Podcastica
Film, TV & Pop Culture
About
A Doctor Who review podcast! Following and analyzing both Classic and New episodes of one of the greatest sci-fi shows ever.
Episodes
- Podcastica Episode 368: Flesh and Stone OR Gravity Falls
This time the adventure continues as we look at Flesh and Stone, 2nd part after The Time of Angels last episode. We loved it, we love this era, and frankly it's late and I can't think of what else to say. Enjoy our discussion, friends!
- Podcastica Episode 367: The Time of Angels OR Blink with One Eye Open
Clutching my pillow tiiiiiight!! These angels, man! They want you to exit light and enter night because then you can't see them creeping up on you. That's right! The Weeping Angels are back, River Song is back, and we are back with a revie…
- Podcastica Episode 366: The Beast Below or Save the Space Whales
The Beast Below first aired 16 years and a few days ago! If you listen closely in this episode, you can hear John and Taylor recount how old they were when this episode first aired. It's a teeny bit traumatic. However, it's not as traumati…
- Podcastica Episode 365: The Lazarus Experiment OR A Machine That Makes You Mark Gatiss
Back to watching some proper Doctor Who and it feels so good! It's almost like...we're young again! And wow, doesn't Tish Jones look familiar? Yes, friend of the show Mike Solko set us up to watch this episode post-Gally and we didn't real…
- Podcastica Episode 364: The End of the War OR Barclay Joins Reel Big Fish
Well, folks, we made it to the end of the war. And, frankly, we're kinda glad it's over. It's not great. We're not even sure it's good. As always, though, we find the bits we did like, try to make sense of the parts we didn't, and (if noth…
- Podcastica Episode 363: The Witch of the Waterfall OR The Shape of Water
Well, we're into the penultimate episode of The War Between the Land and the Sea and, really, we're experiencing a bit of an uneven episode. The drama is there, things feel a little hopeless, so let's give the Sea Devils even more superpow…
- Podcastica Episode 362: The Deep OR Unda the Sea!
We're back at it after Gallifrey One (and some con crud for Taylor), reviewing episode three of The War Between the Land and the Sea! SPOILER ALERT!! There are some things that happen in this episode that you might not want to know about b…
- Episode 361: Gallifrey One 36 Day Two Recap
GREETINGS WHOVIANS! We are once again at #LobbyCon early in the morning talking about our DAY TWO experiences at Gallifrey One 36! Hope everyone has a wonderful last day at the con!
- PODcastica - Episode 360: Gallifrey One 36 Day One Coverage!
Hello, Whovians! We are once again LIVE from LobbyCon at the early hours of the morning to give you our recap of DAY ONE of GALLIFREY ONE 36!
- Episode 359: Gallifrey One 36 Day Zero Coverage
HELLO AND GREETINGS FROM GALLIFREY ONE! Join John and Taylor for a short chat from a table in #LobbyCon on Friday morning. They discuss what they're excited to see and do on DAY ONE, and some other nonsense. Everyone have a great Gally, an…
- Episode 358: Plastic Apocalypse OR The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Kids
Folks, we're back from our totally legit venture into the future where we watched the 2nd episode of The War Between the Land and the Sea...Plastic Apocalypse!! Overall, we're still enjoying this series, but there were some holes and plot…
- Episode 357: Homo Aqua OR Twenty Thousand Leagues Out of His Depth
Friends, we have been to the future and back! We can't tell you when The War Between the Land and the Sea will air on Disney+ (or what 2026 looks like at that point), but we can go into detail about the first episode of this five-part seri…
- Podcastica Episode 356: Prisoners of Time Ch. 9-12 OR MTV's Remote Control Frobisher
Well, friends, we have reached our final episode of 2025 and the final installment of the Prisoners of Time comic book adventure! This time we have a fairly flimsy 9th Doctor story that really only seems there to reveal who our villain is.…
- Podcastica Episode 355: Prisoners of Time Ch 5-8 OR Attack of the Mac Tonights!
This time we continue on with Prisoners of Time! Chapters 5 through 8 in which we wonder many things! We wonder why the 5th Doctor appears to be 12 years old. We wonder where this bad ass 6th Doctor has been all our lives. We wonder if it'…
- Podcastica Episode 354: Prisoners of Time Ch 1-4 OR LA Water and Power Can't Stop Us!
Well, here's something new, friends! We're reviewing a comic book Doctor Who story! Well, stories would be more accurate because Prisoners of Time was originally a year-long 12 issue miniseries from IDW to celebrate Doctor Who's 50th anniv…
- Podcastica Episode 353: Dark Watchers of California OR Cryptid Creepin' on the Coast
Friends, we are firmly entrenched in Fall and it's high time we finally review Riley Silverman's "Dark Watchers of California" from Big Finish! Susie, fleeing a traumatic experience back in San Francisco, heads south to Big Sur (circa 1966…
- Podcastica Episode 352: The Fantasy Season featuring Ben Paddon from Jump Leads!
What happens when two American fans of a British science fiction show get their British friend to fan cast a fictional America season of the British show complete with American actors? Chaos. You get absolute chaos! This time, we're join b…
- Podcastica Episode 351: The Amblin Season OR This Doctor Likes His Guns
This time we continue down the rabbit hole of Doctor Who that Could Have Been but Never Was and take a peek inside the Leekley Bible (no, that's not the one in your motel room nightstand!) that would have potentially been made into the 8th…
- Podcastica Episode 350: The Stories Untold OR Episodes That Could Have Been
Friends, we have been talking about this idea for at least a year and now we are finally here. EPISODE 350!! In this episode, we each pick three unproduced Doctor Who stories, flesh them out, fancast them, and pitch them to each other. Thi…
- Podcastica Episode 349: Colony in Space OR The Master is Grunkle Stan with a Smoke Bomb
A couple days late, but worth the wait! As we reach the cusp of episode 350, we first look at the Jon Pertwee story Colony in Space. It's a little bit of a middling story, but there are some notable firsts, some great action, and a surpris…
- Podcastica Episode 348: The Moonbase OR Stupid Earth Brains
This time we continue our escape into Classic Doctor Who with the 2nd Doctor adventure The Moonbase! One half animated, one half live action, we find ourselves on the moon in 2070 where a single base with a single Graviton beam is somehow…
- Podcastica Episode 347: The Ice Warriors OR No, John, That's a Real Bear
What does 70 pounds get you today? Not much, let's be honest. But in 1967 70 pounds got you an all-day bear rental so you didn't have to waste your money on stock footage!! And that's not the only exciting part of The Ice Warriors! It's a…
- Podcastica Episode 346: The Power of Three OR Black Box Recordings
Well, folks, The Power of Three. Is it a reference to the strength of the Doctor plus his companions? Is it a reference to the "cubed" nature of our villains tools? Is it just something that sounded good in Chibnall's head as he wrote a ra…
- Podcastica Episode 345: The Seeds of Doom OR Avoid the Krynoid
It came from beneath the ice!! Yes, sounds like the start of a 50s b-movie where some alien plant pod falls to Earth in the distant past only to be discovered by mankind and have it germinate and try to take over the world. It probably wou…
- Podcastica Episode 344: The Savages OR The Doctor Who Reacting Vibrator
Ladies and Gents and everyone out there, we are back after basically a month to recover from Ncuti's last episode. And we needed something light, something entertaining and the animated recreation of The Savages fits the bill! Set as somet…
- Podcastica Episode 343: The Reality War OR The Moment Was Not Prepared For
We love a good double-entendre alternate title. And that might be one of the only good things about The Reality War. Honestly, folks, we are a positive podcast. We're always looking for the things we like in even the least enjoyable story…
- Podcastica Episode 342: Wish World OR Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doubt
Oh boy, oh boy friends! Here we are...the penultimate episode of the season! And nothing is as it seems! Yes, sure, there's a bit of set up for what hopefully will be an insane season finale, but that's what penultimate episodes do, right?…
- Podcastica Episode 341: The Interstellar Song Contest OR Play JaJa Ding Dong!
Oh boy, friends, do we have a lot to unpack! The Interstellar Song Contest has come and gone. Dugga Doo didn't win. And for that we riot!! Wait, that's not the biggest bit of news from this episode? Oh. Oh yes! There is lots and lots more!…
- Podcastica Episode 340: The Story and The Engine OR Barbershop Under Siege
The Story and The Engine is a fantastic story. That's it, that's the post. It's well written, it tells a story that we don't really see in Doctor Who, it's amazing to look at, and it provides representation where we really really haven't h…
- Podcastica Episode 339: Lucky Day OR Just Taze Him, Bro!
Well, despite a few bits of logic we just couldn't quite reconcile, we still really enjoyed Lucky Day. Much like last season's Dot and Bubble, we have a good script and a character that's crafted specifically for us to hate him. We have a…
- Podcastica Episode 338: The Well OR Shouting Hello Into the Void!
Well, we knew Lux was going to be a hard act to follow, but The Well does a bang-up job! And, by that, we mean that it's the entity banging these poor troopers all over the room in that one scene! Yeah, fantastic performances from everyone…
- Podcastica Episode 337: Lux OR Here Comes the Sun
Oh boy! Oh friends! People have said the perfect episode of Doctor Who doesn't exist. That may be true, but we feel like Lux comes pretty darn close! Yes, there are some small nitpicks we have with the story, but they are but a match head…
- Podcastica Episode 336: The Robot Revolution OR The Two Ranis
"I'll stop the world and weld with you! I've seen some changes and..." ...they don't exactly make for a smooth start to the new season! That's right friends, Doctor Who is back for a new season and kind of like last season we start with a…
- Podcastica Episode 335: Doctor Who & the Silurians OR The Bananas in Pajamas Connection
With just a couple weeks left until the new season of Doctor Who, we're cramming in Doctor Who and the Silurians! Pertwee's second story is part-mystery, part-medical drama, and loaded with sci-fi fun! While we wonder if the story needed t…
- Podcastica Episode 334: The Invasion OR The Rise of Vaughn and Packer
Friends, it's time once again to get into some classic Doctor Who! And we have a special treat this time, our good friend Lena Barkin (self-confessed 2nd Doctor and Jamie aficionado)! Together we review the only 8-part story in the show's…
- Podcastica Episode 333: Dark Season OR Dude, You're Getting a Dell!
Folks, we are back into the swing of things post-Gallifrey One and we have our annual post-Gally "episode suggested by our friend Mike"! This time around, Mike has suggested RTD's very first series: Dark Season! Originally made for kids ba…
- PODcastica - Episode 332: Gallifrey One 2025 Day Two!
Hello once again from GALLIFREY ONE! Join us as we recap our Saturday which involved the Podcaster's Meet Up, Whovians Who Tiki, and the West Coast Premiere of inDoctornated! We hope each and everyone one of you had a fantastic con!
- PODcastica - Episode 331: Gallifrey One 2025 Day One!
Greetings, Whovians! Join us as we recap out DAY ONE of Gallifrey One 2025 live from the lobby of the LAX Marriott!
- PODcastica - Episode 330: Gallifrey One 2025 DAY ZERO
GREETINGS WHOVIANS! We are LIVE from Gallifrey One 35! We talk about our Day Zero and what we're looking forward to seeing on Day One!
- Podcastica Episode 329: The Wheel in Space OR Finnegan Smash!
Ladies and gents and everyone inbetween, the boys are back! Yes, after the LA Fires delayed our planned recording date a couple weeks ago, we've returned to the mic to bring you our review of The Wheel in Space which has has 2/3 of the epi…
- Podcastica Episode 328: Joy to the World OR A Star is Born
Now that our holiday commitments are done, we're back to review the 2024 Doctor Who Christmas Special "Joy to the World"! Frankly, we loved this Moffat-penned adventure. So be prepared for us to say lots of good things about the show we lo…
- Podcastica Episode 327: Planet of the Ood OR Under the Oodfluence
Something ood is afoot in the Ood Sphere! Yes, it's capitalism and exploitation come to wreck yet another civilization! Aren't we humans grand? Yes, this time we watch the wintry classic Planet of the Ood and weigh its message against the…
- Podcastica Episode 326: The Fires of Pompeii OR It Was A Rock Monster!!
Well, if you have "Rock Lobster" by The B-52s stuck in your head now, you're welcome. Because this time we review The Fires of Pompeii! Guest stars of future past, the world through Donna's eyes, and a wicked twist to the choice the Doctor…
- Podcastica Episode 325: The Shakespeare Code OR Hail! Hail Freedonia!
Well, we're clearly coming out of something of an election hangover and while there's work to be done on that front, we're also coping with a bit of Doctor Who! This time we compared The Shakespeare Code to a summer's day! And it held up p…
- Podcastica Episode 324: Vote Smith and Jones 2024
Friends, have you voted yet? Do you perhaps need something to keep you company while you wait in line? Or maybe something to prevent you from doomscrolling your way through the day? Well, then let us offer you about an hour's respite from…
- Podcastica Episode 323: New Earth OR Bouncy Castle Living
Well, here's something new for your week...our review of New Earth! We'll spare you all the superfluous "New"s and instead point out that we forgot how solid this story was. It's one part Freaky Friday and two parts Night of the Living Dea…
- Podcastica Episode 322: The Parting of the Ways OR Dalek Harvest Festival
Naturally, we had to follow Bad Wolf with The Parting of the Ways! We look back at the first season finale of Modern Who and remember what it was like to experience this all for the first time, what a bigger surprise it would have been if…
- Podcastica Episode 321: Bad Wolf OR Lynda with a Why
If watching Eccleston's penultimate episode this week has taught us anything, it's that even the deep future of humanity is going to still be fixated on late 20th and early 21st century pop culture! Your guess as to why is just as good as…
- Podcastica Episode 320: The Sensorites OR A Very Scooby Story
He wouldn't have gotten away with it, too! If it wasn't for those meddling kids and their crotchety old Time Lord! Yes, this week we watched The Sensorites! Honestly, a pretty good six-parter that wasn't exactly fast-paced and full of acti…
- Podcastica Episode 319: The Mutants OR Quantum of Solos
Well, folks, we were warned. We were warned that The Mutants was going to be a bit of a slog. And let us tell you, it was definitely a bit of a slog. Especially after Fear Her. But! It wasn't all bad. We worked our magic and found what we…