Annette Badland on the new episode of My Time Capsule.
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Mine are:
Radio Free Skaro - I have listened to every episode from the last 15 years on the week of release. So Iām definitely a fan! I skip the commentary sections but otherwise they are my main source of news if Iāve managed to miss it anywhere else.
The Missing Episodes Podcast - They rarely put an episode out but these are all essential. You find out about the story and production details, the likelihood of episodeās return and details of the returns we have had to date.
Something Who - There is crossover with the presenters of missing episodes, so would recommend if you are enjoying the above already. They review classic and new who stories, then compare and find links / similarities between them. Most recently they compared The Sensorites and Planet of the Ood.
Toby Hadokeās Too Much Information / Indefinable Magic - Toby has loads of DW podcasts, but Iād home in on these. Too Much Information is fastidiously detailed production notes. Indefinable Magic are these beautiful essays focusing on strange and hyper-focused details of the show or fandom.
Lazy Doctor Who - I have a soft spot for this, with a member of Verity and a member of Radio Free Skaro, who are a couple. Best enjoyed as a companion piece to a watch through of the classic series. Despite having been going for years they are only partway through the Pertwee era, as part of the ethos of the show is that they are ālazyā and only record when they feel like it.
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Thought Iād resurrect this thread having recently moved my podcast listening over to Podcast Republic.
I still canāt find a Doctor Who podcast as good - or as listenable - as Toby Hadokeās work (with the one exception of the excellent Missing Episodes podcast - which is back posting new episodes this month!!).
Theyāre either WAY too long, too cliquey, too biased or too irritating (a presenterās voice can really put me off a podcast). Or they have at least one person with a crackly, substandard connection which just makes it hard to listen to.
With lots of new members I thought Iād see if there were any new recommendations.
Iām also looking for podcasts about other genre TV and that is UK based. Sorry US peeps, but I rarely find Iām able to listen to US based podcasts - something about the accent just makes my brain hurt when Iām just listening to something).
Ones Iāve already tried and canāt get on with:
Hamster with a Blunt Penknife
New to Who
Radio Free Skaro
Lazy Doctor Who
Tin Dog
Who Back When
and a bunch of others.
As I say, though, Iām looking for any decent podcasts about film/TV which are UK based and not 15 hours long!
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A fun one I recently discovered is called āStitches In Timeā. Itās a couple of friends doing a ārewatchā of the entire franchise, in chronological order, scene by scene. It opens with that 4 second clip from Castrovalva where they briefly visit the Big Bang, then that bit from The Pandorica Opens where 11 and Amy visit the oldest cliffface in history, then 10 and Donna watching the formation of the Earth in The Runaway Bride, and so on, through the entire show, and all the spin offs. The host said it took her 12 years to make this edit. The other host has never seen the classic series, so this ridiculous order is her first time experiencing a lot of these stories.
Itās only just started and the episodes arenāt very long, so itās easy to catch up.
Itās just very fun.
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Ooooh - that sounds intriguing and not unlike my own chronological marathon blog. Iāll have a look.
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Thanks for the tip, that sounds intriguing! Iāll check it out as well!
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Into the TARDIS, the Big Finish podcast which releases episodes from their catalogue for free - one a week - has just started a new story - The Scream of Ghosts which is the second story from the Third Doctor Adventures Volume 5.
The first story in that box set, Primord, was released on the podcast a couple of months ago and is still available, along with the first First Doctor Adventures box set, The Night Witches - a Second Doctor Companion Chronicle, Energy of the Daleks and a few others. Definitely worth checking out for some free Big Finish content.
In other news, Toby Hadokeās Happy Times and Places has started dropping commentary episodes on The Sensorites which are well worth a listen.
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Who Cares? is an interesting and very thorough discussion podcast. They just released their episode on Empire of Death a couple days ago (clocking in at nearly 4 hours)
Stitches In Time is a pretty new one. Itās a ārewatchā of the entire franchise, scene by scene, in strict chronological order. The guest star they have for the most recent block of episodes is only tangentially familiar with Doctor Who. Heās heard about it through friends and fandom stuff, but heās only watched a couple of scattered episodes, so he has almost no context for the random clips heās being shown, which is very fun
The Game of Rassilon is a full 5-season campaign of the official Doctor Who TTRPG. It actually recently finished, so you can binge it in its entirety if you want. Also, most of the cast of this end up guest starring in Stitches In Time, and the Stitches In Time crew sometimes have guest spots in this, which is fun
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Iāve always wanted to try TTRPG but never got any chance. This sounds like fun!
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You see, podcasts like that irritate me. 4 hours is a very long time to be talking about something and that suggests thereās a lot of unnecessary waffle and banter which is never much fun to listen to when youāre not actually part of the group chatting. Any podcast episode longer than an hour automatically goes on my āNopeā list.
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There really isnāt. Theyāre just really thorough and detailed. They have a lot to say because it was a season finale with a lot going on. Itās not just āI didnāt like it, now letās spend the next 3 and a half hours on unrelated tangents.ā Itās a full, deep analysis of every part of the episode: what worked and what didnāt and why (not just on the surface, but deeper into the themes and subtext: what is RTD trying to say with this episode vs what did he end up saying), how well the episode as a whole functioned as a season finale, some retrospective thoughts on the season now that we know what it was all building to, fan response, thereās a separate discussion on the soundtrack thatās not just rating it, but also looking for any subtly repeated motifs and seeing what meaning they add. Thereās even an interview with a couple people who attended the theater showing, sharing their experience.
Thereās genuinely lots of material there and they hardly ever actually go off topic
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I actually agree with this. While I frequently listen to podcasts that cross the 1-hour mark, Iād never find the time to listen to a 4-hour podcast, even with it being sped up! I have too many podcasts and other stuff to listen to! I find it admirable if theyāve managed to fill those 4 hours with great content, but since Iām already subscribing to a dozen different Who-related podcasts (and loads of other ones), I donāt think Iād ever find the time for these.
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Fair enough but I really think 4 hours is very self-indulgent. Bearing in mind you are making this for an audience I would consider splitting it into shorter episodes with a clearer focus for each one. But thatās just my bias.
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I guess people can listen in bits. Splitting it into smaller episodes doesnāt seem to be the āthingā anymore. Iāve had people ask if I can omnibus my ones into seasons or even Doctors. Thatād be 7 hours a pop! Not how I like to consume things personally but Iām amazed by how people seem to want that.
So itās just a case of shifting paradigms I think. If someone does a 4 hour podcast episode then if people canāt listen in one go, they can pick up where they left off and those who can listen in one go, do.
Iām sure some are self indulgent, indeed most podcasts are to some degree by definition, but I donāt think all are. Itās like a 6 part docuseries can have enough information to sustain 6 hours, so if someoneās got 4 hours of stuff itās really a choice of putting it out in one go or in 4x60mins.
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Yeah, I would never listen to a 4 hour podcast.
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This is very true and I did think this as I was typing. To give that podcast its due I checked it out on Podcast Republic and theyāve actually listed all the chapter points where the discussion covers each aspect, with the function to skip to each one.
So my next issue will be the voices of the hosts. US accents and differing quality of audio for each host will immediately make it an uphill struggle for me.
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Splitting it up would, like Classic Who, mean the actual thing would end up being even longer with repeated intro and outro and maybe a need for a recap at the start.
Itās like they skipped that old format and went straight for an omnibus edition 
You can just pause and come back where you left off, good podcast apps retain your position.
I have no skin in this game as Iāve never heard this podcast and donāt really make time for podcasts at the moment (Iād rather listen to a Doctor Who audio), but I just wanted to be a devils advocate here 
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Anyone have any podcast recs?
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I love Who Cares? and I donāt mind the extended runtime. As you say, they stay on topic throughout and theyāre very thorough. One thing I love is that they not only discuss the episode at hand but theyāll touch on any ephemera around it - so they may compare it to the previous yearās finale, the novelisation version, theyāll look at the accompanying Unleashed episode, etc. Itās a real deep dive and Iām glad they go the extra mile. Itās not for everyone, but itās so much more interesting than 80% of podcasts I find because many of them just scratch the surface.
I also love that they break their YouTube videos into chapters. There have been some podcasts where Iāve only wanted their critique of an episode, and not discussion about ephemera and other stuff, so having detailed chapter notes helps me skip bits Iām not interested in. And everything is very meticulously sourced too, which I appreciate.
On the flip side, I also love Review of Death which some have mentioned - that podcast is a bit more flippant, but itās my kind of humour and it seems to be a rare podcast where the guys are just blunt, to the point, and wonāt tread any lines. If they think something is shit, theyāll say it, but theyāll also back up their opinion. I like that Billy provides some balance to Matt, who is more of a traditional classic series fan, and they bounce off each other well.
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