...
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Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we delve into the fourth episode of Class, and the myriad of storylines it brings to the foreground. The Shadowkin are back, relationships are being strengthened (and weakened), hard tru...
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Classic Rewatch: The War Games from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Closing the Troughton chapter of our Classic Who rewatch, we enjoy the ten-episode marathon that is 'The War Games'. BONUS: Our interview with Peter Davison, live from #LIWho 4!
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Nightvisiting from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Haley and Keir cut through the dangerous tendrils that weave through the third episode of Class, "Nightvisiting". Our ill-fated students contend with a danger that extends much further t...
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Live from L.I. Who 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, live from Program Room C of the Long Island Doctor Who Con (or #liwho for everyone on the inside), we invite our audience in on the cast to discuss "Classic Renovations". With the succes...
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The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this GPR episode, we recap the sophomore episode of Class, "The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo". Ram and Tanya are in the uncomfortable, blood-spattered limelight for this one, and we discover new...
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Classic Rewatch: The Seeds of Death from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, the GPR team romps about with the sixth season classic, "The Seeds of Death". With a strong supporting cast, plenty of running and tumbling, all the questionable props and sets we've com...
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For Tonight We Might Die from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
[SPOILERS AHEAD!] This week, Keir and Jay skid into the room just in time to fully enjoy the first episode of Class, the eagerly awaited Doctor Who spin-off. It takes no more than the first few min...
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Classic Rewatch: The Krotons from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jay and Haley put on their best pointy-shouldered armor, gather a sack full of interesting rocks, and queue up the DVD for a rewatch of the 1969 Doctor Who classic, 'The Krotons'.
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L.I. Who 4 Preview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We’ve never backed off our immense love and preference for the intimate, fan-run conventions, be they based on the Doctor Who fandom, or any other. There’s nothing like finding yourself in line for...
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Audio Killed the Video Script from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Jay and Keir discuss just a small segment of the many characters, plot arcs, villains, and other story elements that Big Finish has brought to Whovians that could not only adapt easily t...
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Classic Rewatch: The Mind Robber from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Let us tell you a story. Once, in a far-off land, many, many years apart from the time we live now, three dear friends went on an adventure. This was not your usual storybook adventure, where brave...
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Our 200 Episode Diary from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Join the GPR trio as we reflect on 200 episodes of our modest Doctor Who podcast, the impact that creating and producing the cast has had on each of our lives, and the profound respect and thanks w...
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Classic Rewatch: The Dominators from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Haley and Jay continue our classic rewatch series and discuss the Second Doctor story, "The Dominators." From obnoxious robot voices, to explosions, to extensive outerwear that could mak...
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A Wise Person Once Said… from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Keir and Haley tour a series of the Doctor's most impactful speeches, from short but sweet consolations to a distraught listener, to the arms-wide, sermon-on-the-mount powerhouses that h...
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Classic Rewatch: The Web of Fear from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we square off once again with the Great Intelligence, but with the newly arrived Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart, as we face "The Web of Fear". With twists and turns (both figuratively and li...
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The Elevator Pitch of Doom from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we're playing a little innocuous game dubbed 'The Elevator Pitch of Doom', in which we are given a smattering of supporting Doctor Who characters, and have to find ways to utilize them i...
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Classic Rewatch: Tomb of the Cybermen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we revel in the simple perfection that is the fifth season classic, 'Tomb of the Cybermen'. Enjoying peak performances from Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines, a thorough but not overly ...
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Let It Be Written from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we look at the contributions of a series of beloved Doctor Who writers, classic and new, veteran and freshman. We discuss the nature of their individual craft, what impact their stories ...
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Classic Rewatch: The Ice Warriors from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, GPR East and West (Keir and Haley) enjoy the four surviving episodes and two animated recreations of 'The Ice Warriors', and discuss the thematic statements about nuclear winter, modern ...
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Continuity Concerns from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If you were to take on a writing prompt asking you to compose a five-line scene where two well-known literary characters address a mundane event like a car that won’t start, and then asked another ...
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Classic Rewatch: Enemy of the World from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Actors playing dual roles in a single production is nothing new to film or television, but sometimes there are performances that are so exemplary, we almost forget that the two identities stem from...
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An Alien In America from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Doctor has the means and the desire to see the countless wonders of the Universe, from the epicenter of the Big Bang, to the outermost edges. With virtually infinite possible destinations, he c...
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Classic Rewatch: The Tenth Planet from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Closing the Hartnell chapter on our classic Doctor Who rewatch, we end on "The Tenth Planet", the Cyberman origin story, and a wholly entertaining story from the legendary Kit Pedler.
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Donna, We’re On! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we take a listener request to review the first series of The Tenth Doctor Adventures from Big Finish. From hyperintelligent alien adversaries, to the weaponization of time, to the living...
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Classic Rewatch: The War Machines from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, our GPR team foolishly boots up WOTAN to rewatch the Hartnell serial, "The War Machines". With last moments spent with a brainwashed Dodo, and incoming (unexpected) companions Polly and ...
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A Day in the Gallifreyan Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, using only the aspects of Gallifrey that were either shown or mentioned in the Doctor Who televised series (classic and new), we try to form a fuller understanding of the Doctor's home p...
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Classic Rewatch: The Gunfighters from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we shake the dust from our boots and saddle up to "The Gunfighters", that fateful moment where Doctor Who took on the Tombstone story. Complete with quick draws, jail breaks, and possibl...
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Noel Clarke: Interview from L.I. Who 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Staying just safely within the bounds of professionalism and good taste, we spend a few minutes chatting and laughing with Noel Clarke, our beloved Mickey Smith, recorded live from the festivities ...
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Classic Rewatch: The Ark from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we dematerialize in time to enjoy the WIlliam Hartnell-era Doctor Who story, "The Ark." With (Spaceman) Steven Taylor and new companion Dodo along, they certainly get the attention of th...
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Derrick Sherwin: Interview from L.I.Who 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There are a litany of reasons why Doctor Who script editor and producer Derrick Sherwin was greeted at the Long Island Doctor Who convention last November as the event’s Guest of Honor. He was resp...
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Quotable Companions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When you have a program that has spanned the decades as few like Doctor Who have done, and have at times both intentionally and unintentionally replaced actors within the principal cast, you have a...
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Paul McGann: Interview from L.I. Who 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recorded live from the third Long Island Doctor Who (or L.I. Who 3) convention in November of 2015, we sit down once again with the Eighth Doctor himself, Paul McGann, and discuss the convention ci...
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Torchwood vs. U.N.I.T. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When you think teams that have been developed for the sole purpose of protecting humanity from the countless dangers and unfathomable powers of the collective cosmos, you may think of some spandex-...
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Whovian Family Values: Live from (Re)Generation Who from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We’ve had discussions here on GPR in the past that touch upon the intersect of Doctor Who and members of the family before. From discussing the moral themes that viewers can take away from the prog...
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Doctor’s Orders from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Run for it, Marty! The Mistress is...sitting in MY SPOT!"
We always listen closely when the Doctor shares one of his many pearls of wisdom with us. Perhaps it's because of his gravita...
Growing Beyond the Screen, Live from (Re)Generation Who from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
At the sophomore outing for the Baltimore-based (Re)Generation Who convention, we were thrilled to have, as we so often do at smaller, more 'intimate' cons, chat at length with the stars, creators,...
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Classic Rewatch: The Dalek Invasion of Earth from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 1963, the world was introduced to the alien horrors of the “homicidal trash bins” known as the Daleks. As terrifying as they were to the audience of the time, there may yet have been a sense of ...
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Family “Who-ed” from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we stave off delirium with our own take on the old game show favorite "Family Feud", and determine who has their finger on the pulse of the fandom. (Hint: we're not that sort of Doctor.)
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Doctor Swap from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Have you ever wondered what the first Doctor would have done if he had a companion like Peri? Or how the fifth Doctor would have dealt with the weeping angels? Buckle up, it’s time for “Doctor Swap...
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Live from Gallifrey One: Station 27 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Consider it the family reunion you actually want to attend each year -- we return to the corridors and conference rooms of the Los Angeles Marriott, and the 27th iteration of the Gallifrey One conv...
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Classic Rewatch: The Time Meddler from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What’s the first thing you would do if given access to a time machine? If your first answer isn’t “exploit temporal dynamics to make myself rich beyond reason” then you’re doing it wrong. Other acc...
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Katy Manning: Interview from L.I. Who 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recorded live from L.I. Who 3, the New York Doctor Who convention in November 2015, the GPR staff sits down for an extended session with the bright, brilliant, and instantly endearing talent who ga...
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Classic Rewatch: The Keys Of Marinus from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we discuss the first season's classic story, "The Keys of Marinus." Join us as we travel with the Doctor and company all over an alien world, looking for the titular keys in a wholly new...
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News Extra: Lost in the Timestream from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Already reeling from the weekend's news regarding Moffat's step down, Chibnall's succession and the delay of Series 10 until Spring of 2017, American Whovians were dealt yet another unexpected blow...
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Farewell, Mr. Moffat from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this unscheduled reaction episode, we look at all the facts given in the BBC statement regarding Moffat's departure, Chibnall's succession, and the Series 10 delay.
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The School That Time Forgot from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we look at the past, present, and future of the esteemed fictitious educational institution of the Coal Hill Secondary School.
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Classic Rewatch: An Unearthly Child from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we step through the evening fog of Totter's Lane and open the gates of Foreman's scrap yard to enjoy "An Unearthly Child".
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The Year of the Woman? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joined by Alyssa of Whovian Feminism, we discuss the legacy of the program, accusations and confirmed instances of misogyny and chauvinism, the roles and representation of women both on camera and ...
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The Husbands of River Song from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we discuss the madcap escapade that was a holiday-special-turned-emotional-surprise, and realize that in all likelihood, this will be the last time we see Professor Song in a new Doctor ...
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The “Doctor Who Am I?” Documentary Project from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Co-directors Matthew Jacobs and Vanessa Yuille chat with us about the "Doctor Who Am I?" documentary, a film exploring the Doctor Who fan base in the United States.
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Clara Oswald: In Memoriam from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Now that the "Era of Clara" has drawn to a close, we look fondly back on the most unlikely companion we ever thought we'd miss -- and the many ways that she evolved from Impossible Girl to Improbab...
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Series 9 Wrap-Up from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With a madhouse collection of dark comedy, drama, suspense, farce, and a healthy dose of emotional gutting, there's little we could possibly be left wanting after this remarkable season of Doctor W...
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Camille Coduri: Interview from L.I. Who 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recorded live from L.I. Who 3, the New York Doctor Who convention in November 2015, the GPR staff sits down for a few minutes (and a few laughs) with Camille Coduri, "Jackie Tyler" from the new ser...
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Heaven Sent from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the penultimate episode of Series 9, 'Heaven Sent', we find our Doctor alone in an ever-changing prison, chased by a veiled creature that silently demands his every confession, and leading him o...
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Dan Starkey: Interview from L.I. Who 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Given only a few minutes to talk to Mr. Starkey on the opening day of the Long Island Doctor Who convention (L.I. Who 3), we knew that it would be a challenge to discuss all the topics we wanted. T...
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Face The Raven from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Let me be brave." A final credo repeated by Clara Oswald, and very likely uttered by many Whovians as they reached the end of an exceptional freshman script from writer Sarah Dollard. This week, w...
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Wendy Padbury & Frazer Hines: Interview from L.I. Who 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
From the festivities at the third Long Island Doctor Who convention (L.I. Who 3), we were thrilled to chat once again with Wendy Padbury and Frazer Hines. We discuss their boundless energy, their o...
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Sleep No More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we scratch our heads after watching a few iterations of "Sleep No More", the found-footage bottle episode that finds our Doctor and Clara on a 38th century research vessel orbiting Neptu...
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Live from L.I. Who 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
“No changes are permanent / But change is.” Musician Neil Peart’s lyric from ‘Tom Sawyer’ may very well have been speaking of the Doctor Who program, a premise that, since the Troughton era, was bu...
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The Zygon Inversion from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
How forever righteous is the spark that ignites the fires of rebellion? Is it always the casting down of shackles that have held back the multitudes, the rise of the oppressed against tyranny, as t...
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The Zygon Invasion from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
All the world’s a stage, and clearly the Zygons are the talent. Masquerading as the majority of the British population, the Zygons have been peacefully living among us. But now, that peace is comin...
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The Woman Who Lived from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The late journalist Herb Caen once wrote, “The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever.” He may have been speaking about the dangers that come with a long career of fame...
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The Girl Who Died from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we discuss the comedic romp that was 'The Girl Who Died'. We gain a fuller appreciation for squeamish farmers, find an alien race who love battle like Sontarans but also enjoy making dei...
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Before the Flood from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we stare into the dead eyes of our own electromagnetic residual images in "Before the Flood", and wonder if the Bootstrap Paradox and its seemingly inescapable causal loops are the great...
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Under the Lake from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we plunge into the murky depths of a Scottish loch with Toby Whithouse's first script for Series 9, Under the Lake. From the uncomfortable but necessary 'authority check' between Doctor ...
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The Witch’s Familiar from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Just when we thought we had a fuller understanding of our tumultuous 12th Doctor, and had joined him in coming to terms with his identity as a “good man”, a voice rises from the depths to haunt us ...
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The Magician’s Apprentice from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we unwrap the crinkling paper and fling the proverbial ribbons and bows into the air to discover 'The Magician's Apprentice', and discover that the adage regarding patience is actually q...
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Series 9 Preview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Series 9 is just around the corner, and we are filled to bursting with excitement. We dive into the facts, the prologues, the structure, the creative team, and of course, the wild speculation that ...
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Hey, It’s (That Doctor Who Actor)! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we discuss instances where Doctor Who alum appear out-of-the-blue in shows or films we weren't prepared for, forcing us to try and reconcile the conflicting thoughts caused when seeing t...
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Comparing Timepieces: Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we celebrate our 150th episode, not with champagne and caviar, but with pints of bitter and stale crisps as we close our temporal appreciation arc with the 2009 comedy Frequently Asked Q...
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Comparing Timepieces: Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we continue looking at popular film examples of time travel with the late 1980s comedy, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. With a time machine in the guise of a phone booth, a sagely gu...
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Comparing Timepieces: Back to the Future from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we discuss the Back to the Future trilogy and the way it portrays both the mechanisms and ramifications of time travel. Being good Whovians, we also dive into how the films' treatment of...
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An Inside Update on L.I. Who 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this special supplementary episode, Keir and Jay discuss the upcoming festivities with Andre Tessier, who handles press relations and social networking for L.I. Who, along with details on the (l...
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The Series 9 Wish List from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, as the countdown timer to Series 9 clicks into its final month, we feel it's only right that we put on the Gallifreyan Robes of Wishful Thinking, and discuss all the plot, character and ...
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A Connecticut Yankee in Doctor Who’s Court from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Keir returns from his recent trip to the United Kingdom, and shares tales of his many adventures with us, including a very special visit to the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff. We also catch up on...
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The Daleks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What does it take to make a villain that lasts over 50 years? Apparently an early fan acceptance followed by contractual obligation. The Daleks have terrorized the Doctor since his second televis...
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Doctor Who at SDCC 2015 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
From being completely absent last year, to coming in force this year, Doctor Who is no stranger to the world of San Diego Comic Con. While their “World Tour” in 2014 made an appearance at SDCC su...
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When Science Takes a Holiday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we discuss those episodes that push viewers out to the very edge of believable science, and then give an extra nudge for good measure. From the oft-maligned "Kill the Moon", to "Closing ...
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Torchwood Rewatch: Sleeper (S2E2) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With the team now working more effectively and completely than any time in Season 1, we're handed a rather overt, at times obvious investigation into a crime that could have led to more, but didn't.
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Pop Culture Honors the Doctor from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When you love something dearly, you want to surround yourself by it. You immerse yourself in it. You find ways to involve it in aspects of your life where it may otherwise not have a place. If you ...
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Classic Rewatch: Nightmare of Eden from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With an unusual foray into an intergalactic crime drama rather than a space mystery, Season 17's fourth story installment leaves us a little unimpressed.
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A Conversation with Paul Cornell from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we are thrilled to be joined by none other than writer Paul Cornell, author of numerous Doctor Who novels, the televised episodes Father's Day, Human Nature, and Family of Blood, as well...
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The Runaway TARDIS (Pop Classics) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As a little bonus episode for our younger listeners, Keir is joined in the GPR studios by a 3-year old book critic to review the newest kids' book publication from Pop Classics & Quirk Books.
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Series 9: What We Know So Far from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we compile all we know to date about Doctor Who Series 9, and share it with you in one simple, easy to digest pill...er, podcast. Listen in as we get you up to speed on all the latest br...
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Torchwood Rewatch: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (S2E1) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Season 2 of Torchwood crashes in like a left hook, and even the return of fearless leader Jack can't fully contain the shockwave that is Time Agent John Hart.
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Fan Expo Dallas 2015 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Keir and Jay take a backseat and make Haley do all of the heavy lifting as we listen to some of the great panels by Sylvester McCoy, Billie Piper, and Karen Gillan from Fan Expo Dallas. ...
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Classic Rewatch: The Creature From the Pit from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Our tin dog sounds a little off as we land on the jungle planet of Chloris in this Fourth and Romana story, but that's not the only thing that feels odd.
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Pop Music in Doctor Who from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we take a look at the inclusion of popular music in Doctor Who to date, and ask if there is a justifiable place for the use of licensed song material, and beyond that, the risky inclusio...
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Quantine Productions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We take a couple of turns around the studio table wondering what a complete Doctor Who story production would turn out like if the limitations and complications of stay-at-home did their worst. Fro...
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Showrunner For A Day from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we and our loyal listeners don the showrunner's mantle for the sake of argument, and discuss what small steering adjustments we might make to Doctor Who to date, and yet-to-come, to see ...
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Torchwood Rewatch: End of Days (S1E13) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When a few of our Torchwood Hub 3 team declare mutiny over their dear Captain in the Season 1 finale, sunny happy Cardiff pays the price in the form of really unpleasant overcast skies.
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Osgone, But I’m Back Now! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we pull the emergency brake to discuss the surprising news of this apparent -- or alleged -- return of fan favorite Osgood, and how this reappearance could impact the show moving forward...
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Classic Rewatch: City of Death from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With a bottle of wine, a chicken egg, a clenched fist, and a famous painting of a nonplussed Italian noblewoman, we head to Paris for what is undoubtedly our favorite classic era story. From the 'w...
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Does The Writer’s Room Need A Regeneration? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
“We’re all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?” It’s the stories that bring us back week after week, year after year to the show about a mad man and his box, so the writers of those st...
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The Rumor Mill from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Given a randomly drawn set of heroes, adversaries, and locations, we play a few rounds of creating off-the-cuff episode synopses that -- while possibly ridiculous -- have some definite 'watchability'.
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Live from Whofest 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Haley and Jay surrounded themselves with the best kind of Texans: Whovian Texans. Whofest 2 in Dallas drew visits from none other than Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Terry Molloy, Nicholas ...
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Torchwood Rewatch: Captain Jack Harkness (S1E12) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Cardiff Rift gets uppity, courtesy of a mysterious cravat-sporting caretaker with a penchant for Polaroids and time-tinkering, taking Jack and Tosh to 1941 and a very awkward military meet-up.
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The GPR Listener Favorites from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we consider ourselves done talking about our own personal favorite Doctor Who stories, and dedicate this portion of our appreciation arc to share those selections sent to us by our wonde...
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Classic Rewatch: Destiny of the Daleks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With equal parts psychopathy and sarcasm, we drill into Season 17 with Terry Nation's final story contribution to Doctor Who, and the full-time arrival of Lalla Ward as Romana.
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Our Favorites: Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It doesn't take a genius to see why Haley made these episodes her choice for the GPR "Our Favorites" arc. The iconic introduction of River, Donna in full force, the Tenth Doctor's hair, and of cour...
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Our Favorites: The Girl in the Fireplace from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, our appreciation of personal favorite stories allows Jay to share his episode selection, "The Girl in the Fireplace". As a great stand-alone episode, and a perfect sample of what the sho...
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Torchwood Rewatch: Combat (S1E11) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We step into the ring with guest Julie this week, returning at long last to our Torchwood progress to discuss Noel Clarke's contribution to the first season. (Yes, THAT Noel Clarke.)
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Our Favorites: City of Death from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, in the first installment of our own "favorites arc", we look with fondness at the lasting tale of time travel, art theft, conspiracy, the primordial cradle of all Terran life, and the ef...
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Classic Rewatch: The Armageddon Factor from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Our good friend Drew from "Who and Company" joins us to finish assembly of the Key to Time, and wrap up the sixteenth season of Doctor Who.
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When Dark Eyes are Smiling from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we talk at length about the newest expansions to the Eighth Doctor Adventures, the award-winning Dark Eyes series. When the Doctor meets a medical assistance volunteer from World War I w...
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Series 12 In Review from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It wasn't anything like what we expected, and even less what we predicted, but with Series 12 now behind us we reflect on the wild ten-week ride we just experienced.
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Whose Line Was it Anyway? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we put our Whovian memories to the test, and see which of us has the best mind for the minutiae of utterances. Was that snarky-sexy statement a River quote, or was it Jack Harkness? Was ...
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The Timeless Children from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Diving in with more unanswered questions than we thought was physically safe to carry, we throw caution to the wind and absorb the finale of the twelfth modern season.
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The No-Longer-Impossible Girl from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we look at the substantial growth Clara's character has had thus far, and discuss what we would both like to see -- and what we expect to see -- in the upcoming ninth series. Do we want ...
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Ascension of the Cybermen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bracing ourselves for a tumbling, screeching, the-brakes-are-out ride into the final story arc of the season, we're given even more questions to add to the existing pile, with little time left for ...
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The Return of… from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we start by putting concerted effort into predicting those characters who would make the most sense appearing in Series 9. That exhausted, it all turns left, and we end up putting prover...
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The Haunting of Villa Diodati from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It may not be technically adjoined to the finale two-parter to follow, but this Thirteenth Doctor 'ghost story' has so much to offer in terms of immediate enjoyment and future consideration, it fee...
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Live from Gallifrey One from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Imagine if you will, that your tireless crusade has been completed, and you have finally converted everyone to Whovianism. You walk down the street, and every living soul you cast your eyes upon is...
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Can You Hear Me? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Our GPR team is somewhat divided on the seventh Series 12 episode, both in how it lands as a science fiction story, and how it incorporates the concerns of mental health.
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A Genuine TARDIS-Shaped Podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we have some fun with the strangest connections some merchants have made in order to capitalize on the Whovian market. Have a need for a TARDIS-shaped mini-fridge in the den? Why not? A ...
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Hypothetical Who from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we carelessly cross time streams all over the place, and come up with our favorite mash-ups for Doctor Who characters. It's a fun session of "What would happen if...?" and shows just how...
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Fugitive of the Judoon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We prepared ourselves for a good old mercenary adventure, with equal parts humorous wordplay and brutish thuggery. The surprises we were thrown left us gasping for air and grasping for comprehension.
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The Clique-ing of the Clock from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Whether you deem yourself a part of the “Baker Brigade” or a flag-waving resident of “Tennant Nation”, we’re talking to you. If you align yourself firmly with “Classic Who”, “NuWho”, or are a recru...
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Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The 19th Century "Current War" battles for top billing with a malevolent alien invasion as the most entertaining conflict in the fourth episode of Series 12.
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The People v. Steven Moffat from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
To draw a quote from the great Benjamin Franklin and throw it into an entirely unfamiliar context, it is the first responsibility of every [fan] to question [the showrunner]. We as Whovians, howeve...
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But Enough About Us… from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This time around, we opened Pandora's Box in the attempt to find what everyone outside the GPR studios thought of Doctor Who Series 8 in our online poll (still open, by the way!), and the response ...
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Spyfall, Part Two from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chris Chibnall doubles down on the intensity for the conclusion of his Series 12 opening story, and it definitely takes its toll on us as viewers.
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It All Adds Up to Twelve from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Each actor to take up the mantle of the Doctor has certainly added his own flare to the character. Be it the humor of Tom Baker, the bravado of Colin Baker, or the emotional hair of David Tennant, ...
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Spyfall, Part One from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We're rocked back on our heels with the Series 12 opener, getting a storyline we love, questions that challenge us, concerns for characters, and...THAT moment. "Hi."
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Last Christmas from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Wake up, kids! It’s Christmas morning. An entire day to spend marathon-watching some Christmas films (along with a horror movie or two), stress a while about relationship dramas during the holiday ...
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Torchwood Rewatch: Out of Time (S1E10) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
They say you can't go back again...assuming you want to at all. Gwen, Jack, and Owen each take charge of caretaking an unexpected time traveler, coming to three very different ends.
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The Ghost of Christmas Specials Past from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The soft glow of the holiday lights. The faint strains of a familiar carol heard from a neighbor’s home. The smell of nutmeg floating in the crisp air. The shiver down your spine as a needle-sharp ...
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Worthwhile: The Curse of the Black Spot from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Applying our typical "silver linings" perspective as we do to nearly all Doctor Who content, we begin a positive look at maligned post-2005 episodes with a hapless crew becalmed at sea.
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There Are No Stupid Questions… from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If there’s one thing Steven Moffat knows how to do exceptionally well, it’s how to leave a viewer exasperated and asking, “But…but…what about (this)?” While Series 8 certainly had a fair number of ...
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Classic Rewatch: The Power of Kroll from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Skewering the fifth segment of the Key to Time on a lance like seafood on a kebab, the Doctor and Romana find some very familiar struggles for power on a swamp moon.
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New Doctor, Seeking Patience from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The question of how Peter Capaldi would live up to his predecessors was on the lips and minds of every Whovian leading up to Series 8. It was mere moments into “Deep Breath” that the question shift...
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Torchwood Rewatch: Random Shoes (S1E9) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gwen embroils herself in a ghost story where the spirit is the one haunted by the living, and the rest of the team effectively takes a week off.
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A Masterful Villain from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It makes perfect literary sense. How do you create a villain who is legitimately threatening, an engaging and interesting match for the protagonist’s strengths, but is not over-powerful? Simple sol...
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Giving Thanks for a Series 12 Trailer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The official "Doctor Who Day" of 2019 brought us something we've been hoping to see on our holiday table for months, now: an action-packed trailer for the new series complete with guest appearances...
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A Chat with the Doctor(s) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Long Island Doctor Who arrived during the weekend of the Series 8 finale, and we were there to enjoy it with 1,300 other Whovians...and had the privilege to interview none other than Frazer Hines, ...
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Classic Rewatch: The Androids of Tara from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pointing a few hands' worth of fingers at various impostors (both organic and cybernetic), the Doctor and Romana get waylaid by a problematic regency dispute while making off with the fourth piece ...
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Oh Come On, You Can Tell Us from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When official word on the progress, production, or even pulse of Series 12 development is far and few between, even the most devoted fans start wondering what's going on behind the curtain.
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Torchwood Rewatch: They Keep Killing Suzie (S1E8) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sporting a "risen mitten" and a "life knife", the Torchwood team revives a traitor from their past to do...well, exactly what you'd expect a traitor to do: betray.
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Classic Rewatch: The Stones of Blood from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Fourth Doctor and Romana get far more than they bargained for in the pursuit of the third segment of the Key to Time: namely, a court-ordered execution.
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Two Whos and a Lie: The Rumor Mill from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In a new adaptation of our bluffing-based "Two Whos and a Lie" game, we try and stump one another by hiding a complete falsehood among a trio of Doctor Who rumors past and present. It proves a lot ...
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Torchwood Rewatch: Greeks Bearing Gifts (S1E7) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When writer Toby Whithouse gives us a story that finally centers around Tosh, we should know better than to expect a 'very special episode' where things turn out lovely.
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Classic Rewatch: The Pirate Planet from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Riding air cars across a hollowed-out planet with a monumental secret, we find that despite being named by Douglas Adams, the place isn't called Magrathea. (Shame.)
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They Say It’s Your Sesquarcentennial from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With glasses in hand, and a rule set developed by you wonderful listeners, we celebrate our 350th episode with a live commentary of "The Woman Who Fell to Earth"...and obligatory shenanigans.
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And Now a Word From Our Sponsors from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In most instances, we love skipping over, blocking, or otherwise avoiding advertisements...but would that change if the product being promoted -- or personality doing the endorsement -- was more Wh...
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Torchwood Rewatch: Countrycide (S1E6) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When the Torchwood team heads to the country, the storytelling takes a notably dark and distressing turn. Oddly enough, we're all really happy to see it happen.
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Classic Rewatch: The Ribos Operation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With rocks in our pockets, and a fool-proof plan to slip out undetected, we set down to enjoy the arrival of Romanadvoratrelundar in the Season 16 opening story.
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Where Have I Heard That Before? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With Keir out of town on official (cough cough -- DragonCon -- cough cough) business, Jay and Haley set out to prove that they're perfectly capable of playing a Whovian trivia game.
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Torchwood Rewatch: Small Worlds (S1E5) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Torchwood team squares off against a dark and dangerous interpretation of the faerie folk. But does anything actually change as a result of the confrontation?
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Classic Rewatch: The Invasion of Time from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pitting our heroes against not one but two formidable adversaries, we look at the six-part coup d'êtat story that ends not only the 15th classic season, but a very important relationship as well.
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The Thingamajig of the Daleks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Power, Genesis, Asylum, Master Plan, Invasion...five decades of Dalek mayhem launches a lot of schemes for ultimate domination. What if we took a random term like "the marriage of", and extracted a...
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Torchwood Rewatch: Cyberwoman (S1E4) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We test the limits of our "find the good in everything" zeitgeist as we press on through the fourth episode of Torchwood's first season. It's...a thing that aired.
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Classic Rewatch: Underworld from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With a slow and steady float down a tunnel of diminishing quality, we reach the core of the penultimate Season 15 story, "Underworld".
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Planning the Series 11 Drinking Game from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we workshop the rules, rewards, and risks with developing a watch-along drinking game for any S11 episode. (This is what happens when we're left without new content for too long.)
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Torchwood Rewatch: Ghost Machine (S1E3) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The third episode of the first Torchwood season appears to be a bit of "viewer's ret-con" for most of us, as we can't really recall any details having seen the story in years past...though we know ...
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Classic Rewatch: The Sun Makers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We all conclude that this Season 15 satire by story editor Robert Holmes is one of the gems of the Fourth Doctor era, as humorous as it is scathing.
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Family Who-ed, 2019 Edition from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We return to one of our favorite past Whovian games, with the gracious responses by 100 of you to a series of questions about our favorite program. Some were trivia, some were opinion, all were wor...
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Torchwood Rewatch: Day One (S1E2) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chris Chibnall gives us a rather -- interesting -- sci-fi premise for the second outing of our Torchwood team. There's a lot to enjoy, a lot to question, and even a bit of foreshadowing to seasons ...
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Classic Rewatch: Image of the Fendahl from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With all the best intentions (and the glowing skull of Eustace) we set out to fully enjoy this horror story from Series 15...but there are a few bumps along the way.
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Just Put a TARDIS On It from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
You don't have to venture to Etsy to find the weirdest side of Whovian merchandise. Jay takes over the game-master seat to challenge Keir and special guest Julie in identifying what's real, and wha...
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Torchwood Rewatch: Everything Changes (S1E1) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sink with us into the pavement in Cardiff Bay as we begin a full rewatch of the Torchwood spin-off series from 2006.
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Classic Rewatch: The Invisible Enemy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We didn't have particular concerns about jumbo shrimp until this Season 15 story came around. Now we feel a bit 'nerve-ous' around them. (Get it? Brain? Nerve? *sigh*)
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Whose Line WAS It, Anyway? (Revisited) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On a quiet Whovian news week, we test our memory of dialogue, trying to remember which character uttered a particular statement from the modern episodes.
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Classic Rewatch: Horror of Fang Rock from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jeremy Radick joins us again a the top of Season 15 for a nice, leisurely tour of a lighthouse on a perfectly serene evening. Everything is just fine. Nothing unusual or alarming.
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They Deserve More Time from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We task ourselves this week with identifying just a few of the briefly-met characters who we wish had another opportunity, large or small, to return to the program.
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Classic Rewatch: The Talons of Weng-Chiang from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With an attempt to acknowledge the quality of the storyline while remaining keenly aware of the careless, inarguably racist execution, we delve into the six-part conclusion to Season 14 and all the...
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Rotten Potatoes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If broadcasts of Earth films ever get picked up by Sontaran fleets, this may be their reviews of what we consider "classics". We really don't expect them to be appreciated. We do, however, have a p...
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Classic Rewatch: The Robots of Death from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With a fistful of sticky bike reflectors, we head into the Fourth Doctor and Leela's second adventure, an Agatha Christie-meets-Isaac Asimov murder mystery with Leninist overtones. (Oh, and sand!).
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The Blank of Rassilon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With a random noun generator at our fingertips, and just the right amount of competitive motivation to spur the creative mind, we attempt a few rounds of a game that takes seemingly innocuous objec...
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Classic Rewatch: The Face of Evil from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Poisoned thorn gripped tightly in hand, and memory failing us ever so slightly, we lunge toward Xoanan in search of missing female character representation.
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Live from Gallifrey One: 30 Years in the TARDIS from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After three (plus) days of panels, games, music, laughs, drinks, and reconnections with a massive Whovian family, we look at everything that the 30th anniversary of Gallifrey One has given us.
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Packing for Gallifrey One 30 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Short and sweet this week, we run down the things we're looking forward to (and getting involved in) at the upcoming Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles.
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Classic Rewatch: The Deadly Assassin from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Back to Gallifrey without a companion, we watch the Fourth Doctor deal with his Time Lord kin in ways he couldn't have anticipated...even if he *is* Prydonian.
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Whoperlatives from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Trying out a new little game-activity, we go the old school yearbook route, and pick the "the best at", "the worst of", "the most likely to do (such-and-such)". Is it juvenile and ridiculous? Of co...
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Classic Rewatch: The Hand of Fear from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With a wistful goodbye to a beloved companion, but a resounding approval for the story itself, we bask in the radiation to reconstitute a crystalline gem of a Fourth Doctor story.
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Time Lord Down Time from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Facing at least a calendar year without new televised Doctor Who, we look to the many other ways we and all Whovians can "get our Gallifreyan fix" in most entertaining ways.
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Classic Rewatch: Masque of Mandragora from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gazing into Season 14 like so many 15th century telescopes, we step back to a Baker and Sladen historical piece with a talented, if singularly gendered, supporting cast.
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Resolution from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we enjoy a boisterous, loud, daresay explosive hour-long adventure as our first and last piece of new televised Doctor Who content of the year. An all-too-familiar opponent makes a new a...
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Series 11 in Review from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After rewatching and processing the ten installments of Series 11, we look at the season in total, and the impression it leaves on us in retrospect. We assess the series as a storytelling set, iden...
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The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"I know that voice..." This week, Series 11 -- and the year 2018 -- closes with a bit of an off-planet chess match in "The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos".
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It Takes You Away from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After checking that all the mirrors in the studio do in fact have us looking back in them, we settle in for a discussion of the penultimate episode of Season 11.
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The Witchfinders from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we get another invaluable history lesson from Team TARDIS in the eighth installment of Series 11, "The Witchfinders".
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Demons of the Punjab from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Asking Chris Chibnall to step away from the pen this week, we are given Vinay Patel's fascinating depiction of the 1947 Partition of India, in "Demons of the Punjab".
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The Tsuranga Conundrum from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we tie on our bibs and tuck in to a heaping coil of antimatter with "The Tsuranga Conundrum", marking the midpoint in Series 11. We're all in agreement that this is stock-in-trade, dare ...
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Arachnids in the UK from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we peek over the top of the couch (or possibly the hotel tub?) to see what the reactions are to a spider the size of a van in the fourth episode of Series 11.
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The Ghost Monument from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With sand in our shoes, and a swank pair of sunglasses on our faces, we tumble across the viewing landscape in pursuit of the second episode of Series 11, "The Ghost Monument".
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The Woman Who Fell to Earth from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we finally drop from our levitation points above the couch to hug each other with adrenaline-fueled delight at the first full adventure of the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends in "The W...
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Dear Doctor; Dear Viewer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With only days to go before Doctor Who returns, we pause in the eye of the storm, and speak our hearts directly to two most important recipients: to Jodie Whittaker herself; and to the viewer who w...
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Classic Rewatch: The Seeds of Doom from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Strapping on our weed-killer backpacks, and exercising absolutely ZERO patience for thug henchmen, we plunge into the undergrowth of "The Seeds of Doom", the closing story of Season 13.
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And In This Corner… from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we process the statements by Chibnall and the BBC Worldwide informing us that Series 11 will have an entirely new roster of villains and dangers to be faced, and that the time-tested ran...
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Classic Rewatch: The Brain of Morbius from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Jeremy Radick calls in once again to join us for a lovely stroll through a dark and sinister laboratory, as "The Brain of Morbius" taunts us into action.
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Our 300th Episode Retrospective from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With 300 notches in our weekly podcasting belts, the GPR team takes pause in the anticipation of the next series to look at what six years and a long, long scheduling spreadsheet can accomplish.
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Setting Course For Series 11 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With the possibility of seeing Series 11 even sooner than we had mentally prepared ourselves for, we take stock of what has been confirmed for the season to come on Doctor Who.
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Classic Rewatch: The Android Invasion from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Jay is out of the studio (or IS he?) as the rest of us learn to trust no one in 'The Android Invasion'. We're 90% certain we're watching Doctor Who and not Invasion of the Body Snatchers...
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Whovian Starter Pack (2018 Edition) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Being now just over five years since we last attempted to pull together such a 'primer set' of first stories, we have some incredible new content to consider when introducing new viewers to the pro...
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Classic Rewatch: Pyramids of Mars from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We dive wholeheartedly into this classic among classics, from the 13th season with Sarah Jane and the Fourth Doctor. We are the Sycophants of Sladen. SHE NEEDS NO OTHER.
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Once Upon a Time in San Diego from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we attempt to process everything that was given to us by cast, crew, and the BBC themselves over the course of the San Diego Comic-Con 2018 weekend.
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Our Summer Smorgasbord from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we have resources aplenty to bring interesting Doctor Who discussion to the forefront. From a selection of panels at this month's ConnectiCon in Hartford, CT, to the latest teaser traile...
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Classic Rewatch: Planet of Evil from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the world of science fiction, antimatter has been a nearly limitless source of ideas. It can be used to power devices of all kinds, mutate entire ecosystems, rewrite the very timeline, and in ex...
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Worst TARDIS Team Ever from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Because it's out of character for us to want to see good things go wrong, we make a game of wondering what combinations of Doctors and companions would make for the most disastrous adventures.
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Classic Rewatch: Terror of the Zygons from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we dive to the bottom of Loch Ness to begin Season 13, and meet the shapeshifting adversaries not to be seen again for 40 years.
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Broadchurch In Space?: Live from (Re)Generation Who 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the last of our panel sessions from (Re)Generation Who 4 in Baltimore, we discuss Chris Chibnall's body of work to date, and what assumptions we can make (or hopes we can have) about what that C...
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Classic Rewatch: Revenge of the Cybermen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We close the 12th season of Classic Doctor Who with the return of the silver menace, "Revenge of the Cybermen". It may not be the jewel in the crown, but it has its own golden shine.
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An Interview with The Sevateem from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we sit for a session with Christian Erickson of The Sevateem, the Twin Cities-based electro-pop group. They have just released their rock opera "The Caves", inspired by a love of the Fif...
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Classic Rewatch: Genesis of the Daleks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we sit back and absorb all there is to one of the most frequently referenced, critically scrutinized, and impactful stories to emerge from the Classic Who library: season 12's "Genesis o...
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Tiny Rebel Games Discusses Doctor Who: Infinity from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In their latest undertaking, the development team at Tiny Rebel Games has promised us the release of "Doctor Who: Infinity" early this summer. As we did a few years back, we got the chance to call...
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Classic Rewatch: The Sontaran Experiment from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Taylor from The PODcastica joins us for a surprisingly brief rewatch of Season 12's two-part story, 'The Sontaran Experiment'.
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The Doctor-Companion Symbiosis: Live from (Re)Generation Who 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joined by a panel of exceptional Whovian intellects, we discuss the give-and-take relationships between the Doctor and their traveling companions, both historically, and with an eye to the series t...
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Classic Rewatch: Ark In Space from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joined by Rachel from Hockey Feels and other podcasts, we enter the 'Space Station That Steve Jobs Built', and deal with some unusual pest control in "Ark In Space".
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The Impossible Pacifist (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With continued thanks to the staff of (Re)Generation Who 4, we share our panel discussion on the idea of the Doctor as a pacifist character, how suitably the title fits, and whether there are stria...
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Classic Rewatch: Robot from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines madness as ‘behavior or thinking that is very foolish or dangerous’, whereas the term eccentricity is ‘deviation from an established pattern or norm; especial...
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The Doctor Who Memorabilia Museum from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we're joined on a call with writer, collector, and immense Doctor Who enthusiast, David J. Howe (of Telos Publishing and numerous projects) to discuss the status and preparations for the...
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Classic Rewatch: Planet of the Spiders from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we bid the fondest farewell to Jon Pertwee as our Third Doctor, as we chant into being a six-episode chase through "Planet of the Spiders".
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Live from (Re)Generation Who 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recorded live from the GPR Meet-Up at (Re)generation Who 4 in Baltimore, we spend some quality (subjective assessment) time with friends and listeners. Special thanks to the entire Onizumi Events c...
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(Re)GenerationWho4 Preview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we blather enthusiastically about what we're going to see, hear, and do at the upcoming (Re)GenerationWho 4 convention in Baltimore on the weekend of March 23, 2018, with Peter Capaldi, ...
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Classic Rewatch: The Monster of Peladon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Podcasting colleague Alyssa of 'This Week in Time Travel' joins us to rewatch the penultimate Third Doctor Story, complete with mining revots, ghostly Aggadors, and our favourite hermaphroditic cep...
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Desert Island Doctors from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, the GPR trio sits down to play their fledgling "who'd you choose?" game in earnest, looking to identify which of the Doctor's regenerations we'd want with us if trapped on a deserted isl...
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Classic Rewatch: Death to the Daleks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we scratch our heads a bit at the Third Doctor and Sarah Jane story from Season 11, "Death to the Daleks". All the basic components of a great episode are there, from concept to cast, bu...
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The 29 Voyages of Gallifrey One from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With great fondness but little sleep, we recap just the smallest sliver of what made this Los Angeles convention something not only entertaining, but poignant and important as well.
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The Writer’s Room (Live from Regeneration Who 3) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We tap into our con panel archive with a segment from RegenerationWho 3. Joined by "Dalek" writer Robert Shearman, we discuss the (at time of recording) unconfirmed rumor of Chibnall introducing an...
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Classic Rewatch: Invasion of the Dinosaurs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Run! Run! This week, television editor and fellow Gonna Geek Network podcaster Wil joins us to revel in the story and cringe at the effects of 'Invasion of the Dinosaurs'.
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Doo-wee-ooo from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, long-time GPR companion Julie joins us in studio to discuss the composers and compositions that have added so much to the emotional impact of Doctor Who since its inception.
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Classic Rewatch: The Time Warrior from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With barely contained enthusiasm, we charge the proverbial castle walls in our rewatch of the opener for Doctor Who's Season 11, "The Time Warrior", joined by Deb Stanish of the Verity! Podcast.
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Then Is the New Now from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We spend some time this episode looking at all the elements of "classic" Doctor Who that have been incorporated in some way into the modern (post-2005) series, be it a revisitation, an overt refere...
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Classic Rewatch: The Green Death from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we bid a fond farewell to Jo Grant, as she parts company with the Third Doctor in the Season 10 closer, "The Green Death".
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Earth Year 2017 in Review from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Looking back on the year, we run down some of the highlights that we as fans of Doctor Who have enjoyed from on screen, in audio, comics, books, and among the community channels.
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Twice Upon a Time from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we bid a most emotional farewell to our Twelfth Doctor, and shout in triumphant welcome to our Thirteenth. Steven Moffat gives us his final television story, and more characters returnin...
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Classic Rewatch: Planet of the Daleks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joined this week by television producer and devout classic Whovian, Dave Barsky, we go many, many levels below the surface to find the positives in the 1973 story, "Planet of the Daleks".
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The Companion Conundrum from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we're joined by long-time listener and friend of the podcast Nicole to discuss, debate, and dissect what it means to be an 'official' companion of the Doctor.
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Classic Rewatch: Frontier In Space from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we're joined by friend and fellow podcaster Drew Meyer (of Who and Company) to enjoy -- and ponder -- the final Pertwee episode to feature Roger Delgado as the Master, 'Frontier In Space'.
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A Whovian Thanksgiving from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we take time to thank the Doctor Who franchise for the many gifts it has given us as fans over 54 years. From the stories, to the characters, to the conventions, to you as podcast listen...
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Classic Rewatch: Carnival of Monsters from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Our Classic Rewatch progress brings us to the mad "Incredible Journey Meets Groundhog Day" conditions of "Carnival of Monsters". Knock back a quick chota peg to brace your nerves, and let's begin!
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Two Whos and a Lie! (Live from L.I. Who 5) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we share the live recording from LI Who 5 of our audience participation game, in which players (you lovely listeners) attempt to identify the false fact from amid a trio of odd trivia. T...
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Classic Rewatch: The Three Doctors from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we're thrilled to sit back and enjoy the tenth anniversary episode of the classic Doctor Who run, "The Three Doctors". Hoist on those gigantic helmets, and will a few couch-side snacks i...
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The Waiting Is the Hardest Part from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we're joined by good friends and hosts of the podcast, "This Week In Time Travel", Alyssa and Chip, to discuss the very nature of podcasting about Doctor Who during 'downtime' periods. W...
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This Old TARDIS from 2021-01-28T19:20:22
If our titular Time Lord were winging around the Universe in a capsule or pod craft of some sort, we'd expect scenes on board to take place in one of only a handful of spaces. But the singular prem...
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Classic Rewatch: Warrior’s Gate from 2021-01-24T17:29:55
An immensely detailed storyline is condensed into four episodes that confuse us as much as entertain...and in a few of our opinions, more so.
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Torchwood Rewatch: A Day in the Death (S2E8) from 2021-01-15T20:17:48
It's the second season story where not-dead Owen is a horrible grief counselor, Martha leaves, and we all agree that one can effectively leave it at that.
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Worry Over Whittaker from 2021-01-08T01:26:23
We address the current rumor -- and at present, nothing more than one -- about Jodie Whittaker's tenure on the program.
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Revolution of the Daleks from 2021-01-04T15:14:01
After ten months of waiting, we dip back into the daily doings of the three isolated companions to see how they've fared with their ten months away from the Doctor. We have an answer to the freneti...
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Deemed Worthwhile: The Return of Doctor Mysterio from 2020-12-27T21:34:44
Staying in bright holiday spirits, we are visited by a ghost...or rather, The Ghost, the focal point of the Twelfth Doctor's third holiday special (depending on how you count them).
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Classic Rewatch: State of Decay from 2020-12-22T04:01:03
After a bit of friction between writer and script editor on the balance between gothic imagery and science, the story divides our team on what we find interesting, entertaining, or worth the time i...
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Torchwood Rewatch: Dead Man Walking (S2E7) from 2020-12-06T21:14:08
Haley's back in the studio at long last, and we didn't even have to use a resurrection glove to make it happen. Hitting the midpoint in Season 2 of Torchwood, we see a recurrence of an episode trai...
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Whovian Mixology – The Doctors from 2020-11-21T16:08:17
If you were to attribute a drink to each iteration of The Doctor, what might it be? We each come up with a list of beverages that we feel matches every regeneration's persona.
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Classic Rewatch: Full Circle from 2020-11-14T18:01:23
Romana realizes her time with the Doctor is nearing an end, and the divisive character Adric enters the picture in this fan-written Season 18 story.
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Torchwood Rewatch: Reset (S2E6) from 2020-11-09T01:51:31
While reveling in the return of Doctor Martha Jones and all the things we love about her, we also recognize a solid story that works completely outside of the science fiction construct.
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Timestamps and Milestones (Our 400th Episode) from 2020-11-01T20:49:55
This week, we reflect on 400 podcast episodes, hear from some lovely listeners, and have a brilliant conversation with The Sevateem about their new project "Resurrection Part Two".
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Classic Rewatch: Meglos from 2020-10-22T20:31:57
With seemingly no end to the horrid cactus jokes, we poke at the second story of Season 18 and try to find its refreshing core.
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Every Dalek Ever, Ranked from 2020-10-10T18:02:53
This week, we take a glance at the non-news items (listicles, opinion articles, etc.) that tend to dominate our feed during those times when actual Doctor Who news is rather thin.
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Torchwood Rewatch: Adam (S2E5) from 2020-10-01T22:53:08
An unfamiliar face joins the Hub 3 team, but no one seems to notice until our lovable lunkhead Rhys gets the right people upset about the right things.
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Classic Rewatch: The Leisure Hive from 2020-09-19T19:07:54
It's the dawn of both Season 18 and the John Nathan Turner era, and there are few things that we don't see up-ended in the first story of 'the new order'.
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What’s My Linear Positioning? from 2020-09-11T22:02:01
Having only ten 'incorrect' questions to spare, our game panel has to interview a mystery Doctor Who character to figure out their identity.
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Torchwood Rewatch: Meat (S2E4) from 2020-09-08T01:12:08
The reason many of us remember the 'tortured space manatee' episode from Season 2 is the same reason others forget...the disturbing nature of the episode's primary storyline.
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Classic Rewatch: Shada from 2020-08-30T01:54:49
Never given the chance to film in its entirety in 1979, what was slated to be the penultimate story of Season 17 was left in production limbo until a team of animators, producers, and cast came tog...
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8-Year Timey Wimey Capsule from 2020-08-21T20:09:43
As the GPR signal winds its way into an eighth year on the Internet, Jay and Keir "discover" an early conversation (we write this in the 'Sarcastica' font) from the 2012 planning stages.
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Keeping the Home Fires Burning from 2020-08-16T22:09:49
From the superfans, to the casual viewer, to the brand-new to the program, there are challenges in keeping interest in the Doctor Who franchise strong during an indeterminate filming hiatus, and an...
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Torchwood Rewatch: To The Last Man (S2E3) from 2020-08-09T17:21:41
Tommy the thaw-and-refreeze soldier gets a first date with Tosh and one last swing at Owen before being asked to save Cardiff...and the world.
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Classic Rewatch: The Horns of Nimon from 2020-08-03T03:48:19
Season 17 had its peaks and valleys, and it's rather unfortunate that the final story to Douglas Adams' tenure as story editor (as well as a number of other 'final moments') was squarely in the mid...
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Galactic Poetry Slam from 2020-07-19T15:51:44
The Doctor may have known Shakespeare, but our attempts to play a trivia game with Whovian Limericks would have the Bard seeking an unhealthy dose of retcon.
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Fire, Retire, Admire from 2020-04-09T22:30:59
It's game night in the GPR studio, and we're taking trio of Doctor Who characters to decide who stays, who goes, and who gets burned from the record.
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