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Podcastica
by Night of the Living Geeks
A Doctor Who review podcast! Following and analyzing both Classic and New episodes of one of the greatest sci-fi shows ever.
Episodes
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Podcastica Episode 379: The Web Planet OR The Menopteraman Prophecies
Well, friends, after a bunch of not moving giant ants last time, The Web Planet comes through with lots of moving giant ants! There are also a whole mess of Mothmen who prefer to be called Menoptera and a rather sultry sounding version of the Great Intelligence! It's certainly not Doctor Who's...
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Podcastica Episode 378: Planet of Giants OR Ian Acting His Way Out of a Matchbox
Friends, we've gone back...way back...back into time! Right to the start of the second season of Classic Who and the story Planet of Giants! This is a story famous for the fact that the powers that be actually recognized that a four-parter really worked better as three parts. Not only that, it…
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Podcastica Episode 377: The Monster of Peladon OR The Vapors of Aggedor
Friends we are back in some Classic Who and what a wonderfully comfortable blanket it is! However, The Monster of Peladon (Pertwee's Penultimate Story) is a six-panel blanket that could have easily been a more snug four! Full of political intrigue, greed, and a dash of women's lib thanks to the...
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Podcastica Episode 376: The Infinite Quest OR So Much Lovely Dung!
Friends! We are back! Thank you for waiting an extra week and change so Taylor could go guest star on Stitches in Time (look for that late October, early November) and now we're ready to review The Infinite Quest...which is not itself infinite, but rather a quest for something called The…
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Podcastica Episode 375: City of Death Revisited OR Mona Lisa Overdrive
Friends, after learning about the passing of the great Tom Chadbon, we knew there was only one thing we could really do to pay tribute to the man: revisit City of Death! Yes, the very first classic Who story we reviewed 362 episodes ago!! And, wow, it's still one of our absolute favorites! So…
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Podcastica Episode 374: The Crimson Horror OR Suddenly a Wild Strax Appears!
We're back and leaving the letter H off of everything! This time we're reviewing The Crimson Horror in which The Doctor and the gang break up a Victorian Doomsday Cult! We also honor the passing of our Patron Saint by awarding the very bonkers last act of this story with a great Duggan Scale score!
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Podcastica Episode 373: The Bells of Saint John OR Chekov's Tablet
Friends, we're sorry the episode is a bit late this week. Life, sometimes finds a way...of getting in the way. But we are here with our review of The Bells of Saint John in which we wonder how so many people have crappy internet security in 2013 and in which we actually give the episode a…
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Podcastica Episode 372: The Snowmen OR Christmas in July
Friends, it is Christmas in July. No Toyota-thons, no Black Fridays, no Peppermint Mochas, but we do have a grumpy Doctor, a lizard woman from the dawn of time (and her wife), everyone's favorite potato, the second introduction of Clara, a nod to the airship mysteries of the 1890s, and both…
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Podcastica Episode 371: The Age of Steel OR Once More Into the Wilderness
Well, friends, we do talk about The Age of Steel eventually. However, be prepared for us to spend a great deal of this episode talking about the news of Doctor Who's future. How we feel about it, how we hope it returns, maybe even who we'd like to see showrun it. And we also banter ideas about…
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Podcastica Episode 370: Rise of the Cybermen OR Delete the Billionaires
If Season One of Modern Who saw the return of the Daleks, naturally Season Two had to bring back the Cybermen! But was Rise of the Cybermen really the right way to do it? This time around we look at this alternate universe way to bring back our steely boys, show Mickey the man he could be, keep...
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Podcastica Episode 369: The Vampires of Venice OR Reel Big Fish in Perception Filters
Are ya ready kids?! Ohhhhh, who lives in the canals under Venice? Cree-py! Big! Fish! This episode we review The Vampires of Venice! The Doctor, fresh off a short stint as cake filling decides to take Amy and Rory on a romantic adventure and what's more romantic than 16th century Venice...where...
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Podcastica Episode 368: Flesh and Stone OR Gravity Falls
This time the adventure continues as we look at Flesh and Stone, 2nd part after The Time of Angels last episode. We loved it, we love this era, and frankly it's late and I can't think of what else to say. Enjoy our discussion, friends!
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Podcastica Episode 367: The Time of Angels OR Blink with One Eye Open
Clutching my pillow tiiiiiight!! These angels, man! They want you to exit light and enter night because then you can't see them creeping up on you. That's right! The Weeping Angels are back, River Song is back, and we are back with a review of the Season 5 episode The Time of Angels!
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Podcastica Episode 366: The Beast Below or Save the Space Whales
The Beast Below first aired 16 years and a few days ago! If you listen closely in this episode, you can hear John and Taylor recount how old they were when this episode first aired. It's a teeny bit traumatic. However, it's not as traumatic as zapping the brain of a space whale so that it keeps...
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Podcastica Episode 365: The Lazarus Experiment OR A Machine That Makes You Mark Gatiss
Back to watching some proper Doctor Who and it feels so good! It's almost like...we're young again! And wow, doesn't Tish Jones look familiar? Yes, friend of the show Mike Solko set us up to watch this episode post-Gally and we didn't realize until now that it was all a Gugu Mbatha-Raw…
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Podcastica Episode 364: The End of the War OR Barclay Joins Reel Big Fish
Well, folks, we made it to the end of the war. And, frankly, we're kinda glad it's over. It's not great. We're not even sure it's good. As always, though, we find the bits we did like, try to make sense of the parts we didn't, and (if nothing else) celebrate the fact that we're getting back to…
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Podcastica Episode 363: The Witch of the Waterfall OR The Shape of Water
Well, we're into the penultimate episode of The War Between the Land and the Sea and, really, we're experiencing a bit of an uneven episode. The drama is there, things feel a little hopeless, so let's give the Sea Devils even more superpowers, give Barclay and Salt some really awkward dialogue…
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Podcastica Episode 362: The Deep OR Unda the Sea!
We're back at it after Gallifrey One (and some con crud for Taylor), reviewing episode three of The War Between the Land and the Sea! SPOILER ALERT!! There are some things that happen in this episode that you might not want to know about before actually watching it (or maybe you do, we don't...
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Episode 361: Gallifrey One 36 Day Two Recap
GREETINGS WHOVIANS! We are once again at #LobbyCon early in the morning talking about our DAY TWO experiences at Gallifrey One 36! Hope everyone has a wonderful last day at the con!
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PODcastica - Episode 360: Gallifrey One 36 Day One Coverage!
Hello, Whovians! We are once again LIVE from LobbyCon at the early hours of the morning to give you our recap of DAY ONE of GALLIFREY ONE 36!
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Episode 359: Gallifrey One 36 Day Zero Coverage
HELLO AND GREETINGS FROM GALLIFREY ONE! Join John and Taylor for a short chat from a table in #LobbyCon on Friday morning. They discuss what they're excited to see and do on DAY ONE, and some other nonsense. Everyone have a great Gally, and we'll talk to you tomorrow!
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Episode 358: Plastic Apocalypse OR The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Kids
Folks, we're back from our totally legit venture into the future where we watched the 2nd episode of The War Between the Land and the Sea...Plastic Apocalypse!! Overall, we're still enjoying this series, but there were some holes and plot devices this time that really left us scratching our…
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Episode 357: Homo Aqua OR Twenty Thousand Leagues Out of His Depth
Friends, we have been to the future and back! We can't tell you when The War Between the Land and the Sea will air on Disney+ (or what 2026 looks like at that point), but we can go into detail about the first episode of this five-part series. We'll be honest, we didn't want to like it, but it...
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Podcastica Episode 356: Prisoners of Time Ch. 9-12 OR MTV's Remote Control Frobisher
Well, friends, we have reached our final episode of 2025 and the final installment of the Prisoners of Time comic book adventure! This time we have a fairly flimsy 9th Doctor story that really only seems there to reveal who our villain is. Then we join Ten and Martha in Los Angeles and places…
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Podcastica Episode 355: Prisoners of Time Ch 5-8 OR Attack of the Mac Tonights!
This time we continue on with Prisoners of Time! Chapters 5 through 8 in which we wonder many things! We wonder why the 5th Doctor appears to be 12 years old. We wonder where this bad ass 6th Doctor has been all our lives. We wonder if it's okay to go absolutely swoon city over a cartoon Ace. And...
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Podcastica Episode 354: Prisoners of Time Ch 1-4 OR LA Water and Power Can't Stop Us!
Well, here's something new, friends! We're reviewing a comic book Doctor Who story! Well, stories would be more accurate because Prisoners of Time was originally a year-long 12 issue miniseries from IDW to celebrate Doctor Who's 50th anniversary. We read the first four issues (chapters) and…
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Podcastica Episode 353: Dark Watchers of California OR Cryptid Creepin' on the Coast
Friends, we are firmly entrenched in Fall and it's high time we finally review Riley Silverman's "Dark Watchers of California" from Big Finish! Susie, fleeing a traumatic experience back in San Francisco, heads south to Big Sur (circa 1966...sur-ca, maybe?), but not only is she being pursued by…
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Podcastica Episode 352: The Fantasy Season featuring Ben Paddon from Jump Leads!
What happens when two American fans of a British science fiction show get their British friend to fan cast a fictional America season of the British show complete with American actors? Chaos. You get absolute chaos! This time, we're join by Ben Paddon who's sci-fi audio series Jump Leads starts…
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Podcastica Episode 351: The Amblin Season OR This Doctor Likes His Guns
This time we continue down the rabbit hole of Doctor Who that Could Have Been but Never Was and take a peek inside the Leekley Bible (no, that's not the one in your motel room nightstand!) that would have potentially been made into the 8th Doctor's first season on Fox here in America had the TV...
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Episode 161: The Armageddon Factor OR Doctor Who and the Crystal Skull
We've made it, friends! We've reached the end of The Key to Time series with a six-part whopper THE ARMAGEDDON FACTOR! The Doctor and Romana land on Atrios in the midst of a seemingly fierce war with Zeos. But Zeos kind of...isn’t there. Is the Marshal of Atrios wagging the dog or are darker…
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Episode 160: The Power of Kroll OR The Jolly Green Giant of Boggy Creek
We are nearly through The Key to Time series! This time, John & Taylor review The Power of Kroll and find themselves an absolute banger! Not the story, though it's rather enjoyable, but that Kroll chant! They desperately want to find a fan who is comfortable creating beats and who is will to help...
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Episode 159: The Androids of Tara OR Not the Romandroids You're Looking For
We're into the back half of the Key to Time series and this time John & Taylor find that, on the whole, the series stumbles a little with The Androids of Tara. There are some good parts, certainly, but there is also much that our duo wonder "Why'd they do it that way?" Either way, they find the...
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Episode 158: The Stones of Blood OR The Sisterhood of the Traveling Rocks
Aggrocrags return! John & Taylor continue their review of the entire Key to Time series with The Stones of Blood! We already loved the two stories before this and Stones only builds on what could be considered peak Classic Who! The hunt for the Key to Time takes the Doctor and Romana to Earth…
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Episode 157: The Ribos Operation OR Vynda Graff Jethrik-ator
John and Taylor dig into the beginning of The Key to Time series with The Ribos Operation! And, frankly, they love it! A wholly underrated story, they dive into its virtues and get ready to follow the adventure until all the pieces are collected! Ignore the fact that we already did The Pirate...
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Episode 156: The Tenth Planet OR Secret Mission Coffee
We've nearly finished watching the final stories of all the Doctors (only the epic The War Games remains), but this time we witness the debut of the Cybermen and departure of the First Doctor with The Tenth Planet! It's something of a Doctor-lite episode, so does that ultimately help or hurt the...
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Episode 155: The Gunfighters OR Doctor Who versus The Earworm
This time John & Taylor take it back to the Wild Wild West. Nope, no Will Smith to speak of, but we find Doctor Caligari, Dodo DuPont, and Steven Regret possibly regretting their choice to visit Tombstone, AZ in 1881 as the get themselves mixed up in the bad blood between the Earps and Clantons....
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Episode 154: The Empty Child & The Doctor Dances OR Urchin Squad Goals
London 1941! There’s a war on, there’s a con on, and someone’s looking for his mum. With these stories, the Moff arrives in signature Moff style with commonplace items turned scary, a deeply emotional family story, and an answer telegraphed well ahead of time. Plus, we get the introduction of...
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Episode 153: The Sea Devils OR JET SKI CHASE EXCITEMENT!
While investigating a series of mysterious sinkings, The Doctor discovers that the Master is planning to align himself with a long-dormant race of sea people (why they developed legs underwater, we have no idea) simply to hurt the humans the Doctor loves so much! Can the Doctor defeat the Master...
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Episode 152: Snakedance OR A Side of Mara-Nara Sauce
The Mara, done chillin’ in the recesses of Tegan’s mind, sets our team on an adventure to Manussa where he’s/it’s (I double checked its gender) determined to return to full strength in a move worthy of Voldemort. However, all it’s armed with (pun...snakes have no arms) is a ritual and a crystal...
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Episode 151: The Stranger - Summoned by Shadows OR The Triple Dilemma
At the suggestion of friend-of-the-show Mike, John and Taylor found themselves in an alternate universe where Doctor Who made its way through the Wilderness Years as The Stranger! Wait, that wasn't an alt universe? They really made this in 1991? That's right! We explore the, um, interesting world...
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Episode 150: Gallifrey One 2019 Coverage DAY THREE
Well, Gally has come and gone. Join John and Taylor as they unwind from their favorite convention of the Doctor Who variety. John talks about both "Heaven Sent" and "Resolution" director commentaries, and the tidbits that were given in both. PLUS: Taylor has some breaking news about the Marriott...
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Episode 149: Gallifrey One 2019 Coverage DAY TWO
Well, we finally did it. We braved LobbyCon WITHOUT separate microphones. Join John and Taylor as they recap their second day of Gallifrey One with Mike Solko (@MASolko) and Kevin!
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Episode 148: Gallifrey One 2019 Coverage DAY ONE
It's finally here! Gallifrey One's 30th Convention is happening right now at the LAX Marriott, and you know we're recording from inside the whole event! Join John and Taylor as they recap their first day experiences, and talk about their first time as panelists!
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Episode 147: Dr. Who and the Daleks OR Someone Set Us Up the Bomb
Dalekmania was once a thing. And it caused people to do some crazy things. For instance, the 1965 film Dr. Who and the Daleks in which we throw out most of Doctor Who canon to create an unusual alternate world in which a normal old doddering scientist just happens to create a time machine out of…
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Episode 146: Season 11 Roundtable Review OR Perspectives in Time
Podcastica is back! After three weeks off, we're back with special guest star Mike Solko to breakdown Season 11 and figure out where were at with all this new Doctor Who! What worked for us, what missed the mark? What did we love and what do we want to see next season? It's a rambling raucous…
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Episode 145: Resolution OR Yes Please, Chibs, More of This!
Happy New Year, everyone! Welcome to the only new 13th Doctor story we're apparently getting this year. It's Resolution (of the Daleks)! We finally get some epic action, explosions, car chases, and some classic elements in this current generation of Doctor Who! John and Taylor dive in and see how...
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Episode 144: The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos OR Yippie-Ki-Ay MuthaRobots
Through the Doctor’s own actions, she sets into a motion a complete crisis of faith amongst a generation of Ux that leads to a 3407 year reign of terror by a former foe over anyone who’d previously wronged him. Can the Doctor correct things? Will Graham suddenly turn into this season’s Samuel L...
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Episode 143: It Takes You Away OR Granny Five is Alive
Somewhere amongst the fjords of Norway, lonely...pining...it calls out. It desires, it mourns, it reaches out...and I’m not even talking about the human characters in this story! No, an entire universe wants companionship, to be part of everything else. And so unfolds the most bizarre, beautiful,...
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Episode 142: The Witchfinders OR Could it be...SATAN?!
Ya know, there’s something in the mud. The government is poisoning the mud and King James knows about it. The land owners know about it and, you know, they are...they’re trying to push their witchfinder agenda to clear out the villages and create their one-Morax government. That’s where my...
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Episode 141: Kerblam! OR Liquidation Sale
The Doctor is visited by a robot with a message and soon team TARDIS is off to the Greatest Show in the Galaxy! Wait, no...wrong Doctor, different robot, definitely different villain. But they are off to the greatest warehouse in the galaxy where a mystery awaits and society’s fears of the future...
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A Doctor Who review podcast! Following and analyzing both Classic and New episodes of one of the greatest sci-fi shows ever.
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