Trust Your Doctor

Checkwait a minute, I almost made the same joke as the last time we did a Checkmate. We’ve come to the end of another show and rather unceremoniously bid it farewell for another. Sorry The Prisoner 2009, we hardly knew ye. How could we? You only had 6 episodes, that was like a month and a half of podcasting at best! It’s a good thing we didn’t make a Prisoner only podcast otherwi...

We are gathered here today to do a podcast. Yes you heard that, we’re out here doing a podcast did you know that? We do it every week, you should subscribe! You can find us all over the internet it’s pretty great actually. Even on this very website, did you know that? It’s The Gathering, written by John Fay and aired on September 2, 2011. Show-notes: 1:57 : Avengers: Endgame surp...

Schizoid is such a funny word. Schizoid is a really fun word too actually. You know it would be fun if I had a schizoid, they could edit the podcast and do all the podcast stuff and I could just sleep instead. Not like I’m forgoing sleep to get these podcasts done, no siree, I’m completely healthy. I promise, I’m getting a full 8 hours every night. It’s Schizoid, written by...

You know, like a troll who lives under a bridge? Doctor Who and Torchwood have had their share of trolls in our time, but this week just takes the cake. How can we sit here and listen to this absolute nonsense from someone so untrustworthy? And yet for some reason this is the job we decided to do, and this is the task we set before us. How disappointing. It’s The End of the Road, written by...

Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling… … Number 6. Number 6 was lost forever, oh my darling number 6. That’s how it goes right? That’s the version I remember being taught in school by 334, he was the best teacher we ever had. Some say that 571 was better, but I disagree, 334 is always going to be my favourite. It’s Darling, written by Bill Gallagher and released...

Love. Compassion. Kindness. There are plenty of hidden 8th sins to choose from, and that’s why, now more than ever, you need to specify. Speaking of things that are happening now more than ever, we’re now more than ever talking about Torchwood Miracle Day episode 7. We haven’t talked about it before, and sadly we probably never will again. Until we really run out of content and h...

Anvils are great but without hammers what would you even use them for? You ever realize how close “Anvil” is to “Arrival”? I only noticed now because I almost misspelled Anvil like three times while writing this description. In fact this sentence was the fourth, can you believe it? I can’t. But at least I know how to spell now. It’s Anvil, written by Bill Gallag...

Is there a reason why after doing the podcast for so long we have literally no short term memory? You ever heard that song? You know the one. “something something stuck in the middle with you.” The only official way to watch The Middle Men is to have that song playing just on constant repeat while watching. That’s it. That’s the official way to watch this episode, you heard...

I often seek inner peace, or to put it another way, harmony. These one word titles are giving me wild “Alfred Hitchcock” vibes. If you didn’t know, he was quite fond of naming his movies after one word titles. For example, Psycho or Vertigo is probably his most famous,  but there’s also Deception, Suspicion, Notorious, Rebecca, Marnie, Rope, Sabotage, Saboteur (different mo...

Not to be confused with Religious Seniority. It’s Categories of Life, written by  Jane Espensen and aired on August 5, 2011. Show-notes: 0:40 : Seth MacFarlane created a lot of other stuff besides Family Guy. Most of it isn’t very good. 29:18 : It was in Destiny of the Daleks. Thanks @Prof_Quiteamess and @lisacartman . 31:28 : Shockingly, Hillary Duff is still acting in things , they&#...

The Prisoner Returns! This is probably the most divisive show that we’ve done for Inevitable. Our fans have given us various opinions, from bad to great to love to dishonor on the Prisoner’s family. And yet here we are, forging forth and doing it anyway. Because 1) we want to and 2) it’s best to make your own opinions. It’s Arrival, written by Bill Gallagher and released on...

Damn we can never get any Doctor Who spinoffs can we? This week on K9 and Company. Wait no wrong spinoff. This week on Class… Sarah Jane Adventures… The Prisoner… Hang on just bear with me I’m going to get there eventually. Oh Torchwood, that’s right Torchwood: Children of Earth. Dammit. It’s Escape to LA, written by  Jim Gray and John Shiban and aired on July 2...

Honestly this title alone was confusing. We record these podcast in the dead of night now actually. Like way late at night. Like 7 PM. I know, so late right. In the UK the sun is probably still up at that time, being all a million miles from the equator and all that, but down here thanks to the end of DST we’re solidly two hours into darkness at that point. Yeah sun goes down at 5. Well 5:30...

I usually prefer to keep my hairstyle the same and change up my fists, but maybe that’s just me. This new rendition of Torchwood continues to amaze and astound. This week, we’re off to the land of the free and the home of the brave. But first, the Torchwood team (i.e. Gwen and Jack) have to deal with some snakes (noun; a treacherous or deceitful person) on a plane. It’s Rendition...

Sometimes, when the stars align, you get a fourth season of Torchwood. This is that season. We enter the final season of Torchwood, and the podcast is coming to a close. Of an era. Close of an era. Haha almost had you going there for a second didn’t I? You were worried for a hot a second right? Ha ha. Ha. It’s The New World, written by Russell T. Davies and aired on July 8, 2011. Show-...

Halloween can’t come soon enough. So the children of earth are saved and the day is mine once more. We only had to sacrifice one kid rather than the 10% that the 456 requested, but the 456 are off gallivanting somewhere else. They have technology to do almost anything but replicate this weird chemical? I dunno. It’s Children of Earth: Day Five, written by Russell T. Davies and aired on...

I love slime! Children of Earth is rapidly coming to a close. Which means we’re going to finally move on to the final season of Torchwood which means oh god we’re running out of content. What are we gonna do?! Maybe the 456 should take us instead, that way we can stop making podcasts. It’s Children of Earth: Day Four, written by John Fay and aired on July 9, 2009. Show-notes: 1:5...

If we could have made this episode a tone poem we would have. The audio quality in this episode is a little worse than normal because it was recorded quite early in quarantine (nearly a year before release) before we had figured out how to properly record these things via skype. Because of that Kiyan’s audio sounds a bit scratchy. Sorry about that. It’s unfortunate we couldn’t ma...

Really riding this bean trend a little late. Are we all ready to hear the story about the beans? You know the beans that I bought the other day? Well I bought some beans, and I took them home. And then I put them in my pantry. And that’s it. That’s the whole story. It’s better than getting invaded by aliens anyway. Speaking of which, it’s Children of Earth: Day Three, writt...

Whoa, dude – Keanu Reeves After our short interlude into Doctor Who territory we’re officially back with Torchwood. That’s right, we’re back with Torchwood. Jack is back. Well Jack never left even when we went over to Doctor Who, but now he’s back. So its Gwen, back from her little cameo mention last week. The gang’s all here: Jack and Gwen. It’s Children...

Dead or alive you’re coming with us. So this time we decided to watch an action movie that turns out to have actually quite complex societal implications. We also watched two other pieces of crap, so it wasn’t really just the one movie. But we did watch that movie. Did you know Paul Verhoeven responded to me on twitter? It was just Paul F. Verhoeven and not the Paul Verhoeven who direc...

We’re back and tastier than ever. Have you ever had meringue on your tea? I’m thinking now, it might not be so bad. The heat from the tea could cook the bottom of the meringue kind of like a hot pie crust would do, so that would be pretty cool. You could drink it then and bury your mustache in a meringue. That’d be pretty fun actually. It’s Revolution of the Daleks, written...

Kind of sounds like me, on the podcast. Have we ever had a five episode serial in Doctor Who? We have, right? I’m pretty sure we did but I genuinely don’t remember any more. A lot of classic who has been completely wiped from my mind because I needed the space in my brain for other things. I can’t remember what those things were anymore. It’s Children of Earth: Day One, wri...

No not that kind of xXx. I used to be an extreme sportsman. Did you know that? Yeah it’s true, I used to do extreme podcast editing. One time we were releasing an episode of Trust Your Doctor but I Was busy skydiving, so while skydiving I took my laptop and edited while skydiving. Set a new record for highest podcast episode edited. I also set a record for fastest speed attained by someone a...

Ok so this exact title doesn’t appear in the episode, sue me. Besides, we’re covering 50 Shades of Grey on Triple Play at some point soon and it’s better not to make confusing and conflicting post titles. Yes, I’m for real serious that we’re covering that trilogy at some point. If you don’t believe me I guess you’ll just have to wait and see. It’s Ex...