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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 78 covering series 6 episodes 1 and 2 The Impossible Astronaut and The Day of the Moon
Super-short Recap
This is the one where the Legs, the Nose, Mrs. Robinson, and the Doctor help President Nixon defeat aliens that can’t remember after you look away from them.
Remember that one?
Production notes
* Story # 214* Originally aired April 23 & 30, 2011 to 8.86 & 7.3 million viewers* Written by: Steven Moffat* Directed by: Toby Haynes
Misc Trivia
* The new opening bit with Amy’s voiceover was only in international release, not in the UK.* This episode features the first regeneration outside the TARDIS in NuWho.* This episode was dedicated to Elisabeth Sladen who died four days before it aired. Elisabeth, or course, played Sarah Jane Smith.
Cast
* Canton Everett Delaware III – Mark Sheppard* This guy is a sci-fi staple, having appeared in Battlestar Galactica as the lawyer that defended Gauis Baltar, Valda in Warehouse 13, Sliders, Star Trek: Voyager, X-files, Dollhouse, Chuck, Supernatural, and most importantly he played Badger in Firefly.* Old Canton Everett Delaware III – William Morgan Sheppard, Mark’s dad.* Played in some Star Trek
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Checklist
* Name of the episode spoken in dialogue?* Day of the Moon, twice?* Creature of the week* The Silence – * Why did you have to kill her? Joy…. Her name was Joy.* As long as there’s been something in the corner of your eye, or a creaking in your house, or breathing under your bed, or voices through a wall.* Another one of these things* Ruling the world with post-hypnotic suggestion* Bow ties are cool* Well, this time it was Stetson’s are cool* Running count* Hats* Fez – Double fez sighting! He wore one in the Laurel and Hardy video, then requested one while in the Oval Office.* Stetson* Astronaut helmet* Doctor Who?* Spoken by Matilda the painter* Canton – Doctor, who, exactly?* Jiggery Pokery* TARDIS * Apparently, it has a stealth mode! You can run the engines on silent and make it invisible.* He snapped to open the doors.* When we first met River, she told Ten that the Doctor she knew could open the TARDIS doors with a snap of his fingers. He said that was impossible. Then at the end of the episode, he did exactly that. * So, he only ever thought to try it because she said he did, because she saw him do it…* Jibberty Jabberty* Zero balanced dwarf star alloy* Silence will fall* The Silence is the Silents.* Jammie Dodger sighting* Running count – 2
Other stuff we noticed
