The Doctor Who Show

The Church on Ruby Road is only the second time a Doctor's post-regeneration story has been a Christmas Special, following the Tenth Doctor's first outing in The Christmas Invasion back in 2005. We’ve just seen it; what are our initial, raw, unvarnished thoughts? Tune in, drop out, and contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

In today’s episode we look at the top stories that feature the debut of a companion. Which would YOU pick for your top five? Why not let us know? Contact us any time: hello@theDWshow.net

After publishing a hot take podcast hot on the heels of the three Doctor Who 60th Anniversary specials, today we sit back and reflect a week after they ended, along with a TARDIS full of your own comments over the past three weeks. How do we sit with the specials now? What did our listeners think? What are some of the topics that didn't get a run during any of the hot take shows, but which we now...

Here we are, back again, this time for a hot take on the final of three Doctor Who 60th Anniversary specials. In today’s episode, THE GIGGLE. We’ve just seen it; what are our initial, raw, unvarnished thoughts? Tune in, drop out, and contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

We're back for a hot take on the second of three Doctor Who 60th Anniversary specials. In today’s episode, WILD BLUE YONDER.  We’ve just seen it; what are our initial, raw, unvarnished thoughts? Tune in, drop out, and contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

Doctor Who has returned, which means our Hot Takes series has returned, too. In today's episode, THE STAR BEAST.  We've just seen it; what are our initial, raw, unvarnished thoughts? Tune in, drop out, and contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net  

It's the 23rd of November, 2023 and Doctor Who is 60! Rather than drop this episode on the weekend - which would be its normal monthly slot - we've brought it forward a few days to celebrate the anniversary. Plus, we'll be putting out a hot take episode this weekend anyway, when we take a look at the first of three 60th anniversary specials - THE STAR BEAST. In today's episode we have a quick disc...

It's November, 2023. It's the 60th anniversary month for Doctor Who. Can you feel it? In today’s episode, in a moment of complete serendipity following last month's pick from Turlough's Hat of Rassilon, we look at the top behind the scenes people who have made Doctor Who what it is over the past 60 years. Who would YOU pick for your top five? Why not let us know? Contact us any time: hello@theDWsh...

We threw a vote out there on X for which season would like us to discuss on the next episode, from a list of four options. The results were: Season 8 (Pertwee) 37.1% Season 12 (Baker) 31.1% Series 9 (Capaldi) 18.9% Series 4 (Tennant) 12.9% So here we are, tonight, to discuss Season 8, comprising: Terror of the Autons The Mind of Evil The Claws of Axos Colony In Space The Daemons Before then, of co...

Ahsoka episodes dropped on Disney+ between August 22 and October 3, 2023. As Star Wars fans, we're always happy to talk about the franchise here on our (highly) irregular episodes of ALTERNATE GALAXIES. See our back catalogue for more. So what did we make of Ahsoka? Tune in, find out. Episode 1: ‘Master and Apprentice’ Episode 2: ‘Toil and Trouble’ Episode 3: ‘Time to Fly’ Episode 4: ‘Fallen Jedi’...

As we sit here on the edge of the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who, there's an awful lot of TV stories out there. Some of them quite underrated... some of them regarded commensurate to their quality... and some of them are incredibly overrated. In today's episode, we look at the latter. What have been the most overrated stories in Doctor Who's long and storied history? Come at us! Contact us any tim...

*Dedicated to our friend and listener, David Harmsworth* In today's episode we discuss violence in Doctor Who, from the original three decades of the show, through to the modern era. Has Doctor Who always been a violent series? Are some eras more violent than others? Before then, we have an Apple Podcasts review, some news, and short topics. After the feature on violence we have our usual listener...

Doctor Who has had a lot of talented production staff over the past 60 years - and most of them never worked together. In this List Makers, sent in by listener 'Blue Box' Bill McCann from the USA, we make our fantasy lists of which production staff we would have loved to see paired together. Are you surprised by any of our choices? Agree with them? Why not let us know YOUR top production pairings?...

Dave's away this month, so Rob recruits super-sub Dwayne Bunney from the Sirens of Audio podcast for a suitably Big Finish themed episode, this time talking about the classic, The Fires of Vulcan - the twelfth story in Big Finish's monthly range, released in September 2000. It was written by Steve Lyons and features Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush. Before...

The 1960s era of Doctor Who is one that fascinates and entertains both of us - to the degree that William Hartnell is Dave's favourite Doctor. In this episode of THE LIST MAKERS, we sit down to discuss what our top stories of the 1960s are. Are you surprised by any of our choices? Agree with them? Why not let us know YOUR top 1960s stories? Contact us any time: hello@theDWshow.net

In past episodes of the podcast we've considered various TARDIS teams being placed into stories from other eras of Doctor Who and how they would fare. In this episode, we turn that concept on its head somewhat and each come to the table with a Doctor Who story from each era that we think could ONLY be of its era and not be made in a different era with a different team. Before then, we also talk so...

A new month means a new LIST MAKERS episode! This time, we discuss 'almost' companions in Doctor Who. Characters whom we think would have made good companions or, in some cases, were designed to be companions, then the production changed course. If you’ve never heard a List Makers episode before, these are 20m chats based around making a Doctor Who related list and discussing similarities, differe...

With a new non-fiction Doctor Who book on the horizon, this time looking at the creation of Doctor Who back in 1963, Rob sits down for the third time in the life of the podcast with friend of the show and the book's author, Paul Hayes. Pull To Open: 1962–1963: The Inside Story of How the BBC Created and Launched Doctor Who is available from Ten Acre Films on July 24, 2023. = = = ‘Fresh and compell...

From time to time, the Doctor Who Show devotes an episode to a series writer. A great chance to talk about numerous diverse episodes, sometimes from totally different eras of the show, only related by the name on the script. In today's episode... Mark Gatiss. Possibly the most 'Marmite' of all Doctor Who writers, especially in the modern era. Fans tend to love and hate Gatiss' stories... but stran...

A new month means a new LIST MAKERS episode! This time, we have the music we've enjoyed the most in Doctor Who over the years. If you’ve never heard a List Makers episode before, these are 20m chats based around making a list related to a Doctor Who topic and discussing our similarities, differences, and whatever else comes up during the chat! Suggestions for future lists to be drawn from The Hat...

On May 13, 2023, our Dave travelled up to Sydney to attend the Sophie Aldred fan event, run by our fellow Antipodean podcasters, The Sirens of Audio. In addition to being there to support the return of small, fan-run events in this country, Dave was also tasked by the hosts to conduct an on-stage interview with Doctor Who author, Jon Blum. This was originally to be a joint interview with Jon and h...

We threw a vote out there on Twitter for which season would like us to discuss on the next episode, from a list of four options. The results were: Season 26 (McCoy) 34.1% Season 8 (Pertwee) 33.3% Season 19 (Davison) 19.7% Series 7a (Smith) 12.9% So here we are, tonight, to discuss Season 26, comprising: Battlefield Ghost Light The Curse of Fenric Survival Before then, of course, we also talk some...

A new month means a new LIST MAKERS episode! This time, we have the Top Doctors that we would like to travel time and space with. Who will we pick? Will Rob pick Davo five times? How many snaps will we get? Thanks to Lozza for the topic! If you’ve never heard a List Makers episode before, these are 20m chats based around making a list related to a Doctor Who topic and discussing our similarities,...

We looked at the first two seasons of The Mandalorian on January 5, 2020, and December 31, 2020. It's been a long time between drinks and, this time around, we look at Season 3 of the show.  What did we make of it? Tune in, find out. Chapter 17: The Apostate Chapter 18: The Mines of Mandalore Chapter 19: The Convert Chapter 20: The Foundling Chapter 21: The Pirate Chapter 22: Guns for Hire Chapter...

We've looked at the first two seasons of Star Trek: Picard on August 16, 2020, and May 13, 2022. This time around we look at Season 3 of the show - its final season. What do we make of it? Does the series continue its downward trajectory from the first two? Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine Michelle Hurd as Raffi Musiker Ed Speleers as Jack Crusher Jonathan Frakes as Wi...