The 1st Doctor and Stephen end up in the midst of France’s Wars of Religion. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin discuss the religious background of the Catholics and Huguenots; the significance of the Doctor’s double; and how the story ended up as audio-only.
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This two-parter kicks the plot into gear and Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler discuss how the story is a straight-up homage to Doctor Who with some elements of the Langoliers and Avengers: Endgame thrown in.
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The 4th Doctor and a regenerated Romana return to Skaro. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin discuss the conundrum of getting caught between two robot-like enemies and how their logic drives a stalemate and how self-sacrifice confounds them.
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A non-corporeal being gets embodied. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler discuss the philosophical implications and how the writers may have unintentionally said something important about bodily integrity.
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The 8th Doctor and Charley in the Divergent Universe! Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin discuss their encounter with the termite-like Kromon whose society has been modeled on a soulless corporate bureaucracy and the resistance to their tyranny by the normally peaceful C’Rizz, a new Companion.
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Pog-racing! Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler discuss this episode of Prodigy, the crew’s sidetrack into a race; Zero’s self-sacrifice; and speculation as to what could stop time on Voyager.
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Missy is back in this audio story as discussed by Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin. This is capricious and malevolent Missy, manipulating and exploiting others for personal profit, but also amusement in a cautionary tale of dehumanization and cruelty.
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Beware the imPOGster! Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler discuss this episode of Prodigy where the crew creates faulty holo-doubles in order to start their rescue mission and hijinks ensue.
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Six and Ten together! Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin discuss this audio story that brings David Tennant and Colin Baker together to face the Weeping Angels and a possible bootstrap paradox with all the fun banter you’d expect.
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Who is Murf really? Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler discuss this next episode Prodigy and the mystery surrounding the alien Murf and t he unknown entity trying to communicate through him.
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