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⭐ RoDate! | Chur and Upcoming Whatnots (23/02/2024)

Hey gang,

We hope you enjoyed Thursday's Tier List ep and the first Double-0-RoD last week. The feedback has been amazing and we can't wait to record 002. A View To A Kill!

Things were jiggled around a fair bit in terms of what was due to come out this week. There's a few reasons for that, but we'll try and get around to discussing The Underwater Menace animation at some po...

⏰ EARLY ACCESS | Ep74. Every Season of Classic Doctor Who RANKED

The RoD Bois do the impossible!

Time to rank all 26 seasons of classic #DoctorWho in one mega Tier List. This could get messy…

Here’s the Tier List if you want to have a go yourselves: tiermaker.com/create/classic-doctor-who-seasons--15427090

- RoD 💜💚

📝 SHOW NOTES | Never Say Never Again (Double-0-RoD)

We hope you enjoyed our first foray into the world of James Bond earlier this week. We had the best time recording it - something of a palate cleanser after November and December's relentless Doctor Who heavy schedule! It was such a pleasure to indulge ourselves in something outside of the Blue Box Show and we can wait to record our next 007 critique, 1985's A View To A Kill s...

🔴 Never Say Never Again (1983) | DOUBLE-0-RoD 001

Pensioner molestation, remote-control sharks, off-license vodka, perv-chambers and a 52-year-old Scotsman in denim dungas - it can only be the 1983, unofficial Bond film, Never Say Never Again.

When an elderly 007 (Sean Connery) botches a routine training mission, it convinces MI6 to wind up the Double-0 section. But when the terrorist organisation SPECTRE successfully steal two ...

⏰ EARLY ACCESS | Ep73. The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon

Utah, 1969! Doctor Who flies the star spangled banner for its Series 6 opener. Is it a memorable encounter with the Silence or is it…uh, oh sorry, what was I talking about?

- RoD 💜💚

🏆 RoDies 2024 (Unbroadcast Pilot) | EXCLUSIVE

Here is a little treat - the aborted RoDies 2024 recording, scuppered by shit Wi-Fi. We've done well to avoid internet issues, but WOTAN had other plans. Enjoy us act with genuine surprise at the early categories and a topless Matthew Toffolo halfway through.

- RoD 💜💚

PREVIEW | Double-0-RoD ⚪️⚪️🔴

Here’s a look at the amazing work Dave Burgess has done on the intro for our Bond review series, which starts 15 February here on Patreon, with a look at 1983’s Never Say Never Again.

Stand by for “gratuitous sex and violence”!

- RoD 💜💚

⏰ EARLY ACCESS | Ep72. A Look Back at Doctor Who in 2023 (RoDie Awards 2024)

Matt, Billy and Jonathan take a look back at Doctor Who in 2023 in the third annual RoDies! Which was the best TV episode? What was your favourite plastic dolly? Did they really produce that many Big Finish boxsets? As voted for by YOU, here are the results…

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⭐ RoDate! | Cock-Ups, More Voting and Jan/Feb Schedule (22/01/2024)

Salutations gentlefolk,

God, January came and went, eh?!

Hope you enjoy the 2024 RoDie Awards which go live later this week. You may hear Billy erroneously report that there's a bonus Patreon video due on the same day, but that has been moved to next week. We had major internet issues when we came to record this week's episode, so what you'll see on Thursday is actually Take 2 (I th...

COMMENTARY | 🤫 Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals (2023)

Roll up, roll up for the Secrets & Scandals Tour! Step right this way!

We've got the 'Battlefield' water-tank story, Doctor In Distress, Mary Whitehouse and JN-T! Every story you've heard, told again. Billy talks about his involvement with this Channel Five documentary broadcast during Doctor Who's 60th Anniversary month.

- RoD 💜💚

📝 SHOW NOTES | The Daleks In Colour

Hey groovers,

Here are Billy's notes from the review of 'The Daleks In Colour'. It's fair to say that the tone of the review was different to what I was expecting. I figured that Matt would be as down on many of the elements of the edit and elements of the presentation for this project, but as we talked, our approach shifted. Oddly, it was Matt taking the more moderate view on the topic o...

⏰ EARLY ACCESS | Ep71. The Daleks In Colour

So close, you can feel their…COLOUR!

It’s the first RoD of 2024. As the end of last year was so jam-packed with Doctor Who goodness, we missed the chance to talk about this fantastic edition to the programme’s catalogue! So here it is, finally, The Daleks In Colour!

Enjoy,

- RoD 💜💚

⭐ RoDate! | Trophies, Tees and Teases (08/01/2024)

Salutations gentlefolk,

It is early January. If you haven't broken your New Years Resolutions, well done. If you have, well done. As long as you're treating yourself well, that's all that matters!

Our New Years Resolution is to keep the good ship RoD afloat. We've taken a week off to get our ducks in a row and tonight (8 Jan), we'll be recording the first show of 2024; Ep71. The Dal...

📝 SHOW NOTES | The Church on Ruby Road (+ RoDies 2024 VOTING!)

Happy New Year!

Hope everyone saw in 2024 in the best way possible. Matt was in bed by half 10 and Billy overdid it slightly and had his head hanging over the toilet. Booze and Covid don't mix, gang.

Anyway, two treats for you today - first up, Billy's notes from the 2024 Christmas Special, 'The Church on Ruby Road' but, most exciting of all...IT'S THE PATREON CATAGORIES FOR THE 202...

⭐ RoDate! | Happy New Year (28/12/2023)

And just like that, it's the end of another year. 

I hope 2023 has been kind to you RoDers. It has been a massive year for both Matt and myself - lots of changes, lots of things to adapt to and lots of things to be proud of. 

In March, we made the decision to continue the podcast in spite of Billy moving 11,400+ miles away from Bristol. Matt, Annie and Johnny moved in toge...

📝 SHOW NOTES | 'The Husbands of River Song'

MERRY CHRISTMAS Y'ALL!

Hope you're getting ready to tuck into your turkey/tofu glazed ham. If you don't celebrate Xmas, fair fucks to ya, more money to go around in December and less aggro, being forced to hang out with family! 

Anyway, we hope you enjoyed the first of our festive offerings, Ep69. 'The Husbands of River Song'. A bit of a revelation for the RoD Bois and a treat ...

⏰ EARLY ACCESS | Ep69. The Husbands of River Song

It's Christmas time, and that means time for Christmas Doctor Who! 

Billy and Matt turn back the clock to 2015 when Peter Capaldi was the Doctor, and River Song was back on the scene in 'The Husbands of River Song'!

- RoD 💜💚

🔊 PREVIEW | Ep69. The Husbands of River Song

Hey guys,

As it's the season of giving, please enjoy a little teaser of this week's festive offering, wherein Matt and Billy discuss the never ending tragedy of being cishet, white males and why this particular period in Doctor Who's history seems to have a permanent hard-on. 

- RoD 💜💚

📝 SHOW NOTES | 'The Giggle'

Hey everyone!

Firstly, welcome to 300 fully paid-up RoDers here on the Patreon! What a milestone to hit before the end of 2023. We can't wait to start mapping out our plans for 2024 and we'll let you know what's in the pipeline in the new year!

Here are Billy's notes for the final 60th Anniversary special, 'The Giggle'.

• Soho, 1925.
• "Splishy splashy".<...
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❓ RoD Patreon Q&A #11: To Select Audio Navigation...

Hey gang,

Hope all is well with you as we hurtle towards the end of the year! Hasn't it flown by? Scary.

It's the last Patreon exclusive of 2023! Here's a look at what the year looked like from a Google Sheets perspective...

Its been a second job for Matt and I, but we've loved every...

📣 CALL FOR QUESTIONS (RoD Patreon Q&A #11)

Wow. So much to unpack and process from that final special.

Hope you all enjoyed the live stream! They've been a lot of fun to do and certainly we'll look at what else we can do with that format.

Here it is for anyone who missed out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVJ5aygbvzY and the audio version is...

📝 SHOW NOTES | 'Wild Blue Yonder'

What a rollercoaster! Not a Peter Capaldi or Matt Smith or Susan Foreman in sight and yet Doctor Who delivered beyond all expectations on Saturday night. And so did Matt, editing and publishing the audio and video versions of the podcast hours after we recorded it on Monday morning (UK time!).

Billy was fast asleep as he beavered away - we've got a new way of recording the podcas...

📝 SHOW NOTES | 'The Star Beast'

It's been a while since we shared any notes from a review, and seeing as the conversation on Sunday morning's live stream was less structured than usual, here are Billy's full notes from watching 'The Star Beast', including thoughts and observations not covered in the full review.

• Started with the stock Disney+ Original intro and no Whoniverse ident. And a BBC graphic where the bloc...
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⭐ RoDate! | The Rest of 2023 (28/11/2023)

Well, well, well - wasn't that special?!

What a 60th Anniversary! We really were spoiled, weren't we? 'The Star Beast' was a genuine triumph that seems to have catapulted Doctor Who back into the hearts and minds of Mingmongs and Not-We's everywhere. Beating I'm A Celeb is one thing, but internationally Doctor Who is currently "hovering between the 4th and 2nd s...

🌀 COMMENTARY | Dimensions in Time (1993)

What year i-th th-th? It’s 1993 - the year of Doctor Who’s 30th Anniversary, when every fan’s wish came true. No, not the show’s overdue return to regular TV, but a hastily shot charity crossover with the nation’s second favourite soap.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOCTOR WHO!

Link: https://you...

⏰ EARLY ACCESS | Ep65. Destination: Skaro and Doctor Who 60th Specials Predictions

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOCTOR WHO!

At the time of writing, it’s already the good Doctor’s 60th birthday here in New Zealand and everyone is celebrating! The government have declared a national holiday, children are playing Weeping Angels in the streets and in homes all over the land, people are hiding from their aficionado family members, lest they’re drawn into a conversation about Monoids...

💎 ONCE AND FUTURE | The Union review

It's over. It's finally over.

The Doctor travels to the diamond array to do something. And then do some other things. And then the end happens. Or does it?! Has Big Finish done the impossible and written a multi-part story without an ending?

LINK: https://youtu.be/-PJQ9d6G19U 

- RoD 💜💚

⏰ EARLY ACCESS | Ep64. Welcome to the Whoniverse

The doors to the Whoniverse have been thrown wide open! The Boys look at all of the 60th Anniversary treats and developments so far.

LINK: https://youtu.be/hFdQIX3P8iQ

This episode was originally intended to be a review of Series 4's 'Turn Left' but with so much stuff dropping since Nov 1st, we had to change our pl...

🔴 SPECIAL | 40th Anniversary Retrospective & 'Zagreus' review

Cast your minds back to the heady days of 2003. No new adventures on the telly, but for a show that had spent the last 14 years on ice there was still plenty on offer!

We look back at the events that made up Doctor Who's ruby birthday - from Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy's public humiliation on prime-time BBC 1 to releases, animations and more.  Then we dive deeply into th...

⭐️ RoDate! | The RoD 60th Anniversary Schedule (27/10/2023)

Ah! It's all happening!

We hope you enjoyed the 'An Unearthly Child' review - we thought it was a great episode and it was a pleasure to reevaluate a story that gets a lot of flack for being boring after the first 25 minutes.

So, we have the airdates and artwork for the 60th Anniversary Specials, which has led to quite a bit of shuffling around when it comes to our plans for Novembe...