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The High Brain Revolution (Crystalizing "The Krotons")
Season 2 Episode 15
When you hear the words, "a Doctor Who monster created to succeed the Daleks," you know the chances of a train wreck are high. Sometimes you get some…
4 years, 7 months ago
SPECIAL EPISODE: What Cyberman Are You Wearing? (Celebrating 1,000 TikTok Followers)
Season 2 Episode 14
The Cybermen have more looks than a rack full of fashion magazines, but... why? As of the 12th Doctor era, the show finally recognized that the Cyber…
4 years, 8 months ago
The Strange Future World of 1986 (Defrosting "The Tenth Planet")
Season 2 Episode 13
The Tenth Planet is a big deal in the Doctor Who universe — remembered for the first appearance of the Cybermen and William Hartnell's Doctor regener…
4 years, 8 months ago
A Master Class in Plastics (Repackaging "Terror of the Autons")
Season 2 Episode 12
Be sure to follow us on TikTok at @pulltoopen, and listen to this week's podcast to find out the prize for being our 1,000th follower!
We all know th…
4 years, 9 months ago
The Ex Factor (Attending "School Reunion")
Season 2 Episode 11
To many, Sarah Jane Smith is the best Doctor Who companion of all time — smart, feisty, kind, and loyal to the Doctor, almost to a fault. Kind of wei…
4 years, 9 months ago
Sense and Sensorites (Exhausting "The Sensorites")
Season 2 Episode 10
The very first season of Doctor Who is a landmark for many reasons — the introduction of the mysterious Doctor and his granddaughter, the original st…
4 years, 9 months ago
A Quiet Little Genocide (Liberating "The Rescue")
Season 2 Episode 9
A crashed ship. An innocent girl. And an insectoid alien with its own hidden agenda. Naps. Yep, The Rescue packs a lot into two short episodes, not t…
4 years, 10 months ago
2 Brigadiers 2 Furious (Exhuming "Mawdryn Undead")
Season 2 Episode 8
It has the Brigadier, a mysterious new companion, and a lot to say about regeneration — if Mawdryn Undead is anything, it's first-class fan service t…
4 years, 11 months ago
Pyramids, Lies, and Audiotape (Visiting "The Pyramid at the End of the World" and "The Lie of the Land")
Season 2 Episode 7
Another pyramid? Another fascist Earth? How could the same podcast happen to the same guys twice? Turns out it's not Osiran mummies or jackbooted thu…
4 years, 11 months ago
That Fascist '70s Show (Deconstructing "Inferno")
Season 2 Episode 6
Any science-fiction show that runs long enough will inevitably have its "parallel Earth" episode. Doctor Who hit that milestone in 1970 with Inferno,…
4 years, 11 months ago