Straight Outta Gallifrey

Attack of the Cybermen is a two part story that is packed with a lot of lore.  Diane of the Helena Wayne Blog, Librarian Jordan, and Ashford discuss this adventure featuring the Colin Baker Doctor and Peri!  Listen to us, A State of Temporal Grace.  

Demons run when a good man goes to war.  Ashford loves that line so much.  Yes, Straight Outta Gallifrey is covering the Steven Moffat mid series 6 finale, A Good Man Goes to War.  Plots are unraveled and tightened at the same time.  Matt Smith is at his best in this episode, the pictures are pretty, and we get a feature by the wonderful Alex Kingston.  What's not to like?  Well, Ashford has some...

Joe Dredd, Siskoid, and Ashford discuss the Sensorites, featuring Susan Foreman, the Doctor's granddaughter.  In this particular story, a description of Gallifrey is given by Susan as well as this character displaying telepathy.  Susan really stands up for herself in this one, indicating to the Doctor that she is growing up and has the right to seek and possess her own agency. 

Siskoid and Ashford discuss Neil Gaiman's The Doctor's Wife.  A grave yard of time capsules from Gallifrey because of unknowing Time Lords answering distress calls only to reach sudden doom could be the fate of the Doctor.  Join us in this conversation of one of the most popular episodes in the Matt Smith run.  prydonian.post@gmail.com  

Episode 5 of a State of Temporal Grace, which is an extension of Straight Outta Gallifrey.  In this episode, Jordan, Diane, and Ashford are discussing Caves of Androzani by writer Robert Holmes and director Graeme Harper.  The intensity is rather high in this regeneration story.  Peri and the Doctor are in great peril.  Listen to our podcast about this fan favorite serial.  

Siskoid and Ashford discuss Steven Moffat's The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon, the two part opener for series 6.  There are so many beautifully directed episodes in this series, and this two part opener is no exception.  Moffat takes the timey wimey and ups it up to...11.  Sorry.  The T.A.R.D.I.S. crew's adventure is in America.  The United States of America to be specific.  And now, for th...

Siskoid and Diane join Ashford to discuss the Steven Moffat two part story, The Pandorica and the Big Bang. What are your thoughts about this two part story?  Do you believe that River Song is a Time Lady?  Do you prefer the timey wimey plots like this one?  Let us know.  We would love to hear from you.  e-mail us at prydonian.post@gmail.com  

Siskoid and Ashford discuss The Aztecs by John Lucarotti, a true historical where the Doctor admonishes Barbara Wright about "messing" with time.  This first, on air, T.A.R.D.I.S. team are separated quite a bit, covering more ground of this landscape where the Aztecs resided.   Was Barbara right for trying to change this culture with her relatively modern, English ways?  Perhaps stepping back and...

Straight Outta Gallifrey is back with the extended podcast State of Temporal Grace.  Join Jordan, Diane, and Ashford as they discuss Seeds of Doom, which is Ashford's favorite classic Who episode.   Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen are in top form.  

  The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone by Steven Moffat are quite a feat.  Bring back River Song and The Weeping Angels, along with High Definition, The Doctor, Amy, and the Church, Moffat really flexed his creative muscle, displaying the direction the show was going from this point on.  What else do we want, right?  Siskoid and Ashford discuss this two part story to great length.  We're talking...

Siskoid, Joe Dredd, and Ashford discuss The Keys to Marinus by Terry Nation, creator of the Daleks.  No, Daleks are not in this serial; however a quest is!  And we are not talking about the Keys to Time.  What do you think about this serial?   E-mail us at prydonian.post@gmail.com  

  How does a podcast talk about a serial of Doctor Who where the actual story doesn't exist?  In a word.  Easily.  Ashford read the novelization to prep before the show, while Siskoid, of the Siskoid Blog of Geekery, revisited the reconstruction.  One can not go wrong either way.   Ashford hopes that one day this seven part serial can be found with its lavish costumes, exotic locations, and realis...

Ruth, Darrin, Siskoid, and Ashford have come together to discuss the end of an era: Showrunner, Doctor, Series, and Standard Definition.  That's right.  Straight Outta Gallifrey is discussing The End of Time by Russell T. Davies.  Could the 10th Doctor do so much more, or was it time for a...renewal? We also know that David Tennant was/is adored by many.  Do you miss him? Ashford has mentioned how...

  Straight Outta Gallifrey: A State of Temporal Grace episode 3 features Doctor Who and the Silurians, which is a Malcolm Hulke story.  Diane of the Helena Wayne Blog and Jordan the Librarian join Ashford to discuss this Doctor Who story featuring Doctor Liz Shaw played by Caroline John!  Special tribute to the late Peter Miles who passed away as we were producing this episode.  A song called Can'...

The end of an Era on so many levels: Showrunner, Doctor, supporting characters, standard definition.  Rassilon returns, madder as a hatter, and as cross as a crossword puzzle.  He and the Time Lords are locked in a timeless bubble if you will, and for good reason, I might add.  If Rassilon and the Time Lords are released, they will complete their mission, to rid reality and time itself, which the...

Edge of Destruction really stayed true to the commitment.  A blast from the pass with the Tribe of Gum, a futuristic story with the Ones from Skaro, and this sideways story, where the TARDIS team are split down the middle.  Humans vs. The Gallifreyans.   The fate of the show is in limbo as well as the trust of the Four Who Rule this program: Barbara, Ian, the Doctor, and Susan.  Yes, Susan was qui...

Join Jordan, Diane, and Ashford as they discuss the Invasion, a Patrick Troughton story, featuring the Silver Nemesis themselves, the Cybermen!  Allen Wright has a segment included where he gives background to many of the actors in this serial.  Forgive Ashford on this episode, for he was rather spirited, filled with spirit, or filled with spirits.  You make the call.  *wink* The is Straight Outta...

Straight Outta Gallifrey is covering its first River Song episode, which happens to be her last story.  Don't ask.  Actually, do ask. Contact us at prydonian.post@gmail.com Ruth and Darrin Sutherland and the RAD Adventures network join Siskoid and Ashford to discuss the two part story by Steven Moffat, Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead.  What are your thoughts about River Song?  Have y...

Yea!  We finally did a Donna Noble episode.  What brings us to this one?  You guessed it.  Jenny!  The Doctor's Daughter.  Ashford admits that he wasn't too keen on revisiting this episode, but after another viewing, he quite liked the story structure and heavy handed themes.   Also, there are a lot of defining who and what the Doctor is in this one.  Darrin, Ruth, Siskoid, and Ashford talk about...

The first show with the Daleks and the Doctor.  Well, let us say the first transmitted episodes of the Daleks and the Doctor.  With a time travel show, 1st can be quite...elusive.  Joe Dredd, Siskoid, and Ashford discuss this Terry Nation Drama.  Allen Wright of the BoOutlaw.com fame has a segment discussing the career of William Russell and more.   What did you think about the world building in N...

The Romans is played as a farce, yet the the story lends itself to something that goes way beyond problematic.  The actions of Nero is flat out criminal, and the Doctor's ambivalence to Nero's antics are  damn near complicit.  Despite the hard to watch scenes, like Barbara trying to escape sexual assault from Nero, which is played for laughs, the scenes between Vicky and the Doctor are quite delig...

Siskoid, Joe Dredd, and Ashford discuss Straight Outta Gallifrey's first episode about the Doctor's granddaughter, Susan.  This first serial where we see Susan attending Coal Hill High School in 1963 London is quite fascinating.  Two concerned teachers, Barbara and Ian, investigate Susan, who is "ahead of her time" in some areas of study, and totally off in others, follow her home to a junkyard. ...

In 1996, Fox/Universal and the BBC, along with other affiliates and power hand shakers tried to bring Doctor Who out of the wilderness.  Siskoid, Joe Dredd, and Ashford discuss the flaws and highlights of this failure to launch, but it launch episode...movie.  But no matter what you may think of this movie, at least we got the lovely Paul McGann.  Isn't life grand?

The final episode of series 26 broached many interesting ideas by Rona Munro, who later returns to Doctor Who in 2017's story, the Eaters of Light.  Both stories play around with ideas about bravery, divides among cultures, traditions, languages, species, etc.  Ace returns to her hometown, and it is not a hero's welcome.   "If we live like animals, we die like animals!" the Doctor shouts.  The fin...

Twice Upon of Time is more than just a swan song, but this is a true testament of the Moffat era.  Timey Wimeyness, Poignant Moments, the universe in peril, but with limited extras are all here.  Siskoid of the Siskoid Blog of Geekery, and Darrin and Ruth of the RAD Adventures Network are here to talk about this Christmas special, which is actually the finale of a 3 part story.         Teivr