"Looking for mutant spaghetti monsters down corridors...Just like the old days." "Weren’t they usually looking for us?" "Ugh, don’t give it ideas." -- Dorothy "Ace" McShane and the Tenth Doctor, Doctor Who: "Quantum of Axos"
Hello again, everyone! My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with a new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast! This time, we discuss "Quantum of Axos", the third audio drama from Big Finish Productions' Doctor Who: Tenth Doctor Classic Companions set from 2022, featuring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Dorothy "Ace" McShane, John Leeson as the voice of K9 Mark IV, and the return of the Axons!
In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse getting ready to come out to Columbus, a quick Next Stop News Flash about Varada Sethu officially being confirmed as the new companion, the other stories on the Doctor Who: Tenth Doctor Classic Companions set, Jesse liking to figure out what's going to happen in stories just before it happens, David Tennant and Sophie Aldred having great chemistry with one another, running down the four versions of K9, Ace getting K9 Mark IV after the death of Sarah Jane Smith, the first appearance of A Charitable Earth, Jesse initially thinking the two K9s were the same K9 in different timelines, the Doctor asking Ace to travel with him again, the Doctor giving K9 Mark IV a choice in staying with Ace, K9 not being happy in a punt, pairing characters together who normally don't interact with each other, Kayla McGuire being an entertaining Almost Companion, the Doctor calling out Kayla for not reading the Terms and Conditions, the Axons turning humanity into an Axon supercomputer, the Doctor using reverse-psychology on the Axons to trick them back into their original time loop, our favorite quotes of the story, K9 throwing shade at cats, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new listener feedback from Holly Mac and Sandi from Oregon, trying to talk Jesse into joining DK Nik and me on The Fandom Zone Podcast, hoping our new Special Guest Companion joins us as scheduled, and more!
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And just in time for the new era of Doctor Who, we now have a BRAND NEW Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, which you can find on TeePublic RIGHTHERE! This spiffy shirt looks great when you're listening to your favorite Doctor Who podcast and travelling through time and space! Or you could order all sorts of cool Next Stop Everywhere merch there as well!
Be sure to come back for the next episode of Next Stop Everywhere as Jesse and I welcome new special guest companion Tara Giancaspro as we discuss "Midnight", the tenth episode from Doctor Who Series Four from 2008, featuring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Catherine Tate as Donna Noble, Lesley Sharp as Sky Silvestry, and David Troughton as Professor Hobbes!
"A naked American man stole my balloons." -- Little Boy, An American Werewolf in London
Hello again, movie fans! My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we celebrate Xan's birthday by watching An American Werewolf in London, the 1981 comedy horror film directed by John Landis, starring David Naughton as David Kessler, Jenny Agutter as Nurse Alex Price, and Griffin Dunne as Jack Goodman!
This time, Xan and I discuss things like celebrating Xan's last week of being 47, Rick Baker winning the first-ever Oscar for Best Makeup, John Landis being partially responsible for the death of Vic Morrow, David Naughton's song "Makin' It", Griffin Dunne as Tommy Kelly in Johnny Dangerously, the three Doctor Who connections, this being our second Frank Oz film, Xan delivering pizza to Torchwood headquarters at Roald Dahl Plass in Cardiff, Wales, The Slaughtered Lamb being the worst British pub ever, the cameo by Rik Mayall from The Young Ones, wondering why the pub guys didn't shoot David right after the werewolf attack, my wondering why I didn't get a hot nurse like Alex Price when I was in the hospital, Alex wearing David's NYU shirt, the pointless scene of David pacing back and forth in Alex's flat, David's first transformation into a werewolf being amazing for the time but taking way too long, the surprise appearance by UNIT from Doctor Who, the magic bullets going around Alex to shoot David, new Drunk Mail from Christine Peruski and Dave Proctor, finally getting around to Ghostbusters II, and more!
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Be sure to come back in two weeks as Xan and I watch Ghostbusters II,the 1989 supernatural comedy directed by Ivan Reitman, featuring the return of Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman, Dan Aykroyd as Dr. Ray Stantz, Harold Ramis as Dr. Egon Spengler, and Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore!
"Urgent message from the Brigadier." "Oh, he's away, isn't he, investigating some scientists?" "Yes, well, he wants us to join him -- 'Miss Shaw and the Doctor will report themselves forthwith to Wenley Moor. Attend a briefing meeting at precisely…'" "My dear Miss Shaw, I never report myself anywhere, particularly not forthwith." -- Liz Shaw and the Third Doctor, Doctor Who: "The Silurians"
Hello again, everyone! My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with a new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast! This time, we're joined by Special Guest Companion Holly Mac as we discuss "The Silurians", the second serial from Doctor Who Season 7 in 1970, featuring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, Caroline John as Liz Shaw, and the first appearance of the Silurians!
In this episode, Jesse, Holly and I discuss things like embracing the greatness of the new baseball season, Holly passing her teaching exam, why you should call "Doctor Who and the Silurians" only "The Silurians", giving a special shoutout to Xan Sprouse for going to Roald Dahl Plass in Cardiff and ordering pizza under the name "Torchwood", finally getting episode titles for the upcoming Series 14/Season 1, only getting two new writers for the upcoming season, the flipping of the script by having the older generation of Silurians wanting peace and the younger generation wanting war, Geoffrey Palmer as Captain Hardaker in "Voyage of the Damned", the BBC graphics department screwing up the serial title, "The Silurians" only surviving in black-and-white until the 1990s, non-speaking cameos by members of the production team, the Silurians returning 50 years later in "The Hungry Earth" that was set in 2020, Barry Letts changing the ending from the Doctor being sad at the loss of the Silurians' knowledge to being disgusted by their murder at the hands of the Brigadier and UNIT, Jesse's digression about the Barbie movie, Liz being told by the Doctor and the Brigadier that she can't go into the caves, Liz being let down as a character by the writing, wondering if the Doctor had tunnel vision about saving the Silurians to the exclusion of all else, Jesse wishing Malcolm Hulke had fleshed out the global pandemic subplot more, the Doctor building Bessie because he's stuck on Earth, Doctors Lawrence, Quinn, Meredith, and Major Baker all being horrible people, being happy that the anti-vaxxer Dr. Lawrence died from his own ignorance, the uneasiness between the Doctor and the Brigadier in these early days, the Silurians getting a major makeup and costuming upgrade in the Steven Moffat era, the moment when the Brigadier realizes he needs to go against the Doctor and kill the Silurians, wondering what happened to the Third Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver in this story, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Reverse the Polarity segment, new listener feedback from Dave Proctor and Sandi from Oregon, Ace meeting the Tenth Doctor, our upcoming tenth anniversary, and more!
If you'd like to check out our latest episode, you can find us on...
And just in time for the new era of Doctor Who, we now have a BRAND NEW Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, which you can find on TeePublic RIGHTHERE! This spiffy shirt looks great when you're listening to your favorite Doctor Who podcast and travelling through time and space! Or you could order all sorts of cool Next Stop Everywhere merch there as well!
Be sure to come back for the next episode of Next Stop Everywhere as Jesse and I discuss "Quantum of Axos", the third audio drama from Big Finish Productions' Doctor Who: Tenth Doctor Classic Companions set from 2022, featuring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Dorothy "Ace" McShane, and John Leeson as the voice of K-9 Mark II!
"What are you going to do?" "What I always do. Stay out of trouble...badly." -- Amy Pond and the Eleventh Doctor, Doctor Who: "The Beast Below"
Hello again, everyone! My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with a new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast! This time, we're joined by Special Guest Companion DJ Nik as we discuss "The Beast Below", the second episode of Doctor Who Series Five from 2010, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, and Sophie Okonedo as Liz 10!
In this episode, Jesse, Nik and I discuss things like why I shouldn't give out our theme topics too early, Jesse getting a lot more out of his rewatch, Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" and school evaluation tests, a Next Stop News Flash about the Series 14/Series 1 premiere date and Steven Moffat's return to Doctor Who, Sophie Okonedo as the "Scream of the Shalka" companion Alison Cheney, David Ajala as Cleveland "Book" Booker on Star Trek: Discovery, comparisons to "The End of the World", the specially-recorded monologue spoken by Karen Gillan as Amy Pond that opened Eleventh Doctor episodes airing on BBC America, the advent of the Earth being rendered uninhabitable by solar flares in "The Ark in Space", Nik's political analysis of the episode, the Doctor learning a lesson in humility, Amy questioning wanting to get married, Amy living her childhood fantasy by traveling with the Doctor, the Doctor loving to learn about other people while avoiding talking about himself, wishing that we'd seen more of Liz 10, the Star Whale petting zoo, a possible love letter to Terry Pratchett's Discworld, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new listener feedback from Dave Proctor and Holly Mac, Jesse having to watch a 7-parter, and more!
If you'd like to check out our latest episode, you can find us on...
And just in time for the new era of Doctor Who, we now have a BRAND NEW Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, which you can find on TeePublic RIGHTHERE! This spiffy shirt looks great when you're listening to your favorite Doctor Who podcast and travelling through time and space! Or you could order all sorts of cool Next Stop Everywhere merch there as well!
Be sure to come back for the next episode of Next Stop Everywhere as Jesse and I are joined by Special Guest Companion Holly Mac as we discuss "The Silurians", the second serial from Doctor Who Season 7 in 1970, featuring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, Caroline John as Liz Shaw, and the first appearance of the Silurians!
"Baby, you'd better get me back to that hotel. You got me hotter than Georgia asphalt." -- Lula Fortune to Sailor Ripley, Wild at Heart
Hello again, movie fans! My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we watch Wild at Heart, the 1990 romantic crime drama film directed by David Lynch, featuring Laura Dern as Lula Fortune, Nicolas Cage as Sailor Ripley, Diane Ladd as Marietta Fortune, and Willem Dafoe as Bobby Peru!
This time, Xan and I discuss things like Xan hanging out with a ghost in Room 237 and attending GalaxyCon Richmond, Xan buying the infamous Dune: Part Two Fuckbucket from AMC Theaters, Xan and I already breaking down Wild at Heart on Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast, Diane Ladd being nominated for Best Supporting Actress, David Letterman's recurring gag about Isabella Rossellini, Sailor getting his snakeskin jacket, Laura Dern switching her raised arms behind her head, our advice to stop smoking, wondering how long it took Diane Ladd to get the red lipstick off her face and hands, why you should expect Twin Peaks references from us, Sherilyn Fenn dying and ruining Sailor and Lula's day, Isabella Rossellini channeling Frida Kahlo, Bobby Peru being all kinds of disgusting, my beating Xan in our Oscar Picks pool, wondering where Sailor and Lula get their money, Sailor singing "Love Me Tender" to Lula,new Drunk Mail from Dave Proctor, Xan's upcoming birthday movie, and more!
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Be sure to come back in one month as Xan and I celebrate Xan's birthday by watching An American Werewolf in London, the 1981 comedy horror film directed by John Landis, starring David Naughton as David Kessler, Jenny Agutter as Nurse Alex Price, and Griffin Dunne as Jack Goodman!
The two-minute trailer opens with the TARDIS sliding into UNIT's new headquarters in London, which first appeared in the third 60th Anniversary Special, "The Giggle." After the TARDIS comes to a screeching halt, the Doctor opens the door and exuberantly shouts, "Give me the loving!"
We then get some fleeting moments from "The Church on Ruby Road", recalling when Ruby first met the Doctor and entered the TARDIS before two embarked on new adventures throughout time and space. As snippets of "Changes" by David Bowie begin to play, we see the Doctor in Regency Era garb standing next to a hologram of one of his previous incarnations, the Tenth Doctor, played by David Tennant.
The Doctor and Ruby stop off in the prehistoric past, where we see them gazing down at dinosaurs. Ruby asks the Doctor, "What if I change history by stepping on a butterfly?"
"Well, that's not gonna happen, is it?" he replies.
The next thing we see, Ruby does indeed step on a monarch butterfly and suddenly transforms into a sort of butterfly version of herself. "What's wrong?" she asks, unaware of what just happened. The Doctor gulps awkwardly.
The Doctor then says in a voiceover, "With all my adventures, I've never seen anything like this before." We see a new space station, followed by three Regency Era women, including Indira Varma as a new character called the Duchess, turning into bird-like aliens.
In another scene from the Regency Era episode, the Doctor and Ruby attended a formal gathering, with Ruby exclaiming, "Oh, my Bridgerton...This place is completely mad."
More fleeting images follow of an old woman screaming, Jinkx Monsoon's musical villain, and Ruby firing a BFG. We hear a voiceover from UNIT's Kate Stewart (Jemma Redgrave) saying, "Things seem to be turning more and more supernatural" as we see a face and hands trying to claw out of a circular sheet of stretchable rubber or plastic.
We then see a glass shatter atop a newspaper with the headline "KHRUSHCHEV THREATENS FINLAND", a reference to the Note Crisis from 1961. The Doctor and Ruby are then startled by something, which causes Ruby to ask, "Is that a monster?"
The Doctor replies, "No, don't be silly, there's no such things as monsters, it's just creatures you haven't met yet." As the creatures roar, the two shriek and begin running in the opposite direction.
Next, we see a dust cloud, possibly from an explosion, fill a downtown city street, followed by the Doctor, Kate and Rose Noble (Yasmin Finney) entering a vaulted room at UNIT headquarters. The Doctor says in a voiceover, "There are powers beyond the universe so vast...the whole world could slide into the pit."
We see the Doctor screaming in rage out into space from opened TARDIS doors and a clock striking midnight, followed by the TARDIS console erupting in sparks and a completely devastated London while the Doctor and Ruby are in 1960s attire. The Doctor tries to comfort Ruby, who is crying at the sight. "This is what we're trying to stop," adds the Doctor.
We cut to a shot of Ruby's mom, Carla Sunday (Michelle Greenidge), hugging Ruby as she tells the Doctor in a voiceover, "I'm still her mom. I need to know she'll be okay. You'll keep her safe?" This is followed by a glimpse of Ruby in '60s attire wrapped around in musical notes.
The Doctor takes Carla's hand and replies reassuringly, "I will keep her safe, I promise."
Next, we glimpse the Doctor turning on a light underneath a set of old and dusty stairs as Ruby tries to shield her eyes from the glare. Ruby begins in a voiceover, "It's taken me all this time--"
Suddenly, we cut to fleeting images of Ruby in various points during her life.
"-- to realize what I'm meant to do," she finishes. "I'm going to save the world!"
The Doctor remarks in another voiceover, "Everything is possible," followed by a quick shot of several 1960s girls holding umbrellas and dancing as water pours down inside the hallway of a building.
"Everything is possible," he reiterates as we see an abandoned-looking TARDIS covered in dirt and flora atop a cliffside. This is followed by closing images of the Doctor and former companion Melanie Bush (Bonnie Langford) wearing helmets while on Mel's motorbike, and the Doctor, in '60s attire, winking at the camera.
If you'd like to view the new Doctor Who trailer, you can view it below thanks to the official Doctor Who YouTube channel...
Doctor Who returns to Disney+ and the BBC for Series 14/Season 1 on May 10th (US) and May 11th (UK).
The 90-second teaser opens at night in Gotham with the Penguin sitting and talking to someone off-camera. "When I was a kid," he begins, "there was a gangster, a real old-school type -- Rex Calabrese. He was a big deal. He helped people. If he saw you on the street, he'd call out to you..."
As we see a car pull up, the Penguin retrieves a sledgehammer from the trunk. "When I'm fourteen or somethin'," he continues, "he has a heart attack and dies...still holdin' a cigar. In my neighborhood, they throw a parade in his honor. A friggin' parade..."
We then see the Penguin limping up the stairs, his right leg in a metal brace. He continues, "...and it wasn't fancy, but it was the gesture. The show of love of what he meant."
The Penguin then uses a lighter to start a fire, then pulls out a switchblade and stabs someone. We also see him pull someone holding a gun through the driver-side window of his car, followed by a glimpse of Sofia Falcone, the Penguin smoking a cigar, and the Penguin sitting across Salvatore Maroni inside prison. More fleeting glimpses follow, including the Penguin being threatened with a knife, various gunfire, and Sofia screaming.
"Can you imagine," says the Penguin as the trailer ends, "to be remembered like that?"
If you'd like to check out the teaser trailer for The Penguin, you can view it below thanks to the official Max channel on YouTube...
The Penguin is currently scheduled to be released on Max in Fall 2024.
