128 Last Christmas

Live from Master Closet Studios, you’re listening to the only podcast on the internet recording from a dream within a dream within a dream within a dream: It’s the Noobs and the Whovian!  This is the podcast that introduces a whole new generation to Doctor Who by watching an episode each week and discussing it from the perspective of a dad who’s seen it before, and two sons who haven’t. Welcome to Episode 128, series 8 Christmas special: Last Christmas  This is the one where Cobb does the impossible by attempting to plant an idea inside of a person’s head… wait sorry that’s Inception. This is the one where the Doctor and Clara get slowly eaten by headcrabs from Half Life and get sent through five dream levels. Also we say goodbye to Danny… again. Sad Clara.  Production notes Story #253Originally aired Christmas Day, 2014 to 8.28 million viewersWritten by: Steven MoffatDirected by: Paul Wilmshurst Misc Trivia We said in the last episode that it seemed like Clara was leaving. As it turns out, this was going to be her last episode. Moffat and Capaldi talked her into doing another season and she finally changed her mind very late in the game, perhaps as late as the read-through, which lead to a last minute change of the ending.According to Moffat, they had a new companion in this episode. If you had to guess who it was, who would you guess?Two fan theories… Cast Professor Albert – Michael TroughtonPatrick Troughton’s son!Ian the Elf – Dan Starkey!This marks Dan’s third Christmas Special in a row. He was Strax in The Snowmen, Commander Skarr in The Time of the Doctor, then Ian in Last ChristmasIn addition, this was Jenna Coleman’s third Christmas Special, appearing as an echo Clara in The Snowmen, then as original Clara in The Time of the Doctor and Last Christmas.She’s the first companion to appear in 3!Santa Claus – Nick FrostShaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, PaulBasically everything Simon Pegg has done that wasn’t Star Trek or Mission Impossible  Checklist Name of the episode spoken in dialogue?Do you know why people get together at Christmas? Because every time they do, it could be their last. Every Christmas is last Christmas.Who ya gonna call? Just one last time, huh? One last Christmas, as if your life depended on it, believe in Santa.Creature of the weekDream crab – KantrofarriThe legend says “if you think about a dream crab, a dream crab is coming for you.Curse you, Steven Moffat!Stuff the Doctor lovesJiggery PokeryTARDIS He called it a telephone kioskPsychic paperRandom Needless sacrificial deathAttack EyebrowsThe Question/Doctor Who?Jammie Dodger sightingRunning count – 4Termy wermyTrying to disprove beardy weirdyOh as the Doctor would say, it’s all a bit dreamy weamy Other stuff we noticed  It was a white Christmas in the time vortex!Helman-Zeiglar test – the only reliable dream test I knowNone of us knows we’re not dreaming. Not one of us, not one minute of our entire lives. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Who’s Who? Who is Santa?I can commit several million housebreaks in one night while wearing a red suit and jingle bells, so yeah, I can get back into the infirmary.You’re a dream who’s trying to save us? I’m Santa Claus, I think you just defined me.Who is Clara?She’s a racist, elfist. Which is hypocritical from someone of her heightWho is dream-Danny?She made Danny a fraction taller and gave him great dialogueI didn’t die saving the world, I died saving Clara. The rest of you got lucky.He tells Clara to grieve for him 5 minutes a dayClara, page number, make it a good one. Twelve Dream Clara said she learned to fly a plane. Eleven asked her if she could fly a plane in The Bells of St. JohnWho is the Doctor?A skeleton manShe called him a magician!He’s as fake as Santa!I’m scared. Congratulations, that means you’re not an idiot.Do you know what I hate about the obvious?! Missing it!Are you the same people as before? Sorry , I deleted you. Classic Who Connections In The Claws of Axos the Third Doctor had Jo Grant focus on Mathematical computations in order to distract her from AxosSanta’s sack was bigger on the inside Overall impressions Overall rating out of 10 – Jared – 8 Remote Control RudolphsAustin – 9 mucous websCorbin – 9.5 face crabsTripp –  SHUT UP IT’S A 10 THATS FINAL!!! out of 10 spider hands Creep Level – out of 500Jared – 150Austin – 400Corbin – 150Tripp – 200 for creepy hands The Game Plan We discovered the BritBox’s Classic Who collections has an extra season (#27) that’s all specials. The first one is The Five(ish) Doctors.So! We’re gonna cover that next week, then head into Series 9 with The Magician’s Apprentice. Closing Noobs and the Whovian is a production of Master Closet Studios, where it’s always smaller on the inside. Your Senior Producer is Austin Reason. Our Audio Engineer is Tripp Reason. Corbin Reason is our Production Editor. 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