Tish Black

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In the Movies Ep. 9: Juliana's Birthday!

September 18, 2015 in Rated F

Happy Belated Birthday Juliana! We're back from an unintentional hiatus with a special episode all about Juliana's favorite movies! We are impressively comprehensive considering we were drunk at 2am while recording this. Yup, that's right, this is officially our first drunk episode. If you've ever wondered what Juliana's top ten movies are, you've come to the right podcast.

If you've come here from the podcast, then here are those handy dandy links to all the movies we talked about, so you can check them out for yourself!

2001: A Space Odyssey

Trainspotting

Rebel Without a Cause

Wait Until Dark

Sunshine

Tonight You're Mine

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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The Doctor's Companions Ep 14: Judoon Platoon Upon the Moon

September 17, 2015 in Rated F

This week, we get introduced to the best companion ever, Donna, and the worst, Martha. I reveal myself to be a little too interested in the Empress of the Racnoss, while Juliana reveals her three-point reason for disliking Martha. Linda, as usual, remains fairly neutral in most matters while Juliana and I Martha-rant. We all love the Judoon platoon upon the moon and wish that our pockets were also bigger on the

inside.

Take a listen to find out which Doctor Who alien species we'd each like to be and hear us discuss when/how Juliana will finally get to hear The Doctor say her name. (He's already met a Linda, and now Martha's sister Tish.)

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The Doctor's Companions Ep. 13: Sobbing

September 03, 2015 in Rated F

This week, we just bawl our eyes out for an hour. Just kidding. Juliana does tear up a bit, though. But, first we go on a bit of tangent wherein I proclaim my desire for fan art from our existent fans, point out that I left my window open so we might hear some outdoor noises like the scary knife sharpening truck that patrols my neighbourhood, and then a breeze from the window blows a plastic bag down which scares the crap out of Juliana and Linda (apologies if that bursts your ear drums or scares your neighbour).

But, back to the show; we answer this week's question of which two baddies we'd like to see battle, and I poke holes in the science of the whole situation (to avoid my feelings?) before admitting the final scene made my eyes leak.

The next day, as I was editing the two episodes we recorded, I took it upon myself to make us some fan art of each of us with our favorite Doctor. So convenient that we each have a different favorite.

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The Doctor's Companions Ep. 12: L.I.N.D.A. and Chloe

August 27, 2015 in Rated F

This week contains two subpar, not-enough-Doctor-and-Rose episodes, so the highlight for us was showing each other our drawings of our baddies. Our question to answer this week was actually to design a Doctor Who baddie. Juliana and I were both coincidentally inspired by marine life, so we decided they would be from the same planet. Linda went a different direction, describing a man-made baddie, an assisted suicide machine rising up against us.

Angie the Alien of the Craw Family and the species Triskaidekacephalopoda of the planet Amphibiopia

This week's question for you to answer is: Which Doctor Who alien species would you like to be?

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The Doctor's Companions Ep. 11: The Bitter Pill

August 06, 2015 in Rated F

Despite the numerous scientific inaccuracies with these episodes, this is one of my favorite stories. We so rarely get philosophical on Doctor Who, it's so interesting to see how The Doctor handles stuff like this. We bust some science myths and discuss the meaning behind the satanic creature.

Who News

Drink Like a Local: TARDIS Edition [

Geek

& Sundry]

Making of Guess Who: Doctor Who Edition [

Karen Kavett

]

My Doctor Guess Who:

Don't forget to send us your answers to this week's question; Which two baddies would you like to see battle each other? Bonus points if you draw it for us!

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The Doctor's Companions Ep. 10: Cybermen

July 30, 2015 in Rated F

The Cybermen have arrived! In a parallel universe, so, like, who cares? We have a lot of fun this episode answering this episode's question what we would want to see different in a parallel world and talking about Jackie's cleavage, Ricky's scrunched up face, how Apple would have designed sleeker cyber ear pods, Mickey's journey, and practicing our Cybermen voices. The corresponding episode of Doctor Who Confidential was about the history of the Cybermen. Their first iteration had terrifying ski masks and the weirdest speech pattern, which we try to replicate ourselves. Have a look below at their designs over the years.

Who News

Season 9 Trailer [

BBC America

]

Trailer Breakdown [

Den of Geek

]

ComicCon Panel [

BBC America

]

Our question we want you to answer for episode 12 of the podcast is inspired by the episode "Love & Monsters" which features a monster created by a 9-year-old boy who won a contest. We want you to create your own baddie for Doctor Who! Don't just describe it, send us a picture!

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In the Movies Ep. 8: Interstellar Science

July 24, 2015 in Rated F

We talk about Interstellar and science fiction vs. science fact. Juliana enjoyed the movie, but I am full of questions. A lot of those questions go with our discussion about what in science fiction is actually scientific fact. After we dissect the movie, leaving me only slightly less confused, we do a quick run-down of some of the best and worst science in sci-fi movies and why.

Movie News

Live-action Prince Charming [

Hello Giggles

]

Live-action Aladdin prequel [

Hollywood Reporter

]

Live-action Sword in the Stone [

Hollywood Reporter

]

Bill Nye documentary [

Kickstarter

]

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The Doctor's Companions Ep. 9: Highs and Lows

July 16, 2015 in Rated F

This week we go out of order to talk about one of the highest-rated episodes of Doctor Who and one of the lowest-rated. We put episode 4 with episode 7 of this season, to avoid any three-part podcast episodes and keep all these two-part stories together. (There are three two-parters this season!)

Despite being one of the highest-rated by fans, Juliana and I have major issues with "The Girl in the Fireplace".

How could he leave Rose and the TARDIS for that woman?!

Despite being a good episode and story aside from that, we just cannot ignore the fact that his decision is so out of character! I did some research on this Madame de Pompadour and she's not even historically or personally interesting or impressive, so I cannot wrap my head around his fascination with her. Linda doesn't have a problem with it, but I think I probably didn't much on my first viewing either. I think it came after rewatching the whole series enough that I knew The Doctor well enough to see how out of character that is for him.

After Juliana and I get through our ranting, we quickly get through one of our least favorite episodes, "The Idiot's Landern". Aside from Rose and The Doctor looking adorable in their 50's outfits, we all greatly dislike this episode. The baddie is lame and unexplained and we're just plain bored.

Who News and Fun Stuff

Doctor Puppet [

Nerdist

]

Possibility of River Song returning [

The Telegraph

]

Possibility of Captain Jack returning [

Den of Geek!

]

Female Doctor considered in 1986 [

Den of Geek!

]

Moffat on the Time War [

Den of Geek!

]

Nick Briggs on Christopher Eccleston [

Tumblr

]

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International Business Times

The Doctor's Companions Ep. 8: Canine and K9

July 09, 2015 in Rated F

We continue into season 2 and The Doctor and Rose are adorable as ever! We love sassy Queen Victoria, but have some issues with the werewolf-moonlight explanation. And then we completely ignore the oily aliens using children as computers to focus on "the missus and the ex", Rose and Sarah Jane.

Who News

Shia LaBeouf as The Doctor [

Brandon Bird

]

Returning in Season 9, Joivan Wade as Rigsy [

]

Also returning, Ingrid Oliver as Osgood (

We said Osbourne- Oops!

) and Michelle Gomez as Missy [

The Telegraph

]

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The Doctor's Companions Ep. 7: The Dawn of Tennant

June 25, 2015 in Rated F

Season 2 begins! Juliana and I are so excited to have the tenth Doctor, however Linda holds a soft spot for Nine. The season starts off strong with a great episode that really shows why Doctor Who is such a great show. It's a big mysterious adventure, it's hilarious, The Doctor gets serious when necessary, and there are allusions to upcoming big story arcs.

In Who News this episode, I talked about a really cool Doctor Who cookbook. I realized after recording I forgot to even mention the name of the book! It's

Dining with the Doctor: Regenerated

. Check out the (finished)

Kickstarter campaign

for more info, or check out the first edition available on

Amazon

Be sure to send us your answer to our question for Ep. 9 (S02E04 & S02E07): What historical figure would you want to go back and meet?

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The Doctor's Companions Ep. 6: Goodbye, Nine!

June 11, 2015 in Rated F

We're back with hopefully our last three-episode episode. The series is much more agreeable from now on about keeping its two-part stories within our two-at-a-time podcast schedule. These three episodes include one of our least favorite aliens, naked Jack, and the first regeneration. Juliana and I are very excited to get into the age of Tennant, while Linda prefers Eccleston.

Who News

Doctor Who Theme - Player Piano (

YouTube

)

Could Doctor Who series 9 be entirely two-parters? (

RadioTimes

)

This episode, we answered the question: What’s your favorite two-part story? Linda, having only watched 3 seasons so far, chose a story from season 1. Juliana and I were torn between many good choices, but settled on stories from season 4 and season 5.

The question asked, to be answered in episode 8, was: What’s your favorite thing in this new series that they’ve brought from the old series? The Daleks, Cybermen, The Master, the sonic screwdriver, Sarah Jane, U.N.I.T.? This series has brought a lot from the old series into the 21st century.

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The Doctor's Companions Ep. 5: Are You My Mummy?

May 28, 2015 in Rated F

We're back with another two-part story! It's very exciting because it is Steven Moffat's first Doctor Who story and it's the introduction of Captain Jack Harkness! The introduction of Jack creates an interesting relationship dynamic between he and Rose, he and The Doctor, The Doctor and Rose, and the three of them together.

We discuss some Who News this week, which came from this episode of

Nerdist News

, including Maisie Williams being cast (

More photos

have been released- Spoiler-ish), new armoured aliens, and returning characters and baddies.

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The Doctor's Companions Ep. 04: Introducing the Daleks

May 21, 2015 in Rated F

The Daleks are back! Well, only if you were already a Classic Who watcher. And that is precisely my issue with the episode "Dalek". I don't think the episode was a good introduction to the Dalek race for people watching Doctor Who for the first time. Only people who are familiar with the horrible things Daleks are capable of would be scared to hear that voice in the dark. And furthermore, I don't even think Daleks are that scary. Yes, I now know what they are capable of, but as far as striking fear in my heart, they're not nearly as terrifying as, say, statues that move when you're not looking, a crazy time lord bent on revenge, or an unknown creature lurking under the covers.

This week's podcast is a three-for-one because the next two episodes of the show are a two-parter, so we had to keep them together in the schedule. We go from my issues with the Daleks return/introduction to our dislike of Adam, the companion that couldn't companion, and end with the emotional, but scientifically flawed, death of Rose's dad.

There are a few changes to our podcast format, as this was our second recording session. We're starting the episodes with any Doctor Who news we've heard and a question for us (and our listeners!) to answer. (This week was "Who is your favorite one-off companion?" inspired by

this article

on Geek & Sundry.) We're going to be rating each episode with grades (B is average, A+ would probably be a Moffat story, etc.) and we're working on smoothing out our intro and outro (which now includes a question for the next episode, so you have a change to send us your answer for us to read on the podcast!)

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The Doctor's Companions Ep. 3: Alien Farts are Hilarious

May 07, 2015 in Rated F

This week, Linda, Juliana, and I are talking about the first two-part storyline of Doctor Who; "Aliens in London" and "World War Three". Juliana and Linda both think that the fart jokes are stupid and the Slitheen are hideous. I am super weird and think that farts as an alien tell is hilarious and that the Slitheen's faces are actually quite cute! Look at those big round eyes! If they had chubby little baby bodies, they would be adorable baby aliens! We're also excited to see Harriet Jones, MP for Flydell North, for the first time. This is a fun episode because we get to discuss two episodes as one big story.

This is the final podcast that we recorded in that first day (with bad audio, sorry). It feels like soooo long ago (it was) that we recorded, so I am super excited to get together to record again and make some improvements and additions to the format. Linda is up to season 4 now in her watching, so she won't feel as left out when we refer to future stuff, and we've got some good episodes coming up to talk about!

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In the Movies... Ep. 3: Bridesmaids & Women in Film

May 01, 2015 in Rated F

This week's episode of the podcast is really important to me and Juliana as movie watchers, as women, and to me especially as a woman who has wanted to be a filmmaker since I was about 12 years old. We're talking about women in the film industry and the dismal statistics and realities of that.

But first, we talk about an awesome, hilarious, feminism-filled, female written & led movie that everyone loves; Bridesmaids! We talk about how great it is to see real, funny, sometimes gross, sometimes jealous, sometimes crazy, females and female friendships on screen. We talk about all of our favorite parts and why this script is so great, including how we would react if a guy wanted to bake with us (Spoiler Alert: We'd love it!) I talked about perspective/point-of-view in movies because I think this movie is a great example of how seeing a story through the perspective of only one character can distort how events really happened. We think Helen probably isn't really a huge bitch but Annie, in her current life state, would perceive every little thing Helen did as a dig at her. It's interesting to think about what movies would be like if seen from a different character's perspective. Something to think about when watching movies.

And then we get into the juicy stuff. We came armed with articles, infographics, statistics, interviews, videos, etc. to lay down some harsh truths that we think any movie lover, male or female, needs to know. I think we all know by now how underrepresented women are on screen and how few women there are in the industry, but some of the stats we throw at you are truly shocking. Not only are women not in the film industry enough, but we have some information that gives us an idea of why we're not. (Hint: It starts with a 'P' and ends with an 'atriarchy'.)

It's not all bad news, though. We do have some things to talk about how women are helping out women in the industry. We're not saying anything is getting better so far, but there is progress being made, especially recently. Just in the two weeks since we recorded this episode, some awesome women in filmmaking news has come up, which I share below. Apparently, we're not the only ones getting riled up about this issue and trying to do something about it.

So, please, take a listen to this episode. It's pretty long (2 hours) but guess what, it's a podcast, you don't have to listen to it all in one sitting. And it's jam-packed with important stuff that we hope will get your blood boiling as much as it did ours. Listed below are links to all of our sources, and some great stuff that we've found since then. I encourage you to take a look at the articles for more information. The infographics especially are great for visual learners to really get the point across.

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How Women Have Fared Throughout Film History

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Sources:

[Infographic]

Women in Filmmaking at Sundance

[Infographic]

Why Women in Hollywood Can't Get Film Financing

[Infographic]

Small Screen is a Small World for Women

[Infographic]

Global Film Industry Perpetuates Discrimination Against Women

[Infographic]

Depressing Stats for Women in Film

Study on Women in Film and Television Confirms the Worst

The MPAA Rates Movies More Harshly If Women Seem to Be Enjoying Sex

40 Reasons to Wish the MPAA Ratings System an Unhappy 40th Birthday

The Brave Ones - Lynn Hirschberg interviews Yaya DeCosta, Jessica Chastain & Kat Dennings

[Video]

Does the Motion Picture Association Have a Problem With Women Getting Some?

Is Hollywood Terrified Of Female Oral Sex?

Meryl Streep Funds Lab for Women Screenwriters Over 40

News:

The Make It Fair Project

[Video]

Rose Byrne Launches an All-Female Production Company

Shit People Say to Women Directors

The Doctor's Companions Ep. 2: S01E02 & S01E03

April 30, 2015 in Rated F

It seems like it's already been so long since the first episode was posted. (Real time: Two weeks ago.)

This episode, we start to get into our usual format of two episodes per podcast. The Doctor and Rose travel to the future in "The End of the World" and to the past in "The Unquiet Dead". I had a lot of issues with how the space station would work, how the aliens were in fact very human-like, and the whole deal with Cassandra. And then Linda says the zombie episode was her favorite so far and we're all a little disappointed in The Doctor for almost getting killed and Dickens having to save the day.

The audio is still echo-y in this episode, as we recorded the first three episodes in one day and I didn't realize I had some voice-enhancing effect put on. So, bear with us on that for just one more episode and then we'll sound much better!

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No Sex in My City: Valley of the Twenty-Something Guys

April 20, 2015 in Rated F

"Shouldn't we be dating men our own age?"

After Carrie and Big keep bumping into each other at social events, they finally make plans to see each other. Is it a date? Is it a thing? Who knows, because he's always bailing early or bringing along a friend.

New Podcast! The Doctor's Companions: A Doctor Who Rewatch Podcast

April 16, 2015 in Rated F

It's another podcast from me and my friends! For this podcast, Juliana and I are joined by our friend, Linda, to discuss our favorite show

Doctor Who

. Well, I should say, it's definitely Juliana's and my favorite show, but Linda is our resident newbie (NeWhovian, if you will). She's watching Doctor Who for the first time for this podcast, so we can get first impressions from her as Juliana and I have rewatched the show so many times we no longer remember what our first thoughts were.

In each episode, we are discussing two episodes of

Doctor Who

, starting at the beginning of the new series with "Rose". Linda gives her first impressions of characters and plot lines, while Juliana and I can be a bit more critical of how the show compares to its future episodes. This podcast definitely has spoilers as Juliana and I are always getting ahead of ourselves, comparing The Doctor, baddies, and companions to future storylines. However, as Linda is still working her way through the entire series, we try not to spoil ahead of what Linda has seen. In a few months, when Linda is caught up- all bets are off, we can talk about anything! So this isn't a podcast for people to listen to along with their first viewing of the series. It's for crazy Whovians who are so into

Doctor Who

that they would want to listen to three friends discuss each and every episode.

Aside from discussing what happens in each episode, our thoughts, and comparisons to the rest of the series, we will be pointing out sneaky foreshadowing (like every "bad wolf" reference), deciding how realistic the science is (Where is this artificial gravity coming from?!), and fun behind-the-scenes tidbits we get from

Doctor Who Confidential

. We also do fun stuff like tell you which British treat we are indulging in while we record (tea, of course, but also Jammie Dodgers, etc.), answer any emails we get from listeners, a question of the week (Who's your favorite one-off companion?), and we always check in to see if anyone cried during that episode. (Season 2 finale, for sure!)

We recorded the first three episodes in one crazy long afternoon full of comparing notes, feeling awkward talking into a mic, tea, Jammie Dodgers, and sore butts from sitting on shitty folding chairs. Unfortunately, I recorded those first three episodes with some kind of voice effect on, so we all have a bit of an echo. Fortunately, I realized what the problem was, and the audio will be much cleaner after the third episode.

This podcast will have the same uneven schedule (two weeks on, one week off) as

In the Movies

, so it will take approximately one hundred years to get through the entire series, but we are all looking forward to it!

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New Podcast! In the Movies... with Tish and Juliana

April 10, 2015 in Rated F

It's finally here! The idea was hatched in my brain a couple years ago, shared with Juliana a couple months ago, recorded a couple weeks ago, and now it's finally in the iTunes store!

Hop on over to the iTunes store with

this link

or you can search "Tish Chambers" (I'm searchable in iTunes, guys!) to find it or "In the Movies" will find it fifth in the list of podcasts!

Here's the deal: We are passionate cinephiles who have a lot to say about movies and the industry. Each episode focuses on one movie and a related topic. We’re interested in how movies are made, how stories are told, and what they tell us about our culture.

In our first episode, we talk about

The Host

and movies based on books. (See how the topic is related to the movie? You get the idea.) Future episodes will include

Much Ado About Nothing

& Shakespeare in movies,

Bridesmaids

& women in the film industry,

Barbarella

& movies that are so bad they're good, Disney fairy tale villains, 3D technology, LGBT representation, science fact vs. science fiction... I could go on and on. We have so many topics to discuss that we are just so excited to get to all of them!

For now, our schedule is a bit odd. Unfortunately, hosting a podcast ain't cheap if you want enough space to upload one every single week. We're paying for a hosting site, but we can't fit four episodes in a month's worth of space. So, working with what we have, we will be posting episodes two weeks on, one week off (three out of any four weeks). Odd schedule, I know, every other week would make more sense, but we want to get out as many episodes as we can! So, almost every Friday you can expect a new podcast episode.

Who wants an origin story?! Here's how this all came together for me and Juliana...

It was a couple years ago that I first started listening to podcasts, specifically

StarTalk Radio

with Neil DeGrasse Tyson (I'm really into science and shit, guys.) It was then that I first had the idea of the format for this podcast. It was very exciting for me as podcasts were a new media to me. I'd never had a podcast idea before. There was just one flaw in my brilliant idea; I didn't have anyone to podcast with. All the podcasts I was listening to were essentially hour-long conversations between interesting people (

The Nerdist

Girl on Guy

). As much as I wanted to make a podcast, I knew it wouldn't be what I wanted, and what people would want to listen to, if it was just one person rambling on about her thoughts on movies. I needed a co-host, or at least a range of regular guests. The problem with that was my friends did not share my love of movies. I've never had friends that shared my hobbies (making videos, blogging) or some of my interests (movies, the movie industry, movie making, TV). So where would I find someone to talk movies with?

I held onto the format idea, debating back and forth if I should just go ahead and do the podcast by myself, or maybe write it for the blog instead. I went so far as to purchase a good microphone and create

cover art

for the podcast. A few months ago, I decided I would condense the idea to make it into videos on my YouTube channel. I filmed one, but

editing it

was doing my head in. I was all over the place, and having trouble keeping it short enough. (No one watches anything over 5, maybe 10, minutes long on YouTube, really.)

Around that same time, I started listening to a

Friends

rewatch podcast (

Best of Friends

) that I really enjoy and sparked the idea in my head of a

Doctor Who

rewatch podcast with me (a full-on obsessed Whovian) and a friend who was new to

Doctor Who

. I thought of my friend Linda, who I knew listened to some podcasts and had asked me about

Doctor Who

a while ago. When we got together to discuss our idea, we were with our whole group of friends in a hot tub (Jealous?) and as we discussed, our friend Juliana perked up because she was also obsessed with

Doctor Who

and, evidently, podcasts. I should explain now that my group of best friends have been my best friends since high school. Juliana was a new friend that I met at work and had become a friend over the past six months. It had apparently completely skipped my mind that I had a friend who was as into

Doctor Who

as I was. So, Linda, Juliana and I decided to do the

Doctor Who

podcast together. And on the way home, I brought up my movies podcast idea to Juliana, since I had just that night realized I had a friend who was as into movies as I am. I was so used to doing my creative projects alone, or sometimes dragging my friends into them, that I forgot I had a new friend, Juliana, who actually shared my interests.

So, I sent Juliana all my notes I had for possible movies & discussion topics, and she sent back all her thoughts on them, and we got really excited to start recording! And the rest is history... Or, rather, one podcast episode so far.

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