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Episode 164

The Tara King Confidence

And we’re back! It’s a new year for Doctor Who, and there’s a new companion, with a new mother who will at some point slap him in the face. But until then, it’s all about a bunch of rhinos menacing a hospital on the moon, which is just the kind of premise literally any TV show would come up with. Welcome aboard, Smith and Jones.

Episode 164: The Tara King Confidence · Recorded on Sunday, 28 July 2019 · Duration 0:50:32 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 165

It’s Neither of Them

This week, we’re joined by Pete Lambert and Conrad Westmaas for a social history of Elizabethan England, a whirlwind tour of the life and works of Shakespeare, and some serious criticism of Martha’s taste in men. It’s Tuesday, so this must be Hamlet — it’s The Shakespeare Code.

Episode 165: It’s Neither of Them · Recorded on Sunday, 4 August 2019 · Duration 1:02:28 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 166

Deeply Platonic

This week, Brendan’s high on Honesty, James is driving naked, and Nathan can’t stop scratching himself for some reason, while special guest star Erik Stadnik brings some philosophy and literary criticism to our discussion of Gridlock.

Episode 166: Deeply Platonic · Recorded on Sunday, 4 August 2019 · Duration 0:58:42 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 167

The Big Busby Berkeley Number

This week, we learn that the mortal enemy of showtunes is capitalism, that the mortal enemy of some Doctor Who fans is fun, and that the mortal enemy of the Doctor has descended upon Depression-Era New York in an exciting new thematic guise. The show must go on, in spite of the Daleks in Manhattan.

Episode 167: The Big Busby Berkeley Number · Recorded on Sunday, 11 August 2019 · Duration 0:46:09 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 168

A Long Tradition of Doctor Who Monsters That in Some Way Resemble Human Genitalia

This week, we discuss human nature, animatronic willies, easily avoidable deaths, and the ethics of cooking pork. Which is probably all just a way of distracting ourselves from the Evolution of the Daleks.

Episode 168: A Long Tradition of Doctor Who Monsters That in Some Way Resemble Human Genitalia · Recorded on Sunday, 11 August 2019 · Duration 0:41:06 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 169

Some Custard Pies and a Few Harsh Words

This week, we’re hosting our first ever black-tie function, and you’re all invited! Nathan’s scoffing all the canapés, Brendan keeps being mistaken for the waiter, and somewhere upstairs is a roaring and slavering Colin Neal, who will join us later — we hope — to discuss The Lazarus Experiment.

Episode 169: Some Custard Pies and a Few Harsh Words · Recorded on Sunday, 25 August 2019 · Duration 0:48:15 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 170

I Believe Beryl Reid as a Freighter Captain

This week, we hop aboard the SS Pentallian just in time for it to start plummeting into the heart of a blazing sun. And so while we wait for our inevitable incineration, we answer trivia questions about Bananarama, forget everyone’s names, throw shade on the Captain’s marriage, and spend far too much time crawling around the ship, gurning and gnashing our teeth. Fortunately, it’s all over in 42 minutes.

Episode 170: I Believe Beryl Reid as a Freighter Captain · Recorded on Sunday, 1 September 2019 · Duration 0:42:00 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 171

Dropped into Downton Abbey

Well, the Doctor has been exiled to Earth again, but instead of hobnobbing with lizard men, he’s spending his time flirting with Matron and delivering incredibly tedious history lessons. There’s some indefensible name-dropping in this episode, including local radio star Simon Moore, but after all, that’s just Human Nature.

Episode 171: Dropped into Downton Abbey · Recorded on Sunday, 18 August 2019 · Duration 0:46:55 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 172

Six Bullets

Simon, Todd and Nathan are still trapped in 1913, which is better, at least, than being trapped in chains, a collapsing galaxy, every mirror, or a scarecrow. With World War I on the horizon, all three of them await the answer to a single question: Will John Smith have the courage to leave the stage, so that the Doctor can confront The Family of Blood?

Episode 172: Six Bullets · Recorded on Sunday, 18 August 2019 · Duration 0:59:19 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 173

Flirting Wittily

This week, we’re joined by Lizbeth Myles from Verity! podcast to discuss a terrifying romantic comedy about the brevity of human life. It’s called Blink. People seem to like it.

Episode 173: Flirting Wittily · Recorded on Sunday, 25 August 2019 · Duration 1:03:31 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 174

On the Set with Dame Derek Jacobi

This week, we’re joined by TV’s Adam Richard to talk about Martha, the Master, Heather Locklear, Coronation Street and Russell’s original plans for the end of the season. And we also talk about a little Doctor Who episode that we like to call Utopia.

Episode 174: On the Set with Dame Derek Jacobi · Recorded on Sunday, 8 September 2019 · Duration 0:49:26 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 175

This Is What You Were Voting For

We’re on the run this week — skulking in shadows and eating chips while talking about the Master’s backstory and the deplorable state of British politics. Which is a normal Sunday for us, even when we’re not talking about The Sound of Drums.

Episode 175: This Is What You Were Voting For · Recorded on Sunday, 22 September 2019 · Duration 0:52:45 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 176

Saving the World with the Power of Podcasting

It’s the last episode of Series 3, so we’re walking the Earth and telling anyone who’ll stand still for long enough about our favourite television show in the whole world. It’s Last of the Time Lords.

Episode 176: Saving the World with the Power of Podcasting · Recorded on Sunday, 22 September 2019 · Duration 0:53:30 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 177

Subtlety and Undertones

We’ve survived our first year of post–Camille Coduri Doctor Who, and our only full year in the company of the charming and charismatic Freema Agyeman. So, what did we all think?

Episode 177: Subtlety and Undertones · Recorded on Sunday, 13 October 2019 · Duration 1:13:26 · Download · Open in new window

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Episode 178

Remember Who We Were

Our farewell last week was so heartbreaking that we decided to sneak in one last episode before Christmas. So, here are Terry Wogan and John Barrowman to introduce a heartwarming episode of Flight Through Entirety, in which Nathan and James are joined by Steven B and Dan from New to Who to discuss the 2007 Children in Need special, Time Crash.

Episode 178: Remember Who We Were · Recorded on Tuesday, 10 December 2019 · Duration 0:24:32 · Download · Open in new window

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