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Friends and listeners, we give you The Long Game! Voted the worst 9th Doctor story three times in a row, we have to admit that we mostly agree. Simon Pegg guest stars but has to play second fiddle to a poorly animated sack of meat with teeth. The universally panned Adam is here, but we actually find that he serves a purpose in this story. Plus...is the Doctor at least partially to blame for Adam's behavior?

No joke, friends! The April edition of Phenomena City Limits is here!! This month, Seb leads us on an interesting look at both tropical and sidereal astrology! He also shares what got him on this path and then we do a double-blind taste test between Pep...wait, no...that was something else. We do a double-blind test to see which astrology chart (tropical or sidereal) we identify with most!

Hello, internet! Long time, no see, how are you? You good? I love what you've done with your hair! We're back! In this episode I hope you brought the mustard because we brought the catchin' up! We embrace our inner old people and talk about what we've been doing for the past TWO YEARS. Our art is by @ManOverMars and our intro and outro music is Dansez by the band Fasions. We're a proud member of the Night of the Living Geeks network of podcasts, feel free to donate to them at patreon.com/notlg. You can find Nick and Classi on Twitter and Instagram, @wehavesnacks and @classigetssassi on both platforms.

We accept that the animated recreations of missing Doctor Who episodes can be a little hit and miss at times. But, really, at the end of the day, we're glad that these stories exist in more than just black and white tele-snaps for viewers to enjoy! And, while we weren't bowled over by the animation this time, there's still lots to enjoy. So grab your air tanks (or just become a fish person) and join us under the sea for The Underwater Menace!

The Android Invasion probably won't be making anyone's list for most amazing 4th Doctor story ever. But that doesn't mean there aren't any enjoyable parts to the story. We have some crazy looking androids, the Kraal are...maybe rhino people?! And there are some plot twist that, we have to admit, we didn't really see coming. So join us for a quick episode as we review The Android Invasion!

After a slight delay, episode two of Phenomena City Limits is here! This month, Seb takes the helm and leads us down an interesting path as he investigates The Orion Cube! Whether it's a bit of disinformation popping up across multiple stories or a piece of actual alien tech, the tale of the Orion Cube is definitely a wild ride!

London 1965!! Remember when that was a thing? Well, we're back from Gallifrey One and friend of the show MA Solko has given us The Chase to watch. Not because it's a stinker, but because it's awesome. And, boy, was he right. Not a perfect story, but a wild romp across space and time! Amongst other things, The Chase may feature our favorite cliffhanger of all time and one of the funniest scenes in all of Doctor Who!

Hello again, fellow WHOVIANS! We're back with our DAY TWO recap of Gallifrey One 2024! We talk about Idiot's Lantern, Game of Rassilon, Alex Kingston, the Tiki meet up, and much more!

GREETINGS WHOVIANS! John and Taylor are LIVE from the lobby of the LAX Marriott to give you their recaps of Gallifrey One Day Zero & Day One! We hope everyone is having a lovely con.

On the surface, Planet of the Spiders is another 6-part story that probably would be better served as four. However, as a send-off for Jon Pertwee's Doctor, it's an absolutely bonkers adventure full of karate chops, Palpatine-esque lightning, a huge car chase, crazy Halloween-castoff spiders looking to rule the universe, callbacks to The Green Death and Jo, and so much more! So if you're on your way to Gallifrey One or just need to escape the world for an hour, join us for our 300th episode and Planet of the Spiders!!

Friends, welcome to Season 1, Episode 1 of Phenomena City Limits! Yes, we're back with an all new look and feel...new music, same great hosts, and a fantastically creepy topic for our first trip out! In February of 1993, Gary Sudbrink was visiting his family on Long Island, NY when he received four very strange calls over the course of two nights. Was it just someone goofing around or was this truly a case of high strangeness in a family that has a greater connection to the UFO phenomena than we previously realized?

Friends, what if we told you that we have the perfect Halloween costume idea for you and you'd get to go the whole night without having to talk to anyone! No? You don't want to have a ping pong ball in your mouth all night? Alright then, fine! But just hear us out as we talk about the Monoids, the plague that Dodo brings, the 1st Doctor "hmm'-ing a lot, Cushman carts of the deep future, and an honest-to-goodness elephant on set as we review the First Doctor adventure The Ark!!

The Mind of Evil might just be Doctor Who at its greatest attempt to be an action-adventure show with a little bit of science fiction thrown in! The story is split between Stangmoor Prison and a Peace Conference for which UNIT is providing security (except for when everyone races off to the prison for the back half of the story). The Master has built a machine to harvest evil feelings, but also wants to steal a missle and blow up the conference! Looks, there's really a lot going on here and we haven't even gotten to the dragon...so get ready for some great faces from Pertwee and let's dive in!!

Happy New Year, friends! We're starting 2024 with a look at Ncuti Gatwa's first full episode as The Doctor, The Church on Ruby Road! And on Ruby Road, we find Ruby Sunday! So, new Doctor, new companion (er, friend...), and new adventures as RTD starts weaving some fantastical elements into our fave sci-fi show. And we are totally here for it! In fact, we're left to wonder if maybe RTD has seen a certain documentary about high strangeness that we both enjoy!

Well, folks, it's a new year and we're getting ready to shed our original skin and come back next month as Phenomena City Limits! But before we do all that, we're going to wrap up our year by getting to all those advertisements we never make you sit through. Just kidding, we'll never have commercials. But we have seen many very strange and laughable ads in our last year of grabbing stories from newsletters and magazines. So let's take a look at some of the strangest ones this month!

Omigosh, friends, it has come and gone! The 60th Anniversary Specials have come to a smashing close with The Giggle! There's so much to talk about: The Toymaker, UNIT, what's that Vlinx thing?, Mel!, bi-generation...and what that means thematically for not just The Doctor but Doctor Who as a show. So gather the wee babbies around and let's dive into it! Programming Note: We're both traveling around Christmas time, so this is our last episode for 2023 and we'll discuss the Christmas special at the first of the new year!

Off we go! Off to watch Wild Blue Yonder! Don't worry, I won't turn this entire synopsis into a song! It's far too early for that. But this week we watched the 2nd of the 60th Anniversary Specials: Wild Blue Yonder! In which we learn the value in not knowing everything that's going to happen in a story before it airs. And it was freakin' bonkers as The Doctor and Donna land on a ship out at the edge of the universe where something (some...not-things) are trying to get in. And what ensues in a visually stunning adventures in which our beloved actors really get to work double duty!

Happy start of December, weirdos! We're here with our penultimate episode (before a rebranding change in Feb 2024!) and two great stories as we get ready to conclude our year of pulling stories "from the pages" of old and obscure newsletters. First up, Taylor talks about The John Reeves Incident from Florida in 1965 in which an alien-maybe-robot leaves some writing behind and then things get strange. Then Seb discusses a story in which a Tennessee photographer heads to the "great American southwest" and seemingly photographs a caveman where there definitely wasn't one before! And friends, we hope you have a great holiday season, whichever holidays you celebrate, and a fantastic rest of 2023!

DOCTOR WHO IS BACK, BABY! Holy smokes, are we ever stoked to have Doctor Who back on our screens! This time around, we dive into the first of the 60th Anniversary specials: The Star Beast! Yes, we have small nitpicks, but they're small and don't take away from our overall enjoyment of this adventure. We won't spoil any of it here, so slap on those headphones, flip all the switches you can find, and settle in for The Star Beast!

How far will two guys go to learn more about The Toymaker? Will they endure telesnaps and amateur animations? They will! With The Giiggle in our not-to-distant future, it was high time we got to know this immortal craftsman with a penchant for games. So we did our best to watch The Celestial Toymaker (and will likely revisit it when the animated version comes out). We also have a boatload of Who News and the slew of story notes, so grab a drink and get comfortable!