We’re back, to discuss the New Year’s Day episode starring Jodi Whittaker as the Doctor and Chris Noth as Sir Kier Starmer. Paul and James discuss Captain Jack, the fam, creeping neo-fascism, and whether trying to become a writer yourself makes you less harsh on Chris Chibnall.
PI’m We are happy to be back after our latest hiatus. I have photoshopped my new head onto our cover art to celebrate. You can find all our old episodes here on the website, and see us on Twitter @acedrwho. Happy New Year everyone!
Poets, ghosts, and getting struck by lightning at the moment of greatest convenience: James and Paul tackle The Haunting of Villa Diodati. James would like to apologise generally for not being very with it for this episode, and specifically for forgetting everything he ever read about the Romantics and thinking Lake Geneva was in Italy.
We’re back after a hiatus! Paul and James: lockdown edition discuss Can You Hear Me, goat-sucking bats, mental health, and that Dalek patrolling Robin Hood Bay.
A 3-in-1 special as the boys tackle Nikolas Tesla’s Night Terrors, Fugitive of the Judoon and Praxeus. They are on a tight schedule too: they need to get through all three episodes before a Frenchman turns up at Paul’s door.
“Once you’ve destroyed the planet, what stories are there left to tell?”
The boys discuss Orphan 55, cheap package holidays, the value of allegory, and the difficulty of exploring the inner worlds of guest characters when you also have to give three different companions something to do.
We’re back! Did you miss us? Paul and James got together to talk about the opening two episodes of Series 12 (or, if you’re old grumps like us, Series 36), with Jody Whittaker returning as The Doctor and Chris Chibnall – sigh – returning as showrunner.
Along the way we talk about Britbox, the new streaming service that allows us to watch more Classic Who than we possibly even deserve, discuss the value of pastiche, and spill beer on our socks. Also one of us recites a song we might have written about Lenny Henry being a bomb.
Please tell us what you think! We love feedback. We’re on Twitter and you can also email us now I’ve remembered how to log in to our email, which is acedoctorwhopodcast at gmail dot com.
Happy New Year! Paul and James chat Resolution [of the Daleks], UNIT vs. Brexit, disagree slightly on the Ryan ‘n’ Aaron cafe scene, and ponder whether this was the best seasonal Doctor Who special yet.
We want to hear your views on the first Whittaker / Chibnall series as a whole: get in touch via email or on Twitter and we’ll record a special review episode in the near future.
Thanks to everyone who has listened to our podcast since our regeneration. You’re lovely.
Tim Shaw (sic) returns, the Ux spend thousands of years worshipping a false God, and Graham has a Kelly / Nelly style Dilemma. Plus, Paul gets a special card and James writes a song about the thirteenth doctor’s first season, as you do.
P.S. In case you can’t make out all the lyrics to James’ We Really Like The Doctor song, here they are:
We Really Like The Doctor (with apologies to Billy Joel)
Thirteenth doctor, Sheffield train, crashes and regenerates
Ryan rides his bike and fails: dyspraxia
Tim Shaw, Grace falls, they float in space, Ghost Monument
Art Malik, Sand tactic, Tardis is found
Rosa Parks, Luther King, Cranzo future racist kid
Quantum leap, bus fun, Graham is complicit
Brutalism, Yas’ fam, Spiders in Park Hill
Donald Trump, shoot to kill, let them all starve
We really like the Doctor
Cos She’s always gurning while the kids are learning yeah
We really like the Doctor
But when Chibnall writes it then we have to fight it yeah
Pting is like the adipose, a baby called Avacado
Spaceships, Demons, Yas in the Punjab
Partition, Empire, love will save us all
Amazon in Kerblam, Graham with a mop in hand
Alan Cumming, King James, trapped inside a tree
Scandi-noir, fjord kid, the actor Kevin Eldon
Battle of Ranskoor, Graham wants to kill some more
Tim Shaw – shot in the leg – shoot him in the head instead
Underwhelming finale – what else is there to say
We really like the Doctor
Cos She’s always gurning while the kids are learning yeah
We really like the Doctor
But when Chibnall writes it then we have to fight it yeah
James and Paul review It Takes You Away, and talk Scandi Noir, the actor Kevin Eldon, and whether that frog at the end was the greatest thing ever or an absolute abomination.
We also hear from regular listener Kamal and his 10 year old daughter Iyla. We love reviews from listeners, so head over to our contact page if there’s anything you’d like to contribute!
Fear, superstition, and alien mud monsters trapped under Pendle Hill: Paul and James review The Witchfinders, hear from a listener in a far-off land, and explain why Alan Cumming was probably a better choice for the role of King James than Jim Davidson.
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