This Week in Time Travel

One week out from Gallifrey One, it’s time to take stock of what we saw at the family reunion. We bid farewell to an iconic carpet and take one last look at a convention every Doctor Who fan should experience at least once. We catch up with Jody Houser and Rachael Stott for more about their Thirteenth Doctor comic, and then we wrap things up with an important announcement.

Jody Houser and Rachael Stott interviewed; Gallifrey One recap; Farewell

Hosts Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke with Rachael Stott and Jody Houser.

There’s no better guide to the worlds of Big Finish productions of Doctor Who and other great properties than a former skeptic about audio drama. We welcome Radio Free Skaro’s Warren Frey as we take a criminally overdue deep dive into Doctor Who for the ears instead of the eyes.

A former skeptic's guide to Big Finish audio drama

Hosts Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke with Warren Frey.

We beg your indulgence, but this podcast is 100% about Alyssa, Chip, and Rachel geeking out about the upcoming Gallifrey One convention. If you don’t have a ticket, well, we regret that it’s sold out and encourage you to come back next week for our Big Finish episode. Coming to Gally? We’ll preview some of our panels, give advice for newcomers, and relax our broadcast standards for one very important F-bomb. Sorry, canon-obsessed fanboys: “It’s never f—-ing Susan!”

Gallifrey One convention geekery

Hosts Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke with Rachel Donner.

Shannon Dohar, friend of TWiTT, co-host of the Deeper Cuts album review podcast, and frequent Reality Bomb contributor, flexes her musical muscles and discusses with us Segun Akinola’s music from Episode 1 to the New Year’s Special. What makes him the right composer for today’s Doctor Who, and how hard was it to make the transition from 10 seasons of Murray Gold? Regenerations can be challenging—but this new soundscape is worthy of celebration….

Segun Akinola's Series 11 music

Hosts Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke with Shannon Dohar.

A bite-sized episode revisits academic fandom with a look at the dedicated programming track at this year’s Gallifrey One convention. Organizers Joy Piedmont and Paul Booth take us through what it means to look at Doctor Who through a scholarly lens.

Academic Fandom revisited; Gallifrey One Academic Track preview

Hosts Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke with Joy Piedmont and Paul Booth.

The TV series may be over for now, but we can still see Team TARDIS in action! We’re three issues into Jody Houser’s and Rachael Stott’s Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor from Titan Comics. Chip and Alyssa dive in to this delightful and faithful adaptation while catching up with the news of the week and arguing over whether Chip can will a meme into existence. (Alyssa: “It would have to be a better meme.”)

Titan's 13th Doctor comics series reviewed

Hosts Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke.

Yup, it was the Daleks all right. If we consider this the proper end of Series 11, then it absolutely ended with a bang. Jodie Whittaker’s first standoff with the pepper pots is properly epic, but Alyssa and Chip wrestle with some of the lingering issues with the season…

"Resolution" reviewed

Hosts Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke.

That’s a wrap for 2018, This Week in Time Travel, and Series 11! Rachel Donner and Riley Silverman join us to sort out the brilliant and the tragic, the groundbreaking and the played-too-safe. Find out where we stand and what we’re looking forward to in Series 12, and tune in again when we return for the New Year’s special!

Series 11: What worked? What didn't? What next?

Hosts Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke with Rachel Donner and Riley Silverman.

Bang, whimper, or something in between? Did you guess right about, “I know that voice”? (You probably did.) Which characters got to tie off a satisfying arc, and which characters have yet to launch one? Alyssa and Chip tackle the good and the meh about “The Battle of Rask—”…hang on, “The Battle of Barsoom—”…wait, that’s not right…

"The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos" reviewed

Hosts Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke.

One froggy universe, two grieving husbands, one mystery woodland menace, a kajillion moths, and one question from Alyssa: who’s allowed to be selfish in grief?

"It Takes You Away" reviewed

Hosts Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke.

(hat tip to Riley Silverman)