The Doctor Who Show

Primary Sources – December 1985

Welcome to the 17th episode of a short podcast we’re dropping on the feed every month in between our regular monthly shows.

In today’s podcast, Rob sits down with Mark from the All of Time and Space podcast to discuss the letters to Doctor Who Magazine 107, from December 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.

The Book of Boba Fett

Bounty hunter Boba Fett & mercenary Fennec Shand navigate the underworld - and more - after they return to Tatooine to claim Jabba the Hutt's old turf.

Join Rob & Dave, with special guest Richard (Goodies Pirate Podcast, Spacefall: A Blakes 7 Podcast), as they discuss the highs and lows of the series.

Temuera Morrison as Boba Fett
Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand
Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin
Matt Berry as the voice of 8D8
David Pasquesi as the majordomo to the Mayor of Mos Espa
Jennifer Beals as Garsa Fwip
Carey Jones as Krrsantan
Sophie Thatcher as Drash
Jordan Bolger as Skad

Top Console Rooms

A new month means a new LIST MAKERS episode!

This time, our top five console rooms in Doctor Who; classic and modern.

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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The Podcast of Decision IV

It's become traditional for the January slot in the Doctor Who Show calendar to let Rob have a break from the flagship show while Dave creates something a bit different; often with his local mates from fandom in Victoria.

Today, the Podcast of Decision IV.

Dave is joined by Mark (42 to Doomsday, Goodies Pirate Podcast), and Richard (Space Fall: A Blakes 7 Podcast, Goodies Pirate Podcast), for an hour of games and general discussion about Doctor Who through those games.

If you'd like to hear more of these games we sometimes play on the podcast, you can find the previous three installments of the Podcast of Decision in episodes released on November 11, 2018; August 25, 2019; and April 12, 2020.

Rob will be back next month for one of our legendary deep dives on a classic season of Doctor Who. For the seasons we're proposing to look at, and how to vote for what you want to hear us cover, tune into this episode!

Contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

Primary Sources – October 1996

Welcome to the 16th episode of a short podcast we’re 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 244, from October of 1996.

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

This is Primary Sources.

Top ’Not Standard TV’ Doctor Who Stories

A new month means a new LIST MAKERS episode!

This time, our top 'not standard TV' Doctor Who stories.

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

Rob and Dave Unplugged 2

January 5, 2022 saw Rob and Dave catch up, in person, in Sydney. Being based in different Australian cities - and the pandemic - it was only the third time they've met in person since first meeting on January 27, 2018.

That first meeting resulted in a lo-fi, hotel room recording which got called, 'Rob and Dave Unplugged' where the guys discussed fandom in Australia, and their roles in it (and out of it), during the 80s, 90s, 00s, and beyond.

For this latest meeting, the lo-fi, hotel room recording vibe is back. Strap in for, 'Rob and Dave Unplugged 2' where, this time around, the guys take 19 questions and a comment, from their social media followers, and answer them all.

The questions take the chat over the place, from hypothetical Doctor Who scenarios, to our favourite Australian bands, to questions about the podcast itself. A veritable cornucopia if you have an hour, or so, to spend with the guys.

Have a comment? hello@theDWshow.net

Eve of the Daleks

On New Year's Eve, the appearance of an executioner Dalek means Sarah and Nick's countdown to midnight will be the strangest and deadliest they have ever known. Can the Doctor, Yaz and Dan save them?

Rob & Dave are back for 2022 - the seventh year of The Doctor Who Show - with a hot take on the New Years Day special that's just aired in the UK and around the globe.

Let us know your thoughts on Eve of the Daleks at hello@theDWshow.net

Primary Sources – December 1998

Welcome to the 15th episode of a short podcast we’re dropping on the feed every month in between our regular monthly shows.

In today’s podcast, Rob sits down with Dylan Rees to talk about the letters to DWM in December of 1998. You might know Dylan as the author of 'Downtime: The Lost Years of Dr Who' or the host of the podcast 'Dr Who: Too Hot For TV' which Rob listens to avidly.

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

This is Primary Sources.

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Been to the movies this holiday season? Chances are you saw Spider-Man: No Way Home

Dave and his Space Fall: A Blake's 7 Podcast co-host, Richard, discuss the film here.

BTW, it's almost a year since we did an episode of Alternate Galaxies (it was December 31, 2020 when we looked at The Mandalorian Series 2), so this is a welcome return to our feed. Hopefully we'll have more Alternate Galaxies content in 2022, with a quieter year for Doctor Who ahead.

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

Flux - A Retrospective

So, that's it. Flux - or Series 13 if you prefer - is over, the Aussie summer's kicking off, and Christmas is in less than a week's time. Seriously, where did 2021 go?

For the final flagship show of the year, Rob and Dave reunite to talk through some news and then conduct one of their famous post-mortems of the most recent series including special Twitter polls conducted with our listeners and a bulging mailbag where you have YOUR say on the series.

The Halloween Apocalypse
War of the Sontarans
Once, Upon Time
Village of the Angels
Survivors of the Flux
The Vanquishers

See you on Boxing Day for an episode of PRIMARY SOURCES, and then we'll be back early in 2022 with a hot take episode on the New Year's Day special, EVE OF THE DALEKS.

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

The List Makers – Top Five Classic Writers

A new month means a new LIST MAKERS episode!

This time, our top classic era Doctor Who writers.

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

The Vanquishers

In the final epic chapter in the story of the Flux, all hope is lost. The forces of darkness are in control. But when the monsters have won, who can you count upon to save the universe?

Rob & Dave continue their hot takes on Doctor Who Series 13: Flux, this time subtitled Episode 6, The Vanquishers.

Let us know your thoughts on Series 13 or anything Doctor Who related at hello@theDWshow.net

Survivors of the Flux

As the forces of evil mass, the Doctor, Yaz and Dan face perilous journeys and seemingly insurmountable obstacles in their quest for survival.

Rob & Dave continue their hot takes on Doctor Who Series 13: Flux, this time subtitled Episode 5, Survivors of the Flux.

Let us know your thoughts on Series 13 or anything Doctor Who related at hello@theDWshow.net

Crossovers

This month we're riffing on a challenge our listener @alicianeptune set for her YouTube viewers on the channel youtube.com/c/LatinAlice where she asked them to think about placing favourite book, film, or TV characters into other properties. In turn, she was riffing on older episodes of ours, placing Nu-Who Doctors in Classic episodes and Classic Doctors in Nu-Who episodes. This is a very meta topic this month!

Before then, of course, there’s some news from the past month in Doctor Who, and some mini-topics to discuss. You know the drill for our monthly episode by now, dear listener.

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