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!
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.
James and Paul review Doctor Who Season 37, episode seven: Kerblam!
Poor Ryan heads into space only to find a massive warehouse very similar to the one he worked in on earth. Corporate satire with a twist: is it now easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism?
A shiny spaceship, a metal-gobbling alien called Pting, and assorted other glorious nonsense: we review The Tsuangra Conundrum, have a rant about future fashion, and pay tribute to a rather creative Who-related Halloween costume.
“Sylvester McCoy” as the Doctor and “Sophie Aldred” as Ace seen here on location near Arundel with the Cybermen. Thanks to @Yuki_Houdini for this disturbing image!
Crashing spaceships, Moomin Beans and Art Malik in a tent for some reason: James and Paul weigh up the second Thirteenth Doctor adventure, The Ghost Monument, where we see Graham in some natty sunglasses, Yas not given an awful lot to do, and the joys of seeing a new TARDIS interior for the first time.
Ahead of the impending upload of Podcast #2, in which we review The Ghost Monument, James goes slightly mad waiting for Paul to arrive at the station, and comes up with the idea of a serial set entirely on the DLR. Well, it’d still be better than Time-Flight…
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