Ep 69 – Ace is Ace!

This week we focus on one companion–the winner of our Verity! companions poll! Join Deb, Erika, Liz, and Lynne, as we talk about Ace! Our personal feelings about Ace as a companion are mixed, but we all agree (mostly) on her importance as a companion. It’s pretty easy to draw a line between Ace and Rose, and we do just that! We also chat a lot about Ace: as compared to other women on screen at the time, as a character to identify with (or not), and as a tuxedo-wearer.

What are your feelings about Ace? Do you love her attitude? Or does she put you off as a viewer? Or something in between? Let us know in the comments!

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Also covered:

• Liz is happy about all kinds of Gally-related goodness:
  • listening to Doctor Who The Writers’ Room!
  • reading Who’s 50!
  • buying glittery Dapol Daleks!
  • learning Missy is returning to Doctor Who!
  • seeing/signing Companion Piece in the wild!
• Erika is happy about Gally stuff and more:
  • Frazer Hines tweeting that she did a great interview–with emoji!
  • signing four copies of Companion Piece, including one for a Doctor Who writer!
  • appearing in another Doctor Who essay anthology (available for preorder now): Outside In 2!
• Lynne is thrilled Paul Cornell will be writing for Titan’s DW comics!
• Deb
  • adores a Doctor/Master fanvid set to Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space”!
  • listens to the awesome Gallifrey Public Radio podcast!
  • coos over the upcoming Doctor Who Funko Pop Vinyls!

Bonus links:
The Web of Queer podcast
Two Girls, a Guy and a TARDIS podcast
Paul Booth (who was recently interviewed on Radio Free Skaro)
Human Nature (the novel by Paul Cornell)
The Doctor Who Book Club Podcast on Damaged Goods

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Extra! – Gallyriffic!

Once again, we bring you a Gallifrey One-based Verity! that we recorded while in the same room! Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Liz as we giggle over convention fun and revel in the rare experience of recording face-to-face. This year’s Gally saw many of the Verities on stage (interviewing!), on panels (being erudite and awesome!), and wandering the lobby and halls of the LAX Marriott (having a lovely time!).

In addition, Deb has a great interview with director Rachel Talalay, who was a bit of a rockstar at this year’s convention.

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Bonus thank-you link:
Roam Mobility (who made it possible for Erika and Kat to stay in touch while conventioning!)

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Ep 68 – Carryover Companions

Time to talk transitions! Join Deb, Erika, Lynne, and Tansy, as we discuss the companions who were there when the Doctor regenerated. How does a carryover companion help (or not help) the audience’s reaction to a new Doctor? Which companions handled it well? Which freaked out? All this and plenty more this week!

If you’re a day-of downloader, four of us (Deb, Erika, Kat, and Liz) are on their way to (or have already arrived in) Los Angeles for the Gallifrey One convention. If you’re attending, please find us and say hi! We have ribbons AND WRISTBANDS!

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Also covered:

• Tansy hosted a Doctor Who-themed birthday party, complete with TARDIS cake!
• Erika
  • squees over the release of Seasons of War and the money they’re raising for charity!
  • couldn’t be more humbly honored that folks have nominated Verity! for a Hugo Award this year!
• Lynne has only ONE MORE Doctor Who story to consume (The Space Pirates!!), and she’ll have seen/heard ALL the televised eps!
• Deb
  • cannot wait to be on her way to Gally!
  • hails the releases of Seasons of War and Sam Maggs’ The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy!

Bonus links:
Missing episode audios
The Spectre of Lanyon Moor
The Five Companions

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Gallifrey One! Where to find us

Gallifrey One is almost upon us! Deb, Erika, Kat and Liz will be there interviewing, panelling and catching up with friends old and new (also known as “LobbyCon”). As always, we’d love for you to say hello and let us know what you think of the show. (<—unintentional rhyme!) and maybe grab a ribbon or one of our awesome Verity! wristbands.

Verity! Spotting at Gallifrey One:

FRIDAY

12 p.m. Program D: Truly Impossible Girl with Deb Stanish

4:30 p.m. Program C: Torchwood: Still Waiting with Katrina Griffiths

6:30 p.m. Program D: Rivers and Captains with Erika Ensign

8:30 p.m. Program E: Why Doctor Who Matters with Katrina Griffiths

9:30 p.m. Program E: Changing Faces of Doctor Who with Liz Myles

SATURDAY

10 a.m. Program B: Gary Russell interviewed by Erika Ensign

10:45 a.m. Program B: Frazier Hines interviewed by Erika Ensign

12:30 p.m. Program A: Writing Doctor Who moderated by Deb Stanish

2 p.m. Program B: Ellis George interviewed by Deb Stanish

2:30 p.m. Program B: Adjoa Andoh interviewed by Deb Stanish

5:30 p.m. Program B: Janet Fielding interviewed by Deb Stanish

6:15 p.m. Program B: Sophie Aldred  interviewed by Deb Stanish

SUNDAY

1 p.m. Program C: Twelfth Nights with Erika Ensign

2:30 p.m. Program B: Danny Hargreaves interviewed by Katrina Griffiths

3:15 p.m. Program B: Nick Robatto interviewed by Katrina Griffiths

4 p.m. Program C: Missing Companions with Liz Myles

 

Can’t wait to see everyone there!

^D

Extra! – Fanworks Round Table

We’re taking a quick break from our year of companions to provide you with a discussion (and explanation of) fanworks. Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, Liz, and guests Anna Livingston (of A Teaspoon And An Open Mind), and Janita Burgess (of the Organization for Transformative Works), as we discuss what fanworks are, what they mean, how they’ve evolved, where to find them, and much more!

Have you created some fanworks and want to share? Please do so in the comments! Have some favorites you’d like to point us to, be sure to let us know! And we welcome your thoughts on fanworks in general.

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Related links:

• Anna
  • A Teaspoon And An Open Mind
  • Calufrax, Teaspoon’s recommendations community, is on LiveJournal and Tumblr
  • Anna’s recs:
    • A Partial Map of Your TARDIS (Subject to Change), by Levendis
    • Notes on the Domestication of Birds, by Nostalgia. (This story includes a Tenth Doctor/Rose Tyler relationship, and is rated for teen audiences.)
    • All of my fanfic recommendations on Calufrax (many characters, eras, and ratings)
    • Steven Moffat wrote Delgado!Master/Missy fanfic in a recent issue of DWM, and it’s hilarious. (Suitable for all ages, too.)
• Janita
  • International Fanworks Day
  • The Organization for Transformative Works
    • Explanatory video
    • OTW on Tumblr for Fandom First Friday and random fannish goodness
  • OTW projects:
    • Archive of Our Own (AO3), a fanworks archive
    • Fanhackers, a place for non-academic meta discussion of fandom.  Very good for quotations about fandom
    • Fanlore, a wiki about all things fandom, written by everyone
    • Transformative Works and Cultures, an academic journal on fandom
    • And more
  • Janita’s recs:
    • Blood of Angels by LoneGunGuy (X-Files) (part 2, part 3, part 4)
    • Hide of a Life War by Etharei (Teen Wolf)
    • Dice by levitatethis (Heroes)
    • Unsingable Name by cerebel (Heroes)
    • Like Bad Wallpaper by flawedamythyst (Sherlock)
    • The Republic of Heaven by Blind_Author (Sherlock and His Dark Materials)
    • Beacon Hills Mystery series by miss_aphelion (Teen Wolf)
  • Janita can’t share her dissertation, but she can share some of the survey data
• Kat’s recs:
  • Walking Dead 100,000 word fic
  • Bookmarks by Xanister
  • Kat’s own work!
• Liz
  • ahem
• Deb’s crackvid recs:
  • Doctor Who
    • Handlebars
    • Tenth Doctor: The Musical
  • Torchwood
    • Papa Don’t Preach
  • Wholock
    • Sherlock meets the Doctor!
  • Sherlock
    • Last Friday Night
    • You Belong With Me
• Erika’s recs:
  • The Ten Doctors comic, by Rich
  • “Alive Day” Torchwood fanvid, by Sunspot
  • Doctor Noise TROCK (“Captain Jack Harkness”, “The Doctor & the Master”, “Gallifrey”)
• Bonus links:
  • Whedonistas: A Celebration of the Worlds of Joss Whedon by the Women Who Love Them
  • Una McCormack’s Lord of the Rings fanfic
  • adult-fanfiction.org (Note the ADULT part there.)
  • FanFiction.net
  • Verity! on Tumblr (Submit stuff so we may share it!)

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Ep 67 – The First Ladies of Doctor Who

Ok, it’s finally time to talk about “proper” companions (whatever that means). Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Liz as we talk about the companions that started (and re-started) it all. We’re focusing on Susan, Grace, and Rose–the ladies who ushered in each “era” of Doctor Who. We find more parallels than you might expect (certainly more than some of us expected!).

What do you think of these “first” companions? Let us know in the comments!

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Also covered:

• Kat
  • can’t wait to see the Torchwood guests at Gallifrey One!
  • loves this beautiful painting: Tardis in the Woods!
• Liz
  • has a new book coming out: Companion Piece (which Deb may have cribbed this ep’s topic from)!
  • created an Awesome Doctor Who-ish Pinterest board!
• Erika guest-hosted Episode 019 of Reality Bomb!
• Deb
  • looks forward to doing another live Verity! recording at Gallifrey One!
  • thinks (Re)Generation Who looks like it’ll be a great time!
  • ogles the 9th Doctor comic covers Titan Comics just released!

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Extra! – In Defence Of…

That’s right! We’re back with another edition of In Defence Of! (And yes, now that I live in Canada, I’ve started spelling it with a “c”. Sometimes.) Join Deb, Erika, Lynne, and Tansy as we try (oh golly do we try) to defend the topics and concepts our dear sweet CRUEL listeners have suggested. “Dimensions in Time”? The eyebrow agenda? The Dalek episodes with the pig people? And even more! This wasn’t easy, but it sure as heck was fun!

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