"Do you mean it's literally the same diploma, like, in a time-travel way?"
"Timey-wimey."
"Timey-wimey?"
"Yup."
"Am I six?"
-- Belinda Chandra and the Fifteenth Doctor, Doctor Who: "The Robot Revolution"
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 Robot Revolution", the first episode from Doctor Who Series 15, featuring Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor, Jonny Green as Alan Budd, and introducing Verada Sethu as Belinda Chandra!
In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like both of us being geeked to finally have a new episode of Doctor Who to talk about, Jesse's secret message using 9-word sentences, the passing of Doctor Who actress Jean Marsh, our first reactions to Verada Sethu as Belinda Chandra, "The Robot Revolution" starting the season much stronger than "Space Babies" did last year, Belinda being a reluctant companion like Tegan Jovanka, Jonny Green as Tyler Steele in the Big Finish audio drama series Torchwood: The Story Continues, the Apple TV series Foundation, Verada Sethu becoming the fourth actor to play a different character on Doctor Who before being cast as a companion, Russell T Davies originally planning the story to be a one-off story before reworking it into a companion introduction episode, Mrs. Flood referencing the BBC sketch comedy series The Fast Show, my wondering how many hospital patients died as a result of the Doctor causing a power blackout, Belinda being clever enough to keep track of the Doctor's secret message in 9-word sentences, wondering why the Doctor wasn't able to get his TARDIS back or defeat the robots in six months, Belinda turning Alan into the A.I. Generator, Belinda as a nurse vs. Rory Williams as a nurse, Sasha 55 as a Almost Companion, the Doctor justifiably crying at Sasha 55's death, Belinda taking the blame for the robots upon herself to protect the rebels, Mrs. Flood's latest cameo, the controversy of Barbie dolls telling little girls that "Math is stupid", Alan being an incel, star naming certificates being a crappy gift, the Blinovitch Limitation Effect from the Classic Era, Scoot the vacuum robot scooping up Alan as a sperm and an egg, the ominous tease of May 24th for the two-part season finale, our favorite quotes of the episode, new listener feedback from Holly Mac, Dave Proctor, Megan Stover, and Sandi from Oregon, Holly Mac joining us to discuss "Lux", and more!
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