Episode 224 – Our Un-Favourites (Part 2ish)

It’s time for the second(?) part of our first hindsight project! Join Deb, Liz, and Tansy as they talk about Doctor Who stories that didn’t really work for them the first time around — and what they remember of those stories. There’s a sizable side-trek into Big Finish as well.

Do you have a Who story that didn’t hit right for you the first time around? Drop us a tweet or let us know in the comments!

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Happy things:

• Tansy
  • loves comedian Celia Pacqola’s instagram pic in a 13th Doctor costume!
  • is delighted to see Verity! with a bunch of super-great podcasts on a list of the 9 Best Doctor Who Podcasts!
• Liz
  • enjoyed the virtual con experience with Time Space Virtualizer!
  • broke and ordered a Nimon figure from eaglemoss!
• Deb loves all the Doctor Who love on Twitter in the form of watch/tweet-alongs (many of which have been organized by Emily Cook)!

Extra-special thanks to this week’s guest editor, Steven Schapansky of Castria!
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Episode 223 – Our Un-Favourites (Part 1ish)

Our theme, Hindsight Is 2020, finally gets into gear! Join Deb, Erika, and Katrina as we talk about Doctor Who stories that didn’t really work for us the first time around — and what we remember of those stories. (Don’t adjust your set. Those cloister bells belong there. Trust us.)

Do you have a Who story that didn’t hit right for you the first time around? Drop us a tweet or let us know in the comments!

^E

Happy things:

• Kat is excited about the Tweetalong for “The Doctor’s Wife” on April 11 at 8pm BST #BiggerOnTheInside!
• Erika is pleased to be doing Lazy Doctor Who again and wonders why nobody told her how great “Colony in Space” is!
• Deb is groovin’ on fan creativity!

Extra-special thanks to this week’s guest editor, Steven Schapansky of Castria!
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Extra! – AVA, the Isolation Edition

Times are tough, and we are too tired for major homework. So join Deb, Erika, Lynne, and Tansy as we answer your questions! That’s right, it’s another edition of Ask Verity! Anything! We crowd-sourced some questions, and we answer some of them here on the podcast. (The rest have been added to the spreadsheet for future use, so thank you for all of them!) We also try to recruit audience assistance to come up with the Doctors as drinks and as dogs. Please tweet us your comparison pictures!

Do you have questions for a future AVA? Let us know in the comments!

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Reality Bomb Episode 054 – Live at Gallifrey One (in which Erika Defends “The Ribos Operation”)
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Extra! – Hindsight Is 2020

New Doctor Who is over for many months so it’s time to turn our thoughts to our 2020 theme, which we crowd-sourced! Join Deb, Erika, Lizbeth, and Lynne as we discuss how “Hindsight is 2020”. Huge thanks to Lisa C. Robbins for not only giving us this great idea, but for being our scribe and documenting the other great ideas from our Gallifrey One meet-up!

Do you have some fab ideas for what we can cover during our year of hindsight? Let us know in the comments!

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Episode 222 – He Blew Up Traditional Fandom

Series 12 was certainly no series 11! Join Deb, Lynne, and Tansy as they discuss the series as a whole. The additional risk-taking, the historicals, the Master, the Doctor, the Doctor, and so much more. There’s a lot to dig into.

What did you think of series 12 as a whole? Drop us a tweet or let us know in the comments!

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Happy things:

• Lynne preordered the Tom Baker season 14 Blu-ray!
• Tansy
  • squees over this whole season of The Oodcast!
  • has a brand new Kickstarter for Castle Charming!
• Deb
  • really digs Big Finish’s Donna Noble: Kidnapped!
  • loves Tai Gooden’s classic Who rewatch Twitter thread!

Sage Young’s five favorite Sacha Dhawan Master moments
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Episode 221 – Remember The Timeless Children

And with that, series 12 comes to an end! Join Erika, Katrina, and Tansy as we talk about how our canon has regenerated once again. We dig into many possibilities and also try to help Kat figure out exactly how she feels about this story and why. Trail mix, anyone?

What did you think of “The Timeless Children”? Drop us a tweet or let us know in the comments!

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Happy things:

• Tansy is still flying through some great Big Finish, and this week she shouts out The Diary of River Song series 6!
• Kat brings us the utter joy of a mashup of The Time Lords’ “Doctorin’ the TARDIS” and Green Day’s “Holiday”!
• Erika
  • looks forward to a “festive” Doctor Who special!
  • can’t get enough of Sacha Dawan saying Tecteun!

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Episode 220 – Ascension of the Cybermen Don’t Leave

It’s hard to talk about the first part of a two-parter when it doesn’t really wrap up anything! Join Deb, Katrina, and Lynne as they discuss Brendan and the Doctor and her relationship with her companions and their feelings about her and a proper-scary Cyberman and the Master and ALL OF IT.

What did you think of “Ascension of the Cybermen”? Drop us a tweet or let us know in the comments!

^E

Happy things:

• Kat enjoys the Doctor Who cast on Beat the Buzzer!
• Lynne
  • will be writing an article for a book Doctor Who and feminism!
  • celebrates the 10th anniversary of Chicks Dig Time Lords!
• Deb ponders the similarities of the Doctor Who and James Bond TV/movie franchises!

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Episode 219 – The Haunting of Villa Diodati Time

A Verity! first — a live-in-person recording at Gallifrey One about an episode of Doctor Who! Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Liz as we discuss the episode we watched in a room full of fellow Doctor Who fans. Gally is always a wonderful, but thoroughly exhausting experience, so please forgive the mistaken episode number in the intro. We swear we didn’t slip 72 episodes into the future.

What did you think of “The Haunting of Villa Diodati”? Drop us a tweet or let us know in the comments!

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Our Happy things all happened here at Gallifrey One, so be on the lookout for tickets for next year’s convention. They’re going on sale in just a couple weeks!

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Episode 218 – Tommy Can You Hear Me?

A spooky story with a serious message — very Doctor Who! Join Deb, Lynne, and Tansy as they discuss everything from the monsters to the mental health issues.

What did you think of “Can You Hear Me?” Drop us a tweet or let us know in the comments!

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Happy things:

• Tansy did a radio hit on the ABC talking about the newest Doctor, as seen in “Fugitive of the Judoon”!
• Lynne
  • loves the Sacha Dawan cover of Doctor Who Magazine 548!
  • can’t wait for The Target Storybook!
• Deb loves getting ready for Gallifrey One by listening to the annual Radio Free Skaro Gally preview episode!

Extra-special thanks to this week’s guest editor, Steven Schapansky of Castria!
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Episode 217 – Praxeus Weekly

Coming off the epicness that was “Fugitive of the Judoon”, this week’s story had quite the shoes to fill (or not try to fill). Join Erika, Lizbeth, and Lynne as we discus this rollicking episode full of characters and moments and laughs and scares.

What did you think of “Praxeus”? Drop us a tweet or let us know in the comments!

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Happy things:

• Lynne can’t wait for Caitlin to meet her Doctor, Matt Smith, at C2E2!
• Liz
  • has another Big Finish story in the forthcoming The Doctor Chronicles: The Twelfth Doctor Volume 01!
  • will be writing flash fiction in front of an audience at Gallifrey One!
  • is nervously excited to meet Jeffrey Combs at Gally!
• Erika hopes lots of audience members will (listen to some back–eps and) try their hand at In Defence Of at Gally!

Bonus links:
The Frighteners
Erika on The Incomparable Doctor Who Flashcast for “Fugitive of the Judoon”
Hammer House of Podcast
Joy’s tweets about “Praxeus” and representation
Uncanny Magazine
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