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Dec

2019

Children of the Stones 2 – Circle of Fear

Why do I have this weird feeling that there’s an episode of Doctor Who with this name?

This might be one of the shortest “actual” episodes we’ve ever released. Obviously our introductory episodes are always shorted than this, but this covers an actual topic! A whole full 25 minute episode that we condensed into a whole 21 minute podcast episode. Amazing that’s a whole 4 minutes we saved you. It’s Circle of Fear, written by Jeremy Burnham and Trevor Ray and aired on January 17, 1977.

Show-notes:

1:48: According to Wikipedia, Dai is a Welsh name.
6:02: Here’s the mentos & coke fishing video. They’re catfish by the way. Mudskippers are another type of fish that are able to live in and out of water.
18:17: Speaking of Neverending Story 3, we watched Neverending Story 3 for our movie trilogy podcast Triple Play: A Movie Trilogy Podcast, which you should check out cause it desperately needs the listeners.
18:50: The Black Cauldron was a book that came out in the 60s before Disney made the movie.

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Dec

2019

281: End Doctor Who Once and for All (The Ghost Monument)

Doctor Who must not go on.

When I saw the title for this episode the first time I was convinced it was some sort of monument to Casper the friendly ghost. Like it was going to be something super cool about this cartoon character. In hindsight I’m starting to think that would be the weirdest crossover in existence, but I kind of want to see if they could make it work. It’s The Ghost Monument, written by Chris Chibnall and aired on October 14, 2018.

Show-notes:

10:11: From Wikipedia: Continuity editing is the process, in film and video creation, of combining more-or-less related shots, or different components cut from a single shot, into a sequence to direct the viewer’s attention to a pre-existing consistency of story across both time and physical location.
23:53: Wikipedia (the source of all my knowledge) doesn’t seem to say anything about being able to overcome dyspraxic setbacks mentally.

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The Doctor Who title music was originally composed by Ron Grainer. The version used in this episode was arranged by Segun Akinola.

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Dec

2019

Children of the Stones 1 – Into the Circle

Personally I find triangles much more pleasing to the eye.

It’s time for us to journey beyond our perception of euclidian space time. It’s time we shut the door on the simple shows of the past, that dealt with complex, 3 dimensional shapes. It’s finally time to take a look at what might be both the most simple and yet also the most complex two dimensional shape: The Circle. It’s Into the Circle, written by Jeremy Burnham and Trevor Ray and aired on January 10, 1977.

Show-notes:

9:12: Check out our Blake’s 7 podcast Zenith: A Blake’s 7 Podcast and our Doctor Who podcast Trust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast.
10:52: Here’s the link if you’re interested in listening to the BBC documentary about this show yourself. I haven’t listened to it yet.
19:48: Check out our movie trilogy podcast Triple Play: A Movie Trilogy Podcast.

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Dec

2019

280: I’ve Made my Final Judgement (The Woman Who Fell to Earth)

We all regenerate into women this week.

Just kidding, Trust Your Doctor is still a sausage fest. Sort of. It’s kind of sobering to realize just how many male Doctor Who podcasts there are, and then compare that to the number that have, say, at least one female host. It’s The Woman Who Fell to Earth, written by Chris Chibnall and aired on October 7, 2018.

Show-notes:

8:13: It’s Segun Akinola.
9:35: Population: 582,506 (according to wiki)
10:35: Brian Regan on spelling things
10:55: Pea tear griffin
24:35: Check out Krynoid Podcast
36:28: Check out our classic sci-fi podcast Inevitable: A Classic Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Dec

2019

Star Cops 9 – Little Green Men and Other Martians

And so we have reached our second series finale.

The title of this episode remind me of that Star Trek episode that one time when Quark went back in time and it turned out he was the alien that crash landed at Roswell, New Mexico. That would have been the weirdest thing about this episode, tbh, if it had suddenly turned into a crossover with Star Trek. Can you imagine?! It’s Little Green Men and Other Martians, written by Chris Boucher and aired on August 31st, 1987.

Show-notes:

1:39: This episode was always meant to be the finale to the show with the cliffhanger ending of them going to Mars. In the original plan this was episode 10, but one episode (the original episode 9) was cancelled and they just moved this one up.
5:29: Episode 5 was written by Philip Martin.
36:00: I’ll just leave this here again: Big Finish Star Cops hub
41:18: To them I say you should listen to Zenith: A Blake’s 7 Podcast.

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Dec

2019

The Twelfth Doctor Retrospective

This is the end of everything.

It’s kind of bittersweet saying goodbye to so many things that have kind of become staples so to speak of the show for us. Stephen Moffat, Murray Gold, Mark Gatiss, Peter Capaldi. All of them are leaving for us now. This almost feels like it might be one of the biggest changes in the show that we’ve ever experienced. This week we read Terrorformer and The Swords of Kali, published in October 2014 through February 2015.

Show-notes:

5:19: Check out our Blake’s 7 podcast Zenith: A Blake’s 7 Podcast.
15:35: The Enigma of Amigara Fault. Also check out our classic sci-fi podcast Inevitable: A Classic Sci-Fi Podcast. It desperately needs the listeners.
25:42: The Massacre only had 4 episodes thankfully.

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Dec

2019

Star Cops 8 – Other People’s Secrets

Two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead.

I have never seen a psychiatrist, but I have seen a psychologist. And I’m starting to really wonder how that distinction could be so massively lost in Star Cops. I mean, they do and perform completely and utterly different tasks so the confusion between the two is honestly baffling. Unless Parr just happens to be a psychiatrist that also performs psychological duties, which then that’s all well and good. It’s Other People’s Secrets, written by John Collee and aired on August 24th, 1987.

Show-notes:

13:15: Check out Zenith: A Blake’s 7 Podcast, our Blake’s 7 podcast.
32:27: War Horse was directed by Stephen Spielberg
43:33: More about Bright if you care. Also, Wikipedia describes this as urban fantasy and not high fantasy, so that’s a little disappointing.
46:24: Ok here we go:
Like the ripple of the water sends a message to the shore
So for now and ever after I will miss you more and more
It won’t be easy
No, no
I won’t be easy without you
No, no
I won’t be easy
No, no, no.

Shine a light into the darkness find an answer everyday
How I wish that you were with me now I know that come what may
It won’t be easy
No, no
It won’t be easy without you
No, no
It won’t be easy
No, no, no.

Reach across the stars let them know you’re with me
Reach across the stars send out the word let them know what can be
Send out the word I remember you.

In the shelter of the moonlight in the shadow of the sun
In the silence that’s eternal there’s a blessing one by one
It won’t be easy
No, no
It won’t be easy without you
No, no
It won’t be easy
No, no, no.

Thanks, David.
47:34: The Big Finish Star Cops portal if you care.

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Dec

2019

279: We Want People to Cry on Christmas (Twice Upon a Time)

Personally, I make it a rule to cry on every day EXCEPT Christmas.

Did you ever watch that Disney movie? Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas? Well fun fact they actually made a sequel, called Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas. And every time I watch this episode I think of that movie because the names are so suspiciously similar. I mean, have you ever seen anything else in any media that uses the word “twice” at all? It’s Twice Upon a Time, written by Stephen Moffat and aired on December 25, 2017.

Show-notes:

1:10: More about Her (2013) if you care
7:32: I messed up the numbering here, but just pretend I got it right. The order is right though.
10:55: It was Wills.
13:12: Tenth Planet takes place in December 1986.
20:19: The 500 year diary was used by the Second Doctor in Power of the Daleks. Then the Seventh Doctor used the 900 year diary in the tv movie, the Eleventh Doctor used the 1200 year diary, and the Twelfth Doctor used the 2000 year diary.
25:38: Counterfeit money scene from Exit Through the Gift Shop
30:30: Check out Inevitable: A Classic Sci-Fi Podcast, on which we discuss Star Cops and other classic sci-fi shows.
42:59: David Tennant on pears
51:40: Terraformer and The Swords of Kali

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Nov

2019

Star Cops 7 – A Double Life

Alternate title: Online Guess Who Champion Anna Shoun

I just realized how much easier this show would be to do if we both also had clones. Can you imagine if there was a clone Dylan whose entire job is to just edit this podcast? Straight up I would save so much time if I had another version of me to do that. This weekend I spent upwards of 5 hours on Trust Your Doctor. 5 hours! It’s A Double Life, written by John Collee and aired on August 17th, 1987.

Show-notes:

1:26: Here’s the 30th anniversary article from We Are Cult.
10:54: Guess Who gameplay demonstration
33:59: yes, Chris Boucher is still alive. The Kaldor City series was released in the early-mid 2000s, with expanded universe stuff coming out up until 2012.

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Nov

2019

278: Selfcest ft. Argy (World Enough and Time & The Doctor Falls)

Don’t knock it till you try it.

I read a pretty good poem recently, but it wasn’t in any way related to this episode. I just thought it was a good poem. It was called “Go to the Limits of Your Longing.” Rilke wrote it. I highly recommend it. It’s World Enough and Time & The Doctor Falls, written by Stephen Moffat and aired on June 24 and July 1, 2017.

Show-notes:

10:59: If you don’t know what Xena: Warrior Princess is, this is what it is.
11:47: To His Coy Mistress
16:19: Here’s the actual 12th Doctor intro and here’s the fanmade intro (created by Billy Hanshaw) that it was based on. I like Hanshaw’s version better.
28:15: Here’s a pretty good article about the whole “Doctor Who” vs. “The Doctor” debate.
52:26: Metallica’s “One” music video
1:10:14: Check out Inevitable: A Classic Sci-Fi Podcast (in which we discuss Star Cops). And while you’re at it, check out Zenith: A Blake’s 7 podcast and Triple Play: A Movie Trilogy Podcast.
1:15:45: Here’s an example of Michelle Gomez’s stand up.

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