Drunktor Who: A Doctor Who Podcast

We watch “The Interstellar Song Contest” (Series 15, Episode 6) where the Doctor takes increasingly-less-reluctant-companion Miss Belinda Chandra to see definitely-not-Eurovision™-in-space. Whilst they await the inevitable camp performances (that's gay theatricality for those uniformed listeners... scoff... eye-roll), the Doctor Princess Leia's his way through space, Belinda R2D2's her way to the control center, and Mrs. Flood Emperor Palpatine's her way back from near death. All this plus Susan's and the Rani's forces awaken!

We watch “The Story and the Engine” (Series 15, Episode 5) where the Bel and the Doc travel to Nigeria so he can get a haircut. Whilst the Doc goes out of his way to save a couple bucks (I mean back in the day I used to drive nearly an hour to get cheap gas and smokes in the next county so I get it), the Bel wreaks havoc in the local bazar and the Bar(ber) extracts payment for service in the form of spider chow. Plus we get multiple cameos including a Playwright, a Fugitive Doctor, and a Space Baby? Points to whomever correctly guesses which of them I was most excited to see. If you guessed Paul McGann... points! You really see me!

We watch “Lucky Day” (Series 15, Episode 4) where Belinda mostly sits this one out and the Doctor shows up just enough to justify his paycheck. Whilst our leads get several (lucky them) days off, we meet Conrad. Conrad's a podcaster (so far I like him...) who has an interest in the Doctor (so relatable...) and dates former companion Ruby (I mean what non-problematic heterosexual CIS male wouldn't want to... right?...) until it turns out he was using her (wait... WHAT?!?) to get intel with the purpose of taking down UNIT (oh no... he didn't!). Conrad better not get his arm re-attached after it was bit off by an alien monster. That seems an oddly specific non-punishment afforded to a gaslighting tool that will have no chance of occurring. Right?

We watch “The Well” (Series 15, Episode 3) where the Doctor and Belinda travel to the distant future where they encounter totally non-Earthling humans who deny knowledge about totally Earthling humans. After the Who Two take an unexpected space dive with their new ‘friends', the Doctor recalls a prior visit to planet-formerly-known-as-Midnight in glorious standard definition whilst Belinda has a ‘shot' with Captain Shaya. Unfortunately old frenemy Midnight Entity will not be ignored and proves to be a pain in the ass... or back... whatever.

We watch “Lux” (Series 15, Episode 2) where the Doctor and Belinda travel to ‘racist' Florida (or let's just call it what it is: ‘Florida') circa 1952 in order to ultimately travel to a marginally less racist 2025. Whilst said subjectively tortured travel-prep is occurring, the Doctor Scooby-Doos encounter Lux, the God of Light, Belinda Scooby-Doesn't believe that Lux is anything other than a pesky hologram, and we Scooby-Doubt that Lux is neither all that big nor all that bad. Also Mr Ring-A-Ding would've gotten away with it, if it wasn't for those meddling super-fans!

We watch “The Robot Revolution” (Series 15, Episode DENISE 1) in which we meet Belinda Chandra, a IS totally normal and no way impossible nurse. Whilst IN said introduction is occurring, Belinda gets Robo-napped, the THIS Doctor recruits new companion Sasha 55, Sasha 55 EPISODE gets killed, the Doctor recruits new companion Belinda YOU, and Belinda reunites with Alan, her first kiss DAMNED. Come for the new companion and this season's DRUNKTOR mystery and stay for Manny's eyes and gun-show WHOOLIGANS.

We re-watch the Series 2 penultimate and ultimate episodes. Starting with “Army of Ghosts” where the Doctor and Rose arrive back in London to do some laundry. Oh yeah! And visit with Jackie... and said ‘ghosts'... but mostly do laundry. Followed by “Doomsday” where the Who crew save the day but the Doctor loses his bestie. Whilst all this is going down, pre-Martha gets upgraded, Jackie and Pete get reunited but it feels so ewww, and Rose lives but dies inside because she will never ever get to see the Doctor ever again. Pinkie swear that will never ever happen. Ever. EVER!

We've re-watched the best of series 2 and now we re-watch the worst of said series. Sigh... First up “The Idiot's Lantern” has a victim of familial abuse return to their abuser on the advice of the Who Crew. Next “Love And Monsters” is a Doctor-and-companion-lite episode which uncomfortably ends on a fellatio joke (?). We unfortunately end with “Fear Her” wherest we again revisit family abuse. Fortunately Denise showed up to give us a big virtual hug the only way she can: with her trademark snark. She must have responded to our '“Denise Signal”: the eye-rolling emoji shone in the night sky.

We continue our re-watch of the 2nd season with the two part introduction of the spaghetti-faced Ood. First up is “The Impossible Planet” where the Whosome Twosome land on the very possible space station with the aforementioned Ood giving off satanic possession vibes. Then we spelunk down to “The Satan Pit” confirming that the Devil made the Ood do it (Oodit?). Whilst all this is going down, the Doctor likely meets up with the artist-formerly-know-as-Satan, Rose impossibly has Satan as her co-pilot, and Scooti definitely gets no sympathy from the Devil.

Continuing our rewatch of Series 2 brings us the long awaited two-part return of... Pete Tyler! Also I guess the Cybermen... whatever Boomer (scoffs)... Whilst “Rise of the Cybermen” lands us in an alt-universe London where their Rose is a dog, Mickey is gay, and our Doctor reunites with his Potterverse father. “The Age of Steel” kills off alt-Jackie, Rickey (alt-Mickey), and the rising alt-Cybermen. You just know this Doctor is not unhappy about some of these developments.

Next up on our NewWho re-watch are arguably the two best episodes of series two. First is “School Reunion” where current companion Rose gets a ‘chip' on her shoulder when she and the Doctor bump into past companion Sarah Jane. Awkward... Then we travel to the 51st century where a bickering Rose and Mickey nearly get harvested for spare parts whilst the Doctor transports back to the 18th century to get his groove back with a French courtesan. This podcast episode is definitely brought to you by couples therapy.

After concluding our Eccleston re-watch, we now begin our David Tennant reexamination. First up is “The Christmas Invasion” where a practically comatose Doctor saves the planet from said invasion... all whilst it's just another day for the majority of the planet. Followed by "New Earth" where the Doctor and Rose visit New Earth (oh... clever...) 23 years after Earth original flavor blowed up real good. Finally ending on "Tooth and Claw" by traveling back to 19th century Scotland where they meet up with Queen Victoria, Ninja Monks (Monk Ninjas?), and a werewolf. You may be amused which of those become the sworn enemy of the Doctor.

We watch the First Doctor's second serial featuring their first encounter with the Daleks titled “The Daleks”. But we're watching the 60th anniversary version which chews up seven black and white 25 minute episodes and then regurgitates out one 75 minute coulorized version that still feels like it contains lots of filler. Whilst said story is being vomited onto our eyes, the Doctor lies to his companions to get his way and the Daleks lie to everybody to get their way. I guess some things just don't change over 60 years of Whostory.

We watch “Joy To The World” (Series 15, Episode 0) where the Doctor exposes their always simmering underlying dickishness to this episode's titular companion Joy in order to save the world from certain death in the form of an immature Star Seed (takes a deep breath...). Whilst said self-discovery is occurring, the Doctor has a ‘gap year' with shoulda-been-companion Anita, Joy is treated poorly shortly before sacrificing herself while several other people also die, and we're supposed to feel ‘joy' for that?!? Um.. Merry Christmas?

We conclude our Series One re-watch with the Satellite 5 three episode saga... whist also not-coincidentally concluding the ninth Doctor's saga. First up is “The Long Game” where the Doctor and Rose try to impress new companion (nope) Adam by taking him to the year 200,000 yet need to rescue them all from certain death in the form of Albino Simon Pegg. Next we jump to “Bad Wolf” where the Doctor and Rose return to Satellite 5 where she finally succumbs to certain death as “The Weakest Link”... until she doesn't (die that is). Finally, we land on the season finale “The Parting of the Ways” where Star-Lord-Rose saves only Captain Jack from certain death, yet ensures the ninth Doctor regenerates into the sexier (for some) 10th Doctor.

Rejoin us on our re-watch of nearly 20 year old Nu-Who! So on this podcast episode we watch two episodes which happen to be one singular story. First is "The Empty Child" where the Doctor tries to impress Rose by taking her to London during the Blitz whilst rescuing her from certain death in the form of the creepiest preschooler ever. Next is "The Doctor Dances" where the Doctor and Rose rescue a hospital ward from certain death in the form of overly literal nanobots. Did I mention Jack Harkness shows up? Captain Jack for the re-win!

Whaaa? We're rewatching the first season of the Doctor Who reboot? Serially... like you don't know at this point? So rejoin us yet again as we re-discuss “Dalek” where the Doctor tries to impress Rose by taking Rose to a museum and rescues Rose from certain death in the form of the Doctor's oldest enemy. Then we regather together to yammer on about "Father's Day" where the Doctor rescues Rose from certain death in the form of her wrongly living father. Did Rose cause both episodes' stories to occur? Perhaps. Are we OK with that? Daddy like!

We continue our re-watch of series one with the arc featuring the Slitheen family from Raxacoricofallapatorius: “Aliens of London” where the Doctor and Rose watch an alien ship crash into the Thames and need to be rescued from certain death in the form of corpulent farting aliens, “World War Three” where they are rescued from certain death by Mickey... yes that Mickey... after discovering said farting aliens want to sell off Earth's charred planetary remains, and “Boom Town” where the Doctor and Rose save Cardiff from certain death from that one surviving farting alien. Coulda used a certain gas mask from a certain empty child whilst all that farting was going on. Spoilers... and um spoilers for “spoilers” sweeties!

Join us as we begin a re-watch for the series-one-Christopher-Eccleston-starring Doctor Who reboot. This podcast episode features: “Rose” where the Doctor rescues shop girl Rose Tyler from certain death in the form of CGI plastic and it's army of killer mannequins, “The End of the World” where the Doctor tries to impress Rose by taking her to Earth five billion years in the future and rescues her from certain death in the form of our exploding sun, and lastly “The Unquiet Dead” where the Doctor, having taken Rose to the far future, now tries to impress her by taking her to the recent past and rescues her from certain death in the form of alien possessed corpses. Whilst this description may be 78% recycled, this episode is certified 99% fresh by Rotten Tomatoes!

We watch the last half of “The Five Doctors”, the 20th anniversary special that posits the eternal query: “If Tom Baker can't be bothered to show up, is it really all that special?” As we ponder that question, the Doctor encounters (yet doesn't recognize) his childhood bestie, the Doctor encounters phantom companions he shouldn't know that they shouldn't recognize him, the Doctor encounters a clumsily-plot-necessary Sarah Jane Smith, the Doctor encounters unused filmed footage, all whilst the then current Doctor saves the day after encountering all that prior stuff (spoilers...?). My brain still hurts trying to make sense of the plot more that forty years after the original airing.

We watch the first two episodes of the 20th anniversary serial “The Five Doctors” in which the Doctors and their assorted companions get transmatted to the infamous Death Zone on Gallifrey... but none of them actually die? As said surviving is going down, the Doctor acts sexist, the Doctor attends the Brig's poorly attended retirement party, the Doctor drags Sarah Jane behind Bessie, the Doctor gets stuck in the transporter buffer (that's for you Trekkies), all whilst the Doctor is going through a “phase”. And that's about as clear as the plot was to me.

Now that our podcast locks its bedroom door, ignores us, and calls us ‘stupid', we give it space to let it explore itself as we discuss Series 14. Whilst said ‘special time' is occurring (it's natural... we all do it...), friend-of-the-show-Tim asks us which random Doctor/Companion pairing would ‘do it' (ship much Tim?), we recycle past Drunktor Who talking points (which ones you hear depend on what Steve deems broadcast worthy), and John presents Steve with another bracket... this time involving music used on this season. I sure hope the McCartney/Lennon classic ‘I Love My Dog' wins! Spoilers sweeties...

We watch “Empire of Death” (Series 14, Episode 8) where the Doctor realizes this season's big big bad is a bad bad boy... oh yes you are... you are soo bad.... So whilst Sutekh is ‘Thanosing'™ the universe, Mel travels down memory lane, the Doctor goes spooning with a ‘kind' woman (oh did we already get over Rogue? too soon Doctor... too soon...), and Ruby gets the lamest origin story. Even Hawkeye is like ‘Wow... that (John-E filter engaged) shit is weak'. Get it? Cuz Hawkeye is so lame as to not use a swear? Sigh... nobody gets me...

We watch “The Legend of Ruby Sunday” (Series 14, Episode 7) where the Doctor commandeers the vast resources of UNIT to solve the season long mystery of... Ruby's parentage? WTF? So the same woman who keeps showing up on various planets and in various time-lines is the frakkin' B plot?!? OK then (deep breath). Whilst said misdirection is occurring, we are also treated to the blatant disregard to what is an actual anagram: ‘Sutekh' is not even close to being an anagram of ‘S Triad Technology'. ‘Drastic holy gents' is the best I can come up with. Still a legit anagram. Come at me RTD2.

We watch “Rouge” (Series 14, Episode 6) where the Doctor and Ruby travel back to basically... Bridgerton! Whilst the Whosome Twosome dance to anachronistic chamber music, evil shape shifting bird people wreak havoc for (Nan-E filter engaged) poops and giggles (Shonda Rhimes wishes she thought of that). All that plus the Doctor flirts with a bounty hunter (surprisingly not Boba Fett... I mean would smash either), there's another oh-no-Ruby's-dead fake out, and a Kylie Minogue song helps this episode be just that teeny bit gayer.

We watch “Dot And Bubble” (Series 14, Episode 5) in which we meet the seemingly vacuous and totally-non-homicidal Lindy Pepper-Bean. We follow Lindy on her typical day: she wakes up, checks her social feed, reports to work for her daily two hour shift, narrowly avoids being eaten by slow moving slug creatures…you know, the usual. Whilst all this was going down, the Doctor and Ruby are shocked (SHOCKED! I tell you) to discover that Lindy and her wealthy, white, blonde haired, Aryan buddies are all racists. Except for dreamy Ricky September whom Lindy throws under the bus to escape being killed by Phantasm orbs. #JUSTICEFORRICKY. Unless he was also a racist then screw that guy.

We watch “73 Yards” (Series 14, Episode 4) where Ruby stars in the British remake of “It Follows”: “It Semperdistanses”. While Ruby keeps a constant 66.75 metres from her new lifelong lady friend, she learns the Welsh are dicks, she prevents a mad Welshman from making it rain nuclear warheads, and dies of old age on the shore of Wales whilst successfully informing her younger self to warn the Doctor to not... step on string? That reminds me... the titular Doctor was in this episode! And whaa... Denise was on this podcast? That's like 219 feet of added value!

We watch "Boom" (Series 13, Episode 3) where the Doctor and Ruby take a ‘beach holiday' on a planet where the invading religious forces are unknowingly fighting themselves in a blatant scheme for profit by the villainous Villengard Corporation. Whilst said business-as-usual is occurring, our Whosome-Twosome duet on a haunting shanty, Anglican Marine John Francis Vater becomes a better father by becoming a talking meat stick, and his daughter Splice (...really?) is as childish or mature as the plot requires of a 13 year old actor. All that and a preview of a future companion who didn't know they were auditioning to become a companion.

We watch “The Devil's Chord” (Series 14, Episode 2) where the Doctor and their now fully fledged companion Ruby Sunday travel back to the swinging 60's to meet the Beatles…whilst they were recording “Meet The Beatles”. As this trip down Penny Lane was occurring, the Doctor complains about the high price of tea, Ruby fangirls on Cilla Black (don't ask me... Imma ‘Merican), and the Maestro found Ruby standing there yet found her wanting. All of that plus John Lennon telling the Doctor ‘don't bother me' (courtesy of George Harrison... you're welcome Steve).

We watch “Space Babies” (Series 14, Episode 1) where the Doctor takes trainee-companion Ruby Sunday on her first (mis?)adventure in the TARDIS. Whilst our Whosome Twosome travel about in time and/or space, Ruby gets schooled on sixty years of Whostory, the Doctor scares the (Nan-E filter engaged:) excrement out of the titular Space Babies, and misunderstood-monster-of-the-week the Bogeyman turns out to be made of (Nan-E filter engaged:) inappropriate relations with female parent snot rockets! Welcome to the first proper episode in the latest new era of the (Jon-E filter engaged:) god-damned show you love!

We watch the last two episodes of the classic-Who serial “The Three Doctors” where the Doctors are tasked by the Time Lords with saving the universe. Whilst our titular heroes Moe, Larry, and Curly their way through the proceedings, Jo proves she's more than just a stooge and the Brigadier Shemps his way to victory! I guess that makes Omega the Margaret Dumont of the story? This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Google. Google: where you can look up my ancient references. Still won't make any sense but good luck!

We watch the first two episodes of “The Three Doctors” (finally!) considered by most to be the 10th anniversary story of classic Who even though it aired nearly a year prior to the actual 10th anniversary…awkward. So whilst said premature shenanigans are shenaniganing, the Doctor investigates a rogue weather balloon, the Doctor catches up with UNIT, and the Doctor plays peacekeeper with the Doctors. Is it just me or is the Brigadier less cool in this story?

We watch the concluding episodes of classic serial “Spearhead From Space” where the third Doctor and soon-to-be-companion-Liz-Shaw (no relation to Tim Shaw) battle space tentacles (?) attempting to take over the earth. Whilst said Plan 9 From Outer Space is occurring, the Doctor continues wearing another man's dirty clothes, Liz continues proving she's the Doctor's intellectual equal (oh the horror), and the Brigadier is just damn cool.

We end up watching the first two episodes of the classic serial “Spearhead From Space” where John ends up eating crow because Steve and I committed to watching “The Three Doctors” but I misremembered and thought that we were watching this story and did all the research for this story and then whilst live in the recording of the podcast Steve rightfully says that I was wrong but unofficial third co-host Denise decides to cast the tie breaking vote that we continue to watch and discuss “Spearhead” anyway. (Inhales deeply after writing that run on sentence.) So meanwhile back in “Doctor Who” there's a new Doctor, a totally-not-the-new-companion Liz, and Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart was promoted (offscreen) to Brigadier AND series regular. Apologies to the cohost and listener(s?) expecting to hear a thoughtful (?) discussion about another story. Keep in mind that I am very old.

We watch the concluding episodes of “The Tomb of the Cybermen” where our retro-Whoby Crew attempt to lull the crankily woken up Cybermen back to their semi-eternal slumber. Whilst said cradle rocking is occurring, Doctor Mop-Top low key continues enabling murder, Jamie runs around... a lot..., and Victoria shows she smarter than the men by getting help.

We watch the first two episodes of the classic serial “The Tomb of the Cybermen” where Doctor Two takes Jamie and Victoria to a futuristic planet (that is most certainly not a quarry outside of London in 1967) where they encounter morons attempting to resurrect slumbering Cybermen. Whilst said rude awakening is occurring, Jamie gets ‘handsy' with the Doctor, Victoria shoots a cyber-mousey, and the Doctor gleefully allows randos to be killed.

We watch the final two episodes of the “Time Meddler” saga ('A Battle of Wits' and 'Checkmate') where our retro Whoby crew discover the Meddling Monk is another time traveler with a plan to jump start human development. Whilst said Western Pro-Civilization is occurring, Vikings continue to slo-mo battle the Saxons, the Doctor sabotages the Monk's Tardis (wait…what?!), and the American viewers (re: John and Steve) scratch their heads in confusion cuz histry is confuzing.

We watch the first two episodes of “The Time Meddler” four part saga (‘The Watcher' and ‘The Meddling Monk') where the 1st (or, at the time, only) Doctor takes established companion Vicki and accidental stowaway companion Steven to 11th century Northumbria. Whilst our listeners Googling of Northumbria is occurring, Vicki allows Steven to think he's in charge after the Doctor takes a Viking holiday, and the mysteriously monikered Monk makes mischief manifest.

We watch “The Church on Ruby Road” (Series 14, Episode 0) where the newly bi-generated Doctor dances like no one is watching and apparent clumsy foundling Ruby Sunday is set up as a likely addition to the Doctor's ‘fam'. Whilst said auditioning is occurring, Ruby reads for the role of ‘Marty McFly', the Doctor channels ‘Doc Brown', and the Goblins I guess are ‘Biff'? Come for the Christmas Special (yay!) and stay for the return of the Christmas Specials (yay!).

We watch “The Giggle” (60 Anniversary, Ep3) where the Doctor and Donna return to London and realize that yes, everyone on Earth is now the A—hole. Plus, for once the Doctor encounters an old foe who is not the Daleks nor the Cybermen nor the Sontarans nor the Weeping Angels nor the Master nor... sorry... it's the Toymaker! So... yeah? Whilst said encountering is occurring, Donna negotiates a sweet pay raise, the Toymaker performs a puppet show to die for, and the Doctor bigenerates. Don't ask questions. Just enjoy the Doctors kicking Toymaker arse!

We watch “Wild Blue Yonder” (60th Anniversary, Ep 2) where a sickly Tardis crash lands on an alien ship, vomits out the Doctor and Donna, then quickly buggers off to recuperate away from our traveling duo. Whilst exploring their new home, said duo quickly becomes a quartet after meeting their decidedly disturbing doppelgängers. One Doctor uses far too much salt whilst the other Doctor tries to put his head up his own ass. One Donna tries to get the Doctor to explore his feelings whilst the other Donna calls the Doctor an idiot. Who's the original? Spoilers sweeties.

We watch “The Star Beast” (60th Anniversary, Ep 1) where the newly regenerated Doctor has a re-re-re-meet cute with past companion Donna Noble. Whilst said reconnecting is reoccurring, the Doctor attempts to puzzle out why this familiar face has returned, Donna attempts to remember why this skinny man is just so familiar, and Donna's daughter Rose regrets trusting the titular beast Beep The Meep who resorts to trickery to resume their evil ways. Plus friend-of-the-show Denise returns to rehash this repisode.

Gather ‘round childrens whilst the adults discuss series 13 of our beloved Doctor Who. Plus this being show-runner Chris Chibnall's and Doctor portrayer Jodie Whittaker's final (for now...) series, we also discuss what they contributed to the Whoniverse. All that and friend-of-the-show-Tim asks us to weigh in on which classic sitcom characters could be Time Lords (we're looking at you Mister Ed...Doctor Ed...?), Steve queries John on whether a title is from Buffy or Big Finish (spoilers... he's usually wrong), and John asks Steve about many things that may or may not end up in this podcast episode. Unlike this description, topics that don't land may get cut for time.

We watch "The Power of the Doctor" (Series 13, Episode 9) where the Whoby Crew descend upon a space train to foil a Cyberheist. No! Wait! Where the Whoby Crew travels to early 20th century Russia to foil the Master. No! Wait! Where the Whoby Crew recruit past companions and compatriots to foil the Daleks. No! Wait... sigh... Whilst all said plots are plotting, friend-of-the-show-Denise returns to the podcast! Last time Denise was on, she welcomed Jodie Whitaker to Doctor Who, and in her next podcast appearance, Denise bids adieu to Jodie Whitaker. At least we know for sure Denise will return. Or will she? Spoilers... she will.

We watch "Legend of the Sea Devils" (Series 13, Episode 8) where the Doctor takes Yaz and Dan to meet the Pirates of the Caribbean... er... of the China Sea! Whilst said cross-cultural debauchery is occurring, the Doctor skips stones, Dan skips out on his ship mates, and Yaz skips merrily towards heart break. Plus, Sea Devils. Don't forget to mark it off on the ‘obligatory homage to past foes' square on your ‘Doctor Who Bingo Card™'.

We watch “Eve of the Daleks” (Series 13, Episode 7) where the Whoby Crew land themselves in a ‘Happy Death Day' situation at a Manchester storage facility. Whilst said ‘Edge of Tomorrow'-ing is occurring, the Doctor tries to solve the mystery without her ‘Time Machine' and Yaz ‘Run Lola Run's away from her feelings because Dan wants to help Yaz become ‘The Time Traveler's Wife'. All this plus the Daleks attempt to cause the rise of the machines by going ‘Back to the Future'. Silly Daleks... your salvation won't happen if you just exterminate her too.

We watch “Flux: Chapter Six - The Vanquishers” (Series 13, Episode 6) where the Doctor gets split up into a non-holy trinity. Whilst said blasphemizing is occurring, the Doctor crashes the Sontarans' psychic stratagem, the Doctor explores Liverpool's tumultuous tunnels of terror, and conversely the Doctor defeats Swarm, Azure, and the personification of Time by doing diddly dudes. This alliterative description is still less confusing than what went down in this mostly sequential moribund story-line mini series. Ouch! Does your brain hurt as much as mine?

We watch “Flux: Chapter Five - Survivors of the Flux” (Series 13, Episode 5) where the Weeping Doctor discovers their adoptive parent is totally a manipulative jerk. Whilst said family reunion is reunion-ing, Vinder hitches a Passenger to Diane-town, Bel learns the consequences of stowing away on a Lupari ship, Karvasista is still a good-good-boy and his human Dan is still an idiot-idiot, Jericho discovers time travel involves a lot of boring terrestrial travel, and Yaz keeps a holo-Doctor handy for... reasons? Whew! That about covers all the known Survivors of the Flux. Wait just a tic... Kate Stewart was in this? Mother fluxer...

We watch “Flux: Chapter Four - Village of the Angels” (Series 13, Episode 4) where the Doctor and Fam discover a Weeping Angel is a shite co-pilot. When said Weeping Angel takes the wheel of the Tardis, the Whoby Crew end up in rural England circa November 1967 (known in the history books as the ‘Autumn of Post Coital Bliss' which followed the ‘Summer of Love'), where Yaz and Dan get ‘booped' back to 1901 whilst the Doctor gets to meet the biblically named Professor Jericho. Not sure if that name implies anything but glad to know my 13 years of christian schooling made me recognize that fact.

We watch "Flux: Chapter Three - Once, Upon Time" (Series 13, Chapter 3), an episode so confusing that one of your hosts repeatedly named it incorrectly. (John will throw himself to the mercies of Steve and the listeners on the following episode.) Whilst said perplexion is perplexioning, Dan misplaces his date, Yaz is a bad loser at video games, Vinder gets screwed over for being honest, and the Doctor gets all fluxxed up. As one does.

We watch "Flux: Chapter Two - War of the Sontarans" (Series 13, Episode 2) where the Doctor and the Newby Crew are all transported to the Crimean War in the 19th century... until some of them get honorably discharged to parts elsewhere. Whilst the Doctor remains on the front to battle the historically inaccurate Sontarans, Dan returns to present day Liverpool to whack said Sontarans with a wok, and Yaz has a meet-cute with new companion (?) Vinder… until those two are captured by the season's big bad. Worst. First. Date. Ever.