Episode 232 – The Caves of Androzani-Jerk Reaction

We’re back with another received fan wisdom hindsight check. Join Deb, Erika, and Tansy as we talk about “The Caves of Androzani” and whether it really belongs at the top of all those fan polls. Is it the greatest Doctor Who story of all time? Or is is “a lot of men being unpleasant in the dark”?

Have you watched this story recently? If so, what did you think, and how did that compare with how you felt about it in the first place? Do you agree with its placement in fan polls? Let us know in the comments!

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Happy things:

• Erika is delighted that a man from Brooks, Alberta built a life-sized TARDIS in his yard!
• Tansy
  • won an Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story for “Dragon by Subscription”!
  • looks forward to an online CoNZealand!
• Deb is delighted by Andrew Smith’s tweet of a pic from 40 years ago on the set of “Full Circle”!

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Extra! – Still Getting by with a Little Hell from Our Friends

Oh look! More “help” from “friends”. Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Lynne as we answer questions from the fellas over at Radio Free Skaro!

How would you have answered these questions? Let us know in the comments!

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Episode 231 – Timelash Extensions

Time for another received fan wisdom hindsight check. Join Deb, Katrina, Liz, and Tansy as they discuss “Timelash” and whether it really belongs at the bottom of all those fan polls.

Have you watched this story recently? If so, what did you think, and how did that compare with how you felt about it in the first place? Do you agree with its placement in fan polls? Let us know in the comments!

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Collective happy thing because Liz sneaks it in: “Marco Polo” on vinyl!

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Extra! – Fan Activism

Today’s Extra! brings you a great conversation on fan activism. Join Deb, Lynne, Tansy, and special guests Joy Piedmont and Robyn Jordan as they delve into this fascinating and important topic.

Have you participated in fan activism? Drop us a tweet or let us know in the comments!

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Joy’s cool stuff:
Reality Bomb
Five Years Rapid

Robyn’s cool stuff:
Black Girls Create
TARBIS podcast
Wizard Team podcast

Resources for Fan Activism:
Harry Potter Alliance
Doctor Who Toolkit
Black TARDIS’s list of #DoctorWhoBlackout organizations and resources

Extra-special thanks to this week’s editor, Steven Schapansky of Castria!
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Episode 230 – All Night Terrors

Hindsight strikes again! Join Deb, Katrina, Liz, and Lynne as they chat about Liz’s choice to revisit, “Night Terrors”.

Have you watched this story recently? If so, what did you think, and how did that compare with how you felt about it in the first place? Let us know in the comments!

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Happy things:

• Liz is here for the Derek Jacobi Master and the 8th Doctor in Big Finish’s Hearts of Darkness!
• Lynne is excited for the 10th Doctor and River Song in Big Finish!
• Kat is rightly proud of the Doctor Who’s Line, is it?…Anyway!!! special charity episode with so many cool guests!
• Deb has strong feelings about the Doctor Who game Thirteen!

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Extra! – Return to Trivia

It’s been a long time since the Verities played Doctor Who Trivial Pursuit. Join Deb as she forces Liz, Lynne, and Tansy to answer all kinds of geeky trivia.

How did you do with these questions? Drop us a tweet or let us know in the comments!

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Episode 229 – Do Blink

Time for more hindsight. Join Deb, Erika, and Katrina as we dip back and see if “Blink” is really all that or if our views have changed over the years.

Have you revisited this story recently? If so, what did you think, and how did that compare with how you felt about it in the first place? How do you feel about it as a Doctor Who intro story? And has that changed? Let us know in the comments!

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Happy things:

• Erika was thrilled to hear Dan Starkey say her name during a #DoctorWhoQuiz for The Lily Foundation!
• Kat enjoyed Staged with David Tennant and Michael Sheen!
• Kat and Deb both loved Jodie Whittaker and David Tennant on The Late Late Show with James Corden!

Erika’s post on “Blink” as a Doctor Who starter story
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Extra! – We Get By with a Little Hell from Our Friends

This week Deb comes up with a cooperative way to friend-source game material for the podcast. Join her as she puts Erika, Katrina, and Lynne through a new edition of “Seven Minutes in Heaven/Hell” with topics by friend-of-the-show (and as we recorded, birthday-boy) Kyle Anderson! We’re calling this new targeted crowd-sourcing feature “We Get By with a Little Help from Our Friends”.

What do you have to say about these topics? Drop us a tweet or let us know in the comments!

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Episode 228 – The Rings of Akhaten Things I Hate About You

Time for another bit of hindsight. Join Deb, Erika, Liz, and Tansy as we discuss Deb’s modern Who pick to look back at, “The Rings of Akhaten”. Fandom really hates this one. And we (mostly) didn’t love it the first time around. Do we now? Have we grown souls (according to Liz)? Listen and see!

Have you revisited this story recently? If so, what did you think, and how did that compare with how you felt about it in the first place? And how do you think this story compares to “Vincent and the Doctor”? Let us know in the comments!

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Happy things:

• Liz looks forward to Big Finish’s Time Lord Victorious audios!
• Tansy is enjoying AcornTV for British shows with Doctor Who actors!
• Erika and Deb were both pleased with the “turnout” for the #DoctorWhoBlackout Tweet-along and all the money raised for Black Lives Matter causes!
• Deb also enjoyed the Doctor Who Lockdown Longsong!

The Real Black British History Behind #DoctorWhoBlackout
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Verity! BlackOut

We strongly believe the events happening in the United States surrounding the death of George Floyd as well as the systematic racism and police brutality that killed him, call for soul searching and reflection. As a result, we’ve pulled this week’s episode of Verity! Instead we urge you listen to Black voices in Doctor Who, like Time and Relative Blackness in Space (#TARBIS) by Black Girls Create, Black voices in social media like Ava DuVernay and Kenidra Woods, and, most importantly, Black voices in your community.

Rather than listening to us, listen to them.

Never be cruel, never be cowardly… Remember – hate is always foolish…and love, is always wise. – The Doctor

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