Tish and Juliana talk about the Seventh Doctor in The Curse of Fenric. That's right, it's the end of an era! To say goodbye to the podcast, we talk about a Classic Who story full of super cool stuff that we do not understand!
But that's it- we have rewatched New Who, and got to know each of the Classic Doctors, and even visited Torchwood over the last 6 years. And now we're done.
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The Doctor's Companions Ep. 86: Torchwood Season 4: Miracle Day
Tish and Juliana talk about Torchwood, Season 4: Miracle Day. Wow, there is so much to get into. We have to talk through all the science of how this "miracle" works, the legislation and policies of the categories of life, the disgusting monster characters and the incredible characters (RIP Vera Juarez), and The Blessing. Not to mention it's basically a new, American, show that doesn't feel like Torchwood. How do we figure this all out?! Well, we certainly took our time trying to.
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The Doctor's Companions Ep. 85: The Ultimate Foe [Sixth Doctor]
Tish and Juliana talk about the Sixth Doctor in Season 23, Episodes 13-14, The Ultimate Foe. It sounds like Six is everyone's least favourite Doctor, and we are no exception. We may have no idea what is going on at the end of this Trial of the Time Lord season, but that doesn't stop us from criticizing Colin Baker and the portrayal of useless women companions.
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The Doctor's Companions Ep. 84: Torchwood Season 3: Children of Earth
Tish and Juliana talk about Torchwood Season 3: Children of Earth. We really get into the decisions that people are making, Jack’s physiology, the missing details of the aliens, and the definition of “child”.
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RATED F Ep. 66: 2020 Year in Review
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Tish and Juliana recap their year in movies, including even more detailed viewing stats from both of us! We'll find out how the pandemic affected our viewing habits, what our favourite new views were, and how film festivals are changing. We know no one wants to talk about 2020 anymore, but we're talking about movies- our escape from *gestures broadly*.
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The Doctor's Companions Ep. 83: Castrovalva [Fifth Doctor]
Tish and Juliana talk about the Fifth Doctor in the serial Castrovalva. This is the most fun we've had with a Classic Who story, and it includes a loopy post-regeneration Doctor, The Master, three new companions (two with great 80's style), TARDIS interior exploration, and a "reclusive recursion."
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RATED F Ep. 65: Drunk Christmas + Hot Santa
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Tish and Juliana got drunk watching The Year Without a Santa Claus & Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July and then talked about it.
We forget the first movie by the end of the second, but we are sure that there was a lot of breaking the fourth wall, catchy songs, and a cute reindeer dog. Then we try to describe the convoluted, excruciatingly drawn-out plot(?) of Christmas in July which includes more than one tense scene of children facing their mortality.
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The Doctor's Companions Ep. 82: Torchwood Season Two
Tish and Juliana talk about Torchwood Season Two. Ianto is sassy. Tosh is under-appreciated. Gwen is undeserving. Jack is guilty. Rhys is useful. Owen is dead and super emo about it.
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RATED F Ep. 64: Drunk Halloween + The Witches
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Tish and Juliana got drunk watching The Witches (1990) and then talked about it.
We somehow missed this 90s Anjelica Huston classic all these years, despite an affinity for anything witchy. Turns out it's mostly about a mouse boy on a mission where absolutely everything goes exactly as planned, so we weren't missing much.
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The Doctor's Companions Ep. 81: Genesis of the Daleks
Often voted the best episode of Doctor Who, what better way for us to get to know the Fourth Doctor? Well, we get to know him a little but we also have to talk about Sarah Jane's 70s style, the quality of the sets, Davros's rubber gloves, and, of course, the Daleks.
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RATED F Ep. 63: Movies as Escapism
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Tish and Juliana talk about movies as escapism. First of all- what does escapism even mean? And why do we do it? Why does it work? We dive into our thoughts, and others' definitions and insights, about how escapism can be good or bad for us, the many ways movies create an escape, the privilege of being able to escape with a movie, and what we learn from connecting to characters outside of ourselves. Share with us- what's your movie to escape into?
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The Doctor's Companions Ep. 80: Torchwood Season One
We’re back from our hiatus, ready to tackle the entire first season of Torchwood. Are we ready for all the sex and scandal of this adult show? Well, we’re not thrilled about Gwen cheating on sweet Rhys with pervy Owen, but we’re happy to see Toshiko get some and Ianto get over his girlfriend by getting under Jack. Bring on the aliens, sex, alien sex, and just plain ol' fucked up humans of Cardiff!
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RATED F Ep. 62: Five Year Anniversary Recap
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Tish and Juliana talk about the movies we've featured on the podcast since we started in April 2015. Well, first we check in on how our we're living our pandemic lives. Then, we get into why we aren't "walking our talk" with the movies we choose for the podcast. The lack of diversity is embarrassing, especially considering what we know we both watch; why aren't we bringing that to our podcast choices? We're going to do better! Join us!
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RATED F Ep. 61: Dirty 30 + Blending Media Formats and Platforms
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Tish and Juliana talk about Dirty 30 and blending media formats and platforms. We've both turned 30 and have more than our fair share of thoughts on that. We also have too many thoughts on the various formats and platforms that media is now available on, how formats are created by the platforms but can also exist for multiple platforms, and of course it all comes back to ranting about straight white men dominating the film industry with their heads up their asses instead of allowing all the diversity from the smaller platforms to have a chance at the wider-reaching platforms.
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RATED F Ep. 60: 2019 Year in Review
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Tish and Juliana recap their year in movies, including everyone's favourite- their viewing stats!
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RATED F Ep. 59: Drunk Christmas + Santa Claus Origin Stories
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Tish and Juliana got drunk watching Santa Claus is Comin' to Town and The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus and then talked about it.
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RATED F Ep. 58: Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) 2019
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Tish and Juliana talk about the films they saw at the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) this year; Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin, Mr. Leather, Earth, The Seer and the Unseen, Clebs, Bugs and Beasts Before the Law, Who's Afraid of Ideology?.
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RATED F Ep. 57: Drunk Disney + The Watcher in the Woods
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Tish and Juliana got drunk watching The Watcher in the Woods and then talked about it. It's creepy, spooky, eerie, and you definitely don't see that ending coming...
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RATED F Ep. 56: Drunk Halloween + Something Wicked This Way Comes
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Tish and Juliana got drunk watching Something Wicked This Way Comes and then talked about it. This is the "lost" Halloween episode that we recorded last year. It's like a ghost from the past ooooh spoopy!
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RATED F Ep. 55: Dear White People + the Politics of Satire
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Tish and Juliana talk about Dear White People and the politics of satire with guest Jed! We try to figure out what the movie is actually trying to say; where is the satire, what angle/point of view is it taking, who is it really representing? Jed is a filmmaker and media production grad student who knows way more about this than we do!
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