A long-running Doctor Who fandom podcast aimed at open and positive discussion.
With the expected launch of Series 9 only two to three months away, the news has been coming in quickly. Directors, writers, episode titles and synopses, guest stars, and on and on. It’s like getting daily hints as to what one’s Christmas present really is. It can get a bit overwhelming at times to process it all. But fear not –help is here! This week, we compile all we know to date about Doctor Who Series 9, and share it with you […]
This week, Keir and Jay take a backseat and make Haley do all of the heavy lifting as we listen to some of the great panels by Sylvester McCoy, Billie Piper, and Karen Gillan from Fan Expo Dallas. (It’s about time Haley pulled her weight, seriously. Sheesh.) News Links: **SPOILERS** Series 9 Compiled News and Confirmations Rebecca Front guest stars in Series 9 Gallifrey One’s first guest announcements https://media.blubrry.com/gallifreypublicradio/gallifreypublicradio.com/media.gallifreypublicradio.com/gpr139.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | […]
Whether it is thirty seconds playing on a jukebox as background ambience, or a wild megalomaniacal sing-along belted out before taking over the world, popular music has been a part of Doctor Who since the emerging days of the Beatles. Now, with musical artists actually appearing and performing on screen in DW episodes, it appears as though we may have turned a corner. This week, we take a look at the inclusion of popular music in Doctor Who to date, and ask if there […]
Ask any Whovian how, if given the chance, they would make changes or alterations in the course of Doctor Who, and every last one of us would begin on a litany of hypothetical ‘tweaks’ without much hesitation. Whovians are by every definition of ‘fanaticism’ rather passionate about the program they adore, and like any proud family member, want to see if thrive and succeed in even greater ways than it already does. But would an episode appearance of K-9 being voiced by Gilbert Gottfried really add to the show’s […]
“We’re all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?” It’s the stories that bring us back week after week, year after year to the show about a mad man and his box, so the writers of those stories tend to fall under a lot of fire when those stories don’t meet our expectations. Are we as fans just being to critical? Or is it time to bring some fresh blood in with new stories to be […]
Okay, fess up. Who let the nerds out of the studio? This week, Haley and Jay surrounded themselves with the best kind of Texans: Whovian Texans. Whofest 2 in Dallas drew visits from none other than Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Terry Molloy, Nicholas Briggs, and Jason Haigh-Ellery to the southwest US, and the GPR team was there to embrace them (and in one fortunate fourth grader’s case, quite literally). Join us as we share some of the highlights and stories from the “bigger […]
There’s a popular saying from a certain spandexed superhero that ‘with great power, comes great…’ something or other. This could mean a wide number of things, most of which don’t necessarily apply to us, being a trio of geeks with a few microphones and a love for British science fiction, seated around a studio that smells faintly of strange cheese and cat fur. But we do understand one facet of that interpretation, being the need to involve those whom we serve (in our own […]
A planet-sized library. 4,022 missing people. Hive-minded swarms of shadow piranhas. A team of futuristic archeologists in peril. And among them, one enigmatic professor with a greater knowledge of events than she reasonably should. Need we say more? It doesn’t take a genius to see why Haley made these episodes her choice for the GPR “Our Favorites” arc. The iconic introduction of River, Donna in full force, the Tenth Doctor’s hair, and of course, the bone-scattering Vashta Nerada. This two-part whirlwind from Steven […]
What happens when you combine David Tennant’s full-tilt portrayal of the boyish, madcap Doctor, Steven Moffat’s ability to create emotionally compelling tales, pre-revolutionary France, organ-harvesting clockwork droids from 3,000 years in the future, and the incredibly lovely Sofia Myles? Clearly, you result in one of the first “modern classic” episodes of post-2005 Doctor Who. This week, our appreciation of personal favorite stories allows Jay to share his episode selection, “The Girl in the Fireplace”. As a great stand-alone episode, and a perfect sample […]
Ask any classic Whovian what stories they simply must watch, and “City of Death” will likely be one of the first answers given — often without a moment’s hesitation. This iconic Tom Baker story penned by the great Douglas Adams of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy fame is a crowning achievement of not only the classic era, but of the program’s entire legacy in general. Combining whipcrack dialogue, a clever amalgam of science fiction, heist capers and comedy, and even a […]