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A queer and feminist podcast where Skye (they/them) and Brenna (she/her) watch and discuss episodes of Doctor Who.


    • May 1, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 35m AVG DURATION
    • 89 EPISODES


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    Echelon Circuit: Legend of the Sea Devils

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2022 51:00


    yaz said GAY PANIC, a dan we can "get on board" (

    E02 War of the Sontarans

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 69:19


    the doctor does it for the marys of the world, the black archive goes off the RAILS (SHAKE. THE. TABLE.), and our flag means we hope the sea devils are fun. CW: discussion of ableism and ablest language. Read Amanda-Rae Prescott's article again! https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who-the-real-life-history-of-mary-seacole/ Carmen Maria Machado's article: https://paperview.substack.com/p/a-fate-worse-than-marriage?s=r An excerpt from Robert McRuer's book: https://movementtheory2017.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/mcruer-compulsory-ablebodiedness.pdf

    E01 The Halloween Apocalypse

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2022 74:05


    it's a #gally1 wrap-up, y'all! ::airhorn:: we also repent for our joseph williamson slander, camp out for a bit on camp, and talk about karvanista, who is, in fact, a very good boy

    Echelon Circuit: Eve of the Daleks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2022 41:18


    Nick briggs brought some sauce this episode, dan has been reading all our a03 fics and

    Echelon Circuit: The Vanquishers

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2021 81:18


    JUST LET THEM KISS ALREADY, diane saves the whole damn universe, and anyone who says segun's work is too atmospheric can see brenna after class.

    Echelon Circuit: Survivors of the Flux

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 50:50


    we declare tecteun an omnishambles, kate said fuck around and find out and skye will go down with this ship. if you want to match the dw production crew, get your thasmin merch here: https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Thasmin-Spyfall-by-btvskate/43106721.IJ6L0.XYZ#&gid=1&pid=1

    Echelon Circuit: Village of the Angels

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 43:49


    this week in the great british villain off, angels greatest hits! we are ready to roll out the “we

    Echelon Circuit: Once Upon Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 56:33


    RELEASE THE RUTH!DOCTOR CUT!! Tecteun can catch these hands, and we are all flag-bearing members of the Bel from Belfast fan club.

    Echelon Circuit: War of the Sontarans

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 37:49


    what in the sacred timeline is going on? we still love sinister team rocket and we don't hate danvanista?

    Echelon Circuit: The Halloween Apocalypse

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 21:53


    We coulda had a whole season of precious, bickering Thasmin, protect Diane at all costs, and the category is…sugar skull royalty

    TARDIS Tea Time: Flux

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2021 48:49


    we talk all about our recent Great British Bake Off obsession, debate the optics versus the material results of “progressive” DW, speculate about the new sugar skull aliens

    E10 The Timeless Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 39:46


    we attempt to remember how to cast our pods, this episode has everything: foucault, homophobia, racism, helvetica neue and we talk about how the timeless children additions to canon make the doctor one of us, one of us, ONE OF US

    E09 Ascension of the Cybermen

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 38:09


    the wheels really fall off on this one, we talk about how this is like zygons but better, we attempt to sing the unsingable, and *can* yaz be lifted out of this episode???? unclear.

    E08 The Haunting of Villa Diodati

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 45:01


    we are BEGGING lord byron to shut up, we share DW staff rumors to try and manifest them into reality, and we stand in awe of both mary shelley's and maxine alderton's brilliance. c/w: we briefly talk about miscarriages in the black archive.

    E07 Can You Hear Me?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 40:46


    where *doesn't* it say that officer patel has a wife??, the number of hand puns in this episode is high.... it's very high, and our math is bigger on the inside.

    Echelon Circuit: Revolution of the Daleks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2021 46:59


    we react to the series 13 festive special, revolution of the daleks !! we SAID go re-read nicole's article on color blind casting in doctor who. for good health. pass it along... https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who-the-complications-of-color-blind-casting/

    E06 Praxeus

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 38:17


    we are concerned for this episode's lack of basic fire safety, love the Doctor playing doctor

    E05 Fugitive of the Judoon

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 38:57


    vinay's script is perfect, Ruth!Doctor deserves a better latte, and we would love to don our doc martens and geek out about capaldi with jo martin.

    E04 Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 37:52


    the american dream doesn't exist, we discuss how the writing has underserved both jodie and the show and

    Echelon Circuit: Revolution of the Daleks Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 14:14


    we react to the revolution of the daleks trailer!!

    E03 Orphan 55

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 33:53


    Kane is a Karen, this script needs to just pick ONE side story, and yaz 100% says f*ck, gums OUT evergreen tweet brought to you by Black TARDIS: https://twitter.com/BlackTARDIS/status/1216785341937381376?s=20

    E02 Spyfall Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 38:32


    sacha dhawan is always at an 11,

    E01 Spyfall Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 44:09


    we are in awe of the doctors circa 2001 RAZR phone, we jam to segun's swingin eighths, and 13 has the full range of BDE.

    Resolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 37:16


    we decry the total disregard for scant arrow supplies, tosin cole's jaw clenches speak volumes, and always more women in welding helmets.

    E10 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 32:24


    white lady dread adjacent hairstyles, we love backpack, and the communists (r)evolution from i am to WE ARE clever. as promised...communist cat meme for your entertainment: https://twitter.com/anne_theriault/status/1283485518685249536/photo/1

    E09 It Takes You Away

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 31:59


    ribbons whomst?? we admire the foresight to pack a sarnie, and an infuriating waste of sharon d. clarke's incredible talents.

    E08 Witchfinders

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 30:13


    yaz is our precious slytherpuff, alan cumming carries the entire episode on his tony-award winning shoulders, and ryan brings it home with the graceful dismount.

    Bonus: Curse of Fenric

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 24:28


    if you've been thinking "wow, i miss TQA and also would love to hear their nonsense, but about classic who," have we got the episode for you! this is a TQA special about the Seventh Doctor story, "the curse of fenric." our friends from reality bomb have graciously given us permission to share this bonus episode that we recorded for Who for Schools last year.

    Special Episode: The Sorting Fez

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 60:50


    this week, we're sharing a recording of our live stream from the black girls create #kumbaakickback! we've been saying we're going to do it, and we finally did: we sorted all the nuwho doctors and companions into their Hogwarts houses. it's a mess -- enjoy. :) (ps:: if you'd rather watch the livestream/see the awesome slideshow katelyn prepared for the event, you can! https://youtu.be/R8stgYQ0Fg8)

    E07 Kerblam!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2020 43:16


    we love 13 in a fez, Judy is joo-dee , and one more time for the folk in the back: SYSTEMS ARENT NEUTRAL Color Coded: #TechIsNotNeutral https://colorcoded.la/

    E06 Demons of the Punjab

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020 42:59


    some english major catnip. nationalism is the demon. and Nani is always right. Segun reads! SYFY Wire Interview: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/doctor-whos-segun-akinola-on-scoring-the-13th-doctors-adventures BBC Interview: https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=segun-akinola-scoring-series-11#_

    E05 The Tsuranga Conundrum

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2020 45:10


    PTING BUTT, we ruminate on the mundane -isms of this episode, and a Steve Jobs approved space ship.

    E04 Archanids in the UK

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 34:56


    we BACK, we're never not thinking about razmataz, and consent in the WILD in doctor who??

    E03 Rosa

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2020 49:53


    we sing a love song for organizers, Rosa is indeed a Hero, and we roundly denounce self-congratulatory white fragility and the deeply bad accents.

    E02 The Ghost Monument

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 42:48


    it's here. the OTP! we make a motion to change it permanently to “moominbeans,” and we stan a queen who has a tiny version of herself on her console, 

    Partners in Crime

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 28:52


    Donna Noble is forever a GIFT, Wilfred Mott is a bucket of adorable smiles and Black Lives Matter. To Donate and support people arrested for demanding justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, & all victims of police violence: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd https://twitter.com/bailfundnetwork/status/1266760383303319552 A fate worse than marriage by Carmen Maria Machado https://paperview.substack.com/p/a-fate-worse-than-marriage

    E01 Woman Who Fell to Earth

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2020 55:14


    It's here- 13's debut! Early signs of Chibnall's teeth obsession, The Doctor is an actual child, and Graham can fuck off. 

    E13 Twice Upon a Time

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 44:40


    one last spin around the Toyota TARDIS, we cry, cry again over losing capaldi, terrarium is the surveillance state, and finding new, weird ways to be kind.

    E12 The Doctor Falls

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 42:06


    the banal sexism of the angel in the TARDIS household, the Doctor thinks fucking not!!!, and we shoot ourselves in the back

    E11 World Enough and Time

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 34:41


    TARDIS Helpline Bling, Brenna does the math that they do for us in the next episode, Moffat STILL has a scaling problem, and how DARE you use the theater against the gays!!! Rebecca's really thoughtful and straight fire post: “I'm her best enemy”: Viewing the development of the Doctor/Master relationship as a disabled woman https://t.co/ONGqH53NvH?ssr=true

    E10 Eaters of Light

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2020 27:34


    the Nod transcends thousands of years of history, the vainglority of it all and we tell the Doctor to lay off the Harry Potter juice.

    E09 Empress of Mars

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 34:19


    Queen Iraxa's infinity sarcophagus, we drag Dafoe from hell and back, also NO COOKIES FOR GATISS.

    E08 Lie of the Land

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 44:49


    a sloppy knock-off 1984, brenna says “wtf” 162738388 times, and a detailed plot summary of incredibles 2.

    E07 The Pyramid at the End of the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2020 19:21


    knock off colin firth, a baffling use of the word "consent", and we are all ready to play the big pyramid game. oh and its all white men's fault.

    E06 Extremis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 18:47


    let Bill finish a date 2020™, the Doctor signs his email to himself with a kiss, and Moffat may have one (1) cookie.

    E05 Oxygen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 38:45


    we yell about burning capitalism in a cleansing fire, blasting ableism off the face of the planet, retiring those tired gender norms, and putting racism in a civic to fuck. off. Jamie Mathieson's writing on the creation of this episode: http://www.jamiemathieson.com/techno-zombies http://www.jamiemathieson.com/oxygen-origin http://www.jamiemathieson.com/return-of-gus

    E04 Knock Knock

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 25:45


    we tell some knock knock jokes, we have some dranks, we peek into the gaping maw of existential dread and say “that's gay”.

    E03 Thin Ice

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 32:14


    the doctor and bill look extremely, so precious in their period costumes, sarah dollard returns (long may she reign), and we persist in having more than three top three moments. Amanda's super kick ass TARDIS Talk presentation: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nRzxpd7--cYLl9QEDNE-FkNaABDFLYCE

    Echelon Circuit: Timeless Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 37:00


    An emergency reaction episode to Series 12 episode 10, "Timeless Children"

    E02 Smile

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 32:23


    bill asks all the right questions, twelve had a thing (??) with an emperor made of algae, and we all restrain our childish impulses to blow things up.

    E01 The Pilot

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 42:10


    Bill got Lewks™for all seasons, MURRAY GOLD RELEASE THE SERIES 10 SOUNDTRACK CHALLENGE, and Heather has a white supremacy in her eye. Listen to Connie Gibbs' fantastic episode on The Moment podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/doctor-who-the-moment/id1406586099?i=1000445785101

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