Doctor Who A(uton) to Z(ygon)

This week we learned the incredibly sad news that author Justin Richards had passed away. Justin was one of the most important figures in Doctor Who for decades. He was not only one of the most important contributors in keeping Doctor Who alive and active during the wilderness years, but was incredibly active during the 2005 revival and well into the New Series. He wrote novels, audio dramas, non-...

This week we dive into a very special Big Finish release -- a LIVE recording of the Eighth Doctor and Charley story, The Stuff of Legend ! It stars Paul McGann and India Fisher, with Alex MacQueen as the Master and Nicholas Briggs as the Daleks. Written by Robert Valentine and directed by Barnaby Edwards, the story was produced to celebrate Big Finish's 25th anniversary. So what did we think o...

On June 10, 2026 we finally learned the fate of Doctor Who, at least for the foreseeable future. The promised Christmas episode is cancelled, and Russell T Davies and his production company Bad Wolf are out of the picture. What does that mean for the future of our favorite franchise? We tackle that question best we can and hopefully offer some hope at the end. This episode was recorded live on You...

In 1974, Doctor Who returned for its 11th season and after a brand-new title sequence, the audience is treated to a new alien menace and a new companion in a pseudo-historical adventure. Josh, Ashley and Alan revisit this Third Doctor classic and talk about the new Pertwee, the introduction of Sarah Jane, potato-headed toads, and Dungeons & Dragons. First, though, we get into new streaming new...

In 1995, a Doctor Who-adjacent independent film called  Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans  was released by Dreamwatch Media. Written by Terrance Dicks, it starred Sophie Aldred, Carole Ann Ford, Jan Chappelle, Brian Croucher, and Michael Wisher. The Sontarans track down a Rutan to a solar racing ship the  Tiger Moth  and are willing to kill all the humans to wipe it out. The Sontaran leader and t...

With the recent recovery of two episodes of "The Daleks' Master Plan" (Parts 1 and 3), Josh, Ashley and Alan take the opportunity to review not only the first half of the sprawling epic, but also it's prelude, "Mission to the Unknown," recently re-filmed by the television production department of the University of Lancashire. Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/Doc...

This week we dive back into the very end of the Wilderness Years, in the days around the time that the BBC announced the television series would be going back into production, to revisit the animated serial "The Scream of the Shalka" starring Richard E. Grant as the NINTH Doctor, Sophie Okonedo as Alison, and Derek Jacobi as the Master (...sort of!). It's a fascinating chapter in the...

100!!!! That's right, Doctor Who A(uton) to Z(ygon) has been going for 100 episodes now! And to celebrate, we've got a fun episode for you! We've recorded a LIVE episode commentary! We're talking about the Series 4 episode "The Unicorn and the Wasp" starring David Tennant and Wasp" ! The Doctor and Donna meet Agatha Christie and discover the truth behind her mysterio...

This week Josh, Ashley and Alan return to the exciting days of the Wilderness Years, when all sorts of things were happening to keep the Doctor Who franchise active and vital. In the early 2000s, one of the BBC's innovations was doing animated webcasts. A Cyberman story called "Real Time" was their second one, starring Colin Baker, Maggie Stables , and Yee Jee Tso . It is historicall...

It's one of the most contentious episodes in all of Doctor Who - and it even is amongst our three co-hosts. There's a lot of good in this episode just as much as there is bad. So we break it down and give it our fairest evaluation. But first we dive into the recently leaked Disney+ ratings of Doctor Who ever since 2023. What do the numbers mean? Are they even real? We'll talk about it!

We're back! Welcome to a whole new year of Doctor Who A(uton) to Z(ygon) ! To start off a new year, we're going to be talking in depth about the most recent Doctor Who spin-off, "The War Between the Land and the Sea" which stars Russell Tovey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Jemma Redgrave. But don't worry -- we know you may not have seen this yet, since Disney+ hasn't made it available outside the UK, so we...

It's the Christmas season! What better way to celebrate than to talk about our favorite Doctor Who holiday episode, "Last Christmas" starring Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Nick Frost, Samuel Anderson, and Faye Marsay. The Doctor and Clara meet Santa Claus at the North Pole! But that's not what's really going on here. First, we dive deep on some Doctor Who news about the upcom...

Celebrate your Black Friday weekend with a new episode of Doctor Who A to Z ! With the new spin-off "The War Between the Land and the Sea" upcoming, Josh and Ashley talk about spin-offs in general, what they hope to see in the new UNIT / Sea Devil (sorry, Homo Aquatic) one, and what spin-offs they'd love to see! First, though, they cover all the Whoniverse news worth covering!

This week, Ashley, Josh and Alan each count down their five favorite monsters or aliens from the 1980s! We'll be talking about stories from the final decade of the original show, from Tom Baker's final season through all of Davison, Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy! In addition to our Top 5s, we cover some of the others that we love that didn't quite make our final list. First, we cove...

We have a big show for you this week! First, we've got a boat-load of news about the Future of Doctor Who , including the end of the Disney+ deal, updates on The War Between the Land and the Sea , announcement of a 2026 Christmas special, and a mention of the new animated pre-school series. Plus, we talk about the passing of Nabil Shaban and early reviews of the Season 13 Blu-Ray. Then we dive...

"It's a new episode . . . but the moment has been prepared for." This week Ashley, Josh and Alan visit the Pharos Project to discuss the final Fourth Doctor story, "Logopolis" written by the recently departed Christopher H. Bidmead, directed by Peter Grimwade, and starring Tom Baker, Matthew Waterhouse, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding, and Anthony Ainley. And let me tell ya ....

This week Ashley, Josh and Alan pay another visit to the world of Big Finish , this time for the debut of their new Thirteenth Doctor line! "Vampire Weekend" written by Tim Foley and directed by Ken Bentley, stars Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill stepping back into their roles as the Thirteenth Doctor and Yasmine Khan. It's Gina's hen-do and her Maid of Honour has booked a large manor in the Peak D...

This week we take our TARDIS back to the swingin' 60s to review the first big screen film Dr. Who and the Daleks ! The film was written by Milton Subotsky (based on Terry Nation's original script) and starred Peter Cushing, Roberta Tovey, Roy Castle and Jennie Linden. Dr. Who, his two granddaughters Susan and Barbara, and Barbara's boyfriend Ian, travel to the planet Skaro and get invo...

This week we feature the second of our LIVE panel at Stellar Fest recorded in April of 2025! This is Part 2 of a discussion in which we take the lowest-rated stories from every Doctor and review each one -- and hopefully find something good to say about them! In this installment we talk about stories from Doctors 3, 5, 6, 7. 10, 11, and 12 ! That's an awful lot to cover in 45 minutes but somehow w...

In April 2025, Josh, Ashley and Alan appeared at the Stellar Fest convention in Atlanta, GA! Presented here is the first of two panels in which we review the Bottom 5 stories for every Doctor as ranked by IMDB and Doctor Who Magazine . We talk about the stories that fans routinely rank the lowest and we find positive things to say about them! Every Doctor Who story has something to love about it,...

This week Josh, Ashley and Alan revisit one of the modern classics - "Heaven Sent" from Series 9 starring Peter Capaldi, written by Steven Moffat, and directed by Rachel Talalay. The Doctor goes through his own personal hell as he deals with the death of Clara Oswald. This episode is frequently touted as being one of the best of the entire series; does it live up to the hype? But first w...

This week Ashley, Josh and Alan review the 1966 story "The Savages" , recently released in a newly-animated reconstruction. "The Savages" is written by Ian Stuart Black, is directed by Christopher Barry, and stars William Hartnell, Jackie Lane, and Peter Purves. It's a particularly strong story for all three main cast with some interesting moral problems to solve. But first, the news -- the future...

This week Ashley, Josh and Alan revisit the second and final season featuring Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor and reflect on the season overall. What were some of the great, good and less-good moments? How do we rate each episode differently than we did upon first viewing in light of the season as a whole? How does this season reflect the era overall (as short as it is)? First, though, we dig into the n...

This week we wrap up Season 2 / Series 15 / Season 41 with a review of the season finale, "The Reality War." But this episode ended up so much bigger than we ever expected (well, we did sort of know what was coming), so there was a LOT to talk about. This episode is a recording of a LIVE show that we did on Facebook and YouTube, where we addressed comments and questions from viewers. Tha...

The season is rapidly careening towards its end, so this week we're reviewing the first half of the 2-part finale, "Wish World," and ..... this one really came close to breaking us! After a stellar season, we really found this one frustrating. RTD is RTDing hard, y'all. This is probably our most heated discussion yet! First, though we have some quick news about the new spin-off s...