NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 354: "The Rings of Akhaten" Is Up!

 
"I walked away from the Last Great Time War. I marked the passing of the Time Lords. I saw the birth of the Universe and I watched as time ran out. Moment by moment until nothing remained, no time, no space, just me! I walked in universes where the laws of physics were devised by the mind of a madman! And I watched universes freeze and creations burn! I have seen things you wouldn't believe! I have lost things you will never understand! And I know things, secrets that must never be told, knowledge that must never be spoken! Knowledge that will make parasite gods blaze! SO COME ON THEN! TAKE IT! TAKE IT ALL, BABY!"
-- The Eleventh Doctor to Akhaten, Doctor Who: "The Rings of Akhaten"

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 discuss "The Rings of Ahkaten", the seventh episode from Doctor Who Series Seven in 2013, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald, and Emilia Jones as Merry Gejelh!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse celebrating 10 years of his Bruce Springsteen podcast, writer Neil Cross being the creator and showrunner of Luther, Jesse enjoying the use of music in the episode, Emilia Jones as the lead in the Oscar-winning film CODA, the Doctor researching someone he's taken on as a companion, the Doctor reading the British comic book The Beano, the reference to a Hooloovoo from Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide the Galaxy, the reference to Lewis Carroll's poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter" from his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, the reference to "The Three Doctors", Clara taking her first trip in time and space, Clara's character having "The Impossible Girl" mystery dragging her down as a companion, Clara being better with the Eleventh Doctor than she was with the Twelfth Doctor, Clara making the decision to give up her mother's ring, the Doctor trying to hold up a stone door with the Sonic Screwdriver, Clara telling the Doctor that he shouldn't see her as a replacement for the Victorian Era Clara, my preference for the Doctor in a long coat than a jacket, Clara looking out for Merry, the TARDIS locking Clara outside, Merry overcoming her fear, the Doctor creeping on the first meeting of Clara's parents, the Eleventh Doctor doing a literally memory dump on Akhaten and his big speech, our favorite quotes from the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new listener feedback from Holly Mac, going back to the Tom Baker era in our next episode, 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 discuss "Image of the Fendahl", the third serial from Doctor Who Season 15, featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Louise Jameson as Leela!