Nostalgia Tours

Self-confessed nerd, the very wonderful Luke Sims-Jenkins jumps onboard his very own Charter Flight, travelling up and down the Who timeline from Hartnell to Jodie and backagain. But where will we be stopping, and will all his first-places choices make the final cut?

Two newcomers jump on the bus: welcome onboard Eliza Hemming and Daniel Rawnsley! To celebrate, we’re visiting four Doctor Who “classics”: The Hand of Fear, The Awakening, The Christmas Invasion and The Legend of Ruby Sunday / Empire of Death. For whom or what will we have positive words, and will we run out of P45s?

The wonderful David Lancaster returns to the bus, but this time, he’s jumping on a Charter Flight and picking his choices of destination. That is, if the driver agrees! Join us on the trip of a lifetime, visiting all areas of Who from Hartnell to Capaldi and back again. Warning: this episode includes the most random choice yet by a guest….

What makes Jim Allenby’s voice go all squeaky? What does Dan think is over-ambitious? The answers can be found in this week’s Nostalgia Tours, which explores and examines Tomb of the Cybermen, The Stones of Blood, The Runaway Bride and A Christmas Carol. Hilarity ensues…

Nostalgia Tours is extremely honoured to welcome onboard the magnificent David Brown, Deputy Previews Editor of the Radio Times, journalist, writer, Doctor Who fan, and generally all-round wonderful chap! What’s his comfort imaginings as he drifts off to sleep? What happened when he met Jenna Coleman? And what are his top 3 picks from the Nostalgia Tours categories? Find out…

If the Doctor needs a ‘fam’ to take on the Flux, then so does Nostalgia Tours! As a result, join Melvin Peña, Jeff Goddard and Jim Allenby to tackle this marathon story, and decide who or what is getting the traditional handshake, and where we’ll be delivering our P45s….

It’s a Missing Episodes bonanza, as the wonderful team of Tim Burrows and David Gillespie-Pratt jump back onboard the bus, and head off to visit The Celestial Toymaker, The Smugglers, The Wheel in Space – and to bring us a little more up-to-date, Army of Ghosts/Doomsday. Will we decide that someone is actually worthy of a handshake? Find out…

A VIP steps onboard the Nostalgia Tours bus - it’s the ever-brilliant Toby Hadoke! But who, or what, will he pick as the best Tom Baker era guest, the best Sylvester McCoy episode, the least successful Matt Smith era guest, the best modern-day RTD1 story, and the best Pertwee ensemble cast. Find out….

Join Jack Coyer and Matt Sawyer as we revisit 1950s ‘B’ movie hell with The Dominators, and revel in the Silver Jubilee with Mawdryn Undead, before heading off on a Voyage of the Damned, then jumping onboard the Orient Express for an encounter with a Mummy! Which will be getting the golden handshake, and who’s picking up a P45?

Scientist meets physicist, as Jason Thompson and Luke Molloy take on a series of sci-heavy stories… but which will get most love, and which will receive their criticism? Inferno, The Idiot’s Lantern, Hungry Earth/Cold Blood or Pyramid at the End of the World? Prepare for nerd rage aplenty…

It’s time for another Charter Flight winner, and this week, podcasting legend JR Southall joins Rod onboard the Nostalgia Tours bus. Does JR even believe in nostalgia? What are his takes on Hartnell and Davison? And what does he think of the writing in the classic era compared to NuWho?

As the first-ever winner of a Nostalgia Tours Charter Flight, the glorious Jeff Goddard gets to pick his choices from 5 carefully-selected categories. What Jodie story does he want to visit? Which Tom Baker moment gives him the chills? And who would he blacklist as the worst classic era writer?

Innuendo galore, as Jon Arnold, Dan Hollingsworth and Rod head off to Fang Rock, Lakertya, San Francisco 1999 and New York 1903, to decide whether it’s Doctor Four, Seven, Eight or Thirteen who’ll be getting the now-traditional Nostalgia Tours handshake or blacklisting..

There’s plenty of love - and plenty of meddling – as Phil Newman, Mark Dodyk and Rod join forces to take on the Master, the Cybermen, the Zygons and the God of Music! But who will triumph.. and whose time will be rewritten?

Controversy reigns supreme, as Lucy, Paul and Rod pick over the bones of Evil of the Daleks, Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways, The End of Time and the Sarah Jane adventure, Death of the Doctor. Will anyone find something nice to say? Find out….

Pity poor Gareth, Mark and Rod as they’re forced to endure 4 stories which have bad reputations amongst fans. But will they find joy in The Gunfighters, Four to Doomsday, The Wedding of River Song and/or Space Babies? Or will they be rewriting time?

Prepare for some mighty disagreements as Frazer, Jo and Rod explore the relative merits of The Ribos Operation, Remembrance of the Daleks, Orphan 55 and the Class opener, For Tonight We Might Die. Who will be blacklisted, and who will get a golden handshake?

Join Dylan, Steve and Rod as they jet off to a parallel universe, where Doctor Who came back to TV in the early 2000s with Sylvester and Sophie. Will this alternative version of Season 27 be everything we wished for? Will we be sneaking it back home with us? Find out!

Join Daniel, David and Rod as they go back in time to attend to the premieres of Logopolis, The Twin Dilemma, Rose and the Doctor Who stageplay, The Ultimate Adventure. How will their reactions shape the future of the Whoniverse?

Will Jim, Dan and Rod be visiting the set of The Leisure Hive, The Five Doctors, Love and Monsters or The Girl Who Died? And what mischief do they have in mind for when they get there?

Time meddlers Tim, David and Rod decide whether to visit 1966, 1968, 1974 or 1986, in order to interfere with the production of The Savages, Fury From the Deep, Planet of the Spiders or Mysterious Planet

A brief introduction to a new Doctor Who podcast!