The Doctor Who Show
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.
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No Country for Old Doctors (A Town Called Mercy) (opens the original)
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This month on the podcast, we saddle up and head for Mercy, Nevada, where the Doctor encounters a gunslinger, a disgraced alien doctor, a town full of terrified humans, and one hell of a moral dilemma. We’re talking A Town Called Mercy - the 2012 Eleventh Doctor story that asks some pretty uncomfortable questions about mercy, vengeance, guilt and whether the Doctor gets to decide who deserves to live. Before that, there’s the usual assortment of news and short topics, and afterwards we dig into
The X-Files: Selected Evidence (ALTERNATE GALAXIES) (opens the original)
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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 p
Top Individual Episodes from Multi-part Stories (The List Makers) (opens the original)
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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.netX / Twitter: @theDWshowEmail: hello@theDWshow.netSubstack: thedwshow.subst
Death in Paradise (The Paradise of Death) (opens the original)
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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.netX / Twitter: @theDWshowEmail: hello@th
Top Classic Era Directors (The List Makers) (opens the original)
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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.netX / Twitter: @theDWshowEmail: hello@theDWshow.netSubstack: thedwshow.substack
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