NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 329: "Delta and the Bannermen" Is Up!

 
"I can't condone this foolishness, but then, love has never been known for its rationality."
-- The Seventh Doctor, Doctor Who: "Delta and the Bannermen"

Hello again, everyone! My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back for another new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast! This time, we're joined by Special Guest Companion Holly Mac as we discuss "Delta and the Bannermen", the third serial from Doctor Who Season 24 in 1987, featuring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush, Don Henderson as Gavrok, and Sara Griffiths as Ray!

In this episode, Jesse, Holly and I discuss things like the rare situation where Jesse likes a serial more than me, why Holly wanted to join us to discuss this serial, Jesse reminding me how old I am, "Delta" bringing light to the end of Jesse's dark Dallas Cowboys tunnel, Holly and I ranking our favorite Sylvester McCoy era episodes, Stubby Kaye as Marvin Acme in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, my case for The Monkees belonging in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the serial's title being a reference to Echo and the Bunnymen, "Delta" originally being set in 1957 to tie in with the launch of Sputnik 1, Sophie Aldred auditioning for the role of Ray, Ray almost becoming the new companion instead of Ace, John Nathan-Turner's dog Pepsi appearing as Burton's pet, the soundtrack featuring popular '50s songs that were re-recorded by fictional group "The Lorells", Sylvester McCoy finally getting his signature question-mark umbrella, wondering if the Nostalgia Tours space bus time-traveled back to 1959, the Doctor's regeneration diet plan, Aerosmith's song "Delta's Got a Gun", Gavrok and the Bannermen not caring about the Doctor's white flag, Ray being stuck in the Friend Zone, wondering what the hell Billy was thinking by intentionally injecting himself with something to become a Chimeron, Weismuller wearing a Yankees baseball cap that was obviously made in the 1980s instead of the 1950s, wondering how Murray knew the regenerated crystal was ready for use, some fans trying to make Goronwy a future Doctor, Billy and Delta's romance being like a '50s sci-fi movie, Keillor's two hobbies, our favorite quotes of the episode, Classic Mel vs. Modern Mel, my Reverse the Reverse the Polarity segment, my upcoming story for DC Comics' anthology DC's Lex and the City #1, doing another Revisited commentary episode after a long while, and more!

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Be sure to come back in three weeks for the next episode of Next Stop Everywhere as Jesse and I provide our Revisited commentary for "The End of the World", the second episode from Doctor Who Series One in 2005, featuring Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor, Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, and introducing Zoë Wanamaker as the voice of Lady Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17!