The Doctor Who Show

Welcome to the 23rd episode of the podcast we’ve been dropping on the feed every month in between our regular monthly shows.

In today’s podcast, Rob sits down with Mike Solko (@MASolko), to discuss the letters to Doctor Who Magazine 233, from December of 1995.

This is Doctor Who without a safety net. The conversations could go anywhere the guest wants them to go.

This is Primary Sources.

A new month means a new LIST MAKERS episode!

This time, we look at the best Target novels. With 156 novels released between 1973 and 1994, and a number published since 2018, there's a lot for Rob and Dave to choose just five from!

If you’ve never heard a List Makers episode before, these are 20m chats based around making a list related to a Doctor Who topic and discussing our similarities, differences, and whatever else comes up during the chat!

Suggestions for future lists to be drawn from The Hat of Rassilon are welcome; get in touch!

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While Dave is jet-setting around Europe, Rob welcomes Dylan Rees (DOCTOR WHO: TOO HOT FOR TV) back to the podcast.

Dylan has brought today's main topic: 1960s Doctor Who writer, and sometime script editor, Dennis Spooner.

The guys keep the discussion light, so anyone can tune in and learn a little about Dennis and his stories without feeling overwhelmed by someone they perhaps aren't familiar with, writing black and white television almost 60 years ago.

Before then, the guys discuss some news from the past month, some short topics, and some great listener feedback. We really do have the best listeners, folks.

Hope you enjoy the episode! Contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

Welcome to the 22nd episode of the podcast we’ve been dropping on the feed every month in between our regular monthly shows.

In today’s podcast, Rob sits down with his podcast co-host, Dave, to discuss the letters to Doctor Who Magazine 132, from January of 1988.

This is Doctor Who without a safety net. The conversations could go anywhere the guest wants them to go.

This is Primary Sources.

A new month means a new LIST MAKERS episode!

This time, we look at Nu Who (or Modern Doctor Who as some like to call it), writers. Who do we rate, and why? There's a lot to choose from since the revival in 2005!

If you’ve never heard a List Makers episode before, these are 20m chats based around making a list related to a Doctor Who topic and discussing our similarities, differences, and whatever else comes up during the chat!

Suggestions for future lists to be drawn from The Hat of Rassilon are welcome; get in touch!

Twitter, Facebook or email us old-school style at hello@thedwshow.net

In our 15th outing for this mini-podcast on our feed, we’ve been watching Obi-Wan Kenobi (so you don't have to), and we give our thoughts on it.

Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Rupert Friend as the Grand Inquisitor
Sung Kang as the Fifth Brother
Moses Ingram as Reva Sevander / Third Sister
Vivien Lyra Blair as Leia Organa
Kumail Nanjiani as Haja Estree
Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader
Indira Varma as Tala Durith
O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Kawlan Roken

What baddies would we bring back to Doctor Who... and why? This month we discuss enemies from the earliest days of the classic era, through to the modern era, who could make a great comeback in the series, whether long overdue or not.

Before then, we discuss some news from the past month, some short topics, and some great listener feedback. We really do have the best listeners, folks.

PS: We had some sound issues this episode, thanks for bearing with them.

Hope you enjoy the episode! Contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

Welcome to the 21st episode of the podcast we’ve been dropping on the feed every month in between our regular monthly shows.

In today’s podcast, Rob sits down with Paul Hayes, author of The Long Game – 1996-2003: The Inside Story of How the BBC Brought Back Doctor Who, to discuss the letters to Doctor Who Magazine 103, from August of 1985.

This is Doctor Who without a safety net. The conversations could go anywhere the guest wants them to go.

This is Primary Sources.

A new month means a new LIST MAKERS episode!

This time, it's the big one. What are Rob and Dave's top five classic era Doctor Who stories? No fudging, no ducking the topic, tonight the guys lay down a cold, hard five stories each. No more, no less. Do they have any snaps? Are there any surprises?

If you’ve never heard a List Makers episode before, these are 20m chats based around making a list related to a Doctor Who topic and discussing our similarities, differences, and whatever else comes up during the chat!

If you’re enjoying this format, write in and let us know. Suggestions for future lists to be drawn from The Hat of Rassilon are also welcome; get in touch!

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Well, you voted for it on Twitter, folks...

Season 1 (Hartnell) 40.3%
Season 13 (Baker) 32.8%
Series 7a (Smith) 14.9%
08-10 Specials (Tennant) 11.9%

So here we are, to discuss Season One of Doctor Who from 1963/64.

An Unearthly Child
The Daleks
The Edge of Destruction
Marco Polo
The Keys of Marinus
The Aztecs
The Sensorites
The Reign of Terror

Before then, we talk the month in Doctor Who, including a ton of public filming featuring David Tennant, Catherine Tate, and co., in addition to a revealing Chris Chibnall interview in Doctor Who Magazine.

Hope you enjoy the episode! Contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

Welcome to the 20th episode of the podcast we’re dropping on the feed every month in between our regular monthly shows.

In today’s podcast, Rob sits down with Dave to discuss the letters to Doctor Who Magazine 133, from February of 1988.

This is Doctor Who without a safety net. The conversations could go anywhere the guest wants them to go.

This is Primary Sources.

A new month means a new LIST MAKERS episode!

This time, Doctor Who’s top guest stars. How many runners up does Rob bring to the table?

If you’ve never heard a List Makers episode before, these are 20m chats based around making a list related to a Doctor Who topic and discussing our similarities, differences, and whatever else comes up during the chat!

If you’re enjoying this format, write in and let us know. Suggestions for future lists to be drawn from The Hat of Rassilon are also welcome; get in touch!

Twitter, Facebook or email us old-school style at hello@thedwshow.net

Alternate Galaxies content continues in 2022 and, this time, in our 14th outing for this mini-podcast on our feed, we've been watching Star Trek Picard (Season 2), and we give our thoughts on it.

Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard
Alison Pill as Agnes Jurati
Isa Briones as Kore Soong
Michelle Hurd as Rafaella "Raffi" Musiker
Santiago Cabrera as Cristobal "Chris" Rios
Evan Evagora as Elnor
Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine
Orla Brady as Laris/Tallinn
Brent Spiner Dr. Adam Soong

Rob and Dave discuss Ncuti Gatwa being cast as the Doctor within the first hour of the announcement.

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Our LUNGBARROW episode (back in September 2021), was very popular with our listeners as it took a story many fans were interested in, but had never read, and gave them a deep dive into the storyline along with our thoughts.

We replicate that today by looking at the 2002 audio, DEATH COMES TO TIME. A total non-canon novelty - that was even a bit weird to make at the time - we go through the plot in massive detail and, of course, give our opinions.

This feature comes after 20 minutes, or so, of news and short topics to kick proceedings off. You know the drill by now, Dear Listener. Fill your boots.

Hope you enjoy the episode! Contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net