This week, we're tackling an interesting little thought experiment - if you could replace the villain of any Doctor Who story, which would you choose and who would you replace it with?

Come and see what you think of our pitches, and leave your own in the comments!

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 The Start

6:19 Strange Billie Piper Instagram Post

7:36 Big Finish Secures Doctor Who License Until 2035

10:31 Gallifrey One 2026

11:26 Monster Mash-Ups

15:44 Asylum of the Daleks

29:17 School Reunion

30:50 Love & Monsters

34:30 Blink

40:29 Fugitive of the Judoon

49:15 The Well

59:19 Vincent and the Doctor

1:04:08 Rosa

1:16:27 Closing Time

1:21:23 Praxeus

1:26:04 Heaven Sent

1:39:31 Listener Thoughts

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This week, Kat & Tip are infiltrating Adipose Industries for the Doctor's reunion with Donna Noble. What do they make of this farcical series opener?

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 The Start

10:50 Partners in Crime REVIEW

1:28:50 Trivia

1:36:04 Listener Thoughts

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Come on, what else were we gonna be talking about for episode 42? This week, Kat & Tip are aboard the SS Pentallian for a perilous voyage. With possessions, murders, and a particularly toasty crash on the horizon, the Doctor and Martha find themselves in a classic case of 'out of the frying pan and into the furious, sentient alien sun'...

Join us next week, where we're trimming the fat with Partners in Crime!

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 The Start

8:10 42 REVIEW

1:14:36 Trivia

1:25:57 Listener Thoughts

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This week marks what would have been the incredible Elisabeth Sladen's 80th birthday. So, to celebrate, Kat & Tip are going back to school to see the Doctor reunite with the one and only Sarah-Jane Smith!

Next week, we've got another RTD1 story review for our episode 42. I wonder what it could be...

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 The Start

12:19 School Reunion REVIEW

1:29:00 Listener Thoughts

1:34:40 Trivia

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'Are you my mummy?'

This week, we're looking back at a story that is undoubtedly a modern classic - Steven Moffat's Empty Child two-parter. So expect lots of scares, lots of laughs, and lots of talk about... dancing?

Join us next week when Kat & Tip are having a School Reunion.

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The Says WHO Podcast proudly presents... the Says WHO Awards 2025!

In this special episode, we'll be looking back over the last year and everything Who-related that was released in 2025. We have dozens of awards to give out, ranging from the TV series, Big Finish, books, action figures and more! All as voted for by you.

Congratulations to all our winners, and thank you to everyone who voted!

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Happy New Year!

The newest adition to the Whoniverse, The War Between the Land and the Sea, wrapped up a few weeks ago. So now we've had a bit of time to digest it (along with all that Christmas turkey), what do we think? Was it a spin-off success? Or was it a bit of a dead fish?

Make sure to join us next week for The Says WHO Awards 2025! We'll be going over the best and worst of Doctor Who over the last year, as voted for by you! If you'd like to take part and still haven't given us your thoughts, then what are you waiting for? Click the link below!

THE SAYS WHO POLL 2025: https://forms.gle/8UpHhKgxXtYB38Sy7

(CLOSES 10 JAN)

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 The Start

8:25 Battles in Time is Back!

17:03 Jo Martin Writing a Doctor Who Book

18:45 Jon Culshaw is the Twelfth Doctor

23:17 Erin Doherty Next Doctor Rumours

28:28 The War Between the Land and the Sea REVIEW

1:02:59 Wrap-Up

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It's New Year's Eve! So, of course, for the final pod of the year, we had to revisit a New Year's special. This week, Kat & Tip are covering the Thirteenth Doctor's first run-in with a Dalek, and the first of the trilogy of Chibnall New Years' Dalek specials - Resolution.

Next week, we'll be doing a full dedicated episode to The War Between the Land and the Sea, and giving our full review of the series as a whole now it's all wrapped up.

If you'd like to be a part of our 2025 Poll ahead of the special awards show episode in a couple of weeks, then you can share your thoughts here: https://forms.gle/XU5ES78wRbZhhex87

ALSO, last week, we officially launched our Patreon with some fun and exciting EXCLUSIVE bits and pieces, which we will be adding to every fortnight, so why not go and check it out? (patreon.com/c/SaysWHOPod)

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and have a great New Year's! Thank you again for all the love and support on the podcast this year! We'll see you in 2026!

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 The Start

6:10 News (Pod News)

11:05 Resolution REVIEW

1:30:29 Trivia

1:40:28 Listener Thoughts

1:52:25 Wrap-Up

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Merry Christmas! This week, The Christmas Invasion turns 20 years old - that's 20 years of the Tenth Doctor. So to celebrate, Kat & Tip are jumping in to an anniversary review of David Tennant's debut as the Doctor, and the show's first proper dedicated Chrsitmas special!PLUS! Get Kat & Tip's first thoughts on the final chapter of The War Between the Land and the Sea! (And in keeping with the episode, make sure to stick around 'til the very end of the pod for a little outtake.)Today also marks the proper launch of our Patreon! We'll be adding new and exclusive bits and pieces to that every fortnight, so why not go and check it out? (patreon.com/c/SaysWHOPod)

Next week is our final pod of the year, where, as a little New Year's Eve treat, we'll be reviewing Jodie Whittaker's first crossing with a Dalek - Resolution.

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, and we'll see you next time!

TIMESTAMPS:0:00 The Start

1:19 R.I.P. Amanda Brotchie

2:17 CBeebies Series Animation Studio Announced

3:53 The War Between the Land and the Sea FINALE - First Thoughts

27:44 (Spoiler Warning for Torchwood: Children of Earth)

29:08 (Spoilers End)

53:21 The Christmas Invasion REVIEW

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This week, on The Says WHO Podcast, it's time to get your tinsel out 'cos we're talking every single Doctor Who Christmas special from the last 20 years, from The Christmas Invasion to Joy to World, and ranking them in everyone's favourite format: the humble tier list.

PLUS! Get Kat & Tip's first thoughts on Episodes 3 & 4 of The War Between the Land and the Sea, ahead of Sunday's epic finale.

Make sure to join us next week for more festive fun as we revisit The Christmas Invasion, 20 years on... PLUS our first reactions to The War Between's final episode!

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 The Start

3:01 Season 21 Collection Set Announced

11:14 The Netflix/Warner Bros. Deal

12:38 Propstore Children in Need Auction

14:15 The War Between the Land and the Sea Viewing Figures

19:17 The War Between the Land and the Sea EPS 3&4

1:08:15 The War Between Theory (POTENTIAL SPOILERS?)

1:19:07 Ranking Every Christmas Special

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