With "The Waters of Mars" and the two-part "The End of Time," two eras come to a close on Doctor Who and Bigger on the Inside. Today, Dan and Mike bid farewell to Russell T. Davies and David Tennant, whose impact on both shows must be praised. Please visit www.patreon.com/biggerontheinside.
In Bigger on the Inside's penultimate David Tennant episode, Dan and Mike speak about Dreamland. The computer-animated adventure is lackluster, to say the least. More than that, though, the guys read lots of e-mails and discuss Patreon.com. To visit the Bigger on the Inside Patreon page, or to gather more details, head to www.patreon.com/biggerontheinside.
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The Doctor must unravel the mystery of a man claiming to be The Doctor, all while stopping the Cybermen from destroying London in 1851 ("The Next Doctor"). Then, a pleasant bus ride turns into a nightmare when a hole in space threatens the Earth ("Planet of the Dead"). Dan and Mike also discuss two Doctor Who shorts: "Music of the Spheres" and a segment from Tonight's the Night. The guys read through lots of e-mails, bemoan poor special effects and costumes, and sort of disagree about one of the...
An apocalyptic pocket universe is created around Donna, in which The Doctor dies and Rose Tyler carries a message for him ("Turn Left"). Then, ending the fourth modern season, Davros and The Daleks return to end everything ("The Stolen Earth" / "Journey's End"). From there, Dan and Mike take a look back at Catherine Tate's tenure on Doctor Who, and rank the final full season overseen by Russell T. Davies.
A peaceful trip to The Library finds unimaginable creatures in the shadows ("Silence in the Library" / "Forest of the Dead"). And while on holiday, The Doctor must battle his own words ("Midnight"). Also, Mike has a theory about Clara, a listener war begins (maybe), and River Song debuts!
After being thrust into a war, The Doctor becomes a family man ("The Doctor's Daughter"). Then, he and Donna help Agatha Christie solve a murder mystery ("The Unicorn and the Wasp"). The guys decide that Henry Gordon Jago could be Colonel Curbishly, and Dan is proud of his new status.
The Ood stage a revolt against their slavers ("Planet of the Ood"), the Sontarans wage war for Earth ("The Sontaran Stratagem" / "The Poison Sky"), UNIT returns, The Doctor makes a political statement, Ian Chesterton flies a jetpack, and Mike's opens a tumblr. Also, there are spoilers for the second half of the seventh season between 7:23 and 12:47.
Donna Noble officially joins The Doctor as they aim to stop aliens from turning Earth into a breeding planet ("Partners in Crime"), and then they must make the ultimate decision: Pompeii or the future of humankind ("The Fires of Pompeii").
Forget all of the talk about the weather, the very first modern multi-Doctor story ("Time Crash"), and Kylie Minogue's turn on the program ("Voyage of the Damned"). What makes this episode of Bigger on the Inside so historic is that Dan and Mike mark the very first appearance of the man, the myth, the legend: Wilfred Mott!
In The Infinite Quest, The Doctor's first official animated adventure, he and Martha must find the wish-granting Infinite before a madman can get his hands on it.
As the third modern season of Doctor Who wraps up, The Master makes his return ("Utopia") and decimates the human race ("The Sound of Drums" / "Last of the Time Lords"), Martha Jones trades life aboard the TARDIS for something more stable, and Captain Jack Harkness drops by with several surprises.
After weeks and weeks of mediocre and horrible stories, Dan and Mike are finally treated to the two-part story Human Nature / The Family of Blood and then the incomparable Blink. Pardon Mike's sniffles, and mind The Snowmen spoilers between 7:40 and 18:10.
To best illustrate how boring "The Lazarus Experiment" and "42" are, Dan and Mike take a detour to debate the cinematic validity of Weekend at Bernie's.
The Doctor heads back to New Earth, and this time he finds the planet's population trapped in a never-ending motorway ("Gridlock"). Then, The Doctor and Martha travel to Manhattan where they join forces with Spider-Man and Captain Panaka to fight off the evil menace of Scrotor and his army of facial penises ("Daleks in Manhattan" / "Evolution of the Daleks").
During their first outing, The Doctor and Martha Jones must save a hospital from a little old lady with a straw ("Smith and Jones"). Then they meet William Shakespeare while contending with witches ("The Shakespeare Code").
In the second Doctor Who Christmas special, "The Runaway Bride," Catherine Tate debuts as the brash-but-lovable Donna Noble!
To paraphrase a wise old wizard: "I felt a great disturbance in the Whoniverse, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and never shut up." Yup, today Dan and Mike discuss the departure of the special snowflake that is Rose Tyler. How does she stack up against other companions, and can the actress be separated from the character? As for the episodes, there's "Fear Her," which is aneurysm-inducing, and "Army of Ghosts" / "Doomsday," which ends the season and brings the Daleks back a...
While trapped in the grasp of a black hole, The Doctor is forced to come face-to-face with what just might be The Devil ("The Impossible Planet" / "The Satan Pit").Then, a child won a contest to get his monster on Doctor Who, so RTD thought it would be funny to make a man-gets-head-from-a-block-of-concrete joke in that episode ("Love & Monsters"). Classy. Also, the guys feel fabulous after getting glitter-bombed via e-mail.
In the 100th episode of Bigger on the Inside, there's the return of the Cybermen and Mickey's farewell ("Rise of the Cybermen" / "The Age of Steel"), and a face-stealing alien ("The Idiot's Lantern"). This is not how huge episodes should be celebrated.
The Doctor reunites with Sarah Jane Smith to defend the world from an alien race bent on cracking it open ("School Reunion"). Then, The Doctor, Rose, and Mickey must save Madame de Pompadour from futuristic robots ("The Girl in the Fireplace"). Topping all that off, there are lots of e-mails, barely any curses, and someone has a cold.
In this short episode, Cassandra returns to plague The Doctor ("New Earth"), and The Doctor squares off against a werewolf ("Tooth and Claw"). Also, spoiler-free thoughts on "Asylum of the Daleks," a brief discussion of "Attack of the Graske," and Mike reveals what Dan has requested he review thanks to his donation to the Earth-2.net: The Show Shameless Pledge Drive.
David Tennant begins his epic run as The Doctor in "Doctor Who: Children in Need" and "The Christmas Invasion." Also, make sure to visit http://www.earth-2.net/theshow/episodes/e2ts_spd2012.mp3.
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Dan and Mike take a look back at the first modern season, as well as Christopher Eccleston's time on Doctor Who, but only after they discuss the two-part story "Bad Wolf" / "The Parting of the Ways." Note: Between 10:25 and 13:10 there are spoilers for the seventh season.
Upon meeting Captain Jack Harkness, The Doctor and Rose discover his con game has accidentally doomed Earth ("The Empty Child" / "The Doctor Dances"). And a face from The Doctor's recent past plagues him once more, just as she's about to unleash another destructive plot ("Boom Town"). Note: This episode was recorded before the passing of Mary Tamm.
The Doctor and Rose uncover a conspiracy aboard a news-gathering space station, while Adam does stuff before being dumped back home ("The Long Game"). Then Rose saves her father's life, and, in the process, nearly destroys all of creation ("Father's Day"). Also, Dan and Mike have plenty to say about the tenure of Russell T. Davies thus far.
Aliens fake an alien landing ("Aliens of London" / "World War Three"), and The Doctor's oldest foes return ("Dalek"). One of these stories is downright awful due to all of the ill-conceived and poorly executed humor, horrible costumes and dated computer imagery, and the damn farting! While the other story features a Dalek slaughtering hundreds of people just for the hell of it. Also, Tom Deja gives his thoughts about Rose, Dan explains why he's not too keen on Doctor Who getting so close to the ...
On their first journey together, The Doctor takes Rose to see the destruction of Earth, but it all goes topsy-turvy when a fleshy trampoline plots to kill everyone onboard the observation deck ("The End of the World"). Then, The Doctor and Charles Dickens join forces on Christmas Eve, and you can bet there are ghosts (or ghostlike beings) involved ("The Unquiet Dead"). Also, Dan proves his mind is filled with nothing but pop culture references, and Mike delivers his worst joke ever.
This is it! The modern era of Doctor Who is finally here, and Dan and Mike have no shortage of things to say about "Rose," Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, and fandom's reaction to the return of their favorite show.
