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Bounty hunter Boba Fett & mercenary Fennec Shand navigate the underworld - and more - after they return to Tatooine to claim Jabba the Hutt's old turf. Join Rob & Dave, with special guest Richard (Goodies Pirate Podcast, Spacefall: A Blakes 7 Podcast), as they discuss the highs and lows of the series. Temuera Morrison as Boba Fett Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin Matt Berry a...

A new month means a new LIST MAKERS episode! This time, our top five console rooms in Doctor Who; classic and modern. 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! If you’re enjoying this format, write in and let us know. Sugge...

It's become traditional for the January slot in the Doctor Who Show calendar to let Rob have a break from the flagship show while Dave creates something a bit different; often with his local mates from fandom in Victoria. Today, the Podcast of Decision IV. Dave is joined by Mark (42 to Doomsday, Goodies Pirate Podcast), and Richard (Space Fall: A Blakes 7 Podcast, Goodies Pirate Podcast), for an h...

Welcome to the 16th episode of a short podcast we’re dropping on the feed every month in between our regular monthly shows. In today’s podcast, Rob sits down with his podcast co-host Dave, to discuss the letters to Doctor Who Magazine 244, from October of 1996. This is Doctor Who without a safety net. The conversations could go anywhere the guest wants them to go. This is Primary Sources.

A new month means a new LIST MAKERS episode! This time, our top 'not standard TV' Doctor Who stories. 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! If you’re enjoying this format, write in and let us know. Suggestions for futur...

January 5, 2022 saw Rob and Dave catch up, in person, in Sydney. Being based in different Australian cities - and the pandemic - it was only the third time they've met in person since first meeting on January 27, 2018. That first meeting resulted in a lo-fi, hotel room recording which got called, 'Rob and Dave Unplugged' where the guys discussed fandom in Australia, and their roles in it (and out...

On New Year's Eve, the appearance of an executioner Dalek means Sarah and Nick's countdown to midnight will be the strangest and deadliest they have ever known. Can the Doctor, Yaz and Dan save them? Rob & Dave are back for 2022 - the seventh year of The Doctor Who Show - with a hot take on the New Years Day special that's just aired in the UK and around the globe. Let us know your thoughts on Eve...

Welcome to the 15th episode of a short podcast we’re dropping on the feed every month in between our regular monthly shows. In today’s podcast, Rob sits down with Dylan Rees to talk about the letters to DWM in December of 1998. You might know Dylan as the author of 'Downtime: The Lost Years of Dr Who' or the host of the podcast 'Dr Who: Too Hot For TV' which Rob listens to avidly. This is Doctor W...

Been to the movies this holiday season? Chances are you saw Spider-Man: No Way Home Dave and his Space Fall: A Blake's 7 Podcast co-host, Richard, discuss the film here. BTW, it's almost a year since we did an episode of Alternate Galaxies (it was December 31, 2020 when we looked at The Mandalorian Series 2), so this is a welcome return to our feed. Hopefully we'll have more Alternate Galaxies con...

So, that's it. Flux - or Series 13 if you prefer - is over, the Aussie summer's kicking off, and Christmas is in less than a week's time. Seriously, where did 2021 go? For the final flagship show of the year, Rob and Dave reunite to talk through some news and then conduct one of their famous post-mortems of the most recent series including special Twitter polls conducted with our listeners and a b...

A new month means a new LIST MAKERS episode! This time, our top classic era Doctor Who writers. 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! If you’re enjoying this format, write in and let us know. Suggestions for future list...

In the final epic chapter in the story of the Flux, all hope is lost. The forces of darkness are in control. But when the monsters have won, who can you count upon to save the universe? Rob & Dave continue their hot takes on Doctor Who Series 13: Flux, this time subtitled Episode 6, The Vanquishers. Let us know your thoughts on Series 13 or anything Doctor Who related at hello@theDWshow.net

As the forces of evil mass, the Doctor, Yaz and Dan face perilous journeys and seemingly insurmountable obstacles in their quest for survival. Rob & Dave continue their hot takes on Doctor Who Series 13: Flux, this time subtitled Episode 5, Survivors of the Flux. Let us know your thoughts on Series 13 or anything Doctor Who related at hello@theDWshow.net

This month we're riffing on a challenge our listener @alicianeptune set for her YouTube viewers on the channel youtube.com/c/LatinAlice where she asked them to think about placing favourite book, film, or TV characters into other properties. In turn, she was riffing on older episodes of ours, placing Nu-Who Doctors in Classic episodes and Classic Doctors in Nu-Who episodes. This is a very meta top...

Devon, November 1967. A little girl has gone missing, Professor Eustacius Jericho is conducting psychic experiments, and in the village graveyard, there is one gravestone too many. Why is Medderton known as the Cursed Village, and what do the Weeping Angels want?  Rob & Dave continue their hot takes on Doctor Who Series 13: Flux, this time subtitled Episode 4, Village of the Angels. Let us know yo...

Welcome to the 14th episode of a short podcast we’re dropping on the feed every month in between our regular monthly shows. In today’s podcast, Rob sits down with his Doctor Who Show co-host, Dave, to talk about the letters to DWM in February of 1989. This is Doctor Who without a safety net. The conversations could go anywhere the guest wants them to go. This is Primary Sources.

'Time is beginning to run wild.' On a planet that shouldn’t exist, in the aftermath of apocalypse, the Doctor, Dan, Yaz and Vinder face a battle to survive.  Rob & Dave continue their hot takes on Doctor Who Series 13: Flux, this time subtitled Episode 3, Once Upon Time. Let us know your thoughts on Series 13 or anything Doctor Who related at hello@theDWshow.net

A new month means a new LIST MAKERS episode! This time, our top villains. There are no limits here - classic Doctor Who, modern Doctor Who, it's all fair game. How many snaps will we have? 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 th...

During the Crimean War, the Doctor discovers the British army fighting a brutal alien army of Sontarans, as Yaz and Dan are thrown deeper into a battle for survival. What is the Temple of Atropos? Who are the Mouri? Rob & Dave continue their hot takes on Doctor Who Series 13: Flux, this time subtitled Episode 2, War of the Sontarans. Let us know your thoughts on Series 13 or anything Doctor Who re...

On Halloween, all across the universe, terrifying forces are stirring. The life of Dan Lewis is about to change forever. Why is the Doctor chasing Karvanista? What is the Flux? Rob & Dave return, 'hot take style' to give their initial thoughts on the first episode of Doctor Who Series 13: Flux, subtitled The Halloween Apocalypse. Let us know your thoughts on Series 13 or anything Doctor Who relate...

As we stand here in the shadow of Series 13 of Doctor Who dropping on the world, we - Rob and Dave - have recorded our long-awaited episode examining Season 20 of Doctor Who from 1983. In our established season review style, we talk about our feelings towards the season, comment on aspects of each story, score them, and then wrap it all up with some remarks. Before then, of course, there’s some ne...

Welcome to the 13th episode of a short podcast we’re dropping on the feed every month in between our regular monthly shows. In today’s podcast, Rob sits down with one of the hosts of the Doctor Who Big Blue Box podcast, Garry, to talk about the letters to DWM in June of 1988. This is Doctor Who without a safety net. The conversations could go anywhere the guest wants them to go. This is Primary So...

A new month means a new LIST MAKERS episode! This time, our top modern stories. What have we enjoyed since 2005? And, more importantly, how many times will we snap on the same stories? 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 ch...

Rob sits down and talks to Paul Hayes, author of the forthcoming book, The Long Game - 1996-2003: The Inside Story of How the BBC Brought Back Doctor Who. Drawing on more than thirty new interviews and extensive research, The Long Game is the story of the conflicts and setbacks in bringing back the series, during a transformative time for the BBC. It’s a story told by those who were there, includi...

First up this month, if you're looking for chat about the news of the moment; RTD returning as Doctor Who showrunner in 2023, we have made a standalone episode called 'Resurrection of the RTD'. Find it on our podcast feed, or here on the website. The main theme of this month's episode is the Virgin New Adventure that ended the 7th Doctor in print, Lungbarrow. All is not well on Gallifrey. Chris Cw...