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April 11, 2022 Doctor Who 11: The Rescue
One of the shortest Dr Who stories ever! But does that mean it isn't good? And what do we think of the new companion replacing Susan? There's only one way to find out! Us

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57 min
April 04, 2022 Doctor Who 15: The Dalek Invasion of Earth, part 2
Can the jaded Dr Who guy drag the newbie into recognizing the brilliance of this story? And does it have the best Dr speech ever? What is the shocking ending? Listen to find out!
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1 hr 3 min
March 28, 2022 Doctor Who 10: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
We cover the story that was *supposed* to kick off season 2 with a bang, the return of the Daleks, the one that Ron loves unconditionally and that convinced him to watch Dr Who from the beginning, and see how it holds up. Ron is pulling every emotional trick in the book to get Guy to recognize this for the gem that it is -- will he succeed? Listen to find out!

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2 hr 4 min
March 21, 2022 Doctor Who 9: Planet of Giants
We're back to Dr Who, with the first story of season 2, a rare three episode story. Join the jaded Dr Who guy and the now not-so-newbie as we discover the meaning of the title and determine whether this one is worth watching for a modern audience!

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1 hr 13 min
March 14, 2022 Host's Choice: King Kong (1976)
This is the earliest movie Guy can remember watching that he wanted to revisit (other than "The Apple Dumpling Gang").

We had a blast talking thru this movie about a horny giant ape. We discussed important topics like why you should always take the clothes off a woman before giving her CPR, how to juggle multiple boyfriends when one is human and one is not, and what Peter Jackson got wrong in his later remake of this story.

Listen to discover the answers!

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1 hr 41 min
March 07, 2022 Host's Choice: Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
This is the earliest movie Ron can remember watching, and he has a huge (and totally objective) fondness for it, since it's (objectively) the best film ever made.
Listen to the jet-lagged Ron recording from a NY hotel room and his podcasting partner Guy as we explore this unexpectedly high-quality Disney kids romp!

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1 hr
February 27, 2022 McGoohan Special: Ice Station Zebra
Released at the same time as 2001, how does this Cold War classic starring Patrick McGoohan hold up for modern audiences?
The movie was not commercially successful, but that's okay, because we rewrite it for you to come up with an approach that would have been a big hit!

Also, should this movie be considered a part of The Prisoner canon? Listen to hear our surprising conclusion!

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1 hr 52 min
February 21, 2022Prisoner 15: The Ones We Didn't Include: Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling & The Girl Who Was Death
Here are the final two of the four episodes Ron cruelly left out of his ordering. Was he wrong to do so? Only Guy can decide!

Also, our epic discussion about re-ordering the episodes based on this listening experience.

The resulting order:

Arrival

Free For All

Checkmate

Schizoid Man

The General

A.B. and C.

Chimes of Big Ben

A Change of Mind

Living in Harmony

Hammer into Anvil

It’s Your Funeral

Many Happy Returns

Once Upon a Time & Fallout

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1 hr 20 min
February 14, 2022 Prisoner 14: The Ones We Didn't Include: Dance of the Dead & A Change of Mind
Here are the first two of the four episodes Ron cruelly left out of his ordering. Was he wrong to do so? Only Guy can decide!

Listen as your co-hosts try to navigate the shoals of disagreement to come up with the perfect ordering (or as Guy says, eh, he doesn't really care about the perfect ordering...)

Hint: Ron has a change of mind about at least one of them!...

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1 hr 23 min
February 06, 2022 Prisoner 13: Once Upon a Time & Fallout (with Andrew Heaton)
Wow, we made it to the final two episodes of The Prisoner, which, let's face it, are the definition of controversial.

What made the British so angry that Patrick McGoohan had to flee into the mountains and disappear?

Who is #1, after all? A rocket or a monkey?

Andrew Heaton, of Alienating the Audience, helps us figure it all out.

Listen to the very end for a very special coda...

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1 hr 10 min