Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

Lazy Doctor Who

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Steven Schapansky (Radio Free Skaro, The Memory Cheats) and Erika Ensign (Verity!, Total Party Kill) are married Doctor Who fans (who also co-produce a fiction podcast for Uncanny Magazine). This is a podcast where they watch every Doctor Who story ever made, from start to finish. Each episode is recorded live on a red couch. No, they have no “schedule”. They’re lazy. Want proof? Check out this fab listener-created spreadsheet of episode releases. Follow on Mastodon @LazyDoctorWho@zeppelin.flights and Bluesky @lazydoctorwho@bsky.social or email at lazydoctorwho@gmail.com.

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Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

Episodes

9: Marco Polo 1 02.07.2015 25:35

Steven and Erika celebrate Canada Day in style—by watching Erika’s (almost) first proper recon! It’s “The Roof of the World”, the first episode of Doctor Who’s fourth serial, “Marco Polo”, from 1964. They also explain a bit about why Doctor Who has missing episodes and what a “reconstruction” is. Learning is fun!

8: The Edge of Destruction 1-2 15.06.2015 16:46

Erika and Steven continue Erika’s birthday weekend celebration by watching Doctor Who with Erika’s parents (who do not appear on the podcast, sadly). The story in question is the show’s third serial, “The Edge of Destruction”, from 1964.

7: The Daleks 7 14.06.2015 10:32

Steven and Erika talk about the seventh (and final) episode of “The Daleks”, Doctor Who’s second serial, from 1964.

6: The Daleks 5-6 30.05.2015 15:52

Steven and Erika record another podcast on the couch. They talk about the fifth and sixth episodes of “The Daleks”, Doctor Who’s second serial, from 1964.

5: The Daleks 4 29.05.2015 18:43

Erika and Steven record a podcast on location! Well, if the couch counts as a “location”. They talk about the fourth episode of “The Daleks”, Doctor Who’s second serial, from 1964.

4: The Daleks 3 15.05.2015 13:34

Erika and Steven discuss the third episode of “The Daleks”, Doctor Who’s second serial, from 1964. Follow us on Twitter at @LazyDoctorWho and email us at lazydoctorwho@gmail.com.

3: The Daleks 1-2 08.05.2015 18:51

Steven and Erika record a podcast on location! They talk about the first two episodes of “The Daleks”, Doctor Who’s second serial, from 1964.

2: An Unearthly Child 2-4 04.05.2015 21:32

Erika and Steven discuss the final three episodes of the debut Doctor Who story, “An Unearthly Child”, from 1963.

1: An Unearthly Child 1 27.04.2015 11:25

Erika and Steven explain the premise of Lazy Doctor Who and why this is a podcast. Then they discuss the very first episode of Doctor Who, “An Unearthly Child”, from November 1963.