THE FANDOM ZONE 295: "The Case of the Very Long Stairway" Is Up!

"Simon, if you punish yourself, everywhere becomes Hell."
-- Edwin Paine, Dead Boy Detectives -- "The Case of the Very Long Stairway"

Hello again, everyone! DJ Nik and I are back for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast! This time, we discuss "The Case of the Very Long Stairway", the seventh episode of Dead Boy Detectives, featuring George Rexstrew as Edwin Paine, Jayden Revri as Charles Rowland, and Donna Preston as Despair!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like being disappointed that Heather Bedor wasn't able to join us as planned, my going through DJ Nik withdrawal, Nik having to force himself to stop watching the final episode of Dead Boy Detectives, trying to reconcile Dead Boy Detectives' depiction of Hell with The Sandman's depiction of Hell, some comics background on Despair, Jenny Green singing Belinda Carlisle's "Circle in the Sand", David Iacono appearing in the next Jurassic Park movie, finally getting to see Despair's realm, Charles' determination to rescue Edwin from Hell, wanting a reproduction of Edwin's journal, getting an answer for why ghosts don't just fall through the floor, Maxine ending up in Hell, the claw machine from Toy Story, Simon's punishment of an eternity of paper cuts, why you shouldn't sacrifice people to demons just because they're not into you, the bloodbath scene from Blade as a porno, Charles handling Edwin's confession of love well, Niko being more than meets the eye, Esther Finch beating the Cat King to death with her iron cane, wanting to see John Constantine on Dead Boy Detectives, everyone in Port Townsend being cool with Jenny walking around town with a meat cleaver, Crystal and her ancestors burying David the demon in an otherdimensional realm, our favorite quotes of the episode, new Fandom Zone Fanmail from Jesse Jackson, teasing the Dead Boy Detectives finale for Nik, and more! 

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Be sure to come back next week when DJ Nik and I discuss "The Case of the Hungry Snake", the eighth episode of Dead Boy Detectives, on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 317: "Dot and Bubble" Is Up!

 
"I thought this was the worst day of my life, but maybe it's the best."
"There are still thousands of people being eaten alive."
-- Lindy Pepper-Bean and Ricky September, Doctor Who: "Dot and Bubble"

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 pay tribute to the late William Russell and discuss "Dot and Bubble", the fifth episode of Doctor Who Series 14, featuring Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor, Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday, Callie Cooke as Lindy Pepper-Bean, and Tom Rhys Harries as Ricky September!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse celebrating his sixty-fifth birthday and his wedding anniversary, Jesse's son Chris having a massive crush on Ruby Sunday, "Dot and Bubble" being a Doctor and companion-lite story, the passing of William Russell, original plans for William Russell to return as Ian Chesterton in "Mawdryn Undead", Russell T Davies' series cojones in making a racist white girl the lead character in the episode, wanting Justice for Ricky September, Ncuti Gatwa making his Series 14 debut in the closing sequence, Russell T Davies revealing that he previously pitched the episode to Steven Moffat for Series Five, Russell T Davies taking inspiration from the Black Mirror episode "Nosedive", running down the early hints of the Finetime residents' racism, "Dot and Bubble" benefitting from a second viewing, Lindy Pepper-Bean's complete dependence on technology being a satire of Gen Z, the Doctor and Ruby finally becoming aware of Susan Twist, the Doctor blocking Lindy's repeated attempts to block him, Ricky September being an Almost Companion, Russell T Davies needing to let more people write episodes besides him, the Doctor still offering to take the Finetime residents to safety in his TARDIS even though they're racists that are disgusted by him, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new listener feedback from Megan Stover, Holly Mac, Sandi from Oregon, and Christine Peruski, applauding Christine for bravely writing about her reaction to "Dot and Bubble", Shaun of the Dead having a lot of Doctor Who actors, and more!

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And just in time for the new era of Doctor Who, we now have a BRAND NEW Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, which you can find on TeePublic RIGHT HERE!  This spiffy shirt looks great when you're listening to your favorite Doctor Who podcast and travelling through time and space! Or you could order all sorts of cool Next Stop Everywhere merch there as well!

Be sure to come back in one week for the next episode of Next Stop Everywhere as Jesse and I discuss "Rogue", the sixth episode from Doctor Who Series 14, starring Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday!

THE FANDOM ZONE 294: "The Case of the Creeping Forest" Is Up!

 
"Love is way less romantic and way more stabby than I thought."
-- Niko Sasaki, Dead Boy Detectives -- "The Case of the Creeping Forest"

Hello again, everyone! DJ Nik and I are back for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast! This time, we discuss "The Case of the Creeping Forest", the sixth episode of Dead Boy Detectives, featuring Ruth Connell as the Night Nurse, Cheech Manohar as Kashi, and the secret origin of Tragic Mick!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like our friend Jesse Jackson needing to only have one national sports championship per year, our needing to check out Sweet Tooth, keeping my poker face for Nik, Cheech Manohar being the co-writer of "The Case of the Dandelion Shrine", Crystal getting the "Light of Heart" from Tragic Mick, David enjoying tormenting Crystal with or without her powers, Crystal looking within and meeting her ancestors, Crystal being part of a lineage of powerful women like Marvel's Echo, finally getting the secret origin of Tragic Mick, Jenny making Niko cry after Niko tries to get her forgiveness, Jenny being old enough to be a mom to Niko, the Night Nurse's impatient frustration vs. Kashi's calm spirituality, the Night Nurse starting to learn how to not be so bureaucratic, Monty being angry with Edwin and leading the Dead Boys into Esther's trap, the Cat King telling Edwin that Monty is luring him into a trap and that he's Esther's crow, Teeth Face as the Monster of the Week, the episode's hell of a cliffhanger, our favorite quotes of the episode, new Fandom Zone Fanmail from Jesse Jackson, looking forward to seeing another member of the Endless, and more! 

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The Fandom Zone on Instagram -- HERE

And if that isn't enough for you, you can pick up an officially official Fandom Zone Podcast t-shirt that all the cool kids are wearing from TeePublic HERE as well! Feel free to post a picture on our Facebook page of you or some other cool person you know wearing the shirt!

Be sure to come back next week when DJ Nik and I discuss "The Case of the Very Long Stairway", the seventh episode of Dead Boy Detectives, on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 316: "73 Yards" Is Up!

 
"Well, we're the Unified Intelligence Taskforce, created to investigate the extraterrestrial and, more and more, the supernatural. Things seem to be turning that way these days."
"And you worked with the Doctor?"
"With him. Despite him. Against him, sometimes. And I adore him. I can only say that now he's not here."
"Oh, no -- I won't say a word."
-- Kate Stewart and Ruby Sunday, Doctor Who: "73 Yards"

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 "73 Yards", the fourth episode of Doctor Who Series 14, featuring Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor, Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday, Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart, and Siân Phillips as Enid Meadows!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like the Minnesota Timberwolves ruining Jesse's team's sweep, not needing any "Doctor-lite" episodes with only 8-episode seasons, using birthday cards for the montage of years passing, the episode's folk horror vibe, the episode's main theme of abandonment, the first meeting of Ruby and Kate Stewart not counting now, Siân Phillips as Reverend Mother Gaius Mohiam in David Lynch's Dune (1984), not getting the Doctor Who theme again, the reason why Ncuti Gatwa was missing from most of this episode, the actual words Hilary Robson repeated as The Woman, the Y Pren Marw pub giving off unfriendly pub vibes from An American Werewolf in London, that awkward moment when the Doctor steps into a fairy circle, the Woman being in a 73-yard orbit around Ruby, Ruby becoming isolated from everyone who cares about her, Ruby being unable to get help from Kate Stewart and UNIT, Roger ap Gwilliam as a metaphor for Donald Trump, my getting to see Cardiff City Stadium, Ruby using The Woman as a weapon against Roger ap Gwilliam, the Woman embracing Ruby at the end of her life, Jesse's frustration for how Ruby travels back to 2024, my not being a fan of Russell T Davies abandoning scientific explanations for magic, wondering why 73 yards was chosen as the distance, Susan Twist's hiker taunting Ruby about seeing her before, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new listener feedback from Holly Mac, Christine Peruski, Dave Proctor, and Sandi from Oregon, why it's okay to get out of your comfort zone, and more!

If you'd like to check out our latest episode, you can find us on...

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Direct MP3 downloads/Libsyn -- RIGHT HERE
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Next Stop Everywhere's Facebook page

Next Stop Everywhere's Twitter account

Next Stop Everywhere's Instagram account

And just in time for the new era of Doctor Who, we now have a BRAND NEW Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, which you can find on TeePublic RIGHT HERE!  This spiffy shirt looks great when you're listening to your favorite Doctor Who podcast and travelling through time and space! Or you could order all sorts of cool Next Stop Everywhere merch there as well!

Be sure to come back in one week for the next episode of Next Stop Everywhere as Jesse and I discuss "Dot and Bubble", the fifth episode from Doctor Who Series 14, starring Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday!

THE FANDOM ZONE 293: "The Case of the Two Dead Dragons" Is Up!

 
"I never thought cutting meat would be the thing I got from my dad. Always assumed the alcoholism or raging narcissism would get me."
-- Jenny Green, Dead Boy Detectives -- "The Case of the Two Dead Dragons"

Hello again, everyone! DJ Nik and I are back for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast! This time, we're joined by special guest Jesse Jackson to discuss "The Case of the Two Dead Dragons", the fifth episode of Dead Boy Detectives, featuring Briana Cuoco as Jenny Green, Jenn Lyon as Esther Finch, and Lindsey Gort as Maxine!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like Jesse returning to The Fandom Zone, needing to plan for our upcoming 300th episode, TV actors becoming TV directors, Jesse's thoughts on Dead Boy Detectives as a series, Jesse and Nik watching Dead Boy Detectives one episodes per week, Twitchy Ritchie's t-shirt featuring the cover of Doom Patrol (vol.1) #118, Charles Rowland being temporarily sent to the dreaded Friend Zone, Crystal being attracted to bad boys, Charles being oblivious of how Edwin feels about him, wondering if ghosts can smell other ghosts, the school's dragon mascot failing to make a subtle exit, the TV show handling teen suicide as a subject, Crystal observing that people who accuse others of being gay are cowards, that awkward moment when Maren offered Crystal a glass of gin in the middle of the afternoon, wondering why Death didn't come to claim Brad and Hunter before they were dragged to Hell, Charles and Edwin helping scare Twitchy Ritchie into cooperating with Crystal, Monty pissing off Esther Finch by bringing up Lilith, Edwin getting his first kiss from a crow, Niko finding Jenny's secret admirer, the tragedy of Jenny finally allowing herself to hope again only to have Maxine traumatize her, Maxine going all Fatal Attraction, being grateful that Jenny and Niko didn't try to cover up Maxine's death, our favorite quotes of the episode, looking forward to the secret origin of Tragic Mick, and more! 

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The Fandom Zone on Instagram -- HERE

And if that isn't enough for you, you can pick up an officially official Fandom Zone Podcast t-shirt that all the cool kids are wearing from TeePublic HERE as well! Feel free to post a picture on our Facebook page of you or some other cool person you know wearing the shirt!

Be sure to come back next week when DJ Nik and I discuss "The Case of the Creeping Forest", the sixth episode of Dead Boy Detectives, on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 315: "Boom" Is Up!

 
"I am a Time Lord. I am a higher dimensional life form. I am a complex space-time event. I am a much bigger bang than you bargained for. I am a lot more explosive than I look, and honey.. I know how I look. Put a quantum chain reaction through me and I will shatter this silly little battlefield of yours into dust. All of it, in a heartbeat, into dust."
-- The Fifteenth Doctor, Doctor Who: "Boom"

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 "Boom", the third episode of Doctor Who Series 14, featuring Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor, Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday, and Varada Sethu as Mundy Flynn!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse being anxious about his Dallas Mavericks, "Boom" being exactly the episode that Doctor Who fans needed after "Space Babies" and "The Devil's Chord", Russell T Davies confirming that Varada Sethu's companion character will not be Mundy Flynn, the latest Susan Twist appearance, the corpse containers looking like like pneumatic tubes from the bank, wondering why Ruby Sunday hasn't been to an alien planet in six months of traveling with the Doctor, Jesse appreciating the Doctor's comment about doing anything for your child, my concern about RTD adding a second companion next series, more speculation about Ruby causing snow to fall, wondering why John Francis Vater brought his daughter to a war zone, the Doctor's remarks about faith, Villengard and the military-industrial complex, Susan Twist being the new "Bad Wolf" mystery, wondering if Steven Moffat needs to be co-showrunner to oversee Russell T Davies' scripts in return, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new listener feedback from Holly Mac, Dave Proctor, and Sandi from Oregon, the interesting camera work  at the end that made you wonder if the Doctor and Ruby were talking to the audience or just looking out the landscape, Jesse joining us again on The Fandom Zone Podcast, and more!

If you'd like to check out our latest episode, you can find us on...

Apple Podcasts -- RIGHT HERE
Google Podcasts -- RIGHT HERE
Direct MP3 downloads/Libsyn -- RIGHT HERE
Spotify -- RIGHT HERE
Stitcher -- RIGHT HERE

Next Stop Everywhere's Facebook page

Next Stop Everywhere's Twitter account

Next Stop Everywhere's Instagram account

And just in time for the new era of Doctor Who, we now have a BRAND NEW Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, which you can find on TeePublic RIGHT HERE!  This spiffy shirt looks great when you're listening to your favorite Doctor Who podcast and travelling through time and space! Or you could order all sorts of cool Next Stop Everywhere merch there as well!

Be sure to come back in one week for the next episode of Next Stop Everywhere as Jesse and I discuss "73 Yards", the fourth episode from Doctor Who Series 14, starring Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday!