Listen in as one friend introduces another to Doctor Who with the help of our old pal, alcohol.
In this episode, Steve and John ramble on about their fan-girl love for David Tenant's first series of portraying the Doctor. Plus John quizzes Steve about his series two memories, Steve waxes philosophical about Scooti (just let it go Steve!) and Steve queries John about the Doctor Whoniverse whilst John dances around attempting to answer said queries and not break the timeline (too badly) for Steve.
We watch "Doomsday" (Series 2, Episode 13) where Rose ultimately did not die, the Doctor saved the day but lost his bestie and Jackie got knocked up. Whilst all these shenanigans were going on, the Cybermen and the Daleks were acting like the Real Housewives of Cardiff by totally throwing down on each other, Rose bids adieu to the Doctor for the final (?!) time and tells him she loves him but he doesn't answer back. Awkward.
We watch "Army of Ghosts" (Series 2, Episode 12) where the Doctor, Rose, and "ghosts” arrive in London to have a lovely visit with Jackie and do some laundry. Whilst there, the Doctor meets the big hair in charge of Torchwood, Jackie impersonates Rose and Rose hooks up with old flame Mickey who brought some friends with him. And Rose teases her upcoming death... again.
We watch "Fear Her" (Series 2, Episode 11) where the Doctor and Rose arrive for the running of the 2012 Olympic torch but instead materialize in a "Twilight Zone" repeat. Whilst there, they also reference some "Shining" Redrum talk, SNL drawer-rings and even themselves with "Idiot's Lantern" nonsense. Gotta give it to 'em for the best Tardis materialization to date though.
We watch "Love & Monsters" (Series 2, Episode 10) where the Doctor and Rose are mostly absent. Instead we get to watch Jackie Tyler get harassed by a dweeb named Elton whilst a nine year old's vision of a monster-of-the-week absorbs Elton's friends until the Doctor shows up to spice up Elton's sex life.
We watch "The Satan Pit" (Series 2, Episode 9), which answers the query left by the last episode: what was in the creamy center of "The Impossible Planet"? Where the Doctor and Rose recover from the startling loss of Scooti by Rose channeling the Doctor to save the day whilst the Doctor has a heart-to-heart with some beast or something...or could it be...SATAN! Yep. Check the title.
We watch "The Impossible Planet" (Series 2, Episode 8) where the Doctor and Rose arrive on a space station and meet the awesome Scooti who is clearly destined for many more adventures! Whilst there, they encounter an enslaved alien race named Ood and watch Scooti's lifeless body plunge into a black hole. Wait...what?!
We watch "The Idiot's Box" (series 2, episode 7) where the Doctor and Rose mistakenly show up for QE2's coronation all whilst television legitimately eats peoples' brains. Come for the period early 50's flavor and stay for the (unfortunate) period familial abuse!
We watch "The Age of Steel" (Series 2, Episode 6), the second part of the re-introduction of the Cybermen to the Doctor Whoniverse, where the Who Crew defeats the bad guys at the expense of the lives of alt-Jackie, Rickey and Old Lady Matrix. Also Mickey grows a pair and stays to become the hero his alt was all whilst alt-Rose's-dad denies he's the baby daddy. And the Doctor does some stuff.
We watch "The Rise of the Cybermen" (Series 2, Episode 5) where the Doctor, Rose and their little tin dog (let's call him "Mickey" for the hell of it) materialize in an alt-London. Whilst there, Rose meets her dead dad (again!), Mickey sees his dead grandmother and the Doctor runs into a mysterious past enemy. Spoiler: it's the Cybermen.
We watch "The Girl in the Fireplace" (Series 2, Episode 4) where the Doctor, Rose and Mickey land on a 51st century spacecraft that is being used to peep into the bedroom of an 18th century French girl. Whilst there, the Doctor 'dances' with the King's mistress and the wonder twins nearly get harvested for spare parts.
We watch "School Reunion" (Series 2, Episode 3) where the Scooby Gang embodied by the Doctor, Rose, Mickey, Rose's future self (Sarah Jane Smith!), and Mickey's future self (K-9!) investigate mysterious goings on at school. Whilst there, Rose starts a cat fight, Mickey crashes the party, and the Doctor gets his dog fixed.
We watch the episode titled "Tooth and Claw" (Series 2, Episode 2) where the Doctor and Rose travel back to the 19th century Scottish moors. Whilst there, they meet up with Queen Victoria, battle evil Ninja Monks (Monk Ninjas?), and saved the royal family from being changed into werewolves. Or did they?
We watch 10th Doctor's first full episode titled "New Earth" (Series 2, Episode 1) where the Doctor and Rose visit New Earth (oh, clever) 23 years after Old Earth blowed up real good. Whilst there, they meet up with some old acquaintances and save New Earth from evil Cat Nuns. Nun Cats?
A new face for the Doctor. A visit with some old friends for the holiday. And our first guest on the podcast! (Thanks Heidi!) We watch "The Christmas Invasion" (Series 2, Episode 0; according to IMDB) the first full David 'Barty Crouch Junior' Tennant episode. Where a nearly comatose Doctor saves the planet from an alien invasion on just another day for the majority of the planet.
On this Very Special Episode of the podcast, your hosts conduct a Series One Drunktor Who Retrospective. Where Steve struggles to remember episode plotlines and John gleefully attempts to stump Steve with said episodes' minutia. No lessons were learned and no Nancy Reagan cameo either, just the usual tangential Doctor Who babbling.
We watch the 13th episode titled "The Parting of the Ways" (Series 1, Episode 13), the third part of the "Long Game" trilogy (now without even more albino Simon Pegg!). Where Rose tries to impress the Doctor by learning how to fly the TARDIS and save him from certain death in the form of giant pepper pots. Spoiler alert: she doesn't. It's the end... but the moment has been prepared for.
We watch the 12th episode titled "Bad Wolf" (Series 1, Episode 12), the penultimate episode of the Christopher Eccleston era. Where the Doctor tries to impress Rose by taking her to futuristic versions of mid-naughties reality shows and tries to save her from certain death in the form of... nope, she gets killed. Or does she?
Takeaways from this episode:
- Captain Jack, seemingly unarmed, literally pulls a laser weapon out of his ass.
- Rose makes a terrible Weakest Link contestant, causing the host to disintegrate her. She shoulda gone for door number 2...
- While we return to Satellite 5, we find that Albino Simon Pegg has been replaced with Albino Tilda Swinton (redundant?).
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Production notes: Steve makes a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reference (the 113th) by slyly making an Angel reference. Well done Steve!
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We watch the 11th episode titled "Boom Town" (Series 1, Episode 11) where the Doctor tries to impress Rose by taking her to Cardiff (?!) and save her from certain death in the form of a farting alien. Wait. What? Is this a repeat? No? And Mickey is there giving Rose crap about their relationship. Come on...this has to be a repeat.
Takeaways from this episode:
- Cardiff is a very dangerous place for the French.
- If the Who Crew is like the Scooby Gang, Mickey is a Scooby/Shaggy combo, Captain Jack is Velma, Rose is Danger Prone Daphne and the Doctor is an ascot-less Fred.
- John is convinced that Frank Oz in his prime would happily stick his hand up John's butt.
- The Tardis' hoo-ha has magical powers and regressed Margaret Slitherin back to an egg with dreadlocks.
The final tally: a shot of tequilla, we forget to mention how many beers, several Star Wars references and the umpteenth time Steve asked if <insert name here> is a companion.
Production notes: Steve is concerned about the discrepancy between episode running lengths listed on IMDB and Amazon Prime. He wants the entire made-for-broadcast episode dammit!
We watch the tenth episode titled "The Emptier Child, The Empty Child 2." Whoopsies... that was the working title for this second part of a two-parter. For reals we watch "The Doctor Dances" (Series 1, Episode 10) where the Doctor and Rose recruit Jack Harkness to rescue a hospital ward from certain death in the form of overly literal nanobots.
PG13 Takeaways from this episode:
- Butchers in WWII era England were open to trading 'meat' for meat.
- Like a cars' trunk is called a 'boot' in England, a ladies' cooch is called a 'fanny'.
- Pegging will lead you down a dark dirty road you may not want to travel.
Dated reference in this podcast: complaining about the season six mid-season premiere of The Walking Dead. If only we waited until the season finale...
The final tally: 3 beers and a shot of tequilla (but a total of 7 beers, 2 shots and Chinese food for this recording session).
Production notes: Star Wars prequel bashing makes a triumphant return. Welcome back old friend!