OK, invasion force! Everyone through the portal! No pushing! Let's be orderly while we invade. And please: get on your lion and/or bison masks! Let's look sharp coming through this portal!

In One Portal and Out the Other – “The Woman Who Lived” & “The Horns of Nimon”

These Doctor Who stories are passing the Bechdel test left and right! Two tales that center around young girls with big imaginations.

I’m Just a Girl in the World – “The Girl Who Died” & “Marco Polo”

We take the podcast down where it's hotter, under the water. Forget your troubles. Life is the bubbles. Under the sea.

Water You Thinking? – “Under the Lake/Before the Flood” & “The Underwater Menace”

Davros and the Doctor: the original odd couple! Oh, when will these two crazy kids realize that they're not enemies? They're in LOVE, God damn it! Sweet, beautiful love! Also, the first ever Dalek story.

You Gotta Exterminate the Positive – “The Magician’s Apprentice/The Witch’s Familiar” & “The Daleks”

We consider whether this entire podcast is real, or just a vision in John's little snowglobe. Meanwhile, the Twelfth and Fifth Doctor do battle across the dreamscape, in a pair of the best stories we've ever watched in one episode!

The Who That Dreams are Made Of – “Last Christmas” & “Kinda”

Danny Pink: we hardly knew ye. Seriously. We didn't really ever get a chance to know you. But now you're gone! And you do go out with a bang. Plus, we finally see who the hell this Missy character is. Also: a half-great story from years past with all the trappings that Porter loves.

Just a Hopeless Ro-bo-mantic – “Dark Water/Death in Heaven” & “The Invasion”

This episode you're going to want to watch in full sunlight, and make sure to surround yourself with a health amount of peat moss. The Doctor takes on nature's greatest scourge: PLANTS. Break out your hedge clippers, people!

The Doctor and the Beanstalk – “In The Forest of the Night” & “The Seeds of Doom”

In what is clearly an homage to the iconic Rob Schneider SNL sketch, "Tiny Elvis", we check in on two episodes where the Doctor deals with shrinkage.

Honey, I Shrunk the Doctor – “Flatline” & “Planet of Giants”

Always listen to your mummy. Unless they are intent on strangling you to death. The Twelfth and Fourth Doctor both explore Egyptology in two classic episodes.

Just One of the Sarcophagi – “Mummy on the Orient Express” & “Pyramids of Mars”

The Twelfth Doctor puts the big decision onto Clara and the human race. The Second Doctor amuses himself with a comb, and a brush, and a bowl full of mush. And some Cybermen.

Goodnight, Moon – “Kill the Moon” & “The Moonbase”

A Doctor Who fan and his friend rank every episode ever, from the new series and the old.

Porter Mason

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