Doctor Who: Verity!

This week we reflect on another story that wasn't a hit right out of the gate. Join Deb, Katrina, Lizbeth, and Lynne as they discuss how they feel about "In the Forest of the Night" lo these several years on. We also get to hear Lynne's pick for her "hindsight is 2020" episode to revisit.

Have you reflected on "In the Forest of the Night" recently? If so, what did you think? Drop us a tweet or let us know in the comments!

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Happy things:

• Kat enjoyed the Good Omens: Lockdown!
• Lynne moved to a new house and gets to reconstitute her Doctor Who room, complete with new shelving!
• Liz takes joy from her eaglemoss Doctor Who figurine collection!
• Deb watched the BBC's Big Night In with most of the living Doctors!

Extra-special thanks to this week's guest editor, Steven Schapansky of Castria! Support Verity! on Patreon

This week we go waaaay back to the beginning! Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Tansy as we re-visit the story we reviewed on our very first (proper) podcast episode ever! Kat wasn't able to join us for that, so we get her eight-year-old hot take.

Did you revisit "The Snowmen"? If so, what did you think? Drop us a tweet or let us know in the comments!

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Happy things:

• Kat looks forward to Big Finish's Torchwood: Dinner and a Show, written by Gareth David-Lloyd!
• Tansy watches and rewatches and re-rewatches "The Faceless Ones" on DVD!
• Erika squees over Who Is the Doctor 2, which is every bit as delightful as its predecessors!
• Deb loves when listeners ask Tansy for Big Finish recs, and really loves when they ask her to rate her faves of the first 50!

Extra-special thanks to this week's guest editor, Steven Schapansky of Castria! Support Verity! on Patreon

This is another very silly Extra, and two of us had no idea what we were going to do when we sat down to record! Join Deb, Erika, and Liz as we latch onto an internet meme and determine what modern Doctor Who quarantine houses we'd want to be in. We also spend some time building new, classic Doctor Who quarantine houses to choose from:

House 1 5th Doctor Polly Liz Shaw Graff Vynda-K

House 2 2nd Doctor Barbara Romana 1 The (Delgado) Master

House 3 3rd Doctor Jo Grant Leela The (Roberts) Master

House 4 1st Doctor Romana 2 Harry Sullivan Lady Adrasta

House 5 4th Doctor Ian Sarah Kingdom Lady Peinforte

House 6 6th Doctor Ace Jamie Vivien Fay

Which houses would you choose? Let us know in the comments!

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Extra-special thanks to this week's guest editor, Steven Schapansky of Castria! Support Verity! on Patreon

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! Support Verity! on Patreon

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!

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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! Support Verity! on Patreon

It's biscuit (cookie) week! Join Deb, Lizbeth, Lynne, and Tansy as they talk to each other while seeing each other's faces. Recording while on video is a different beast altogether! Lots of good bake-talk this week. Also, Mel without Sue! What do they think?

What have you baked lately? Let us know in the comments!

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What have you baked this week?

• Lynne has her own buttermilk week, baking biscuits and Irish soda bread in a cast iron pan!
• Liz ordered artisinal (vegan) biscuits, including chocolate chip, salted caramel, (filthy) fruit shortbread!
• Tansy helped her daughter bake brownies from a mix from a box (which were later used to make a brownie-and-marshmallow-NASA satellite)!
• Deb made home-made baked beans, as well as cornbread (with only a teeny bit of sugar) in a cast-iron pan!

Extra-special thanks to James Thomson (of P-Calc and Dice by P-Calc) for this week's episode art! Cake pic is one of the many Dessert Vectors by Vecteezy Extra-special thanks to this week's guest editor, Steven Schapansky of Castria! Support Verity! on Patreon

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") Extra-special thanks to this week's guest editor, Steven Schapansky of Castria! Support Verity! on Patreon

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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Extra-special thanks to this week's guest editor, Steven Schapansky of Castria! Support Verity! on Patreon

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!

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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!