NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 189: "Survival" Is Up!

"There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, the sea's asleep, and the rivers dream.  People made of smoke, and cities made of song.  Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there’s injustice, and somewhere else the tea's getting cold.  Come on, Ace — we’ve got work to do!"
-- The Seventh Doctor to Ace, Doctor Who: "Survival"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!  This time, we're joined by special guest companion Xan Sprouse from Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast and Gold Standard: The Oscars Podcast to discuss "Survival", the fourth serial from Doctor Who Season 26 in 1989 and final story of the classic era, featuring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Dorothy "Ace" McShane, Lisa Bowerman as Karra, and the return of Anthony Ainley as the Third Master!

In this episode, Jesse, Xan and I discuss things like twisting Xan's arm to get her back on the podcast, "Survival" being the last transmitted story but not the last one filmed, Rona Munro being the only classic era writer to also writer for the modern era, what actually killed the Seventh Doctor, Lisa Bowerman as Seventh Doctor companion Bernice "Benny" Summerfield, plans for Sophie Aldred to be written out as Ace in the proposed Season 27, why Ace needs her own spinoff series, blowing up Krypton on a budget, Rona Munro being disappointed with the Cheetah People costumes, St. Elmo's Fire, the Cheetah Planet breaking up like the Genesis Planet, the Master not taking proper care of himself, Sylvester McCoy giving his all, wondering how the Master knew the Doctor was in Perivale, executive producer John Nathan-Turner toning down the lesbian subtext between Ace and Karra, wondering why the Master didn't just teleport himself to Earth, Ace not being a typical tomboy, the differences between the John Nathan-Turner and Russell T Davies eras, Ace not being able to go home again, Ace finding U2's War album, animatronic Salem from Sabrina the Teenage Witch, the nod to Planet of the Apes, the quick backstory for the Kitlings and the Cheetah People, the joke about outrunning a lion needing a payoff, our favorite quotes of the episode, wondering why wolf howls were used for the Cheetah People, my Reverse the Reverse the Polarity segment, Brannigan being an Irish Catholic cat, new feedback from Holly Mac and David K. Proctor, reminding young people of physical media, fun with a crashed Skype connection, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as special guest companion Hannah Skorapa returns to help Jesse and me discuss "The Chimes of Midnight", the 2002 Doctor Who audio drama from Big Finish Productions, starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and India Fisher as Charlotte "Charley" Pollard!