NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 372: "The Curse of the Black Spot" Is Up!

 
"Ignore all my previous theories!"
"Yeah, well, we stopped paying attention a while back!"
-- The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond, Doctor Who: "The Curse of the Black Spot"

Hello again, everyone! My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I joined by special guest Holly Mac as we discuss "The Curse of the Black Spot", the third episode of Doctor Who Series Six from 2011, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams, and introducing Hugh Bonneville as Captain Henry Avery!

In this episode, Jesse, Holly and I discuss things like Jesse celebrating his birthday, talking like a pirate, Holly heading into summer break, writer Stephen Thompson writing for both Sherlock and Young Sherlock, Holly and Jesse enjoying "The Curse of the Black Spot" more the second time, Jesse revealing his Karen Gillan pirate fantasy, Hugh Bonneville as Lord Grantham/Robert Crawley on Downton Abbey, Steven Thompson being inspired by a popular Cornish legend about "The Mermaid of Zennor", his initial budget-conscious script, some historical background on Henry Avery, the black spot being a pirate's death sentence, the episode being reordered in Series 6, the story having none of the guest cast dying and with no villain, original plans for the Siren to appear to Toby Avery, wondering why the Doctor has never taken the time to learn medicine, the possibility of seeing Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill reunited on Doctor Who someday, Amy and Rory keeping the Doctor's "death" at Lake Silencio from him while the Doctor keeps Amy's quantum pregnancy scans from her, my wondering when Amy learned how to swordfight, Captain Avery and the crew of the Fancy, wondering what Avery's plans were when going out into space, Avery's greed ultimately exposing his son to the Siren, the twist of the Siren being beneficial, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new listener feedback from Sandi from Oregon and Dave Proctor, our ambitious plan to discuss all 12 episodes of "The Daleks' Master Plan", 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 Episodes 1 through 4 of "The Daleks' Master Plan", the fourth serial of Doctor Who Season 3 from 1965-66, featuring William Hartnell as the First Doctor, Peter Purves as Steven Taylor, Adrienne Hill as Katarina, and introducing Jean Marsh as Sara Kingdom!