Wanderers In The 4th Dimension: A Journey Through Doctor Who

On this week's podcast, the Wanderers join 13 and friends on Ranskoor Av Kolos, where one of their old foes lies in wait, plotting revenge.  Can they work with their allies and overcome their enemies (and their own emotions) to win the day? QotW: In addition to flesh-eating moths, what other nightmarish creature might one encounter in an antizone? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos" (Trevor 8.75, Charlie 8.25, Connor 8.5, David 8.75) Big Finish: Fourth Doctor Adventures 3.08: Zygon Hunt (Trevor 7.5, Charlie 7, David 8) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #188, Voyage of the Damned! Please view the episode in accordance with all applicable laws. We’ll also be covering the Doctor Who animated adventure, The Infinite Quest!

On this week's podcast, the Wanderers join 13 and friends in modern-day Norway, where they find a mysterious house in the woods and a scared blind girl whose father has disappeared.  What ancient force lies behind the mysteries they've uncovered here? QotW: What natural geographic feature would make a good secret prison for naughty aliens? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "It Takes You Away" (David 8.5, Trevor 8.25, Charlie 9, Connor 8.75) Big Finish: Fourth Doctor Adventures 3.07: The Abandoned (David 7.5, Trevor 7.25, Charlie 7.5) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #286, The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos! Please view the episode in accordance with all applicable laws. Our audio adventure will be the eighth story in Fourth Doctor Adventures series 3, entitled “Zygon Hunt”

On this week's podcast, the Wanderers join 13 and friends in 17th century Lancashire, where witch trials are all the rage -- but something other than witches and human fallibility is behind these tragic executions!  What dark secret lies behind Becka Savage's obsession? QotW: If you were to Kerblam! a gift to a Doctor of your choice, which Doctor and what gift? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "The Witchfinders" (Connor 8.5, David 7.75, Trevor 7.75, Charlie 7.5) Big Finish: Fourth Doctor Adventures 3.06: Destroy the Infinite (David 7.25, Trevor 7.5, Charlie 7) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #285, It Takes You Away! Please view the episode without drawing the attention of the Witchfinders. Our audio adventure will be 4th Doctor Adventures, series 3, #7: The Abandoned,

On this week's podcast, the Wanderers join 13 and friends at the massive Kerblam! warehouse and shipping center where people are disappearing and someone -- or something -- has called for help. QotW: What historical event would you like to see a 13th Doctor episode about? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "Kerblam!" (Charlie 7, Connor 8.75, David 7.75, Trevor 8.75) Big Finish: Fourth Doctor Adventures 3.05: Last of the Colophon (Charlie 7.5, David 7.75, Trevor 8) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #284, The Witchfinders! Please view the episode in accordance with all applicable laws. Our audio adventure will be 4th Doctor Adventures, series 3, #6: Destroy the Infinite, available from BigFinish.com.

On this week's podcast, the Wanderers join 13 and friends in Punjab in 1947.  India is about to be partitioned, Yaz's grandmother is about to be married, and people are dying.  Who is the mysterious assassin any why are they doing this? QotW: Just like in Harry Potter, the 13th Doctor is bestowing points to her friends. To date, how many points would you award to Ryan, Yasmin, and Graham (respectively) and why? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "Demons of the Punjab" (Trevor 8.5, Charlie 8, Connor 8.5, David 8.75) Big Finish: Fourth Doctor Adventures 3.04: The Evil One (Trevor 7.5, Charlie 8.25, David 7.75) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #283, Kerblam! Please view the episode in accordance with the traditions of your place and time. Our audio adventure will be 4th Doc

  On this week's podcast, the Wanderers join 13 and friends aboard the medical vessel Tsuranga, where a mysterious alien is menacing the crew and eating the ship.  Can the Doctor figure out what it wants before its snacking becomes fatal? QotW: This week we saw the Doctor face giant spiders in a hide-behind-the-couch style episode. What sort of real-world critters would you find scariest for the Doctor to face (in embiggened form or otherwise)? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "The Tsuranga Conundrum" (David 8.25, Trevor 8.25, Charlie 8, Connor 8.9) Big Finish: Fourth Doctor Adventures 3.03: The Crooked Man (David 8.25, Trevor 8.5, Charlie 8.5) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #282, Demons of the Punjab! Please view the episode in accordance with all applicable laws. O

  On this week's podcast, the Wanderers join 13 and friends in returning to modern-day Sheffield.  But something is wrong with the spiders, especially in real estate developer Jack Robertson's new hotel.  What does this mean, and how can it be put right? QotW: If you were to alter the course of a major historical event via subtle changes, which event would you change and how would you influence its outcome? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "Arachnids in the UK" (Connor 8, David 7.5, Trevor 7, Charlie 6) Big Finish: Fourth Doctor Adventures 3.02: White Ghosts (David 7.5, Trevor 8.75, Charlie 8) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #281, The Tsuranga Conundrum! Please view the episode in accordance with all applicable laws. Our audio adventure will be Fourth Doctor Adventure

  On this week's podcast, the Wanderers join 13 and friends in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955.  There they find a mysterious time traveler trying to alter Earth's history, meet some of the heroes of America's anti-segregation movement, and find that in order to be part of the solution, they have no choice but to be part of the problem. QotW: If you could design a new threat or hazard to add to Desolation, what would it be? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "Rosa" (Charlie 9, Connor 9, David 8.5, Trevor 9) Big Finish: Fourth Doctor Adventures 3.01: The King of Sontar (Charlie 8, David 8, Trevor 8) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #280, Arachnids in the UK! Please view the episode without getting yourself sent to Stormcage. Our audio adventure will be the second story in The

  This week, the Wanderers join the thirteenth Doctor and her companions on the planet Desolation, a deadly planet where two racers are competing in a desperate race for survival and unimaginable wealth.  They must reach the site of The Ghost Monument -- a mysterious police box which appears once every thousand rotations! QotW: This season Doctor Who features its first companion with a disability. What other previously-unrepresented demographics would you like to see represented on the show? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag Discussion of "The Ghost Monument" (Trevor 8.75, Charlie 8.5, Connor 8.5, David 8.9) Big Finish: Nightshade (Trevor 7.75, Charlie 7, David 7.5) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #279, Rosa! Please view the episode in accordance with all applicable laws. Our audio adventure

  This week, the Wanderers join the newly-regenerated thirteenth Doctor in meeting new companions Ryan, Graham, and Yaz.  Together, they track down the nefarious Tim Shaw and become friends through shared risk, victory, tragedy, and surprises. QotW: Chris Chibnall has said that classic characters and villains will not be a focus of series 11, but there may be some nods and references. What classic references would you most like to see in the new series? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "The Woman Who Fell To Earth" (David 7.75, Trevor 8.5, Charlie 8.5, Connor 8.25) Big Finish: All-Consuming Fire (Charlie 7.5, Trevor 7.75, David 7.75) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #278, The Ghost Monument! Please view the episode without drawing the attention of Tim Shaw. Our audio a

  This week, the Wanderers join the Doctor, Martha, and... is that Jack, clinging to the outside of the TARDIS? ...in discovering the secret of the mysterious Mr. Saxon and facing one of the Doctor's oldest and deadliest nemeses. HERE COME THE DRUMS HERE COME THE DRUMS! QotW: If you were to take over the world, what song would be playing as your Master plan came to fruition? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords" (David 9.9, Connor 9.75, Charlie 10, Trevor 8.5) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Infinite Longbox    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #277, the series 11 premiere and Jodie Whittaker’s introductory adventure, The Woman Who Fell To Earth! Please view the episode in accordance with your local, state, national, planetary, and galactic laws. Our a

  This week, the Wanderers join Sally Sparrow in modern-day England, where they find their lives may depend on following the Doctor's urgent advice: Don't turn your back, don't look away, and don't blink! QotW: If the Doctor were to leave a secret message for you as an Easter egg on your favorite DVDs, what are the top three titles he should put it on to maximize your chances of finding it? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "Blink" (Trevor 10, David 8.5, Connor 9.5, Charlie 9) Big Finish Audio Adventure: Theatre of War (Trevor 7.5*, David 7.5, Charlie 8) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Infinite Longbox    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #187, the three-part series 3 finale, Utopia, The Sound of Drums, and Last of the Time Lords! Given the amount of material to cover for that story, we’ll be takin

  This week, the Wanderers join the Doctor and Martha in England in 1913!  The Doctor is hiding from alien pursuers, working as a schoolteacher in a boys' school with Martha posing as his maid.  Even his biology and memories have been rewritten in service of the ruse, but somehow it's not enough -- what will the now-human John Smith do when killer aliens come a-calling? QotW: If you were the Doctor and needed to unleash your fury to punish a villain without killing them, what would the punishment be? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "Human Nature/The Family of Blood" (Charlie 9, Trevor 9.75, David 8.5, Connor 9.5) Big Finish Audio Adventure: The Highest Science (Charlie 5.5, Trevor 5.75, David 7.25) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Infinite Longbox    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #186, Blink!

  This week, the Wanderers join the Doctor and Martha in on a ship in deep space where something has gone horribly awry -- the ship is plummeting toward a nearby star, with only 42 minutes left to repair it and escape!  But someone -- or something -- has other ideas! QotW: If you could choose a trivia question that people had to answer correctly in order to open a door and gain access to the restricted area behind it, what question would you choose? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "42" (Connor 8, Charlie 7, Trevor 6.5, David 7.25) Big Finish Audio Adventure: UNIT - CYBER-REALITY - 6.4 Master of Worlds (Connor 9.5/9.75, Charlie 9/9.5, Trevor 9.25/8.5, David 9.5/9) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Infinite Longbox    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #185, the two-parter Human Nature and The Family

  This week, the Wanderers join the Doctor and Martha in modern-day London, for the unveiling of Professor Lazarus's new invention which he promises will change what it means to be human.  And that it does -- with disastrous consequences! QotW: If you could use a machine that could give you one superpower, what power would you take and why? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "The Lazarus Experiment" (David 8.25, Connor 8.5, Charlie 8.5, Trevor 7.5) Big Finish Audio Adventure: UNIT - CYBER-REALITY - 6.3 Code Silver (David 9.25, Connor 9.25, Charlie 9, Trevor 9.25) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Infinite Longbox    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #184, 42. Our audio adventure will be the last part of the UNIT -- Cyber-Reality boxed set, Master of Worlds. The boxed set is available from BigFinish.co

  This week, the Wanderers join the Doctor and Martha for a trip to Depression-era New York, where people are vanishing and one of the Doctor's oldest foes is behind it!  But this time, they have a new trick up their sleeve...  err...  gunstick? QotW: If you were to create a hybrid of the Daleks with another Doctor Who race (other than humans), what other race would you choose and what would you call the result? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks" (Trevor 7.75, David 8.5, Connor 8.75, Charlie 8) Big Finish Audio Adventure: UNIT - CYBER-REALITY - 6.2 Telepresence (Trevor 6.5, David 8.25, Connor 8.75, Charlie 8.5) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Infinite Longbox    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #183, The Lazarus Experiment! Our audio adventure will be t

  This week, the Wanderers join the Doctor and Martha for a trip to New New York in the year 5 billion and 53.  Things have gone awry here since the Doctor's last visit, and many of the citizens have gone to the motorway -- a permanent traffic jam from which no one ever returns!  The Doctor and Martha must discover why, help the motorists, and uncover another cryptic clue to the Doctor's future! QotW: If you were on Gridlock’s motorway and needed two passengers to gain access to the fast lane, who would you take with you? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "Gridlock" (Charlie 8.5, Trevor 8.5, David 9.25, Connor 8.5) Big Finish Audio Adventure: UNIT - CYBER-REALITY - 6.1 Game Theory (Charlie 8, Trevor 7.5, David 8.75, Connor 8.5) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Infinite Longbox    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Do

This week, the Wanderers join the Doctor and Martha for a trip to London in 1599 to meet the man himself, Shakespeare!  But they find he's fallen under the influence of mysterious creatures who are twisting his words to their own dark purposes -- who are they and what do they want? QotW: If the Doctor were to take any author, living or dead, on an adventure, which author would he take and where would they go? So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "The Shakespeare Coed" (Connor 9.5, Charlie 8.5, Trevor 8.25, David 8) Big Finish Audio Adventure: UNIT -- Encounters -- Invocation (David 8.75, Charlie 8.75, Trevor 8.25) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Infinite Longbox    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #181, Gridlock! Our audio adventure will be the first story in the UNIT -- Cyber-Reality boxed set, Game

This week, the Wanderers join the Doctor and new companion Martha Jones on the moon to discover why the Judoon have abducted an entire hospital -- and they seem intent on punishing non-humans! QotW: If the Judoon were pursuing you across the universe for crimes you committed on alien worlds, what would the charges be?  So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "Smith and Jones" (David 8.75, Connor 8.5, Charlie 8.5, Trevor 8.75*) Big Finish Audio Adventure: UNIT -- Encounters -- Invocation (David 8, Charlie 7.5, Trevor 7.75) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Infinite Longbox    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #180, The Shakespeare Code!  Our audio adventure will be the fourth and final part of the UNIT -- Encounters boxed set, False Negative.  The boxed set is available from BigFinish.com.

This week, the Wanderers join the Doctor and first-time companion Donna Noble to solve the mystery of how she wound up in the TARDIS and why everything seems to be going wrong at her wedding -- a mystery which, strangely, seems to pre-date the Earth! QotW: On Doctor Who, Christmas decorations tend to come to life and become lethal. What other holiday paraphernalia would you like to see attack the Doctor? So Here are the Things.../Listener Mailbag/Who News Discussion of "The Runaway Bride" (Trevor 8.25, David 8, Connor 8, Charlie 8) Big Finish Audio Adventure: UNIT -- Encounters -- Invocation (Trevor 6, David 6.5, Charlie 5.5) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Infinite Longbox    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #179, Smith and Jones! Our audio adventure will be the third part of the UNIT -- Encounters boxed set, The Sontaran Pr