Pull To Open: A Random Doctor Who Podcast
By Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
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There are many Doctor Who podcasts. Only one dares review the entire show... in entirely random order!
Join journalists Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor as they summarize stories in record time, play the Whomoji game, enter the History Corner, answer the Four Questions to Doomsday, and cower in fear before the almighty Randomizer.
New episode every Saturday!
| Episode | Date |
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Caveat Inventor (Ideating “Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror”)
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Sep 12, 2026 |
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The Myth Fakers (Burying “Underworld”)
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Aug 29, 2026 |
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Eye Rule (Preserving “The Ark”)
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Aug 15, 2026 |
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Warrior's Fate (De-escalating "Cold War")
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Aug 01, 2026 |
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Tactical Magic (Banishing “The Dæmons”)
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Jul 18, 2026 |
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Extreme Delays (Tunneling “The Web of Fear”)
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Jul 04, 2026 |
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Unchained Melody (Assassinating “Let’s Kill Hitler”)
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Jun 20, 2026 |
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Christmas Is Canceled (Mourning the Special That Never Was)
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Snakes on an Astral Plane (Manifesting "Kinda")
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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Drawn Apart (Illustrating "Fear Her")
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May 23, 2026 |
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Time’s New Romans (Rebooting "The Pandorica Opens” and “The Big Bang")
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May 09, 2026 |
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Tachyons We Meet on Vacation (Touring "The Leisure Hive")
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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Circus Breaker (Performing "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy")
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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The Halftime Show (Marking the Midpoint)
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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It’s a Tetrap! (Disguising "Time and the Rani")
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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Water War (Submerging "The Sea Devils")
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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3 Days in the Gally (Scenes from Gallifrey One 2026)
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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Parallel Metal (Initializing “Rise of the Cybermen” and “The Age of Steel”)
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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Bonnie Dangerously (Quartering “The Highlanders”)
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Jan 17, 2026 |
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Clash of the Eras (Mediating “Doctor Who and the Silurians”)
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Jan 03, 2026 |
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Dawn of the AIpocalypse (Deprogramming “The War Machines”)
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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Invasion on 34th Street (Speciating “Daleks in Manhattan” and “Evolution of the Daleks”)
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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Space: 1969 (Energizing “The Space Pirates”)
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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Doctor, Octopus (Filleting “The Power of Kroll”)
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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Who Returns? (Reacting to the 2026 Christmas Special News)
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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The Martians (Chilling “The Ice Warriors”)
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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Wolf Clan (Metamorphosing “Tooth and Claw”)
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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Planet Mirth (Delighting “The Happiness Patrol”)
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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Island Chat (Interviews from Long Island Who 2025)
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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Master of the Moment (Ingesting “The Time Monster”)
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Aug 30, 2025 |
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Rex and the City (Regressing “Invasion of the Dinosaurs”)
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Aug 16, 2025 |
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Mission Creep (Silencing "The Impossible Astronaut" and "Day of the Moon")
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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The Fifteenth Element (Look Back: The Ncuti Gatwa Era)
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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Playing It School (Sweeping “The Caretaker”)
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Jul 05, 2025 |
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Nothing but Double (Replicating “The Android Invasion”)
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Jun 21, 2025 |
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Diplomatic Disunity (Negotiating “The Curse of Peladon”)
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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Ends with Benefits (HOT TAKE: "The Reality War")
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May 31, 2025 |
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Twist and Doubt (HOT TAKE: “Wish World”)
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May 24, 2025 |
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Bigeneration Gap (HOT TAKE 2: "The Interstellar Song Contest" Post-Credits Scene)
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May 17, 2025 |
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Idol Threat (HOT TAKE: "The Interstellar Song Contest")
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May 17, 2025 |
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Rightful Hair (HOT TAKE: "The Story & the Engine")
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May 10, 2025 |
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The Lies that Blind (HOT TAKE: “Lucky Day”)
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May 03, 2025 |
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Fright of Your Life (HOT TAKE: "The Well")
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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Heavy Meta (HOT TAKE: “Lux”)
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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Day of the Nurse (HOT TAKE: "The Robot Revolution")
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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Invade for TV (Discharging “Aliens of London and World War Three”)
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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The Reich Stuff (Vivisecting “The Sontaran Experiment”)
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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The Companion Falls (Impacting “Earthshock”)
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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Breaking Dad (Reliving “Father’s Day”)
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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Electric Screams (Shipwrecking “Horror of Fang Rock”)
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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Slave New World (Liberating “Planet of the Ood”)
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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Mazed and Confused (Mythologizing “The Horns of Nimon”)
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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Lord & Lady (Burglarizing “Planet of the Dead”)
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Jan 04, 2025 |
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A Star Is Born (HOT TAKE: “Joy to the World”)
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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A Wrinkle in Flesh Time (Enlightening “Four to Doomsday”)
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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Nonrapid Transit (Jackknifing “Gridlock”)
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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Get Back (Reversing “The Edge of Destruction”)
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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Axis of Medieval (Besieging “The Time Warrior”)
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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Repeater Capaldi (Confessing “Heaven Sent”)
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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Better Call Thal (Refrigerating “Planet of the Daleks”)
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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The Hateful Eight Legs (Reincarnating “Planet of the Spiders”)
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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Forgotten Realm (Rectifying “The Girl Who Waited”)
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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Island Time (Cast Interviews from Long Island Who)
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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Burning a New Leaf (Mulching “Terror of the Vervoids”)
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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Some Like It Scot (Reconstituting “Terror of the Zygons”)
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Aug 03, 2024 |
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Better With Two (Trimming “Partners in Crime")
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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Battle of the Planets (Strafing “The Armageddon Factor”)
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Jul 06, 2024 |
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The Dying Game (HOT TAKE: "Empire of Death")
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Jun 22, 2024 |
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Wait of the World (HOT TAKE: "The Legend of Ruby Sunday")
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Boy Story (HOT TAKE: "Rogue")
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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Happy Daze (Rockin’ “Delta and the Bannermen”)
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Blackest Mirror (HOT TAKE: "Dot and Bubble")
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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Isolation Game (HOT TAKE: "73 Yards")
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May 25, 2024 |
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Carnival With Monsters (Cracking “Thin Ice”)
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May 19, 2024 |
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Mine Craft (HOT TAKE: "Boom")
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May 18, 2024 |
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Getting Meta With It (HOT TAKE: "Space Babies" and "The Devil's Chord")
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May 11, 2024 |
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Doctor Who 'Season 1' PREVIEW: Countdown to RTD2
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May 06, 2024 |
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O Holy Plight (Beholding “The Church on Ruby Road”)
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May 04, 2024 |
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Disasters of the Universe (Unleashing “Flux”)
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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A Message From Pull To Open
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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Lost in Transport (Contemplating Teleportation in Doctor Who)
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Apr 06, 2024 |
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Do You Dream What I Dream? (Awakening “Last Christmas”)
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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Faust Return Switch (Corrupting “The Keeper of Traken”)
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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Doctor Who Canon Doesn’t Matter. Or Does It?
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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How to Get Ahead in Megalomania (Dismembering “The Brain of Morbius”)
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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Sick Burn (Deadlock-Sealing “42”)
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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Gravity Kills (Fortifying “The Moonbase”)
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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Rear Window (Revisiting the 60th Anniversary Specials)
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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Dream Scheme (Confronting “Amy’s Choice,” with guest Damla from Come Along Pond)
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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Bastille-ing History (Overthrowing “The Reign of Terror”)
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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A Splatter of Faith (Consuming “The Curse of Fenric”)
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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Sewers & Serpents (Conjuring “The Magician’s Apprentice and The Witch’s Familiar”)
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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The Power and the Quarry (Betraying “Death to the Daleks”)
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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Trivial Pursuit (Following “The Chase”)
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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Subcontinental Divide (Bordering “Demons of the Punjab”)
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Dec 30, 2023 |
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It’s a Plunderful Life (HOT TAKE: “The Church on Ruby Road”)
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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What Doctor Who Got Us for Christmas
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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O Come Let Us Deplore Him (Extolling “A Christmas Carol”)
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Dec 16, 2023 |
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Laff-A-Lympics (HOT TAKE on "The Giggle")
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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Doom With a View (Orbiting “The Impossible Planet” and “The Satan Pit,” with guest Ellie Blackwood)
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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Wildly Brilliant (HOT TAKE on "Wild Blue Yonder")
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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Dope Opera (Freebasing “Nightmare of Eden”)
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Dec 02, 2023 |
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Meep Impact (HOT TAKE on "The Star Beast")
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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You Only Live Thrice (Amalgamating “The Three Doctors”)
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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Beast Mode (Retracing “The Star Beast” Comic Strip)
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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Identity Theft (Bifurcating “Human Nature” and “The Family of Blood,” with guest Steven Schapansky)
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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Futures Trading (Contradicting “Day of the Daleks”)
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Nov 04, 2023 |
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The Pull To Open Hot 100 (Ranking Our First 100 Random Stories)
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Pods and Monsters (Germinating “The Seeds of Death”)
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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The 10 Best Cold Opens in Doctor Who
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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The Horse Awakens (Venerating “The Myth Makers”)
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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Red Con (Recovering “The Ambassadors of Death”)
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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In It to Twin It (Imitating “Meglos,” with guest Mark Cockram)
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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Impending Boom (Diffusing “Kerblam!”)
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico (Sacrificing “The Aztecs”)
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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Monk History (Revising “The Time Meddler”)
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Sep 02, 2023 |
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The 5 Best Classic Doctor Who Stories for NuWho Fans
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Aug 26, 2023 |
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It Came From E-Space (Acclimating “Full Circle”)
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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Who Is the Best Actor to Play the Doctor?
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Aug 12, 2023 |
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Dutch Ado About Nothing (Bending “Arc of Infinity”)
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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10 Times the Doctor Was Cruel or Cowardly
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Jul 29, 2023 |
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Plane of Terror (Deepening “Flatline”)
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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Sinking Out Loud (Capsizing “Legend of the Sea Devils”)
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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A Lice Place to Live (Renovating “Knock Knock,” with guest Bryan Young)
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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We Aren’t Marshal (Decolonizing “The Mutants”)
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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Rage of Empires (Beguiling “Frontier in Space”)
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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A Bug’s Strife (Sterilizing “The Ark in Space”)
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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Sphere of Fear (Plundering “The Pirate Planet”)
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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In Dickens and in Gelth (Reanimating “The Unquiet Dead”)
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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Big Trouble in Ancient China (Traversing “Marco Polo”)
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May 27, 2023 |
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (Disarming “The War Games”)
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May 20, 2023 |
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The Trouble With Gallifrey
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May 13, 2023 |
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Rage-Quitting Doctor Who: A History
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May 06, 2023 |
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Hospital Food (Regurgitating “The Tsuranga Conundrum”)
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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Jones and Smith (Courting “The Doctor’s Wife,” with guest Dave Kitchen)
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Invasion Inception (Thwarting “The Invasion of Time”)
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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Who Counts as a True Companion?
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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Treasure Flap (Pillaging “The Smugglers”)
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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One Really Small Step (Eclipsing “Kill the Moon”)
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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Decoding the Codex (A Pull To Open Short Trip)
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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Bitter Dregs (Stranding “Orphan 55”)
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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Robot Roll Call (Fulfilling “Destiny of the Daleks”)
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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UNIT on the Brain (Rethinking “The Mind of Evil”)
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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Jurassic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Rerouting “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship”)
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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Last Time Lord Standing (Flooding “The Waters of Mars,” with guests from The Cloister Bell podcast)
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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Present Danger (Unwrapping “The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe”)
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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Last Faction Hero (Quelling “Revolution of the Daleks”)
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Jan 28, 2023 |
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Threat Gala (Fertilizing “Black Orchid”)
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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Game Controller (Pwning “The Celestial Toymaker”)
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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The Retcon Episode (Amending Our Story Ratings, Seasons 1-3)
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Jan 07, 2023 |
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Bullet Time (Lassoing “The Gunfighters”)
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Dec 31, 2022 |
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Opposite Day (Relishing “Utopia,” “The Sound of Drums” and “Last of the Time Lords”)
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Dec 24, 2022 |
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War Is for Suckers (Impersonating “The Zygon Invasion” and “The Zygon Inversion”)
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Dec 17, 2022 |
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Wings of Glory (Observing “Blink”)
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Dec 10, 2022 |
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Small World (Reducing “Planet of Giants”)
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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Why Did “The Power of the Doctor” Regenerate the Doctor’s Clothes? (A Pull To Open Short Trip)
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Nov 26, 2022 |
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Frail Whale (Baiting “The Beast Below”)
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Nov 19, 2022 |
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Is "The Power of the Doctor" the Best Regeneration Episode? (A Pull To Open Short Trip)
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Nov 12, 2022 |
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Death Becomes Him (Exalting "Dalek")
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Nov 05, 2022 |
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Abyss of the Spider Woman (Chasing “The Runaway Bride”)
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Oct 29, 2022 |
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Mile-High Flub (Piloting “Time-Flight,” with guest Christopher Burgess)
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Oct 22, 2022 |
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Bad Weed (Drenching “Fury From the Deep”)
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Oct 08, 2022 |
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That Witch You Seek (Exposing “The Witchfinders”)
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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Past Sins (Witnessing “Rosa”)
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Sep 24, 2022 |
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Gold Turkey (Transmuting “Revenge of the Cybermen”)
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Sep 17, 2022 |
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Pair o’ Docs (Devouring “The Two Doctors”)
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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The Once and Future Doctor (Mythologizing “Battlefield”)
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Aug 27, 2022 |
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Invading Earth for Dummies (Waxing "Spearhead From Space")
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Aug 20, 2022 |
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All Creatures Great and Small (Magnifying “Carnival of Monsters”)
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Jul 23, 2022 |
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A Logical End (Mastering “Logopolis”)
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Jul 16, 2022 |
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Industrial Devolution (Blemishing “The Mark of the Rani”)
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Jul 09, 2022 |
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SHORT TRIP: The Real Captain Jack
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Jul 02, 2022 |
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No Place Like Rome (Indulging “The Romans”)
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Jun 04, 2022 |
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Axos & Allies (Sharpening “The Claws of Axos,” with guest Nathan Bottomley)
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May 28, 2022 |
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SPECIAL EPISODE: Who Is Ncuti Gatwa?
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May 21, 2022 |
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Tractator Pull (Bombarding “Frontios”)
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May 14, 2022 |
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Spark Attack (Recharging “The Power of the Daleks”)
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May 07, 2022 |
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One Moor Time (Illuminating “The Eaters of Light”)
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Dead Center (Skirting “Terminus”)
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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SPECIAL EPISODE: Into the Codex
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Apr 16, 2022 |
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Peak Villainy (Siring "Genesis of the Daleks")
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Apr 09, 2022 |
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Telos Another One (Converting "Attack of the Cybermen")
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Apr 02, 2022 |
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Wasting Time (Embalming “State of Decay”)
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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Zings and Arrows (Lionizing "Robot of Sherwood")
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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Grin Reaper (Enlivening "Smile")
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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Time Killer (Targeting "The Deadly Assassin")
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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Courting Disaster (Unearthing "The Mysterious Planet")
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Feb 19, 2022 |
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The French Connection (Serenading "The Girl in the Fireplace")
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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Game of Shadows (Cataloging "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead")
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Jan 29, 2022 |
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Safe Arbor (Cultivating "In the Forest of the Night")
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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Trouble in Store (Reopening "Closing Time")
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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Kingdom of the Insidious Skull (Exorcising "Image of the Fendahl")
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Jan 08, 2022 |
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Copy That (Echoing "Midnight")
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Dec 25, 2021 |
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This Is Maggot Country (Sanitizing "The Green Death")
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Dec 11, 2021 |
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Creep of Faith (Divining "The God Complex")
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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Hybrid Theory (Disentangling "Hell Bent")
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Nov 13, 2021 |
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All Thirteen (Honoring "The Day of the Doctor," with guest Alisa Stern)
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Oct 30, 2021 |
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Must Flee TV (Binging "The Idiot's Lantern")
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Oct 16, 2021 |
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A Little Bird Killed Me (Facing "Face the Raven")
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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The China Sin (Inspecting "The Talons of Weng-Chiang")
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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On Air (Inhaling "Oxygen")
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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The Planet of Theatricality (Savoring "The Androids of Tara")
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Aug 21, 2021 |
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Antimatters of the Heart (Excavating "Planet of Evil")
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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The High Brain Revolution (Crystalizing "The Krotons")
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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SPECIAL EPISODE: What Cyberman Are You Wearing? (Celebrating 1,000 TikTok Followers)
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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The Strange Future World of 1986 (Defrosting "The Tenth Planet")
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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A Master Class in Plastics (Repackaging "Terror of the Autons")
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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The Ex Factor (Attending "School Reunion")
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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Sense and Sensorites (Exhausting "The Sensorites")
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May 30, 2021 |
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A Quiet Little Genocide (Liberating "The Rescue")
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May 10, 2021 |
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2 Brigadiers 2 Furious (Exhuming "Mawdryn Undead")
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Pyramids, Lies, and Audiotape (Visiting "The Pyramid at the End of the World" and "The Lie of the Land")
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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That Fascist '70s Show (Deconstructing "Inferno")
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Are You My Mummies? (Disturbing "Pyramids of Mars")
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Don't Listen to This Podcast (Reviving "Sleep No More")
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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The Best Master Reveal of All Time (Eulogizing "Dark Water" and "Death in Heaven")
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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A Little More Magna, a Little Less Carta (Abdicating "The King's Demons")
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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Rising From the Sexy Flames (Igniting "Planet of Fire")
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Jan 16, 2021 |
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The Future Goes Viral (Quarantining "The Invisible Enemy")
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Apr 26, 2020 |
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Infinity Doctors (Absorbing "The Haunting of Villa Diodati," "Ascension of the Cybermen" and "The Timeless Children")
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Mar 29, 2020 |
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Judoon Honeymoon (Interrogating "Fugitive of the Judoon")
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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Spyfalling Down (Infiltrating "Spyfall" Parts 1 and 2)
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Jan 26, 2020 |
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Who Doesn't Love Christmas? (Celebrating All the Christmas Specials)
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Dec 30, 2019 |