Debating Doctor Who

"Deep Breath" premieres on Saturday, so Caroline and Alasdair offer up a last-minute Season 8 preview! We collect the best quotes from the show’s cast and creators about the upcoming season and discuss the episode titles (spoiler free!). Then in part two, we look at the past two regeneration stories, “The Christmas Invasion” and “The Eleventh Hour.” They take very different approaches to introducing new Doctors and we weigh the pros and cons of each.

"Deep Breath" premieres on Saturday, so Caroline and Alasdair offer up a last-minute Season 8 preview! We collect the best quotes from the show’s cast and creators about the upcoming season and discuss the episode titles (spoiler free!). Then in part two, we look at the past two regeneration stories, “The Christmas Invasion” and “The Eleventh Hour.” They take very different approaches to introducing new Doctors and we weigh the pros and cons of each.

We return from a brief hiatus with some listener emails! Then in our brand new “Who Alumni Theater” segment we take a look at David Tennant and Catherine Tate’s stage production of Much Ado About Nothing, Christopher Eccleston in the HBO show The Leftovers, and Karen Gillan in Guardians Of The Galaxy. In the second half we finally get around to discussing time travel. Just what is a fixed point in time and what episode best explores it? Caroline looks at “The Fires Of Pompeii” and Alasdair examines “The Waters Of Mars.”

We return from a brief hiatus with some listener emails! Then in our brand new “Who Alumni Theater” segment we take a look at David Tennant and Catherine Tate’s stage production of Much Ado About Nothing, Christopher Eccleston in the HBO show The Leftovers, and Karen Gillan in Guardians Of The Galaxy. In the second half we finally get around to discussing time travel. Just what is a fixed point in time and what episode best explores it? Caroline looks at “The Fires Of Pompeii” and Alasdair examines “The Waters Of Mars.”

We return from a brief hiatus with some listener emails! Then in our brand new “Who Alumni Theater” segment we take a look at David Tennant and Catherine Tate’s stage production of Much Ado About Nothing, Christopher Eccleston in the HBO show The Leftovers, and Karen Gillan in Guardians Of The Galaxy. In the second half we finally get around to discussing time travel. Just what is a fixed point in time and what episode best explores it? Caroline looks at “The Fires Of Pompeii” and Alasdair examines “The Waters Of Mars.”

Debating Doctor Who boldly goes where no podcast has gone before with a Star Trek crossover episode! Alasdair and Caroline discuss their history with the sci-fi franchise and discuss how Who and Trek have both evolved over the years. In the second half, we compare the Doctor Who season one finale,“Bad Wolf”/”The Parting Of The Ways” to Star Trek: The Next Generation’s “The Best Of Both Worlds (Parts 1 & 2).”

Debating Doctor Who boldly goes where no podcast has gone before with a Star Trek crossover episode! Alasdair and Caroline discuss their history with the sci-fi franchise and discuss how Who and Trek have both evolved over the years. In the second half, we compare the Doctor Who season one finale,“Bad Wolf”/”The Parting Of The Ways” to Star Trek: The Next Generation’s “The Best Of Both Worlds (Parts 1 & 2).”

Debating Doctor Who boldly goes where no podcast has gone before with a Star Trek crossover episode! Alasdair and Caroline discuss their history with the sci-fi franchise and discuss how Who and Trek have both evolved over the years. In the second half, we compare the Doctor Who season one finale,“Bad Wolf”/”The Parting Of The Ways” to Star Trek: The Next Generation’s “The Best Of Both Worlds (Parts 1 & 2).”

There's a new winner of the Danielle Email Of The Week award, and we take a look at the official season eight trailer. In the second half, we examine the various ways the new series has reintroduced classic monsters. Alasdair looks at the Ice Warriors in "Cold War" and Caroline revisits the Cybermen in "Rise Of The Cybermen"/"The Age Of Steel."

There's a new winner of the Danielle Email Of The Week award, and we take a look at the official season eight trailer. In the second half, we examine the various ways the new series has reintroduced classic monsters. Alasdair looks at the Ice Warriors in "Cold War" and Caroline revisits the Cybermen in "Rise Of The Cybermen"/"The Age Of Steel."