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It's a big one this week - the episode we watched, and the episode we recorded! On this week's extra-chunky episode, we discussed the 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor", plus the attached mini-episodes, "The Night of the Doctor" and "The Last Day". It's a huge, momentous adventure for the Doctor and the Doctor and the Doctor, with massive implications for the series! Will Steven Moffat rise to the occasion and produce a banger (or a sausage as they call it over there)? Well, no spoilers here, but let's just say Clara didn't annoy us at all this…

Our pool of remaining Ecclesodes continues to shrink, as we watch S1E8, "Father's Day"! Oh no! It's an episode that really makes you think about how we should all treasure the limited time we have with the people we care about, in terms of how few Ninth Doctor episodes we have left. Also, we watch Rose's dad get run over a couple of times. Yeowch! Sam | Jordan Twitter | Cohost | Tumblr | Patreon | Discord | YouTube

Sorry to kill the suspense before you've even listened to the episode, but the RNG has failed us again this week! It decided we should watch S12E7, "Rock Never Dies", and it was wrong about that. They've got a special guest star / rock star this week, and they decided we should spend more time with him than with the main cast. They didn't even make him play guitar! What's the point?! At least we've got a bumbling sicko here to ease our pain by experiencing some of his own. Sam | Jordan Twitter | Cohost | Tumblr | Patreon…

Merry Christmas, again! For the second week in a row, we've got a very special holiday episode. This time, it's the series 2 Christmas special, "The Christmas Invasion"! It's the first Tenth Doctor episode, and he's got a lot to learn about himself, once he's done snoozing. Meanwhile, Earth is being attacked by mostly-irrelevant Santabots and mainly the Sycorax. How will Harriet Jones get us out of this one? She's the prime minister, by the way! Sam | Jordan Twitter | Cohost | Tumblr | Patreon | Discord | YouTube

We had a great time last week, so the RNG decided to pull us back into the Annoying Era with the series 7 Christmas special, "The Snowmen"! Last time we saw Clara, we felt like she was an annoying fanfic character cut out and pasted into the real show Doctor Who. How will we feel now that we're meeting her properly in her first episode? Well... turns out we're very insightful and never wrong about anything! Sam | Jordan Twitter | Cohost | Tumblr | Patreon | Discord | YouTube

We're stepping out of the Backpack Era - no matter what Jordan says - and into the Episode Directly Before Legend of the Sea Devils Era with the first 2022 special, "Eve of the Daleks"! It's a refreshing reminder that Chris Chibnall really can make a great Doctor Who episode. Maybe there's joy to be found in very very recent Doctor Who after all! Watch this episode a few times and you'll agree. (Also, something went wrong with Jordan's recording and we had to use the worse-sounding backup! Sorry!) Sam | Jordan Twitter | Cohost | Tumblr | Patreon |…

Another week in the Backpack Era! We're watching S12E6, "Praxeus", an episode about a killer virus that had the misfortune of coming out right at the start of the pandemic. The team have split up to investigate several exciting locales, some of which are even interesting! Also, there are Unusual Energy Patterns in Hong Kong. What a nice change of pace! Sam | Jordan Twitter | Cohost | Tumblr | Patreon | Discord | YouTube

One of the joys of this format is that every once in a while, the show throws a curveball at us that sounds like a fun time and ends up being a real brainburner. Such is the case with series 8 episode 3, "Robot of Sherwood". On the Doctor Who political compass, this episode is resting comfortably in the square labeled "stupid" and "bad". The characters are across-the-board annoying this week, and the story is totally incoherent. At least it's a fun disaster! Sam | Jordan Twitter | Cohost | Tumblr | Patreon | Discord | YouTube