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!