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Outro Music: "Killing Moon" performed by Echo and the Bunnymen

Outro Music: "Killing Moon" performed by Echo and the Bunnymen

In this week’s episode we discuss Knock, Knock. We give our impressions of the story and share our likes and dislikes about the episode.

Plus, we are all three fresh off seeing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, so be warned, SPOILERS abound about that film. Discussion begins around the 8:30 mark and continue until about 28 minutes in.

Also, some news of the week, including Big Finish Torchwood news.

And, of course, your feedback.

Enjoy!

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Erika and Steven jump forward once again to series 1 of “new” Who with “The Long Game”. This story that has a surprising number of parallels with “The Time Meddler”, which they just finished. And both realize they like it more than the remembered!

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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Erika and Steven jump forward once again to series 1 of “new” Who with “The Long Game”. This story that has a surprising number of parallels with “The Time Meddler”, which they just finished. And both realize they like it more than the remembered!

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

Outro Music: “Killing Moon” performed by Echo and the Bunnymen

Outro Music: “Killing Moon” performed by Echo and the Bunnymen

In this week’s episode we discuss Knock, Knock. We give our impressions of the story and share our likes and dislikes about the episode.

Plus, we are all three fresh off seeing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, so be warned, SPOILERS abound about that film. Discussion begins around the 8:30 mark and continue until about 28 minutes in.

Also, some news of the week, including Big Finish Torchwood news.

And, of course, your feedback.

Enjoy!

Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, the Real Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 1986 Doctor Who TV story ‘The Ultimate Foe’ and the 1999 film ‘The Matrix’, play a game of virtual Tea Duelling, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 00:58 — Welcome!
• 02:27 – News:
• 02:41 — Doctor Who: Series 10 (2016) already confirmed.
• 04:44 — Thunderbirds: Three new 1960s episodes to be made.
• 06:19 — Doctor Who: Titan Comics Eigth Doctor (Paul McGann) mini-series.
• 08:44 — Colin Baker: Last Man on Earth short film funded.
• 09:30 — Strangeness in Space: First episode now released, for free.
• 10:00 — Patrick Stewart: On wife’s music tour.
• 11:32 — Colin Baker: Fallen out with DWM?
• 13:14 – Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe.
• 32:51 – Tea Duelling.
• 39:58 – The Matrix (1999 film).
• 53:36 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
• 56:16 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 57:38 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Wikipedia: Thunderbirds (TV Series).
• Kickstarter: Thunderbirds 1965 – New episodes from 1960s recordings.
• Titan Comics.
• Colin Baker.
• Strangeness in Space.
• Wikipedia: Patrick Stewart.
• Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Ultimate Foe.
• Wikipedia: The Matrix.
• YouTube: William Shatner – Sprout Clangers.
• Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
• Google+: Staggering Stories Page.

Toni and Joe are joined by Chris Cherry to discuss rooster knowledge, a gun with balls, and the Mighty Bouch in the Classic Doctor Who serial The Face of Evil.

This episode is brought to you by Friend of Rassilon Matt Golden. If you're interested in being a Friend of Rassilon, click here.

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Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

This week Paul and Phil hide under the couch as they review the haunted house themed episode Knock Knock, episode 4 of this series of Doctor Who! Co-starring the ever brilliant David Suchet, this week sees the Doctor helping Bill move house and show everyone his love of Little Mix. And were Paul and Phil scared witless? Were they reduced to quivering mounds of jelly (to be fair they both look like that anyway)? Tune in to find out!

And in the news this week, Torchwood gets a sequel to Miracle Day courtesy of Big Finish, Series 10 DVD/BluRay news, a new Doctor Who interactive game on Skype, plus Omega's Stats and Tat Corners!

Kate from Who Wars joins Jonathan as they talk all things Star Wars.

News:

1. Where is Rob? He is at Gencon this week.

2. Jar Jar could have been MJ http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/24/michael-jackson-wanted-to-play-jar-jar-binks-in-star-wars-prequels

3. Rumour - Star Wars Live Action TV - Could they be considering using Star Wars Level 1313 scripts?
   http://www.cinelinx.com/tv/item/8034-star-wars-live-action-tv-update-netflix-bound-exclusive.html

4. Benicio Del Toro rumoured as a villain for Episode VIII
   http://variety.com/2015/film/news/benicio-del-toro-star-wars-episode-viii-villain-1201544367/

Comics:

Star Wars Issue issue 7 We love old Ben stories.

Kanan The Last Padawan issue 4 A boy and his alien.

Throwback section:

What is our favourite written Star Wars Story (book or comic) and why?

Show Notes:

Jonathan Williams
https://twitter.com/nerdstitute

Robert Wanless
https://twitter.com/mingoose

Kate
https://twitter.com/Kamiduu

Toni and Joe are joined by Chris Cherry to discuss rooster knowledge, a gun with balls, and the Mighty Bouch in the Classic Doctor Who serial The Face of Evil.

This episode is brought to you by Friend of Rassilon Matt Golden. If you're interested in being a Friend of Rassilon, click here.

Download * YouTube * RSS * Patreon * iTunes * Stitcher * Google Play * ESO Network

Erika and Steven jump forward once again to series 1 of “new” Who with “The Long Game”. This story that has a surprising number of parallels with “The Time Meddler”, which they just finished. And both realize they like it more than the remembered!

1.07

Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

Toni and Joe are joined by Chris Cherry to discuss rooster knowledge, a gun with balls, and the Mighty Bouch in the Classic Doctor Who serial The Face of Evil.

This episode is brought to you by Friend of Rassilon Matt Golden. If you're interested in being a Friend of Rassilon, click here.

Download • YouTube • RSS • Patreon • iTunes • Stitcher • Google Play • ESO Network

Erika and Steven jump forward once again to series 1 of “new” Who with “The Long Game”. This story that has a surprising number of parallels with “The Time Meddler”, which they just finished. And both realize they like it more than the remembered!

1.07

Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

Alyssa, author of the Whovian Feminism blog (whovianfeminism.tumblr.com), wrote an essay called "A Love Letter to My Problematic Favs." In it, she said:

I try to let myself love my favorite characters as much as I can, even when they can sometimes make me so uncomfortable I can't bear to watch them onscreen. I try to defend them against criticism I think is unfair (after all, female characters come in for a disproportionate amount of sexist criticism), while at the same time trying to keep my mind open to new critical perspectives.

Maintaining a healthy perspective is tough, and we don't always strike the right balance. But ultimately, that challenge can be a rewarding experience. In struggling to come to terms with all the ways I love and have been let down by my problematic favs, I think I've become a better feminist and fangirl.

Chip invited Alyssa to reflect a month later on what she wrote. As fate would have it, that turned out to be the same time that representation and fan entitlement became a hot topic.

Alyssa, author of the Whovian Feminism blog (whovianfeminism.tumblr.com), wrote an essay called "A Love Letter to My Problematic Favs." In it, she said:

I try to let myself love my favorite characters as much as I can, even when they can sometimes make me so uncomfortable I can't bear to watch them onscreen. I try to defend them against criticism I think is unfair (after all, female characters come in for a disproportionate amount of sexist criticism), while at the same time trying to keep my mind open to new critical perspectives.

Maintaining a healthy perspective is tough, and we don't always strike the right balance. But ultimately, that challenge can be a rewarding experience. In struggling to come to terms with all the ways I love and have been let down by my problematic favs, I think I've become a better feminist and fangirl.

Chip invited Alyssa to reflect a month later on what she wrote. As fate would have it, that turned out to be the same time that representation and fan entitlement became a hot topic.

This week Paul and Phil hide under the couch as they review the haunted house themed episode Knock Knock, episode 4 of this series of Doctor Who! Co-starring the ever brilliant David Suchet, this week sees the Doctor helping Bill move house and show everyone his love of Little Mix. And were Paul and Phil scared witless? Were they reduced to quivering mounds of jelly (to be fair they both look like that anyway)? Tune in to find out!

And in the news this week, Torchwood gets a sequel to Miracle Day courtesy of Big Finish, Series 10 DVD/BluRay news, a new Doctor Who interactive game on Skype, plus Omega's Stats and Tat Corners!

Toni and Joe are joined by Chris Cherry to discuss rooster knowledge, a gun with balls, and the Mighty Bouch in the Classic Doctor Who serial The Face of Evil.

This episode is brought to you by Friend of Rassilon Matt Golden. If you're interested in being a Friend of Rassilon, click here.

Download • YouTube • RSS • Patreon • iTunes • Stitcher • Google Play • ESO Network

Toni and Joe are joined by Chris Cherry to discuss rooster knowledge, a gun with balls, and the Mighty Bouch in the Classic Doctor Who serial The Face of Evil.

This episode is brought to you by Friend of Rassilon Matt Golden. If you're interested in being a Friend of Rassilon, click here.

Download • YouTube • RSS • Patreon • iTunes • Stitcher • Google Play • ESO Network

Toni and Joe are joined by Chris Cherry to discuss rooster knowledge, a gun with balls, and the Mighty Bouch in the Classic Doctor Who serial The Face of Evil.

This episode is brought to you by Friend of Rassilon Matt Golden. If you're interested in being a Friend of Rassilon, click here.

Download • YouTube • RSS • Patreon • iTunes • Stitcher • Google Play • ESO Network

Toni and Joe are joined by Chris Cherry to discuss rooster knowledge, a gun with balls, and the Mighty Bouch in the Classic Doctor Who serial The Face of Evil.

This episode is brought to you by Friend of Rassilon Matt Golden. If you're interested in being a Friend of Rassilon, click here.

Download • YouTube • RSS • Patreon • iTunes • Stitcher • Google Play • ESO Network

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Steven and Erika complete 1965’s “The Time Meddler”, and thus, season 2 of Doctor Who! It’s time for more monkerey!

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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Steven and Erika complete 1965’s “The Time Meddler”, and thus, season 2 of Doctor Who! It’s time for more monkerey!

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

This week Paul and Phil hide under the couch as they review the haunted house themed episode Knock Knock, episode 4 of this series of Doctor Who! Co-starring the ever brilliant David Suchet, this week sees the Doctor helping Bill move house and show everyone his love of Little Mix. And were Paul and Phil scared witless? Were they reduced to quivering mounds of jelly (to be fair they both look like that anyway)? Tune in to find out!

And in the news this week, Torchwood gets a sequel to Miracle Day courtesy of Big Finish, Series 10 DVD/BluRay news, a new Doctor Who interactive game on Skype, plus Omega's Stats and Tat Corners!

Toni and Joe are joined by Chris Cherry to discuss rooster knowledge, a gun with balls, and the Mighty Bouch in the Classic Doctor Who serial The Face of Evil.

This episode is brought to you by Friend of Rassilon Matt Golden. If you're interested in being a Friend of Rassilon, click here.

Download • YouTube • RSS • Patreon • iTunes • Stitcher • Google Play • ESO Network

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

Steven and Erika complete 1965’s “The Time Meddler”, and thus, season 2 of Doctor Who! It’s time for more monkerey!

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Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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In a strange universe, in the distant future, the President, Vice-President and Treasurer of the Prentis Hancock Appreciation Society, Brendan, Richard and Nathan, meet to discuss shower curtains, detergent bottles and undeserved survival in Planet of Evil.

Buy the stories!

Planet of Evil was released on DVD in 2007/2008. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

Notes and links

Richard and Brendan are quick to identify this story’s main sources: Howard Hawks’ The Thing From Another World (1951), Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) and Forbidden Planet (1956).

In Stanislaw Lem’s [Solaris (1961)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_(novel)), the members of a scientific expedition are studied and psychologically traumatised by the sentient ocean of an alien planet.

Ponti is played by Louis Mahoney, who also appears in Frontier in Space and Blink, but perhaps he is most famous as a doctor in the Fawlty Towers episode, The Germans.

The Haunting of BBC Television Centre: can anyone explain the mysterious face that appears on the ship’s screen in Part 3 after the Doctor has fallen into the pond?

Fans of the way Brendan’s mind works will enjoy this picture of a giant frog from Alex Kidd in Miracle World (1986), which looks eerily familiar. To him.

Follow us!

Brendan is on Twitter as @critiqaltheory, Nathan is @nathanbottomley, Todd is @toddbeilby, and Richard’s Twitter account has fallen into a black pond full of antimatter. You can follow the podcast on Twitter as @FTEpodcast.

We’re also on Facebook, and you can check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com. And please consider rating or reviewing us on iTunes, or we’ll sneak into your lunchbox and fill your thermos full of dry ice.

Meanwhile, elsewhere on the internet...

We’ve launched our new project, Bondfinger, with our first commentary on Dr. No (1962). You can keep up with all the Bondfinger news on Twitter and Facebook.

Steven and Erika complete 1965’s “The Time Meddler”, and thus, season 2 of Doctor Who! It’s time for more monkerey!

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Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 336
Running time: 2:02:25

The chemistry of companions in Doctor Who and their transitions, plus news, feedback, and more. Hosted by Louis Trapani, Dave Cooper, Lee Shackleford, and Kyle Jones.

Presented to you by the Gallifreyan Embassy and is a production of Art Trap Productions.

This podcast is made possible in part by and is brought to you by Podshock Supporting Subscribers and from donations from listeners like you.

Get the DWP Podcast Companion App for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

This episode is also brought to you by Audible. Visit http://podshock.net for the link to your FREE audio-book download with free trial.

Do you want the Enhanced Podcast AAC file format? Get our Enhanced Podcast version of this episode using our feed at http://www.gallifreyanembassy.org/podshock/podshock.xml.

In a strange universe, in the distant future, the President, Vice-President and Treasurer of the Prentis Hancock Appreciation Society, Brendan, Richard and Nathan, meet to discuss shower curtains, detergent bottles and undeserved survival in Planet of Evil.

Buy the stories!

Planet of Evil was released on DVD in 2007/2008. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

Notes and links

Richard and Brendan are quick to identify this story’s main sources: Howard Hawks’ The Thing From Another World (1951), Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) and Forbidden Planet (1956).

In Stanislaw Lem’s [Solaris (1961)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_(novel)), the members of a scientific expedition are studied and psychologically traumatised by the sentient ocean of an alien planet.

Ponti is played by Louis Mahoney, who also appears in Frontier in Space and Blink, but perhaps he is most famous as a doctor in the Fawlty Towers episode, The Germans.

The Haunting of BBC Television Centre: can anyone explain the mysterious face that appears on the ship’s screen in Part 3 after the Doctor has fallen into the pond?

Fans of the way Brendan’s mind works will enjoy this picture of a giant frog from Alex Kidd in Miracle World (1986), which looks eerily familiar. To him.

Follow us!

Brendan is on Twitter as @brandybongos, Nathan is @nathanbottomley, Todd is @toddbeilby, and Richard’s Twitter account has fallen into a black pond full of antimatter. You can follow the podcast on Twitter as @FTEpodcast.

We’re also on Facebook, and you can check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com. And please consider rating or reviewing us on iTunes, or we’ll sneak into your lunchbox and fill your thermos full of dry ice.

Meanwhile, elsewhere on the internet...

We’ve launched our new project, Bondfinger, with our first commentary on Dr. No (1962). You can keep up with all the Bondfinger news on Twitter and Facebook.