One week out from Gallifrey One, it’s time to take stock of what we saw at the family reunion. We bid farewell to an iconic carpet and take one last look at a convention every Doctor Who fan should experience at least once. We catch up with Jody Houser and Rachael Stott for more about their Thirteenth Doctor comic, and then we wrap things up with an important announcement.

Jody Houser and Rachael Stott interviewed; Gallifrey One recap; Farewell

Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke with Rachael Stott and Jody Houser

There’s no better guide to the worlds of Big Finish productions of Doctor Who and other great properties than a former skeptic about audio drama. We welcome Radio Free Skaro’s Warren Frey as we take a criminally overdue deep dive into Doctor Who for the ears instead of the eyes.

A former skeptic's guide to Big Finish audio drama

Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke with Warren Frey

Referenced Works

Doctor Who [Amazon]

Show Notes & Links

Tiny Rebel Games's final promo code for Doctor Who: Legacy

Joe Myersough's thread about the latest BBC funding threat

We beg your indulgence, but this podcast is 100% about Alyssa, Chip, and Rachel geeking out about the upcoming Gallifrey One convention. If you don’t have a ticket, well, we regret that it’s sold out and encourage you to come back next week for our Big Finish episode. Coming to Gally? We’ll preview some of our panels, give advice for newcomers, and relax our broadcast standards for one very important F-bomb. Sorry, canon-obsessed fanboys: “It’s never f—-ing Susan!”

Gallifrey One convention geekery

Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke with Rachel Donner

Referenced Works

Doctor Who [Amazon]

Show Notes & Links

Gallifrey One

Shannon Dohar, friend of TWiTT, co-host of the Deeper Cuts album review podcast, and frequent Reality Bomb contributor, flexes her musical muscles and discusses with us Segun Akinola’s music from Episode 1 to the New Year’s Special. What makes him the right composer for today’s Doctor Who, and how hard was it to make the transition from 10 seasons of Murray Gold? Regenerations can be challenging—but this new soundscape is worthy of celebration….

Segun Akinola's Series 11 music

Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke with Shannon Dohar

Referenced Works

Doctor Who [Amazon]

Show Notes & Links

A bite-sized episode revisits academic fandom with a look at the dedicated programming track at this year’s Gallifrey One convention. Organizers Joy Piedmont and Paul Booth take us through what it means to look at Doctor Who through a scholarly lens.

Academic Fandom revisited; Gallifrey One Academic Track preview

Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke with Joy Piedmont and Paul Booth

Referenced Works

Doctor Who [Amazon]

Show Notes & Links

Our previous look at academic fandom (TWiTT 58)

Gallifrey One

The TV series may be over for now, but we can still see Team TARDIS in action! We’re three issues into Jody Houser’s and Rachael Stott’s Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor from Titan Comics. Chip and Alyssa dive in to this delightful and faithful adaptation while catching up with the news of the week and arguing over whether Chip can will a meme into existence. (Alyssa: “It would have to be a better meme.”)

Titan's 13th Doctor comics series reviewed

Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke

Referenced Works

Doctor Who [Amazon]

Show Notes & Links

The Randolph Audio Tapes ("Have You Heard This?")

Classic Doctor Who returns to Twitch

Seriously, don't panic about the New Year's ratings (io9)

Gallifrey One guest update

Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor on Comixology

Jody Houser's excellent Star Wars: Age of Republic on Comixology

Yup, it was the Daleks all right. If we consider this the proper end of Series 11, then it absolutely ended with a bang. Jodie Whittaker’s first standoff with the pepper pots is properly epic, but Alyssa and Chip wrestle with some of the lingering issues with the season…

"Resolution" reviewed

Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke

Referenced Works

Doctor Who [Amazon]

Show Notes & Links

That’s a wrap for 2018, This Week in Time Travel, and Series 11! Rachel Donner and Riley Silverman join us to sort out the brilliant and the tragic, the groundbreaking and the played-too-safe. Find out where we stand and what we’re looking forward to in Series 12, and tune in again when we return for the New Year’s special!

Series 11: What worked? What didn't? What next?

Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke with Rachel Donner and Riley Silverman

Referenced Works

Doctor Who [Amazon]

Show Notes & Links

Bang, whimper, or something in between? Did you guess right about, “I know that voice”? (You probably did.) Which characters got to tie off a satisfying arc, and which characters have yet to launch one? Alyssa and Chip tackle the good and the meh about “The Battle of Rask—”…hang on, “The Battle of Barsoom—”…wait, that’s not right…

"The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos" reviewed

Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke

Referenced Works

Doctor Who [Amazon]

Show Notes & Links

One froggy universe, two grieving husbands, one mystery woodland menace, a kajillion moths, and one question from Alyssa: who’s allowed to be selfish in grief?

"It Takes You Away" reviewed

Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke

Referenced Works

Doctor Who [Amazon]

Show Notes & Links

Cyberons, sexy Zygons and Mark Gatiss: the bizarre world of the unofficial Doctor Who spin-offs (Radio Times)

Crochet variation of the Doctor's New Year's scarf

(hat tip to Riley Silverman)

Zombies? Check. Sci-fi prison? Check. Historical figure? Check. Prestige casting? Check. Commentary on the human condition, drawing analogies to our current crisis of confidence in ourselves and our tendency to blame and persecute the other in response? Check. Houdini reference? Check. “The Witchfinders” tried to cover all the bases. Let’s see if it succeeded.

"The Witchfinders" reviewed

Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke

Referenced Works

Doctor Who [Amazon]

Show Notes & Links

Whittaker responds to "anti-PC" criticisms (Metro)