NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 332: "Joy to the World" Is Up!

 
"No, no! How does this work? How do I get to be you?"
"The long way 'round."
"Yes, but how long?!"
"You'll find out."
"What do I do, where do I go?!"
"You will find out."
"Oh, do you see?! That is why nobody likes you! You have to be mysterious all the time! That's why everyone leaves you! That is why you’re always alone!"
-- The Fifteenth Doctor and the Future Fifteenth Doctor, Doctor Who: "Joy to the World"

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 companions DJ Nik and Holly Mac as we discuss "Joy to the World", the 2024 Doctor Who Christmas Special, featuring Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor, Nicola Coughlan as Joy Almondo, and Steph de Whalley as Anita Benn!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like spending New Year's Day talking new Doctor Who, Almondo meaning "to the world" in Italian, Jesse's reaction to getting another new Doctor Who Christmas Special, Nicola Coughlan being underused as the special guest, Anita being a more interesting character than Joy, Jonathan Aris as Philip Anderson on Sherlock, being surprised by Ruby Sunday's cameo, Russell T Davies asking Steven Moffat to fill in and write the 2024 Christmas Special from scratch, Sylvia Trench being named after James Bond's first love interest in Dr. No and From Russia With Love, Joy's mother staying in the same hospital where the Tenth Doctor met Martha Jones in "Smith and Jones", Ncuti Gatwa having a "million dollar smile", how I would've changed the script so the Doctor brought the "Chair Night" chair into the TARDIS Console Room, wondering why the Doctor didn't question the concept of the Time Hotel potentially messing with history, Moffat's shot at PartyGate during the COVID-19 lockdown, Jesse thinking "The Christmas Invasion" wasn't Christmassy enough, the Doctor being verbally abusive to Joy to snap her out of her trance, my thinking that Joy Almondo should meet Astrid Peth as stars travelling the cosmos, the T. Rex being the MVP of the episode, the Doctor spending an entire year at the Sandringham Hotel with Anita Benn, the fan theory that Anita Benn could be Mrs. Flood, wondering why the Fifteenth Doctor didn't try to contact the Fourteenth Doctor for help, wondering what purpose the Villengard Corporation wanted a star for, our favorite quotes of the story, new listener feedback from Dave Proctor, Megan Stover and Sandi from Oregon, my upcoming story for DC Comics' anthology DC's Lex and the City #1, the final appearance of Roger Delgado as the First Master, 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 two weeks for the next episode of Next Stop Everywhere as Jesse and I discuss "Frontier in Space", the third serial from Doctor Who Season 10 in 1973, featuring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, Katy Manning as Jo Grant, and the final appearance of Roger Delgado as the First Master!