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First of all, I love that you're keeping a spreadsheet! Secondly, yeah, that's a really good tie-in and information I should add to my own master document when I get around to updating it...

Sometimes when we release these episodes it seems like they're going out into a void, so I'm delighted to hear that we helped you on your drive home. That really makes it feel worthwhile. Thank you for your kind words and enjoy the holidays!

Time Ram is better than a Time War as we take our expansive Christmas extravaganza and investigate special episode ‘Day of the Doctor’! Packed full of frilly shirts, yellow horses heads, felt tips and Benton’s infinite cup of coffee alongside all kinds of seasonal treats. Join us for a verse or two of Surely it’s Susan.

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Time Ram is better than a Time War as we take our expansive Christmas extravaganza and investigate special episode ‘Day of the Doctor’! Packed full of frilly shirts, yellow horses heads, felt tips and Benton’s infinite cup of coffee alongside all kinds of seasonal treats. Join us for a verse or two of Surely it’s Susan.

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Loving the alt gingerbread man! Most definitely a better idea than Percy Pig...

Time Ram - The Jollity Patrol

It's always Christmas on Terra Alpha. The overpowering stench of peppermint pervades the air, the Chuckle Brothers are armed with sniper rifles, and Humbugs will be shot on sight. So when that grumpy old Doctor arrives, it's not for gingerbread and Christmas cheer, but Segway chases, tonic water, and Jazz Agents. It's Theresa May, not Margaret Thatcher; Stycorax, not Sycorax; Percy Pig, not Bertie Basset*, as the Doctor and Nardole battle the Jollity Patrol.

*alt. versions with gingerbread man Kandyman below the cut, because I had a vision that wouldn't leave me. He could even say "Run, run, fast as you can, you'll never escape the Kandyman." Or words to that effect.

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Katarina Rough Sketch

For his Patreon reward, a patron gave me a challenge: a drawing of Katarina, one of the companions of the First Doctor—who exists mostly in missing episodes. (There is one complete episode with her as well as a brief clip of her last *harrowing* scene.) This is the very rough preliminary sketchbook drawing for the upcoming finished reward. (Spot the Doctor!) https://www.patreon.com/posts/katarina-rough-16733172

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Mood.

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Stephen Taylor and Dodo Chaplet! I didn’t appreciate these two enough on my first watch through. Maybe I’ll have to go through again…

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Time Ram is joined by our special guest – journalist and comedian Steven Palace – to review (or roast?) Victory of the Daleks which we have transplanted from the Matt Smith era to Jon Pertwee. In this way, we experience Schroedinger’s pregnancy, stupid science, T-Rexes made from old carpet and the Teletubbie Daleks! It’s all Totally Terry Nation…

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May the starsheep bring you home

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be the doctor who artist you want to see in the world. zygon in a dress.

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‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year

‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/26/enshittification-macquarie-dictionary-word-of-the-year-explained?CMP=share_btn_url

"Big tech can't be fixed, but maybe it can be destroyed" - Cory Doctorow

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Carnival of Monsters and of the best stories ever made losing to The God Complex? Sheesh

Classic vs. New: The Doctor Who-Off

Modern Who has been going on for quite some time now; 19 years, 7 Doctors (or thereabouts; depends on how you count them), and 14 series/seasons again now I guess. 154 stories, by the official count, and the Christmas special will make 155.

155 is also the number of stories in the classic series, from An Unearthly Child to Survival.

So, in order to commemorate this moment of equilibrium in a very messy continuity, I'm going to be doing polls on it. For the next several weeks, starting tomorrow, I'll be putting up 13 polls per week, pitting Modern Who stories against their classic counterparts in the numbering order; Unearthly Child vs. Rose, The Daleks vs. The End of the World, etc., all the way up to Survival vs. Joy to the World (plus some bonus bits to help round out that last set of 13 because the math wasn't quite mathing. Just go with it.)

And through this highly objective and not at all arbitrary methodology, we will determine once and for all whether modern or classic who is better. (Only kidding obviously, but it should be a fun time regardless!)

To find old polls, search #classic vs new who. Ongoing polls are listed below

Revenge of the Cybermen vs. Hide Terror of the Zygons vs. Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS Planet of Evil vs. The Crimson Horror Pyramids of Mars vs. Nightmare in Silver The Android Invasion vs. The Name of the Doctor The Brain of Morbius vs. The Day of the Doctor The Seeds of Doom vs. The Time of the Doctor The Masque of Mandragora vs. Deep Breath The Hand of Fear vs. Into the Dalek The Deadly Assassin vs. Robot of Sherwood The Face of Evil vs. Listen The Robots of Death vs. Time Heist The Talons of Weng-Chiang vs. The Caretaker

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Time Ram crosses regenerations again as we take Peter Davison’s ‘The Visitation’ and adapt it for his son-in-law (David Tennant in case you were wondering). Now we can talk like Eric Saward, play it like Tristan and love a Great Fire of London as much as we waaaaant! Also includes: silent building, Soliton patches, Matthew Waterhouse fight scenes and robot vibrators. You know it makes sense.*

*May not make sense.

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Which Dogter is your favourite?

(Created prior to Jodie or Ncuti, but still a fun and clever idea.)

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Don’t go dropping no eves, but follow the failed goo trail to well-regarded Tom Baker story ‘The Ark in Space’ which has been Time Rammed to star Paul McGann! We also investigate Litefoot’s family tree, take damage in the sentence and mourn Grace’s opera gown. Includes previously unused Hanson and a surprising message from David Duchovny!

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As usual, I love all the little details in this

Time Ram - River Song and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamboat

The cat walks by himself no longer as the Sixth Doctor, fresh from the loss of Peri Brown (presumably), finds himself unceremoniously driven by milk float into a daring adventure with his wife, River Song (as played by Linda Lusardi). The only trouble is, she's got no idea who he is because he left his coat in the TARDIS!

The Doctor wants River to recognize him. River wants a massive diamond. Drathro's body wants the Doctor's extra-special head. Nardole wants to not get chased around by evil women. Tonker Travers REALLY wants his Hyperions to stop blowing up. And Ramone wants... well, who cares what Ramone wants? Maybe he wants Chistopher Biggin's nice pouch, because it's handy. There's a course set for Darillium, so strap in and listen to Malcolm Clarke's cover of Yakkety Sax. Merry Christmas!

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“It’s my job, remember?”

The Time Monster - season 09 - 1972