It was a dark and stormy night when The Doctor and Sarah Jane land on Karn...and fall right into quite the homage to Frankenstein. Heralded by some, maligned by others, you can't deny the place that THE BRAIN OF MORBIUS holds in Doctor Who history! The adventure is surprisingly tight, the performances just over the top enough to be peak Doctor Who, and really without this story there are more than a few things in modern Doctor Who lore we would not have! Come listen, share with friends, and be s...
Nov 05, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Every now and then Doctor Who tries something new, something a little different. At times it works and at times it doesn't. Black Orchid was Doctor Who's attempt at a classic British murder mystery. It was a notable effort, but the execute may have left a little to be desired. John & Taylor come at the story from different points of view and ultimately make as much sense as they can of it. Grab your potting soil, your old timey drinks, and settle in for our review of Black Orchid!
Oct 22, 2019•56 min
John and Taylor start off this spooky season with the Matt Smith/Jenna Coleman story "Hide!" What exactly lurks in the hall of Caliburn Hall? And does it imply that the spirits we see are ghosts or are they echos contained within the walls of a location? Or are they people trapped in a pocket universe! We geek out over this and some of our favorite paranormal theories! Join us! Share us with friends and please rate and review us!
Oct 08, 2019•1 hr 1 min
John and Taylor (sadly, minus Lauren) are back to collect their final piece in their own Key to Time saga! They revisit and recapture their review of The Caves of Androzani! Peter Davison's final story and what many call the best Doctor Who story ever. We discuss many of the Shakespearean and Phantom of the Opera nods, the troubles with giant bats, and how none of this would have happened if they hadn't gone to Androzani Minor. Join us, won't you?
Sep 26, 2019•1 hr 24 min
If there's one thing we're good at doing on Podcastica, it's taking a story we don't really love and either finding the best parts of it or just have a good time taking apart its worst bits. For everything the Doctor Who TV Movie eventually gave us, it really wasn't all that great! So John & Taylor endured it again to reclaim this lost episode, but they brought Lauren along for the ride (and she's seeing it for the first time)! Grab your shades and climb on into the ambulance for the ride of...
Sep 12, 2019•1 hr 31 min
This episode replaces our original Episode 14, which was lost to time when the Weeping Angels got hold of it! This time, John & Taylor are joined by Lauren Bancroft to review one of the most solid, well-written, and best executed episodes in Doctor Who history! We try to find fault. We try to reason in some plot holes, but at best we get one. Blink's praise is well-deserved and we revel in it. We also discuss some exciting experiences in our own lives and devise a possible future episode ide...
Aug 28, 2019•1 hr 14 min
John and Taylor are joined by Lauren Bancroft as they set off on an adventure to recreate their missing episodes! First up, Episode 15: Last Christmas! The Doctor and Clara find themselves in a dream...which is a dream...inside a dreamworld of dreams...which is not so much adjacent to, but rather inside a dream. And this dream is run by facehugging dream crabs that themselves have rather gingerly skirted copyright infringement from the Alien franchise and are busy treating their subjects as tast...
Aug 15, 2019•1 hr 13 min
We've made it, friends! We've reached the end of The Key to Time series with a six-part whopper THE ARMAGEDDON FACTOR! The Doctor and Romana land on Atrios in the midst of a seemingly fierce war with Zeos. But Zeos kind of...isn’t there. Is the Marshal of Atrios wagging the dog or are darker, much darker, forces at work? Say, a crystal jelly skull behind a wonky mirror? We dive into this story and discuss how well it caps of an entire season of adventure! Be sure to rate and review us! And if yo...
Jul 30, 2019•1 hr 5 min
We are nearly through The Key to Time series! This time, John & Taylor review The Power of Kroll and find themselves an absolute banger! Not the story, though it's rather enjoyable, but that Kroll chant! They desperately want to find a fan who is comfortable creating beats and who is will to help us craft a dancefloor jam to honor Kroll! We have lots more to say, so grab your green paint, settle in, and press play!
Jul 11, 2019•56 min
We're into the back half of the Key to Time series and this time John & Taylor find that, on the whole, the series stumbles a little with The Androids of Tara. There are some good parts, certainly, but there is also much that our duo wonder "Why'd they do it that way?" Either way, they find the best bits and suggest changes to improve the rest! Come check it out, please subscribe & rate the show, and listen to the end to see if you can help us on a quest!
Jun 25, 2019•1 hr 7 min
Aggrocrags return! John & Taylor continue their review of the entire Key to Time series with The Stones of Blood! We already loved the two stories before this and Stones only builds on what could be considered peak Classic Who! The hunt for the Key to Time takes the Doctor and Romana to Earth where everybody must get stooooned! And by stoned we mean, devoured by living stone from an alien planet that’s being controlled by a villainous woman from another planet who’s masquerading as a geologi...
Jun 12, 2019•1 hr 20 min
John and Taylor dig into the beginning of The Key to Time series with The Ribos Operation! And, frankly, they love it! A wholly underrated story, they dive into its virtues and get ready to follow the adventure until all the pieces are collected! Ignore the fact that we already did The Pirate Planet...find the link to that ep in the show notes!
May 29, 2019•1 hr 13 min
We've nearly finished watching the final stories of all the Doctors (only the epic The War Games remains), but this time we witness the debut of the Cybermen and departure of the First Doctor with The Tenth Planet! It's something of a Doctor-lite episode, so does that ultimately help or hurt the story? We discuss that and all the wild accents (again) in this great story!
May 14, 2019•1 hr 7 min
This time John & Taylor take it back to the Wild Wild West. Nope, no Will Smith to speak of, but we find Doctor Caligari, Dodo DuPont, and Steven Regret possibly regretting their choice to visit Tombstone, AZ in 1881 as the get themselves mixed up in the bad blood between the Earps and Clantons. Will they make it out alive or will the Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon drive them mad?
Apr 30, 2019•1 hr 16 min
London 1941! There’s a war on, there’s a con on, and someone’s looking for his mum. With these stories, the Moff arrives in signature Moff style with commonplace items turned scary, a deeply emotional family story, and an answer telegraphed well ahead of time. Plus, we get the introduction of Captain Jack! John & Taylor start to add to their collection of 9th Doctor reviews by adding the quite enjoyable duo of The Empty Child & The Doctor Dances! A classic tale of spooky stuff from the M...
Apr 16, 2019•1 hr 4 min
While investigating a series of mysterious sinkings, The Doctor discovers that the Master is planning to align himself with a long-dormant race of sea people (why they developed legs underwater, we have no idea) simply to hurt the humans the Doctor loves so much! Can the Doctor defeat the Master and the bureaucracy of the Royal Navy?! All while the soundtrack is provided by a broken Speak & Spell? Join us, as we venture into the ocean to tackle THE SEA DEVILS!
Apr 04, 2019•1 hr 3 min
The Mara, done chillin’ in the recesses of Tegan’s mind, sets our team on an adventure to Manussa where he’s/it’s (I double checked its gender) determined to return to full strength in a move worthy of Voldemort. However, all it’s armed with (pun...snakes have no arms) is a ritual and a crystal stolen from the hood of an 84 Chrysler LeBaron convertible. John and Taylor are back to review the 5th Doctor story Snakedance! Originally suggested by friend-of-the-show Mike, it was feared this might be...
Mar 20, 2019•1 hr 7 min
At the suggestion of friend-of-the-show Mike, John and Taylor found themselves in an alternate universe where Doctor Who made its way through the Wilderness Years as The Stranger! Wait, that wasn't an alt universe? They really made this in 1991? That's right! We explore the, um, interesting world of getting your Who fix when there wasn't Who to be had! The guys had reactions. And they also worked to improve it a'la Sleep No More.
Mar 05, 2019•53 min
Well, Gally has come and gone. Join John and Taylor as they unwind from their favorite convention of the Doctor Who variety. John talks about both "Heaven Sent" and "Resolution" director commentaries, and the tidbits that were given in both. PLUS: Taylor has some breaking news about the Marriott LAX carpet that everyone enjoys so much!
Feb 20, 2019•41 min
Well, we finally did it. We braved LobbyCon WITHOUT separate microphones. Join John and Taylor as they recap their second day of Gallifrey One with Mike Solko (@MASolko) and Kevin!
Feb 18, 2019•22 min
It's finally here! Gallifrey One's 30th Convention is happening right now at the LAX Marriott, and you know we're recording from inside the whole event! Join John and Taylor as they recap their first day experiences, and talk about their first time as panelists!
Feb 16, 2019•47 min
Dalekmania was once a thing. And it caused people to do some crazy things. For instance, the 1965 film Dr. Who and the Daleks in which we throw out most of Doctor Who canon to create an unusual alternate world in which a normal old doddering scientist just happens to create a time machine out of a Police box that's bigger on the inside (and quite cluttered)and travel to Skaro to meet and defeat the Daleks. We definitely have feelings about this adventure, so come check it out!
Feb 05, 2019•1 hr 10 min
Podcastica is back! After three weeks off, we're back with special guest star Mike Solko to breakdown Season 11 and figure out where were at with all this new Doctor Who! What worked for us, what missed the mark? What did we love and what do we want to see next season? It's a rambling raucous time as these three friends sort through it all! Come check it out and share it with friends! Check the show notes at http://www.notlg.com/podcastica for all the info!
Jan 22, 2019•1 hr 36 min
Happy New Year, everyone! Welcome to the only new 13th Doctor story we're apparently getting this year. It's Resolution (of the Daleks)! We finally get some epic action, explosions, car chases, and some classic elements in this current generation of Doctor Who! John and Taylor dive in and see how Chibs and the team have done breathing a little bit of new life into the show's longest-running baddie! Come join us for a new year's day adventure!
Jan 03, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Through the Doctor’s own actions, she sets into a motion a complete crisis of faith amongst a generation of Ux that leads to a 3407 year reign of terror by a former foe over anyone who’d previously wronged him. Can the Doctor correct things? Will Graham suddenly turn into this season’s Samuel L Jackson? Let’s find out! Taylor and John sit down to dissect the Season Finale of Doctor Who and discuss, in deeper terms, what makes a good season finale. Have we been conditioned by earlier seasons to e...
Dec 12, 2018•1 hr 17 min
Somewhere amongst the fjords of Norway, lonely...pining...it calls out. It desires, it mourns, it reaches out...and I’m not even talking about the human characters in this story! No, an entire universe wants companionship, to be part of everything else. And so unfolds the most bizarre, beautiful, and poignant Doctor Who in some time. This week John & Taylor review "It Takes You Away" and they were both quite impressed with the episode! Was it the best of the season so far? Well, you'll have ...
Dec 04, 2018•1 hr 10 min
Ya know, there’s something in the mud. The government is poisoning the mud and King James knows about it. The land owners know about it and, you know, they are...they’re trying to push their witchfinder agenda to clear out the villages and create their one-Morax government. That’s where my colloidal silver supplement comes in. You can get your own 30-day supply and rid Satan from your life. This week John and Taylor review The Witchfinders! Could this be John's favorite episode of the season? Is...
Nov 27, 2018•1 hr 9 min
The Doctor is visited by a robot with a message and soon team TARDIS is off to the Greatest Show in the Galaxy! Wait, no...wrong Doctor, different robot, definitely different villain. But they are off to the greatest warehouse in the galaxy where a mystery awaits and society’s fears of the future run deep. John and Taylor review Kerblam, we discuss recent news about the rest of the season, the New Year's Day special, and Taylor goes on a bit of a shoot over unsubstantiated rumors in the fandom!
Nov 20, 2018•1 hr 10 min
Not having learned from her 9th incarnation, The Doctor takes Yaz and the team back to visit Yaz’s gran in 1947 just in time for England to cleave Pakistan away from India. But The Doctor’s about to marry Yaz's gran to some other dude and instead of just obeying the prime directive, Team TARDIS again finds themselves both a part of history and witness to it. This week John and Taylor discuss Demons of the Punjab!
Nov 13, 2018•1 hr 8 min
John and Taylor this week are back with a bit of a hot take. We're kind of feeling out where Doctor Who is at and where it's going with The Tsuranga Conundrum. Where did the hits land and where did they miss? Or is it all just getting gobbled up like spaceships at the Pting Thanksgiving? We discuss all that, Who News, and the new Behind the Couch scale! Come check it out!
Nov 06, 2018•1 hr 19 min
