The Deja Brews continues with the 19th podcast of this here mini-series where we re-watch old nu-Who. Continuing with series 4’s ‘The Fires Of Pompeii’ where the Doctor and Martha take a light-hearted jaunt to the past whilst unwittingly causing the deaths of thousands. ‘Planet Of The Ood’ finds our duo taking a light-hearted jaunt to the future whilst unwittingly taking part in a slave uprising. Lastly (for this podcast episode at least) ‘The Sontaran Stratagem’ reunites the Doctor with Martha whilst Donna unwittingly traps her grandfather in a deadly car. Apparently this podcast was unwittingly brought to you by adverbs.

We rejoin our rewatch mini-series already in progress with our 18th Deja Brew episode. Whilst jumping back into old nu-Who series 4, we start off with ‘Voyage Of The Damned’ where the Doctor goes on an adventure of Poseidon proportions after meeting Astrid, a woman he just can’t get outta his head. Next up is ‘Partners In Crime’ where the Doctor and Donna Noble reunite to mate... erm... be mates! After said friend-zoning intentionally occurs, Rose shows up yet again to friend-block the new duo. Seriously Rose, let the man move on with his lives!

We conclude our ‘War On Sobriety’ by watching the fifth and final episode of the Doctor Whojacent series ‘The War Between The Land And The Sea’. ‘The End Of The War’ accomplishes what the title promises by turning totally normal bloke Barclay into an unwitting biological weapon. Because said weapon craves those fishy kisses from Salt, Barclay infects her and then she infects two friends, and they infect two friends, and so on and so on... until 90 percent of the Sea Devils die as a result of this interspecies lip-locking! But at least Barclay and Salt get to swim off into the sunset whilst Kate goes apeshit on some douche litterbug. So... happy ending?

‘The Witch And The Waterfall’ is the fourth episode of our ‘War On Sobriety’ mini-series where inst we continue to take a magnifying glass to the ‘Doctor Who’ spin-off: ‘The War Between The Land And The Sea’. Whilst punctuation and run-on sentences continue to be tortured for these podcast descriptions, totally normal bloke Barclay goes on the run with Salt, Salt discovers Barclay tastes of salt, and they finally have their ‘Shape of Water’ moment. Off screen of course because nobody wants to see that. Well maybe purported ichthyophiliac Troy McClure would. Allegedly.

We’re still conducting our ‘War On Sobriety’ by discussing ‘The Deep’, the third episode of ‘The War Between The Land And The Sea’, the Doctor Whojacent mini-series. This time totally normal bloke Barclay agrees to meet with Salt on their home turf: five miles under water. Whilst Barclay hopes his submersible doesn’t go full ‘Titan’ on the trip down, Kate is fighting to prevent the titans of industry from imploding the tenuous truce with the Sea Devils, and Colonel Ibrahim wants his and Kate’s relationship to go public. Unfortunately his wish may be granted posthumously. RIP Colonel Sexy.

On February 22nd in the year of Time Lord 2016, yet another podcast hosted by two middle aged white guys (unimaginatively named Steve and John) talking about Doctor Who was vomited onto the internets. This one was way different: in that our third friend Al Cohol was officially made a co-host. (He normally likes to keep things on the down low... but is usually a part of most podcasts... right?) To celebrate our 10th podcastaversary, please to enjoy our ‘proof of concept’ recording where we used Star Trek in place of Doctor Who so as not to ‘burn’ any usable material. Whilst listening to us be far too inebriated for our current comfort, feel free to judge John on how snippy he becomes with Steve, and have a shot every time Steve says he drank too much beer. Hold on. Our (non-existent) attorneys say not to do that. Actually, they said ‘For the love of all that’s holy and otherwise, do not advise anyone to do that!’. Whatever Poindexter. Mazel tav!

We continue ‘The War On Sobriety’ by watching the second episode of ‘The War Between The Land And The Sea’ titled ‘Plastic Apocalypse’. Whilst totally normal bloke Barclay settles uneasily into his role as the human ambassador, his Sea Devil counterpart takes a shine to his aw-shucks demeanor; then creates a literal shit-storm over the land by returning our trash and... well... shit. All that plus Kate gets bizay with Colonel Sexy, big business conspires with the military to take out the Sea Devils, and Salt hulks out. So yeah, don’t piss them off.

We begin a new mini-series we’re calling ‘The War On Sobriety’ where we cover the Doctor Whojacent mini-series ‘The War Between The Land And The Sea’. First up is episode one titled ‘Aqua Homo’ in which we are introduced to totally normal bloke Barclay. Unfortunately Barclay is treading water since he’s in way over his head... and paygrade... when he is called in as an ‘expert’ to bear witness to Earth’s prior inhabitants resurfacing from... well... the sea. Whilst these Sea Devils (or Homospondyls if you’re woke) just want us to stop pooping in their habitat, Barclay ends up humanity’s ambassador just cuz he’s a nice and totally normal bloke. And that’s why I’m an asshat. Nobody expects much from an asshat.