Ep 181 – Angels and Demons of the Punjab

Golly, another lovely-but-heavy episode of Doctor Who. Join Erika, Lizbeth, and Tansy as we dig into this historical-with-aliens. We talk about the history of history in the show, the use (or not) of religion, and much, much, much more! (We did miss having Deb to wrangle us and keep us on track.)

How did “Demons of the Punjab” strike you? Let us know in the comments!

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Happy things:

• Tansy
  • is excited that Australians are taking over Doctor Who!
  • cheers on Big Finish’s special International Women’s Day release!
• Liz
  • has a Big Finish Short Trips story coming in February, and it’ll be read by Neve McIntosh!
  • is thrilled that Doctor Who inspired her niece to learn about Rosa Parks!
• Erika
  • can’t wait to watch Doctor Who with Deb!
  • can’t wait to watch Doctor Who with Lynne (at Chicago TARDIS)!

Article with Vinay Patel’s research material
“The Day India Burned” (documentary)
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Ep 180 – The Tsuranga Conundrummer

Spaceship! Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Tansy as the rest of us try to talk Deb into liking this story more than she did on first viewing. We can all agree that Astos is pretty awesome and we look forward to more Yaz, but that might be it…

What did you think of this story? Was it your favourite of the season like it was for some of the Verities? Or did it leave you wanting more? Let us know in the comments!

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Happy things:

• Tansy
  • loves having new eps of The Ood Cast!
  • wants Americans to use this gorgeous Doctor Who yarn and post pictures of the results!
  • shares The Key to Time with her daughter (thanks to curiosity about Romana’s regeneration)!
• Kat
  • loves having Big Finish written by Gareth David-Lloyd!
  • guested on Doctor Whooch!
• Erika loves having new a ep of Handwavium!
• Deb loves this fannish tweet from Mandip Gill!

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Ep 179 – Arachnids in the UK Time Zone

Arachnophobes beware! This ep was full of creepy-crawlies. Join Deb, Erika, Lizbeth, and  Lynne as we talk about our reactions to spiders, companion balance, visions of dead wives, and more.

How did this one land for you? Let us know in the comments!

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Happy things:

• Lynne is dazzled by the Doctor Who-themed number on Strictly Come Dancing!
• Liz rewatched “Image of the Fendahl”!
• Erika loves this store with LGBTQ+ 13th Doctor art!
• Deb won’t watch it, but she’s nevertheless delighted by a Doctor Who reference in The Haunting of Hill House!

Children of Time and Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Ep 178 – Tabula Rosa

We were all a bit nervous about this story — whenever Doctor Who tackles something as serious as racism, a lot is on the line. Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Liz as we dig through how we feel about this story from our international (and very white) perspectives. If you haven’t already, we highly recommend checking out reviews and comments from people with different backgrounds — especially black women.

How did you feel about “Rosa”? Let us know in the comments!

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Happy things:

• Kat loves the new “STATS!” theme song on Radio Free Skaro!
• Erika
  • enjoys the synchronicity of the timing of a cool Victor Pemberton-related tweet!
  • discovers her MLA also watches Doctor Who!
• Liz
  • has spiffy new 13th Doctor badges!
  • recommends Final Space!
• Deb
  • eagerly awaits more 10th Doctor and Donna audios from Big Finish!
  • even more eagerly awaits a Big Finish Short Trips story about the 12th Doctor, written by none other than OUR VERY OWN LIZ!

Malorie Blackman
Noughts & Crosses
Black American Whovian women on Twitter
#TARBIS, Black Girls Create, and their podcast, Time and Relative Blackness in Space
Tai Gooden’s “Rosa” review
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Ep 177 – The Ghost Monument Valley Girls

The second episode of a new Doctor is, in some ways, more meaty and discussable than the first! Join Erika, Lynne, and Tansy as we mourn for Deb’s leaky basement and dig deep into all kinds of important aspects of this new era of Doctor Who.

What do you think of the opening credits, music, Doctor, companions, writing, TARDIS, and anything else so far? Let us know in the comments!

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Happy things:

• Tansy and her family lol over the Honest Trailers for classic and modern Doctor Who!
• Lynne now owns a 13th Doctor coat!
• Erika boggles at the viewing figures for the first Jodie Whittaker episode!

Riley Silverman (one of the fab writers of the Honest Trailers!)
Radio Free Skaro (a source for stats!)
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Ep 176 – The Women Who Fell to Earth

IT’S FINALLY HERE! NEW DOCTOR WHO! Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Lynne as we gush over the new Doctor and pick apart this first episode. We’re quite pleased overall, but as always, there are some serious issues worth discussing, and discuss them we do!

How are you feeling about the new Doctor, the new “fam”, the new showrunner, the questionable narrative choice(s), the secret pigeon, the term “comfrienion”, and everything else? Let us know in the comments!

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Happy Things:

• Erika had a great time on the Doctor Who panel at Edmonton Expo, which you can hear on Radio Free Skaro episode 655!
• Kat enlightens us about each Doctor’s favourite type of bread!
• Lynne has a 10-inch 13th Doctor action dolly with real clothes!
• Deb and her family squeed about seeing Lynne and Erika on the BBC America Doctor Who pre-show!

Chicks Dig Time Lords
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Extra! – Liz in the Hot Seat

It’s time for our final “hot seat” of the year! Join Erika and Lynne as we put many questions to Lizbeth, and she answers them all. She mentions lots of very interesting media, so we recommend listening with Google close at hand if you’re interested in chasing down some of her recommendations!

We also announce our new release schedule: for Series 11, we’ll be pushing our podcast-drop-day back by one. Instead of Wednesday morning (North American time), Verity! will be hitting your pod-feeds on Thursday mornings. (Scheduling across five time zones is hard, y’all!)

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