Two-minute Time Lord

Jason Snell , co-host of Downstream on Relay FM and head of The Incomparable network of pop culture podcasts, joins me for a look at Doctor Who’s future in a world where TV networks struggle to stay relevant and Netflix is losing a bunch of subscribers. The conversation is a “follow-out” from recent discussions on Radio Free Skaro . (Apologies to Jason because I overprocessed his...

When you’re the sort of person for whom the meaning of “fine” turns from “good enough” to not so much, and maybe you start surrendering to pessimism, even after an honestly revolutionary conversation between Yaz and the Doctor.

The most tortured podcast episode title I’ve ever created, plus my Thasmin wishlist for “Legend of the Sea Devils.”

Thoughts from the heart about a New Year’s special that was a small story, coming at a time when I was struggling to come to terms with the last two years–and how I hope to look at Doctor Who anew following a return to Gallifrey One.

Sometimes the best TARDISes are crowded I’m not entirely sure who “The Vanquishers” applies to, TBH. Anyhoo, I took a little extra time to think about Chapter 6, and Flux as a whole, and why I ultimately think this effort to put eight pounds of plot into a six-pound bag succeeded despite itself.

Tomorrow’s the finale. Has the moment been prepared for? Chapter 5 left me a little worried.

Recapture the essense of the Weeping Angels from “Blink”? Chibnall and Alderton understood the assignment.

Space opera? Narrative connections and context emerging? Yes, please: this is the episode that gave me faith in Chris Chibnall’s arc. (This episode dedicated to the memory of NPR Books editor Petra Mayer.)

In which the laudable advancement of the Doctor Who: Flux story and the “rehabilitation” of the Sontarans as villains bumps straight into how I feel about war movies.

Now this is a story all about how. My life got flipped turned upside down. Big, bold, and entirely un-self-contained, Doctor Who: Flux’s first chapter may not have been the most welcoming to new viewers but is a very proper lead-off to the show’s first modern miniseries.

Nicole Hill of @BlackTARDIS and @blkgirlscreate stops by for a conversation about their hopes and cautions for the new/old showrunner.

No one saw that coming. Russell T Davies’s first era of Doctor Who is my favorite. What are some of the traps to avoid with his upcoming return as showrunner?

From the April 29, 2021, Guardian (UK):  ‘Sexual predator’: actor Noel Clarke accused of groping, harassment and bullying by 20 women You can enjoy Mickey Smith the character in Doctor Who Series 1-4. But don’t defend Noel Clarke the actor. In an article for the UK Guardian on April 29, 2021, journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne painstakingly gathered and reported 20 allegations from women of b...

Ten months of silence–ten months of waiting and coping–for Yaz, Ryan, and Graham: When “Revolution of the Daleks” was made BEFORE the pandemic, who knew how relevant it would be DURING it?

“Always, scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh! Chloe Webber?” After a couple of months away to recharge the batteries, there’s no more jarring compare-and-contrast to Doctor Who of 2020 than Doctor Who of 2006’s “Fear Her.”

Why is it difficult for so many fans to engage with Doctor Who’s politics? Constance Gibbs: “For Black Doctor Who fans, the TARDIS is a legendary, loaded image”

There’s been a lot of great Doctor Who content that speaks to the global pandemic thanks to creators recruited and organized by folks such as Chris Chibnall and Emily Cook. But 2015’s “Heaven Sent” seems particularly relevant as well…

Graeme Burk, co-author with Robert Smith? of WHO IS THE DOCTOR 2 , stops by to talk about slow-cooker episode criticism in a time of lightning-fast hot takes (not that I’m familiar with that at all) and staying connected with Doctor Who in a stay-at-home world. (An earlier audio glitch has been fixed!)

Suddenly, there’s much, much more to the Doctor–and yet this new “retcon” to the Doctor’s past winds up being staggeringly respectful to everything that’s gone before on television. Let’s talk about a challenge to The Master–and to Doctor Who fans themselves.

Execution: pretty darn good! Cybermen: terrifying! Confidence that Part Two will stick the landing: (flailing gestures)?

On emotional Cybermen and erstwhile flat team structures.

Sometimes, the plot isn’t the point and the bad guys are a side issue. Sometimes, the point is how humans treat other humans.

A mostly solid story by McTighe and Chibnall, but I’m REALLY here for a Doctor-ish Yaz and a Doctor-ish Ryan. Joy Piedmont on representation in “Praxeus” (Twitter thread) Sage Young’s recap at Head Over Feels

That sound you heard was a podcaster’s brain exploding, trying to figure out how to compress everything from “Fugitive of the Judoon” into roughly two minutes. Listener, this episode was A LOT.

Would you believe, Nikola Tesla in the TARDIS? Now that’s just nuts. (See also theincomparable.com/radio )