Ep 163 – Villainous Women

We’re wrapping up the second mini-arc of our Year of Women! Join Deb, Erika, Lizbeth, and Tansy as we talk about the lady-villains of Doctor Who.

What women actors do we still need to have in Doctor Who? What are your favorite villainous archetypes? And should there be more cloaks? (Yes. Yes there should.) Let us know in the comments!

^E

Also covered:

• Liz is relieved that the pre-Gally-ticket-buying nerves are over and she has her ticket to Gallifrey One 2019!
• Tansy loves Big Finish’s Torchwood Series 5!
• Erika cannot wait for Gallifrey One, even though it’s almost a year away!
• Deb just got ATA Girl and discovered she bought a Big Finish Humble Bundle a while back and now has so much great audio to dive into!

Bonus link:
Lost in Space on Netflix

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Ep 161 – Stones of Justice

Our villains mini-arc continues with a duplicitous dame. Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Tansy as we dig into Viven Fay (aka Cessair of Diplos, aka the Cailleach, aka many other names). With many many many tangents to celebrate the greatness of Beatrix Lehmann as Professor Amelia Rumford.

Are you a fan of these two? Let us know in the comments!

^E

Also covered:

• Kat flips over a femme Adric costume from (Re)Generation Who!
• Erika also loved all the cosplay pics coming out of (Re)Gen and still gets a kick out of Mad Libs!
• Tansy would love you to support her Kickstarter for The Creature Court, which has a few days left as this ep drops!
• Deb also loved the tweets from (Re)Gen–in particular, a few from friend-of-the-show, Joy Piedmont!

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Ep 160 – The Villainess of Venice

It’s time for another year-of-women mini-arc, y’all! Join Deb, Erika, and Lynne as we begin to focus on villains. Our first foray into the territory of lady baddies starts in Venice in 1580: Rosanna Calvierri in “The Vampires of Venice”.

What do you think of this story, this villain, her motives, her species, her biology, and (most importantly) her collar? Let us know in the comments!

^E

Also covered:

• Erika thinks you should all listen to episodes 2.2 and 2.3 of The Incomparable Radio Theater!
• Lynne
  • wants you to preorder the season 12 Blu-ray set like she did!
  • loved the interview where Jodie Whittaker said David Tennant is her favorite Doctor!
• Deb recommends you check out The Time Ladies blog!

Bonus links:
Verity! ep 40 (our year-of-villains ep about women)
Joanna Russ’ We Who Are About To

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Our First Repeat! – Episode 46 – Communication Breakdown

Because of the emotional ups and (mostly downs) of the last week in the world, the Verities did not have it in them to do a podcast–about love or anything else. Instead, we’re releasing our first re-run. Join Deb and Erika as we give a short intro explaining why we’ve chosen to re-release this particular episode. At this time in history, we feel it’s really important.

The conversation Deb talks about in the intro starts at 49:12, so feel free to skip to that if you only want to hear the truly relevant bit. We hope you enjoy!

As always, comments are welcome–especially messages of hope, perseverance, and love.

^E

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As published July 16, 2014

This week we do lots of talking about villains who don’t. Join Deb, Erika, Lynne, and Tansy as we discuss what makes silent villains so creepy and effective. We also discover just how many Moffat-baddies are non-talkers (or mostly non-talkers). And do stick around for a particularly interesting tangent about gender roles and power dynamics in communication. This Verity! ep gets positively analytical! Almost scholarly! Almost.

And of course, let us know who your favorite quiet killers are–or weigh in on the deeper debate about communication in general. Or both!

^E

Also covered:

• ALL the verities are over the moon about the release of Liz’s Big Finish debut: Breaking Bubbles and Other Stories!
• Lynne dies of joy because Rachel Talalay and Peter Capaldi held Chicks Dig Time Lords on the set of Doctor Who!
• Erika
  • wishes womeninpodcasting.org a happy 7th birthday!
  • and loves DW fandom for not publicizing series 8 spoilers!
• Tansy
  • welcomes The Ood Cast back to the world of active-podcasting!
  • and delights in Doctor Who clothing for toddlers!
• Deb delves into the scholarly and math-heavy Blue Box White Paper on time-travel!

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Verity! Episode 64 – Dark, Dangerous Doctor

This week sees the last entry in our year of villains. Join Deb, Erika, Liz, and Lynne as we chat about one of the most interesting villains of them all. Who could it be? Why, it’s the Doctor himself! There are more than a few times our beloved “hero” does things that are far less-than-heroic. We talk about a number of examples, why they are (or aren’t) really villainous, and even slide into a conversation about the nature of evil! Deep stuff. Sorta.

What do you think about the Doctor as a villain? Let us know in the comments.

^E

Also covered:

• Lynne’s home has not one, but two Doctor Who action figure nativity creches!
• Liz is ever so excited for the Christmas special!
• Erika wants to help people find ways to watch Doctor Who!
• Deb continues to be impressed with Toby Hadoke’s Who’s Round podcast from Big Finish (specifically, his interview w/Mark Gatiss)!

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Verity! Episode 63 – Tetchy Antagonistic Rascally Devious Intractable Spaceship

The year is almost over, but there’s still time to finish out our year of villains in style! Join Deb, Erika, Lynne, and Tansy as we talk about the times when the TARDIS has crossed over to the dark side–or seemed to. Or at least acted a little tetchy. Okay, so we realize “villain” is a bit of a strong word, but there were certainly times the TARDIS was antagonistic. And we cover a lot of examples! Here’s a list of (I think) all the stories we talk about in this ep:

• The Edge of Destruction
• The Daleks’ Master Plan
• The Mind Robber
• Logopolis
• Castrovalva
• Frontios
• The TV Movie
• Boom Town
• The Lodger
• The Doctor’s Wife
• Let’s Kill Hitler
• Hide
• Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
• Big Finish:
  • The Settling
  • Zagreus

What other examples can you think of? Let us know in the comments. And let us know what you think of the TARDIS as a “baddie”!

^E

Also covered:

• Tansy revels in a glut of Doctor Who Christmas ornaments, including a (missing) TARDIS!
• Erika
  • enjoyed the heck out of Chicago TARDIS!
  • wishful-thinks Phil Ford might be the next Doctor Who showrunner!
• Lynne has action figures:
  • a Mechanoid (which doesn’t light cigarettes)!
  • a “Silver Nemesis”-Ace WITH THE PORTRAIT!
• Deb
  • gives big kudos to Doctor Who: Legacy for including characters from the comics in their advent calendar!
  • excitedly awaits Doctor Who novel re-releases, including Paul Cornell’s Human Nature!

Bonus link:
Zoe’s spangly pantsuit (scroll down to number 11)

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Verity! Episode 48 – Designing Monsters

Welcome to an aesthetically-oriented episode of Verity! Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Lynne as we take a look at monsters/aliens/villains from a design perspective. Which baddies look great? Which don’t? Does a fleshed-out back story that dovetails with the design help or hinder? And of course, we save time for our most (and least!) favorites! It’s a fascinating discussion that almost breaks Deb at one point–not every DW design choice was a wise one. Sometimes a cape in and of itself *is* the superhero.

What do you think of monster design? Do you have favorites or ones you think work well? Poorly? Let us know in the comments!

^E

Also covered:

• Lynne
  • has embarked upon a series 7 rewatch to prepare for the rapidly-approaching new series!
  • and looks forward to Peter Capaldi taking a firm hand with his character!
• Kat is charmed by 16 seconds of Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman interacting before heading to Sydney!
• Erika
  • enjoys the “secret” trailer for “Deep Breath”–especially Clara’s line at the end!
  • and almost forgets that what’s really making her happy is hearing Maggie Thompson talk about Doctor Who fandom (and how it hasn’t changed that much)!
• Deb
  • has high hopes for a new east-coast Doctor Who convention: (Re)Generation Who!
  • and kindly refrains from stealing Erika’s second happy thing!

Bonus links:
Doctor Who Monsters and Aliens (w/pictures!)
DashCon
Watsonian vs Doylist perspectives on fiction
A bear walking upright

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