Welcome to the Eleventh Hour Podcast (occasionally "EH?"), a discussion show dedicated to Doctor Who and starring Joe and Chris and nobody else, dammit
Nine years and nine months later, here we are at the resolution. Never say never and all that but this is definitely the last of the regular episodes of Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour Podcast, the podcast with the increasingly out-of-date name. We’ll definitely be back even if it’s just one more rambly catch-up, but when the new series starts tomorrow we’ll be able to just watch Doctor Who and not worry about explaining why we feel the way we do about the episodes, which will be very nice. Absolutely the best to all of you who stuck with us, and all of you who didn’t but still gave us your attention for a short time. We didn’t do anything special to deserve this attention but you made us feel like we did. Thanks for sticking with me (Chris) in particular through my off-colour jokes and racist accents and being a big part of helping me weed those out. Thanks to anyone who actually DID follow the intricacies of Joe’s love life over the last decade and, while there must surely have been people out there who listened and didn’t like the show, thanks to them too for just going away quietly and not giving us an unnecessarily hard time about it. As for the episode itself, we are finally joined Mr Chris from the Pharos Project podcast, who kept us soldiering through the discussion when Joe and I were ready to throw in the towel and end the recording. He had notes and everything! And that’s it, nothing left now but to part ways with the traditional Doctor Who farewell: Live long, and prosper.
So, here we are. We’ll be back tomorrow with a very special guest for Resolution but, since that’s a New Year Special, this is our final Doctor Who episode proper. As such, we did finally record at Joe’s then-flat, thus finally adding one more location that we’ve recorded the show in, and for old times’ sake, we even dug out the digital recorder we relied on for years which, for reasons unknown, decided to give us a real low quality recording the kind of which you might hear on a much worse podcast. We literally can’t explain why that happened so we hope the results don’t trouble you too much. Anyway, enough of that. It’s The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, the kind of title that sounds like a sci-fi parody and features a returning villain. There!s usually a sense of diminishing returns when this happens and it’s the case here too, but with the unfortunate truth being that this villain wasn’t any good the first time. In fact, the best idea in this whole episode has already appeared in Doctor Who back in 1978. It’s inauspicious to say the least, but hey, why not throw caution to the wind and join us anyway?
As promised: another day, another EH? This one will take you away into a weird little Nordic world as seen in frankly one of the strangest Doctor Who stories of the entire run, not just the post-2005 era. It’s just Joe and Chris this week as they navigate this bizarre little gem.
Festive balls, y'alls! After months of procrastination, Chris has realised that there's mere days before there'll be new Doctor Who. Four days, in fact. And whaddayaknow? There's four episodes left to upload as well. You know what this means: It's time for an episode a day! Prepare for now anachronistic references to the temperature in the UK and other such stuff, as well as references to a theoretical new podcast which is now a very real new podcast available at www.amityvillecalamityville.com It's The Witchfinders - a seeming rare modern Doctor Who "romp" that's actually fun, despite the grim subject matter, largely due to the presence of Alan Cumming as the exceedingly camp King James. Also, possibly the first time since Jodie Whittaker stepped into the role that the Doctor being a woman has become crucial to the plot. Joe and Chris are joined by Holly, the co-creator and co-host of Amityville Calamityville and you will be left in no doubt as to whether we liked this episode or not, also it provides us sassenachs the opportunity to do some Scotsplaining.
Funny fez callback. THAT'S KERBLAM! Guest spot from Lee Mack. THAT'S KERBLAM! Akinola soundtrack. THAT'S KERBLAM! A powerful, incisive critique of Amazon's business practices. NOT KERBLAM! Welcome to the first Doctor Who television story to have an exclamation mark in its title, Kerblam! A fun, though pretty toothless, look at an Amazon-style company writ large and one that makes a virtue of a large number of TARDIS companions by splitting them up and it's usually quite fun when the Doctor ends up getting a job for a while. In the hopes that this episode will not have the massive issues we've experienced recently with updates, let's just be bold and say we hope you enjoy KERBLAM!
Hello, everyone. TalkShoe is barely usable these days, huh? This is our fourth attempt to upload the episode and we frankly can't guarantee this one will work either. Well, we won't have to put up with it much longer because it's the final stretch. After an American TV-style hiatus to help Joe transition to his new life in the Land of the Free, here comes the last cavalcade of episodes. This tragic, marriage-themed one full of simmering tension is obviously the most appropriate wedding gift for the man himself. So, It's Yaz's spotlight episode and it finds the spotlight aimed mostly away from her. That doesn't make it a bad episode, though, as Doctor Who takes the opportunity to do what it can often do so well - inform about the past while commenting on the present. Join us, finally, for DEMONS OF THE PUNJAB (possibly)
It's the Tonga Congo! You know, that episode with the hospital ship and the little alien and the pregnant man. The episode that's really rubbish, you know the one. Certainly Chris thought he knew that when sitting down with Joe to rewatch it for the final dregs of this, the Eleventh Hour Podcast and yet hearts and minds are always subject to change. Could you be about to bear witness to that amazing, human experience? Or will the podcast just confirm how poor the episode is once again? Find out! eleventhhourpodcast@gmail.com
The phoning-it-in nature of this final season of The Eleventh Hour Podcast continues apace with this blunt dissection of one of the most poorly-titled Doctor Who episodes in recent memory. At least "Let's Kill Hitler" wasn't a near-nonsensical pun. Will we get through the whole podcast without mentioning Sex and the City or The Good Wife? How long before one of us plays a guitar? Will there be more jumping around or another surprise guest? Do these count as clickbait? We're frankly not sure. www.ehpodcast.com
Well, here we are. This is the episode that, prior to the start of Doctor Who series 11, people were the most interested in and worried about. It's an episode whose themes we couldn't hope to do justice to, so you'll be pleased to know we didn't really try to and instead produced our most off-topic episode ever. It's got lots of chat about TV shows based on DC superheroes, if that's your thing. Anyway, it's the last run of the podcast and more than ever before we're doing what we want. Join Joe, Chris and almost certainly nobody else given that we've never had a guest host for the entire run of the podcast. eleventhhourpodcast@gmail.com
This final run of The Eleventh Hour Podcast continues apace, despite technical errors at every level of production. Was The Ghost Monument worth the effort we went to while trying to record this podcast? Is the lovely Art Malik enough to carry the episode? Where IS the reload? is acetylene flammable? How exciting must this episode be if these are the questions we find ourselves writing in this synopsis? eleventhhourpodcast@gmail.com
It’s the end, but the moment has been prepared for: Surprise! The final season of EHPodcast is upon you and yer lads are back for a belated look at Jodie Whittaker’s first series behind the TARDIS controls. Expect our usual shallow analysis and digressions, and be very, very loved.
It's the traditional, heavily delayed EHPodcast Christmas Special! In addition to this, it also continues the current tradition of our podcasts starting with an impromptu apology from Chris regarding the appalling lateness of the episode. Anyway, enough of that. Remember Christmas 2017? Remember how the Doctor went through a low-stakes adventure where every revelation was deeply obvious if you applied any level of thought to it? Remember when Jodie showed up cosplaying as the front cover of the first Tasmin Archer album? Good times one and all. Enjoy them again and again with this commemorative unseasonal mess from Joe and Chris. http://tinyurl.com/ehpodcast eleventhhourpodcast@gmail.com
Hello! After a series of physical and technical mishaps, unavailabilities and other poor excuses, here's the rest of Doctor Who series 10, including discussions of: Empress of Mars, The Eaters of Light, World Enough and Time, & The Doctor Falls. Apologies for the real drop off in enthusiasm towards the end but who knows - if you listen all in one go, you might be feeling the same by then and welcome it. Hopping Holidays to all and we'll be back within the next five years to discuss the upcoming Christmas special, Twice Upon a Time.
Doctor Who is back with, at least for now, a near-continuity-free clean sweep. This won't last, but it's provided another new jumping-on episode for new or lapsed fans as well as largely being pretty popular with the people who were already/still here. Also back are Joe and Chris, once again in a fashionably late episode in which they certainly talk about Doctor Who, drink fizzy drinks, share a nice kiss and controversially come out AGAINST bigots. Way to finally nail those colours to the mast, lads. Join these two on their continuing adventures through a cavalcade of cartoonish, maniacal dictators and fascist automatons. They also sometimes watch Doctor Who. www.ehpodcast.com
It's the final bit of deck clearing here at EHPodcast as we make room in our schedule for the new series of Doctor Who. However, this has come at the right time as Class is finally scheduled to appear on BBC America and, reviewing this episode has made us realise how much we enjoyed the series in the long run. Have fun, and if you're watching along with the BBCA broadcasts, remember to come back and find us. Find us crispy pancakes. www.ehpodcast.com
It's Christmas in April! Hooray? www.ehpodcast.com
It's time for Class's one-two punch. The bottle episode and the ludicrous epic romp across reality, both occurring at the same time. It's a bold move and nets some of the best moments of the series so far. Join Joe & Chris in this fashionably late entry of EH? and join us as we get stuck into DETAINED (a.k.a. STRANDED) and THE METAPHYSICAL ENGINE, or WHAT QUILL DID
We've probably reached the point where these no longer count as surprises. Also, this one is late, to furthr play the "not a surprise" card. April and Ram go on a heart hunt while blossom eats peoples' faces and April's dad gets to be some kind of crap hero. Yup, it's Class all right. Join Joe and Chris as they bluff their way in 12-string guitar playing & Sikhism and discuss BRAVE-ISH HEART. www.ehpodcast.com
Surprise again! Okay, probably a bit less surprising, though this episode of EHPodcast does feature a rare bit of outside broadcast (as a result, our carefully cultivated music bed only lasts half the episode. You'll have to think of your own songs for Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart. You should be able to come up with at least one. In the series, there are some conversations with dead people and nice gooey vines all over the option, as well as some gauzy sex and all manner of bonkers stuff that doesn't quite make sense. Simple write-up this week, let's just get stuck in to NIGHTVISITING and CO-OWNER OF A LONELY HEART www.ehpodcast.com
Surprise! Well, before we get into the surprise, let's try some unsurprising news - this podcast was recorded weeks ago, in two sessions and was intended for release as two separate episodes but Chris took ages to get the episode done. I know, right? Unprecedented. Anyway, here we are with our first looks at Class, the not-for-kids kids' spinoff of Doctor Who. Neither episode contains our most in-depth analysis, partially to do with our own podcast rust but also, it must be said, because of the content of the episodes themselves. But perhaps we've said too much? Get stuck in as we look at the first two episodes of Class: FOR TONIGHT WE MIGHT DIE and THE COACH WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO www.ehpodcast.com
Believe it or not, this is the most punctual Eleventh Hour Podcast Christmas Special ever, beating the previous winner by an entire two weeks . In our rush to bring you this, there have been compromises - it's a shorter episode than usual and we barely pick apart the episode at all, beyond making our opinions of it very clear. It doesn't help that we're also both really ill. As you can tell, neither Joe or Chris are marketing geniuses but it you've enjoyed former episodes then we hope you like this one, too!
It's the now-traditional "relaxed" final episode of a series of EHPodcast. Not because we're secretly drunk but because it's showing up days after you might expect given the scheduling of the rest of the run. No mind, it's here now and - shock upon shock - it contains that rare EH? occurrence, the dreaded DIFFERENCE OF OPINION (brrr) wherein Joe and Chris - amazingly - don't feel exactly the same way about an episode. However, we muddle through without murdering each other, and that's true friendship. Along with a celebrity guest cast (well, Donald and MB) we break down Hell Bent in probably the most lax fashion imaginable and actually come to some conclusions and stuff. It's ...riveting..., trust us. See you after Christmas! www.ehpodcast.com
Something that both Joe and Chris are coming to appreciate is how frequently the team in charge of Doctor Who pull a bold experiment. We prefer it even more when it works. An episode consisting over 90% of Capaldi completely alone and in one single environment could be a huge, boring backfire or an exceptional tour-de-force. And if we can stop talking about musical instrument infidelity, novelty groinwear, Dark Souls, the stupidness of the English language and, of course, the Ultimate Warrior's astonishing death timing, we may even tell you what we thought. So, strap in and prepare for some occasionally dark chat, (as well as a song called Crystal even though the episode itself says "diamond" and even that's not the stuff the wall is made of). www.ehpodcast.com
Clara, then, eh? Certainly the most ambitious, far-reaching set of character arcs ever crammed into one perfectly fine but somewhat nondescript figure. In Doctor Who. Apart from The Doctor. An impossible girl, created by leaf and destroyed by bird and scattered throughout time and space and also she kissed Jane Austen, you know. Joe and Chris get decidedly unemotional as they cover this well-received, somewhat overwrought bit of telly and produce probably the only Doctor Who podcast this week to throw in an entirely relevant reference to The Rage: Carrie 2 We record at Joe's this week so naturally every idling car outside sound like a passing Star Destroyer but on the plus side, neither of us play any instruments and there's a shocking moment where one of us has a thought that's best not spoken aloud and we DON'T THEN GO ON TO SPEAK IT ALOUD. An astonishing development, we're sure you'll agree. www.ehpodcast.com
It's a feature of this year's EHPodcast schedule that we've been pretty relaxed, and this is the MOST relaxed we've been this series. That said, we have a solid rule that we always get the podcast out before the next episode of Doctor Who airs, and we're holding true to that extremely slack promise. We could have had it out sooner, but that would have only been possible by completely foregoing sleep and after this episode, we chose not to be absorbed by monsters made of our own eye boogers or something Join Joe & Chris as they offer an impromptu Metallica guitar masterclass, sing even more solo acapella than usual, institute a system of head-slapping, misunderstand the nature of Spider-Man villain Shocker and, of course, discuss whether or not Joe takes ladies home in the evening. www.ehpodcast.com
It's the conclusion of the mostly well-received "Zysis" allegory and we find out what's in the box. Join Joe and Chris as they talk about poorly thought-out liberal wet dream scenarios, Achewood, Paranormal Home Investigators (though, often in the singular by mistake), obvious writerly tricks, trigger warnings, Joe's imbalanced affairs and the EMS VCS 3 as well as, of course, turning THE ZYGON INVERSION inside out. www.ehpodcast.com
It's all Me, Me, Me with some people and such is the case with The Woman Who Lived, the immortal adventurer, thief and diarist who befriends big cat men with really unimaginative names and has adventures that are slightly strangely directed and scrappily edited. Breaking it all down this week are Joe and Chris. Well, during the moments when they aren't providing a Black Sabbath guitar masterclass, giving us a potted history of the band Bow Wow Wow, over-confidently mispronouncing "Kumail Nanjiani", or failing to give enough exposure to Joe's excellent "Gillan Machine" pun. www.ehpodcast.com
"A Wing And a Prayer" Productions presents one of the most casual EH? episodes ever, recorded relaxingly late in the week and decadently released even later than that, we get to grips with The Girl Who Died. Not like that. Oh God, not like that. www.ehpodcast.com
Hello! As part of our unofficial plan to represent the end of your Doctor Who podcast week, and thus almost certain to never discuss any point you've not heard run into the ground already, here we are to talk about Before the Flood, the cold war-era, poorly-defined villain extravaganza. On the podcast this week you'll hear Nicky arrive with some milk, a familiar voice for fans of the Dharmalars and The Lost Initiative, QI's vinyl podcast and a rare plug for Chris's other ongoing podcast The Last Word: A Press Gang Introcast with Chris & Alirio, lastwordpodcast.com (sorry). Heck, instead of reading a list of what is and isn't in the podcast, find out the hard way by listening. www.ehpodcast.com
Reliably late in the week and painfully early in the morning, it's the Eleventh Hour Podcast! Let's take Toby Whithouse by the hand and go on a charming adventure under the sea, where hollow-eyed ghosts throw knives at you and there's a terrifying submerged village outside. Honesty time - I'm far too tired to write anything more than this. Listen to the podcast, willya? www.ehpodcast.com
Hello! We're back! BOTH OF US! You have been warned. Joe and Chris get all face-to-face to discuss Dalek sewers, Missy's dancing, Witch identities, eyes, sunglasses and Chris Langham. Enough of this write up, get stuck into THE WITCH'S FAMILIAR. eleventhhourpodcast@gmail.com facebook.com/groups/ehpodcast @EHPodcast www.ehpodcast.com
Hello again, friends. Here is where you'd have found the all-guns-blazing, two-hour-long and fully triumphant return of THE ELEVENTH HOUR PODCAST, had evil computers not conspired to rob your ears of this wonderful treat. Instead, because we really do appreciate our feedback contributors, and because we didn't want to leave the lovely listener with nothing - or at least no explanation - we hope you'll be happy with this brief, feedback heavy, emergency update produced via the rare combination of the latest computer audio technology and a 1995 Mazda 626. Normal service to be resumed next week, until then, here's our emergency podcast for The Magician's Apprentice. eleventhhourpodcast@gmail.com facebook.com/groups/ehpodcast @EHPodcast www.ehpodcast.com
Merry February, kids! Believe it or not, this is the second most punctual EHPodcast Christmas special ever, which is probably nothing to be proud of. Last Christmas was a strange one, a tangerine dream of Santa, headcrabs, loss of self and loved ones and not getting rid of a companion again. In a bizarre break with tradition, we don't have much to say here in the info, so go ahead and join Joe, Chris and, briefly, Nicky as we pull apart LAST CHRISTMAS. eleventhhourpodcast@gmail.com facebook.com/groups/ehpodcast @EHPodcast www.ehpodcast.com
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