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Gosh this is good! Five stars.

I really enjoyed this one!

Terrific episode. You've got "going off at a tangent" down to a fine art, even moreso than the shorter Ronnie. Really enjoyed that! 😁👍

Doctor Who's second episode is placed under Toby Hadoke's microscope/miniscope exposing all the behind the scenes minutiae of how it was put together. Excellent stuff. Hugely entertaining & highly recommended.

Fantastic episode. Full of facts and minutiae on the production of Doctor Who's very first episode, An Unearthly Child. Brought to life by writer and narrator Toby Hadoke. A must listen for any Doctor Who fan.

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An excellent, highly detailed look at the making of Doctor Who's original pilot episode. An informative, entertaining episode with something for everyone from the hard core fan to those with just a passing interest in Who. No one is left out.

It's worth noting that the Mr Bates post office show didn't actually make a profit despite its success! TV is really on the ropes these days, I really wonder how long it will last.

I don't think Whosround is on the Big Finish website anymore. :(

The conversation continues between Toby Hadoke and Professor Tom Attah on race and representation in Doctor Who. The chat is good natured, the humour is plentiful and the respect is mutual. There are some interesting viewpoints exchanged and I didn't once feel I was being lectured to. An easy, thought provoking listen. Marvelous stuff.

A fantastic episode dealing with endings in Doctor Who. I really enjoyed the show. Gave me a couple of much needed belly laughs along the way.

73 Yards definitely has the feel of any of several MR James adaptations. Maybe it should have been the Christmas episode. I think it's heavily implied though (if nothing else then by the sound of a heart monitor) that Ruby dies and then becomes the woman - that as her death approaches, so too does the woman. So I think there _is_ an on-screen death. But maybe not. Ruby delivers (I think) four lines as we watch from the woman's POV for the first time. And though her hand's are on screen at that moment, and not gesturing, I have a vague feeling that the sequence of hand gestures we have seen repeating over and over match those four lines. And I think those four lines are an apology to the Doctor for Ruby having taken so long to free _him_ from whatever torment _he_ has been suffering all those years.

Hallo, there!

An insightful and informative discussion, with plenty of humour scattered throughout as Toby Hadoke and Professor Tom Attah discuss race and representation in Doctor Who. I really enjoyed this episode and look forward to the second part. There really is no other Doctor Who podcast like this.

An engaging, thought provoking episode about disability representation in Doctor Who. The subject is discussed with great candour, wit and with a lightness of touch.

Down the rabbit hole we go into the world of missing Doctor Who episodes. A subject which is very close to my hearts. This episode was fun, informative and provided a pleasant distraction over the course of a couple of very boring lunch breaks.

Defining the magic of Doctor Who is no mean feat. However, writer & host Toby Hadoke does so in an entertaining fashion with great style, wit & open personal honesty. There's no other podcast like this out there. You could say it has an indefinable magic all of its own. Which is something i'm very grateful for. Thank you, Toby.

Another great podcast which brought back many memories of some lovely bygone Christmases. If you remember Peter Haining's Doctor Who books, you're in for a treat. If not, you're about to spend a pleasant listen learning all about these wonderful books.

What I really like about this is that you're focusing on what I think is the _whole_ point of the episode. A lot of people have seen it as poking fun at "Gen Z" (even though these people are not Gen Z) and, yeah, having something to say about our reliance on social media. But the key thing for them is the reveal: "Oh, they're white supremacists. I did/didn't notice they were all white, as I watched them living a life that's a bit like mine." Sure, living in the bubble has rendered them unable to deal with the real world. They have an unrealistic estimation of themselves because they've been living in an unrealistic world - a safe world. But isn't an implication of that that they will have an unrealistic estimation of anyone who doesn't fit the profile? Is the bubble a product of their racism, or is their racism a product of the bubble? When they reject the Doctor, it's because he's not like them - they're just swiping right (or is it left?). I find the idea that this episode should have been handed over to be written by a person of colour quite odd. Everyone in the episode is white. The only black character is the Doctor, but how long has _he_ been black? How much racism has _he_ experienced? When the Doctor says he doesn't care what they think, he means it. Why would he care? How could their racism affect him? He's not their equal; he's the superior being here. Their words can't hurt him. He just wants to save them. But he can't because of their mindset. And I think it's important that they are beyond redemption, because we have to see where a road we're already travelling down leads to.

A touching tribute to the indefinable magic of one of our finest actors, David Warner. Whose performances on stage and screen have been enjoyed by many over the years. Thank you, Toby.

A difficult subject handled deftly by our host with a healthy dose of humour, making this podcast episode an entertaining, enjoyable and worthwhile listen.

An extremely entertaining essay on Doctor Who fandom featuring frank personal anecdotes with witty asides along the way. Excellent must listen stuff.

Another excellent podcast. Full of facts, anecdotes and humour. Written and presented by a very relatable host. I can't recommend this podcast highly enough. Come on, give it a listen.

Great episode with a lovely dose of humour. Enjoyed looking back on many great Who cliffhangers. Gave me a hankering to revisit The Ambassadors of Death or Inferno or.....maybe a double bill of both.

I really enjoyed this episode. I know a fair bit about Doctor Who. However, there were stories told here that I was unaware of. It's nice to know in this day and age of the internet that there is still much more to discover about my favourite show. My thanks to writer and presenter Toby Hadoke for imparting facts in a very entertaining way and for plugging those gaps in my Doctor Who knowledge. I'm very pleased to have stumbled upon your podcast and look forward to exploring the back catalogue. Happy times and places, indeed.

Lovely stuff Toby, I hope you know we all so appreciate the hard work you put into these podcasts! It’s become a happy place for us nerds looking for an obscene number of facts about the best show in the world 😊

My viewing of "The Legend of Ruby Sunday" was delayed a week, due to watching new episodes online with some friends in the US, and timezone scheduling can be a pain. For once, though, it was serendipitous (a word I first learned a very long time ago from watching "Doctor Who" on the ABC :) ), because it meant we could watch both parts back-to-back as a single extended story. The same friends, on learning I was something of an authority on the original series, have had me occasionally dipping into my DVD collection for curated showings of favourite serials. And again by sheer serendipity, and because Sarah Jane was a companion who spanned both eras, the first one I had selected to view was "Pyramids of Mars". When the reveal dropped, cue transports of mingled astonishment, disbelief, and delight from the New Who side of the link: not only was it the return of a terror (one of the greatest terrors!) from the classic era, but one *with which they were already familiar*. And then, when I quoted "I bring Sutekh's gift of death" a couple of seconds before its reprise in the episode, cue a considerable amount of personal delight that I'd managed to call that particular shot. It's always been such a powerful line, it deserved a second outing fifty years later. Were the episodes perfect? Of course not, where would we whiny "Doctor Who" fans be without nits to pick and holes to poke. But overall, there were plenty of moments that brought genuine joy, or wonder, or satisfaction at a character well-written. (She may not have the formal military rank and experience her dad did, but the look Kate shoots the Doctor at one point would have raised blisters on armour plate. And he knew it too.) Here's hoping we are indeed looking back fondly on all this a couple of decades from now.

thank you so much for doing this, and i know this would be a pain if you could do other years, it would be an amazing tribute, thank you for taking part of your life to recognize the lives of others, your awesome

Hallo, there!

I always wrongly think coronas of the sun is the episode on the hot planet with the monk. I did think itd be a lot to get in to get it there before the xmas episode. And alas thats because its later in the story. Bloody hell masterplan is long. In some ways its a shame the monk didn't enter the story at this point. Imagine the feast of steven featuring peter butterworth!! How amazing would that of been

Wonderful passion here Toby...and your passion does you justice :)

Thanks, Toby, really added to my appreciation of the episode. In an era that often breaks the fourth wall it seemed to me that Ncuti broke character at the climax to directly address the audience at home. Dont reject me, join me on my adventures he seemed to be saying to us.

Now I look carefully, Toby, the two roman numbers on top of the clock are wrong.

Hello there!

Will you re do this or revist with the new animation? Obviously will be difficult knowing what your guests favourite bits are but still

Sorry lovely Toby, but basically saying that this is for a new generation, so that makes this all OK, is well, not OK. You cannot possibly think this is a good new iteration of the show, Gatwa alone is like nails on a chalk board. It's always better, even if just for your soul, to tell the truth, you are not doing that here, and it's somewhat painful, so this was my first and last visit.

Oh Toby your so desperate to try and be positive about this it is derritive it is lazy and it is frankly crap. It's not the same thing it's a poor excuse for what is frankly not the same show

Definitely the best of the new series stuff. Such a shame we didnt grt more Eccleston. Strong disagree in the doctors performance is always good. Smith and whitaker have rare times where there performances arnt terrible. Even in classic who thers some eye raising moments. Baker in eden as your discussed, colin in twin delima....sly in time and the rani. (? And i love colin and sly and think they got a rough deal) but theres defintbeen times the lead actor dropped the ball

I also really enjoy how your guest has to emphasise classic doctor who is special to them, I do the same thing lest you start being asked about the rubbish they are passing off now.

I really dislike season 17. Id go as far as to say it's my least favourite season of classic who. But nightmare of Eden is one the better stories. Possibly because I feel like Romanas I it a little less, lala ward is so insufferable oh I wish Marie Tamn hadn't left. I do love the way Tom just tells them to go aways then. Such a shame it's spoiled by the oh my legs bit. Still Creature from the pit and nimon can't sniff at it's heels. And I'd still rather watch this than anything after 2010 of new who.

Really enjoyed this - I too read the old woman as a possible metaphor for RTD'S greatest fear - the old fans 😅 and their trolling at a distance of the new series.

I like to imagine that, just as the credits role, Steven and Sara look at the Doctor with confusion at him wishing thin air a happy Christmas.

I've always seen Chen as an attempt to create a futuristic race. An amalgamation that might exist in the 40th century, but doesn't now. Certainly if he's meant to look Asian specifically, I don't think it's very successful.

I frequently edit IMDB, and you're absolutely right. It is very easy to add obviously wrong information, and difficult to get it removed. Likewise, I have tried to add obviously correct info before and been denied by the moderators. "Please provide evidence." The evidence is the episode. Watch it. You will see that this actor is not there, and is not credited either. The 60th Anniversary Specials had all kinds of nonsense on there before broadcast. And in fact for the last 2, I went on immediately after broadcast to correct them.

On the use of unpleasant language, I'd agree that it's used "innocently" for the time. And I would argue there's worse stuff in other 60s Who that perhaps has less of an excuse. And yes, I believe Peter Purves is a Brexiter, a fact I try and forget, much as I do with my own grandparents...

I wish there was a making of on the DVD too! Kind of bizarre that the most substantial extra on that DVD is a documentary about the McCoy era. Maybe for the distant Season 3 Blu-Rays we can get one. Rex Tucker may be the perfect director for this, if only because his name makes him sound like a cowboy.

Sometimes I wonder how that dialogue would work with different pairs Doctor-Master. 10-Simm, 13-Dawan, 5-Ainley, 4-Beevers, 3-Delgado...

Hallo, there...

Toby’s “Doctor Who” podcasts always give good value, and have a reputation for having an even-handed approach to handling both the rough and the smooth that the programme and its fans have given to the world across its sixty-plus year history. I always enjoy a good audio essay, but these particularly thoughtful, considered, and incisive audio essays, produced shortly after broadcast as a response to the latest series, have provided a calm and rational reaction to the fear and madness that any time of great change can bring along with it in a much-loved creative product that so many people seem to hold close to their hearts. As companion pieces to be enjoyed alongside the programme itself, these episodes are highly recommended.

Very enjoyable and well thought out.