Podcastica

On a special episode of Podcastica, we sit down with Steven Warren Hill, one of the authors of Red, White, and Who: The Story of Doctor Who in America! We discuss how the book came about, the challenges of researching decades' worth of Who-lore, and how Americans came to love this fantastic British show. Please check out our show notes for links to purchase this terrific book!

IT’S EPISODE 100! John and Taylor sit down to look back at Season 10. How does it stack up after a few weeks away? Did it outdo season 9? Lots of Who News this episode, as well, with stuff from Big Finish, SDCC, and the upcoming Christmas Special! Thank you, everyone, for sticking with us through 100 episodes!

Episode 99 and there's so much to talk about! Taylor and John are back at it with a rewatch of the classic 5th Doctor story "Mawdryn Undead." But, before they get to that, there's MASSIVE news from the Doctor Who world as the 13th Doctor has been announced as Jodie Whittaker. We get excited and take a look at what this means for the future of our favorite franchise!

This is it, Whovians! The season finale of Season 10! This week, John is joined by his good friends Anna and Peter to discuss all the highs and lows that took place. PLUS: Taylor's thoughts are presented to us through some sort of temporal rift! What did all four of our hosts think? What do they think the Christmas Special will hold? Plus, a fantastic theory is presented to us by Peter!

Oh boy! Moffat manages to leave a big gaping hole in our hearts this week with an excellent story that's well executed, but leaves us floored by its implications. Join us as we hitch up our britches and wade into the beginning of the end with "World Enough and Time!" Note: At the 24 minute mark, Taylor erroneously says Bill could technically be in Tomb of the Cybermen. That's a mistake, we know, b...

This week John and Taylor are joined by friend of the show, Mike Solko, to discuss The Eaters of Light! Our first episode of new Who penned by a writer from Classic Who! We all dive deep into ancient Scotland to discover what became of the Ninth Roman Legion and within we find a really solid episode with some powerful callbacks to early Doctor Who. We also speculate on what could possibly happen i...

SLEEP NO MORE, my Warriors! Ha! Get it? Sleep No More? Mark Gatiss? Yes, he meant to do that. This week, John and Taylor make their way through the caves of Mars, look at the return of not one, but two, Classic Who characters, and discuss what makes a perfect episode of Doctor Who. And the Golden State Warriors make a small cameo at the end.

The Truth Monks have been found out! Team TARDIS is back together and, with some advice from Missy, set out to overthrow the pyramid. How does it play out? What does Bill have to face? All that, plus special guest host Lauren Bancroft on this week's PODcastica!

Oh, Doctor, where are we headed? John and Taylor delve into a cracker of an episode that shows how the smallest of choices have a tremendous impact and how the Doctor's own hubris leads to one helluva choice! But did the Monks see that coming all along? That, Who News, Gallifrey One news, and a cameo from Taylor's cat!

Well, we now know who is in the vault! And we get some pretty sweet back story while setting up what could be a pretty wild three-parter! We dig into the "Long Time Ago" scenes to welcome the inimitable Missy back to our screens and try to make sense of the Monks' Simulation and what that means for the rest of the season!

GUYS! GUYS? Did something just take the air out of the room or was it that surprise ending? What hath been wrought upon Bill and what effect will The Doctor's new condition have on the rest of the season. All that, Who News, the occasional pun, and plenty of analysis on this week's Podcastica!

What's that knocking you hear? Ghosts? Wood nymphs? Creepy alien beetles? You'll shiver and jump to the episode, but let John and Taylor help walk you through a breakdown of the story and where it hits and misses the mark. Season 10 continues with the story "Knock Knock!"

Episode 89: Thin Ice OR Punch All the Racists by Night of the Living Geeks

SMILE! It's Doctor Who. SMILE! They're on a new planet. SMILE! There are emojibots and nano-creatures. SMILE! Or they will kill you! This week, John & Taylor discuss the second episode of Season Ten, "Smile." Did it hold up after a strong season opener? Was it all thumbs up or poop emoji? Maybe it was somewhere inbetween.

DOCTOR WHO IS BACK! It's back, people! And we are back to our weekly format as we meet Bill, discover the new mysteries of season 10, toss around some rather bonkers theories, and generally just get over excited (blame the Easter sugar) about NEW DOCTOR WHO!

We've made it! And what better way to celebrate the death of the wilderness year than with SPOILERS!! the death of Adric! John and Taylor do their best to make their way through a middling story with a hefty ending for the early 80s! Could modern Who learn a bit from the secrecy surrounding the making of Earthshock? All that plus a fair bit of Who News, some sweet beats, and tangential movie recom...

It's a very special episode of PODcastica! Author Paul Cornell is kind enough to join us for a discussion about his work on Doctor Who, along with his work for Titan Comics. We share stories about Gallifrey One, discuss his amazing new novel Chalk (out now!), and his upcoming comic series Saucer State (out May 10th).

John and Taylor are back this week with a review of what was voted (in three separate polls) as the least liked 4th Doctor story! It's Underworld! While the story has its merit, the execution is hindered by an overuse of blue screen technology (which was definitely in its early days). We also discuss the latest season 10 trailer and dive into a bit of speculation as to what to expect in less than...

John and Taylor are back to their usual antics post-Gallifrey One and they've sat down with The First Doctor, Dodo, Polly, Ben, and Skynet's great-grandad...WOTAN! What did they think? How was the pacing? How do the War Machines feel about fruit crates? They tackle all that plus a fruit truck load of Who News!

The 28th year of Gallifrey One has come and gone. We partied, we laughed, and we cried(especially when Day Two's original podcast was lost). Join John and Taylor, along with many more guests as they recap their experiences of the last two days of Gally! They also let you know what CLASSIC WHO serial they will be reviewing next!

Join us through the laptop microphone (for half the episode, promise) as we discuss all the things we did and saw during the first day of GALLIFREY ONE! We're joined by Michael Solko for the back half of the cast, and we discuss some of the panels he attended as well. Also: Anna does a live unboxing of some figures she purchased on the trade floor!

We have arrived at Gallifrey One! Join John and Taylor, along with their friends Alison and Dom, as they discuss what they've seen so far and what they are excited about! Plus, here Taylor's thoughts on his very first Gally!

As our hosts look towards GALLIFREY ONE, they take a pit stop towards the last serial of the Classic Who era! We took a look back at craziness that was SURVIVAL. We also give our first thoughts on the announcement that Peter Capaldi will be leaving Doctor Who after season 10!

PODcastica is back, and they discuss the newly animated classic serial THE POWER OF THE DALEKS! The newly regenerated Doctor, Ben, and Polly land on Vulcan and meet a highly illogical group of scientists who think they actually can revive Daleks and get them to work for them instead of, you know, exterminate the crap out of them! How did John and Taylor feel about this animated version of Patrick...

It's here! It's here! It's FINALLY here! A BRAND NEW episode of Doctor Who! Our hosts go absolutely bonkers for this new comic book adventure! The Doctor accidentally creates a superhero, then tries to get him to promise to never use those powers. He later returns to thwart an alien invasion, only to find himself in a bit of a rom-com with super powers. Did they enjoy the role that Nardole is seem...