The Writers' Room

This monthly podcast will look at Doctor Who through the writers who molded the show and their televised output. Hosted by Kyle Anderson (Doctor Who blogger for Nerdist.com) and Erik Stadnik (host of the Doctor Who Book Club podcast)

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Episode 63 - Whitaker 1

It's nearly the end, but the moment has been prepared for. Except we're not talking about "Logopolis" in the least. It's our very final writer to cover from Doctor Who 's classic series, David Whitaker, and incredibly important figure in the series' history and one that gave us many intriguing concepts. In this first of three episodes, Kyle and Erik are talking about the three stories Whitaker wrote for the William Hartnell Doctor: "Edge of Destruction", "The Rescue", and "The Crusade."...

Jun 18, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 63

62 - New Who?!?!

Can it be?! Kyle and Erik are talking about episodes of Doctor Who from after 2005?! Yes indeed! For nearly 6 years, the fellas have talked about episodes of the 1963-1989 seasons, but this month is different. Anna Lynch, the raffle winner from the #WhoAgainstGuns initiative, has chosen three new/modern Who episodes: "Partners in Crime," "The Doctor's Wife," and "Listen" and K & E get into things like fan wank, nostalgia, and companion story arcs. Next month...it's the beginning of the end....

May 15, 2018•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 62

Episode 61 - Stephen Wyatt and Graeme Curry

Build high for happiness will prevail! This month, the fellas close out the Seventh Doctor's era with three stories all about dystopian futures and seemingly nice but secretly upsetting societies. Sort of like Britain in the '80s, really. We've got the two stories written by Stephen Wyatt ("Paradise Towers" and "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy") and the one story by Graeme Curry ("The Happiness Patrol"), all of which have a lot of ideas and themes and metaphors and allegories, but do they have s...

Apr 15, 2018•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 61

Episode 60 - Andrew Smith

This month, 60 episodes in to their monthly journey into the writing and writers of Classic Doctor Who , Kyle and Erik are joined by and honest to good writer of Classic Doctor Who ! Andrew Smith bravely sits with us to talk about his 1980 script, "Full Circle," the beginning of the E-Space trilogy and the story that introduced Adric. In addition, Andrew talks about how he was brought on board, and all the lovely Big Finish stories he's writing currently. (Dude writes a LOT.) Also, Kyle, Erik, a...

Mar 15, 2018•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 60

Who Against Guns Podcast Promo

Hi friends! Erik and Kyle are pleased to join other Doctor Who podcasts, writers, and artists in the #WhoAgainstGuns movement to spread the message of peace and the call for ending gun violence in the U.S. and the rest of the world. We're happy to lend our voices to a special team-up commentary on a fan-favorite classic Doctor Who story, which can only be heard by donating $10. More information can be found here ! How to take part Here’s what you have to do: make a donation of $10 or more to: Ma...

Feb 26, 2018•2 min

59 - Anthony Read

This month, Kyle and Erik talk about the work of script editor Anthony Read, who wrote one story under the pseudonym David Agnew (that one being season 15's "The Invasion of Time") and one under his own name (that being season 17's "The Horns of Nimon"). We find the merits (or demerits) in both of these stories, and talk about mazes both TARDIS and mythical & Greek.

Feb 15, 2018•53 min•Season 1Ep. 59

Episode 58 - Philip Martin

This month, Erik and Kyle begin the final year of the podcast (as you know it) by closing out yet another Doctor's era, that being Sixth Doctor Colin Baker. Yes, after not talking about any of his stories since the very first one, we've wrapped him up in a little under a year, and we're ending with Philip Martin, who wrote "Vengeance on Varos" and "Mindwarp," (aka "The Trial of a Time Lord" parts 5-8). It's, uhh, it's pretty violent, we have to say.

Jan 15, 2018•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 58

Episode 57 - The 1996 TV Movie

We've reached the end of another calendar year, which means it's been 5 years of Doctor Who: The Writers' Room! Can you even believe it? In honor of this, we've decided to go slightly outside of our usual parameters of the first 26 years of Doctor Who...all the way to 1996. That's right, we're talking about the TV Movie, written by Matthew Jacobs. The special has a fascinating backstory, and we get in to that along with dissecting if it works, and for whom.

Dec 14, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 57

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