New Who reviews

Podcast N175 The Power of The Doctor (re-review) The Eighth Doctor > The Fifth Doctor > The First Doctor > The Fugitive Doctor > The Seventh Doctor > The Sixth Doctor > The Tenth Doctor > The Thirteenth Doctor > Ace > Dan Lewis > Graham O'Brien > Ian Chesterton > Jo Grant > Melanie Bush > Tegan Jovanka > Yasmin Khan > CyberMasters > Daleks > Kate Stewart > U.N.I.T. > Ashad (The Lone Cyberman) > The Master

It’s the end of an era as Doc is joined by old friends and selves to save the world one last time before she regenerates

Podcast N174 Legend of the Sea Devils — The 2022 Easter Special The Thirteenth Doctor > Dan Lewis > Yasmin Khan > Giant Sea Snake > Hua-Shen > Sea Devils > Pirates

Countless plot holes, and two wasted historicals land this not-so-Special somewhere in the bottom-two of the Whittaker era

Podcast N173 Eve of the Daleks — The 2022 New Year’s Day Special (re-review) The Thirteenth Doctor > Dan Lewis > Yasmin Khan > Dalek Executioners

Happy New Year, Whittaker era! And how better to celebrate than with beefy beans and countless countdowns?

Podcast N172 The Vanquishers (Flux, part 6) The Thirteenth Doctor > Dan Lewis > Yasmin Khan > Cybermen > Daleks > Lupari > Passenger form > Sontarans > Tigmi > Bel > Eustacius Jericho > Kate Stewart > Vinder > Azure > Swarm

Three Doctors, Time personified, and the undoing of pretty much every single character arc this season

Podcast N171 Survivors of the Flux (Flux, part 5) The Thirteenth Doctor > Dan Lewis > Yasmin Khan > Lupari > Ood > Passenger form > Time Lords > Weeping Angels > Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart > Eustacius Jericho > Kate Stewart > Tecteun > U.N.I.T. > Vinder > Azure > Grand Serpent > Swarm

The Mummy Returns, The Serpent is the Plain Foe, and Indiyaza Jones and the Candle of Tomb

Podcast N170 Village of the Angels (Flux, part 4) The Thirteenth Doctor > Dan Lewis > Yasmin Khan > Passenger form > Weeping Angels > Eustacius Jericho > Vinder > Azure

Not wholly sensical, but probably the best use of Weeping Angels since Blink!

Podcast N169 Once, Upon Time (Flux, part 3) The Fugitive Doctor > The Thirteenth Doctor > Dan Lewis > Yasmin Khan > Alforians > Cybermen > Daleks > Lupari > Mouri > Passenger form > Priest Triangle > Tigmi > Time Mites > Weeping Angels > Tecteun > Vinder > Grand Serpent

A temporal clip show that leaves a good few questions unanswered

Podcast N168 War of the Sontarans (Flux, part 2) The Thirteenth Doctor > Dan Lewis > Yasmin Khan > Mouri > Passenger form > Priest Triangle > Sontarans > Vinder > Azure > Swarm > Mary Seacole

A pluri-temporal tater invasion splinters the fam across history while the baddies provide time stream tech support

Podcast N167 The Halloween Apocalypse (Flux, part 1 – re-review) The Thirteenth Doctor > Dan Lewis > Yasmin Khan > Kill Disks > Lupari > Sontarans > Weeping Angels > Vinder > Azure > Swarm

All in all, yeah, a pretty promising thrill-ride season opener

Podcast N166 Revolution of the Daleks — The 2021 New Year’s Special (re-review) The Thirteenth Doctor > Captain Jack Harkness > Graham O'Brien > Ryan Sinclair > Yasmin Khan > Daleks > Death Squad Daleks > Ood > Pting > Reconnaissance Dalek > Silence > Sycorax > Weeping Angels

After Captain Jack breaks Doc out of not-Shada, they team up with the Scoobies for one last adventure as a fam