It’s a brand new season of Doctor Who and we’ve got the first two episodes to review! Ashley, Josh and Alan dive into this new era of our favorite venerable show and review Episodes 1 and 2, “Space Babies” and “The Devil’s Chord,” both written by Russell T Davies. We talk about the high points, the low points, which episode was better, and what we look for in future episodes.

[*Because of the timing of recording and release, this episode of Doctor Who A to Z is presented in an unedited form. Please forgive any foible or instances of us talking over each other.]

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This week Ashley takes us to the planet Peladon where we meet a king battling against superstition, trying to impress a collection of weird aliens, and flirting with Jo Grant. We review “The Curse of Peladon", the second story from Season Nine, starring Jon Pertwee and Katy Manning, and featuring David Troughton.

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This one is a biggie! We take a stab at “Kill the Moon”, one of the most divisive episodes of the past decade. General consensus amongst fans is that it’s not a good episode. But how accurate is that? This one divides the Doctor Who A to Z crew too—but maybe not in the way that you might think. We come at this one from all angles before delivering our verdict!

But first we tackle the news from the past couple weeks, including a brand new trailer and news of a returning writer!

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This week Ashley and Josh steer the TARDIS through a tour of the history of Doctor Who RPGs, starting with the FASA game from the 80s and all the way up to the innovations they’ve found in a recently released game by Cubicle 7. If you’re a gamer, specifically a Doctor Who gamer, this episode is for you! (and hopefully everyone else will still enjoy it too, since it’s still about Doctor Who!)

First, though, we talk about the latest Doctor Who news.

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Our topic this week is characters that could have been companions! Doctor Who is full of great characters, and many of them had potential to be a great companion – and in some cases were intended to be, but for one reason or another it didn't work out. Josh and Alan (with input from Ashley, who is out this week) talk about some of their favorite companions-that-never-were.  

First, though, we talk about the latest Doctor Who news (the Celestial Toymaker cover reveal, the Dark Gallifrey series from Big Finish, and a new Big Finish podcast). 

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This week we discuss one of the greatest Doctor Who stories of all time—“The Caves of Androzani” from Season 21. This was the final Fifth Doctor story; it starred Peter Davison and Nicola Bryant, was written by Robert Holmes, and directed by Graeme Harper. The Doctor and Peri get caught up in a vicious local war and are exposed to a deadly poison, and they struggle to simply make it out of the situation alive.  

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We continue our celebration of the 50th anniversary of Tom Baker’s debut as the Doctor by revisiting one of the most classic Doctor Who stories ever: “Pyramids of Mars”! It’s mummies, sarcophagi, and hieroglyphics as the Doctor and Sarah Jane find themselves up against one of the most powerful beings the Doctor has ever encountered.  

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January 2024 coincides with two major occasions in Whostory: Tom Baker’s 90th birthday and the 50th anniversary of his debut as the Doctor! So we have devoted this episode to that most iconic of Doctors! We talk about what we love about the Tom Baker era, his various showrunners, and then we rank Tom’s seven seasons in order of favorites! 

First, though, we talk about the latest Doctor Who news (which, this week, is the revelation that Millie Gibson is leaving the show).  

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