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Rob Irwin and Dave Kitchen present The Doctor Who Show - a podcast featuring Doctor Who news and a main topic each month. Other weeks in the month play host to shorter episodes like The List Makers. This feed features our most recent 250 episodes. Go to our website to stream earlier episodes and always let us know your thoughts on anything, anytime at hello@theDWshow.net
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- 3 days ago1h 15m
The X-Files: Selected Evidence (ALTERNATE GALAXIES)
There are some TV shows that are perfectly suited to Alternate Galaxies. And then there’s The X-Files, a show that Rob has loved since it first hit Australian television in 1994, watched from beginning to end multiple times, and spent his university years discussing with strangers on the early Internet. The problem? It’s over 200 episodes long, and Dave had somehow managed to go through the entire 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s and most of the 2020s without watching it. So, we needed a plan. That plan has been to throw Dave into the deep end - but only six episodes deep to start with. Rob has picked six stories from the first four seasons that don't require you to know the show's mythology, while trying to give Dave a proper taste of the enormous tonal range of The X-Files. There are monsters, Satanists, serial killers, psychic phenomena and alien abductions, but also some extremely funny episodes where the show gleefully takes the piss out of itself. Dave then immediately broke the rules by watching a seventh episode, because apparently six episodes of homework wasn't enough. Our selections take us from the early monster-of-the-week classic Squeeze, through the Satanic weirdness of Die Hand Die Verletzt, the melancholy brilliance of Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose, the genuinely harrowing Oubliette, the gloriously bonkers Jose Chung's From Outer Space and finally the dark serial-killer story Paper Hearts. We'll keep Dave's rougue choice a secret for now. Did you watch the X-Files back in the day? Have you watched it since? What do you think of Rob's episode choices? Which ones would you have given Dave? Contact us: Bluesky: @thedwshow.net X / Twitter: @theDWshow Email: hello@theDWshow.net Substack: thedwshow.substack.com Facebook: facebook.com/theDWshow
- 1 weeks ago20 min
Top Individual Episodes from Multi-part Stories (The List Makers)
Listener Brandon Moore set us a challenge this month: What are the greatest single episodes of Doctor Who that are part of larger, multi-part stories? From the classics to Nu Who, we’ve picked our favourites and taken a look at what makes these individual episodes stand out. If you’ve got 20m to spare, we’d love you to tune in. What would make your list? Why not write in and let us know? Contact us: Bluesky: @thedwshow.net X / Twitter: @theDWshow Email: hello@theDWshow.net Substack: thedwshow.substack.com Facebook: facebook.com/theDWshow
- 3 weeks ago1h 37m
Death in Paradise (The Paradise of Death)
In today’s episode we look at The Paradise of Death – the five-part BBC Radio 5 Doctor Who audio drama starring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, originally broadcast weekly from 27 August to 24 September 1993. Before that, we kick things off with the usual mix of news and short topics. Then, after the audio drama chat, we open the mailbag for a ton of feedback from our listeners on a number of topics. Enjoy, dear listener. Contact us: Bluesky: @thedwshow.net X / Twitter: @theDWshow Email: hello@theDWshow.net Substack: thedwshow.substack.com Facebook: facebook.com/theDWshow
- Aug 22, 202620 min
Top Classic Era Directors (The List Makers)
Listener Frankie Naughton set us a challenge this month - who are the greatest directors from the classic era of Doctor Who? From the atmospheric to the ambitious, the stylish to the inventive, we’ve picked our favourites and taken a look at what made their work stand out. If you’ve got 20m to spare, we’d love you to tune in. Who would make your list? Why not write in and let us know? Contact us: Bluesky: @thedwshow.net X / Twitter: @theDWshow Email: hello@theDWshow.net Substack: thedwshow.substack.com Facebook: facebook.com/theDWshow
- Aug 12, 20269 min
Don’t Read the Comments #9: Once More Unto the Tennant
Don’t Read the Comments is an irregular podcast on our feed where we ignore the show’s title and actually read online comments relating to something going on in the world of Doctor Who. Today, Rob is reading comments from the Gallifrey subreddit relating to the latest rumours about the future of Doctor Who. Specifically, reports that American production company Electric Entertainment is interested in taking over the show, with David Tennant reportedly wanted back in the role of the Doctor. Electric Entertainment boss Dean Devlin has since confirmed the company is interested in Doctor Who, while denying that any negotiations with the BBC have taken place. So what does the Gallifrey sub make of the prospect of Tennant returning to Doctor Who for a third bite at the Time Lord cherry? Rob finds out. Contact us: Bluesky: @thedwshow.net X / Twitter: @theDWshow Email: hello@theDWshow.net Substack: thedwshow.substack.com Facebook: facebook.com/theDWshow
- Aug 8, 202656 min
The Hand of Fear (Gin & TARDIS #14)
Join Dave from the Doctor Who Show, Rob and Mark from 42 to Doomsday, and Richard from Spacefall: A Blakes 7 Podcast, after knocking back a few gin and tonics at Dave’s place and watching The Hand of Fear. The story sees the Fourth Doctor, played by Tom Baker, and Sarah Jane Smith, played by Elisabeth Sladen, investigating the discovery of a mysterious fossilised hand following a quarry explosion. Before long, Sarah is possessed by an alien consciousness, while the Doctor is left trying to work out exactly what has fallen to Earth and what it wants. Originally broadcast in four weekly parts from 2 to 23 October 1976, The Hand of Fear is probably most notable for marking Elisabeth Sladen’s final regular appearance as Sarah Jane Smith and the last story in which the Doctor and Sarah travel together in the TARDIS. So pour yourself a G&T and join us as we get to grips with one of the Fourth Doctor era's most memorable departures. Contact us: Bluesky: @thedwshow.net X / Twitter: @theDWshow Email: hello@theDWshow.net Substack: thedwshow.substack.com Facebook: facebook.com/theDWshow
- Jul 25, 20261h 45m
Frozen Assets (The Tomb of the Cybermen)
In today’s episode we look at The Tomb of the Cybermen - the first serial of the fifth season of Doctor Who, originally broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 2 to 23 September 1967. Before that, we kick things off with the usual mix of news and short topics. Then, after the TV episodes chat, we open the mailbag for a ton of feedback from our listeners on a number of topics. Enjoy, dear listener. Contact us: Bluesky: @thedwshow.net X / Twitter: @theDWshow Email: hello@theDWshow.net Substack: thedwshow.substack.com Facebook: facebook.com/theDWshow
- Jul 18, 202655 min
16 for 16 (The Doctor Who Show Presents...)
As we sit here today, we know Doctor Who is going to tender at some stage - probably later this year. We also know BBC Studios will be throwing its hat into the ring when it does. Basically, 'stuff' is happening and, eventually, a new Doctor is going to be cast. So in the spirit of our specials 14 for 14 (August 8, 2021) and 21 Replacements For 12 (February 1, 2017), we're here to kick around our picks for the 16th Doctor. We hope you like it. Who would YOU cast as the 16th Doctor? Why not get in touch and let us know? Contact us: Bluesky: @thedwshow.net X / Twitter: @theDWshow Email: hello@theDWshow.net Substack: thedwshow.substack.com Facebook: facebook.com/theDWshow
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Rob Irwin and Dave Kitchen present The Doctor Who Show - a podcast featuring Doctor Who news and a main topic each month. Other weeks in the month play host to shorter episodes like The List Makers. This feed features our most recent 250 episodes. Go to our website to stream earlier episodes and always let us know your thoughts on anything, anytime at hello@theDWshow.net
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