On the Time Lash

By Ben Verth and Mark DonaldsonComedy TV & Film TV Reviews

On the Time Lash episodes

April 16, 2016 42.2 A Cacophony of Companions (Part 2)
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PREVIOUSLY: One bottle of cava, the Stolen Earth and Journey's End.NOW: The Five Doctors, another bottle of cava, some whisky and the sound of a podcast screeching it's way off the rails.In this episode: Ben attempts to slaughter a sacred cow, can Mark salvage The Five Doctors and present all the good that it has to offer?Also this week: Why Christopher Eccleston and Tom Baker don't owe you a damned thing.
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1 hr 14 min
April 09, 2016 42. A Cacophony of Companions (Part 1)
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In part 1 of an epic 2 part finale Ben and Mark (with a little help from their friends) discuss The Stolen Earth and Journey's End.Does nostalgia, fun and goodwill trump logic, reason and plot coherence? Is Rose and the Meta-Crisis Doctor a satire on human relationships? Has an attraction to Ian McShane as Lovejoy made Sylvia Noble the woman she is today?And just how much whisky and Prosecco can the Lash Lads consume before the wheels fall off the podcast? (That question will be answered in Part 2)
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1 hr 17 min
March 18, 2016 41. Picking Over Scraps
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Ben and Mark discuss worlds without the Doctor; the current drought, which forces the Lash Lads to pick over the scraps of news items from the past few weeks.After that, a visit to the alternate worlds of Turn Left and Inferno. Does Turn Left really actually make any sense? Is Inferno the most important piece of the Third Doctor era?
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1 hr 43 min
March 06, 2016 40. A Bunch of D*cks on a Boat
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Ben and Mark reach Midnight in their Nu-Who Watchthrough Ben and Mark reach Midnight in their Nu-Who WatchthroughPairing it up with another tale of evil beings in paradise; Kinda, the conversation takes in a wide variety of topics including; air travel, fear and paranoia, Donald Trump, colonialism and ITV's drama output of the 1990s.
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1 hr 36 min
February 20, 2016 39. Cracking yer Boxed Set Open
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Ben, Mark and host of the Televigion podcast; James Myles get themselves into a timey wimey tangle whilst discussing the first appearance of River Song before they've seen her last outing but also after you've seen it.Paired up with Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead is The Mind Robber, a story that has special resonance for all three Lash Lads.
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1 hr 45 min
February 06, 2016 38: Wasp Drowning with Ben and Mark
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All change in the present day as Steven Moffat hands over to Chris Chibnall. Ben and Mark discuss their reactions to the news and the possibilities the future holds.Meanwhile, in the past, we continue our Series 4 watch through with The Unicorn and Wasp and pair it up with Terror of the Vervoids as we look at Agatha Christie's influence on Doctor Who. The now traditional Doctor Who fan discussion of why Trial of a Timelord was a massive mistake gets an On the Time Lash spin. Ben discusses the dangerous wasp based lessons The Unicorn and the Wasp gives our children and Mark references Akira Kurosawa to show just how bloody clever he is.
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1 hr 59 min
January 01, 2016 On the Time Lash Christmas Special 2015
Coming out on Hogmanay like the lesser loved BBC panel game Christmas special it’s On the Time Lash!
Ben and Mark make a Christmas wish come true for their Twitter pal @thepolisbox by inviting him along to discuss Doctor Who gifts, The Husbands of River Song, The Feast of Steven and 2015 in Who.
1 hr 41 min
December 19, 2015 37. Peter Davison's Ballsack (The Doctor's Daughter/Galaxy 4)
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Ben and Mark return from a short Series 9-centric break to discuss The Doctor's Daughter and Galaxy 4.Does Stephen Greenhorn fundamentally change the character of the Doctor? What is it about one shot characters that inspire such a desire to see them return? Just how many references to The Zygon Inversion can Mark cram in?Also: An ode to those wonderful people who bring us reconstructed Doctor Who stories.
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1 hr 28 min
December 08, 2015 OTTL Extra 9.9: Hell Bent
And so, Series 9 comes to an end. Is Hell Bent the satisfying finale that the series so richly deserves?
Mark certainly seems to think so, Ben is less sure. They discuss it in their usual fashion, coming to some interesting conclusions on the relative merits of how our modern day showrunners deal with finales and the portrayal of emotion. We also ponder what could possibly be next for Steven Moffat now that he’s “been persuaded to stay”.
50 min
December 03, 2015 OTTL Extra 9.8: Heaven Sent
Ben and Mark are stalked by a veiled, grey figure which is more likely to be Visage playing from the pub's sound system.
Picking up some of the threads left dangling by Face the Raven, we continue our discussion of death and grief in Doctor Who with a look at Heaven Sent.
52 min