The Robots of Death Cab for Cutie

It’s Lynne’s turn for some “Comfort Who”! Join Deb, Erika, Kat, and Lynne as we discuss a murder mystery with art deco robots.

Is this story comfort Who for you? Who or why not? Drop us a tweet or let us know in the comments!

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Happy Things:

• Lynne – Jacqueline Hill – A Future in Five Minutes by Louise Bremner (which mentions Verity!)!
• Kat – knitting again!
• Erika – a tweet inspired her to accept the mistakes she made on knitting the S18 scarf!
• Deb – John Bishop on Celebrity GBBO!

Verity!‘s GBBO ep
Our previous ep covering “Robots of Death”
Big Finish Robots range
Erika playing “E-84” on Total Party Kill
Extra-special thanks to this week’s editor, Steven Schapansky of Castria!
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Verity! Episode 45 – Mechanical Meanies

It’s another villaintastic episode of Verity! This time we’re talking about machines–computers, robots, and androids who want to do very bad things. Join Deb, Erika, and Liz as we use “The Robots of Death” as a jumping-off point for our discussion. It’s a great place to start, as it deals not only with robots themselves, but their integration into society. From there we jump to their integration into stories, and after that, we’re all over the map: WOTAN! BOSS! Tara! Smilers! And much much more!

There’s also a wee bit of irony at work in this ep. A technical issue prevented the excision of some coughing. (Deb had a cold.) This would be merely unfortunate, but it’s catapulted into the realm of irony when Erika boasts of her cough-muting prowess…and then can’t mute the coughs. Such hubris. Never tempt fate in front of the podcast gods. Lesson learned.

(That same technical issue accounts for the somewhat iffy sound quality in this ep. We thank you for your patience, and will try to have things back to normal next week!)

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Also covered:

• Erika
  • thinks Snoopy may actually be the Doctor!
  • and fangirls over Doctor Who director Rachel Talalay, who posted a pic of Chicks Dig Time Lords!
• Liz
  • anticipates the newest regeneration of the Rani, courtesy of Big Finish!
  • and said words that are now in Doctor Who Magazine!
• Deb had a smashing good time with Doctor Who programming at Philadelphia Comic Con!

Bonus links:
The Incomparable #193 – Murderous Roomba
The Resurrection Casket
Radio Free Skaro #423
Robophobia

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