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It's a rematch between Tegan and The Mara, and it's up to the Doctor and a crystal to save the day. Nyssa will be by shortly to take your order for the intergalactic burger stand (listen and find out).

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We are joined by writer Will Hadcroft as we discuss his exciting new Second Doctor BBC Audio release Doctor Who: The Resurrection Plant, his fandom and writing journey to this point, and we take a side-step into the worlds of John Christopher and The Tripods. 

We also give our weekly recommendations. 

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Somewhat plagued by delays, at last here's a new episode of Something Who.

And after a run of episodes brimming with voices, here's a pared down chat from Richard, Giles and Paul about a couple of stories from middle of the second millennium: 5th Doctor story The Visitation, from Season 19, and 10th Doctor story The Shakespeare code from Series 3. As per recent convention, this episode is the first half of that conversation and features The Visitation.

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Giles' book A History of the Universe in 21 Stars: (and 3 Imposters) can be found in all good bookshops and also here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Universe-21-Stars-Imposters/dp/1787394654/

Paul is one half of Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast https://missingepisodes.podbean.com/. And head over to https://www.bigfinish.com/, where we all love Paul's stories, especially The Prints of Denmark https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-companion-chronicles-the-second-doctor-volume-03-1826.

Richard has another podcast with co-host Emily, called "If It's Hurting, It's not Working" and it's a fun and informative look at work - why we work, how we work, and what makes a great job. And also what makes a great workplace, how to turn things round when we're not enjoying our work and, in the end, how we can all make our work better. Go to https://ifhurtnotwork.podbean.com/ and https://ifhurtnot.work for more. Episode 10 is a chat with Sean West, who, amongst other things, work as a Chief Finance Officer.

Doctor Who has always been political. ALWAYS. Join Deb, Erika, and Liz as we talk about how both the modern and classic eras have never shied away from taking on the issues of the day.

What are some of the stories you think of when you think of political Who? Let us know in the comments!

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Doctor Who has always been political. ALWAYS. Join Deb, Erika, and Liz as we talk about how both the modern and classic eras have never shied away from taking on the issues of the day.

What are some of the stories you think of when you think of political Who? Let us know in the comments!

^E

Extra-special thanks to this week's editor, Steven Schapansky of Castria! Support Verity! on Patreon

In preparation for David & Matt beginning to review 'Torchwood' in it's entirety, they've dipped back into the archive to bring you the segment of episode 25 (Sodas & Secret Societies) in which they review episode 1: 'Everything Changes'.

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Our guest this month is veteran Reality Bomb host and all-around great Canadian, Graeme Burk!  Graeme joins us to discuss his podcasting career, how Pyramids of Mars can be comforting AND exciting, and having lunch with Philip Hinchcliffe.

Then Graeme brings us his Pick of the Month, the CBS musical powerhouse sitcom, WKRP In Cincinnati!  We talk about its enduring appeal, the politics of music copyright laws, and how this icon of television sitcoms has stood the test of time.

It’s the return of the Three Who Rule as Chris rejoins the august Radio Free Skaro crew from his recent sojourns in the United Kingdom and it’s a tragedy that it is in the sad circumstances of the passing of acting titans and Doctor Who stars Bernard Cribbins and David Warner this week. We pay tribute to these two gentlemen of stage and screen as well as looking at the latest Big Finish releases, and indeed a Humble Bundle that you will purchase! We also have a Miniscope about Doctor Who composer Carey Blyton featuring musician and Youtube impresario Jess Jurkovic!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Bernard Cribbins died
• RTD’s tribute to Cribbins
• Tennant and Tate’s tribute to Cribbins
• David Warner died
• Abominable Snowmen UK home media release due Sep 5
• Abominable Snowmen BFI screening Sep 3
• Big Finish Humble Bundle
• Big Finish Classic Doctors New Monsters: Broken Memories due Oct 2023
• Big Finish Classic Doctors New Monsters: The Stuff of Nightmares released

Miniscope:

• Carey Blyton
• Jess Jurkovic

While Dave is jet-setting around Europe, Rob welcomes Dylan Rees (DOCTOR WHO: TOO HOT FOR TV) back to the podcast.

Dylan has brought today's main topic: 1960s Doctor Who writer, and sometime script editor, Dennis Spooner.

The guys keep the discussion light, so anyone can tune in and learn a little about Dennis and his stories without feeling overwhelmed by someone they perhaps aren't familiar with, writing black and white television almost 60 years ago.

Before then, the guys discuss some news from the past month, some short topics, and some great listener feedback. We really do have the best listeners, folks.

Hope you enjoy the episode! Contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

It’s the return of the Three Who Rule as Chris rejoins the august Radio Free Skaro crew from his recent sojourns in the United Kingdom and it’s a tragedy that it is in the sad circumstances of the passing of acting titans and Doctor Who stars Bernard Cribbins and David Warner this week. We pay tribute to these two gentlemen of stage and screen as well as looking at the latest Big Finish releases, and indeed a Humble Bundle that you will purchase! We also have a Miniscope about Doctor Who composer Carey Blyton featuring musician and Youtube impresario Jess Jurkovic!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Bernard Cribbins died
• RTD’s tribute to Cribbins
• Tennant and Tate’s tribute to Cribbins
• David Warner died
• Abominable Snowmen UK home media release due Sep 5
• Abominable Snowmen BFI screening Sep 3
• Big Finish Humble Bundle
• Big Finish Classic Doctors New Monsters: Broken Memories due Oct 2023
• Big Finish Classic Doctors New Monsters: The Stuff of Nightmares released

Miniscope:

• Carey Blyton
• Jess Jurkovic

"The Talons of Weng-Chiang" is still, by popular acclaim, one of the greatest "Doctor Who" stories of all time. It's still in the top-10 -- out of both Classic and New series -- in the year-2014 DWM survey, and is even top-5 among Classic stories on that list.

"Talons" however also has major problems. One is the language; words that may (or may not) have been acceptable in 1977, are certainly not acceptable here in 2022. Two is the story's world-view, in which the immigrants (the Chinese, and other groups to be found in London's East End in the 1890s) are Other, alien, here solely to cause trouble -- described by various English characters within the story as "inscrutable", "pixilated", and "bloodsucker". "Doctor Who" -- both the TV show and the character -- has spent the better part of 60 years sticking up for the underdog, empowering the powerless and defending the oppressed. But for six weeks in the winter and early spring of 1977, the show took a break from that, and told a story instead about defending the Crown from... those other people.

Of course, "Talons" is NOT the only "Doctor Who" story with indefensible language and beliefs -- not the only Classic Series story to do that, and certainly there are New Series stories which also have problems. Does loving "Doctor Who" mean we have to accept its baggage?

Over the next two hours, join Jason -- and our first tandem guests, long-time Doctor Who novelists Kate Orman and Jon Blum -- as we take an unflinching look at this story, and then try to see if it's still possible to love this story in spite of its flaws, its many flaws.

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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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Steven of New To Who fame popped round Oxford for a couple of days and a lot of Whovian bants ensued

The post B082 NewToWhoBackWhen, Part 1 appeared first on Who Back When | A Doctor Who Podcast.

While Dave is jet-setting around Europe, Rob welcomes Dylan Rees (DOCTOR WHO: TOO HOT FOR TV) back to the podcast.

Dylan has brought today's main topic: 1960s Doctor Who writer, and sometime script editor, Dennis Spooner.

The guys keep the discussion light, so anyone can tune in and learn a little about Dennis and his stories without feeling overwhelmed by someone they perhaps aren't familiar with, writing black and white television almost 60 years ago.

Before then, the guys discuss some news from the past month, some short topics, and some great listener feedback. We really do have the best listeners, folks.

Hope you enjoy the episode! Contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

We speak with James Moran, author of Doctor Who: The Fires of Pompeii, released as an audiobook on 14th July 2022. 

Available from - https://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Fires-Pompeii-Novelisation/dp/B09SZMSBFH

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On the one-hundred-and-first edition of Reality Bomb, we're triaging the plethora of behind-the-scenes speculation as Graeme Burk brings together Lacy Baugher-Milas and KatyBeth Schmid for super-sized version of "Is This Rumour Hot or Not?". Also, what would a Doctor Who expanded universe on TV look like in the 2020s? Joy Piedmont talks to Martin Belam and Sage Young about what goes in the theme park, figuratively and literally. And we pay tribute to the amazingly talented Bernard Cribbins with Nick Abadzis and Jim Sangster. Plus listeners' letters and... Did you know there's going to be a Doctor finale this autumn? No we didn't know either...

Good morning, lovely listeners and welcome to another splendid installment of Stace & Barry In The Morning!

After a quick stop off at Dominion Park, we're on a virtual jaunt to San Diego Comic Con! Find out what we think about the Dungeons & Dragons trailer, hear Stace get confused between Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, and listen to Barry's thoughts on John Wick.

All this, plus a sprinkling of Shazam! Grab a bowl of insert cereal here and enjoy!

This week David & Matt dip into Big Finish to review the Eighth Doctor audio drama 'Storm Warning'.

They continue to discuss ideas for new podcast segments whilst discussing Dire Straits perhaps a little too much.

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Ross and Vic have arrived in Dalek occupied London 2167.  Barbara becomes a resistance fighter and drives a mean lorry. Ian drops a bomb down a big mine shaft and the Doctor and Susan must say their good byes. A classic story and a fun conversation for Ross and Victoria

We take a look at the two Peter Cushing Dalek films released in the 1960s at the height of Dalekmania. Along the way, Mark meets a fellow podcaster, Mark’s sister chances to meet our listener and we binge-watch Bond at the cinema.

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(00:04:06) Remain-voting – oops sorry – Leave-supporting MP, Liz Truss, inspires the nation with a speech at the Liberal Democrat – oops sorry – Conservative Party conference.

(00:08:10) As must be widely known by now (from QI if nothing else), Peter Cushing lived in Whitstable, a seaside town not far from our Mark’s home in Kent. Landmark’s include Cushing’s View (his memorial bench) and The Peter Cushing pub.

(00:24:58) Russell T Davies’s acceptance speech for his award for “It’s a Sin”.

(01:00:40) Roy Castle with Buddy Rich and Sammy Davis Jnr on the “Parkinson” show in 1982.

(01:01:40) Roy Castle breaks the world record for the fastest tap dancing (24 taps per second) in 1973.

(01:07:25) A scan from issue 28 of TV Century 21 comic where Lady Penelope meets he cast can be found on our Tumblr page here.

(01:19:50) The Dalek spaceship also appears in “The Body Stealers” as shown on our Tumblr page here.

(01:25:00) Ray Brooks voices “Mr Benn”.

(01:28:05) TV commercial for Harp lager from the 1970s.

(01:28:37) Sugar Puffs ran another competition for the second film.

(01:30:00) The scene from “Dr Nora” (“Frasier” S06E20).

(01:31:55) Young John Streeter wins a prop Dalek in a competition.

(01:32:25) British Telecom “Hola” TV commercial with the film poster in the background.

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This week my new series re-watch reaches the end of the David Tennant era in Doctor Who: The End of Time.

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CUTBITS:

• Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway Question Mark Two Four featuring Cat and Eric. Join us as we discuss why we like the TV Showtime App, and current shows we're watching [as of May, 2017]. Let the banter begin!

WARNING:

• This discussion contains miscellaneous K-9 and Company, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, Sherlock, Class, new WHO, and/or classic SPOILERS pertaining to Doctor Who. If you are 100% spoilerphobic to new & classic episodes not yet seen, do NOT complain to us. This episode is MOSTLY HARMLESS & contains EXPLICIT ideas, and as always expect strokes of innuendo throughout.

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• This Cutbit was recorded May 5th, 2017.
• COMING SOON: Cutbits #?26 

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ONE of the wonders of Doctor Who is that it can be set anywhere - a space station, an army base, a service station or even a care home for the elderly.

And it's to the latter that we travel this week, as Kenny and Becca find out about another Short Trip from Big Finish, Curse of the Fugue, as they discuss the tale, written by Alice Cavender, and she joins us for a chat, along with producer Ian Atkins and sound designer/musician Steve Foxon.

We hear about the recording session that was up against the clock - and why narrator Sheridan Smith was a real star on the day, seeing the job through until the end. The tale was released in April 2016.

Also: Be warned! This episode contains Kenny dropping three F bombs at the mention a particular British daily 'newspaper', which is filled with hate and venom, and once turned its ire on our poor beloved Sheridan Smith when she was going through the traumatic loss of her father.

Thank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.

On this episode Denise (@CupOfTea69), Si (@Si_Hart), Adam (@AdamJClegg) and Mark (@QuarkMcMalus) discuss the BBC Sounds audio drama Redacted.

You can find all episodes of Redacted on the BBC Sounds app.

Vince and Beth are back into Classic Who with the 4th Doctor this week and companion Leela is along for the adventure. This week the hosts talk about the highly regarded, and highly controversial Talons of Weng Chiang. 

*Warning* This story contains racially insenstive material that was offensive when the epiode first premired and it is certainly offensive today.

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Martyn is joined by actor, writer and celebrity impressionist Tom Lenk. They discuss Tom's upcoming Edinburgh fringe show, his time as Andrew on Buffy the vampire slayer and Anson Mount's hair. 

The podcast Smartlink.

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Two stories. One guest. And a lot to discuss in this month's edition of "We've Got Randomoids". 

Best-selling author and comic book writer Tony Lee joins us to talk about his one and only Big Finish Doctor Who release, Rat Trap. 

https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-rat-trap-314

And we review Marc Platt's second Doctor Who Unbound adventure starring Geoffrey Bayldon and Carol-Ann Ford, A Storm of Angels. 

 https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-unbound-a-storm-of-angels-368

Philip recommends Mrs Frisby and The Rats of NIMH - https://www.amazon.com/Mrs-Frisby-and-Rats-of-NIMH-audiobook/dp/B0085BK1TG

Dwayne recommends Tony Lee's Adaptation of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea - https://www.amazon.com/20-000-Leagues-Under-Sea/dp/B08D3WFPPX

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Time to revisit a 4th Doctor story with several elements that modern Who has called back to! Join Deb, Liz, and Tansy as they discuss the Master, the history of Gallifrey, and the everything-of-Rassilon.

How do you feel about this story? Drop us a tweet or let us know in the comments!

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Happy Things:

• Tansy - Ncuti Gatwa receives honorary doctorate from the Royal Conservatoire Scotland -- yes, he's the Doctor Doctor!
• Liz wrote more Big Finish!
  • The War Master: Self-Defence
  • The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 11: The Nine
  • Master!: Nemesis Express
  • The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Hidden Depths
• Deb - funny tweet about David Tennant!

Extra-special thanks to this week's editor, Steven Schapansky of Castria! Support Verity! on Patreon

Time to revisit a 4th Doctor story with several elements that modern Who has called back to! Join Deb, Liz, and Tansy as they discuss the Master, the history of Gallifrey, and the everything-of-Rassilon.

How do you feel about this story? Drop us a tweet or let us know in the comments!

^E

Happy Things:

• Tansy - Ncuti Gatwa receives honorary doctorate from the Royal Conservatoire Scotland -- yes, he's the Doctor Doctor!
• Liz wrote more Big Finish!
  • The War Master: Self-Defence
  • The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 11: The Nine
  • Master!: Nemesis Express
  • The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Hidden Depths
• Deb - funny tweet about David Tennant!

Extra-special thanks to this week's editor, Steven Schapansky of Castria! Support Verity! on Patreon

Who's There?:

• Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway One Four Eight featuring Cat and Eric. Join us as we dive into "New" Doctor Who, Knock Knock. Let the banter begin.

WARNING:

• This discussion contains miscellaneous K-9 and Company, Torchwood,Sarah Jane Adventures, Sherlock, Class, new WHO, and/or classic SPOILERS pertaining to Doctor Who. If you are 100% spoilerphobic to new & classic episodes not yet seen, do NOT complain to us. This episode is MOSTLY HARMLESS & contains EXPLICIT ideas, and as always expect strokes of innuendo throughout.

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• COMING SOON: MHC #148.5 Knock Knock Commentary

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In this episode, we review The War Master, Volume 7 – Self-Defence. Hear what we think of this story starring Sir Derek Jacobi, with a special appearance by David Tennant as The Doctor.

We continue our year-long journey through the Time War.

Plus, we discuss the recent MCU film, Thor: Love & Thunder.

Enjoy!

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Christmas, 1892: The Doctor has retired from saving the universe after a disastrous mid-series finale earlier in the year. He is cheered up somewhat by his encounter with a feisty young barmaid, who is intrigued enough to follow the Doctor home, only to learn a valuable and ultimately fatal lesson about the importance of railings. Richard E Grant is here too, as usual, delivering his lines through heroically clenched teeth. It’s The Snowmen.

Notes and Links

We refer to Clara several times as a Manic Pixie Dream Girl — a quirky female character whose main purpose in the narrative is to pull the male hero out of an emotional funk. The phrase itself was coined by a critic called Nathan Rabin, who has since said that he regretted ever coming up with the term.

Saul Metzstein, who directed this episode and several other successful Doctor Who episodes in Series 7, would go on to work as second unit director on the disastrous 2017 flop The Snowman, now best known for its terrible marketing campaign and for the fact that its protagonist was a character called Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender).

By 2013, Richard E Grant had twice played non-canon Doctors: He was the Ninth Doctor of Paul Cornell’s animated webcast Scream of the Shalka, which launched a whole new version of Doctor Who in 2003 in a parallel universe nearly adjacent to this one. He also played the Tenth Doctor (aka the Quite Handsome Doctor) in Steven Moffat’s first ever Doctor Who story The Curse of Fatal Death, broadcast as part of Red Nose Day in 1999. You can watch it here, and you should.

And our last trope for the day is fridging, which means killing a female character solely for the effect it has on the male hero. I can’t think how this one came up.

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You can find Jodie into Terror, our flashcast on the Whittaker Era of Doctor Who, at jodieintoterror.com, at @JodieIntoTerror on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and wherever podcasts can be found. We’ll be recording our final episode some time in October.

Our James Bond commentary podcast is called Bondfinger, and you can find that at bondfinger.com, at @bondfingercast on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else as well.

We can also be heard on the Blakes 7 podcast Maximum Power, which will be returning later this year with its coverage of Series B.

And finally, there’s our Star Trek commentary podcast, Untitled Star Trek Project, featuring Nathan and friend-of-the-podcast Joe Ford. In our most recent episode, we head back to the 1990s to see how Chief O’Brien is getting on, in The Wounded.

Christmas, 1892: The Doctor has retired from saving the universe after a disastrous mid-series finale earlier in the year. He is cheered up somewhat by his encounter with a feisty young barmaid, who is intrigued enough to follow the Doctor home, only to learn a valuable and ultimately fatal lesson about the importance of railings. Richard E Grant is here too, as usual, delivering his lines through heroically clenched teeth. It’s The Snowmen.

Notes and Links

We refer to Clara several times as a Manic Pixie Dream Girl — a quirky female character whose main purpose in the narrative is to pull the male hero out of an emotional funk. The phrase itself was coined by a critic called Nathan Rabin, who has since said that he regretted ever coming up with the term.

Saul Metzstein, who directed this episode and several other successful Doctor Who episodes in Series 7, would go on to work as second unit director on the disastrous 2017 flop The Snowman, now best known for its terrible marketing campaign and for the fact that its protagonist was a character called Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender).

By 2013, Richard E Grant had twice played non-canon Doctors: He was the Ninth Doctor of Paul Cornell’s animated webcast Scream of the Shalka, which launched a whole new version of Doctor Who in 2003 in a parallel universe nearly adjacent to this one. He also played the Tenth Doctor (aka the Quite Handsome Doctor) in Steven Moffat’s first ever Doctor Who story The Curse of Fatal Death, broadcast as part of Red Nose Day in 1999. You can watch it here, and you should.

And our last trope for the day is fridging, which means killing a female character solely for the effect it has on the male hero. I can’t think how this one came up.

Follow us

Nathan is on Twitter as @nathanbottomley, Simon is @simonmoore72, and Todd is @ToddBeilby. The Flight Through Entirety theme was arranged by Cameron Lam. You can follow the podcast on Twitter at @FTEpodcast.

We’re also on Facebook, and you can check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com. Please consider rating or reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, or we’ll catastrophically fall to our deaths from your balcony and completely ruin your Christmas (in July).

And more

You can find Jodie into Terror, our flashcast on the Whittaker Era of Doctor Who, at jodieintoterror.com, at @JodieIntoTerror on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and wherever podcasts can be found. We’ll be recording our final episode some time in October.

Our James Bond commentary podcast is called Bondfinger, and you can find that at bondfinger.com, at @bondfingercast on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else as well.

We can also be heard on the Blakes 7 podcast Maximum Power, which will be returning later this year with its coverage of Series B.

And finally, there’s our Star Trek commentary podcast, Untitled Star Trek Project, featuring Nathan and friend-of-the-podcast Joe Ford. In our most recent episode, we head back to the 1990s to see how Chief O’Brien is getting on, in The Wounded.

Christmas, 1892: The Doctor has retired from saving the universe after a disastrous mid-series finale earlier in the year. He is cheered up somewhat by his encounter with a feisty young barmaid, who is intrigued enough to follow the Doctor home, only to learn a valuable and ultimately fatal lesson about the importance of railings. Richard E Grant is here too, as usual, delivering his lines through heroically clenched teeth. It’s The Snowmen.

Notes and Links

We refer to Clara several times as a Manic Pixie Dream Girl — a quirky female character whose main purpose in the narrative is to pull the male hero out of an emotional funk. The phrase itself was coined by a critic called Nathan Rabin, who has since said that he regretted ever coming up with the term.

Saul Metzstein, who directed this episode and several other successful Doctor Who episodes in Series 7, would go on to work as second unit director on the disastrous 2017 flop The Snowman, now best known for its terrible marketing campaign and for the fact that its protagonist was a character called Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender).

By 2013, Richard E Grant had twice played non-canon Doctors: He was the Ninth Doctor of Paul Cornell’s animated webcast Scream of the Shalka, which launched a whole new version of Doctor Who in 2003 in a parallel universe nearly adjacent to this one. He also played the Tenth Doctor (aka the Quite Handsome Doctor) in Steven Moffat’s first ever Doctor Who story The Curse of Fatal Death, broadcast as part of Red Nose Day in 1999. You can watch it here, and you should.

And our last trope for the day is fridging, which means killing a female character solely for the effect it has on the male hero. I can’t think how this one came up.

Follow us

Nathan is on Twitter as @nathanbottomley, Simon is @simonmoore72, and Todd is @ToddBeilby. The Flight Through Entirety theme was arranged by Cameron Lam. You can follow the podcast on Twitter at @FTEpodcast.

We’re also on Facebook, and you can check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com. Please consider rating or reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, or we’ll catastrophically fall to our deaths from your balcony and completely ruin your Christmas (in July).

And more

You can find Jodie into Terror, our flashcast on the Whittaker Era of Doctor Who, at jodieintoterror.com, at @JodieIntoTerror on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and wherever podcasts can be found. We’ll be recording our final episode some time in October.

Our James Bond commentary podcast is called Bondfinger, and you can find that at bondfinger.com, at @bondfingercast on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else as well.

We can also be heard on the Blakes 7 podcast Maximum Power, which will be returning later this year with its coverage of Series B.

And finally, there’s our Star Trek commentary podcast, Untitled Star Trek Project, featuring Nathan and friend-of-the-podcast Joe Ford. In our most recent episode, we head back to the 1990s to see how Chief O’Brien is getting on, in The Wounded.