Podcastica

Friends, we've gone back...way back...back into time! Right to the start of the second season of Classic Who and the story Planet of Giants! This is a story famous for the fact that the powers that be actually recognized that a four-parter really worked better as three parts. Not only that, it has some absolutely fantastic set pieces and oversized props! Team TARDIS has to figure out how to get back to regular size, but solve a murder at the same time! It's a wild ride that's completely worth the watch!

Friends we are back in some Classic Who and what a wonderfully comfortable blanket it is! However, The Monster of Peladon (Pertwee's Penultimate Story) is a six-panel blanket that could have easily been a more snug four! Full of political intrigue, greed, and a dash of women's lib thanks to the ever-awesome Sarah Jane this story feels quite chaotic at times but gives us quite the adventure leading up to Pertwee's final story!

Friends! We are back! Thank you for waiting an extra week and change so Taylor could go guest star on Stitches in Time (look for that late October, early November) and now we're ready to review The Infinite Quest...which is not itself infinite, but rather a quest for something called The Infinite! And, for something designed to be 13 little three minute long segments and aired on Totally Doctor Who (like, radical, man!)...it leaves us wanting. Wanting to go watch Treasure Planet instead (great film!). But you know us, we'll cherry pick the best parts.

Friends, after learning about the passing of the great Tom Chadbon, we knew there was only one thing we could really do to pay tribute to the man: revisit City of Death! Yes, the very first classic Who story we reviewed 362 episodes ago!! And, wow, it's still one of our absolute favorites! So join us as we look at this classic with fresh eyes, tons more trivia, and a walk down Podcastica's own memory lane!

We're back and leaving the letter H off of everything! This time we're reviewing The Crimson Horror in which The Doctor and the gang break up a Victorian Doomsday Cult! We also honor the passing of our Patron Saint by awarding the very bonkers last act of this story with a great Duggan Scale score!

Friends, we're sorry the episode is a bit late this week. Life, sometimes finds a way...of getting in the way. But we are here with our review of The Bells of Saint John in which we wonder how so many people have crappy internet security in 2013 and in which we actually give the episode a surprise ten on the Duggan Scale! A rare feat by any episode, but truly unexpected here!

Friends, it is Christmas in July. No Toyota-thons, no Black Fridays, no Peppermint Mochas, but we do have a grumpy Doctor, a lizard woman from the dawn of time (and her wife), everyone's favorite potato, the second introduction of Clara, a nod to the airship mysteries of the 1890s, and both Richard E. Grant and Ian McKellan! It's clearly time for The Snowmen!

Well, friends, we do talk about The Age of Steel eventually. However, be prepared for us to spend a great deal of this episode talking about the news of Doctor Who's future. How we feel about it, how we hope it returns, maybe even who we'd like to see showrun it. And we also banter ideas about our own show's future.

If Season One of Modern Who saw the return of the Daleks, naturally Season Two had to bring back the Cybermen! But was Rise of the Cybermen really the right way to do it? This time around we look at this alternate universe way to bring back our steely boys, show Mickey the man he could be, keep Rose griefing over her dad, and ask the important question...do Cybermen prefer the poor & downtrodden over the socialite billionaire class?

Are ya ready kids?! Ohhhhh, who lives in the canals under Venice? Cree-py! Big! Fish! This episode we review The Vampires of Venice! The Doctor, fresh off a short stint as cake filling decides to take Amy and Rory on a romantic adventure and what's more romantic than 16th century Venice...where apparently fish people who come across as vampires, but aren't vampires, are terrorizing town. Plus we consider if this isn't just School Reunion with a mod pack installed!