TITANTALK 066: "Souls, Possibilities Patrol, Vacay Patrol, and Dead Patrol" Is Up!

 
"I think my spirit is trapped here because my body has not been put to rest in the proper way. My remains have to be incinerated in order for my spirit to move on. And it dawned on me that if anyone might enjoy the task of burning me to ash, it would be you."
-- The Chief to Cliff Steele, Doom Patrol: "Possibilities Patrol"

Hello again, Titans fans!  My co-host DJ Nik and I are back with a brand-new episode of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast! This time, we discuss "Souls", the ninth episode of Titans Season 3, along with "Possibilities Patrol", "Vacay Patrol" and "Dead Patrol", the first 3 episodes of Doom Patrol Season 3, featuring the return of Conor Leslie as Donna Troy and the introduction of Michelle Gomez as Madame Rouge!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I discuss things like finally catching up with Raven and Donna in Episode 9, wondering why the hell Bruce Wayne attempted suicide, wondering why Donna would go to Bruce after returning from the afterlife, the rather bleak and cold-looking Themyscira, Lydia trying to teach Raven that she should give up trying to resurrect Donna, wondering why Donna was on the Purgatory Train with Tim even though she died back in Season 2, wondering how Hank found the muscle car to rescue Donna and Tim, wondering what would keep Donna and Tim looking for the crossover bridge if they die again, Hank's reunion with his brother Don, the debut of Michelle Gomez as Madame Rouge, the new subplot of Cliff possibly having Parkinson's, Rita's big emotional breakdown on stage, Vic channeling Peter Parker letting the burglar go in Spider-Man's origin, S.T.A.R. Labs shutting down Vic's modem, Fake Miranda being revealed as a personality virus, Cliff trying to make up for lost time with his grandson, the bonus scene at the end of "Possibilities Patrol", Timothy Dalton playing the Chief's ghost, Billy Boyd as Samuelson, Garguax enjoying the Codsville Mountain Resort for decades, the Negative Spirit leaving Larry without powers, Garguax and Cliff bonding in the sauna over their mutual hatred of the Chief, the Doom Patrol drinking from a Scorpion Bowl, the Dead Boy Detectives getting an unofficial backdoor pilot, the dolls Grandma Jane made being the basis for Kay's multiple personalities, wondering if Mento was the disfigured guy who helped Rita in the Tunnel of Souls, our favorite quotes of the episode, new Tell It to TitanTalk email from Steve Siegmund, Nik joining Xan Sprouse and me on Drunk Cinema to discuss Alien, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as DJ Nik and I discuss "Troubled Water", the tenth episode from Titans Season 3, along with "Undead Patrol", the fourth episode from Doom Patrol Season 3, right here on TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast!

GHOSTWOOD 101: "The Hidden" Is Up!

 
"I want to ask you if I'm crazy, or does this seem just a little bizarre?"
"Yeah, it's a little bizarre."
"I knew that. I just wanted to know if you knew that."
-- Tom Beck and Lloyd Gallagher, The Hidden

It is happening again...My co-host with the most Xan Sprouse and I are finally back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  This time, we begin our retrospective of Twin Peaks Actors in Other Films by discussing The Hidden, the 1987 science fiction horror film directed by Jack Sholder, starring Kyle MacLachlan as Lloyd Gallagher/Alhague, Chris Mulkey as Jack DeVries, Michael Nouri as Detective Thomas Beck, and Claudia Christian as Brenda Lee Van Buren!

LET'S ROCK!

In this episode, Xan, and I discuss things like the lingering chaos that happened to us for the past six weeks, the end of Southgate Media Group and the beginning of Wonderful & Strange Productions, Lori and adopting our new kittens Desire and Delirium, David Bowie having one eye that looks like a different color, Xan considering a Mothra tattoo for her leg, our new retrospective of Twin Peaks Actors in Other Movies, Kyle MacLachlan playing another FBI agent that claims to be from Washington state, the Generation X TV pilot, The Hidden having the potential to be a great TV series, New Line Cinema as "The House That Freddy Built", Claudia Christian as Susan Ivanova on Babylon 5, Danny Trejo's cameo as a prisoner, the direct-to-video sequel The Hidden II, Claudia Christian stating that the producers found her breasts visually inadequate, Michael Nouri's terrible career move by turning down the role of Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon, William Boyett being grossed out by the filming of the scene where the alien goes into "his" mouth, the original ending having the alien inside the senator getting away, '80s Ferrari Salesguy doing lines of cocaine in his office with his client, the alien deciding that his dog body isn't working, Gallagher getting shot up with dozens of bullets then lighting up the evil alien with a flamethrower, the ambiguous ending whether Alhague healed Detective Beck or jumped into his dead body, Ghostwood Mail from Justin in Australia, Ken from Chicago recycling an old tweet from 2018, watching Alien in the return of Drunk Cinema with DJ Nik, discussing Carrie next episode featuring Piper Laurie, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks, as Xan and I continue our retrospective of Twin Peaks Actors in Other Films with Carrie, the 1976 supernatural horror film adapted from the novel by Stephen King, featuring Piper Laurie as Margaret White, Sissy Spacek as Carrie White, Amy Irving as Sue Snell, and John Travolta as Billy Nolan!

BABYLON 5 Reboot in Development for The CW from J. Michael Straczynski

 
And so, it begins...again.

Deadline is reporting that The CW is developing a "from-the-ground-up" reboot of '90s science fiction TV series Babylon 5, once again produced by series creator and writer J. Michael Straczynski.

According to the article, the reboot will be written by Straczynski and "revolves around John Sheridan (played by Bruce Boxleitner in the original series), an Earthforce officer with a mysterious background, who is assigned to Babylon 5, a five-mile-long space station in neutral space, a port of call for travelers, smugglers, corporate explorers and alien diplomats at a time of uneasy peace and the constant threat of war. His arrival triggers a destiny beyond anything he could have imagined, as an exploratory Earth company accidentally triggers a conflict with a civilization a million years ahead of us, putting Sheridan and the rest of the B5 crew in the line of fire as the last, best hope for the survival of the human race."

Set across the years 2257 through 2262, Babylon 5 debuted in syndication on February 22, 1993 with "The Gathering", a pilot movie, before the full series began on January 26, 1994. The series ran for five seasons across 110 episodes until November 25, 1998, with each season taking place over a single year. It also spawned five TV movies, a direct-to-DVD production called Babylon 5: The Lost Tales, and the spinoff series Crusade.

The series depicted a future where Earth has a unified Earth government and has gained the technology for faster-than-light travel using "jump gates", a kind of wormhole technology allowing transport through the alternate dimension of hyperspace. The Colonies within the solar system and beyond, make up the Earth Alliance, which has established contact with other spacefaring species. Ten years before the series is set, Earth barely escaped destruction by the technologically superior Minbari, who sought revenge after an Earth starship unwittingly killed their leader during first contact, only for them to unexpectedly surrender on the brink of victory. Earth has since established peaceful relationships with them and the Earth Alliance has become a significant and generally respected power within the galactic community.

The other species include the imperialist Centauri; the Narn, who only recently gained independence from the Centauri empire; and the mysterious, powerful Vorlons. Several dozen less powerful species from the League of Non-Aligned Worlds also have diplomatic contact with the major races, including the Drazi, Brakiri, Vree, Markab, and Pak'ma'ra. An ancient and secretive race, the Shadows, unknown to humans but documented in many other races' religious texts, malevolently influence events to bring chaos and war among the known species.

First Look at Netflix's THE SANDMAN Teases Dream's Imprisonment

 
Roderick Burgess is gonna need all the help he can get. 

During Netflix's fan event Tudum, the streaming service revealed the first look at The Sandman, the TV adaptation of the classic DC Comics/VERTIGO series created and written by Neil Gaiman.

In a one-minute teaser, the footage appears to be taken from the show's pilot episode, and is based on "Sleep of the Just", the first issue of The Sandman comic book series, which was written by Gaiman and drawn by Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg.

Opening at the estate of occultist Roderick Burgess (Charles Dance), we see Burgess and his coven attempting a very important summoning ritual. "Tonight we achieve what no one has even attempted," he remarks. We will summon and imprison...Death."

As his followers repeatedly chant "Here in the darkness," Burgess begins the summoning, saying, "I give you a coin made from a stone. I give you a feather...pulled from an angel's wing. I give you the blood...from my veins. We summon you together! COME!"

Mystical energy begins to swirl, an a cloaked figure in a strange helmet emerges and falls into the arcane circle marked on the floor. We hear a voiceover from another character, who states, "Death has family -- Desire, Destiny, Despair..."

"Which one have I got?" asks Burgess as we see him bend down to remove the helmet.

"Dream," replies the other character.  We now see Dream/Morpheus (Tom Sturridge) has been imprisoned in a large glass chamber. "You're gonna need all the help you can get," he adds ominously.

If you'd like to check out the first look, you can view it below thanks to the official Netflix account on YouTube...

The Sandman is expected to be released on Netflix sometime in late 2021/early 2022.

Russell T Davies to Return as DOCTOR WHO Showrunner in 2023

 
In the words of the Tenth Doctor...What? What?! WHAT???!!!

The BBC has announced that former Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies will be returning as showrunner for the show's 60th anniversary in 2023 and for "series beyond". Davies will follow outgoing showrunner Chris Chibnall, whose final episode for Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor is expected sometime in Autumn 2022. BBC Studios are partnering with Bad Wolf to produce.

Davies, 58, previously served as producer and showrunner from 2005 through 2009, overseeing the relaunch of Doctor Who in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor, through David Tennant's era as the Tenth Doctor. He also created two popular Doctor Who spinoff series, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.

As writer on Doctor Who, Davies created scripts for several memorable episodes, including "Rose", "Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways", "The Christmas Invasion", "Army of Ghosts/Doomsday", "Smith and Jones", "Utopia/The Sound of Drums/The Last of the Time Lords", "Partners in Crime", "The Stolen Earth/Journey's End", and "The End of Time". For Torchwood, he wrote "Everything Changes", "Children of Earth: Day One, Day Three & Day Five", "The New World", and "The Blood Line". For The Sarah Jane Adventures, he wrote "Invasion of the Bane" and "Death of the Doctor".

Davies remarked, "I’m beyond excited to be back on my favorite show. But we’re time-travelling too fast, there’s a whole series of Jodie Whittaker’s brilliant Doctor for me to enjoy, with my friend and hero Chris Chibnall at the helm – I’m still a viewer for now."

"It’s monumentally exciting and fitting that Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary will see one of Britain’s screenwriting diamonds return home," said Chibnall. "Russell built the baton that is about to be handed back to him -- Doctor Who, the BBC, the screen industry in Wales, and let’s be honest everyone in the whole world, have so many reasons to be Very Excited Indeed about what lies ahead."

Piers Wenger, BBC Director of Drama, stated, "As the Thirteenth Doctor prepares to embark on new and extraordinary adventures, the winds of change are blowing…bringing with them news to delight Doctor Who fans across the globe. We are thrilled that Russell is returning to Doctor Who to build on the huge achievements of Chris and Jodie. Thank you to the two of them and the team in Cardiff for all they continue to do for the show and hello Russell, it’s wonderful to have you back."

Doctor Who Series 13 is expected to air sometime in late 2021.

TITANTALK 065: "Home" Is Up!

 
"My Dad got shot and the Titans put on a lightshow?"
-- Tim Drake to Dick Grayson, Titans: "Home"

Hello again, Titans fans!  My co-host DJ Nik and I are back with a brand-new episode of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast! This time, we discuss "Home", the eighth episode from Titans Season 3, features Brenton Thwaites as Nightwing, Vincent Kartheiser as the Scarecrow, Curran Walters as Jason Todd, and Jay Lycurgo as Tim Drake!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I discuss things like Nik providing therapy, Batman Day, My Cousin Vinny, Razz Berry and Johnny Cake getting the leftover sex worker names, the Batman storylines "Cataclysm" and "A Lonely Place of Dying", multiple Dick problems, Tim confronting Dick Grayson at Wayne Manor about Dick being Nightwing, wondering why the Oracle AI from last episode was needed introduced if Barbara is doing Oracle things anyway, Dick suiting up as Nightwing after receiving a concussion, Gar being sidelined as a character by the writers, wondering why the writers had Tim get shot if he's going to become the third Robin, Blackfire and Superboy having sex while strange pink energy swirls underneath their bed, my theory that Blackfire is charging up on Superboy's solar power, Kory's vision of herself as a baby, wondering what Dawn will think if the Titans let Jason rejoin the team, Jason knocking Scarecrow unconscious, Jason going to a voyeur booth and having two sex workers pretend to be Hank and Dawn, Scarecrow revealing why he's trying to drill through the floor of a water pump station, Scarecrow going to visit his psychologist mom only to end up killing her, the homage to Cillian Murphy's Scarecrow in Batman Begins, the debut of the Titans Signal, our favorite quotes of the episode, new Tell It to TitanTalk email from Steve Siegmund, goosing the Apple algorithm, Nik wanting to join Xan Sprouse and me on Drunk Cinema to discuss Alien, Doom Patrol Season 3 returning next week with three new episodes, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as DJ Nik and I discuss "Souls", the ninth episode from Titans Season 3, along with "Possibilities Patrol", "Vacay Patrol" and "Dead Patrol", the first three episodes of Doom Patrol Season 3, right here on TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 242: "Kinda" Is Up!

 
"There you are, Tegan...There's always something to look at if you open your eyes."
-- The Fifth Doctor to Tegan Jovanka, Doctor Who: "Kinda"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with a new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast! This time, we're joined by special guest companion Dave Proctor to discuss "Kinda", the third serial from Doctor Who Season 19 in 1982, featuring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric, and the first appearance of the Mara!

In this episode, Jesse, Dave and I discuss things like Dave's recent vacation in Myrtle Beach, Jesse's co-workers calling in with COVID, a special appearance by Dave's dog Kelly Lou, my new kittens Desire and Delirium, the "Kinda" sequel "Snakedance", director Peter Grimwade directing Adric's first and last story, my appreciating "Kinda" more after watching Twin Peaks, Elementary's Jonny Lee Miller appearing in "Kinda" as a fruit-bearing child, why Nyssa was written out of most of the story, "Kinda" being based on Buddhist concepts and containing references to the Garden of Eden in The Bible, John Nathan-Turner disapproving of the original final scene where Sanders and Hindle link arms and walking into the forest holding a flower, the Colonizers trying to settle on Deva Loka, Adric pretending to go along with Hindle, teenagers generally being written poorly in science fiction, wondering why the Colonizers used the Total Survival Suit to travel across Deva Loka instead of just walking outside their dome and meeting the Kinda, the cliffhanger of the Doctor opening the Box of Jhana, Sanders' complete personality flip after opening the Box of Jhana, the great use of lighting in the sequence where Tegan's mind is trapped in the Dark Place of the Inside, the original depiction of the Mara as a giant rubber snake and the much better alternate CGI version, Panna vs. Yoda, Panna being sexist toward men, wondering if Steven Moffat swiped the Weeping Angels resolution in "Blink" from the Mara resolution in "Kinda", our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly Mac, our new Twitter handle, DJ Nik and I discussing Titans Season 3 on TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks as Jesse and I are joined by special guest companion John Takacs to discuss "Horror of Fang Rock", featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Louise Jameson as Leela, Colin Douglas as Reuben, and John Abbott as Vince Hawkins!

THE BATMAN Spinoff TV Series with Colin Farrell's The Penguin in Development for HBO Max

 
Is "March of the Penguin" available as a series title?

Deadline has word that HBO Max is developing a second TV series spinning out from Matt Reeves' upcoming film The Batman, this one centering around classic Batman enemy The Penguin, played in the film by Colin Farrell.

According to the article, the series will be a "'Scarface-like' series about the rise of the Penguin character" and Farrell is expected to star in the TV series. Lauren LeFranc (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) is reportedly set to be the showrunner.

The series joins a number of DC Comics-based TV series in development at HBO Max, including The Batman spinoff centered around the Gotham City Police Department previously announced in July 2020, along with shows based on DC Comics characters John Constantine and Madame Xanadu.

Farrell, 45, is an Irish actor best known as the supervillain Bullseye in the 2003 movie Daredevil, and as Percival Graves/Gellert Grindelwald in the Harry Potter prequel film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. His other films include Minority Report, Phone Booth, The Recruit, S.W.A.T. (2003), Alexander, Miami Vice (2006), In Bruges, Fright Night (2011), Total Recall (2012), Dumbo (2019), and Artemis Fowl. His television appearances include episodes of True Detective, Scrubs, and Saturday Night Live.

Created in 1941 by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, The Penguin first appeared in Detective Comics (vol.1) #58 as Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, who was bullied as a child for his short stature, weight, way of walking, and beak-like nose. Several stories relate that he was forced, as a child, to always carry an umbrella by his overprotective mother due to his father dying of bronchial pneumonia from refusing to take one while going out in the rain. His parents owned a bird shop, where Cobblepot spent most of his time with the birds, seeing them as his only friends, and lavishing them with attention. His love of birds would eventually lead him to study ornithology in college – only to find out that he knew more about birds than most of his professors did. In some versions, Cobblepot turned to crime after his mother died and the bird shop, along with all of her birds, is repossessed to pay her debts. In others, he was an outcast in his high-society family and their rejection drove him to become a criminal.

He first appeared in Gotham City as a skilled thief, sneaking a pair of priceless paintings (valued at $250,000 in 1941 dollars) out of an art museum by hiding the rolled-up canvases in the handle of his umbrella. The Penguin later used the stolen paintings as proof of his underworld acumen to a local mob boss, who allowed him to join his crime family. With the Penguin's planning, the mob pulled off a string of ingenious heists. The Penguin and the mobster eventually fell out, leading Cobblepot to kill him with his umbrella gun. The Penguin became the leader of the mob and attempted to neutralize Batman by framing him for the theft of a statue, which Penguin himself had stolen. As part of the plot, Penguin actually already owned the statue and was framing Batman and Robin to commit insurance fraud. The Penguin's plans were eventually prevented, but the criminal escaped.

The Penguin recently became a mobster and owner of the Iceberg Lounge nightclub who engages in more quiet criminal activity, tolerated by Batman as a source of criminal underworld information. Whenever he is apprehended for a crime, he is sent to an ordinary prison instead of Arkham Asylum, although some versions of the character (particularly the less sane interpretations) are sent to Arkham.

Farrell is the fourth actor to portray the Penguin in live-action, after Burgess Meredith in Batman television series, Danny DeVito in the film Batman Returns, and Robin Lord Taylor on the TV series Gotham. The character has also appeared in various animated projects, including The Adventures of Batman (voiced by Ted Knight), The New Adventures of Batman (voiced by Lennie Weinrib), Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series (voiced by Paul Williams), Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (voiced by David Ogden Stiers), The Batman (voiced by Tom Kenny), Batman: The Brave and the Bold (voiced by Stephen Root), Justice League Action (voiced by Dana Snyder), and Harley Quinn (voiced by Wayne Knight).

The Batman is currently expected to arrive in theaters on March 4, 2022.

TITANTALK 064: "51%" Is Up!

 
"Guys, relax. If I was going to gas you, you'd already be laying on the floor, peeling your skin off, starting with your eyelids."
-- Dr. Jonathan Crane, Titans: "51%"

Hello again, Titans fans!  My co-host DJ Nik and I are back with a brand-new episode of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast! This time, we discuss "51%", the seventh episode from Titans Season 3, plus a special advance review of Titans United #1, the first issue of the new DC Comics series featuring characters shown on the Titans TV series!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I discuss things like getting an advance copy of Titans United #1 from DC Comics, still not getting any Raven and Donna Troy halfway through Season 3, the Titans finally suiting up and being the Titans, Blackfire getting her costume with boob armor, the shoutout to animated Batman Kevin Conroy, some comics background on Oracle, wondering if Titans' Oracle AI was a nod to Brother Eye from the comics, Dick trying to persuade Barbara to use Oracle to track down Scarecrow, the illegal Oracle AI being housed underneath the Gotham City Police Headquarters, wondering why the NSA didn't take Oracle for themselves, Barbara helping Scarecrow by destroying the Oracle AI that was used by Batman to defeat Scarecrow, my preference for Barbara Gordon as Dick Grayson's love interest, every mob boss' son being named Michael, that awkward moment when Starfire and Blackfire bring back Valeska Knox's son only for her to kill him, that awkward moment when Starfire killed Valeska before getting the information they came to get from her, not buying Blackfire's story that she killed their parents in self-defense and wants Kory to rule with her to keep the Tamaraneans happy, Superboy being completely smitten with Blackfire, Jason being surprised that Scarecrow isn't pissed at him for stealing his product, Scarecrow slipping Jason a poisoned anti-fear inhaler, Vincent Kartheiser's Scarecrow having a Charles Manson vibe, wondering what happened to Lady Vic, Gar being a detective while Dick Grayson is off snogging Babs, Will Graham on the Hannibal TV series, wondering if Red Hood will turn on Scarecrow like Darth Vader turned on Emperor Palpatine, our favorite quotes of the episode, Titans United editor Michael McCalister belonging to the original TitanTalk, our non-spoiler thoughts on Titans United #1, new email from Steve Siegmund, Xan Sprouse returning to Ghostwood and Drunk Cinema, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as DJ Nik and I discuss "Home", the eighth episode from Titans Season 3, right here on TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast!

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Announces Cast & Returning Characters

 
Fans of the original Star Trek series should find these new cast members...fascinating.

As part of Star Trek Day 2021, celebrating the 55th anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek: The Original Series, the upcoming Paramount+ series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds made a big splash during the show's panel segment by announcing the main cast joining stars Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Commander Una Chin-Riley/Number One, and Ethan Peck as Lieutenant Spock.

Here's the rundown of the additional cast:

Celia Rose Gooding as Cadet Nyota Uhura -- Gooding, 21, will be the third actress to portray Nyota Uhura, after Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series and the films Star Trek I through VI, and Zoe Saldana in the films Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness, and Star Trek Beyond.

Jess Bush as Nurse Christine Chapel -- Bush, 31, will be the second actress to portray Christine Chapel, after Majel Barrett in Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series and the films Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

Babs Olusanmokun as Doctor M'Benga -- Olusanmokun, 36, will be the second actor to portray M'Benga, after Booker Bradshaw in the Star Trek: The Original Series episodes "A Private Little War" and "That Which Survives".

Christina Chong as La'An Noonien-Singh -- Chong, 32, is playing a new character who may be a descendant of Star Trek villain Khan Noonien Singh. She is an English actress who previously played Lorna Bucket in the Doctor Who episode "A Good Man Goes to War".

Bruce Horak as Hemmer -- Horak is playing a new character who appears to be an Aenar, a subspecies of the Andorians that was introduced in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "The Aenar". Horak previously appeared in an episode of Warehouse 13.

Melissa Navia as Lieutenant Erica Ortegas -- Navia is playing a new character. She previously appeared in episodes of Homeland and New Amsterdam.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is expected to debut on Paramount+ sometime in 2022.

TITANTALK 063: "Lady Vic" Is Up!

 
"You are expendable. Gotham is an open city now, so I brought in this lovely specimen to help me with a few errands that are near and dear to my heart. If you're unhappy, there are others who are more than willing to take up the cause -- Comprende? Good talk."
-- Dr. Jonathan Crane to Jason Todd, Titans: "Lady Vic"

Hello again, Titans fans!  My co-host DJ Nik and I are back with a brand-new episode of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast! This time, we discuss "Lady Vic", the sixth episode from Titans Season 3, featuring Savannah Welch as Barbara Gordon, Vincent Kartheiser as Dr. Jonathan Crane, Damaris Lewis as Blackfire, and the introduction of Kimberly-Sue Murray as Lady Vic!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I discuss things like wondering if we should change our name to BatmanTalk, Nik emulating the Scarecrow's look, wondering why the Titans writers decided Dick and Babs needed to be criminals instead of heroes, looking at Titans through a critical eye, some comics background on Lady Vic, Barbara Gordon as Catgirl, Titans' Barbara Gordon vs. The Flash's Sue Dearbon, Dick wanting to discuss his relationship with Babs while they're in the middle of a heist, Dick and Babs' first encounter with Lady Vic, "Robin Girl" being a horrible name for Babs, Gar calling out Dick Grayson and going into Beast Mode, Dick breaking more laws without any consequences, Dick and Gar working together to get information from the audio of Lady Vic's massacre, Babs using her escrima sticks while fighting Lady Vic, wondering why Scarecrow needed Lady Vic to take a cellphone pic of Babs, Babs refusing to revisit Oracle for Dick or anyone, Dick checking out Babs' apartment, Blackfire deciding Superboy has what it takes to be her personal manservant, Blackfire calling Starfire out for making her the "bad sister", Scarecrow telling Jason that he's expendable, Jason causing Tim Drake to start his path toward becoming the third Robin, our favorite quotes of the episode, two emails from Steve Siegmund, more episode titles from Josh Mull on Twitter, the stupid Delta Variant keeping me from seeing Shang-Chi in the theaters, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Nik and I discuss "51%", the seventh episode from Titans Season 3, right here on TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 241: "The Runaway Bride" Is Up!

 
"Question is, what did camouflaged robot mercenaries want with you? And how did you get inside the TARDIS? I don't know...What's your job?"
"I'm a secretary."
"Weird. I mean, you're not special, you're not powerful, you're not connected, you're not clever, you're not important..."
"This friend of yours. Just before she left, did she punch you in the face?"
-- The Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble, Doctor Who: "The Runaway Bride"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with a new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast! This time, we're joined by special guest companion Christine Peruski to discuss "The Runaway Bride", the 2006 Doctor Who Christmas Special, featuring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Sarah Parish as the Empress of the Racnoss, and introducing Catherine Tate as Donna Noble & Jacqueline King as Sylvia Noble!

In this episode, Jesse, Christine and I discuss things like Christine being the Mistress of Correction, the State of Texas moving one step closer to becoming the Republic of Gilead from The Handmaid's Tale, more of Jesse appreciating Catherine Tate as Donna Noble the second time around, Donna Noble being a Karen, "The Runaway Bride" showing us glimmers of Donna's potential as a companion, the Broadchurch Drinking Game with Doctor Who actors, "The Runaway Bride" being the first episode in the modern era to mention Gallifrey by name, "The Runaway Bride" originally being planned as a Series Two episode, the production team making fake banknotes for the ATM scene, David Tennant's then-girlfriend Sophia Myles filling in for Catherine Tate during the script readthrough, David Tennant's parents and family members appearing in a deleted scene, the Doctor having a hard time keeping up with Donna, the Doctor and Donna connecting during Donna's literal leap of faith, Jesse and I having friends and relatives enjoying our post-wedding afterparties without us, the return of the RoboForm Santas from "The Christmas Invasion", Lance planning on marrying Donna to get her loaded up on huon particles to hatch the Empress of the Racnoss' babies, the Doctor offering the Empress one last chance, the first glimpse of the Tenth Doctor being the Time Lord Victorious, Donna telling the Doctor he needs someone to travel with to stop him from time to time, the joy of watching something you've seen before with someone experiencing it for the first time, the Doctor's "bigger on the inside" pockets, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly Mac & Dave Proctor, Christine's thoughts about the next Doctor, the Doctor being able to become more than just white dudes, all of us missing Xan Sprouse terribly on podcasts, my new kittens Desire and Delirium, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks as Jesse and I are joined by special guest companion Dave Proctor to discuss "Kinda", the third serial from Doctor Who Season 19 in 1982, featuring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric, and the first appearance of the Mara!