Live from Master Closet Studios, you’re listening to the only audio podcast on the internet with an electrified scaffolding in our studio: Noobs and the Whovian! 

My name is Austin and I’m the Whovian, and these are my sons Corbin and Tripp and we’re the noobs!

This is the podcast that introduces a whole new generation to Doctor Who by watching an episode each week and discussing it from the perspective of a dad who’s seen it before, and two sons who haven’t.  

Welcome to Episode 86 covering Classic Who Season 12 episodes 11-16: Genesis of the Daleks.

Super-short Recap

This is the one where the Fourth Doctor is sent by the Time Lords to destroy the Daleks before they ever get started. But does he have that right?

Remember that one?

Production notes

* Story # 78* Originally aired March 8 – April 12, 1975 to 8.5 to 10.7 million viewers* Written by: Terry Nation (father of the Daleks)* Directed by: David Maloney

Miscellaneous Trivia

* A Doctor Who Magazine poll in 1998 rated this the fans’ favorite episode of all time.* This serial not only introduced Davros, it set him up as a recurring character that would appear in all the remaining Classic Who Dalek episodes.

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Cast

* Davros – Michael Wisher* He also voiced the Daleks through the 70’s

Checklist 

* Creature of the week – we’ll discuss both of these in the Who’s who section:* The Daleks* Davros* The Mutos* Jiggery Pokery* Sonic* Our first glimpse of a Classic Who sonic!* He used it to blow up a control panel* TARDIS* No TARDIS* Random* Turn out your pockets – it might take a while!

Other stuff we noticed

* Why is there an electrify-the-scaffolding button?! And why didn’t they hit it earlier?!?!

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Who’s Who?

* Who is Davros?* He was the Kaleds chief scientist and supreme commander* He taught there was no life outside of Skaro* What’s the deal with his appearance?* Who are the Daleks* Davros developed them by corrupting Kaleds, turning them into (unseen) monsters* He took that even further by making alterations to their brains so they had no conscience, no emotions* Who is the Fourth Doctor?* Overall, what do yall think of him?* So, he was totally cool with genocide for a minute

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Overall impressions

* Does it hold up?* Bad special effects* The opening sequence was pretty awesome! Besides his face* The green screen was pretty janky* Makeup* That Davros mask and glove was pretty bad* Acting* Every single death in this episode* Overall rating out of 10 – * Austin – 6 out of 10 glove seams* Corbin – 7 forehead eyeballs* Tripp – 6 stubby hands* Jared – 

* Creep Level – out of 500* Austin – 75* Corbin – 50* Tripp – 1* Jared – 

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Tom Baker

* Appeared in 172 episodes* Played the Fourth Doctor from 1974 – 1981* First serial was Robot in season 12 and last serial was Logopolis in season 18* He is the longest running doctor (on screen)* Often the most popular of the Classic Who Doctors* His outfit changes little by little throughout his run, but the signature piece is his extra long scarf. That came about because a seamstress was asked to make a scarf for the prop and given some yarn to make it with. She thought that she was to use all the yarn so she kept knitting until it was all used up and ended up with a very long scarf. The Fourth Doctor loved it and owned it and now it’s iconic for his character.* The Third Doctor contracted radiation poisoning on the planet Metebelis 3 but he makes it back to UNIT before regenerating* After his regeneration he breaks free from UNIIT and the Time Lords to again travel the universe, but the Time Lords still interfere from time to time* He starts to travel with is two companions Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan (a UNIT Surgeon-Lieutenant)* His later companions would be K9, Leela, Time Lady Romana, Nyssa, Adric, and Tegan (the latter three carry on to the Fifth Doctor)* First Doctor to be shown regularly in America on PBS* He’s more eccentric and very likable* This is the first regeneration where the series was on good footing and the future was sure

Genesis of the Daleks

* This is a retcon from the backstory shared in the First Doctor serial The Daleks. * This serial takes place some 500 years before The Daleks* It’s no longer the Dals vs Thals, it’s now the Kaleds vs Thals * Mutations are occurring due to scientific experiments rather than nuclear war* The events from the last serial of the Third Doctor (Planet of Spiders) until now have been one continuous story.* In the previous serial (The Sontaran Experiment) the Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane and Harry have just defeated a Sontaran (thus saving Earth) and are transmatting back to Space Station Nerva when their transmat is intercepted.* Remember that we are going back in time from what we saw in the serial The Daleks* Transmat Beam (travel between beacons) (open-ended and closed-ended beams) * The Time Lord in black is Valyes. He is a messenger from the High Council on Gallifrey to give the Doctor the mission of altering the timeline of the Daleks. This is his only TV appearance, but he is used many other times in audio series.

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I’m Jared!

Welcome to Episode 85 covering series 6 episode 9: Night Terrors.

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Super-short Recap

This is the one where the Doctor, Amy, Rory get trapped in a dollhouse that belongs to the freakiest little boy in the universe. Also Amy got turned into a doll!

Remember that one?

Production notes

* Story # 220* Originally aired September 3, 2011 to 7.07 million viewers* Written by: Mark Gatiss* Directed by: Richard Clark

Misc Trivia

* This episode was originally set to be fourth in the season, but Moffat thought that part of the season was already kinda dark and couldn’t handle another one like this. The line at the end “we’re all back together, in the flesh!” had more meaning back then.

Cast

* George – Jamie Oram* Played in several kids shows, particularly as Freddy Fox in Peppa Pig.* I hate George. I hate his blinking, I hate his breathing, I hate his voice.

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Classic Who Connection 

* When the Doctor was talking about bedtime stories he referenced “The Three Little Sontarans”, “The Emperor Dalek’s New Clothes” and “Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday.”* The Seven Keys to Doomsday was a stage play that ran for four weeks just before Tom Baker took over as the Fourth Doctor* Pertwee was supposed to play The Doctor but instead it went to Trevor Martin so technically it was the Fourth Doctor, but not the TV Fourth Doctor* The Daleks are trying to take over the universe with some crab-type slaves call the Clawrantulars* You can get the audio from the Big Finish Productions website* The Doctor asked for some Jelly Babies (So delicious)* Rory talks about George’s message possibly being junk mail. There was Junk mail in the TARDIS in the serial The Greatest Show in the Galaxy with the Seventh Doctor and Ace.* A small robot suddenly appeared in the TARDIS and is an advertising drone for the Psychic Circus

Checklist

* Name of the episode spoken in dialogue?* Nope, however, one working title for this episode was House Call.* Creature of the week* The peg dolls* The Tenza – powerful psychic creatures who are apparently somewhat unaware of their own nature. Their sole desire is to be accepted, so they retreat into the personalities they invent so deeply that they seem to forget they are something else.* CGI* The landlord sinking into the floor was pretty good* Bow ties are cool* Hats* Doctor Who?* Geronimo* Running count – 7* Stuff the Doctor loves* Jiggery Pokery* Sonic* It pitches up apparently?* It activated all of George’s toy* I’ve got to invent a setting for wood, it’s embarrassing! * TARDIS * Rory thinks the TARDIS has gone all… slippy,

Opening 

Live from Master Closet Studios, you’re listening to the only podcast on the internet hosted by two humans and one Teselecta: it’s the Noobs and the Whovian! 

My name is Austin and I’m the Whovian, and these are my sons Corbin and Tripp and we’re the noobs!

This is the podcast that introduces a whole new generation to Doctor Who by watching an episode each week and discussing it from the perspective of a dad who’s seen it before, and two sons who haven’t.  

Welcome to Episode 84 covering series 6 episode 8: Let’s Kill Hitler.

Super-short Recap

This is the one where the Doctor, Amy, Rory discover that their daughter, Melody, became their childhood friend, Mels, who then regenerated into River Song. And no one, in fact, killed Hitler, but he was left locked in a cupboard.

Remember that one?

Production notes

* Story # 219* Originally aired August 27, 2011 to 8.1 million viewers* Written by: Steven Moffat* Directed by: Richard Senior – his first TV directing gig!* Award:

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Misc Trivia

* The wait of several weeks was experienced by the Ponds as well as the fans. Amy says at the beginning, “You’ve had all summer to find Melody.”

Cast

* Young Rory – Ezekiel Wigglesworth* This is his only acting credit on IMDB, I just wanted to say his name.* Mels – Nina Toussaint-White* She’s fairly active around the BBC and currently stars in The Feed on Amazon Prime* I thought she was brilliant, if short-lived, here

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Checklist

* Name of the episode spoken in dialogue?* Mels “You’ve got a time machine. I’ve got a gun. Let’s kill Hitler!”* Creature of the week* The Teselecta* They jump back in time and extract people near their death and then give them hell.* The Antibodies* You have a giant body and it needs a defense system. So you create antibody robots that * You will feel a tingling sensation and then death.* CGI* The Tessalecta impressed Corbin and Tripp!* Bow ties are cool* River says, “Watch out that bowtie!”* Hats* Top hat* Doctor Who?* Eleven says it himself!* Jiggery Pokery* Sonic* Sonic cane!* Is this the first we’ve seen of the “think and point” operation of the sonic?* TARDIS * Extractor fans on! Oh, that worked!* She taught River how to fly her.* River is the child of the TARDIS.* Silence will fall* The Silence is not a species. It is a religious order or movement. Their core belief is that silence will fall when The Question is asked. What question? The first question, the oldest question in the universe hidden in plain sight. What is the question? Unknown.* The Question* Eye-patch Lady* She did a good job making Melody into a psychopath.* The Doctor’s Rules* Rule 1: The Doctor lies.* Rule 7: Never run when you are scared.* Rule 27: Never knowingly be serious.* Rule 408: Time is not the boss of you.* Jammie Dodger sighting* Running count – 2* Existential Horror

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Other stuff we noticed

* Like her daughter, Amy left a giant message for the Doctor to summon hi...

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Welcome to Episode 83 covering series 6 episode 7: A Good Man Goes to War.

Super-short Recap

This is the one where the Doctor, Amy, Rory find out who River is! The Doctor calls in favors across the galaxy to rescue Amy and her baby, only to find out that the baby wasn’t really there, and actually SHE IS RIVER FLIPPIN SONG!

Remember that one?

Production notes

* Story # 218* Originally aired June 4, 2011 to 7.51 million viewers* Written by: Steven Moffat* Directed by: Peter Hoar

Misc Trivia

* Season 6, Episode 7 was also the 777th episode of Doctor Who to air.* There were supposed to be more soldiers in the Doctor’s army.* Ood Sigma was there, but the scene was cut* Captain Jack Harkness was originally in the script, but John Barrowman was busy filming Torchwood.* The “Good man” who went to war might actually refer to Rory.

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Checklist

* Name of the episode spoken in dialogue?* Demons run when a good man goes to war – Dorium Maldovar & River Song* Creature of the week* Headless Monks* There’s a theory that if Captain Jack had appeared, he would’ve been beheaded in the battle, hence the Face of Boe just being a head. This is unconfirmed.* Bow ties are cool* Melody coos. No it’s not, it’s cool.* Eye-patch Lady* She took the baby* Her name is Madame Kovarian and she’s out to kill the Doctor

Other stuff we noticed

* We’re the thin fat gay married Anglican marines. Why would we need names as well.* The Doctor was referred to as a goblin and trickster in The Pandorica Opens* The Papal Mainframe herself

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Who’s Who?

* Who is Rory?* This is the single best cold open to a Doctor Who episode EVER! Come at me!* Shall I repeat the question?* Oh God, I was gonna be cool. I wanted to be cool.* Rory wasn’t even there in the beginning. Then he was dead. Then he didn’t exist. Then he was plastic.* Who is The Doctor? * We haven’t seen him this vindictive since Ten trapped a little girl in a mirror for eternity.* Good men don’t need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many.* He speaks baby! He speaks everything!* Have you ever had children?* The Time Lords became what they are after billions of years of exposure to the time vortex.* He remembers everyone* Doctor: the word for healer, wise man. We get that word from him. But if he continues on, what might that word come to mean? To the people of the Gamma Forests, the word “Doctor” means “mighty warrior.”* Who is River Song?* She’s MELODY FRICKIN POND!* Apparently even the production staff was blown away by this one!

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Classic Who Connection

Live from Master Closet Studios, you’re listening to the only podcast on the internet hosted by gooey duplicates of the real hosts: it’s the Noobs and the Whovian! 

This is the podcast that introduces a whole new generation to Doctor Who by watching an episode each week and discussing it from the perspective of a dad who’s seen it before, and two sons who haven’t.  

Welcome to Episode 82 covering series 6 episodes 5 and 6: The Rebel Flesh and The Almost People.

Super-short Recap

This is the one where the Doctor, Amy, Rory, and John Smith find themselves on an island in the middle of nowhere. And something strange is happening. Turns out the people living there are making doppelgangers out of greek-style yogurt, called the Flesh, to be their minions. Soon war breaks out! Also, Amy’s not real and hasn’t been for a long, long time.

Remember that one?

Production notes

* Story # 217* Originally aired May 21 & 28, 2011 to 7.35 and 6.72 million viewers* Written by: Matthew Graham – also wrote Fear Her with our favorite creepy little girl: Chloe Webber* Directed by: Julian Simpson

Misc Trivia

* As of now, all of the TARDIS crew have been a duplicate at some point.

Cast

* Miranda Cleaves – Raquel Cassidy* Baxter on Downton Abbey

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Checklist

* Name of the episode spoken in dialogue?* There are people coming. Well, almost. Almost coming? Almost people.* What are these harnesses for? Uh… the almost people?* Both of these were said in The Rebel Flesh.* Creature of the week* The Flesh* Bad CGI* Jennifer snaking out of the bathroom stall* Jennifer turning into a monster at the end* Bow ties are cool* Same bow tie. Which is cool, because bow ties always are and always will be cool.* Geronimo* From the Ganger-Doctor* Running count – 7* Stuff the Doctor loves* A cockerel – I’ve got to get to that cockerel before all hell breaks loose. Never thought I’d get to say that again!* Jiggery Pokery * Psychic paper* Show your critical systems. Which one? You know which one.* Random* What was the snowglobe for?!* Needless sacrificial death* The one worker closed the door from the wrong side, for no good reason.* The Ganger-Doctor and the Ganger-Cleaves both stayed holding the door “long enough to let them dematerialize” – WHY?!* Eye-patch Lady* Appeared in a wall in a room in the monastery* And again* And then at the very end

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Who’s Who?

* Who is Rory?* There’s times when Rory is more the Doctor than the Doctor – Jennifer is out there and she’s on her own. I’m going to get her.* Who is Amy?* She’s preggers!* The Doctor kept telling her to breath* Then to push, but only when she tells you to* After they escaped the gas, she held her stomach and said “I coughed so much, I must’ve pulled a muscle or something.”* She’s a ganger!* Ironic given her prejudice towards the Ganger-Doctor* Schroedinger’s Baby* The noobs basically thought there was some wibbly wobbly stuff that needed to settle down and that’s why the scanner couldn’t settle on positive or negative.* Yall were so wrong! 😀* Who is The Doctor? * He’s a ganger!* He kept giving Amy (and the others) chances to be...

Austin asks the Noobs for their crackpot theories on Amy’s pregnancy… or lack thereof. Why can’t the TARDIS decide if she is or isn’t?

To boil down Corbin and Tripp’s answers, it’s wibbly wobbly, timey wimey… stuff. They believe that there is some part of the timeline that is still in flux. Once it settles out, then the TARDIS will be able to get an accurate reading on Amy’s belly!

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This is the podcast that introduces a whole new generation to Doctor Who by watching an episode each week and discussing it from the perspective of a dad who’s seen it before, and two sons who haven’t. Except, this week, we aren’t!

Welcome to episode 81, our Timey Wimey #10 covering A Christmas Carol.

Super-short Recap 

This is the one where Captain Picard hallucinates about some ghosts and learns the true meaning of Christmas, and how to laugh the weirdest laugh possible.

The end.

Cast

* This is also the one where Churchill danced with a Slitheen!* Mrs. Fezziwig – Annette Badland* Played Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen!* Mr. Fezziwig – Ian McNiece* Played Churchill* Bob Cratchit – Richard E. Grant* Plays Dr. Simeon next season

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Random stuff we noticed

* This was a made-for-tv movie from TNT.* Fred’s narration at the end says, “And as for Tim, who did not die, he was like a second father.”* So, Scrooge learned the secret of Christmas AND immortality, apparently.

Time travel details:

Method:

* Magic! Er… death? Er… Christmas?* Actually, this is not exactly time travel. * Christmas Past said these were merely shadows of things which have been. They couldn’t interact.* The same seems to hold true for Present, though it’s not said.* It seems that the scenes of the future are shadows of what may come to pass only. Scrooge says they will be changed.

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Rules

* They can’t interact with or change anything in the past or present.* The rules about the future are unclear. He begs the spirit to tell him if the things can be changed or not. * He realizes that the spirit wouldn’t have bothered showing him all this if he couldn’t change anything. That’s what motivates him to change.

Did they follow their own rules?

Things they got Wrong

* In present, they walked through walls. * However, as Corbin pointed out, they walked through the wall but stood on the couch.* They also made a weird noise when they walked through the piano.

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Was it good?

Was it a good story?

* Tripp -no* Corbin – thumbs up* Austin – thumbs way up

Was it a good time travel story?

* Tripp – yes?* Corbin – no* Austin – no

Creep Factor?

* Tripp -320* Corbin – 275* Austin – 375

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Listener Input

Live from Master Closet Studios, you’re listening to the only podcast on the internet that’s speaking to the FUTUUUURE: it’s the Noobs and the Whovian! 

My name is Austin and I’m the Whovian, and these are my sons Corbin and Tripp and we’re the noobs!

This is the podcast that introduces a whole new generation to Doctor Who by watching an episode each week and discussing it from the perspective of a dad who’s seen it before, and two sons who haven’t.  

Welcome to Episode 80 covering series 6 episode 4: The Doctor’s Wife.

Super-short Recap

This is the one where the Doctor hangs out with the TARDIS while Amy and Rory hang out IN the TARDIS even though the TARDIS isn’t IN the TARDIS because the TARDIS is hanging out in a woman. Plus there’s an Ood!

Remember that one?

Production notes

* Story # 216* Originally aired May 14, 2011 to 7.97 million viewers* Written by: Neil Gaiman* Directed by: Richard Clark – did Gridlock and The Lazarus Experiment* Awards: 2012 Hugo for Dramatic Presentation, Short Form Award* Neil Gaiman became the first non-showrunner to win a Hugo for a Who episode

Misc Trivia

* Last week, everybody lived. This week, we have the opposite. This is the first episode since 1977’s Fourth Doctor story Horror of Fang Rock where every character except the Doctor and his companions ends up dead.* This was originally slated as Series 5 Episode 11. Rumors that Mofatt had Neil Gaiman writing an episode had been swirling for a while. In fact, he HAD, since Tennant’s time. * One of the results of this delay was that the  control room used by Nine and Ten was left standing for 18 months for this episode.* The story apparently underwent LOTS of changes during various stages or re-writing. Originally, it would’ve featured the Doctor being chased by a monster through the TARDIS. Then, it was decided it would be the companion and the monster would be the TARDIS itself. Then they came up with the Idris idea to explain why the TARDIS matrix itself wasn’t in control.* First time in NuWho that we go beyond the control in the TARDIS.* From an onscreen standpoint, this episode begins the slow march towards Jodie. * The Doctor mentions that the Corsair was a woman in at least two regenerations. * This is the first specific onscreen mention of a timelord changing genders during a regeneration.* We had a hint at it when Eleven said “I’m a girl!” after feeling his new hair.

Cast

* House – voiced by Michael Sheen* He played alongside David Tennant in the Neil Gaiman-written show Good Omens* Idris – Suranne Jones* Suranne had previously played Mona Lisa in the SJA episode, Mona Lisa’s Revenge

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Checklist

* Name of the episode spoken in dialogue?* Creature of the week* House – a sentient asteroid. Hard surface, big squishy oogly thing inside.* Seems like a friendly planet, literally!* Bow ties are cool* Hats* Doctor Who?* Jiggery Pokery* Sonic* TARDIS * It has at least 7 squash courts!* He tried snapping his fingers to open the door, but it didn’t work. Is that because the Matrix wasn’t in it at the...