Doctor WHOdcast

It’s the end. But the moment has been prepared for.” Charlie, Will and returning guest Tom go straight in and dive… into the US election result that was announced the day before recording. And then we talk about one of the best final episodes of a Doctor Who season there has ever been. Join us as we compare Joe Biden to Wilfred Mott, explore the differences between the finales of Classic Who and Modern Who, talk about that landmark kiss (and no I do not mean the Doctor and Bad Wolf) and scrutinise the episode as a text (thank you Roland Barthes/HP and the Sacred Text). Netflix Synopsis: With the Daleks’ numbers rejuvenated, the Time War rages, and the Doctor will have to make difficult choices and sacrifices to save lives. Theme tune based on the Doctor Who Theme by Murray Gold. Written by Will Paxton, produced by Tom Ling, sung by Fanta Barrie.

After 5 long months Will and Charlie have finally reached the season 1 two-part finale! Will, Charlie and special guest Tom Thornhill (or as he is now known DJ TJ Thornhill) dive deep in our longest and episode to-date, delving into the major and the minutia.  We examine the significance of the three main television companies banding together for Doctor Who, revel in how Strewd is a fabulous reference to successful queer big brother contestants, reminisce about Doctor Who Top Trumps, and fury over both the blatant lack of John Barrowman's opening credit and the cencorship of that wonderfully peachy a**.  Netflix Synopsis: The Doctor, Rose and Jack are unwillingly transported into a popular -- but deadly -- reality game show. Theme tune based on the Doctor Who Theme by Murray Gold. Written by Will Paxton, produced by Tom Ling, sung by Fanta Barrie. NB: This Episode was recorded in person before London's Tier 2 Lockdown. 

We are back and with returning special guest Faye Lawlor to review the dark buddy comedy that is Boom Town. We talk about the best fart joke of 2005, the best multi-person TARDIS crew, the oddly pipe-cleaner esque egg and the alternate planned version of Episode 11 that made all our jaws drop. Netflix Synopsis: While in present-day Cardiff to recharge the TARDIS, the Doctor encounters an enemy he thought was dead. Theme tune inspired by the Doctor Who Theme by Murray Gold. Written by Will Paxton, produced by Tom Ling, sung by Fanta Barrie.

Join Charlie, Will and returning special guest Chavonne Brown as they review the second part of Moffat's gothic horror/queer romp - The Doctor Dances.  We discuss Charlies hatred of the squareness gun, Gay Uncle Vernon, the plot spoiling next time for Boom Town, the beginning of Moffatisms and Jenna Coleman as a Captain Marvel plot device. We also ask important questions like in the previous nine episodes, is the Doctor always carrying a banana? Why does the Doctor never save Ramadan, Eid or Kwanzaa and is Captain Jack Harkness more Han Solo or Lando Calrissian.  WARNING: This episode has some explicit sexual imagery and is not for the faint hearted (or bladdered).  Netflix Synopsis: A growing army of gas-maskes zombies threatens to spred the Child's plague unless the Doctor, Rose and charming con man Captain Jack can stop them.  Theme tune inspired by the Doctor Who Theme by Murray Gold. Written by Will Paxton, produced by Tom Ling, sung by Fanta Barrie.

Episode 9 out now and it's our second TWO PARTER SPECIAL. On the podcast this week we are joined by the wonderful Chavonne Brown for the episode that scarred all of us as children and still as adults, Steven Moffat's The Empty Child.  We talk about the importance of Captain Jack for queer representation on TV, the wonderful guest cast, adorable child actors, Roses T-Shirt, the campness of the colour move and somehow squeeze in more appreciation of the Mox of Balhoon.  Netflix Synopsis: The Doctor and Rose chase a strange metal cylinder to 1941 wartime London, where homeless kids are terrorised by a gas-masked unearthly child.  Theme tune inspired by the Doctor Who Theme by Murray Gold. Written by Will Paxton, produced by Tom Ling, sung by Fanta Barrie

Charlie and Will finally meet in person (socially distanced of course) to dote on the brilliant Father's Day.  We fall in love with Pete Tyler (THE Daddy), continue to chart The Doctor's hatred of men, explicate the nuances of Rose's near perfect cry acting, give some love to Birmingham Drag Legend Ginny Lemon, compare Adam with Wesley Crusher and end by giving an emotional love letter to Christoper Ecclestone Netflix Synopsis: When Rose alters the course of events and saves her father, she creates a time paradox that unleashes deadly creatures. Theme tune based on the Doctor Who Theme by Murray Gold. Written by Will Paxton, produced by Tom Ling, sung by Fanta Barrie. 

This week on the podcast Charlie and Will discuss the most classic Doctor Who episode of the new who series, The Long Game. We ask if the Doctor is a doctor of medicine, appreciate Christopher Ecclestone's eagerness to hug, invent our own Turn Left(esque) take on the Walking Dead, ponder if Rose and the Doctor are intergalactic swingers, queen out on Simon Pegg and sing the praises of Solo: A Star Wars Story. Netflix Synopsis: the Doctor, Rose and Adam visit the year 200,000, where Earth's largest broadcast station, Satellite 5, uses mind control over its viewers. Theme tune based on the Doctor Who Theme by Murray Gold. Written by Will Paxton, produced by Tom Ling, sung by Fanta Barrie.

In Part 2 of the Doctor Who Movie, Charlie and Will explore all the different sides to Eric Robert's Master, including Bruce the Terminator, Zombie Master, The Hood from Thunderbirds Master and finally Hades from Disney's Hercules Master.  We also chat about how Sacha Dwarnan is similar to Jonathan Price's Master, wonder what on earth temporal drift actually is (apart from a need for speed game), and whether Hayden Christensen actually likes sand. Theme based on the Doctor Who Theme by Murray Gold. Written by Will Paxton, produced by Tom Ling, sung by Fanta Barrie.

We are now halfway through Season 1 and so we thought we would give our whodcasters a little treat by recapping the wonderfully bizarre Doctor Who TV Movie. This was the first episode of the podcast ever recorded by Will and Charlie, so it's even more wibbly wobbly than usual. Join us as we present our thesis on why we love Doctor Who, the problematic orientalism of Chang Li, the high-camp of Grace Holloway’s introduction, Queer as Folk discrediting Paul McGann and #jizzsnake. Get it trending! Theme based on the Doctor Who Theme by Murray Gold. Written by Will Paxton, produced by Tom Ling, sung by Fanta Barrie.

With the announcement that Christopher Ecclestone will be returning to the whoniverse with Big Finish, what better time to recap the episode that made us trully marvel at his take on the Doctor, Dalek.  Alex Wilcox joins Charlie and Will as we discuss the steampunk, brassy new who Dalek, laugh about Henry Van Statten's alternate name, cringe at Adam and Roses dialogue and breifly touch on Jubilee, Robert Shearmans Big Finish masterpiece that spawned one of the best acted episodes of modern era Doctor Who.  Netflix Synopsis: Beneath the salt flats of Utah, the Doctor meets an eccentric collector of alien artifacts and comes face-to-face with an old enemy.  Theme tune based on the Doctor Who Theme by Murray Gold. Written by Will Paxton, produced by Tom Ling, sung by Fanta Barrie.