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!

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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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Extra! – We Really Are Monsters

After about a year, we return to the most monstrous of games, You Monster, You. Join Deb as she makes Erika and Tansy make TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE choices.

What would you have done in our shoes? Let us know in the comments!

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Doctor Who: The Writers’ Room on “The Evil of the Daleks”
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Ep 175 – A-Kickin’ and a-Stabbin’

We close off our last mini-arc of 2018 with a wrap-up discussion of kicky-stabby ladies in Doctor Who. Join Deb, Liz, and Tansy as they talk about this history of the more aggressive ladies of Who.

Who are some of your favorite? Let us know in the comments!

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Also covered:

• Tansy acquired Big Finish’s Bernice Summerfield box sets!
• Liz acquired some of Doctor Who The Complete History!
• Deb did not acquire any series 11 scripts, but she’s pretty excited they weren’t all originally written for a woman!

Extra-special thanks to our guest editor, Steven Schapansky of Castria!
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Ep 174 – A Kicky-Stabby Remembrance

Our final mini-arc continues with Ace, who bashes and ‘splodes her way though “Remembrance of the Daleks”. Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Lizbeth as we talk about Ace and her baseball bat and the Nitro-9 she’s not carrying.

What do you think of Ace, both in this story and generally? Let us know in the comments!

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Also covered:

• Kat enjoyed the Marie Claire article and photoshoot with Jodie Whittaker!
• Liz enjoyed Whooverville X!
• Erika enjoyed learning the time and room number for her Doctor Who and Earp Chirp panels at Edmonton Expo!
• Deb enjoyed watching the Doctor break the glass ceiling!

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Andrew-Mark Thompson
Malorie Blackman on Desert Island Discs
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Ep 173 – Let’s Kicky-Stab Hitler

She may be more “shooty-‘splodey” than kicky stabby here, but River Song is the next focus of our mini arc. Join Deb, Erika, Lynne, and Tansy as we talk about “Let’s Kill Hitler” and River (aka Melody, aka Mels) overall.

How do you feel about River in this story? In general? Let us know in the comments!

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Also covered:

• Erika’s local comic shop, Variant Edition, has a TARDIS!
• Tansy (re-?)discovered a delightful fanvid!
• Lynne
  • adores The Time Ladies’ tweet with Jodie Whittaker wearing one hell of a fashionable outfit!
  • is happy to report her new kitten, Hugo, is feeling much better!
• Deb is filled with hope due to the diversity behind the camera for the upcoming series of Doctor Who!

Bonus link:
This Week in Time Travel

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