No Not the Mind Probe: A Doctor Who podcast

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A Doctor Who fan and his friend rank every episode ever, from the new series and the old.

Porter Mason & John Grant


    • Nov 25, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 10m AVG DURATION
    • 166 EPISODES


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    In One Portal and Out the Other – “The Woman Who Lived” & “The Horns of Nimon”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 56:44


    OK, invasion force! Everyone through the portal! No pushing! Let's be orderly while we invade. And please: get on your lion and/or bison masks! Let's look sharp coming through this portal!

    I’m Just a Girl in the World – “The Girl Who Died” & “Marco Polo”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 53:57


    These Doctor Who stories are passing the Bechdel test left and right! Two tales that center around young girls with big imaginations.

    Water You Thinking? – “Under the Lake/Before the Flood” & “The Underwater Menace”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2024 60:28


    We take the podcast down where it's hotter, under the water. Forget your troubles. Life is the bubbles. Under the sea.

    You Gotta Exterminate the Positive – “The Magician’s Apprentice/The Witch’s Familiar” & “The Daleks”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 88:46


    Davros and the Doctor: the original odd couple! Oh, when will these two crazy kids realize that they're not enemies? They're in LOVE, God damn it! Sweet, beautiful love! Also, the first ever Dalek story.

    The Who That Dreams are Made Of – “Last Christmas” & “Kinda”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 71:32


    We consider whether this entire podcast is real, or just a vision in John's little snowglobe. Meanwhile, the Twelfth and Fifth Doctor do battle across the dreamscape, in a pair of the best stories we've ever watched in one episode!

    Just a Hopeless Ro-bo-mantic – “Dark Water/Death in Heaven” & “The Invasion”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2024 68:34


    Danny Pink: we hardly knew ye. Seriously. We didn't really ever get a chance to know you. But now you're gone! And you do go out with a bang. Plus, we finally see who the hell this Missy character is. Also: a half-great story from years past with all the trappings that Porter loves.

    The Doctor and the Beanstalk – “In The Forest of the Night” & “The Seeds of Doom”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2024 61:32


    This episode you're going to want to watch in full sunlight, and make sure to surround yourself with a health amount of peat moss. The Doctor takes on nature's greatest scourge: PLANTS. Break out your hedge clippers, people!

    Honey, I Shrunk the Doctor – “Flatline” & “Planet of Giants”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 55:09


    In what is clearly an homage to the iconic Rob Schneider SNL sketch, "Tiny Elvis", we check in on two episodes where the Doctor deals with shrinkage.

    Just One of the Sarcophagi – “Mummy on the Orient Express” & “Pyramids of Mars”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2024 64:08


    Always listen to your mummy. Unless they are intent on strangling you to death. The Twelfth and Fourth Doctor both explore Egyptology in two classic episodes.

    Goodnight, Moon – “Kill the Moon” & “The Moonbase”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 60:19


    The Twelfth Doctor puts the big decision onto Clara and the human race. The Second Doctor amuses himself with a comb, and a brush, and a bowl full of mush. And some Cybermen.

    Artificial Who-telligence – “The Caretaker” & “The War Machines”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023 56:22


    Global thermonuclear war. It's not a game. But it sure makes for a lot of excitement! John and Porter take a look at a couple of episodes where the Doctor stops Earth from being annihilated.

    Honor Among Thieves – “Time Heist” & “The Ribos Operation”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2023 55:17


    We're getting the whole gang back together for one last score. John and Porter take a look at a couple of episodes using heist plotlines.

    It’s All Relative – “Listen” & “The Massacre”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2023 71:07


    A unique Peter Capaldi story (where once again we see Clara is the key to all things at all times) is matched with a missing First Doctor story about French history. Oui oui!

    Kings and Things – “Robot of Sherwood” & “The Crusade”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 65:26


    Ooo de lally! It's Robin of the 'hood! Clara gets to live out a childhood dream meeting Nottingham Forest's famous do-gooder. And we watch/listen to a classic story taking a look at what Kind Richard was doing during the same time.

    Good Things Come in Who Packages – “Into the Dalek” & “The Invisible Enemy”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2023 51:06


    It's a meet-cute! The Twelfth Doctor meets a Dalek! And the Dalek is ADORABLE. A nice Dalek? Is it possible? The Doctor and Clara head inside the Dalek itself to see for sure.

    It’s Made of People – “Deep Breath” & “The Talons of Weng-Chiang”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 65:18


    It's a new Doctor AND John's favorite classic episode ever! Peter Capaldi shows up and... it's fine. But it's going to get way better!

    And So This is Christmas – “The Time of the Doctor” & “Attack of the Cybermen”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 53:17


    It's time for us to bid adieu to the wonderful Matt Smith. And also watch a crappy Cybermen story with a whole lot o' Peri.

    The Gang’s All Here – “The Day of the Doctor” & “The Five Doctors”

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2023 70:09


    It's basically a Doctor Who version of the Spider-Man meme, as we have both the 50th and the 20th anniversary specials featuring all sorts of Doctors, real and fake.

    Remembrance of Who’s Past – “The Name of the Doctor” & “Remembrance of the Daleks”

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2023 61:24


    We learn the name of the Doctor?! Turns out it's "Cornelia". They've always just been really embarrassed by it. Also, Clara is the center of all things. No big deal.

    Silver Smiths – “Nightmare in Silver” & “The Wheel in Space”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 69:32


    The guys check in with the Cybermen to see what they're up to. It turns out, they are mainly up to assimilating all organic matter into their single-minded robotic existence. So, you know, normal stuff.

    space wheel smiths cybermen nightmare in silver
    You Take the Who Road – “The Crimson Horror” & “The Highlanders”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2023 69:59


    Awright a' body. Gather round, a've git something tae tell ye aboot Doctor Hyu. A'richt? This is a story aboot howfur we catch up wi` Jamie, 'n' whaur th' Doctor 'n' Dlara heid north.

    Tardis and Feathers – “Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS” & “The Invasion of Time”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2023 61:48


    Look, that TARDIS itself is a character, man! You gotta believe me! And think about THIS, the TARDIS is BLUE, but what is how I see blue isn't the same as how YOU see blue? You know, man?

    Boo Who – “Hide” & “Image of the Fendahl”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2023 62:08


    Well, let me just open this door, and see- AUGH! OH MY GOSH! It's a British science fiction television show with a rich history and devoted fanbase! AUUUUGH!

    Cool Refreshing Armageddon – “Cold War” & “The Ice Warriors”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2023 63:10


    "Re-affirm our range to target. One ping only." "But Captain, at this range, the listener will almost assuredly hear the latest episode of our Doctor Who podcast. We... we will not be silent, Captain." "One ping, Vasily."

    Large and in Charge – “The Rings of Akhaten” & “The Web Planet”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2023 63:11


    Look, the monsters in these episodes... They're just big boned, OK? It's a metabolism thing, so don't make a value judgement on them just because they don't process carbs well.

    Who’s Who? – “The Bells of Saint John” & “Resurrection of the Daleks”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2023 59:58


    Everyone around you could just be a duplicate. A photocopy. A doppelgänger. A Xerox. A twin. A mimeograph. A double. Did I already say copy?

    Bad Intel – “The Snowmen” & “The Web of Fear”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2023 75:48


    Humph, "Great Intelligence"? But you're disembodied? And battle us with snowmen? Don't seem so "great" to me! Ha! Got 'em!

    Man Power – “The Angels Take Manhattan” & “Revelation of the Daleks”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023 73:32


    I know the title sounds like a nod to some sort of 70's pornography, but it's not! It's the touching ending of the Rory and Amy saga! Coupled with a really depressing Sixth Doctor monstrosity.

    All For One, Who For All – “The Power of Three” & “The Three Doctors (10th anniversary special)”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2023 69:20


    One is the loneliest number, and that's why the Doctor needs two companions! And two former Doctors! To make things happen in these power-packed episodes.

    Who Shot J.R.? – “A Town Called Mercy” & “The Gunfighters”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 72:11


    Freeze, varmint! This here podcast is gonna recap a few episodes set in the rootin', tootin' Wild West. Saddle your accent! Tonight, we ride.

    Do You Think Who Saw Us? – “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship” & “Invasion of the Dinosaurs”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2023 64:35


    This is UNIX. I KNOW this! We take a look at a couple episodes involving Dino DNA.

    Dalek See, Dalek Do – “Asylum of the Daleks” & “Planet of the Daleks”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2023 72:50


    Daleks are back! Did they ever leave? Not really.

    What’s Mined is Yours – “The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe” & “Colony in Space”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 69:16


    What does Doctor Who like to cover as much as power rerouting? Tink tink tink... That's right! Hold on to your hard hats with tiny lights on them! Let's talk mining!

    What's Mined is Yours - "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe" & "Colony in Space"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 69:15


    What does Doctor Who like to cover as much as power rerouting? Tink tink tink... That's right! Hold on to your hard hats with tiny lights on them! Let's talk mining!

    Time Loop-de-Loop – “The Wedding of River Song” & “Day of the Daleks”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 58:09


    We check in with the Doctor as the River saga hurtles to an end. And then we do that again and again and again.

    Time Loop-de-Loop - "The Wedding of River Song" & "Day of the Daleks"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022


    We check in with the Doctor as the River saga hurtles to an end. And then we do that again and again and again.

    It's Just a Show for Babies - "Closing Time" & "The Celestial Toymaker"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2022 71:08


    Gamera is a friend to all children, and these Doctor Who episodes are in toy stores. Deal with it!

    It’s Just a Show for Babies – “Closing Time” & “The Celestial Toymaker”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2022 71:26


    Gamera is a friend to all children, and these Doctor Who episodes are in toy stores. Deal with it!

    Peace of Mind Control – “The God Complex” & “The Mind of Evil”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2022 82:02


    We take a listen to a couple instances where the human mind becomes someone's plaything. Predictably, the (sigh) Master shows up.

    Peace of Mind Control - "The God Complex" & "The Mind of Evil"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2022 82:02


    We take a listen to a couple instances where the human mind becomes someone's plaything. Predictably, the (sigh) Master shows up.

    Peace of Mind Control - "The God Complex" & "The Mind of Evil"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2022 82:02


    We take a listen to a couple instances where the human mind becomes someone's plaything. Predictably, the (sigh) Master shows up.

    Wait Wait, Don’t Kill Me – “The Girl Who Waited” & “Dragonfire”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022 77:19


    Amy Pond is split in two! So that's twice the Amy for the same price. That's a bargain in my book. Sure hope she has someone who loves her to reconcile her duplicates. Also, the Seventh Doctor suffers through an impenetrable story, but meets Ace! So it's not all bad.

    Wait Wait, Don't Kill Me - "The Girl Who Waited" & "Dragonfire"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022 77:19


    Amy Pond is split in two! So that's twice the Amy for the same price. That's a bargain in my book. Sure hope she has someone who loves her to reconcile her duplicates. Also, the Seventh Doctor suffers through an impenetrable story, but meets Ace! So it's not all bad.

    Creep Impact – “Night Terrors” & “Ghost Light”

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2022 73:48


    Boo! Did I scare you? How about this... THERE'S A SPIDER ON YOUR BACK! No? All right, then try these couple of ghoulish, creepy Doctor Who stories instead. They'll make the hair on the back of your Gallifreyan neck stand up.

    Creep Impact - "Night Terrors" & "Ghost Light"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2022 73:47


    Boo! Did I scare you? How about this... THERE'S A SPIDER ON YOUR BACK! No? All right, then try these couple of ghoulish, creepy Doctor Who stories instead. They'll make the hair on the back of your Gallifreyan neck stand up.

    Body Double Trouble – “Let’s Kill Hitler” & “Terror of the Zygons”

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2022 66:07


    So this podcast LOOKS like No Not the Mind Probe, but is it ACTUALLY No Not the Mind Probe? Or just a horrifying duplicate! Aaaaah! AAAAAUGH! Well, no, this is actually just No Not the Mind Probe. But listen to the whole thing and make sure.

    Body Double Trouble - "Let's Kill Hitler" & "Terror of the Zygons"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2022 66:07


    So this podcast LOOKS like No Not the Mind Probe, but is it ACTUALLY No Not the Mind Probe? Or just a horrifying duplicate! Aaaaah! AAAAAUGH! Well, no, this is actually just No Not the Mind Probe. But listen to the whole thing and make sure.

    Battle Hymn of the Who-public – “A Good Man Goes to War” & “The Dominators”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2022 57:05


    War? What is it good for? Well, mainly to bring up certain interesting moral questions about what goals make conflict worthwhile. Also, when nothing is on TV, war can be a nice distraction.

    Battle Hymn of the Who-public - "A Good Man Goes to War" & "The Dominators"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2022 57:05


    War? What is it good for? Well, mainly to bring up certain interesting moral questions about what goals make conflict worthwhile. Also, when nothing is on TV, war can be a nice distraction.

    Great Future in Plastics – “The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People” & “Terror of the Autons”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 60:37


    Ugh, this episode is so phony, so plastic. You think you know someone, and it turns out they're just some clone or automaton. It's so hard to meet REAL people anymore these days, you know?

    Great Future in Plastics - "The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People" & "Terror of the Autons"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 60:36


    Ugh, this episode is so phony, so plastic. You think you know someone, and it turns out they're just some clone or automaton. It's so hard to meet REAL people anymore these days, you know?

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