On the Time Lash

By Ben Verth and Mark DonaldsonComedy TV & Film TV Reviews

On the Time Lash episodes

September 13, 2020 99.2 Cotton, Ky, Jo
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Bang the War Gong! Ben and Mark are back with Lee, Dave and Cameron of The Polis Box to discuss The Mutants. Following an impromptu Jon Pertwee themed round of Would I Lie to You? they discuss the end of empire, science fiction allegories for recent appalling geopolitical behaviour, a disappointing lack of Roger Delgado, jumped up tyrants with gravy on their shirts and unconvincing rubber monsters.Also: Would you give Brian Eno the power to erase people? The proliferation of laboratories in the Pertwee era and the failures of the Gallifreyan postal service.You can join in with the 100th episode recording here.
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1 hr 14 min
August 30, 2020 98.2 Without Teeth is £80 Extra
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Ben and Mark continue their look at the price of immortality as they watch Douglas Adams' Doctor Who debut - The Pirate Planet!Under discussion: How far can/should you go when making a comedy about genocide? Tom Baker's top lip, the joys of the Doctor and Romana dynamic, shipping the Captain and Mr Fibuli and the daftness of a fight between a robot dog and robot parrot.Also: Shitting lasers, discarded jewels and Graham Williams in a dog suit.
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1 hr 3 min
August 23, 2020 98.1 Never Watched Game of Thrones
Ben and Mark begin a two part episode all about the price of immortality with a discussion of 'The Girl Who Died' and 'The Woman Who Lived'.
Did the Doctor know Ashildr would die? Isn't it fine to just sometimes cast the same actors again in larger roles and never refer to it? Is Maisie Williams any better in 'Game of Thrones'? We've never watched it. Is the Me character nothing more than an obfuscating Hybrid red herring?
Also: Gallows humour, living through the violent establishment of European society, comedy and flippancy in Doctor Who and two exciting rounds of Degsey's Where Did it Come? Game.
WARNING: MAY CONTAIN STAR TREK
1 hr 23 min
August 16, 2020 97.2 You Wouldn't Dare Show a Loved One a Monoid
In the second part of their look at the consequences of time travel, Ben and Mark travel thousands of years in the future to tackle 'The Ark' - a Doctor Who story that seems as relevant as ever.
As the humans and Monoids cope with a deadly disease, Mark ponders the blame game in the current COVID-19 pandemic and wonders if the Monoids represent some hope for us all. Meanwhile, an Elizabeth Sandifer piece forms the crux of a discussion of the serial's racial politics and how deliberate half of it actually is.
Slavery, racism, class uprisings and deadly pandemics all discussed with a good quantity of wine and whisky in their bellies. What could possibly go wrong?
1 hr 18 min
August 09, 2020 97.1 No Shame in Being the 25th Tallest Man
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Ben and Mark attempt to undo some bootstraps with a discussion of the second Series 9 two parter - Under the Lake/Before the Flood.Under discussion: Is there a link between the Fisher King and the Myrka? Is time travel really all that complex? Why Doctor Who can't do ghosts and whether base under siege stories light a fire beneath Peter Capaldi.Also: Being amongst the 25 tallest men, levels of fandom in guest actors and another of Mark's terrible Doctor Who anecdotes.If you enjoy the podcast, and would like to buy Ben and Mark a drink you can do so at buymeacoffee.com/onthetimelash or if you want to help us out in other ways, leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts.
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1 hr 23 min
August 01, 2020 96.2 Two Thirds of Fascist Allegory, Barman
In the second of their Davros 2-parter, Ben and Mark go back to the very beginning with (categorically) Terry Nation's masterpiece Genesis of the Daleks.
Under discussion: The shadow of nuclear anxiety and fascism in Nation's best works, prejudice, brutality, the directorial genius of David Maloney, how Genesis is Doctor Who's Hamlet and we completely forget to talk about the giant clam.
Also: Possibly the hardest ever round of DWDICG, Ben and Mark pitch a new beer to Brewdog, Mark's tenuous familial link to Michael Wisher and a very special tribute indeed...
1 hr 27 min
July 26, 2020 96.1 Heritage Centre of the Daleks
Ben and Mark open a series of mostly 2-parters with a Davros 2-parter of their own!
Starting with 'The Magician's Apprentice' and 'The Witch's Familiar', the Lash Lads discuss Davros' hitherto unseen skills as an actor, fan anxiety over Doctor Who alienating new viewers, where and how exactly Davros' eyes came from and whether it's okay to steal someone's wheelchair if they're basically Hitler.
Also: The inaugural Degsey's Where Did It Come? Game prize-giving ceremony, match-fishing with Tony Kirrage and how Peter Capaldi playing electric guitar on a tank shattered Mark's Netflix apathy.
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"Weeping Song" - words and music by Nick Cave
1 hr 26 min
July 14, 2020 95. Opening a Cheese Toastie
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It was the 5th of July and all round the house, not a creature was stirring except for Ben and Mark as they discussed the seasonal special 'Last Christmas' and the Season 20 story 'Snakedance'.Under discussion: Ordering VHS's in Boots the Chemist, cribbing on old movies, an incendiary and 25 year old interview with Steven Moffat, How good 80s Doctor Who can be when it plays to the strengths of it's leading man, pub toilets and sexual harassment as a character quirk.And it's the grand finale of Degsey's Where Did it Come? Game S8! Who will win the coveted star prize?
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2 hr 1 min
June 29, 2020 94. Danny, SPLINK
*With thanks to our listener Paul McEvoy for the title suggestion
It's the darkest day, the blackest hour. Chin up, shoulders back, let's see what Ben and Mark are made of as they tackle the existential horrors of 'Dark Water' and 'Death in Heaven'.
Under discussion: How careful do you have to be when dealing with death and real world tragedy in what's ostensibly a family show? Whose internal conflict was greater this series - the Doctor's or Steven Moffat's? And most pressingly of all, what is all of this for?
After that they squelch their way through Malcolm Clarke's synth soundtrack to discuss another Master plan - 1972's The Sea Devils. Under discussion: nudey monsters, the refinement of Roger Delgado, 70's electronic music and larking about with the Navy.
2 hr 1 min
June 21, 2020 93. In the Forest of the Shite
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Ben and Mark take a before and after look at solar flare damage in Doctor Who - pairing 'In the Forest of the Night' with 'The Ark in Space'.Is 'In the Forest of the Night' really all that bad? Is 'The Ark in Space' really one of the all time classics?Under discussion: Doomed relationships, challenging children, childishness, body horror, bubble wrap and how the multicultural vision of 'Star Trek' doesn't always match with a BBC directors address book. Also: a sacred cow gets a little knick, the lockdown experience as told through Netflix documentary series and Mark discovers a new Smiths B-Side.
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1 hr 56 min