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There are hundreds of Doctor Who episodes and stories out there and we intend to watch them all! Not just that – We’ll watch, review, discuss, debate, rate and praise and/or poke holes in every episode of Doctor Who, starting with the 1963 pilot. That’s right; we’re beginning with William Hartnell and then working our way forward through time, episode by episode and Doctor by Doctor. In parallel, we
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C136 The Caves of Androzani from 2022-04-17T14:11:10
Leather-bound Phantom of the Mope-era wages an android war against bat-shit crazy Space Bezos
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C135 Planet of Fire from 2022-03-27T22:55:23
A companion switch, far too many people in shorts, and the Brotherhood of Sarn
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N146 The Ghost Monument from 2022-03-20T16:04:49
Smokey and The Bandit introduce The Doctor and her companions to the Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World of rubbish snipers and sentient offcuts
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C134 Resurrection of the Daleks from 2022-03-06T17:33:10
Dalek helmets, Time Corridon'ts and about fifty different plots coalesce in this terrible/wonderful companion exit serial
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A031 The Reaping from 2022-02-20T11:21:53
The Sixth Doctor and Peri head to Baltimore to attend a funeral, indulge in breathing exercises and potentially save mankind in the process.
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N145 The Woman Who Fell To Earth from 2022-02-13T17:54:21
A brand new Doctor, show runner and aesthetic, no TARDIS, different music. Oh, and new troops. No, not troops. Team. Gang. Fam? Either way, it’s a solid start for the Thirteenth Doctor.
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B078 Twelfth Doctor Retrospective from 2022-02-06T11:27:17
Terrific story arcs and eyebrows to knock your spatiotemporal socks off. We discuss Peter Capaldi’s run as The Twelfth Doctor
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C133 Frontios from 2022-01-23T18:33:05
Doc discovers a grave situation below the surface, Tegan is a defective android and Turlough exhibits some OTT PTSD. It’s great!
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N144 Twice Upon A Time — The 2017 Christmas Special (re-review) from 2022-01-17T23:47:06
Glass Avatars from the future don’t care about Data Privacy Agreements while the first and then-latest Doctor do Timelord Kegels to keep their respective regeneration at bay
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B077 Eve of the Daleks — The 2022 New Year’s Day Special from 2022-01-09T18:20:17
Love blossoms between a terrible businesswoman and an obvious serial killer in the last Holiday Special of the Whittaker Era
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B076 New Year’s Bloopers from 2021-12-31T16:02:36
It’s been a tough year for mankind, but we got through it together and a lot of laughs made it all the more bearable
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C132 The Awakening from 2021-12-20T19:30:07
Method-acting LARPers seek inspiration in Zardoz’ growing crack
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N143 The Doctor Falls from 2021-12-05T19:20:34
The Genius Twins are the least of Bill's and Doc's worries in this highly divisive episode
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C131 Warriors of the Deep from 2021-11-28T20:09:06
Die Hard meets Jurassic Park meets Johnny Mnemonic in this Underwater Base Under Siege
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A030 The Harvest from 2021-11-14T15:26:58
Despite body horror and mild Brexit propaganda, we fall head over heels for the Seeeeeeeeventh Doctor as he squares off against Euro-Combine Harvesters
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B075 Doctor Who: Flux, Part 1 — Instant(ish)Reaction Review from 2021-11-02T22:24:46
Too much action, too little plot, or exactly the right measure of either? And what did we think of the Full Metal Jacket Potato? We react instant(ish)ly!
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C130 The Five Doctors from 2021-10-24T14:48:33
Four-and-a-bit Doctors battle Cybers, a chap in silver spandex and a Time Lord conspiracy in the 20th Anniversary Special
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N142 World Enough and Time from 2021-10-17T16:25:24
Bill swaps chips for microchips in the first instalment of a very clever two-parter.
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N141 The Eaters of Light from 2021-09-26T13:25:17
Doc&Co are happy to leave the fate of humanity in the hands of half a dozen childlike primitives with a very limited musical repertoire
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C128 Enlightenment from 2021-09-05T09:08
Who set up this boat race? What happened to any of the participants? Did Doc know all along? We require enlightenment!
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N140 Empress of Mars from 2021-08-29T14:47:24
Noisy Victorian males find sweet Fanny Adams on Mars, until the Ice Queen has a hissy fit
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B074 Fourteenth Doctor and Next Showrunner Speculations from 2021-08-22T10:36:05
Who might The Fourteenth Doctor and next showrunner be? We sat down for some in-depth speculation and dream casting
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C127 Terminus from 2021-08-15T12:07:01
Three wasted pincers, not how levers work, and Splinter King-Kongs Nyssa before she inexplicably exits the show
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N139 The Lie of The Land from 2021-08-08T10:14:28
Doc needlessly spreads propaganda for the enemy, performs a regeneration fake-out and kills innocent dock workers in the last part of the Monk trilogy
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B073 Time Fracture|Immersive Theatrical Adventure–Review from 2021-08-01T11:01:20
Save all of time and space with the Doctor in this immersive theatrical adventure!
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C126 Mawdryn Undead from 2021-07-18T14:46:41
Two Bagels, one moustache. Doc&Co are split across time in the first part of the Black Guardian Trilogy
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N138 The Pyramid at the End of the World from 2021-07-11T11:35:29
Love enslaves the day as decomposing despots educate unelected representatives on the merits of consent
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B072 Eighth Anniversary Blooper Reel from 2021-07-04T12:15:46
Holy Moly, Who Back When just turned 8 years young!
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C125 Snakedance from 2021-06-27T16:35:46
Tegan is possessed by a slithering bonehead and Doc and Nyssa must face off against an old foe in this sequel to Kinda
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N137 Extremis from 2021-06-20T20:19:57
Doc joins the world’s most depressing bookclub, and where are these scientists getting their dynamite?!
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C124 Arc of Infinity from 2021-06-06T18:38:26
Lord Buckethead attempts to bond with Doc’s molecules, but a surprise Colin Baker totally steals the show
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N136 Oxygen from 2021-05-30T21:19:39
Doc&Co want to breathe new life into space workers rights, but the puffed-up airheads running the head office may disagree
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C123 Time-Flight from 2021-05-16T22:32:34
The Master wants to steal an ancient, omniscient space race to use it as an engine for his TARDIS
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N135 Knock Knock from 2021-05-09T20:12:57
Space woodlice should really get their Poirorities straight
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C122 Earthshock from 2021-05-02T10:03:22
Adric's maths badge finally pays off and Team TARDIS commits Dinocide
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N134 Thin Ice from 2021-04-26T23:04:59
Doc and Bill liberate the rocket-fuel-crapping tape worm mapping the intestinal tract of the British Isles
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C121 Black Orchid from 2021-04-18T22:01:47
A ripping performance and a whodunnit in which we know whodunnit
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N133 Smile from 2021-04-11T17:36:22
A happy-go-lucky episode full of corridon’ts, and what exactly does a self-aware AI demand in rent?
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C120 The Visitation from 2021-04-04T10:53:32
A highwayman helps Team TARDIS defeat pandemic-plotting dinosaurs and their disco robot
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N132 The Pilot from 2021-03-28T20:14:22
Good Bill Hunting meets The Nutty Professor in a softish reboot
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C119 Kinda from 2021-03-21T21:16:31
It's colonialism in the garden of Eden meets a Commedia dell'Arte rendition of Transpotting
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N131 The Return of Doctor Mysterio – The 2016 Christmas Special (re-review) from 2021-03-07T20:47:04
A re-review of that superhero episode that half of everyone enjoyed, yet most of everyone thought was a little meh
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C118 Four to Doomsday from 2021-02-28T17:40:47
Semi-immortal frog robots in green velvet just won't let Bigon be Bigon!
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N130 The Husbands of River Song from 2021-02-21T18:52:12
Decapitation, Cuckoldry and Rock Opera are but three of the romantic elements of this Christmas Special
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C117 Castrovalva from 2021-02-14T19:39:30
It’s a Doc in a box! Our brand new Doctor gets carried away while The Master seemingly gets his plans A and B mixed up
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N129 Hell Bent from 2021-02-07T15:27:14
An undead companion gets a shot at a spinoff and all life in the universe may or may not pay the price for it
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B071 Fourth Doctor Retrospective from 2021-01-31T20:12:05
A scarf, a robot dog, and some of the most fun ever. We discuss Tom Baker's run as The Fourth Doctor.
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C116 Logopolis from 2021-01-24T17:21:17
It's the end of an era. We get a new Master, a new companion, and a newish companion. Alas, we lose one of the most beloved Doctors in the process.
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N128 Heaven Sent from 2021-01-17T19:18:40
There's a lot of Prestige in punching a perfect corridor at Fort Boyard
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C115 The Keeper of Traken from 2021-01-10T19:35:48
A legendary foe contests the ascension of a Keeper Elect in the first ever serial to feature an aubergine
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B070 Revolution of the Daleks — The 2021 New Year’s Special from 2021-01-03T19:56:30
How do you defeat bad Daleks? With worse Daleks, because they're not so bad.
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B069 New Year’s Bloopers from 2020-12-31T13:31:39
2020 is finally coming to a close and so we salute the incoming 2021 with some pretty dang hilarious bloopers. Happy New Year, Everybody!
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B068 Who Will Survive? from 2020-12-25T20:42:33
We act out the latest story by oh-so-big Super-Whovian, Michael Ridgway
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A029 Lucie Miller&To The Death from 2020-12-20T22:23:37
A chav extraordinaire makes a bombastic exit in the blockbuster double-feature finale of The Eighth Doctor Adventures!
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N127 Face The Raven from 2020-12-13T18:10:48
Doc heads to Diagon Alley to investigate a pain-in-the-neck countdown and loses yet another companion in the process
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C114 Warriors’Gate from 2020-12-06T17:38:01
Statler and Waldorf provide running commentary on Paw Patrol's continued enslavement in a serial that sees the departure of two (!) companions
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N126 Sleep No More from 2020-11-29T16:47:37
Eye-booger monsters, an FPS perspective and heavy Pet'ing didn't quite detract from the gargantuan plot holes in this one
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C113 State of Decay from 2020-11-22T20:44:45
Doc and Romana team up with the single-greatest comb-over in E-Space to battle a Big Daddy Vampire
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N125 The Zygon Inversion from 2020-11-15T23:00:25
Duelling Claras, a sucker punch and Basil’s legendary soliloquy
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C112 Full Circle from 2020-11-08T18:38:39
Cavemen and spiders attack in droves, but all the Lost Boys can think about is giant melons
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N124 The Zygon Invasion from 2020-11-01T19:47:14
Electric hairballs make the laziest tumbleweeds
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A028 Prisoner Of The Sun from 2020-10-25T10:59:47
Mercurial mercenaries manage Doc's grocery shopping
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C111 Meglos from 2020-10-18T13:24:19
A sentient cactus possesses an accountant delivered by space pirates to impersonate The Doctor
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N123 The Woman Who Lived from 2020-10-11T16:39:56
The Doctor joins a Viking Highlander on a heist plotted by The Lion King
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C110 The Leisure Hive from 2020-10-04T11:42:07
Doc does a lot of maturing while Romana shares the gift of immortality with a bunch of cornetto hairdos
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N122 The Girl Who Died from 2020-09-27T15:21:12
The Twelfth Doctor, Clara and a Viking girl he reverse-remembers meeting at a later date set up Home Alone traps for a Monty Python God
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A027 Relative Dimensions from 2020-09-20T11:46:39
Doc's plans for a family Christmas dinner are hampered by a fishy paradox
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C109 Shada from 2020-09-13T15:20:27
Creative disarray, an abundance of tea, and a ball bag are but some of the treats on offer in this legendary unfinished serial
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N121 Before the Flood from 2020-09-06T12:07:53
Doc breaks Beethoven’s fourth wall to explain how a tall chap who turns people’s souls into ham radios can plot to invade the Earth from beyond the grave
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C108 The Horns of Nimon from 2020-08-31T13:46:16
Romana and The Doc join Space Theseus in a Space Labyrinth to help prevent an invasions of Space Minotaurs
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N120 Under the Lake from 2020-08-23T12:54:27
Doc leaves Clara hanging in a haunted underwater research facility or military base or oil rig
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C107 Nightmare of Eden from 2020-08-16T16:05:44
When two spaceships are dimensionally fused, Team TARDIS must battle monsters that turn into cocaine when electrocuted
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N119 The Witch’s Familiar from 2020-08-09T14:43:18
Doctor Dodgems, a Davros Zinger and Reverse-Shawshanking through Dalek Scatacombs
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C106 The Creature From The Pit from 2020-08-02T15:25:01
On a planet with a dysfunctional economy, Doc and Romana encounter Hagrids, a back-stabbing Golden Girl and a giant, vegetarian space phallus
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N118 The Magician’s Apprentice from 2020-07-26T16:42:04
Doc's night out in Essex is cut short as we're treated to the origin story of one of the greatest nemeses of Doctor Who
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C105 City of Death from 2020-07-19T19:55:47
The Doctor and Romana II help an excessively aggressive detective out of his jurisdiction solve an inter-temporal Thomas Crown Affair
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N117 Last Christmas – The 2014 Christmas Special (Re-Review) from 2020-07-12T14:43:08
We RE-review Capaldi's very first Christmas Special. Expect special appearances by Dream Logic, Swamp Thing and Hulk Hogan.
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B067 Seeeeeeventh Anniversary Blooper Reel from 2020-07-05T16:18:32
We celebrate our seventh year of travelling down this temporal road with you, with the customary Anniversary Bloopies!
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A026 An Earthly Child from 2020-06-28T07:33:07
After about seven lifetimes as an absentee granddad, The Doctor checks in on Susan in post-Dalek-invasion UK
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C104 Destiny of the Daleks from 2020-06-21T22:12:24
Wait. Romana regenerates willy-nilly, Davros is immortal and Daleks are just robots?
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C103 The Armageddon Factor from 2020-06-07T13:45:44
Doc and Romana blow up and/or rescue a Space Princess from a Darth-Vader-wannabe on their hunt for the final Horcrux
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N115 Dark Water from 2020-05-31T12:36:33
The Doctor gets a smooch from his mistress and it turns out there’s an afterlife!
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C102 The Power of Kroll from 2020-05-24T18:37:11
Racist humans drill for methane and awaken Cthulhu-wannabe, Kroll, in the process
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N114 In the Forest of the Night from 2020-05-18T19:01:39
The COBRA group's struggling with a global crisis; London's in apparent lockdown; and Doc and Clara go hiking with a Tiger King.
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A025 Deimos&The Resurrection of Mars from 2020-05-10T12:29:21
Caesar’s Salad and Marie Antoinette’s Cake? The Monkery continues on Mars’ second moon
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C101 The Androids of Tara from 2020-05-03T12:49:49
Fembots, swashbuckling and a random Sasquatch. Plus everyone may be an android and we just never find out. What's not to like about this serial?
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N113 Flatline from 2020-04-26T10:42:26
With The TARDIS getting ever smaller on the outside, Clara must Doc up and investigate a case of killer graffiti
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C100 The Stones of Blood from 2020-04-19T12:39:01
Turns out that if you combine Druidic Hammer Horror, Inter-Dimensional SciFi and a Courtroom Drama, you get The Golden Girls
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N112 Mummy on the Orient Express from 2020-04-12T08:57:28
The Doctor takes Clara on one last adventure aboard a space train haunted by a mummy who's more of a vampire
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B066 The 300th Episode State of the WHO-nion Extravaganza from 2020-04-05T11:53:01
For our 300th episode, we spent an evening debating the ups and downs of the Thirteenth Doctor Era to date
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C099 The Pirate Planet from 2020-03-29T13:03:40
A robot parrot, condensed planets and another piece of The Key To Time... ish. By the left frontal lobe of the sky demon, what a totally bananas serial this is!
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N111 Kill The Moon from 2020-03-22T13:07:47
Mankind looks to the stars because of Clara's disregard for democracy, but you can't make a human space exploration omelette without cracking a few moon eggs.
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C098 The Ribos Operation from 2020-03-15T22:32:11
The Doctor and Romana (I) are tasked by Colonel Sanders to find six horcruxes in this opener to the season-long'Key To Time'arc
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N110 The Caretaker from 2020-03-08T12:15:44
The Doctor butts heads with a somersaulting maths teacher at Coal Hill School while an alien threatens the future of humankind.
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A024 The Book of Kells from 2020-03-01T12:42:28
The Eighth Doc and Tamsin match wits with a felonious Monk and his baritone protégé
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C097 The Invasion of Time from 2020-02-23T17:13:38
Doc gets crowned president, Gallifrey gets invaded twice, and Leela and K-9 get no goodbye
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N109 Time Heist from 2020-02-16T15:24:19
The Doctor and Clara assemble a team in order to Ocean’s-11 into a maximum security bank guarded by a telepathic space cow
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C096 Underworld from 2020-02-09T18:50:30
Jackson and The Argonauts take Team TARDIS to a newly formed, largely green-screen'd planet
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N108 Listen from 2020-02-02T14:29:25
A masterfully creepy chamber piece, in which Doc embroils Clara in his obsession to prove an unprovable theorem
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A023 Nevermore from 2020-01-26T12:10:15
The Eighth Doctor and Tamsin are drawn to a Poe-inspired prison on the planet Nevermore
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C095 The Sun Makers from 2020-01-12T16:39:03
Doc, Leela and K-9 lead a proletarian revolution against space capitalists on Pluto who may be in the business of making suns
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B065 Spyfall – Series 12 Opener from 2020-01-06T22:35:01
Series 12 came to our screens early in 2020 and we couldn’t wait to discuss its opening double-feature
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B064 End-of-Decade Bloopers from 2019-12-29T16:15:59
Feast your ears on these traditional holiday bloopies
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Who Back When – Trailer&Clip Show from 2019-12-27T01:39:41
A Trailer and Clip Show for Who Back When, a Doctor Who Podcast (or DocPast), to whet your appetite
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N107 Robot of Sherwood from 2019-12-22T18:46:31
The Doctor, Clara and Robin Hood are caught in alien crossfire, while the Sheriff of Nottingham goes bonkers for bling.
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C094 Image of the Fendahl from 2019-12-15T23:34:50
A loony old trout helps prevent a golden sun goddess from sucking the life out of the world with her Gestalt band of space worms
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N106 Into The Dalek from 2019-12-08T15:14:32
The Doctor, Clara and some Redshirts decide to Fantastic Voyage into the seemingly only good Dalek in existence
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C093 The Invisible Enemy from 2019-12-01T18:12:06
Anti-body pillow fights, a fantastic voyage and the universe-threatening ejaculate of a megalomaniac space shrimp
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N105 Deep Breath from 2019-11-24T20:13:56
A dinosaur appears in 1890's London, and that's not even the weirdest thing Capaldi must investigate in his debut adventure as the Twelfth Doctor
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B062 The Eleventh Doctor Retrospective from 2019-11-17T15:58:49
Bow ties ARE cool. We discuss Matt Smith’s run as The Eleventh Doctor.
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C092 Horror of Fang Rock from 2019-11-10T18:17:30
An alien jellyfish hampers attempted insider trading in this legendary bottle episode
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N104 The Time of The Doctor – The 2013 Christmas Special from 2019-11-03T13:07:25
Eleven returns for a last hurrah replete with wooden Cybermen and naked Twister before his inevitable regeneration
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C091 The Talons of Weng-Chiang from 2019-10-27T20:35:21
It's Sherlock Holmes meets Dr Fu Manchu, and one of the most controversial Classic Doctor Who stories ever
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B061 Surprise Blooper Reel from 2019-10-20T19:49:14
Feast your ear-balls on these Surprise October Bloopies!
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A022 Situation Vacant from 2019-10-13T19:16:54
An alien, a criminal, a vampire and an actress audition for the part of The Eighth Doctor's next companion
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B060 An Adventure in Space and Time from 2019-10-06T17:39:17
Mark Gatiss'DOC-u-drama is a heartfelt glimpse at the origins of Doctor Who
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B059 The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot from 2019-10-03T19:19:40
Three Classic Doctors execute an elaborate plan to infiltrate the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who
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N103 The Day of the Doctor from 2019-09-29T18:32:08
The Tenth, Eleventh and War Doctor battle Daleks, smooch a Zygon and seemingly prove that the gun is mightier than the pen in this glorious Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special
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B058 The Night of the Doctor from 2019-09-22T14:38:30
The Eighth Doctor drinks a venti of warrior juice and canonisesthe Big Finish adventures
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N102 The Name of the Doctor from 2019-09-15T08:00:37
The Great Intelligence employs those chaps from Buffy and a Back-To-The-Future letter to lure The Doctor to Trenzalore
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C090 Robots of Death from 2019-09-08T11:36:22
Robot Ood and a plethora of silly hats — this legendary serial ticks all the boxes!
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N101 Nightmare in Silver from 2019-09-01T09:19:09
Inconsistently modernised Cybermen and a wax statue of Matthew Broderick
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C089 The Face of Evil from 2019-08-25T09:05:42
The Fourth Doctor gets a brand new companion and someone's carved a familiar face on Mount Rushmore
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N100 The Crimson Horror from 2019-08-18T08:55:36
Doc investigates trouble at mill and gets marinated by a prehistoric leech in a Yorkshire red light district
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C088 The Deadly Assassin from 2019-08-11T16:21:54
Gallifreyan CIA Agents force The Doctor to enter The Matrix where Skeletor is ready to ambush him in a quarry
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N099 Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS from 2019-08-04T10:53:56
Time Zombies, a not-quite-paranoid-enough android and a big friendly button
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C087 The Hand of Fear from 2019-07-28T11:51:36
Thing T. Thing sports mind-bending bling, leading to the dramatic exit of companion Sarah Jane Smith
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C086 The Masque of Mandragora from 2019-07-21T10:42:57
It's Italian Hamlet with sprinkles of The Daemons and a strange, hay-bearing lake
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B057 Sixth Anniversary Akhaten Blooper Reel from 2019-07-07T20:23:47
To commemorate the sixth anniversary of Who Back When, here are some of our tipsiest bloopers to date!
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C085 The Seeds of Doom from 2019-06-30T10:50
"The Thing"meets"Day of the Triffids"with elements of 007, and perhaps the greatest Doctor Who serial ever
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N097 Cold War from 2019-06-23T06:08:39
A submarine's under siege in this reimagining of Brendan Fraser’s “Encino Man”
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C084 The Brain of Morbius from 2019-06-16T07:25
Despotic Time Lord Morbius is resurrected as a Fishbowl-Claw-Monster to... take over the universe?
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N096 The Rings of Akhaten from 2019-06-09T11:42:21
A space girl fails to hit the apocalyptic snooze button and only Clara’s backstory can save the day
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C083 The Android Invasion from 2019-06-02T19:52:16
Doc and Sarah match wits with finger-blasting androids and two walnuts from space planning to invade Earth
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N095 The Bells of Saint John from 2019-05-26T12:09:13
Definitely-not-a-monk invites newish companion Clara Oswald into his snog box
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C082 Pyramids of Mars from 2019-05-19T19:52:59
A legendary serial featuring a poacher sandwiched twixt buxom mummies.
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B056 Christmas-in-May Blooper Reel from 2019-05-18T14:30:29
Enjoy These Holly Jolly Bloopers and Behind-the-Scenes clips!
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N094 The Snowmen – The 2012 Christmas Special from 2019-05-12T10:21:10
Mary Poppins moonlights as Eliza Doolittle and The Great Intelligence feeds countless labourers to his carnivorous snowmen
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B055 The Snowmen Prequels from 2019-05-11T06:49:55
Just A Quick Pre-Christmas-Special-Christmas-Prequels-May-Christmas Chat
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A021 Death in Blackpool from 2019-05-05T10:40:13
Lucie Miller pays yet another visit to the not-quite-afterlife in her sort-of-but-also-not-quite-farewell audiobook
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C081 Planet of Evil from 2019-04-28T07:27:45
Predator Admiral Ackbar, another disco werewolf, and a ménage-à-granddad
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N093 The Angels Take Manhattan from 2019-04-21T19:56:20
A giant demon statue that no one notices, a paradox hotel and an easily avoidable companion farewell.
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C080 Terror of the Zygons from 2019-04-14T20:00:46
The trustee of the Golden Haggis Lucky Dip commands a lactating Loch Ness Monster in a bid to destroy the environment
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N092 The Power of Three from 2019-04-07T10:18:21
A helmet-less Vader, Trojan Horse cubes and one of our favourite fan theories to date!
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C079 Revenge of the Cybermen from 2019-03-31T13:21:48
An imbecile, a Glitter Gun, and not the Seal of Rassilon
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N091 A Town Called Mercy from 2019-03-24T10:59:51
A Robocop prequel unfolds as The Doctor turns innocent bystanders into human shields to protect a fellow war criminal
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C078 Genesis of the Daleks from 2019-03-17T10:13:18
Harry clambers into clam city and everyone’s a war criminal!
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C077 The Sontaran Experiment from 2019-03-03T11:44:29
Doc&Co encounter South African astronauts, a Sontaran census taker and a sex booger
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N089 Asylum of the Daleks from 2019-02-24T12:28:40
Dalek zombies, vegan-friendly soufflés and Democracy of the Daleks!
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B054 Pond Life from 2019-02-23T19:40:13
We spend twenty minutes dissecting five minutes of webisode Who.
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C076 The Ark In Space from 2019-02-17T19:57:47
The combined knowledge of humanity is conveniently stored on microfilm, but Brundlefly would rather just eat it.
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N088 The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe – The 2011 Christmas Special from 2019-02-10T10:45:30
The Man Who Fell To Earth teams up with Mother Christmas
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C075 Robot from 2019-02-03T13:36
An Einstein impersonator invents a growing robot capable of complex emotions and some entitled scientists direct it to commit robberies in Tom Baker's debut serial as The Fourth Doctor.
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B053 Third Doctor Retrospective from 2019-02-02T10:22:06
Crushed velvet, Venusian Aikido and an incredible Doctor-Master pairing. We discuss Jon Pertwee’s run as The Third Doctor.
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N087 The Wedding of River Song from 2019-01-27T17:24:17
River marries a robot and pterodactyls prefer sandwiches in this timey-wimey romp!
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A020 The Eight Truths&Worldwide Web from 2019-01-24T21:42:15
The Headhunter returns for an epic double-feature. Metebelis III crystals for everyone!
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C074 Planet of The Spiders from 2019-01-20T13:12:54
Pertwee shines in a his farewell serial as he faces off against a spider senate and runs over vagabonds with a hovercraft
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B052 Resolution (2019 New Year’s Special)&Series 11 retrospective from 2019-01-13T18:50:03
Daleks can regenerate, teleport and snatch bodies now. We discuss the 2019 New Year's Special and take a look back at The Thirteenth Doctor's first season of Doctor Who.
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B051 Just A WhoBackWhen’ing Moment from 2018-12-30T09:56:39
Join us as we play another few rounds of Doctor-Who-themed'Just A Minute'
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N086 Closing Time from 2018-12-23T10:59:38
Subterranean Cybermen on a Shopping Spree and A Stormageddon in a Teacup
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C073 The Monster of Peladon from 2018-12-16T18:57:43
50 years of Federation membership have done little to stifle the Peladonians’ bloodlust and aversion to socio-political progress.
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N085 The God Complex from 2018-12-09T15:15:13
The Eleventh Doctor&Co take a minor tour of an 80s hotel.
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C072 Death to the Daleks from 2018-11-18T23:55:40
Sarah Jane hand-cranks the TARDIS doors and narrowly escapes ritualistic murder while The Doctor finds a more interesting temporary companion.
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B050 The Operation Pandorica Blooper Reel from 2018-11-11T14:06:55
Reviews, bloopers and BTS of Operation Pandorica
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N084 The Girl Who Waited from 2018-11-04T14:49:05
Amy splits off to her own time stream where she becomes a samurai hacker and turns Rory into the helpless robot she always wanted. It's great!
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C071 Invasion of the Dinosaurs from 2018-10-21T14:04:09
Dinosaurs in London, another literal sub-plot and the debut of the Whomobile!
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B049 The Jodie Whittaker Debut from 2018-10-09T20:34:44
She has arrived! Tune in to our in-depth conversation about Jodie Whittaker's debut as The Thirteenth Doctor.
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N083 Night Terrors from 2018-10-07T08:45:46
Creepy dolls, odd plot structure and a little old lady who may or may not have spent the night among the bins make this no less of a remake of'Fear Her'
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B048 Operation Pandorica, Part 4 from 2018-09-23T11:07:12
In the final part of Operation Pandorica, the adventure reaches its crescendo as the forces of good and evil all converge on our heroes.
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B047 Operation Pandorica, Part 3 from 2018-09-20T07:23:18
In Part 3 of Operation Pandorica, Eileen makes new friends, Wilf and Rory gain an ally, and Braceface takes the plunge.
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B046 Operation Pandorica, Part 2 from 2018-09-18T07:14:40
In Part 2 of Operation Pandorica, Eileen is headhunted for The War Office, Wilf goes to make peace with Rory, and an old foe rolls through town.
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B045 Operation Pandorica, Part 1 from 2018-09-16T13:55:52
In Part 1 of our very first Doctor Who Audio Adventure, we meet Wilfred Mott, Eileen Dover and Rory the Roman during the London Blitz.
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A019 The Cannibalists from 2018-09-09T10:42:11
Unorthodox protrusions and a heck of a lot of screaming
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C070 The Time Warrior from 2018-09-02T08:40:02
Lots of firsts and the best Venusian Aikido to date!
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N081 A Good Man Goes To War from 2018-08-05T08:09:28
The Centurion returns, River Song drops a massive spoiler and bowties are infinitely preferable to monastic neckties.
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N080 The Almost People from 2018-07-22T17:39:12
The Doctor finally learns how to heal people and we get one of the greatest cliffhangers of all time
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B044 Fifth Anniversary Blooper Reel from 2018-07-04T20:02:01
High FIVE! Who Back When just turned half a decade!
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N079 The Rebel Flesh from 2018-07-01T12:30:29
What if Blade Runner had taken place on the set of Fort Boyard?
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N078 The Doctor’s Wife from 2018-06-17T12:58:25
The madman with a box loses his box and gains a bitey mad lady
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N077 The Curse of the Black Spot from 2018-06-03T10:53:05
The Doctor doesn't know CPR in this pseudo-prequel to The Smugglers
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N076 Day of the Moon from 2018-05-20T10:25:37
Our heroes draw reminders in places they can't see without a mirror, telepathic beepers are manually operated, and River goes full-on John Woo
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N075 The Impossible Astronaut from 2018-05-06T10:32:11
The gang goes to The States where Nixon's a pretty nice guy and there are creepy Men in Black in the Ladies’ Room.
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N074 A Christmas Carol – The 2010 Christmas Special from 2018-04-22T08:13:51
The Doctor makes a refrigerated woman spend her last remaining days of life with two complete strangers in this Christmas Special
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B043 NewWho Series 5 Retrospective from 2018-04-15T11:53:35
Having just reviewed Series 5 of NewWho, we sat down to share some of our opinions and impressions of Matt Smith's inaugural season as The Doctor.
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N073 The Big Bang from 2018-04-08T11:03:48
The Lone Centurion, star cults, a petrified Dalek and the universe rebooted? This episode prompted some of the most heated debates on WBW yet!
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N072 The Pandorica Opens from 2018-03-25T16:35:34
An epic romp and the episode that should have been called"Just let it go to voicemail"
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B042 The 200th Episode Extravaganza from 2018-03-12T23:31:55
Happy 200th Episode to Us! Here's the audio podcast version of this awesome milestone.
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N071 The Lodger from 2018-02-18T16:11:59
The Eleventh Doctor interrupts some Pizza, Booze, Telly in this incredibly polarising episode of NewWho
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C069 The Green Death from 2018-02-11T16:11:51
Doc is pitted against maggots, a giant fly and a wholly unrelated plot by a supercomputer to conquer the world of business in Jo Grant's final serial
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N070 Vincent and The Doctor from 2018-02-04T20:33:09
Vincent van Gogh gingerly flirts with Amy Pond while Doc is chased by the space chicken in his godmother's rearview mirror
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C068 Planet of the Daleks from 2018-01-28T14:05:51
Doc falls into a ten-minute coma, circumvents some forgettable bacteria and introduces the Daleks to the perils of molten ice.
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N069 Cold Blood from 2018-01-21T09:09:38
Snoring Silurians, unauthorised Earth ambassadors and the (temporary) deletion of Rory Williams
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B041 Twice Upon A Time– The 2017 Christmas Special from 2018-01-14T10:33:57
Two doctors refuse to regenerate, then get into some scraps, then regenerate after all. It's pretty great.
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B040 Just A WhoBackWhen’ing Minute from 2017-12-25T11:02:58
For funsies — and as an homage and/or parody that is impervious to lawsuits (please) — we play a few rounds of Doctor-Who-themed ‘Just A Minute’
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C067 Frontier in Space from 2017-12-18T22:38:45
Interstellar war, a lunar prison break and Roger Delgado's final appearance as The Master
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B039 The WBW Article Archives from 2017-12-12T22:32:42
Special Announcement: Doctor Who Articles and Essays welcome!
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N068 The Hungry Earth from 2017-12-10T17:45:39
The Doctor toys with a kid's life and the Silurians return to our screens only to be beaten by a meals-on-wheels van.
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N067 Amy’s Choice from 2017-12-03T10:29:09
Amy and Rory retire to the village that time forgot as they plummet into a cold star
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C066 Carnival of Monsters from 2017-11-26T18:17:12
Doc and Jo must escape giant graboids inside a jukebox while bureaucrats plot to put a pair of interstellar carnies out of business
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N066 The Vampires of Venice from 2017-11-21T19:59:56
Neither Vampires nor Venice feature in this episode.
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C065 The Three Doctors from 2017-11-12T21:10:05
The First and The Second join The Third on an adventure in an anti-matter universe for the Ten Year Anniversary of Doctor Who
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B038 The WBW Mailbag–Part 2 from 2017-11-05T23:25:43
We rifle through our sacks again to present to you the majesty of"Mailbag Episode 2: The Refilling"
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N065 Flesh and Stone from 2017-10-30T09:28:56
Behold the conclusion to the Weeping Angel double-feature that by its own internal logic should never have occurred in the first place.
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C064 The Time Monster from 2017-10-22T16:02:26
The Master summons a time pigeon and goes back to Atlantis where he finds a minotaur and other plot points.
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N064 The Time of Angels from 2017-10-15T17:17:48
Hallucinogenic lipstick, clerics in camouflage and a maze ball. The Weeping Angels must be back!
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C063 The Mutants from 2017-10-01T09:59:33
Doc delivers a parcel and terraforming turns humanoids into Better-Zarbis, but then it turns out they were destined for greater things all along.
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N063 Victory of the Daleks from 2017-09-24T12:22:43
The Doc helps Winston Churchill defeat Power Ranger Daleks with a Jammie Dodger
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B037 Teasers and Tipsy Bloopies from 2017-09-17T15:03:11
We tease some of the upcoming Who Back When extravaganzas and follow up with the tipsiest bloopers in our podcast’s history.
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N062 The Beast Below from 2017-09-13T20:14:44
The Eleventh Doctor and new companion Amy Pond go up against two-faced civil servants and the ultimate Brexit
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C062 The Sea Devils from 2017-09-03T09:30:03
A Master and Commander, an Officer and a Gentleman, and Tonnes of Seamen. Behold the aquatic cousins of the Silurians!
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N061 The Eleventh Hour from 2017-08-27T13:01:13
A brand new Doctor and his companions-to-be have 20 minutes to save the world from an inter-dimensional fish-snake and the crystalline eyeballs pursuing it
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C061 The Curse of Peladon from 2017-08-20T13:22:42
Primitive aliens with no concept of technology or judicial proceedings want to join a galactic federation in this allegory of Britain's entry into the EEC
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B036 The Tenth Doctor Retrospective from 2017-08-13T17:38:41
Having watched and discussed all of the Tenth Doctor episodes, we hereby contemplate the highs and lows of not only the David Tennant era, but of an epoch defined by Russell T Davies
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C060 Day of the Daleks from 2017-08-06T17:16:11
Temporal paradoxes, vintage wines and the coolest tricycle chase ever!
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N060 The End of Time, Part 2 from 2017-07-30T14:20:48
Far too many farewells pepper The Tenth Doctor's long-awaited yet sadly poor departure.
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N059 The End of Time, Part 1 from 2017-07-23T12:16:25
The Master returns with a ridiculous plot to end life on Earth as we know it, and even Barack Obama shakes his head at this one.
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C059 The Daemons from 2017-07-16T17:59:15
The Master summons homicidal Morris Dancers, a Daemon and a gargoyle with a spring in hisstep to grant him godlike powers, and obviously everything goes wrong.
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B035 Fourth Anniversary Blooper Reel from 2017-07-04T18:38:39
Who Back When just turned Four Standard-Earth-Years Young!
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N058 The Waters of Mars from 2017-06-25T08:41:56
Grown men wet themselves as the Doctor summons the Time Lord Victorious and introduces the concept of fixed points in time
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C058 Colony in Space from 2017-06-18T08:17:48
It's Space Pocahontas, but with lubed-up wrists, tear-away paper calendars and mud wrestling!
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B034 Introducing Marie from 2017-06-11T06:52:02
Marie recently joined Who Back When, and we herewith finally sit down to introduce her to you, Podcastland!
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N057 Planet of the Dead from 2017-06-11T06:51:22
Kleptomaniacs, coprophages and a scientist fanboy battle a civilisation-devouring sharknado from outer space
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C057 The Claws of Axos from 2017-06-04T07:41:26
Golden-haired, miracle-bearing cherubs descend from the heavens and no one suspects that they might have a hidden agenda.
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N056 The Next Doctor from 2017-05-28T08:06:34
A steampunk cyber giant, a TARDIS balloon and a terrible ending
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C056 The Mind of Evil from 2017-05-21T17:53:34
Psychiatric treatment of criminals using an alien in a bucket? It's got to be The Master!
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N055 Journey’s End from 2017-05-07T14:09:44
The Doctor abandons Rose with a genocidal Donna in Tennant-form and there's no sign of The Shadow Proclamation anywhere!
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N054 The Stolen Earth from 2017-04-30T12:36:24
Companions and spin-offs collide when Davros and his new race of Daleks transport the Earth far across the universe
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B033 OxCon II — The Oxford Comic Con 2017 from 2017-04-23T16:45:46
We attended the second ever Oxford Comic Con, which alongside myriad cosplayers, gamers, comic book artists and nerds galore hosted The Sixth Doctor himself, Colin Baker!
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C055 Terror of the Autons from 2017-04-23T16:26:48
Killer daffodils, a carnivorous armchair and the debut of The Master.
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N053 Turn Left from 2017-04-16T11:22:19
A Beetle Backpack, the Death of the Doctor and the Return of Rose. Could this be any more epic?!
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C054 Inferno from 2017-04-09T15:13:22
Disco Werewolves, Venusian Karate and yet another Drill-to-The-Centre-of-the-Earth spiel.
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B032 Class–The Doctor Who Spin-off from 2017-04-02T17:25:10
It's a Whovian"Buffy The Vampire Slayer"with bits of"Captain Planet"and tentacle porn. We review the Doctor Who spin-off, CLASS.
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N052 Midnight from 2017-03-19T10:09:41
A tense, psychological thriller and some terrifically high-concept sci-fi, this is RTD's Reservoir Dogs in space
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C053 The Ambassadors of Death from 2017-03-12T18:03:56
More astronaut-cosplaying aliens, palpably inappropriate music, and foreign conspirators from foreign countries
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N051 Forest of the Dead from 2017-03-05T10:39:34
The Runaway Bride finally gets herself a husband and takes care of cookie-cutter kids in Star Trek Generation's"Nexus".
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N050 Silence in the Library from 2017-02-26T10:05:39
A tonne of foreshadowing and a very common courtesy unit, plus the very first appearance of Professor River Song (on our timeline)
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C052 Doctor Who and The Silurians from 2017-02-19T12:19:31
U.N.I.T. can't decide whether to battle Global Warming, a flesh-eating virus, nuclear holocaust, dinosaurs or planet-usurping man-geckos.
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N049 The Unicorn and The Wasp from 2017-02-12T10:28:19
The Doctor and Donna crash a party with Agatha Christie, the full cast of Cluedo, a giant wasp and no unicorn
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C051 Spearhead from Space from 2017-02-05T12:57:06
We get space quaffles, the mannequin challenge and some good old-fashioned tentacle porn in Pertwee's first go as The Third Doctor
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B031 Breaking News: Capaldi Leaving Doctor Who from 2017-02-01T20:46:36
We speculate on the reasons for Peter Capaldi’s departure from Doctor Who in 2017, and pick some of our favourite candidates for the role of The Thirteenth Doctor.
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N048 The Doctor’s Daughter from 2017-01-29T11:19:32
The Tenth Doctor mothers the short-lived fruit of his loins following his arm being raped by newborn soldiers fighting fish people without a backstory.
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B030 The Patrick Troughton Retrospective from 2017-01-22T14:01:43
Having seen (or heard) all of Patrick Troughton's Doctor Who serials, we sat down for the traditional PostDoc rankings and ramblings.
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N047 The Poison Sky from 2017-01-15T13:43:36
It's The Clone Wars but with a baked potato planet and a nuclear weapons Tinder app.
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C050 The War Games from 2017-01-08T17:55:38
The Second Doctor and his companions Interrail through some of humanity’s greatest conflicts in Patrick Troughton's final serial.
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B029 The Return of Doctor Mysterio – The 2016 Christmas Special from 2017-01-04T21:17:01
Brains in jars, a squeaky interrogation toy and the DC and Marvel Universes collide in this Doctor Who Christmas Special
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B028 The 2016 Xmas Blooper Reel from 2016-12-27T10:33:19
As per tradition, ecce the Who Back When Xmas Bloopers!
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N046 The Sontaran Strategem from 2016-12-18T11:42:34
A maniacal not-quite-Zuckerberg-or-Hugo-Drax-clone creates killer TomToms and hotboxes the elderly
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C049 The Space Pirates from 2016-12-12T00:15:32
The Doctor is aided by a space yokel from the Wild West while a pirate in a medieval spacesuit and a lady in a metal wig try to trap him
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N045 Planet of the Ood from 2016-12-04T19:40:24
Slavery, Overacting and some Seriously Good Writing in this Cerebral New Who Episode
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C048 The Seeds of Death from 2016-11-20T12:44:51
Another alien invasion, killer foam, moon base, homing beacon, elderly professor, space museum and aristocrat representing the UN. Basically, it’s great.
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N044 The Fires of Pompeii from 2016-11-13T23:06:33
It’s Volcano Day in Pompeii and Peter Capaldi appears as the pater familias of the Cambridge Latin course while Karen Gillan worships freaking lava monsters!!
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C047 The Krotons from 2016-11-06T20:38:22
A society comprising myriad chaps with matching axes and one single woman faces off against homicidal moka pots who secretly attempt to mate with their brain waves
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N043 Partners in Crime from 2016-10-30T22:53:54
Donna’s years of waiting for her favourite genocidal maniac finally come to an end, and half of us rejoice.
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C046 The Invasion from 2016-10-23T20:10:32
Raunchy photoshoots, the return of UNIT and a Cyberman plan as epic as it is absurd
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B027 Doctor Who Comic Book Reviews #2 from 2016-10-16T17:28:58
A little further along the fourth dimension, we return to Doctor Who as presented in TWO dimensions.
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N042 Voyage of the Damned from 2016-10-09T23:21:04
Angelic Oddjobs, Kylie and handicap shaming. It must be Christmas!
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C045 The Mind Robber from 2016-10-02T22:29
A less racist, more trippy take on The Toymaker and ultimately a literal write-off
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N041 Last of the Time Lords from 2016-09-18T19:34:23
Super Jesus vs. The Second-Last of the Time Lords
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N039 Utopia from 2016-08-28T14:58:14
The episode that introduces The Master we deserved, desired and in the end were denied (oops, spoilers)
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N038 Blink from 2016-08-22T22:18:19
We bring out the big guns for our 100th canonical Doctor Who review to talk about an episode that needs no introduction.
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C044 The Dominators from 2016-08-14T20:03:48
It's Dresses vs Shoulder Pads in this (possibly) entertaining clash of the dress codes.
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A018 The Scapegoat from 2016-08-07T13:12:01
It's ‘Allo ‘Allo! meets that creepy theatre in Interview with a Vampire. But with goat dudes.
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N037 The Family of Blood from 2016-07-31T15:49:16
An inconsistent fob watch, nonsensical straw men, and some of the best acting on Doctor Who
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C043 The Wheel in Space from 2016-07-11T22:55:07
The most convoluted Cyberman plot to date VS. The least professional space station crew ever
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B025 Third Anniversary Blooper Reel! from 2016-07-03T23:30:56
Who Back When is Three Standard-Earth-Years Young!
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N036 Human Nature from 2016-07-03T12:05:49
An army of scarecrows, realistic depictions of racism, and an amnesiac Doctor
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C042 Fury from the Deep from 2016-06-28T12:31:37
Lethal bubble baths, homicidal seaweed and the first appearance of the Sonic Screwdriver
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C041 The Web of Fear from 2016-06-20T02:50:47
The epic return of two foes and introduction of a lifelong friend and ally
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C040 The Enemy of the World from 2016-06-05T19:11:22
Another Doctor Doppelgänger and almost as many parallel plots as there are plot twists. Fantastic!
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N034 The Lazarus Experiment from 2016-05-29T23:49:11
Thank goodness for big, red, scorpion-monster-friendly buttons!
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C039 The Ice Warriors from 2016-05-23T02:52:56
Ice Warriors, nipple computers and a fruit museum appear in this serial that moves at a glacial pace
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N033 Evolution of the Daleks from 2016-05-15T16:33:22
The Human Dalek wants to put more Human in the Dalek Humans, and the Dalek Daleks disagree.
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C038 The Abominable Snowmen from 2016-05-08T23:02:03
Turns out the Great Intelligence is the Yeti of this story.
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N032 Daleks in Manhattan from 2016-04-23T17:08:51
A sequence of “final"experiments, pig chaps, and what is ostensibly a Monoid with a Dalek for a hat.
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N031 Gridlock from 2016-04-03T00:29:06
The Doctor teams up with an Irish cat and the Face of Boe when Martha Jones gets stuck in traffic.
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B024 OxCon 2016 (Oxford Comic Con) from 2016-03-12T12:58:47
For a weekend, Oxford played host to cosplay, celebs and myriad nerdalicious events as Comic Con invaded the city of dreaming spires.
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N030 The Shakespeare Code from 2016-03-07T00:47:21
Doc and Martha are nearly showered in excrement on their first non-date and Shakespeare couldn't be randier in this pseudo historical
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C037 The Tomb of The Cybermen from 2016-03-02T16:04
Racist Space-archeologists unearth a fortune in Cyber-stencils in this legendary serial.
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N029 Smith and Jones from 2016-02-21T14:47:23
Identical cousins, rhino police and a little old lady from space. We review Martha Jones'debut as The Tenth Doctor's new companion.
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C036 The Evil of The Daleks from 2016-02-13T17:21:17
A Karl Marx lookalike delivers spiffing technobabble while time travel goes straight down the drain in this senseless yet hugely compelling serial.
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A017 Wirrn Dawn from 2016-02-02T20:31:17
Cow bugs, loud noises and a thorough misinterpretation of the concept of race memory.
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B023 Surprise January Bloopers from 2016-01-31T01:21:56
Fret not, we’re still here! In fact, take these Surprise January Bloopers as proof!
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B022 The Husbands of River Song – The 2015 Christmas Special from 2016-01-06T22:57:14
A pointless sidekick, an inconsistent robot and a massive get-out-of-jail-free card. Fun!
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B021 The Who Back When 100th-Episode Podcast Extravaganza from 2015-12-23T10:10:27
We assemble to celebrate our 100th episode!
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N028 The Runaway Bride from 2015-11-29T21:22:47
A Killer Christmas Star, a frustrated bride, and it turns out our world is just cosmic dirt wrapped around a spider nest
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C035 The Faceless Ones from 2015-11-23T00:57:17
Aliens commit identity theft and wield foreign stamps in Ben and Polly's final serial
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N027 Doomsday from 2015-11-15T20:40:09
It's Rose's last episode (sort of), with Sarcastic Daleks, a Doc who doesn't give a damn, and a Tyler family reunion
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C034 The Macra Terror from 2015-11-08T23:47:48
Team building, space crabs and this one time at band camp
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B020 Doctor Who comic book reviews #1 from 2015-11-08T23:29:22
For once, we review Doctor Who in TWO dimensions.
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N026 Army of Ghosts from 2015-10-31T18:50:06
Giant levers, office romance, and apparently everyone's OK with ghosts
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C033 The Moonbase from 2015-10-24T18:06:24
Coffee breaks, national stereotypes and some classic 60s sexism are the cornerstones of this classic Cybermen serial
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N025 Fear Her from 2015-10-17T13:24
Superfluous singing, the power of love and some of the worst parenting ever.
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N024 Love and Monsters from 2015-10-05T19:24:53
ELO, an obese alien and a living cement fleshlight in possibly the most divisive episode of Doctor Who to date.
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C032 The Underwater Menace from 2015-09-28T21:07:32
The lost city of Atlantis, fish people, and a mad scientist who ISN’T The Doctor
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B019 The Magician’s Apprentice – Instant reaction review from 2015-09-20T01:27:25
An old foe, older friends and a creepy guy entirely made of snakes.
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B018 The First Doctor Retrospective from 2015-09-12T10:12:36
It all started out as a mild curiosity in a junkyard. Time to review the highlights and low-points of The First Doctor.
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N023 The Satan Pit from 2015-09-09T22:11:52
Ass-shots, vent farts and a fire-breathing ethicist.
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The concluding part of the satanic double-feature that also comprises (N022) The Impossible Plan...
B017 Capaldi’s Series 8 Retrospective (Part II) from 2015-09-05T11:25:18
A moon dragon, a bush junkie and the Master who could have been. It’s our look back on Capaldi’s Series 8 (Part 2)
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B016 Capaldi’s Series 8 Retrospective (Part I) from 2015-08-28T23:31:12
A dinosaur, an afterlife and a badass new Doctor. It’s our look back on Capaldi’s Series 8 (Part 1)
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We've had a whole series of Peter Capaldi as the ...
C031 The Highlanders from 2015-08-09T13:31:07
The Doctor pretends to be German, disguises himself as an old lady and commits fraud in soon-to-be-a-companion Jamie's first ever serial
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The Second D...
B015 2nd Anniversary Blooper Reel from 2015-07-22T22:23:50
What-ho, ladies and gentlemen!
It’s (sort of) time for a (belated) 2nd anniversary blooper reel. That’s right. Our humble podcast had its second birthday about 2 and a half wee...
N022 The Impossible Planet from 2015-07-07T11:39:35
Ood, Electric Brain YoYos, and demonic, temporary tattoos.
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The Tenth Doctor and Rose materialise in a cupboard aboard a space base on an – dum-dum-du...
C030 The Power of The Daleks from 2015-06-28T00:21:05
Shazam! The Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) has arrived, and he squares off against a familiar foe in his debut serial. Guess who. (Hint: It's in the title.)
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N021 The Idiot’s Lantern from 2015-05-19T00:20:50
A large hat is about to be placed on a little lady while the rest of us are being turned into faceless drones.
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The Tenth Doctor and Rose attempt to g...
C029 The Tenth Planet from 2015-05-08T00:47:03
The Doctor and his two companions, Ben and Polly, materialise in the distant future of 1986, in what the Doc dubbed "the coldest place in the world" in C028 The Smugglers. We learn, perhaps somewha...
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N020 The Age of Steel from 2015-04-18T16:40:20
The Doc euthanises a young bride-to-be, tortures millions of people to death, and then Mickey and Jake go to France.
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The Tenth Doctor, Rose and Micke...
N019 Rise of the Cybermen from 2015-04-12T21:57:10
#DoctorWho #DrWho #Podcast #WhoBackWhen #NewWho #Nerds #Geeks #Whovians #SciFi #Cybermen
A crazy billionaire creates the Cybermen in a bizarro London, and alternate-universe-Mi...
C028 The Smugglers from 2015-03-26T00:30:36
The tale one solitary woman in drag, stuck at an ultra-violent, 17th-century sausage fest while pirates look for hidden booty.
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The Doctor and his (al...
N018 The Girl in the Fireplace from 2015-03-12T15:57:32
The Doctor and Rose take Mickey on his first trip through space and time to a 51st-century spaceship, where Mickey promptly pulls Rose off-screen, so that Doc can go have his own adventure.
B014 Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. from 2015-02-16T22:48:55
Doctor Who now has a hot niece, Ian's been replaced by Bernard Cribbins and there's plenty more Cushing for the pushing!
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Peter Cushing is back as Doc...
B013 Springtime for 347 from 2015-02-01T13:06:41
Bonus-Thanks to our iTunes Reviewers #2
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Kablammo! It's time for another (fake) Doctor Who Audiobook Adventure Trailer! And I know it's only the secon...
C027 The War Machines from 2015-01-30T00:12:08
A maniacal, telepathic computer dispatches clunky Dalek-wannabees to enslave mankind. Why? Because shut up, that's why.
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The 1st Doctor and Dodo (aka ...
N017 School Reunion from 2015-01-20T00:46:09
A glorious reunion with three Smiths, two tin dogs, and genetically modified gargoyles who are allergic to their own oil.
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The 10th Doctor and Rose ar...
N016 Tooth and Claw from 2015-01-11T21:54:37
Scottish Kung-Fu monks, Queen Victoria, and a werewolf that isn’t a werewolf. Ok, then.
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The 9th Doctor and Rose continue their burgeoning love affair...
C026 The Savages from 2014-12-31T15:13:34
An allegory about equality acted out by evil guys in blackface and fairly sophisticated cavemen. Also, The Doctor has a vibrator. No lie.
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The 1st Doc...
B012 Last Christmas – The 2014 Christmas Special from 2014-12-29T19:22:59
Capaldi's first Xmas Special, and it's Alien meets The Thing meets Inception meets Santa... Mind-bending and awesome!
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Peter Capaldi's 12th Doctor has...
B011 2014 Xmas Blooper Reel from 2014-12-24T20:27:20
Season's Greetings from Who Back When
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What-ho, ladies and gents!
Once again, 'tis the season to be jolly, and here's a tiny lit...
N015 New Earth from 2014-12-07T16:16:27
Doc and Rose see a familiar face each, and then square off against cat-nun-nurses and a horde of gross zombies
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When the 10th Doctor receives an odd m...
A016 The Beast of Orlok from 2014-12-07T16:16:09
It's Frankenstein meets The Wolfman meets H.C. Andersen meets Jewish folklore meets aliens, set in Germany. Ok...
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The 8th Doctor and Lucy fail to go ...
B010 The Bees, The Bees, Oh No, Not The Bees! from 2014-12-01T00:35:38
We really want to thank all of you who have taken the time to share your thoughts about Who Back When on iTunes.
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It's Bonus Episode time!
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N014 The Christmas Invasion – The 2005 Christmas Special from 2014-11-19T00:40:02
Tennant's first proper episode as The Doctor, in which he sleeps a lot, Rose is inconsistent and aliens rock!
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Although Tennant had already appeared a...
C025 The Gunfighters from 2014-11-09T16:38:56
Two Docs get mixed-up; Steven and Dodo are master pianists; and the whole thing is tied together with the most annoying song in the Wild West.
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Instea...
B009 The 9th Doctor Retrospective from 2014-10-26T22:37:29
After reviewing Eccleston's run as the 9th Doctor, we sat down to discuss the highlights and low-points of Series 1 of the Doctor Who revival.
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We rec...
N013 The Parting of the Ways from 2014-10-20T22:43:37
Rose is her own Deus Ex Machina,
Jackie cashes in a dodgy favour,
And we bid farewell to the 9th Doctor.
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In this continuation of ...
N012 Bad Wolf from 2014-10-13T20:41:03
The Doc escapes from the Big Brother House, Rose knows basic arithmetics, and Captain Jack has an ass-gun.
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Suddenly and without warning, The 9th Doct...
C024 The Celestial Toymaker from 2014-10-05T23:35:01
The Doctor is turned invisible, inaudible and intangible, and Steve and Dodo clown around in this both childish and completely racist serial.
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As The ...
N011 Boom Town from 2014-09-29T00:59:14
The Doctor has dinner with the enemy,
Mickey wants to cheat on his girlfriend,
and no one seems to object to Cardiff Castle being demolished.
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C023 The Ark from 2014-09-27T15:23:34
Dodo dooms mankind with a sneeze;
cyclopses lock humans in a security kitchen;
and incorporeal creatures sit down in chairs.
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The ...
B008 The Peter Capaldi Debut! from 2014-09-04T18:13:51
Our new Doctor has already started flexing his muscles. Have a listen to our musings on Peter Capaldi's debut as the Time Lord.
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Recorded a couple of ...
N010 The Doctor Dances from 2014-09-02T16:31:13
Doc has no rhythm, Jack has great taste in cocktails, and aliens can't distinguish bio matter from plastic.
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The 9th Doctor and Rose continue their da...
N009 The Empty Child from 2014-08-31T12:01:16
A creepy child telekinetically controls toy monkeys and makes gas masks grow out of people's faces, and we meet Captain Jack for the first time!
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The ...
C022 The Massacre of St Bartholomew’s Eve from 2014-08-25T15:34:54
In addition to The Doctor, Hartnell plays a different character in this one, who also goes on holiday. And then we get a new, annoying companion.
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The...
A015 Hothouse from 2014-08-20T03:21:59
The Doctor and Lucie battle a rockstar environ-mentalist intent on turning the Earth into a Brussels sprout.
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The Doctor receives a call on the Space-...
N008 Father’s Day from 2014-08-13T19:27:04
Rose rescues her dead dad; Jackie is immortal; and in the end we forget that our hero is a cheating, lying, lousy husband.
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We start the episode with ...
N007 The Long Game from 2014-07-29T19:25:45
The 9th Doctor, Rose and whatshisface (annoying, token English guy – Adam. That’s right.) materialise aboard a news broadcasting satellite at the peak of the 4th Great and Bountiful Human Empire, o...
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C021 The Daleks’ Master Plan from 2014-07-24T19:30:11
(NB: As this is an almost entirely lost Doctor Who serial, this is another solo-cast with Ponken.)
The Doctor, Katarina and Steven arrive on the planet Kembel, last seen in the...
N006 Dalek from 2014-07-15T21:42:35
The Doctor tries to save a life, then end it at all costs, while Rose takes the moral high-ground, and also gets a new boyfriend.
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The Doctor and Rose...
C020 The Myth Makers from 2014-07-05T15:18:30
The troupe arrives in Troy,
where there's no Helen, Vicki falls in love,
and the Doc leaves but one Trojan left alive.
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The Doctor, Vicki and Steven mat...