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Friends of a Whovian flavor, what in the name of Blinovitch is happening?! For the first time in a very long time, John and Taylor are a bit lost as to having a feel for what's coming next. It could literally be anything, at this rate. So we break from our regular format this week and spend more time looking at the details and speculating ourselves silly trying to figure out where things might be...

We're coming down off Gallifrey One weekend and spend a little time recapping Day 3 of Gally before diving into THE HAUNTING OF VILLA DIODATI! A shape-shifting house, ghosts, the macabre, animated hands, and one single solitary Cyberman on a mission! Join us as we review possibly our favorite episode of the season (tied for first at the very least)!

John and Taylor are joined by very special guest John-Carlos McMaster to discuss and recap Day 2 of Gallifrey One 2020! Hear about their days, and the epic mid-day nap that John had!

The first official day of Gallifrey One is in the books! Join John, Taylor, Anna, and Peter as they recap the sights and sounds from this Doctor Who convention!

We. Are. HERE! Join Taylor, John, Terry, and Anna as they talk about DAY ZERO! They're coming to you LIVE from LOBBYCON!

Can You Hear Me? Can you hear me running? Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you? Yes, it's a Mike & the Mechanics reference, but we also want to make sure you can hear us talking about the latest episode of Doctor Who: CAN YOU HEAR ME? From 14th century Syria to modern day Sheffield, an immortal is giving people the worst kind of wet willie and stealing their nightmares! Generally,...

Microplastics are everywhere! It's true, look it up. Now what if that plastic was infested with an alien virus brought here by aliens using us and the planet as a giant petri dish? You'd have PRAXEUS! Another pretty good episode that suffered from having to follow a massive episode. Join John and Taylor--and special guest host Terry--as they break down the story at hand and work to make sense of t...

My. Gosh! What can we even say here that will prepare you for this episode? You have seen FUGITIVE OF THE JUDOON already, right? Go watch it first, silly, then come back and listen to us break it down into relatively manageable chunks and theorize the crap out of things! Because, hoo boy, do we have some theories! Also!! If you're headed to Gallifrey One next month, please join us Saturday morning...

NIKOLA TESLA'S NIGHT OF TERROR! Yes, Doctor Who is in fine form this week with likely one of their best historical guest stars in recent memory! Are there small flaws in the episode? Yes, but we get them out of the way quickly and dive into a rich story that has some great action and lots of excellent character moments! Join us for the ride...we promise to keep the electricity jokes to a minimum!

This week John & Taylor review the 3rd story of Season 12: ORPHAN 55! It's a classic base-under-siege story with some decent twists and a timely message for a world currently burning! This story also has to carry the momentum from the season opener and, honestly, stumbles a little. However, we find the good, try and reconcile the less good, and Taylor takes a moment to get up on his soapbox for al...

The rollercoaster is rolling! After a powerful season opener on New Year's Day, Spyfall Part 2 continues a very masterful run as the Doctor and Team TARDIS work to contain the Master and thwart Daniel Barton's plan with the Kasaavin! John & Taylor break down the episode, dive into the great aspects, ponder the elements that didn't quite fit, and sit gobsmacked at the impact this story has on the g...

Happy New Year, and happy new season of Doctor Who! Join John, Taylor, and Lauren Bancroft (@Bancroffed)as they rundown the Season 12 debut episode! Hear all their thoughts and general excitement about the new season right here! THEY'VE GOT THEORIES! Just who are the Kavaavin? Are they a new race of aliens The Doctor hasn't come across, or an old foe? Is O who he says he is, or is he just saying t...

2019 is nearly at a close. Christmas is on the horizon, so John and Taylor settle in by the fire to review the animated recreation of The Macra Terror! Incidentally, BBC America is showing this story on the evening of December 26th if you've never seen it! There's lots of discussion in this episode along with news of Season 12, Gallifrey One, and yes we do talk about Hellier now that John has seen...

Well, we thought we'd hit bottom all those years ago with Sleep No More and The Twin Dilemma and probably some others. But if there's one thing we tend to be good at, it's finding the good (or at least the decent) in a story that is otherwise lacking. And we do our best with that for TIMELASH, a 6th Doctor two-parter that has been called the worst story of Doctor Who. Thankfully, we also have a to...

This week it's war!! John & Taylor review the 7th Doctor story BATTLEFIELD! It's been described as a moody neo-Arthurian tale and we pack all our thoughts (and they are many) into 80 minutes of Doctor Who goodness. Turns out Arthur all his lot are all from a parallel dimension where magic is as real as science. Ace gets tossed from a lake complete with sword (we welcome our new explosives expert o...

It was a dark and stormy night when The Doctor and Sarah Jane land on Karn...and fall right into quite the homage to Frankenstein. Heralded by some, maligned by others, you can't deny the place that THE BRAIN OF MORBIUS holds in Doctor Who history! The adventure is surprisingly tight, the performances just over the top enough to be peak Doctor Who, and really without this story there are more than...

Every now and then Doctor Who tries something new, something a little different. At times it works and at times it doesn't. Black Orchid was Doctor Who's attempt at a classic British murder mystery. It was a notable effort, but the execute may have left a little to be desired. John & Taylor come at the story from different points of view and ultimately make as much sense as they can of it. Grab yo...

John and Taylor start off this spooky season with the Matt Smith/Jenna Coleman story "Hide!" What exactly lurks in the hall of Caliburn Hall? And does it imply that the spirits we see are ghosts or are they echos contained within the walls of a location? Or are they people trapped in a pocket universe! We geek out over this and some of our favorite paranormal theories! Join us! Share us with frien...

John and Taylor (sadly, minus Lauren) are back to collect their final piece in their own Key to Time saga! They revisit and recapture their review of The Caves of Androzani! Peter Davison's final story and what many call the best Doctor Who story ever. We discuss many of the Shakespearean and Phantom of the Opera nods, the troubles with giant bats, and how none of this would have happened if they...

If there's one thing we're good at doing on Podcastica, it's taking a story we don't really love and either finding the best parts of it or just have a good time taking apart its worst bits. For everything the Doctor Who TV Movie eventually gave us, it really wasn't all that great! So John & Taylor endured it again to reclaim this lost episode, but they brought Lauren along for the ride (and she's...

This episode replaces our original Episode 14, which was lost to time when the Weeping Angels got hold of it! This time, John & Taylor are joined by Lauren Bancroft to review one of the most solid, well-written, and best executed episodes in Doctor Who history! We try to find fault. We try to reason in some plot holes, but at best we get one. Blink's praise is well-deserved and we revel in it. We...

John and Taylor are joined by Lauren Bancroft as they set off on an adventure to recreate their missing episodes! First up, Episode 15: Last Christmas! The Doctor and Clara find themselves in a dream...which is a dream...inside a dreamworld of dreams...which is not so much adjacent to, but rather inside a dream. And this dream is run by facehugging dream crabs that themselves have rather gingerly...

We've made it, friends! We've reached the end of The Key to Time series with a six-part whopper THE ARMAGEDDON FACTOR! The Doctor and Romana land on Atrios in the midst of a seemingly fierce war with Zeos. But Zeos kind of...isn’t there. Is the Marshal of Atrios wagging the dog or are darker, much darker, forces at work? Say, a crystal jelly skull behind a wonky mirror? We dive into this story and...

We are nearly through The Key to Time series! This time, John & Taylor review The Power of Kroll and find themselves an absolute banger! Not the story, though it's rather enjoyable, but that Kroll chant! They desperately want to find a fan who is comfortable creating beats and who is will to help us craft a dancefloor jam to honor Kroll! We have lots more to say, so grab your green paint, settle i...

We're into the back half of the Key to Time series and this time John & Taylor find that, on the whole, the series stumbles a little with The Androids of Tara. There are some good parts, certainly, but there is also much that our duo wonder "Why'd they do it that way?" Either way, they find the best bits and suggest changes to improve the rest! Come check it out, please subscribe & rate the show,...