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On the sixitieth edition of Reality Bomb, Joy Piedmont talks with author Jenny Colgan and Head Over Feels' Kim Rogers about romance in Doctor Who and what defines it. Graeme Burk talks to Lindsey Mayers and Heather Berberet about their fondest hopes, deepest fears and wildest speculations for the new season. We reunite our "Twitch Team" of Helena Lane, Katherine Climpson, Evan Teng and Andrew Smith to discuss how Doctor Who in the '70s and '80s fared and the skittles-coloured Daleks invade the Gallery of the Underrated with Kelly Boaz. Plus our poet laureate, Chris Fosten, offers an ode to not knowing, and Miss Urquart investigates a locked room abduction on a podcast! IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! Reality Bomb will be having a live show in Toronto on Saturday, October 20th! Details to follow soon!
On the fifty-third edition of Reality Bomb, we have a super-sized episode that features Reality Bomb's new co-producer Joy Piedmont talking with Kim Rogers and Simon Fraser about Peter Capaldi's swansong, Twice Upon a Time, and how the twelfth Doctor's finale fared, how a less-than-progressive portrayal of the first Doctor worked, and what they're looking forward to based on Jodie Whittaker's brief debut. Meanwhile, Lindsey Mayers and NPR Books Editor Petra Mayer are on hand for another edition of Are These Rumours Hot or Not? as they discuss what few rumours have made it out from Chris Chibnall's tight lid on production and judge them (thoroughly). And the Gallery of the Underrated reaches a milestone with its 50th segment as writer, designer and Doctor Who fan (and the designer of Reality Bomb's logo and graphics) Scot Clarke comes back to do his look back on the Idiot's Lantern he was supposed to have done in episode 002! Plus: we have an instructional recording on how to speak like Jodie Whittaker, and a popular radio show and podcast examines the history of artificially intelligent Doctor Who fans!
On the forty-ninth episode of Reality Bomb, we have a super-sized episode where we conclude our review of Series 10 with a discussion of the finale and the season as a whole with our intrepid reviewers Lindsey Mayers and Lori Steuart. We're also comparing notes about capital punishment, relationship sadness and tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolators when Rachel Donner brings Boom Town to the Gallery of the Underrated. Once again, the interviewer becomes the interviewed as Graeme Burk talks with the Coal Hill AV Club Podcast host Andy Hicks about the book about Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman that Graeme worked on, Head of Drama. And Joy Piedmont talks about representation, Bill and the series 10 finale. Plus the return of Listeners Letters with Graeme and Alex Kennard and see the titanic fight to the death of... reasonable fans. Reality Bomb will be celebrating it's 50th episode with a live show in New York in September! It's on Saturday, September 30 at 3 pm at Passage Irish Bar and Kitchen, 40-11 30th Avenue, Queens, New York. Details are on our Facebook page. It's going to be a great time and we hope to see you there!
On the forty-seventh edition of Reality Bomb, we have a super-sized episode that includes a discussion of series ten with Lori Steuart, Lindsey Mayers and Shannon Dohar that is replete with trenchant commentary, insight, apt metaphor and off-the-hook crazy theories. With news that China has bought a package of Doctor Who episodes that could potentially go til series 15, Graeme Burk talks with Space producer (and co-creator of Prisoners of Gravity) Mark Askwith about what Doctor Who, and television, might be like in the future. And welcome campers to Shangri-La! Delta and the Bannermen comes to visit the Gallery of the Underrated with author Paul Condon! Plus: our season of Spoiler Cops comes to an exciting two-part finale!
On the forty-sixth edition of Reality Bomb, we have a super-sized episode where Titan’s Twelfth Doctor comic artist Rachael Stott, Angelique Roche and Titan’s Tenth Doctor comic writer Nicholas Abadzis talk about what they love about Bill. We continue our review of series ten as our review team of Lori Steuart and Lindsey Mayers are joined by NPR books editor Petra Mayer. And carrot juice, carrot juice, carrot juice, The Trial of a Time Lord episode 13 and 14, AKA The Ultimate Foe is in the Gallery of the Underrated with comedian Peter Hill. Plus: Jim Sangster talks with Paul Condon about Doctor Who reaction videos, and Spoiler Cops continues.
On the forty-fifth edition of Reality Bomb, we’re kicking off our review of the latest season of Doctor Who thus far (all two episodes of it!) with our Series Ten review team, Lori Steuart and Lindsey Mayers. Also, Joy Piedmont talks with Tai Gooden about what might happen were the next Doctor be a person of colour. And we have a fairy tale of a lost child in a magical forest in London when Heather Berberet of Doctor Who: On The Couch brings Smile writer Frank Cottrell Boyce’s The Forest of the Night to the Gallery of the Underrated. Plus: they’re back and it’s about not spoiling anything! It’s the return of Spoiler Cops!
On the forty-fourth edition of Reality Bomb, we have a super-sized episode where we get excited about series ten with a panel that includes Lindsey Mayers, Joy Piedmont and Angelique Roche. We also travel to the canals of Venice (or a simulacrum of them in Croatia) when The Vampires of Venice comes to the Gallery of the Underrated with Kathleen Schowalter. And why is it that fans in North America can't access a large number of stories in the catalogue of classic Doctor Who stories? We ponder this question with the Incomparable Podcasting Network's Jason Snell. All this plus Listeners' Letters and a pub quiz that takes a huge left turn...
On the forty-third edition of Reality Bomb we have a special live episode recorded at the Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles with Graeme Burk and co-host Shannon Dohar. We kick things off by talking to Lindsey Mayers, Sage Young and Titan's Twelfth Doctor Comic artist Rachael Stott about the announcement of Peter Capaldi's departure and what Capaldi meant to fans. We hold a special live edition of our 3rd Annual New Series News Hype Quiz with Steven Schapansky, Erik Stadnik, Deb Stanish and Jon Arnold. Attack of the Cybermen is in the Gallery of the Underrated thanks to Warren Frey. And we have a live edition of Listeners Letters with special guest Paul Cornell! Plus a double shot of comedy and a bonus quiz with Nick Abadzis and Gillian Morshedi! It's your favourite Doctor Who podcast but it's live...at Gallifrey One!
On the thirty-second edition of Reality Bomb, we're talking about the good, the bad and the timey-wimey of Steven Moffat's tenure on Doctor Who in a no-holds barred discussion between Petra Mayer, Anna Livingston and Lindsey Mayers. We're summoning Kronos when Young Sherlock author Andy Lane brings The Time Monster to the Gallery of the Underrated. And we're talking about what qualities we want in a new companion with Robert Smith? and Felicity Brown. All this plus listeners' letters and a nature documentary on the strangest of creatures.
On the thirtieth edition of Reality Bomb, we have a super-sized episode that includes the debut of a new podcast-within-a-podcast, Colour Separation Overlay, where host Lindsey Mayers discusses the latest season of Doctor Who from a diversity perspective with Tai Gooden and Joy Piedmont. Meanwhile, on Reality Bomb, we have a discussion on the finale of series 9 and the season overall with Titan's eleventh Doctor comic artist Simon Fraser, Edie Nugent and Andy Hicks. And Emma Caywood brings the first Twelfth Doctor's first entry to the Gallery of the Underrated, Robot of Sherwood. Plus: the exciting conclusion of Spoiler Cops!
On the twenty-ninth edition of Reality Bomb we continue our journey through Series 9 with a panel discussion featuring NPR Books editor Petra Mayer, Shannon Dohar and Lindsey Mayers. Also, Alex Kennard talks with Robert Smith? about the recently published Outside In 2: 125 unique perspectives on 125 modern Doctor Who stories by 125 writers. And author and former Big Finish producer and Doctor Who script editor Gary Russell is bringing The Monster of Peladon to the Gallery of the Underrated. Plus: the return of Spoiler Cops! TORONTO AREA FRIENDS AND ENEMIES: We have a live show in Toronto on Sunday, November 22nd at 2 pm at the Victory Cafe (581 Markham Street). Hope to see you there!
On the twenty-seventh edition of Reality Bomb, Rebecca Diem, Shannon Dohar and Lindsey Mayers speculate on practically everything about the upcoming season! We continue to brace for the arrival of Series 9 with our 2nd annual New Season Hype News Quiz, with Petra Mayer, Simon Fraser and Alex Kennard braving the challenge. And Angelique Roche is talking about Jenny when The Doctor's Daughter comes to the Gallery of the Underrated. Plus, the interviewer becomes the interviewed when Graeme Burk and Robert Smith? talk about their new book The Doctors Are In to Erika Ensign. All this and another infomercial you don't want to tune out!
On the twenty-fourth edition of Reality Bomb, Graeme Burk attempts to referee a no-holds barred discussion between Lori Steuart and Lindsey Mayers on the twelfth Doctor. We also talk about the great speeches in Doctor Who with someone familiar to political speechwriting, Christopher Cutler, Advisor to the Mayor on Community Relations for the City of Hamilton, Ontario! We also have author Rebecca Diem talking about love and shapeshifting robots when she brings Let's Kill Hitler to the Gallery of the Underrated and David Barksy is in our new feature Doctor Who: From A to Z talking about the letter S! Plus: the origins of Reality Bomb are explored!
On the twenty-first episode of Reality Bomb, we have a massive, supersized episode celebrating 10 years of the modern series of Doctor Who with a special two-part panel featuring Lindsey Mayers, NPR Books Editor Petra Mayer, Head Over Feels blogger Sage Young and Doctor Who Thing's Matthew Stott. Plus, Alex Kennard looks back on the too-short-season of Doctor Nine, Christopher Eccleston and The Unquiet Dead is in the Gallery of the Underrated with Shannon Sudderth. And Barnaby Edwards and Jon Arnold are talking about the literary sub-genre of Doctor Who celebrity biographies and autobiographies. All this and infomercials you really don't want to miss for once! Like our show? Support Reality Bomb by funding us on Patreon!
Steven, Warren and Chip are back this week with a news list that could charitably be described as anemic, though it also covers the charitable doings of one Peter Capaldi and goes from Comic Relief to comic books to conventions and...well, not a lot more. It is the slow time for Doctor Who, after all. BUT! There is also a commentary track for Episode 4 of Series 8, "Listen", featuring Steven, Warren, Chris and Telos AM co-host (and host of Colour Separation Overlay!) and all around fine gentleman Lindsey Mayers, examining the finer points of monsters, blankets and the end of the universe! Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com
With Gallifrey One looming ever closer, the Three Who Rule looked far and wide for news, and found very little, other than the discovery of a lost Desert Island Discs from 1965 starring none other than one William Hartnell, and of course the long-awaited release of Seasons of War, the unofficial War Doctor Anthology in support of the Cauldwell Chirldren’s charity helping UK kids with autism. But all this was mere preamble to Color Separation Overlay, a new pilot project from Lindsey Mayers, and featuring Dennis Slade, Izis Mollinedo and our own Steven to talk about race and representation in Doctor Who. Put on your thinking caps and enjoy! Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com
On the nineteenth episode of Reality Bomb, guest host Erika Ensign talks about Last Christmas with Lindsey Mayers, Cat Smith and author Rebecca Diem. We also discuss the growing popularity of Doctor Who Legacy with gamer and vlogger TheAdiposeTV. And television producer David Barsky takes us on a visit to Voga the Planet of Gold as Revenge of the Cybermen makes its way to the Gallery of the Underrated. Plus Alex Kennard returns to audio essays and muses on the reaction of fans to series 8 and we look at gatekeeping Doctor Who fandom. Literally.
On the seventeenth episode of Reality Bomb we have another supersized episode featuring our final panel review of Series 8 that includes Lori Steuart, Jon Arnold and Children's Fantasy author Lou Anders (Thrones and Bones: Frostborn). We also have a conversation with Cat Smith and Lindsey Mayers about Missy / The Master. And Titan's Doctor Who tenth Doctor comic book writer Nick Abadzis tries (and possibly fails) to get The Twin Dilemma into the Gallery of the Underrated. All this plus Listeners' Letters, poltical attack ads you need to hear... and host Graeme Burk gets an offer he can't refuse!
On the fifteenth edition of Reality Bomb we have a super-sized episode featuring a special panel looking at the first four episodes of series eight that includes Lindsey Mayers, David Barsky and Kim Rogers. Also, Gallifrey One's program director Shaun Lyon puts a stake into State of Decay in this month's Gallery of the Underrated and Bill Evenson takes us Into The Dalek. And we check in with the spouses and partners of several Doctor Who fans including Maddie Rodriguez (partner of our co-producer Alex Kennard), Robert Thompson (husband of author Nikki Stafford), Paul Stanish (husband of Verity! co-host Deb Stanish) and Julie Hopkins (wife of host Graeme Burk). Plus we return to listen in on Wisconsin's finest Doctor Who podcast!
On the thirteenth edition of Reality Bomb, we're celebrating the first anniversary of this podcast in style by featuring a special Gallery of the Underrated where NPR Books editor Petra Mayer talks with Graeme Burk about The Happiness Patrol. Also we talk to Lori Steuart and Lindsey Mayers about the new trailer for series 8 and about the allure of trailers in general and we interview Mike Doran (twice!) about the leaked scripts and then the leaked episode 1. And Alex Kennard commemorates our first year by talking about Doctor Who podcasting and how you can join in (with contributions by a number of podcasters). All this plus listeners letters and the Doctor Who adult video most fans want to see!
On the ninth edition of Reality Bomb, we're getting ready for the arrival of companion / recurring character / significant character photographed on a white background Danny Pink with Lori Steuart and Lindsey Mayers. Plus we have Sam Maggs offering up her hopes for the Peter Capaldi era. And it's the bittersweet taste of life as Aaron Guylas put Terminus in this month's Gallery of the Underrated. Alex Kennard ponders the nature of Villainy in Doctor Who, and we talk about parenting and Doctor Who with Nikki Stafford and Steve Traylen. All thus plus a return visit to Wisconsin's best Doctor Who podcast!
On the seventh edition of Reality Bomb, we're speaking the truth about The Time of the Doctor as Graeme Burk interviews an all star panel that includes Nikki Stafford and Jon Arnold. We also talk to comic book reviewer Greg McElhatton about the end of the IDW comic and Doctor Who in comic books. Alex Kennard says goodbye to the Raggedy Man himself, Matt Smith. And we're talking with Lindsey Mayers about 42 in this month's Gallery of the Underrated. All this plus a guide to surviving till the next season of Doctor Who!