Send us a Text Message.In a very special seasonal episode, Ben and Mark welcome writer and director Joy Wilkinson to the podcast to discuss writing The Witchfinders, the mechanics of the S11 writer's room, British history and folklore as well as her own love of The Daemons. What other stories from S11 did Joy want to write? Was the Doctor's gender the impetus or a happy accident? What the hell is going on with the Bury Man? We chat all this and more. ALSO: Dick Strawbridge shoots he...

125. Mud

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Send us a Text Message."Pip will have the salmon"In a raucous series finale, Ben and Mark welcome actor, presenter, and host of Mikey & Who, Mikey Smith to tease his upcoming project with David Burton, and submit his five choices for the Tinsel Tunnel.Mikey's choices call into question the veracity of Doctor Who actor anecdotes, provide marriage counselling to Pip and Jane Baker, reappraise a lost incarnation of the Doctor, and interrogate what are we actually doing here exactly?Listen al...

In the Timelash #6 - Mikey Smith

Send us a Text Message.In the penultimate episode of In the Timelash season 1, Ben and Mark invite Emmy award winner and host of Doctor Who: Too Hot for TV, Dylan Rees to submit his five items to be flung into Paul Darrow's Spangly Opening.Dylan's choices raise questions like - Who's been following Dylan from 73 yards away? Which Doctor Who personality is coming round your house to do something unspeakable to your Target collection? And which RTD creation is the greatest cartoon character of ...

In the Timelash #5 - Dylan Rees

Send us a Text Message.Mark is joined by Doctor Who podcaster at large, Luke Molloy, to discuss his five entries to be thrown into the Time Lash. It's a wide ranging discussion that takes in the topics of who's the best actor to play the Doctor, the current state of Doctor Who Magazine, the perils of letting one actor play each member of an alien race, what you want from your Doctor Who theme tune, and why we need to forget about the numbering of the Doctor's incarnations.ALSO: Who's the...

In the Time Lash #4 - Luke Molloy

Send us a Text Message.Ben and Mark invite Joe Ford from Hamster With A Blunt Penknife to submit his five choices to go into the Timelash. Mammary madness, unconvincing urchins, aural wallpaper, violent content and performative negativity all face the Timelash, but will they all depart with a scream?Joe's five choices lead us to try and answer the questions:Can Doctor Who be sexy? Should Doctor Who be sexy? Is it cheeky to write yourself roles in a Big Finish audio? What does a Doctor Wh...

In The Time Lash #3 - Joe Ford

Send us a Text Message.Mark is next up to submit five things they don’t like about Doctor Who to be thrown In the Timelash. It's a wide-ranging discussion that takes in some heavy topics, the brave new world of online fandom, worldwide release windows, and whether a delivery driver can scale the height of Colin Baker's gate. Will all five of Mark's choices get sent on a one-way trip to the bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Ness? And when was the last time that Britain was truly great?Supp...

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