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In a special Halloween spooktacular, Ben and Mark take a terrifying trip to Doctor Who's Most Haunted locations. Expect monkey possession, falling pottery, wildly rocking cribs, Ben's former career as a Plague Doctor, a bin liner full of haunted toys and John Barrowman's past life as an Eastern European clown.

Show notes:
Athelhampton Hall - Harrison Chase's House, "The Seeds of Doom"
Craig Y Nos - Torchwood House, "Tooth and Claw"
Walk With Me Tim - Craig Y Nos
Gladstone Pottery Museum - The Fantasy Factory, "The Ultimate Foe"
Bad Psychics
Margam Castle - Rattigan's Academy, "The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky"
Ciaran O'Keefe's Investigation Into Derek Acorah
Ghost Hunting With Boyzone and Louis Walsh
Wookey Hole - Voga, "Revenge of the Cybermen"
John Barrowman On "Have I Been Here Before?"

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 Ben and Mark sit down and talk about their feelings by way of Can You Hear Me? and The Awakening. Under discussion: What could the Doctor possibly say to Graham about cancer? The perils of using "opening up" as an excuse to cut mental health funding. What else Zellin can detach, and the totally tropical taste of a fruity Denis Lill performance. 

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Ben and Mark tackle the big environmental issues as they discuss Praxeus and Planet of Giants. Wouldn't Praxeus have been better if they'd kept the Autons in? What was it about the idea of Planet of Giants that made it a story worth returning to for season 2?

ALSO: Why Adric should have got married. Ben's advice for getting rid of caterpillars and aphids. Tim Peake's wife working in Tesco. 

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Ben and Mark let the listeners decide this episode's pairing with Fugitive of the Judoon, resulting in them having to chat about Meglos.

Under discussion: Jason Bourne in Space, ITV Light Entertainment figures interacting, creepy cakemakers, and cacti.

Also: Did JN-T require Jacqueline Hill's Hartnell wrangling skills? An unexpected Doctor but not the one you think, and Mark begins collecting debts. 

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Ben and Mark discuss the Doctor Who sub-genre of the Hipster Historical by way of 'Nikola Tesla's Night Of Terror' and 'The Visitation'. How well do both stories succeed in informing and entertaining audiences about less famous historical celebrities?

Ben finds a kinship with Richard Mace, Mark attempts to pin the blame on someone other than Eric Saward, and a Waltzer carriage transforms into an android.

ALSO: Canine in company! The Wedding of Ben Verth! The blob in the cafetiere!

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Ben and Mark are joined by the internet's foremost 'Orphan 55' expert Pete Lambert of the Trap One podcast to discuss all-inclusive holidays, Greta Thunberg, spunk gags, and much, much more in Ed Hime's difficult second episode. 

In the second half, they pair the mysterious planet of Orphan 55 with Robert Holmes' 'The Mysterious Planet'. As the Lash Lads bring the Trial of a Timelord to a close with the serial's very beginning, the three of them discuss Joan Sims' needs, the genius of Sabalom Glitz, and Ben, rather than clickbait miner Mark, generates a complex Doctor Who theory that ties the Trial with the Timeless Child. 

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In many ways, it's all been building to this. The 12th series of On the Time Lash opens with Mark finally coming face to fist with Eric Saward and Ben getting to call people SPIES.

In a packed show, Ben and Mark discuss Ben's stag, the DWAS Capitol event, Spyfall, and Frontier in Space. Not to mention bollock monsters, holding a pillow over an elderly screenwriter, and they struggle to remember what the aliens from Spyfall are actually called.

ALSO: An appreciation of Sacha Dhawan and Roger Delgado's Masters, comparing Malcolm Hulke and Gene Roddenberry's respective visions of the future, and some clunky references to the current geopolitical situation.

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After an unintentionally long gap, Ben and Mark are back to discuss two types of Whittaker Dalek stories. Jodie Whittaker's first festive special 'Resolution' and David Whittaker's 'The Evil of the Daleks'.

While building up their own hangovers, the Lash Lads tackle the first ever Doctor Who New Year's Day special, and ponder how the energy changes compared to Christmas.

And does 'The Evil of the Daleks' buckle under the weight of fan expectation? Ben and Mark attempt to find out.

ALSO: Digital dog gate! The winner of DWDICG11 is announced! Aren't Daleks sometimes a ropey as fuck?

Apologies for the slightly tinny sound on Mark's end!

The Dalek 63.88 Documentary about the American series is here. 
Toby Hadoke's Evil Of The Daleks reactions begin here.

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Ben and Mark bring Series 11 to a close with two tales of spiritual saps being taken for a ride by old enemies of the Doctor. In The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, Graham and Ryan get a satisfying ending even if no one else does. Whilst in The Keeper of Traken, Adric and Nyssa actually seem to like each other. What kind of evil energy is Peter Davison bringing in a few episodes' time?

Also: Geoffrey Beevers climbing up the back of you, an invitation to the wedding of the year, Tom Baker's Ghost Detectives, and bum regenerations.

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Ben and Mark can find nothing with the emotional complexity to compare with It Takes You Away and so pair it with another story featuring a frog on a chair, Four to Doomsday.

Comparing Jodie Whittaker with Peter Davison sparks some interesting discussions about the regard which each of their eras are held. Is the frog on the chair the most Doctor Who moment in post-2005 Doctor Who?

ALSO: Kwuok Facts! A Degsey's Ding-Dong Ping-Pong upset! A golden shower from Stratford Johns!

You can read Mark's Doctor Who lists here.
You can hear Ray Charles' melancholy Kermit the Frog cover here. 

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