Doctor Who: The Raggedy Podcast

Matt and Nuala continue in their quest to review the entirety of the new series with "Aliens of London"/"World War Three", the two-part episode that debuted the Slitheen. After the highs of "The Unquiet Dead", we are back to the lows. After that, Nuala departs while Graeme from The2ndDoctor's Podcast joins Matt to have a lengthy discussion about the Sixth Doctor serial "The Two Doctors" and audio "Doctor Who and the Pirates". Topics discussed include flatulence and cannibalism in more fun for the whole family.

Matt and Nuala are joined by Doctor Who podcasting celebrity Sean from the Doctor Who Book Club Podcast and TARDIS Tavern to discuss a bunch of stuff, both old and new. First up is "The Unquiet Dead", the next episode in our quest to review the entire new series up to this point. After that, we go through two selections made by Sean himself, including classic Third Doctor serial "Day of the Daleks" (newly on DVD) and recent Fifth Doctor Big Finish audio "Rat Trap". There is a lot of off-topic banter as always, including discussing the awesomeness that is Eve Myles and her adorable gap. To make things interesting, we occasionally discuss things of relevance, including the religious and anti-fascist subtexts of a couple of the stories, and those themes as a whole as they pop up in other places in the Doctor Who canon. Matt and Nuala may metaphorically shit all over "Rose" and "The End of the World", but will they finally find something they like from Series One, or is it more of the same? Is Mark Gatiss really THAT bad? Will Nuala enjoy another classic serial, or is Jo Grant just too much? And did everyone even LISTEN to "Rat Trap", let alone like it? All this and more will be discovered in this episode of The Raggedy Podcast.

There are two and a half months until the Christmas Special, but there is still much to discuss on the Raggedy Podcast! Nuala and Matt begin the show with a bit of news, including more information about the Chicago TARDIS guest list, and then launch into reviewing the new series from the start with "Rose", the episode that re-started it all, and "The End of the World", the episode that continued it all. Along the way we talk about the merits of Christopher Eccleston's take on the Doctor, our mutual renewed appreciation for Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, plastic surgery, plastic boyfriends, and Nuala's possibly divorce-inducing addiction to Twitter. Oh, and there's more sexual innuendo and bad language.

As the sixth series of the BBC Wales Doctor Who comes to a close, Nuala and Matt discuss not only the finale ("The Wedding of River Song") of the current series, but the classic Seventh Doctor serial "The Curse of Fenric". Steven Moffat may have knocked it out of the park with the previous series, but do the ups and downs of series six come to a respectable average, or have we just seen the worst series since the show's reboot? And what of "The Curse of Fenric" and it's World War II goodness? Before we get into the nitty-gritty of Doctor Who, though, we have a lot of changes on the podcast itself to discuss, including a change of line-up, a new theme song, and our plans for the time leading up to the Christmas special. The Raggedy Podcast is regenerating into its second incarnation!

Production is underway for the Christmas special, but those of us normal folk without time travel capability are still watching Series 6 as it starts winding to a close. On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the second-to-last story of this season, the Gareth Roberts penned "Closing Time", which sees the return of Craig from Roberts' previous story "The Lodger". Before we get into the new, we delve into the old with the classic base under siege serial "The Seeds of Death", which features the Second Doctor, Zoe, and Jamie. Although getting Nuala to watch a classic serial is roughly akin to pulling teeth, will the Zoe factor be enough to please her, or will the six-episode length be too much to handle? Add these lovely chit-chats to a bit of news about the upcoming Chicago TARDIS convention, and more jokes at the expense of the Zune and you have our twenty-third episode.

As Matt and Nuala have returned from Ireland, the podcast returns to recording in a studio with better quality and fewer delay-based interruptions. Much epicness has gone down in these last two weeks, as Tom MacRae written episode "The Girl Who Waited" may be the best episode of Doctor Who since "Blink". As if that weren't enough, Torchwood: Miracle Day has finally come to a close with "The Blood Line", which finally sort of kind of vaguely answers questions we've been wondering about all season. Closing out the show is Toby Whithouse's newest Doctor Who episode, "The God Complex", which may or may not be Amy and Rory's farewell. We all scratch our heads at how that wasn't saved for the finale, but perhaps our faith in Moffett is finally coming back after what has been a rather brilliant second half of Series 6 so far. Also on this episode, we argue about the correct pronunciation of minotaur, and whether or not there are RadioShacks on Gallifrey.

The key benefit of occasionally going biweekly becomes obvious: no
shortage of stuff to talk about. On this episode of the podcast, we
have episode seven through nine of Torchwood: Miracle Day to discuss!
Things are finally getting to the end of what has been a rather
exciting series of RTD's baby, but does the latter half of the season
have us on the edge of our seats waiting for the finale, or simply a
bit nonplussed? But before we get into Torchwood we chat about Mark
Gatiss' horror-themed Doctor Who episode "The Night Terrors". Gatiss
has been generally perceived badly as a writer by the general Doctor
Who fan population, but will he cast off the shackles of
disappointment? As if that wasn't enough to pack in, it is also time
to discuss the Virgin Missing Adventure "Managra", which allegedly
features the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane. And this is all before we
get off-topic which, let's be honest, probably happens.

On this episode of The Raggedy Podcast we discuss episode six of Torchwood "The Middle Men", and the new episode of Doctor Who "Let's Kill Hitler". Also in this episode we discuss the theoretical last episode of Doctor Who and Eve Myles' bright future as an action movie hero (also theoretical).

Worlds collide on this week's episode of The Raggedy Podcast! Gonz from the "This Whovian Life" podcast joins our intrepid hosts, Matt and Ian, to record a commentary track for "Tomb of the Cybermen". See stupid villians attempt to bargain with the Cybermen, marvel at the heroic deeds of Toberman, and laugh at/with our hosts throughout it all.

Links:

This Whovian Life: http://thiswhovianlife.com/

On this week's episode Matt and Nuala join us via Skype, from Ireland! Join us as we discuss "Escape to LA" and "The Categories of Life", the fourth and fifth episodes respectivly, of Torchwood: Miracle Day. Unfortunately, Nuala remembers nothing about the former, and we all may need therapy to deal with the gruesome end of the latter. So join us, won't you?