This episode originally broadcast on January 11, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/01/binary-system-podcast-393-wtnv-240-he-is-holding-a-knife-and-doctor-who/

"Fenslaw.
Coliss.
Brate.
Gilvane.
Stond."

The latest episode of Night Vale before they went on hiatus (they're always on hiatus in January and we will never remember that) was delightfully creepy in a way we didn't see coming at all, what a fantastic surprise. We can't say more, because spoilers. (This episode of VagueCast is brought to you by Tossed Risotto, Oboe Drinking Straws, and Postage Stamp "Snackables.")

In other news, it took a while but both of us have finally watched the Doctor Who episode "Wild Blue Yonder" and seriously you guys, it's so good. Joyful, clever, wonderfully unsettling, and it punches you in the feels the way only Russell T. Davies can do.

This week's outro is a clip from Dance 8 by Magenta 6.

Confirmation: Steven Moffat did indeed write "The Girl in the Fireplace."

The website Elizabeth found with free sci-fi and fantasy short stories (not pirated, they all link back to the sites that published them) is links.freesfonline.net.

You can find Kathryn's review of Lazarus: Volume One here.

This is the Oboe vs. Clarinet short that Kathryn found.

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