Night Of The Living Geeks

Well, we couldn't leave last episode's cliffhanger alone and so we dove into DAY OF THE MOON with gusto and are loving just how much fun we remembered having with this era of Doctor Who! This time around, Moff leans hard on the horror tropes as The Silence become even more of a menace and Team TARDIS (plus Canton) do their best to defeat them. All that, plus we kick around some new shirt ideas!

This week we keep the Moffat train a-rollin' with THE IMPOSSIBLE ASTRONAUT! Yep, the Season Six opener that set the stage for the season's mystery and main story arc. This was peak Modern Who and we recount what fandom was like in this era along with how the show finally did some filming in America. John also thinks the show really has something against hats. This one definitely has some scares and some elements of horror, so be mindful of this one if the youngest viewers are around.

Well, no foolin'! We're dropping our April episode a day early just to ensure you don't think we're messing around. This month Seb brings us the fascinating story of a UFO that punches through a billboard (see the actual picture in our episode art!) and Taylor brings us the strange tale of Snippy the Horse! Was he killed by a UFO? Honestly, Snippy's life he's much stranger after his death!

After The Pandorica Opens...the Pandorica closes...and then opens again because the Doctor is jumping around in time (as he's wont to do) making sure that the cracks in the universe don't consume the whole thing and ensuring that his friends come out alright. Even if that means removing himself from the universe. But is the Doctor ever really gone? Hmm, that's a phrase we usually save for the Master! Anyway, this time we review The Big Bang...and a word of warning to our headphone listeners, Taylor's switched up his mic game this ep and is coming in a little hot. So maybe turn us down a notch or two.

Hey friends, want to hear a funny story? It's a story about how this podcast got its name...275 episodes after our first episode. Yeah, time is definitely funny that way, but we're here this week to talk about The Pandorica Opens! The penultimate episode of Matt Smith's first season and all sorts of bonkers-ness is breaking out! So join as we finally get back into some Modern Who and see how well this story holds up almost 13 years after it first aired!

As our season From the Pages continues, we look at two unusual cases. First up is The Green Lady of Wahiawa! A tale from Hawaii in the late 1950s...you can find poor retellings of it on the web today, but Taylor thinks this might be the origin point for this legend. Seb talks about a pretty famous UFO case...Portage County, Ohio in 1966...but he does a deep dive on one aspect of the case that tends to get left out of modern retellings of the incident.

Well, friends, your hosts are back in their respective homes and recovering from Gallifrey One, so they sit down with another annual tradition: a post-Gally ep chosen by friend of the show M.A. Solko! This time around, we're subjecting ourselves to the 1993 30th Anniversary Special "Dimensions in Time!" It's...well, it's definitely a thing that went to air. Regardless, we definitely have some fun with it as well as recap our Sunday at Gallifrey One last week.

Hello again, fellow Whovians! Gallifrey One has come and gone, but you can still listen to our DAY TWO recap featuring our very good friend Terry (@CaptAceDanger)!

HELLO FELLOW WHOVIANS! We have gotten coffee, put together our podcasting gear, and gave you our Day 1 thoughts LIVE from the lobby at Gallifrey One!

GALLIFREY ONE IS UPON US! But first, The Doctor and Rose return to the “present day” a mere 12 hours since they…wait, what? Okay, I’m getting late breaking news that the TARDIS still doesn’t have the best aim. They’ve actually returned 12 months since they last left! But, strangely enough, just in time for opportunistic aliens to whip the planet into a panic and slag the whole place in order to sell it off in the biggest fire sale ever! Toss in the introduction of Harriet Jones, MP for Flydale North and you have the Aliens of London nearly starting World War 3!

Friends, welcome to Season 3 of All Night with the Living Geeks! Yes, this month we start our third year of the podcast and we're planning on a year-long theme: From the Pages! Each month, we're going to dig into old magazines, newsletters, and journals to hopefully find obscure stories that other podcasts aren't covering! This month we have The Marshall Monster and The Apple Valley UFO. Both cases are crazy strange and we dig a little deeper to see just how much of each tale is true.

This time around, friends, we wrap up Season 10 of Classic Who with a look at The Green Death! That's right, the Doctor and Jo return to Earth just in time to take on a whole lot of craziness at a mine in Wales! The Doctor also makes that long-awaited trip to Metebelis III and that becomes one of the funniest parts of the whole serial! But all good things must come to an end as Jo chooses to depart at the end and we're hit with one of the more (if not most) emotional scenes in recent memory.

This time we continue our trek through Season 10 with Planet of the Daleks! It's basically the second half of the planned 12-parter with Frontier in Space, but this time instead of political intrigue and The Master, we get a whole lot of Daleks, a planet that can't decide if it's a jungle or a frozen wasteland (ice volcanoes, really...), invisible natives, and the return of the Thals who've now started spaceflight! The pacing is pretty good, Jo is (again) amazing, and there's a fair bit to enjoy with Planet of the Daleks!

Happy New Year, friends! We're starting off 2023 with a six-parter that was almost a 12-parter that could have probably been told better in four parts. Yep, it's Frontier in Space! We've got Earth-Draconian tensions at an all-time high, Ogrons working for The Master who is ultimately working for the Daleks, plus there's a big random orange blob! It's all sorts of craziness...and did we mention there's lots of time spent in jail cells?

Happy 2023, everyone! That's right, we're transitioning into a new year tonight, but what about23 years ago when everyone was worried the world would collapse as the calendar ticked over from 1999 to 2000? This month, we look back at Art Bell's last open lines predictions show of the 20th century. What did people figure would happen in the year 2000? Could anyone win his $100 name those songs challenge?

Drugs are bad, mmmkay? That's right, friends, we close out 2022 with an absolute goofball of a story with NIGHTMARE OF EDEN! What happens to your story with an anti-drug message when the director quits part way through principal photography? Well, you get a story much like this. It's not a complete disaster by any means and we're able to cherry pick the best parts. And on a programming note, we're going to take the Christmas holiday off and will be back with our next ep right at the start of 2023! Thanks so much for listening this year.

Standing at a commanding 14,149ft, California’s Mount Shasta towers over the surrounding towns in Siskiyou county. It’s a destination for hikers, campers, and skiers alike. However, its lenticular clouds and unusual history at the southern end of the Cascade Range make it a destination for a whole different crowd. Hippies, spiritualists, and other New-Agers flock to Mount Shasta given its weird history amongst people in those circles. This month, we’ll take a look at Shasta…some of its history, some more recent events in the area, and even some of our own experiences with the mountain.

We love a good animation (and decry the fact that this appears to be the last one, unless maybe Disney is going to inject some cash that way...please!) and The Abominable Snowmen looks gorgeous! There is lots to like in this story, even though we felt it probably could have been told in four episodes. So grab your parka and pay respects at the monastery because it's time to go after The Abominable Snowmen!

Well, we've been saying for a while that we've wanted to watch that other Peter Cushing Dr. Who film and, friends, that time is now! DALEKS' INVASION EARTH 2150 A.D. (note the lack of articles and prepositions, please). This is a fun ride! For as goofy and weird as these Dr. Who movies were, there's a lot of action, some incredible stunts, and (spoilers!) we give it a perfect 10 on our Duggan Scale! Join us as we take a look way back to 1966 with Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.!

Well, friends, we've all had a week to rewatch and process our feelings about The Power of The Doctor (as well as all the news that dropped right after that aired)! This time we're going to spend quite a bit looking at this adventure, what it means to us, how well it caps off the Chibnall era & Jodie's run, and also talk a bit about what the future holds (and also gripe a little about how long it'll be before we have some new Doctor Who on the telly again).