On the Time Lash
- Description:
- Join Ben and Mark down the pub for a few pints and a pub crawl through 21st Century Doctor Who. Beginning with Rose, each fornight they'll work their way through every episode of modern Doctor Who comparing each story with a classic serial. Join them on Twitter (@OnTheTimelash, @BenVerth @Oldmankrondas) or on www.facebook.com/onthetimelash
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- Episodes:
- 221
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:1:32:17
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:2:21:00
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 14 days, 3 hours, 55 minutes and 56 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 24 January 2014 (9:36pm GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 2 May 2021 (11:35am GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 12 days, 0 hours, 16 minutes and 49 seconds
On the Time Lash Episodes
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93. In the Forest of the Shite
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 55 minutes and 36 secondsBen and Mark take a before and after look at solar flare damage in Doctor Who - pairing 'In the Forest of the Night' with 'The Ark in Space'. Is 'In the Forest of the Night' really all that bad? Is 'The Ark in Space' really one of the all time classics? Under discussion: Doomed relationships, challenging children, childishness, body horror, bubble wrap and how the multicultural vision of 'Star Trek' doesn't always match with a BBC directors address book. If you like the podcast, and want to buy us a pint you can do so here.
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92. Running from the Boners
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 48 minutes and 9 secondsAs the Doctor and Clara visit Bristol in 'Flatline', Mark advocates toppling 'The Celestial Toymaker' off a harbour in an oddly topical, yet mostly trivial new episode of On the Time Lash. Under discussion: Artistic expression, class and race in 1960s Doctor Who, child-unfriendly childishness, the evolution of the Doctor-lite episode and how a prestige Saturday night drama can attract a younger audience. Also: Two painful things more enjoyable than 'The Celestial Toymaker', Mark taps into an austere childhood at his Great Aunts and Ben relates a heart-warming tale from a children's play park.
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90. Eggy Ruin
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 52 minutes and 21 secondsBen and Mark tackle complex moral dilemmas, gushing Cybermen and the history of squirty bottles as they discuss Kill the Moon and The Moonbase. Under discussion: Balancing the daftness of Doctor Who with the darkness of a prestige science fiction programme, the continuing improvements to animated reconstructions, Patrick Troughton becoming the Doctor and struggling to understand the Doctor's motivations. If you enjoy the podcast and want to buy us a coffee (no sugar) you can do so here, thanks!
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89. Space Dad
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 31 minutes and 31 secondsBen and Mark turn their attention to the teachers of Coal Hill School as they look at 'The Caretaker' and 'The Rescue'. One story features two kindly teachers specialised in history and chemistry whilst the other focuses on two teachers who, whilst romantically involved, have neither. Under discussion: A whistle stop history of portrayals of the military in Doctor Who, the unassuming historical significance of 'The Rescue', boyfriend errors, and the invention of the Doctor Who companion. If you enjoy the podcast, you can buy us a pint over at buymeacoffee.com/onthetimelash, thanks to those who have so far. You can also watch the podcast at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ7cdqg_ctU
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87. Scratchy Blankets
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 39 minutes and 23 secondsBen and Mark discuss 'Listen' and 'The Mind of Evil' in two classic Doctor Who stories that deal with fear. Under discussion: The comforting message of one of the show's creepiest episodes, talking to yourself in isolation, military brutality, the origins of the Black Mariah, the simplicity of one of the show's most memorable monsters and the pointlessness of another. Also: The brain of Philip Morris, visiting Stangmoor prison, Master plans and major crawlers If you like the podcast, you can buy us a pint at www.buymeacoffee.com/onthetimelash!
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85. Oscar Wilde of the Daleks
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 39 minutes and 56 secondsOr: The Incredible Shrinking Doctors Special Ben and Mark discuss miniaturisation, prawns, robot dogs, soldiers and viruses as they tackle both 'Into the Dalek' and 'The Invisible Enemy'. Is 'Into the Dalek' just a rehash of old ideas? Is 'The Invisible Enemy' really as rubbish as everyone remembers? ALSO: The return of Degsey's Where Did it Come Game, meeting Michael Sheard in a car park, and how Mark is due royalties from sales of Into the Dalek. If you like the podcast and want to buy us a drink to say thanks you can do so here For Les Anderson
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84. Not Your Teenage Sister's Doctor Who
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 8 minutes and 15 secondsBen and Mark welcome the 12th Doctor as they discuss 2014’s feature length, cinematic spectacular Deep Breath with a suggested pairing of Robert Holmes’ ghastly gastronomic 1985 story The Two Doctors. Along the way, they travel back along their own timelines to ponder their initial reactions to Deep Breath compared to their opinions on it now, discuss the merits and flaws of bringing back old Doctors outside of anniversaries and talk effusively about the work of Ben Wheatley and casting of Peter Capaldi. ALSO: Being sexually intimidated by Jacqueline Pearce, watching Doctor Who with Frank Skinner, nibbling on an Ogron, Season 6B and whether or not The Two Doctors goes too far. You can buy us a coffee/pint/copyright lawyerhere.
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The Timeless Sound of Men Moaning Online
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 8 minutes and 27 secondsContent
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82. The Three Birthdays Part Two
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 4 minutes and 28 secondsBen and Mark go back to where it all began, with the very first multi-Doctor story 'The Three Doctors'. After a very special edition of Degsey's Where Did it Come Game, they try to define the indefinable magic of Doctor Who by looking at this most comforting slice of nostalgia. Under discussion: Trying to understand the reverance with which each later Doctor holds the earliest incarnation, John Levene's finest hour, Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee's hugely entertaining rivalry and an appreciation for those fabulous Bristol boys - Bob Baker and Dave Martin.
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82. The Three Birthdays Part One
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 36 minutes and 59 secondsTo celebrate six years On the Timelash, Ben and Mark look back on the weekend that started it all by reminiscing about the 50th anniversary celebrations at the Excel centre and the various treats we got on the way to 'The Day of the Doctor'. Along the way they'll be joined by some old friends who share their own memories and thoughts on the 50th anniversary special
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80. Hong. Kong!?
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 1 minutes and 10 secondsBen and Mark return from their festive hibernation to discuss the mythical Cybermen. In Nightmare in Silver, the fantastical worlds of Neil Gaiman clash with the sci-fi action movie, whilst Tomb of the Cybermen updates Egyptian tomb raiding for the cybernetic age. But are they any good? Under discussion: Neil Gaiman's shifting opinions, Brazilian stew, Mark's proposed Tomb of the Cybermen stage production with a cast of 10 year olds, racial representation, what it means to be human, the slow, creeping death of Doctor Who fandom and the perils of imagination.
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79. Ben and Mark of the Rani
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 44 minutes and 48 secondsBen and Mark celebrate the 100th On the Time Lash upload by discussing 21st Century Doctor Who's 100th episode 'The Crimson Horror'. It's Ben's favourite story of the post 2005 run, will Mark and our listeners share his enthusiasm? Also this episode: Vile Victorian villainesses as we discuss 'The Mark of the Rani'. Ben meets a descendant of Major Barrington. Mark reveals his two degrees of Terry Nation. Byker Grove. Ant and Dec. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and much much more.
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78. Ripping Out the Copper Wiring
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 37 minutes and 45 secondsContent
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77. Spooky Hoose 2: Penis Snake
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 37 minutes and 48 secondsBen returns to the podcast for a Halloween special as we discuss the spooky goings on in Hide and Image of the Fendahl. Two stories, it soon turns out, that are quite evenly matched. (About time, 77 episodes in) Under discussion: The perils of dropping the T-Bomb, reaching the age where 'totty for the dads' is directed at you, the flaws of the show's sci-fi format, two(!) sequels to Image of the Fendahl, some opinions on Ravenous 4, and a competition over whose girlfriend is least intereste
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76. Mammoth on a Submarine
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 54 minutes and 38 secondsIt's a Ben-lite episode, but will it be Love & Monsters or Blink? Mark is joined by friends of the podcast Lee McMenemy (The Polis Box) and Richie Morgan (I Hate Doctor Who) to discuss 'Cold War' and 'The Ice Warriors'. Under discussion: Mammoths on submarines, Ultravox, planning your whole story around a title, everyday sexism, design marvels and scavenging hee-haw. ALSO: The On the Time Lash listeners provide their worst Doctor Who anecdotes, Mr. Eccleston has some strong words about the state of the park and we discover the secrets of Richie Morgan's sock drawer.
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75. Take it all Baby
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 39 minutes and 35 secondsIn the last episode before a summer break, Ben and Mark rather aptly confront an evil sun and an evil arts project that attracts a cavalcade of freaks and riffraff. Is 'The Rings of Akhaten' as bad as its reputation suggests? Is there any real merit in asking an old Doctor to do a new speech? Does arc-building have casualties? And whilst we're at it, what is 'The Greatest Show in the Galaxy' about, anyway? Violent hippies? The battle to save Doctor Who from cancellation? Comedy as a defence mechanism? All this and more in the 75th On the Time Lash!
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73. You Just Haven't Earned it Yeti Baby
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 26 minutes and 45 secondsContent
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72. When We Were Lion Kings
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 50 minutes and 10 secondsBen and Mark bid farewell to three Doctor Who companions and ponder the differing approaches to the farewell story. In 'The Angels Take Manhattan', they discuss just how sad and tragic an ostensibly happy ending can be, suggest that Dudley Simpson is better than Sting, compare Alex Kingston to a frog and wonder just how practical sending a Weeping Angel out for your groceries actually is. And in 'Warrior's Gate', Ben can't get his head round how bad many companion departures actually are, Mark admires Paul Joyce's pretensions, and is it really just simply about how awful slavery is?
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71. Extraordinary Participation
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 13 minutes and 38 secondsAs we prepare to say goodbye to the Ponds, Ben and Mark talk about friendship via THE POWER OF THREE and THE SEEDS OF DOOM. In a podcast first, Ben views a bona-fide Doctor Who classic for the very first time, whilst both hosts try to read between the lines to figure out exactly what the hell was going on with Steven Berkoff. Also: Yet another Big Finish pitch, rampant consumerism, a bolshy and bruising Tom Baker, another tribute to the wonderful Elisabeth Sladen and the fall and rise of UNIT in Doctor Who. You can tweet us @OnTheTimeLash or find us on Facebook, and do please leave us a review on iTunes.
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The Magnificent 70
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 8 minutes and 49 secondsTo celebrate 70 podcasts, Ben and Mark discuss the Doctor Who westerns 'A Town Called Mercy' and 'The Gunfighters' over a magnificent 70(ish) minutes of drinks and chat. Under discussion this month: Toby Whithouse's Wild West shopping list, the Western genre, comedy in Doctor Who, William Hartnell's comic chops, singing, childrens TV and a long overdue appreciation of some of the show's unsung heroes like cinematographers and directors. Thanks for joining us for 70 of these things, as ever, if you like the podcast, leave us a review on iTunes and/or tweet us @OnTheTimeLash
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The On the Time Lash Annual 2019
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 28 minutes and 5 secondsContent
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67. A Pigeon in a Loft
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 7 secondsTime is against them as Ben and Mark battle sickness and a naughty dog to bring you their discussion about 'The Wedding of River Song' and 'The Time Monster'. Two season finales as Steven Moffat brings his tangled web of plotlines together to close out Series 6 and Robert Sloman does whatever it is he's doing to close Series 10. Why does the Doctor have a mullet? Is the new series missing the madness of Moffat? Is Kronos, God of time really such a threat? How does eating pheasant at a publicly funded institution look? How sexy is Roger Delgado? ALSO: Ben and Mark discuss their reactions to Series 11 thus far and question whether or not Doctor Who is still for them. You can read Mark's latest blog for Big Blue Box here: https://www.bigblueboxpodcast.co.uk/doctor-who-the-childrens-own-programme-that-adults-abhor/
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66. Pantomimetic
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 34 minutes and 27 secondsBen and Mark discuss sub-par Cyber sequels as they debate the relative merits of 'Closing Time' and 'Attack of the Cybermen'. Are they each as bad as fan wisdom will have you believe? If you've been listening to this podcast for a while you'll probably know the answer to that. Under discussion: Parenthood, the fear of children, psycho-analysing Steven Moffat, being rude about DWM staff, saying nice things about Eric Saward, dodgy synths and guns. Also: As series 11 continues, Ben and Mark briefly discuss 'Rosa' and 'Arachnids in the UK'. As ever, tweet us at @OnTheTimeLash, @BenVerth & @Oldmankrondas
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65. Ben and Mark Get the Horn(s)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 25 minutes and 39 secondsBen and Mark talk a load of bull in their fruity Scottish accents as they reach The God Complex and pair it up with 1979's The Horns of Nimon. Expect Brexit metaphors, an impassioned defence of a much maligned classic, an embarrassing defeat in Degsey's Where Did it Come Game, the differing approaches to the comedy of Douglas Adams and appreciation for an animatronic minotaur, Amara Khan, Rory Williams and Lalla Ward. Praise them. Also this week: Ben and Mark discuss The Ghost Monument, the new TARDIS, and ponder where the new merchandise for the kiddies has disappeared to.
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Extra 13.1: Tim Shaw & The Baconaise Benefactor
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64. An Enigma Wrapped in a Mystery Dressed in a Schoolboy Outfit that's Age Inappropriate
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63. EastEnders Land
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 29 minutes and 42 secondsBen and Mark discuss Doctor Who's relationship with realism as they watch "Night Terrors" and "Survival". Is Night Terrors' main issue a lack of grounding in a particular time or place? Is Survival the perfect end for Doctor Who? Along the way, Mark goes a bit Noel Edmonds and ponders Doctor Who's cosmic coincidences, Ben discovers the inherent sadness of the humble dog on a chain and there's some discussion of the endings to Seinfeld, Star Trek and Will & Grace. ALSO: Doctor Who Magazine, Series 11 "news" and "Earthshock" at the BFI.
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62. Doctor Who Discovers: Nazis
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 48 minutes and 48 secondsReturning from a summer break, and hounded by a pack of rabid dogs, Ben and Mark discuss portrayals of the Nazis in Doctor Who via a discussion about "Let's Kill Hitler" and "The Dalek Invasion of Earth". Along the way, Ben buys Steven Moffat a drink, which thankfully isn't a bottle of Hitler branded wine. Under discussion: The dangers and benefits of playing Hitler for laughs, the 2001 novel "The Shadow in the Glass", the Nazis in the cultural landscape of the 1960s, time travelling vigilante justice, as well as the new Sunday timeslot and the DWM Time Team.
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61. On the Time Lash LIVE!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 20 minutes and 35 secondsThree men go to war against sobriety as Ben, Mark and Derek tackle "A Good Man Goes to War" and "The Caves of Androzani" in a special 61st episode, recorded live at the Edinburgh Geek and Nerd Festival's WhoFest weekend. Competing with both an incoming pub quiz and the hottest day of the year, they discuss hubris, consequences, toy boxes, glibness and "American Daytime Soap Opera shitness".
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60. A Depraved Nicholas Lyndhurst
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 39 minutes and 25 secondsFree tickets for On the Time Lash LIVE are available from tinyurl.com/OTTLLIVE Ben and Mark discuss evil doubles as they reach The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People and pair it up with Enemy of the World. Along the way they discuss pregnancy horror, David Cronenberg, Malcolm Hulke, Donald Trump, Brexit, fictional Mexicans and rapey Captain Kirk. ALSO: Ben sings, Mark rounds up some of the most insane responses to the lack of a S11 trailer, Ben admits to a criminal act and nobody mentions Miami Twice.
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59. A Hand in the Doctor's Wife
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 41 minutes and 14 secondsBen and Mark crack open a can of TARDIS Special as they discuss The Doctor's Wife and The Edge of Destruction/Brink of Disaster/Inside the Spaceship/Or What You Will.... Along the way, they discuss the muted effect mythology episodes of long-running shows can have in retrospect, have a brief but spoileriffic chat about Steven Moffat's Day of the Doctor novelisation and place the praise for who the Doctor is today firmly at the feet of Ms. Barbara Wright. But before all that there's the matter of Doctor Who on Twitch, #London1965, the Tom Baker BluRays and brand identity.
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58. Whipping Boy
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 27 minutes and 28 secondsBen and Mark visit some of Edinburgh's less busy taverns on an uncharacteristically busy Wednesday evening to discuss The Curse of the Black Spot and The Smugglers. Apologies for the slightly noisy soundscape, just imagine you're in a pirate tavern, a pirate tavern pumping out Lionel Ritchie.
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57. Kicking F*** Oot Ae Silence
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 24 minutes and 16 secondsContent
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57. Booting F*ck Oot ae Silence
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 50 minutes and 14 secondsAfter a slightly longer break than planned, the boys are back! We open Series 6 with late 60's set conspiracy thriller The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon and pair it up with 1970's conspiracy thriller The Ambassadors.........................of Death! Under discussion: How many ideas are too many in a Doctor Who story? Mark defends the controversial 'genocide' ending, more Big Finish proposals, a pitch for a controversial new reality show, why The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon gets Nixon right and an act of idolatry towards a bright yellow roadster.
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56. Tegan Jovanka's Funky Ambulance
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 47 minutes and 36 secondsBen and Mark FINALLY reach the end of Series 5 with a discussion about The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang and Castrovalva. Along the way, they ponder how a Dalek would read an Usborne guide to the Romans, pitch a potential Big Finish boxed set, sing Alanis Morissette, sing Morrissey and just generally have a good time. Whilst some of the chat is potentially a by-product of booze and two friends having not seen each other for a while, there are also some more measured discussions of Amy and Rory's relationship, the problems with the Davison era and a lot of 80s Doctor Who as a whole, and what makes for a good debut from a Doctor.
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55. Spooky Hoose
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 14 minutes and 45 secondsUnder discussion: Two spooky houses as we turn our focus towards The Lodger and Ghost Light. Ben reappraises a story he long thought that he hated and Mark tries to explain just what on Earth is going on at Gabriel Chase, which would be easy enough if he could even remember watching it.
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55. Spooky Hoose
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 14 minutes and 45 secondsUnder discussion: Two spooky houses as we turn our focus towards The Lodger and Ghost Light. Ben reappraises a story he long thought that he hated and Mark tries to explain just what on Earth is going on at Gabriel Chase, which would be easy enough if he could even remember watching it.
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The On the Time Lash Annual 2018
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 46 minutes and 58 secondsIn a special seasonal episode, Ben and Mark are joined by their old friend Jonathan Melville to discuss Twice Upon a Time, A Christmas Carol, the end of the Moffat/Capaldi era and the start of the Chibnall/Whittaker one. Along the way they'll unwrap gifts, reflect on Christmases past, present and still to come, discuss the pros and cons of Steven Moffat, Doctor Who in the age of Netflix and long form drama, and ask whether it's entirely helpful in the current climate to so egregiously misrepresent a whole era. Apologies for the interference in the second half, clearly we're a bit out of practice.
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The On the Time Lash Annual 2018
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 46 minutes and 58 secondsIn a special seasonal episode, Ben and Mark are joined by their old friend Jonathan Melville to discuss Twice Upon a Time, A Christmas Carol, the end of the Moffat/Capaldi era and the start of the Chibnall/Whittaker one. Along the way they'll unwrap gifts, reflect on Christmases past, present and still to come, discuss the pros and cons of Steven Moffat, Doctor Who in the age of Netflix and long form drama, and ask whether it's entirely helpful in the current climate to so egregiously misrepresent a whole era. Apologies for the interference in the second half, clearly we're a bit out of practice.