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This monthly podcast will look at Doctor Who through the writers who molded the show and their televised output. Hosted by Kyle Anderson (Doctor Who blogger for Nerdist.com) and Erik Stadnik (host of the Doctor Who Book Club podcast)

The Writers' Room Erik and Kyle

    • TV & Film
    • 4.5 • 61 Ratings

This monthly podcast will look at Doctor Who through the writers who molded the show and their televised output. Hosted by Kyle Anderson (Doctor Who blogger for Nerdist.com) and Erik Stadnik (host of the Doctor Who Book Club podcast)

    The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon

    The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon

    Can Steven Moffat follow up a tremendous two-part finale, and a brilliant Christmas special, with a satisfying premiere? If you ask Kyle and Erik...sort of? It's time for Series 6, and that's a whole thing.

    • 1 hr 18 min
    The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang

    The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang

    Truly the culmination of the most ambitious series of Doctor Who yet, Kyle and Erik look at Steven Moffat's tremendous two-part finale, "The Pandorica Opens" and "The Big Bang." Might it be his crowing achievement, even with so many other episodes to love?

    • 1 hr 16 min
    Amy's Choice & Vincent and the Doctor

    Amy's Choice & Vincent and the Doctor

    This here is the good stuff! This month Kyle and Erik discuss two series five episodes written by guest writers. "Amy's Choice" by Simon Nye and "Vincent and the Doctor" by Richard Curtis. An actual Oscar nominee writing for Doctor Who! Can you even believe it?!

    • 1 hr 2 min
    The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood

    The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood

    This month, Erik and Kyle go deep underground, some might even call it Hades itself, to discuss "The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood," the two-part series five story from future showrunner Chris Chibnall. It brings back the Silurians and gives us a remix of Third Doctor story elements before falling on its face trying to do something interesting but failing miserably.

    • 1 hr 9 min
    Getting Whithoused #1

    Getting Whithoused #1

    Happy New Year! This month, Erik and Kyle embark on the first of what they're calling "Getting Whithoused," which is looking at the stories written by Toby Whithouse in the Steven Moffat era. Up first, "The Vampires of Venice" from series 5 and "The God Complex" from series 6.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone

    The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone

    Hello and happy December, friends. This month, Erik and Kyle are taking a trip to the crash of the Byzantium to discuss what is certainly in the running for best Smith-era Steven Moffat script, "The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone." The Weeping Angels, River Song, the Crack, it's all here! And no beating around the bush, we pretty much love it.

    • 1 hr 10 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
61 Ratings

61 Ratings

100 Watt Walrus ,

May be writers, definitely not audio techs

Totally addicted. Discovered this podcast about 2 weeks ago, and I'm already 24 episodes in. Very much enjoy getting this POV on "Doctor Who."

Having said that, the hosts need to give a little plot summary as they begin to talk about each story, so people can keep up without having watched the story in question (or without being such "Who" geeks they know every plot since 1963 off the tops of their heads — fortunately I *am* that geeky).

Also, they need some help with their audio. In every episode (and yes, I've jumped ahead to make sure current episodes have this problem before reviewing) one of the hosts sounds like he's been recorded via Skype, and in every episode both hosts keep varying wildly their distance from their (cheap?) microphones, and varying how loud they're talking. I'm constantly having to adjust the volume — especially when the Skyping host laughs. Yikes...and ouch!

TarpsApps ,

These guys are fans?

I’ve listened to a handful of episodes and they appear to dislike, as a whole, every episode of Doctor Who. Even episodes Eric and Kyle say they like are belittled so badly it’s confusing. Everyone is entitled to express their opinion, I just don’t understand spending so much time on something you seem to not like.

Field357 ,

Not for me I don’t suppose

Prefer shows that find the positive in every episode. And that aren’t quite as condescending. If I like an episode they don’t I guess I’m stupid or something.

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