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Pull To Open Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
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There are many Doctor Who podcasts. Only one dares review the entire show... in entirely random order!
Join journalists Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor as they summarize stories in record time, play the Whomoji game, enter the History Corner, answer the Four Questions to Doomsday, and cower in fear before the almighty Randomizer.
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Getting Meta With It (HOT TAKE: "Space Babies" and "The Devil's Chord")
Beatles and butterflies, oh my! ‘Doctor Who’ is back, babes, and we’re cautiously optimistic about it. The first two episodes of the new season, ‘Space Babies’ and ‘The Devil’s Chord,’ show off the range of the show for newbies, but still manage to intrigue, please and irritate the old folks all at once. Join us as we reveal what RTD has to say about all that winking — and about the Susan reference! Bum notes not included.
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Pull To Open: Space Babies and The Devil's Chord HOT TAKE
Season 5
Episode 18
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
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Doctor Who 'Season 1' PREVIEW: Countdown to RTD2
The first two episodes of Ncuti Gatwa's first season as the Doctor — Space Babies and The Devil's Chord — are just days away. And here at Pull To Open, we've already seen them. And we say "we," we mean Chris. There's only so much he can say about the stories, however, so it's up to Pete to carefully probe the limits of his forbidden knowledge without revealing too much. Did The Church on Ruby Road properly prepare us for what's to come? Does the Disney money stick? And just how many nappy jokes are in Space Babies? We dive into all of it*
*Note: There are no major spoilers in this preview, although we do discuss elements of each story that haven't been reported until now.
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Pull To Open: Doctor Who "Season 1" Preview
Season 5
Episode 17
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
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O Holy Plight (Beholding “The Church on Ruby Road”)
Coincidence is how goblins surf time, according to The Church on Ruby Road. So when the Randomizer took us to Ncuti Gatwa’s Christmas special mere days before his first season, you can forgive us for being a little freaked out. Join us as we argue over literally everything in this light-hearted romp, from Ncuti’s narration at the start to Mrs. Flood’s wink at the end. But the moment has been prepared for: who is the Watcher, and why is he pointing silently at episodes that are still in the future?
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Timeline:
Intro 00:00:00
Previously… 00:03:16
Whomoji Challenge 00:07:10
POLL To Open 00:12:22
TL;DW 00:17:06
Commentary: The Church on Ruby Road 00:19:00
Four Questions to Doomsday 01:11:34
What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? 01:14:33
Where Is the Clara Splinter? 01:18:12
Final Judgment 01:20:54
Randomizer! 01:27:07
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Story Essentials
2023 Christmas Special
Story number: 306, per the The Pull To Open Codex
Writers: Russell T. Davies
Directors: Mark Tonderai
Showrunner: Russell T. Davies
Aired 25 December 2023
Pull To Open: The Church on Ruby Road
Season 5
Episode 16
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
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Disasters of the Universe (Unleashing “Flux”)
What the Flux? No, seriously, what was the actual Flux that happened in Series 13, and why has the Randomizer brought us here now? Can Chris Chibnall’s sprawling Time vs. Space opera even be explained? And did anyone notice the 7 billion dead dogs? Join your totally professional tour guides to Liverpool — er, Doctor Who — as we journey down the time tunnels to the ancient world of 2021 and summarize the whole story in our longest TL;DW yet. Like Evil Dan, we’re good at this!
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Timeline:
Intro 00:00:00
Previously… 00:01:30
Whomoji Challenge 00:11:51
POLL To Open 00:20:12
TL;DW 00:31:02
Commentary: Flux 00:39:08
History Corner 01:30:34
Four Questions to Doomsday 01:34:46
What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? 01:38:37
Where Is the Clara Splinter? 01:48:04
Final Judgment 01:53:59
Randomizer! 02:06:38
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Story Essentials: Flux
Series 13
Story number: 299, per the The Pull To Open Codex
Writers: Chris Chibnall, Maxine Alderton (Village of the Angels)
Directors: Jamie Magnus Stone (The Halloween Apocalypse, War of the Sontarans, Village of the Angels), Azhur Saleem (Once, Upon Time; Survivors of the Flux; The Vanquishers)
Showrunner: Chris Chibnall
Aired 31 October – 5 December 2021
Pull To Open: Flux
Season 5
Episode 15
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/ -
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Lost in Transport (Contemplating Teleportation in Doctor Who)
Beam us up, Doctor! From T-Mat to the Kerblam Man, Doctor Who has a rich history of playing with teleportation. We lock onto the show’s best and most notorious materializations, examining how instantaneous travel between two points in space can be amazing or infuriating storytelling. Does teleportation make for lazy plotting or does it open up a universe of narrative possibilities? Grab your vortex manipulator and join us as we also tackle the ultimate question about transmats: Aren’t they killing you every time you use them?
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Pull To Open: Teleportation in Doctor Who
Season 5
Episode 14
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
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Customer Reviews
Came for Troughton, stayed for the banter
I found this podcast by accident searching for second doctor content on TikTok (I’m a newbie to classic who and now totally in love with him!). I listened to a show and enjoyed it so much I’ve gone back to the podcast’s first episode and am currently binge listening. It’s funny and interesting and occasionally educational! Even when DW is being criticised it clearly comes from a place of great affection. Can’t recommend enough.
The perfect WhoPod
Not loud and annoying, not dull or boring. They bring the perfect energy to just listen along with, I’ve tried so many doctor who podcasts and this is the only one I vibe with.
Random Fun!
Pete and Chris have put together a really fun show which takes you on a journey through Doctor Who in random order (but there’s always a connection or two between the stories). Highly recommended!
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