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Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the great two-part 9th Doctor episode, Empty Child and The Doctor Dances, the award-winning story that was the first Doctor Who written by Stephen Moffat. Does it live up to the acclaim?

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Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the 9th Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) story Father’s Day, and some change their minds to find that it’s a sweet story about appreciating the ones you love and have lost.

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Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the previously and newly restored Doctor Who story: “Shada”. Starring Tom Baker, the 4th Doctor, and written by Douglas Adams, the original Shada was never completed due to a BBC strike in 1979. Now the whole story is available with animation and newly recorded voiceovers by the original cast to fill in the gaps. But is it any good? Was it worth the effort?

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Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the long-awaited Christmas 2017 episode of Doctor Who, which brings together the First Doctor and the 12th Doctor in an adventure that ends with the 12th Doctor’s regeneration. And which marks the end of the Stephen Moffat era of Doctor Who. 

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It’s a TV show about the TV show! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha look at the 2013 BBC dramatization of the beginnings of the Doctor Who TV show, starring David Bradley as William Hartnell, the first Doctor, and who also appears in the 2017 Christmas special as the first Doctor. Our discussion gets even more timey wimey than that!

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Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha complete their review of all the regenerations of the Doctor with Matt Smith, the 11th Doctor. How does this regeneration compare to the others? Did following on the 50th Anniversary Special and before that the big season finale rob it of some its impact? Plus, Clara’s family!

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Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha continue their New Who Rewatch with the 7th episode of the 9th Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) season, “The Long Game”. Featuring Simon Pegg as a great villain as well as the first time a Companion was ever kicked off the Tardis for bad behavior, the episode also offers commentary on “fake news” and Big Data… all from 2005!

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Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha continue their look at the regenerations of all the Doctors, this time looking back at the regeneration of the 10th Doctor, played by David Tennant. This two-part episode features the return of the Master as played by John Simm and well as Wilfred, Donna Noble’s granddad, not to mention Timothy Dalton as a Time Lord. Plus, our panel discusses casting news from the next new season of Doctor Who.

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Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the first regeneration of the New Who era, the 9th Doctor’s in the two-parter “Bad Wolf” and “Parting of the Ways.” How is it different from Class regenerations? What’s the same? They discuss whether they think this regeneration fits with all previous ones and why Christopher Eccleston only stayed one year in the role of the Doctor.

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Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss, not one, but two regenerations this time: The 8th Doctor’s regeneration in the web short video “Night of the Doctor” and the 50th anniversary special “The Day of the Doctor,” which featured Matt Smith, David Tennant, and John Hurt in his lone appearance as the War Doctor. Hear their analysis of the hidden layers and deeper meanings in both stories.

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Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha continue their review of Doctor Who regenerations with the Seventh Doctor’s regeneration during the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie. This is Doctor Who in full mid-90s TV style, including being set in San Francisco and filmed in Vancouver, Canada. Plus some news about the next season of Doctor Who.

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Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha are have made their way in their series on Doctor Who regeneration episodes to the Sixth Doctor’s regeneration. Except in this one, “Time and the Rani,” we don’t see the Sixth Doctor at all, just Sylvester McCoy’s Seventh Doctor. What gives? Join us to find out.

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In some polls, “The Caves of Androzani” has been voted most popular Doctor Who story. As they make their way through all the regeneration episodes, Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha review the Fifth Doctor’s regeneration in this four-part story in which the Doctor encounters an underground war and risks his life to save his companion.

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Last time, Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha looked at the First Doctor’s first Dalek story, “The Daleks”, and now they discuss the 9th Doctor’s first Dalek story, “Dalek”. This re-introduction of the Daleks bridges the Classic and New series and creates some never-before-seen story elements for the Doctor and the Daleks.

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Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha look at the origin of the Doctor’s greatest enemies, the Daleks. They discuss the First Doctor story called “The Daleks” and find much that has remained the same about the Daleks over the last 50 years, but some was very different as well. Plus we have listener feedback.

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Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha are reviewing all the Doctor Who regeneration stories and this time discuss Logopolis, the 4th Doctor’s regeneration. For many Classic Who fans, Tom Baker is their Doctor. Does the regeneration do him justice? Also, listener feedback!

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Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha continue their re-watch of the Ninth Doctor’s season with the two-parter, Aliens of London and World War 3, featuring the Slitheen. What did they think? Well, they did find a couple of bright spots. Plus stay to the very end of the episode for something fun.