STOP THE PRESSES! IT’S ALL HAPPENING!
Unfortunately, the horse has bolted and we have airdates and new artwork for the 60th Anniversary Specials dropping the night before a new podcast! Ah well.
At least you horrible lot get to enjoy the new ep nice and early!
LINK: https://youtu.be/gJTBGDgw6GA
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2023-10-25 19:19:17 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the second-to-last instalment in Big Finish's 60th Anniversary saga, Once and Future!
The 9th and Unbound Doctors come together under the shadow of the Time Lord Immemorial, but are the story developments that we uncover too little, too late? And can Matt and Billy unpack exactly where Big Finish started to lose their way and goodwill with their captive audience?
LINK: https://youtu.b...
2023-10-19 06:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all,
We've been pestered for the last few months to deliver a trailer to be played across the podcasts on the Pickaxe network. And we've finally done it! Thanks for all the suggestions for clips to play to represent the show - I hope we've warned new listeners/viewers to expect plenty of naughtiness and some daft laughs'n'that.
Also, here's us totally fucking up every attempt to record this in a professional manner - the bloopers, if you willllll: 2023-10-17 19:29:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Well this is some good timing eh?
Recorded for Pickaxe Week 2023 in September and in light of the recent news that 800 episodes of Doctor Who will drop on BBC iPlayer on 1 November, we put forward suggestions for the best stories to watch if you’re new to the greatest show in the galaxy, and we look at the individual Doctor results in DWM’s 60th Anniversary poll!
LINK: https://youtu.be/BOYaVUVdFZA 2023-10-11 21:58:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Sweaty men in latex squeezing themselves into tight spaces. But enough about what your Dad gets up to at the weekend - it's time to dive into the hot, sticky world of Doctor Who baddies with Reeltime Pictures' 1996 direct-to-video documentary, I Was a Doctor Who Monster! - based on an idea by a certain Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith.
Ever wanted to know what it’s like to play a Sensorite? Or a Mandrel? Or a Marshman? No? Fair enough, they're D-Tier villains at best. ...
2023-10-05 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright, dudes? What’s going down in Groovetown then?
It’s October. Didn’t September fly by? Scary if you ask me. Defo something you notice more as you get older - how the year just seems to skip ahead of you!
Hello to our new RoDers and greetings to our returning Patreon supporters, many of whom have upgraded their pledges for early access and invites to the Discord server. And what a community that’s become - there’s even a meet up being organised in Manchester this we...
2023-10-03 03:36:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes yes yes oh yes. All the rampant speculation you didn’t know you needed. What a trailer! Let’s break it down and get ahead of ourselves!
LINK: https://youtu.be/VgDnQAHJOZk
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2023-09-25 17:35:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Matt and Billy have never been massive fans of the 10th Doctor and Missy...nor Vastra, Jenny and Strax. Will the latest Once and Future instalment 'The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50' change their minds or like the foil detailing on physical copies of the range, will the shine finally wear off this celebratory saga? Will Missy be hit with a sex assault charge? And will Billy ever be able to see the Eye of Harmony in the same way again after conflating it with Michelle Gomez's nethe...
2023-09-21 06:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey gang!
Hope you enjoyed this week's podcast - won't lie, it was a struggle coming up with in-depth talking points for a story that only has one surviving episode and a reconstruction which has no telesnaps available! But as always, we had more to say than we expected and the TARDIS Tier List was a nice way of rounding out a podcast episode that may have not been everyone's cup of tea (tends to be the case that lesser known and half-completed stories don't have the same audience as, s...
2023-09-15 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
A bumper episode with the return of the RoD Tier List of Terror and a review of ‘The Celestial Toymaker’ for…reasons!
LINK: https://youtu.be/yi-FsEHPZBw
Enjoy,
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2023-09-13 08:14:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Matt's back with Billy for the fourth instalment in Big Finish's Once and Future series, 'Two's Company'!
Jackie Tyler! Harry Sullivan! Lady Christina! And the kitchen sink! Are we any closer to understanding what Once and Future is all about? And what does Jackie get up to on Thursdays at 11 o'clock?
LINK: https://youtu.be/FqWeHcGZrEk
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2023-09-07 06:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all,
A very quick PSA just to let you all know about a new feature Patreon has added; Collections. It's basically a glorified playlist and an easy way to find older posts you might have missed if you joined recently! At the moment there are four Collections to peruse; COMMENTARIES, Q&As, 2023-09-03 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Man, this was a tricky one to sit through.
I'm writing and scheduling this post before recording the episode itself and currently on the TV in front of me is Peter Grimwade's Myth Makers interview (courtesy of the absolute legend on the RoD Discord, gmanpanthro). I want to try and make sense of what I've just watch...
2023-09-02 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Final call for all passengers travelling on Flight BA001 to London Heathrow via prehistoric Earth!
Is this #DoctorWho’s worst ever episode? Everyone who worked on it seems to think so…! 😬
LINK: https://youtu.be/QDY_WhBm92k
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2023-08-30 19:19:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Jump into the Wayback Machine to a simpler time - where action figure adventures reigned supreme on WhoTube and nobody had heard of DWSR. Matt takes us through his memories and practices of putting together these fondly remembered Action Figure Adventures and tries not to cringe himself inside out in the process.
LINK: https://youtu.be/uIN7bhs6mHs
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2023-08-24 06:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We hope you enjoyed this week's episode featuring the Official Josh Snares! It was a blast to record and we'll defo find something for Josh to weigh in on in the future. It's always a different dynamic having someone else join the Sofa of Reasonable Comfort, but it's always fun and Josh was a perfect fit - especially when it came to innuendos and barbed comments, which is about 50% of the podcast, let's be honest.
The other 50% is meticulously researched banter, so once again, here's a ...
2023-08-19 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Yetis! The Brigadier! And the Official Josh Snares! It’s RoD Ep58: The Web of Fear and it’s coming up right now!
LINK: https://youtu.be/aK3tGMqhlZ4
Enjoy folks!
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2023-08-16 17:03:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Billy's flying solo this week, with Matt sunning himself in Italy and nobody willing to admit they're actually following this series and debase themselves by coming onto the Patreon to review it.
The Doctors. The Daleks. AND THE FUCKING HYBRID?! Yes, seriously. It's 'A Genius for War'!
LINK: https://youtu.be/4GxhiuS0YV4
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2023-08-10 12:04:11 +0000 UTC View PostSalutations gentlefolk!
Hope July was a joyous month filled with sunshine and rainbows! If not, at least August is here. And if August throws you a curveball, September is usually pretty great. And if September sucks, don’t worry - at that point, you’re only a couple of months away from Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary!
We’ll try to keep you buoyant whatever the weather here on RoD. Hello and welcome to our new RoDers. It’s a pleasure to have you here and it’s so...
2023-08-07 06:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
You guys seemed to dig reading through Billy's notes from 'Genesis of the Daleks', so here's a look at his scribbles for this week's RoD, 'Planet of the Ood'.
Here we go! Let’s cross our fingers and toes that the news segment in the first half isn’t immediately out of date by the time this goes out on Thursday!
LINK: https://youtu.be/QE2iwxQi1Xs
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2023-08-01 08:30:52 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome one and all to our first public post sharing the Q&A originally intended for Ep57, plus you can vote for our review topic for Ep59!
We thought we wouldn't have much to say about 'Planet of the Ood', but it turns out we did so this was cut for time. Rather than paywall answers to the questions left on our Twitter, we thought it was only fair to put this out for everyone to see.
Aaannnddd...it can act as a taster of what you can expect if you become a supporter of The Re...
2023-07-31 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
In 1988, a crack film unit was sent to Watford by a tinpot production company with an out of work actor. This actor read his lines, walked, and looked around to an adequate standard for a direct-to-video film. If you have a script, if no one else wants the job, and if he's still allowed to mix with the general public....maybe you can hire John Levene.
NOTE: Digital copies of the original 1988 release of Wartime are hard to come by - as a result, we've had to use a pretty poor q...
2023-07-27 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's something we've been planning on sharing for a long time - our notes from the average RoD recording. We've put it off for a while simply because we didn't think it would be of interest to most people and if we were to do it, we fancied compiling them into something with a bit more visual flair than just a bog-standard PDF, with all our confusing shorthand or nonsensical scribbles.
Matt usually makes notes on his phone during a RoD-related-viewing, but Billy takes it all a bit too...
2023-07-20 23:53:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Ooh it’s a biggie! Is ‘Genesis’ a perfect story? And what else did Davros have locked in his safe?
All that and more to come in the latest RoD!
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2023-07-19 17:54:19 +0000 UTC View Post
POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD!
We tackle the hard questions this week and discuss everything from Bottom, to WWE/AEW, Matt's AFAs and everything in between! Thanks for sending in so many great Qs to A - we'll try and do these a bit more regularly, perhaps once a month so we can cover any news that we don't get around to on the regular show!
As mentioned in the video, we'll try and do a commentary for one of Matt's old Action Figure Adventures in the near future, so please let us know wh...
2023-07-17 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Nothing can prepare you for this roller-coster ride through the psyche of Tom Baker. From religious paranoia to...well, that just about covers everything to be honest - this is one of those Doctor Who curios that demands you know as little as possible about it before diving in.
Not for the faint hearted, this 1991 direct-to-video confession tape/therapy session sees the titular Tom take us from his early childhood to senile decline in just over 50 minutes. Along the way we meet...
2023-07-13 06:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey gang!
Wow - this Patreon keeps growing and growing! Hey to all of our new RoDers and salutations to all returning addicts. Hope all is well with you and yours.
Work continues apace in RoD-Land. This Thursday you lovely lot will be exposed to the inner workings of Tom Baker's mind in our Just Who on Earth is Tom Baker? commentary. It's a work of art, honestly - if drinking too much wine and recounting your religious trauma counts as art...I guess it does, actually!
... 2023-07-11 07:50:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Missing episodes found?! How many costumes is Ncuti wearing in Series 14?! And is the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ the biggest fumble in Doctor Who history?
LINK: https://youtu.be/p_ThBjfnfXc
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2023-07-05 20:13:10 +0000 UTC View PostHi-dilly-ho, neighborinos!
Something a bit different today - two segments trimmed from our recent review of 'The Artist at the End of Time' simply because they weren't relevant to what we were talking about.
You may or may not know about a recent incident at the A Day at Devil's End event in Aldbourne, Wiltshire involving Sgt Benton himself, John Levene. If you aren't in the loop...well, here's some context...
2023-07-03 00:00:01 +0000 UTC
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