Doctor Who: The Metebelis 2

A bonus episode discussion on the fourth episode of the original Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio drama on BBC Radio 4, which is 42 years old this month! A short discussion about Deep Thought, mice, Vroomfondel and Majikthise. Sound quality for Ben picks up 5 minutes in. Opening and closing music is excerpts from "Journey of the Sorcerer" by The Eagles.

A bonus episode discussion on the third episode of the original Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio drama on BBC Radio 4, which is 42 years old this month! We land the Heart of Gold on the mythical planet Magrathea and discuss Fit the Third of the original HHGTTG, prog rock, and Jim Rockford. Opening and closing music is excerpts from "Journey of the Sorcerer" by The Eagles.

A bonus episode discussion on the second episode of the original Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio drama on BBC Radio 4, which is 42 years old this month! We chat about tea, tv casting, Marvin the Paranoid Android, and Eddie the Computer! Opening and closing music is excerpts from "Journey of the Sorcerer" by The Eagles.

A bonus episode discussion on the first episode of the original Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio drama on BBC Radio 4, which is 42 years old this month! Opening and closing music is excerpts from "Journey of the Sorcerer" by The Eagles.

With the left coast of the United States going into quarantine from the novel coronavirus, Ben and David maintain their social distance of about 300 miles to discuss germs, bacteria, and viruses in Doctor Who and, of course, Terry Nation's mid-1970s series, The Survivors. Opening and closing music is the respective themes from The Survivors composed by Anthony Issac.

Series 12 concludes with a continuity expanding/contracting finale. With Ben on a busman's holiday in Maui, David calls him up to share their inital thoughts of The Timeless Children. (Apologies in advance for the poor sound quality this episode.) Opening music is an isolated excerpt of Segun Akinola's Doctor Who theme. Closing music is a 2008 recording by Cyndi Lauper of "Time After Time".

With the penultimate episode of series 12 upon us, we try to piece together all the clues to the mystery Chibnall has left. Who is Brendan? Is Gallifrey in Ireland? Is Ashad really a Cyberman, or is he just a poser? Why can't Chibnall create names that we can easily remember? So many questions. Opening and closing music taking from this episode's soundtrack composed by Segun Akinola.

Ben recounts watching The Haunting of Villa Diodati in Hall A at Gallifrey One with several hundred of his closest Who friends. From Graham looking for the loo, to Yaz's conversation with Clair, to Ryan's tortured chopsticks, to the Doctor fending off a lecherous Lord Byron, the Time Team had much, much to do this scary and beautifully written episode. After brief speculation what the 2-part series finale will and won't contain, Ben talks about his great lobbycon on the last night of #Gally1. Opening and closing music taking from this episode's soundtrack composed by Segun Akinola.

Ben is in Los Angeles attending the 31st Gallifrey One Convention. Calling in live from the pool deck, he chats with David about what happened on Day 3 of the convention, from a wonderful hour with Christopher Eccleston to comic book artists to upcoming Blu-ray and DVD releases. Plus speculation about the privatization of the BBC. Music is the "Doctor's Theme" from Series 1 by Murray Gold.

Ben is in Los Angeles attending the 31st Gallifrey One Convention. Calling in live from the convention floor, he chats wth David about his experienced on the second day of the convention and plans for tomorrow. Opening and closing music composed by Roger Limb and is "Nyssa Is Hypnotised" and "Nyssa's Theme" respectively.

Ben is in Los Angeles attending the 31st Gallifrey One Convention. Calling in live from the convention food court, he chats wth David about his experienced on the first day of the convention and plans for tomorrow. Music is "Bill's Theme" by Murray Gold.

A bit of a split decision this week on the Metebelis Two. Discussion covering the plot, believability of the time team's nightmares, animation, the sonic screwdriver, and the high stakes.Was Zellin's freaky fingers the stuff of nightmares and is the Doctor emotionally available to Graham and the rest of the fam? Opening music is "Sonic Screwdriver" by Segun Akinola and closing music is an excerpt from Mike and the Mechanics' 1985 hit "Silent Running".

Back down to Earth after last week's continuity busting episode, we catch a deadly Praxeus pathogen and talk about birds behaving badly. David has many questions, but thankfully Ben has ready answers. Does the ending really prove the Doctor didn't like Adric? Who fan Pip Madeley has the true ending of Earthshock. Opening music is Radiohead's 1995 single "Fake Plastic Trees" and closing music is the end of the Minute Waltz composted by Frédéric Chopin and performed by Arthur Rubinstein.

Wow! More big reveals in Doctor Who than perhaps a single podcast episode can contain! We certainly will be talking about the Fugitive of the Judoon for years to come. Ben is way enthused about the new Doctor and David loves the retro TARDIS console room. Both offer their theories on how the season will unfold to try to make everything fit. This episode was recorded on Sunday evening in the United States, and by the time it was about to be posted Tuesday morning, Ben discovered that the Doctor may have been hiding in plain sight in the pages of the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip for more than a year, so Ben explains all in a late breaking addendum at then end of the podcast. Opening music is from this week's soundtrack composed by Segun Akinola.

In this episode, Messrs Tesla and Edison, a.k.a AC/DC, snipe at each other and help the Doctor outwit some rather nasty space scavenger scorpions. The two agree that it was great seeing the fam in period costume and David was excited about seeing a steam train finally in Doctor Who. Ben wonders why a new monster of the week when there is such a rich back catalog to use. Overall good writing, directing, and performances combine for an enjoyable mid-series romp in 1903 New York despite some sloppy CGI work. Opening music is from this week's soundtrack and closing music is "You Really Need to Get Out of Those Clothes" from series 11, both composed by Segun Akinola.

So Orphan 55 was that green haired kid, right? Despite the tantalizing deep space squid, we're instead trapped this week on a mysterious planet in a resort under siege by the dregs of humanity, but that's nothing a few well-placed bombs can't solve. We discuss the efficacy of the Doctor's speech and what it should mean for next week, but won't. Opening music is "Tsuranga" by Segun Akinola from series 11 and closing music is "Have a Drink on Me" from AC/DC's 1980 album "Back in Black".

In which Ben deals with the cold, harsh reality that the Kasaavin really weren't the Vardans in disguise and David dwells on founding fathers of Gallifrey and how it could relate to the United States. Yes, this week the conclusion of Spyfall is discussed this week complete with historical cameos from Charles Babbage and almost replacement fam: Ada Lovelace, and Noor Inayat Khan. Plus Ben reads Sacha Dhawan's lovely Instagram post where he wrote about being cast as the Master. Opening music is by Segun Akinola from the Spyfall, part 2 soundtrack. Closing music is the timeless "Master's Theme" composed by Dudley Simpson.

With 2020 upon us all, it is great to see the return of Doctor Who to BBC One with a new adventure, Spyfall, part one! Ben explains his reasoning why he thinks those shimmery aliens are Vardans, while a skeptical David suggests perhaps they're Gallifreyans from an alternative universe; and is time and space big enough for both Lenny Henry and Sacha Dhawan? Opening and closing music is from the Spyfall soundtrack by Segun Akinola.

It's series 12 trailer day on Metebelis Two. Ben and David almost go frame-by-frame over the two trailers and speculate on what awaits us in series 12. Should the Doctor be working for MI-6? Are those really Vardans? Is Lenny Henry the Doctor's friend or nemesis? Has the Meddling Monk regenerated into the Meddling Nun? All this and more as we nibble at breadcrumbs that have fallen from Chibnall's high table. Opening Music is "It's a Good Day to Save the World" from the Danger Twins. Closing Music is "This New Nose Is So Unreliable" by Segun Akinola.

It wouldn't be Christmas without Mrs Baddeley's plum pudding and so Ben and David travel along with the Doctor and Charley to an old Edwardian mansion in 1906 to hear The Chimes of Midnight. What makes this story tick? Is this merely a ghost story, or does writer Rob Shearman have more to say about class, horror, the line between fantasy and reality? Plus Ben, keeper of the tome, cracks open the Big Book of Big Finish and relays behind the scene details of the story's production. This episode's opening and closing excerpts is from the Chimes soundtrack with music by Russell Stone, sound design by Andy Hardwick, and humming featuring Louise Rolfe. Tick-Tock, Bing-Bong.