NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 295: "The Krotons" Is Up!

 
"But how did you know the machine would dissolve?"
"Hmm? Well, the machine was eighty percent tellurium, Zoe, and tellurium is soluble in sulfuric acid."
"But the machine wasn't pure tellurium!"
"No, well, the acid wasn't pure sulfuric acid...but it worked!"
-- Zoe Heriot and the Second Doctor, Doctor Who: "The Krotons"

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 "The Krotons", the fourth serial from Doctor Who Season 6 in 1968-69, featuring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon, Wendy Padbury as Zoe Heriot, and Philip Madoc as Eelek!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse getting competition on the Bruce Springsteen podcast front, "The Krotons" being Robert Holmes' first Doctor Who script, The Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe being one of the best TARDIS teams ever, Philip Madoc's many Doctor Who appearances, Terrance Dicks developing "The Krotons" with Robert Holmes as a personal project in case other scripts fell through, the Krotons being written with the intent of replacing the Daleks as the Doctor's main nemesis, the original plans for Frazer Hines to leave Doctor Who with this story and being replaced by another male companion named Nik, Wendy Padbury's impractical PVC dress, the Doctor's competition with Zoe to get the higher score on the Krotons' learning machine, Zoe getting the spotlight with the Doctor instead of Jamie, Zoe being far more likeable than Adric, the Doctor using the HADS (Hostile Action Displacement System) to keep the TARDIS from being destroyed, Thara wanting the Gonds to rebel against the Krotons while his father Selris is content with the status quo, Eelek seizing power from Selris only to be a total coward, Robert Holmes envisioning the Krotons as crystalline aliens instead of robots, the Krotons' dumb idea of taking the smartest Gonds away to power their spaceship over decades instead of breeding smarter Gonds, Beta and Jamie making acid without knowing what the hell they're doing, whether Russell T Davies should bring the Krotons back in the modern era, our favorite quotes of the story, my Reverse the Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly Mac, Dave Proctor and Sandi from Oregon, the long-awaited return of John Takacs to Next Stop Everywhere, 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 are joined by special guest companion John Takacs as we discuss "The Seeds of Death", the fifth serial from Doctor Who Season 6 in 1969, featuring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon, Wendy Padbury as Zoe Heriot, and the return of the Ice Warriors!