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Who Cares?

Discussions about Doctor Who, its three showrunners, and more! Notes, sources, and YouTube versions linked at www.whocares.fun

  1. 05/29/2025

    Wish World 🦴 Discussion & Review Podcast | Doctor Who: Season 2

    Character-lite episodes. Penultimate suspense. Companion characterisation. Gods and science. Was this episode worthy of a wish? (00:00:00) What we liked (00:12:49) Doubts, plot, storytelling, villainy (00:19:50) Omega, gods, science, mythic register (00:25:42) Belinda companionship, garbling, drama confusion, Nursedoc (00:33:50) Ruby in 2025 S2, S1-S2 links (00:42:30) Conrad, wish baby, Flood hugs, political commentary, encampment (00:53:19) Non-politics, generational differences (01:03:49) Production design, aesthetics, Belinda screaming (01:13:50) The Ranis (01:23:35) Episode structure, Chibnall era comparisons, Omega reveal (01:32:01) Poppy, family, adoption, motherhood, wishes, Vindicator, sci-fi power (01:39:30) Ncuti's wishes, season 2 development (01:47:35) Visual storytelling (01:56:28) Ending countdown, contrived suspense, Harry Potter, doubt (02:00:37) Too early to judge, Belinda's doubts… Continue reading →

  2. 05/26/2025

    The Well 🕛 Discussion & Review Podcast | Doctor Who: Season 2

    'The kind of episode you should never do a sequel to'. Continuing mining, drama avoidance, gun storytelling, script development…was The Well a diamond in the rough, or a worthy sequel? (00:00:00) The episode's identity (00:04:15) Contrasts with Midnight (00:13:56) The entity's physical form and methods (00:21:48) Aliss and the entity's escape (00:27:33) Misremembered throwback to RTD1 (00:34:53) Avoidance of Belinda drama (00:40:19) Militaristic stories with a sonic mouse (00:44:52) How the script came to be (00:50:29) Being "classic" Doctor Who (00:57:50) Visual and musical moments (01:03:44) Warriors of the Deep (01:09:52) Metatextuality (01:15:14) Flood, signing on screen, sign off … Continue reading →

  3. 05/24/2025

    The Story & the Engine 🕷 Discussion & Review Podcast | Doctor Who: Season 2

    New storytelling, ghostwriter mythos, dialogue density, clipshow climaxes, different approaches to gods...how does The Story & the Engine do Doctor Who differently? (00:00:00) New writer, Dot and Bubble comparisons, Doctor outside Doctoring (00:08:42) Hose, tie-in short story, Omo, commercialised storytelling (00:11:17) Haircuts, barbershop, African setting, density of ideas (00:18:13) Dialogue focus, place in Doctor Who, continuity, Doctor returns (00:27:47) Storytelling, Belinda, Gods, science (00:38:55) Generational trauma, reproducing exploitation, Omo betrayal (00:45:18) The Barber villain, 'ghostwriter', web, villain forgiveness (00:53:57) Pacing, 'hurt people hurt people', companion dialogue, Ncuti performance (01:01:29) Captain Poppy, clipshow climax, life stories, fan responses… Continue reading →

  4. 05/23/2025

    Lucky Day 🚁 Discussion & Review Podcast | Doctor Who: Season 2

    UNIT politics, grifting, didactic Doctor, conspiracy confusion, youth movements, valuing the ordinary, conventional heroism...who is Lucky Day's audience, and what is it saying to them? (00:00:00) Refreshing episode (00:06:23) Overdosing on doccy who, UNIT critiques to come (00:14:11) Episode structure, conspiracy confusion (00:23:13) Grifting, psychoanalysis vs ideology (00:30:05) UNIT politics (00:44:50) Kate, moralising violence, justifying secrecy (00:56:21) Didactic Doctor speech to Conrad, ordinary & extraordinary (01:05:37) Think Tank, conventional protector heroism (01:12:30) Family, housemates, Belinda, Flood, Missy (01:28:09) Youth movements, mundanity, rationalisation (01:35:21) Awkward climax, Brigadier, romance Conrad, readings (01:44:13) Closing thoughts… Continue reading →

  5. 05/20/2025

    The Interstellar Song Contest 🎤 Discussion & Review Podcast | Doctor Who: Season 2

    Torture, honey, morality, physicality, camp, regression, edginess… there’s lots to discuss in Juno Dawson’s Eurovision episode of the 2025 season of Doctor Who. (00:00:00) Thoughts, plot, Die Hard (00:06:19) Belinda, character interiority (00:11:34) ‘Wonderful’ cool Doctor, sidelining morality drama, gendered characterisation (00:21:21) Eurovision context & politics (00:35:27) Honey, Hellia, sponsorship, ideology (00:46:49) Fifteen characterisation, novelty vs regression, ‘scary’ Doctor (00:58:51) Torture scene, neutralising drama, The Good Doctor (01:08:05) Imagery & physicality in the torture scene, icy heart (01:22:16) Cora’s song, resistance, Andor (01:30:11) Camp, writing Belinda & the Doctor, RTD stasis (01:41:35) The music (01:57:46) Susan Foreman, brink of death, Anita Dobson (02:09:30) Technobabble, side characters (02:19:34) The Ranis (02:28:38) Another bigeneration, another Delta Wave (02:37:08) Spectacle, horns, protector, the Doctor’s rage, Nursedoc shipping (02:45:53) Leak Zone: villains, future, casting, telos… Continue reading →

  6. 05/12/2025

    Lux 🌕 Discussion & Review Podcast | Doctor Who: Season 2

    Pantheon rules, companion dynamics, rhymes with the past, fandom commentary, liminal nights, aesthetic choices, dodgy lyrics — we discuss all that, & more, in covering Lux, Russell T Davies' second episode of the 2025 season of Doctor Who. (00:00:00) Similarities to Devil's Chord (00:07:30) Rules of the Pantheon genre (00:14:12) Belinda and 15's changed dynamic (00:22:03) Choices of music (00:28:21) The fans sequence (00:35:34) What audience? War Between tangent (00:41:18) Visuals and details we appreciated (00:46:25) Belinda's nursing expertise (00:48:55) Handling of racism (00:53:21) Liminal, marginal, Scooby Doo camp (00:57:38) "Planned leaks" delusions (01:02:13) Issues with Pantheon & vibes storytelling (01:12:15) Dodgy lyricism (01:13:50) Mr Pye, PoV for the Target novel (01:20:15) Performances of the two leads (01:24:31) Spoons arc & outro … Continue reading →

  7. 05/05/2025

    The Robot Revolution 🤖 Discussion & Review Podcast | Doctor Who: Season 2

    The #GetBelindaHome arc, companion dynamics, new aesthetics, mechanical pathos, and the looming future of the show — we discuss that, and much more, in covering The Robot Revolution, Russell T Davies' 2025 Doctor Who Season 2 premiere. (00:00:00) Intro & initial thoughts (00:02:29) Belinda & her dynamic with 15 (00:12:47) #GetBelindaHome ‘arc’ (00:22:37) Belinda's character arc in the episode (00:27:32) Time fracture contrivances (00:33:55) The unreasonably cool visuals (00:39:02) Handling of themes (00:47:49) Bizarrely convoluted plot (00:51:21) Belinda's mature response to the Doctor (00:58:47) 15 being told off; implications of Mundy (01:04:55) Sasha-55, mechanical pathos (01:13:17) X-ray blanket; Sutekh noise (01:16:58) The spectre haunting Who (01:31:21) Leak zone begins: Season 2 leaks timeline (01:40:30) Leaks: Episode 3 (01:43:56) Leaks: Mrs Flood (01:48:27) Leaks: Eps 3, 5, 2, 6 (01:52:00) Leaks: Finale antagonist (02:04:06) Leaks: Ending surprises (02:12:21) Leaks: Critique of the idea (02:19:32) Leaks: Aftermath, spinoffs (02:23:40) Outro… Continue reading →

  8. 05/02/2025

    Season 1 (2024) Reflection 💎 Discussion & Review Podcast | Doctor Who: Season 1

    How did characters develop in the 2024 season? Promises of novelty, universe expansions and contractions, character conflict, audience relationships, storytelling worlds, & much more is discussed in this look at the second year of Russell T Davies' return. (00:00:00) Overall feelings on S1 (00:05:12) Expectations & reality of RTD’s return (00:11:20) Promises of newness vs. the outcome (00:15:21) Considering 2024 S1 against other seasons (00:19:56) Tracking S1’s narratives (00:21:01) Church: Ruby & 15’s worlds (00:28:34) Church: character conflict (00:32:48) Space: story & arcs (00:40:03) Space: character conflict (00:42:30) Chord: Ruby & 15’s development (00:46:45) Boom: Moffat’s take on Ruby & 15 (00:52:42) Boom: character conflict (00:54:48) Yards: Ruby’s acceptance (00:59:03) Bubble: Ruby’s acceptance (01:03:43) Rogue: heart-to-heart moments (01:07:27) Legend: arc focus & Susan (01:12:57) Empire: story, arcs, character (01:26:06) Strengths of 15’s character (01:32:46) Fourth wall + editing (01:39:23) Comic-Con: canon, friendship, Star Trek (01:42:51) Comic-Con: RTD reflections (01:56:08) Comic-Con: Whoniverse, announcements, IP, acting, leaks (02:20:06) Mel, family, VHS (02:23:32) Doctor Who at the Proms (2024) (02:57:44) Bubble’s premise, 15’s characterisation, Yards’ ambiguity, S1’s shape (03:13:37) The spinoff (03:30:19) Season 3 + reflecting on the revived series (03:35:20) Wobbly empire + audience relationship + streaming bubble (04:09:31) Individual seasons as individual ‘worlds’ (04:22:12) Looking forward … Continue reading →

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Discussions about Doctor Who, its three showrunners, and more! Notes, sources, and YouTube versions linked at www.whocares.fun

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    Who Cares?
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    2019 - 2025
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