NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 259: "Invaders from Mars" Is Up!

 
"And yet, you stay so slim. What's your secret?"
"Clean living. What's yours?"
"Well, every now and again, I treat myself to a complete makeover."
-- The Eighth Doctor and Glory Bee, Doctor Who: "Invaders from Mars"

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 discuss "Invaders from Mars", the first audio drama from Series 2 of Big Finish Productions' Eighth Doctor range in 2002, featuring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, India Fisher as Charley Pollard, Simon Pegg as Don Chaney, and Jessica Stevenson as Glory Bee!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse going to WrestleMania, Mark Gatiss' stories being very hit or miss, wishing "Invaders from Mars" was a TV movie, the real-life panic created by Orson Welles' broadcast of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds on Halloween 1938, Doctor Who and Spaced actors Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, Katy Manning's cameo as a reception guest, some background on the Mercury Theatre broadcast of The War of the Worlds, the ABC TV movie The Day After, the 1953 science fiction film Invaders from Mars, the nod to actor George Coulouris, the Eighth Doctor assuming J.C. Halliday's identity to play private detective, my wanting to look for copies of Action Comics #1 if I was in 1938, the Doctor's plan to have Welles and John Houseman recreated the War of the Worlds broadcast to fool the Laiderplackers that Earth is being invaded by Martians, Charley tripping on truth serum, gangster Don Chaney showing his patriotism when he finds out that Cosmo Devine is working with the Nazis, Glory Bee as a femme fatale, the twist of Glory Bee being revealed as a Russian spy, Professor Stepashin geeking out over being the first person to create an atomic bomb, David Benson's superb vocal performance as Orson Welles, Cosmo flipping sides from the Nazis to the Laiderplackers, the alien odd couple of Noriam and Streath, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly Mac and Dave Proctor, Xan Sprouse and I discussing Galaxy Quest on Drunk Cinema, the dumb rumor of Hugh Grant being cast as the Fourteenth Doctor, tweaking the NSE schedule for "Legend of the Sea Devils", 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 Sea Devils", the third serial from Doctor Who Season 9 in 1972, featuring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, Katy Manning as Jo Grant, Roger Delgado as the First Master, and the first appearance of the Sea Devils!