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Episode 171: A Classic Series Fan’s Take On “The Power Of The Doctor”
It's just Alasdair on this one, offering an hour-plus worth of solo thoughts on something he's particularly qualified to discuss: how "The Power Of Th...
Episode 170: New Doctor announced, Tennant and Tate returning, and more!
We're back from one of our customary unexpected hiatuses because, well, frankly Russell T. Davies simply demanded it. But first, we talk about what we...
Episode 169: “The Vanquishers”…Part Two!
We had plenty more to say about the finale, as it turns out there was A LOT going on in this one. Allison has some more praise for Jodie Whittaker's p...
Episode 168: “The Vanquishers”…Part One!
After five weeks of being more or less on the same page about Flux, Alasdair and Allison are split on the finale. Alasdair dug it! Allison very much d...
Episode 167: “Survivors Of The Flux”…Part Two!
We're back and possibly even sillier than we were in our last discussion of this episode. We discuss what works -- the performances, mainly -- and wha...
Episode 166: “Survivors Of The Flux”…Part One!
We keep not planning to make these two-part conversations, and then we hit the hour mark and realize we haven't even started talking about all the Bar...
Episode 165: “Village Of The Angels”…Part Two!
We're back for more Angel chat! Topics this time around include how this episode stands up on a rewatch, Jamie Magnus Stone's generally excellent dire...
Episode 164: “Village Of The Angels”…Part One!
Yep, once again, we're making this a two-parter. We weren't sure heading in, as you can hear from Alasdair's uncertain intro, but by the hour mark it...
Episode 163: “Once, Upon Time”…Part Two!
We're back as promised to continue our discussion of our an episode we dug the first time around and dug even harder on the rewatch. We discuss some m...
Episode 162: “Once, Upon Time”…Part One!
We had so much to say about this one that we couldn't fit it into a single episode! So here's what turned out to be the first part of our discussion o...
Episode 161: “War Of The Sontarans” with Kate Kulzick
Friend of the show Kate Kulzick stops by to help Alasdair offer our long-awaited (hopefully, otherwise they're just late) thoughts on the second chapt...
Episode 160.5: A short solo promise that “War of the Sontarans” is coming soon
Hi friends! Sorry we haven't had a chance to get you an episode on "War of the Sontarans", even though it's a week later and, uh, slightly after the n...
Episode 160: “Chapter One: The Halloween Apocalypse” [Reuploaded with right episode]
We give our thoughts on the first episode of "Flux" -- sorry, sorry, the first *chapter* -- and, honestly? We kinda dug it. Allison opens with discuss...
Episode 159: Getting ready for Series 13
We talk about the upcoming premiere of series 13, which Allison is very upset to hear is starting with an episode called "The Halloween Apocalypse." W...
Episode 158: What? What? WHAT!? Russell T. Davies is back!
Fire up the emergency podcast klaxons, because we've got some absolutely wild news to talk about! Russell T. Davies is coming back as showrunner on Do...
Episode 157: Series 13! Whittaker and Chibnall leaving! Also, hi!
We're back from yet another of our trademark hiatuses to discuss the recent news about the show's future. Series 13 is set to be the last for both Jod...
Episode 156: “Revolution Of The Daleks”
Alasdair and Allison take a look at a very eventful New Year's special, as we see big returns, big departures, and a tease of a big new addition. All...
Episode 155: Live Discussion of Timeless Child Continuity Snarls, Our Very Own Story Pitches, and More!
We're back for our third live show of 2020! Here's the recording of our Crowdcast hangout with a couple dozen of our lovely listeners, in which we fie...
Episode 154: RTD and David Tennant’s “Casanova” with Kev Koeser
Reminder: We have a live show this Saturday, December 12, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern! Go to https://www.crowdcast.io/e/ddw-live to sign up or just join us o...
Episode 153: The News You Can Use Episode
There's just so much news to talk about! Enough to lure Allison back on for another episode during what is increasingly inaccurately being called a "h...
Episode 152: Captain Jack Harkness Returns Emergency Pod
Fire up the news klaxons, we've got a big return to discuss! Doctor Who turned 57 on Monday, and it was kind enough to get us a birthday present: a ti...
Episode 151: Series 13 begins filming, plus show updates!
The world got busy around us once again, but Doctor Who is coming back, which means Debating Doctor Who must as well. Except, in both cases, we're imp...
Episode 150: Clarastravaganza and/or Clarathon Part III
We wrap up our trilogy of Clara episodes with a look at some stories from her final season aboard the TARDIS. We examine what "Under The Lake"/"Before...
Episode 149: Clarastravaganza and/or Clarathon Part II
Our deep dive into all things Clara Oswald somehow gets even deeper in the second edition, as we look at no less than four of the episodes from series...
Episode 148: Clarastravaganza and/or Clarathon Part I
Our long-awaited (by us, anyway) deep dive into Clara Oswald begins! We take a look at a pair of stories from Series 7B, when Clara was more a mystery...
Episode 147: The Best Of… Danny Pink
We get back (after an unexpected but at this point probably not surprising delay) to our regularly scheduled programming with a look at a pair of Dann...
Episode 146: Remembering Diana Rigg With “The Crimson Horror”
We'll be back soon with our regularly scheduled look at companion showcase episodes -- Danny Pink is next! -- but first, we wanted to take an episode...
Episode 145: Mailbag Time!
First thing's first: Allison has a book out! It's called "How TV Can Make You Smarter", available now at Bookshop.org and elsewhere! Plus she has a sp...
Episode 144: The Best Of… Nardole
Going to be honest with you, friends: We really didn't expect being able to fill an entire hour with nothing but Nardole discussion. We... we apparent...
Episode 143: The Best Of… Bill Potts
We're back, and after a perfectly normal intro that is completely like all the others we've done, we get into discussing Bill Potts in a pair of episo...
Episode 142: Christopher Eccleston Returns Emergency Pod
We're a simple podcast, folks: If Big Finish announces that Christopher Eccleston is coming back to record a bunch of new audios as the Ninth Doctor,...
Episode 141: The Best Of… Graham O’Brien
We finish our look at the companions of the Chibnall era with a look at a pair of episodes that show some unexpected sides to our friend Graham. The u...
Episode 140: The Best Of… Ryan Sinclair
We're going to level with you, friends: "Resolution" is the best Ryan episode. If you want to hear about what an episode that does right by Ryan looks...
Episode 139: The Best of… Yasmin Khan
We kick off a new recurring feature in which we devote an episode to a particular companion and what stories are their best. After some preliminary di...
Episode 138: We’re back! (Once again)
We kinda felt like the world didn't especially need two nerds rambling about Doctor Who the past few weeks, but now, well, the world still probably do...
Episode 137: “Resolution”
We finally did it! We've talked about every new series Doctor Who episode! After a couple cameos (or maybe that's Cameos) to open the episode, Alasdai...
Episode 136: Live Discussion of Companions, the Master, and More!
We're back for another live show, and we might even have a surprise visit from the podcast's best friend. Which is to say, we totally do! The Captain...
Episode 135: Live show this Saturday! Plus Doctors’ other performances…
That's right, we're doing another live show! It's 1 p.m. Eastern this Saturday, May 9, and it will be at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/ddw-liveshow. We h...
Episode 134: “The Return Of Doctor Mysterio”
Announcement! We have a live show this Saturday at 1 p.m. Eastern! We hope you'll come join us! As for what we have this week, yep, we *finally* got r...
Episode 133: Impromptu David Tennant Appreciation Week!
No two ways about it: This is one of our loosest, silliest episodes in a while. We start out with some vaguely structured discussion of some Doctor Wh...