NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 357: "The Rescue" Is Up!

 
"We left in 1963."
"1963! But that means you're about five hundred and fifty years old!"
"Why...yes, I suppose I am. Yes, it's a way of looking at it, but I'll try not to look at it too often."
-- Barbara Wright and Vicki Pallister, Doctor Who: "The Rescue"

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 DJ Nik to discuss "The Rescue", the third serial from Doctor Who Season 2 in 1965, featuring William Hartnell as the First Doctor, William Russell as Ian Chesterton, Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright, and introducing Maureen O'Brien as Vicki Pallister!

In this episode, Jesse, Nik and I discuss things like Jesse going to a personal premiere of Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Nik celebrating his upcoming 42nd birthday, Jesse watching "The Rescue" for the very first time, small stories like "The Rescue" standing out because of its restraint, Vicki's introduction as the first new companion, the second episode being the first episode of Doctor Who to break into the top ten most-watched programs of the week, "The Rescue" being the first serial where the Doctor arrived on a planet other than Earth and claimed to have been there before, the other names considered for Vicki, differences in writer David Whittaker's original draft, Maureen O'Brien refusing to dye her hair to make her resemble Susan Foreman more, Carole Ann Ford wishing Maureen O'Brien good luck on the first day of rehearsals, Koquillion being credited as the pseudonym "Sydney Wilson", the First Doctor and Ian getting along better by this point, Barbara being the emotional anchor of the serial, that awkward moment when Barbara kills Vicki's pet Sandy, Vicki's vulnerability in her loneliness, Vicki being gaslighted by Bennett, the Doctor and Vicki having a mutual reliance on one another, the revelation that Bennett is posing as Koquillion, Bennett's plan to use Vicki as his alibi to cover up the murder he committed, whether the two Didoans are vengeful ghosts, our favorite quotes from the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new listener feedback from Sandi from Oregon, Holly Mac and Dave Proctor, the first Big Finish audio reuniting the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler, 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 are joined by special guest companion Holly Mac to discuss "Snare", the first audio drama from Series 4 of Big Finish Productions' Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures range, featuring Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor, Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, and Camille Coduri as Jackie Tyler!