Who's He? Podcast

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Review - Dot and Bubble There is a lot to unpack this week as Paul and Phil look at Dot and Bubble, the latest episode of Doctor Who. What on the surface appears to be a story of the dangers of social media, it really is about something much more insidious and lets Phil show his true colours when it come to the rich elite. And influencers. Ok, he doesn'...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Review - 73 Yards This time Phil and Paul get wrapped up in folk horror with 73 Yards, the latest episode in this series of Doctor Who. But is it folk horror? Is it political satire or is it a time travel story. Well, it's all of the above which leaves Phil scratching his head and continues his stance of being a miserable little podcaster, while Paul as...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Review - Boom After last weeks divisive episodes, Phil and Paul turn their attention to Boom written by Steven Moffat. Does this episode improve on last weeks offering of Doctor Who or does it suffer the excesses of Steven Moffat's writing? With the themes of religion, AI and arms manufacturers featuring heavily in this story, this episode of the podcas...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast..... Space Babies and The Devil's Chord Review Doctor Who is back on Saturday nights with the first season of Ncuti Gatwa's take on the The Doctor. With two episodes airing this week, Phil and Paul tackle both Space Babies and The Devil's Chord but is this Doctor who as they knew it or have the pair of them finally been left out of the viewing demographic?...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Doctor Who: Let's look to the future With less than a week to go before Ncuti Gatwa begins his first full series as Doctor Who, Phil and Scott take a look ahead to see if they are excited and looking forward to the new series. But to let you all into a little secret, while Scott is full of youthful enthusiasm and can't wait for the new series to start,...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Review - Phantasmagoria Cricket! Gambling! Yes, this episode Phil and Paul enter the world of gentlemen's rooms with Phantasmagoria from Big Finish. In this story featuring Peter Davison as the Doctor and Mark Strickson as Turlough, dodgy playing cards, spirits and a house made of meat is the order of the day. But what did they think of this story that...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast..... Introducing the 2nd Doctor This time Phil and Scott look at how Patrick Troughton was introduced to the world in 1966 with episode one of The Power of The Daleks. With a new take on the Doctor, how effective was this episode in introducing a new actor to the role and what was the impact this had on the show? Along the way both Phil and Scott take conve...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Introducing The First Doctor In an occasional series, Phil and Scott are discussing the episodes of Doctor Who that introduced us to a new Doctor. And to kick things off, they start right at the very beginning with William Hartnell in An Unearthly Child. With a lot to set up and with the very first episode being filmed twice, Phil and Scott look at the...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Who's He? at The Movies | Night of The Demon This time Phil takes a look at one of his favourite British horror movies, Night of the Demon starring Dana Andrews. In a tale of witchcraft, hairy demons and disbelieving square jawed scientists, this M.R. James classic ghost story is bought to the silver screen in a film that Phil has been fascinated with s...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Horror of Fang Rock - Review This episode Phil and Scott settled down to watch the new and shiny version of Horror of Fang Rock from the recent Season 15 blu-ray collection. New effects, screaming ladies and plenty of fog is the order of the day with Tom Baker and Louise Jameson on fine form. They also go through the number of changes made to the specia...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Review - The Caves of Androzani What has taken these two so long to get around to talking about this story?  In episode in which Phil has the occasional disagreement with his microphone stand, Paul and he discuss The Caves of Androzani, Peter Davison's final story in the role of the Doctor. While considered an all time classic by just about everyone, wi...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Review - Flatline Phil and Scott decided to revisit the Peter Capaldi era of Doctor Who with Flatline, a story that has little bit of significance for Phil as this was the first episode of Doctor Who that he watched with Scott way back in 2014! But how does this story hold up for both of them after all this time and how does Clara's story arc of wanting...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Scott on Target In between noisy mobile phones and kicking the microphone stand, Scott and Phil spend 30 minutes talking about the Doctor Who Target books that he bought with his pocket money. From Kinda to The Androids of Tara, Scott tells us why he's starting buying these books, whilst Phil tells us his about his relationship with Target books for the...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast..... Review - The Celestial Toymaker Animation In a first for this podcast, we attended a world premiere!  Yes, Phil & Scott visited the BFI on London's glittering South Bank to watch the freshly animated The Celestial Toymaker, starring William Hartnell, Peter Purves, Jackie Lane and Michael Gough. In a return to the animation style used for The Web of Fea...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast...... Review - Seas of Titan Paul and Phil listened to Seas of Titan from Big Finish for this episode, starring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and this time he's up against the Sea Devils! The lads thought they might be in for treat, but was this a feeling of been there, seen it, done it? A case of deja vu if you will. And this leads them to discuss ho...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Who's He? at The Movies | The Man Who Haunted Himself This time Phil looks at The Man Who Haunted Himself starring Roger Moore. Could this be Roger Moores best film and his best performance? In this psychological thriller, Moore plays against type as a man whose life is turned upside down by what he thinks is someone impersonating him, causing him and h...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Death to the Daleks | Audio Commentary Part 2 This episode, Scott and Phil return with part 2 of their audio commentary for Death to the Daleks which was chosen by our listeners. This time they sat down through the final two episodes of this Jon Pertwee story and gaze in wonder as the Doctor is stopped dead in his tracks by a bathroom floor and Scott st...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Death to the Daleks | Audio Commentary Part 1 After putting the vote to our listeners, Phil and Scott sat down to record part one of an audio commentary for Death to the Daleks starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor with Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith. With the Doctor and Sarah Jane stranded on the planet Exxilon, they stumble across a grumpy Scotsman...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Review - Planet of The Spiders This time and in a little tribute to the late Richard Franklin, Phil and Paul turn their attention to Planet of The Spiders. Notable for being the story that brings Jon Pertwee's time in the role to a close, it was also the end of an era with the UNIT family finally broken up for good. But just how did a bitter salesman wi...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Review - Curiosity Shop In a cheeky move, Phil drops in a sneaky one man podcast to talk about Curiosity Shop from Big Finish. This audio from a new volume of 11th Doctor stories starring Jacob Dudman as the Doctor, sees the mysterious Mr. Foreman pottering about in his junkyard with a blue box called Barbara. But is he all he seems and why is he intere...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Who's He? at The Movies | Cry of The Banshee Phil returns to the world of film and horror with 1970's Cry of The Banshee. Starring Vincent Price, this tale of witchcraft in Elizabethan England, seemed to have a lot going for it. But when your lead actor applies generous slices of thick cut ham and your film doesn't actually feature a Banshee, what do yo...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Happy New Year!  This episode Scott and Phil take a look into the future and have a chat about what is coming up in 2024 for Doctor Who, from Ncuti Gatwa's first full series and rumours of a Sea Devil spin off show to Whooverville 15 at the end of August. Phil also takes a look at the latest DVD release from the Myth Makers team, The Doctors - The Sylve...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast..... Review - The Church on Ruby Road Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson are finally here in their debut episode The Church on Ruby Road and at Christmas as well! So join Phil and Paul as they look at the beginning of this new era of Doctor Who and ponder what would the third Doctor do? And has Phil got over his hatred of musicals? But Paul compares ABBA to gobl...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Who's He? TV | Just Like the ones I used to know Christmas telly eh?  Was it really better in the old days? Well, let's find out as Phil is joined by Tyler Adams from Goon Pod as they put together a list of festive TV programmes and films to make up their perfect Christmas Day television. From Willy Wonka to Smith and Jones, from M.R. James to Victor Me...

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... The News The Celestial Toymaker gets animated in a rather confused blu-ray launch and the 15th Doctor's sonic screwdriver is revealed (though screwdriver is pushing it as a description). Review - The Giggle Well, we've reached the end of the 60th Anniversary of Doctor Who with The Giggle.  But what's this?  Neither Phil or Paul could make their minds up...