Doctor Huh

It's a big one this week - the episode we watched, and the episode we recorded! On this week's extra-chunky episode, we discussed the 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor", plus the attached mini-episodes, "The Night of the Doctor" and "The Last Day". It's a huge, momentous adventure for the Doctor and the Doctor and the Doctor, with massive implications f...

Our pool of remaining Ecclesodes continues to shrink, as we watch S1E8, "Father's Day"! Oh no! It's an episode that really makes you think about how we should all treasure the limited time we have with the people we care about, in terms of how few Ninth Doctor episodes we have left. Also, we watch Rose's dad get run over a couple of times. Yeowch! Sam | Jordan Twitter | Cohost | Tumblr |...

Sorry to kill the suspense before you've even listened to the episode, but the RNG has failed us again this week! It decided we should watch S12E7, "Rock Never Dies", and it was wrong about that. They've got a special guest star / rock star this week, and they decided we should spend more time with him than with the main cast. They didn't even make him play guitar! What's the point?! At...

Merry Christmas, again! For the second week in a row, we've got a very special holiday episode. This time, it's the series 2 Christmas special, "The Christmas Invasion"! It's the first Tenth Doctor episode, and he's got a lot to learn about himself, once he's done snoozing. Meanwhile, Earth is being attacked by mostly-irrelevant Santabots and mainly the Sycorax. How will Harriet Jones ge...

We had a great time last week, so the RNG decided to pull us back into the Annoying Era with the series 7 Christmas special, "The Snowmen"! Last time we saw Clara, we felt like she was an annoying fanfic character cut out and pasted into the real show Doctor Who. How will we feel now that we're meeting her properly in her first episode? Well... turns out we're very insightful and never w...

The RNG decided (correctly) that we needed a break from the Chibnall Era, so we got as far away as we possibly could and watched S1E1, "Rose"! This week, we're joined by friend of the show Grant AKA Ironicus who comes to us with the research this show deserves. We're digging deep into prose, or a book as some might call it, and learning how Funny Rusty himself feels about his first episo...

We're stepping out of the Backpack Era - no matter what Jordan says - and into the Episode Directly Before Legend of the Sea Devils Era with the first 2022 special, "Eve of the Daleks"! It's a refreshing reminder that Chris Chibnall really can make a great Doctor Who episode. Maybe there's joy to be found in very very recent Doctor Who after all! Watch this episode a few times and you'll...

Another week in the Backpack Era! We're watching S12E6, "Praxeus", an episode about a killer virus that had the misfortune of coming out right at the start of the pandemic. The team have split up to investigate several exciting locales, some of which are even interesting! Also, there are Unusual Energy Patterns in Hong Kong. What a nice change of pace! Sam | Jordan Twitter | Cohost | Tum...

One of the joys of this format is that every once in a while, the show throws a curveball at us that sounds like a fun time and ends up being a real brainburner. Such is the case with series 8 episode 3, "Robot of Sherwood". On the Doctor Who political compass, this episode is resting comfortably in the square labeled "stupid" and "bad". The characters are across-the-...

Great news for scienceheads! Friend of the show Chai has joined us to talk about series 12 episode 4, "Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror"! It's an episode that was very much written in the era of Nikola Tesla fandom, and we all have some opinions about that, except for Sam who is just smiling and nodding. We all learned a lot this week, and some of it was even about Nikola Tesla. Hey, maybe...

Uh oh... it's time for a devilish episode of Doctor Who... imagine the scariest number you can conceive of, throw it down a hole, and then you will understand the terror of series 2 episode 9, "The Satan Pit"! There's actually two terrors in this episode, and the second one is slavery. Welcome to the podcast, Ood! Sorry they called you a "basic slave race". We'll have to unpack...

This week's episode sure was an episode! It's our first dose of series 13, "Flux", specifically episode 3, "Once, Upon Time"! Definitely not an episode intended to be watched out of order, but seemingly not an episode that benefits from being watched in order either. It may have been incomprehensible to us, but we'll do our best to make it vaguely comprehensible to you! This ep...

We took a quick coronavirus break, but we're back to talk about our first Capaldi episode! It's series 10 episode 3, "Thin Ice"! We ignorant Americans have a lot to learn about British history, it turns out. Did you know people used to run around and wrestle and go bowling and elephanting on a frozen river? That's so dangerous! Don't they know they're going to be fed to a giant fish? Peo...

Hey, this isn't our first Twelfth Doctor episode! What the heck? Well, Sam decided to ring in the new year by getting COVID and we haven't been able to record that episode yet. Instead, please enjoy our already-recorded Patreon bonus episode on parts 1 and 2 of Classic Who season 15's first serial, "Horror of Fang Rock"! It's got the Fourth Doctor running up and down a lighthouse for 40...

We've had some good luck for our first episode of 2023: this week, we watched series 1 episode 10, "The Doctor Dances"! It's our first Ecclesode, and it's a great one! For reasons we will learn when we eventually watch the previous episode, the Doctor and friends are in 1941, surrounded by the Gas Mask Gang. How are they going to get out of this one? Will he crank that Soulja Boy? No spo...

Have you ever thought to yourself, "man, I wish I could hear two white podcasters try their earnest best to be funny while talking about segregation?" Well, that's weird, but I have exciting news for you, you weirdo: the RNG decided it was time for us to watch Doctor Who series 11 episode 3, "Rosa"! It's not a bad episode, as it turns out! Is it a good episode? Well, that depen...

Honk, honk! Move it, jerk! I gotta get home so I can watch Doctor Who series 3 episode 3, "Gridlock"! It's an episode like no other. It's got kitty cat men. It's got guns and cars. It's got a crab rave. It's got moods as drugs, for some reason. It's got a big face in a big jar. What more could you want? If you don't love this episode, you must be one daft little street strut! Sam | Jorda...

Flaming skeletons, rejoice! This week, friend of the show János joins us to discuss the happiest, clappiest, boniest episode of Doctor Who so far, 2009's Easter special, "Planet of the Dead"! The Tenth Doctor is on a bus looking for quirkium particles or whatever when he gets mixed up with an incredibly interesting and popular thief named Lady Christina de Souza! What adventures will her...

This week, on a very sticky episode of Doctor Huh, we watched series 11 episode 10, "The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos"! It's our second encounter with the Thirteenth Doctor, and we were told by the foolish TV reviewers of 2018 that we wouldn't like it very much. How wrong they were! That's right, we've got a surprise hit on our hands! Maybe it's not good when you're watching normally, but...

We've got another flesh-related Eleventh Doctor episode! It's series 5 episode 5, "Flesh and Stone", featuring the famous Weeping Angels we've all heard so much about! This is a beloved episode, but will we belove it? Also, will Sam be able to make heads or tails of River Song? Maybe! Don't tell us either way! Sam | Jordan Twitter | Patreon | Discord | YouTube

Big episode this week! The random number generator has sent us to our first David Tennant episode, series 2 episode 12, "Army of Ghosts"! We've got Cybermen, we've got Daleks, we've got Torchwood, we've got EastEnders... we've even got "allons-y, Alonso!" So many firsts, and that's not even mentioning the first ever ghost elected to Parliament! Way to go, Leeds! The UK is havin...

Ahoy! Talk Like a Pirate Day came early this year, (or late? I don't know when it is) because this week we're talking about Doctor Who 2022 special #2, "Legend of the Sea Devils"! This is a very recent episode, featuring Jodie Whittakré, as Jordan has decided to call her for some reason. Will the Thirteenth Doctor prove herself an old salt and join our crew of hearties? Or will she be a...

The true Doctor Who experience begins here, I'm told, as we watch our first episode featuring a large amount of goop, glop, slime, and gunge. It's series 6 episode 5, "The Rebel Flesh", and it's a good one! It's a classic sci-fi premise, executed in a cool and creepy way, with relatively okay visual effects. Could this show be... good?! If you could just make the Doctor a little less ann...

Uh oh! Oh no! We're back with a new podcast. Not content with the mostly-forgotten ABC Family dramas we've built our brand on, we've decided to go for one of the biggest franchises around: Doctor Who! Every week, we'll be watching a random episode of (modern) Doctor Who, and we're starting with series 5 episode 2, "The Beast Below"! It's weird, and it's a mess, and the Eleventh Doctor is...