Trust Your Doctor

Oh man sorry I betrayed you. Yes, this time we talk about one of Kiyan’s favourite books. The book that is far superior to the second and third movies, and superior to most of the first movie too. Wow. It’s The NeverEnding Story written by Michael Ende. Show-notes: 5:18 Behold. The greatest arm movement ever animated. 15:09 America! Fu- err… uh… *ahem*… heck yeah! 21:...

You know eventually they’ll make Bible of the Daleks because there’s only so many words you can use for ___ of the Daleks. Here come the Daleks again. Is there some sort of unwritten pact that they have to appear for every doctor? Because they have so far. At least for us, I’m not counting the reboot (yet). It’s Revelation of the Daleks, written by Eric Saward and aired in...

More psuedo than science to be honest. Sherlock Holmes became a beekeeper after he retired from detective work. Did you know that? Well you do now. It’s Timelash, written by Pennant Roberts and aired in March of 1985. I make a note that it was written by Pennant Roberts, because we constantly complain about McCoy when all he did was direct. Show-notes: 3:41 You wouldn’t want to meet th...

*Whomobile does not actually appear. This week, the slog through season 22 continues. Luckily our distress call was heard by The Second Doctor and Jamie, so they’re shown up to spice up the serial a bit. It’s the Two Doctors, written by Robert Holmes and aired in February and March of 1985. Show-notes: 3:44 Looks like it was just retconned. Just like how they retconned the Third Doctor...

I question whether the choreographers even knew how to read a choreograph. So, the universe is populated by more rogue time lords than we thought. Seriously, every week it feels like they add another one. This time it’s The Mark of the Rani, written by Pip and Jane Baker and aired in February of 1985. Show-notes: 5:33 Yup. 5:49 Another 30 seconds on google only brought up Doctor Who stuff, s...

Hey, great idea, let’s use smart cars for mining. Moving swiftly through season 22 we come to another divisive serial. If you don’t mind me spoiling for a second, quite a few of the serials this season lead to a divide between Kiyan and Dylan, so brace yourself please. The divide this week: Vengeance on Varos, written by Philip Martin and aired in January of 1985. Show-notes: 1:15 Yeah...

The crossover event of the year! You might notice a friendly cricket during this recording. We’ve named him Garage Cricket. Gary for short. Well actually by we I mean me, and by named him I mean I made up that name right now. Look the topic at hand is The NeverEnding Story, and spoiler it’s not as good as when you watched it as a kid so maybe just don’t watch it again. Well the 2...

Cyber. Cyber. Cyber. Cyber. Yes this week we begin season 22. Season 22 is quite the experience.  It’s very violent. And to think it all begins with some cybermen. It’s Attack of the Cybermen, written by Paula Moore and aired in January of 1985. Show-notes: 13:34 Black Orchid was one of them. I guess. Ok, actually not, but it’s ok. Cause it’s Black Orchid. 18:55 Like that J...

Can you imagine techno renaissance music? This week we finally not only finish season 21, but also start the 6th Doctor. Remember last week when we said we predicted the 6th Doctor era to be the most divisive? Well buckle up, it’s the Twin Dilemma, written by Anthony Steven and aired in March of 1984. Show-notes: 4:28 There’s a secret message hidden in The Twin Dilemma 9:00 More inform...

In hindsight maybe not doing this with Krynoid was why this episode was all over the place. Remember how the Fourth Doctor Retrospective was fun? This is… sort of fun? We take a look back at good old Peter Davison, and try to discuss his brief but fun era of Doctor Who. Show-notes: 1:09 Which you can do here . Just saying. Not gonna force you to listen to it or anything. Mainly because I can...

And the sequel, Batnipples Forever. And here we see the return of one of the greats of Doctor Who writing. Mostly. The Krotons was a bit of a dud, but hey, it was his first serial. This week Robert Holmes returns to write The Caves of Androzani, aired in March of 1984. Show-notes: 0:45 Apparently the reasons date back to medieval times. Figures. 4:58 And if you don’t know you can look it up...

Facts aren’t supposed to be false… Yessir here we are, we’ve gathered up 5 of our best friends and then none of them showed up to talk about the Magnificent Seven so we kind of had to improvise and do it ourselves. The Magnificent Seven was released in 1960. Show-notes: 0:32 Hmmm… 5:45 It’s a sickle . 6:13 Obelix best character. 16:31 And now of course I can’t f...

War is the future. War is our destiny. This week we get two companion write outs! Two! Although I don’t think Kamelion can really be considered a companion so much as a plot device really. Turlough, on the other hand, one of the most fleshed out characters that’s not The Doctor. It’s Planet of Fire, written by Peter Grimwade and aired in February and March of 1984. Show-notes: 6:...

When are we getting a serious bear themed episode of Doctor Who? Wow who would have guess that Davros would come back? And who would guess that this serial would basically display genocide? About 6 people made it out of this serial alive. Amazing. It’s Resurrection of the Daleks written by Eric Saward and aired in February of 1984. All links are on the website. Show-notes: 1:52 It was becaus...

French fries are potatoes so potatoes have to be good right? A grey quarry. Bland spaceship sets. Poor concept execution. The question is, am I describing Underworld or Frontios? It’s Frontios. Sorry. Frontios was written by Christopher H. Bidmead and aired in January and February of 1984. Show-notes: 0:33 Wow, I never knew this… uh… wow, just… yeah, wow. 5:30 Don’t w...

Ribbit ribbit. Ribbit? Ribbit ribbit ribbit. This week we continue not talking about the serial by talking about Pringles. Did you know Pringles are pretty good? Probably one of the best potato chips. It’s The Awakening, written by Eric Pringle and aired in January of 1984. Show-notes: 0:47 It doesn’t have an apostrophe , so I guess each time you eat Pringles you’re eating a litt...

Kiyan and Dylan should record this podcast in different languages. Remember when I said that Year 2 of Triple Play was starting with high octane high stakes movies? Well that died immediately because this week we have The Dollars Trilogy, directed by Sergio Leone. Not necessarily not high octane, but we did come close to falling asleep while watching because of good decisions. Show-notes: 4:59 Inc...

I’ve thrown out way more interesting garbage. I think, honestly, season 21 burned all of us. No one could have seen this coming. This week we begin the train wreck with Warriors of the Deep, written by Johnny Byrne and aired in January of 1984. Show-notes: 1:46 Nope, never heard of it. 10:18 Check out Triple Play , our other podcast where we review custom license plates. 10:45 Most people do...

Eating dinner with the napkin of doom makes your meal much more exciting. This week Kiyan and Dylan watch a special that appears between seasons and has already caused undue confusion as to how to place this into the episode index. At least it has to Dylan. Yes, it’s the Children in Need special The Five Doctors, which unsurprisingly aired on the 23rd of November, 1983. It was written by Ter...

Only 66 more to go… Who thought that a serial with the Master of all characters could be so horribly boring? THE MASTER! And it didn’t help that Terence Dudley has been consistently declining in quality since his first outing. It’s The King’s Demons, written by Terence Dudley and aired in March of 1983. Show-notes: 0:28 We’re talking about the cool Iron Maiden , not t...

Every planet sends one chef, we decided to send Gordon Ramsey. As we draw nearer to the end of the season, we decide to race some ships in outer space. Additionally, we say goodbye to… the Black Guardian, for now that is. It’s the conclusion of the Black Guardian trilogy with Enlightenment, written by Barbara Clegg and aired in March of 1983. Show-notes: 9:38 Not sure whether this is t...

My new carpet is purple and definitely not copyright infringing. This week we once again learn why Dylan went into Physics and not English. It’s garment. Kiyan was right, Dylan was wrong. Dylan regrets his mistake, and apologizes to all the linguists who we have offended with our podcast. In other news, they try and talk about Terminus, written by Steve Gallagher and aired in February of 198...

And that’s when everyone realized we’re sponsored by LG. This month Kiyan and Dylan make a snap decision between precisely 2 expanded universe options for the Bourne trilogy: A book, or the TV movie. Naturally they chose the TV movie because it was less time consuming. The Bourne Identity TV movie was written by Carol Sobieski and aired in 1988. Show-notes: 1:38 Keyser Söze. They named...

Liz Shaw was truly the most memorable UNIT member. This week’s throwback to earlier serials comes in the form of The Brigadier Allistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. The one and only, taking over for Ian. Yes, apparently the Brig can teach math? It’s Mawdryn Undead written by Peter Grimwade and aired in February of 1983. Show-notes: 5:47 He uninstalled the randomizer randomiser at the be...

Only the best snake props in Doctor Who. This week Kiyan and Dylan face a snake from the past. Indiana Jones would have been absolutely terrified. He probably would’t even listen to this episode. He’d just read that first line and leave before even finding out what serial it is. It’s Snakedance, written by Christopher Bailey and aired in January of 1983. Show-notes: 2:36 Apparent...