NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 253: "Eve of the Daleks" Is Up!

 
"So, we’re good. We make this work, next time round."
"But we failed to do this the last five times. And this time, we’ve even less time. What makes you think that this is gonna work?"
"Because, something seems impossible. We try, it doesn’t work. We try again. We learn, we improve. We fail again, but better. We make friends. We learn to trust, we help each other. We get it wrong again. We improve together, then ultimately succeed. Because this is what being alive is, and it’s better than the alternative. So come on, you brilliant humans! We go again, and we win. Deal?"
-- The Thirteenth Doctor and Sarah, Doctor Who: "Eve of the Daleks"

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 companions DJ Nik & Holly Mac to discuss "Eve of the Daleks", the 2022 Doctor Who New Year's Day Special, featuring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Mandip Gill as Yasmin "Yaz" Khan, John Bishop as Dan Lewis, Aisling Bea as Sarah, and Adjani Salmon as Nick!

In this episode, Jesse, Nik, Holly, and I discuss things like Nik and Holly finally reuniting on a podcast, my non-stop love of a Doctor Who discussion, BBC America needing to know when to not cut off dialogue for commercial breaks, Groundhog Day time-loop stories become tired and tropey, the Daleks learning as well from their time-loop experiences, the Daleks shooting like Stormtroopers in Star Wars, Aisling Bea's Sarah being a Donna Noble-type character, the unexpected cameo return by Jonny Dixon as Karl Wright, the in-joke of having Nicholas Briggs say the Dalek line "I am not Nick!", Yaz calling out Sarah for making fun of Dan, the confirmation of Yaz's sexuality and her romantic feelings toward the Thirteenth Doctor, hoping that Dan sticks around after the regeneration, Nik wondering why Chris Chibnall waited two episodes before Jodie Whittaker leaves to reveal Yaz's feelings, getting an aftermath resolution to the leftover story thread about the TARDIS being corrupted by the Flux, Yaz's self-denial over her sexuality, the Thasmin ship name, Diane having some serious making up to do if she wants to get back with Dan, Dan being Yaz's wingman and throwing serious shade at Daleks, Jeff being such an important presence that never appeared in the episode, Nik being a weirdo and ruining elves for everyone, not being convinced that Sarah and Nick will remain a couple, finally seeing someone duck so two Daleks shoot one another, Nick winning Sarah over through the course of the episode, women thinking Nik is weird for being friends with his mother, the Daleks wanting revenge on the Doctor for wiping out a Dalek fleet in "The Vanquishers", Daleks and Nazis seeming less threatening when you make fun of them, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Sandi from Oregon, the first time we saw the Daleks' x-ray extermination special effect, Holly discussing Betty White and Hawkeye on The Five-ish Fangirls Podcast, our upcoming schedule through the next special "Legend of the Sea Devils", our reaction to seeing the Sea Devil in the trailer, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for the next episode of Next Stop Everywhere as Jesse and I discuss "The Invasion of Time", the sixth serial from Doctor Who Season 15 in 1978, featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, John Leeson as the voice of K-9, the Sontaran invasion of Gallifrey, and the departure of Louise Jameson as Leela!