106 - Any Cold Beer Will Do (S7, Ep8)

We watch “Cold War” (Series 7, Episode 8) where the Doctor and Clara travel to Peter Davison’s fifth Doctor era (that’s 1983 to you younguns!) and encounter Jon Pertwee’s 3rd Doctor era villain: the Ice Warriors! Whilst said encountering is going on, Matt Smith’s canonical eleventh Doctor tries to warn the scientist portrayed by the prototypical bad guy from nearly every movie made in the past forty years (David Warner…let’s give credit where credit is due) that his South Pole ice cube contains evil! Evil I tell ya! (Grampa Simpson appears in this description courtesy of Disney which I assume owns the BBC and everything else by now.)

105 - Let's Drink to Armageddon (S7, Ep7)

We watch “The Rings of Akhaten” (Series 7, Episode 7) where the Doctor takes latest companion Clara to the storied planetoids in the Rings surrounding the planet Akhaten. Whilst surfing said Rings, Clara befriends a little girl with stage fright (Damn right she should be scared!), the Doctor barters goods with sales people using life experience (Like a Weeping Angel? Nasty!), and the planet Akhaten demands sacrifice by adorable singing girls (Run Annie! Run!). Will the sun come out tomorrow? (Spoilers: depends if it’s wearing a mask.)

104 - A Wheaty Bell's Oberon (S7, Ep6)

We watch “The Bells of Saint John” (Series 7, Episode 6) where the Doctor hopes that hiding out in the 13th century will protect him from having to provide tech support for friends. (Spoilers: it doesn’t!) Really committing to the Nerd Herd role, the Doctor returns to modern day London to suss out a WiFi issue. Whilst said sussing is happening, the Doctor re-meets the plucky eggs loving Clara for the third time and invites her for a long-term ride in his snog-box. Does she take him up on the offer? Not eggs-actly. (Spoilers: she kinda does!)

103 - Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Man (S7, Ep5.5)

We watch “The Snowmen” (Series 7, Episode XMAS) where the Doctor mopes around Victorian London, bemoaning the fact that Rory and Amy are now free to live normal lives without his constant interference. Whilst said moping is occurring, the Doctor is unwillingly drawn into a mystery by an eggs-ceptionally mysterious young barmaid/governess named Clara. And…whoopsies…she’s dead. Will this be the last we see of Clara? Not this impossible girl. Not by a long shot.

102 - They'll Have A Canadian Club Manhattan (S7, Ep5)

We watch “The Angels Take Manhattan” (Series 7, Episode 5) where the Doctor battles the Weeping Angels from taking... you guessed it… Manhattan! Whilst said taking is taking place, the Doctor takes in the Statue of Liberty, Rory checks into a hostel, Amy journals, and River Song gets handsy. All joking aside, in this episode we bid adieu to the Ponds: my favorite duo of any-time-Who companions. And whilst singular companions usually get the most love (I’m looking at you Sarah Jane and Rose), rare is the duology of companions achieving that level of adoration (I’m looking at you Sarah Jane & Harry and Rose & Mickey). Amy and Rory Williams, I salute you!

101 - Three Patron Shots Don't Do Ya (S7, Ep4)

We watch “The Power of Three” (Series 7, Episode 4) where the Doctor meets up with UNIT: The Next Generation and the Ponds are bored by alien cubes that do nothing…until they need to do something! Whilst the exploration of said cubes is occurring, Amy and Rory go about their lives, the Doctor pops in and out occasionally and life essentially continues unaltered. Until it doesn’t. When that happens, the Doctor and the Whoby crew jump into action and stop whatever nefarious deeds from occurring. Like you thought they wouldn’t?

100 - A Moscow Mule for the Gunslinger (S7, Ep3)

We watch “A Town Called Mercy” (Series 7, Episode 3) where the Doctor and the rest of this Whoby Crew land in 19th century ‘Merica and meet another Doctor who does not appear to be from 19th century ‘Merica. Whilst there, the Doctor Back-To-The-Futures’ his right to become Town Marshall, horses point out they’ve been misgendered (you go Susan!), and Amy and Rory…help?…exist?…get paid? So join us in this homage to spaghetti westerns filmed in not-Italy (Spain?) that purports to be the US because of…budget? Plus this being our 100th episode means we get some of that sweet syndication moneys! Wait. What? That’s not for Podcasts? Son of a Mother F…

99 - This Dinosaur Wants Sex On The Beach (S7, Ep2)

We watch “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship” (Series 7, Episode 2) where the Doctor and the extended Pond family join forces with (Yas!) Queen Nefertiti and that other actor from Sherlock (no, the other one) to battle Filch on… well… a spaceship full of dinosaurs. Whilst there, Amy shoots dinosaurs with hallucinogens (cuz it’s legal in Illinois now y’alls!), Rory and Pops Weasley ride dinosaurs (cuz why wouldn’t ya if you could y’alls!), and then the Doctor dooms his past-future-past self (it’ll make sense in 14 or so more podcast episodes y’alls… I mean… Steve!) to die at the hands of Ground Control. Can you hear me Major Tom?

98 - A Saketini for the Dalek (S7, Ep1)

We watch “Asylum of the Daleks” (Series 7, Episode 1) where Amy and Rory attend the most eggs-ceptional couples therapy session ever. Whilst there, the Doctor falls for an eggs-specially obvious trap by his old pals: the Daleks. Then in the aforementioned Asylum, the core threesome are guided in their eggs-ponentially difficult task by the never ever to be seen again expert computer hacker Oswin. And the crafty Oswin ends up eggs-punging the eggs-istence of the Doctor from the collective memories of the Daleks. Eggs-celent!

97 - The Doctor Drinks Mulled Wine (S7, Ep0)

We watch “The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe” (Series 7, Episode 0) where the Doctor absolutely, definitely does not go to Narnia™. Whilst on the way to Not-Narnia, the Doctor crashes to Earth during Christmas and is rescued by Madge. Madge is a modern British woman of the 1930s which naturally means she’s forgetful and a bad driver (bless her heart) but ever so plucky! When the Doctor next meets Madge, her hubby is off to war, her kids are getting wood, and she herself is dropping acid. So join us on this discussion of the most Christmassy of Christmas episodes with friend-of-the-show Denise!

96 - Tom Baker 2: Genisys of the Relapse: Episode II

In this very special follow up episode to our latest very special episode, we continue our discussion of the classic era Tom Baker story “Genesis of the Daleks”. And unlike other contemporary Doctor Who stories, in this one the Doctor is mischievous, Sarah Jane is plucky and Harry is heroic. And when I say ‘unlike’, I mean ‘just like’. Except for Davros, the creator of the Daleks, showing up and throwing his metaphorical hat in the ring as one of the Doctor’s greatest foes. Well, after the Master…or maybe the Black Guardian…or perhaps Tim Shaw…of course there’s the Silence…etc.

95 - Tom Baker 2: Genisys of the Relapse: Episode I

In this very-special-episode of the podcast, we pay homage to our science fiction loving forebears by viewing an additional classic story of Doctor Who from the 1970’s: “Genesis of the Daleks”. Yet another recommendation from Friend-Of-The-Show Tim that I whole heartedly endorse. And by the nature of being six episodes totaling over two hours, Steve reluctantly acquiesces. (So write ideas in Fam cuz we do pay attention to our listeners.) There’s a whole lot going on in this here story that we are splitting this discussion into two parts. So come for Doctor/Sarah Jane/Harry chemistry and return next time for the Doctor/Sarah Jane/Harry chemistry! Excelsior! What?

94 - Intervention: Episode VI - Return of the Intervention

In this episode, we banter all things series 6. And by that, I mean we discuss what we liked and didn’t like as much about this block of episodes but mostly go off on a bunch of tangents. (“Bunch of tangensts’ is dependent upon what Steve keeps in the podcast of course.) Plus friend-of-the-show-Tim sends in another variant of “Fudge, Merry, Krill” (keeping it clean for the kiddies…at least in this description) saving us the effort of having to come up with any new games/quizzes for this episode. Thanks Tim! All this plus a tease of what’s in the next…”Genesis of the Daleks”! We’re doing another Tom Baker classic y’all!

93 - Hooked Up With a Drunk Groomsman (S6, Ep13)

We watch “The Wedding of River Song” (Series 6, Episode 13) where the Doctor…well…marries River Song. Prior to said nuptials, the Doctor has his bachelor’s party in an awesome crypt where he gets enlightened by some blue head…in a box! River Song’s bridal shower re-occurs at Lake Silencio where she goes all Bridezilla and changes history because it’s her special day! Then the Egyptian themed rehearsal dinner leads to the real shocker: the buildup to the season end is kinda meh. So the Doctor lives but River is still imprisoned for his murder while Rory and Amy think their daughter killed him. Mazel tov?

92 - Not The Ugly Lights! (S6, Ep 12)

We watch ‘Closing Time” (Series 6, Episode 12) where the Doctor returns to Earth hundreds of years (for him) after dropping off Amy and Rory (for their protection?) and encounters an old nemesis: (James Corden’s) Craig! Whilst there, the Doctor disses Craig’s new digs, meets Craig’s new baby Stormaggedon Dark Lord of All and uses Craig’s power of love to save humanity from becoming Cybermen. That last one was a curious thing since love is tougher than diamonds and stronger than Cybermen steel. Special ‘thanks’ to Huey Lewis and the News for this synopsis’ obscure reference.

91 - More Gin and Tonics (S6, Ep11)

We watch “The God Complex” (Series 6, Episode 11) where the Doctor, Amy and Rory check into a hotel that makes the Overlook seem like EuroDisney. (Though they truthfully all seem horrific.) Whilst there, they ‘gamble’ away fellow guest Joe’s life, ‘cancel’ internet troll Howie’s web presence and ‘exorcise’ Rita’s chance of being a future companion. And just for ‘giggles’, the Doctor causes the death of a near immortal creature that was being worshiped as a deity. The Time Lord Victorious. Praise him. I said Praise Him! Thank you.

90 - The Lady Wants An Uber (S6, Ep10)

We watch “The Girl Who Waited” (Series 6, Episode 10) where the Doctor, Amy and Rory travel to the planet Apalapucia and find nothing but hairless robots. Whilst there, Amy longs for the time she had to wait only ten years between Doctor visits, Rory discovers he has a thing for ‘cougars’ and the Doctor proves again that he isn’t afraid to make the hard choices by allowing Amy to die so that Amy could live. ‘Kindness’ my ass! The Doctor just wanted to kill somebody! Yeehaw!

89 - Drunken Night Sweats (S6, Ep9)

We watch “Night Terrors” (Series 6, Episode 9) where the Doctor and the Whoby crew travel to (say it with me) modern-day-London in order to solve a groovy mystery. Whilst there, danger-prone Amy gets turned into a creepy doll, Rory-Doo gets chased around creepy corridors and the ascot wearing (truth be told, it’s a bow tie…you try writing for these things!) Doctor tries to foil the plot of an empathetic alien that just wants to be loved. And he would have gotten away with it too! If it only wasn’t for the Whoby crew helping him get away with it. Wait…what?

88 - Let's Kill Off The Bottle (S6, Ep8)

We watch “Let’s Kill Hitler” (Series 6, Episode 8) where we finally get the origin story of Amy and Rory’s childhood friend Mels. Mels: the girl who never doubted that Amy’s “Raggedy Man” really existed. Mels: the girl who knew Rory was totally not gay but was hot for Amy’s ginger bod. Mels: the woman who was to the surprise of no one but Steve a previous incarnation of the person known as River Song. Yada yada: fast-paced misdirect. Yada yada: River origin story. Yada yada: time traveling robot sees River kill not Hitler. Whilst we also discover the origin of River Song’s crippling student debt. Oh the horror!

87 - One Malört Too Many (S6, Ep7)

We watch “A Good Man Goes To War” (Series 6, Episode 7) where Rory draws the Doctor into a murderous plot to rescue his wife Amy. Rory first coerces the Doctor to destroy legions of innocent Cybermen for Amy intel, next hijacks a Sontaran nurse from his proper duties and then calls in a favor from a Silurian private detective all leading them to Demon’s Run where Rory then gets serious. Whilst at Demon’s Run: true believers die non-heroic deaths. Whilst at Demon’s Run: children are stolen from their parents. Whilst at Demon’s Run: Steve finds out that he is correct about River Song’s origins. Dammit!