GHOSTWOOD 069: "Laura Is the One" Is Up!

"What's he want?"
"Who?"
"That insurance fuck.  It's after midnight."
"The bastard.  I could throw a car farther than I'd trust that rat fuck."
-- Rodney and Bradley Mitchum, Twin Peaks: "Laura Is the One"

It is happening again...My co-host with the most Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  This time, we provide our commentary track for "Laura Is the One", a.k.a. "The Return, Part 10", from the 2017 Showtime revival of Twin Peaks, featuring Eamon Farren as Richard Horne, Robert Knepper as Rodney Mitchum, Harry Dean Stanton as Carl Rodd, and Amy Shiels as Candie!

LET'S ROCK!

In our latest episode, Xan and I discuss things like Kyle MacLachlan's sweded recreation of Dale Cooper's introduction scene from the original Twin Peaks pilot, our official Ghostwood declaration that Twin Peaks is off-limits for a future remake, Brian De Palma remaking Hitchcock's Rear Window, the scene with Candie swatting Rodney Mitchum in the face with a TV remote being created to cover Robert Knepper getting struck by a falling set light, Richard Horne's Frankencar, Miriam being an idiot by writing Sheriff Truman about Richard's hit-and-run murder instead of just calling him on the phone, Steven Burnett abusing Becky in the Fat Trout Trailer Park, Xan's shirtless Kyle MacLachlan fantasy, Janey-E wanting some sweet Dougie lovin', Dougie's O-face, Dr. Jacoby making a good Doctor on Doctor Who, Chad getting Chad germs on the station's doughnuts, Johnny Horne's annoying AF toy bear, Richard terrorizing his grandmother Sylvia, all of us just living in David Lynch's dream world, Gordon Cole opening his hotel room door to find Laura Palmer, Rebekah Del Rio being backup on stage by Moby, Xan becoming a Roy Orbison fan, and more!

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Be sure to come back in one month for Episode 070, as Xan and I discuss "There's Fire Where You Are Going", a.k.a. "The Return, Part 11" from the 2017 Showtime revival of Twin Peaks!  Look for more of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast, courtesy of the Southgate Media Group!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 173: "Ascension of the Cybermen" Is Up!

"We're carrying a Cyberman...that makes other Cybermen scream."
-- Ravio, Doctor Who: "Ascension of the Cybermen"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back to discuss "Ascension of the Cybermen", the ninth episode of Doctor Who Series 12, featuring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Patrick O'Kane as Ashad the Lone Cyberman, Ian McElhinney as Ko Sharmus, and Julie Graham as Ravio!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Captain Grumpy lurking in the background, Cybermen stories starting with the letter "A", the Series 12 finale being a two-hour story chopped right in half, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, Ian McElhinney on Game of Thrones and Krypton, wanting a Doctor Who Trivial Pursuit game, the 11 stories not featuring the TARDIS, the in-joke about humans thinking Gallifrey is in Ireland, the Thirteenth Doctor growing darker since learning Gallifrey was destroyed, why it's important to make things difficult for a heroic character, the Doctor being paired with Ryan, Graham being paired with Yaz, Ko Sharmus being what he appears on the box, Sacha Dhawan's Master being heavily influenced by DC Comics' The Joker, the Cyberman space graveyard, Graham trying to act like the Doctor, the storyline of Brendan in 20th century Ireland, Ashad the Lone Cyberman being a great villain, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly Mac and David K. Proctor, my thinking Chris Chibnall is playing the long game, Jesse having Old Man Bladder, and more!

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In honor of our 5th anniversary, we now have a NEW Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt with our current logo, which you can find on TeePublic right HERE!  This spiffy new shirt looks great when you're listening to your favorite Doctor Who podcast and travelling through time and space!  Or your could order all sorts of cool Next Stop Everywhere merch there as well!

And hey, if you'd like to pick up our classic logo Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, you can also find it on TeePublic right HERE!  Help support the show and feel free to post pictures on our Facebook page of you or some other cool person you know wearing the shirt!

Be sure to come back next week, as Jesse and I discuss "The Timeless Children", the Doctor Who Series 12 finale, starring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham O'Brien, Tosin Cole as Ryan Sinclair, and Mandip Gill as Yasmin "Yaz" Khan!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 172: "The Haunting of Villa Diodati" Is Up!

"If he dies now, who knows what damage that will have on future history?  Words matter! One death, one ripple, and history will change in a blink.  The future will not be the world you know.  The world you came from, the world you were created in won't exist, so neither will you.  It's not just his life at stake, it's yours.  You want to sacrifice yourself for this?  You want me to sacrifice you? You want to call it?  Do it now, all of you.  Yeah.  'Cause sometimes this team structure isn't flat, it's mountainous, with me at the summit in the stratosphere, alone, left to choose.  Save the poet, save the universe.  Watch people burn now or tomorrow.  Sometimes, even I can't win."
-- The Thirteenth Doctor, Doctor Who: "The Haunting of Villa Diodati"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back to discuss "The Haunting of Villa Diodati", the eighth episode of Doctor Who Series 12, featuring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Lili Miller as Mary Shelley, Jacob Collins-Levy as Lord Byron, and Patrick O'Kane as Ashad the Lone Cyberman!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like getting our recording schedule back on track, Chris Chibnall co-writing Series 12 episodes, the Lone Cyberman vs. the Lone Ranger, the Eighth Doctor meeting Mary Shelley and taking her on as a companion, the Big Finish audio adventure The Silver Turk, Lord Byron being the father of Ada Lovelace, the Doctor not dressing up for the historical period she's in, Graham being the first companion to need to use the restroom, Yaz crushing on the Thirteenth Doctor, the Thirteenth Doctor's Time Lord Victorious moment, Jesse being a procrastinator, Lord Byron hiding behind Clare's skirts, my theory on why the skeleton hand was reanimated, Ryan getting challenged to a duel, Frankenstein the Modern Prometheus, wondering why the Lone Cyberman was unfinished, the Doctor's nod to Bill Potts, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly Mac and David K. Proctor, some people needing the preaching, an update on Xan's Lady Surgery, sending our thoughts out to special guest companion Lee Leonard, an update on Karen's husband, and more!

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In honor of our 5th anniversary, we now have a NEW Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt with our current logo, which you can find on TeePublic right HERE!  This spiffy new shirt looks great when you're listening to your favorite Doctor Who podcast and travelling through time and space!  Or your could order all sorts of cool Next Stop Everywhere merch there as well!

And hey, if you'd like to pick up our classic logo Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, you can also find it on TeePublic right HERE!  Help support the show and feel free to post pictures on our Facebook page of you or some other cool person you know wearing the shirt!

Be sure to come back next week, as Jesse and I discuss "Ascension of the Cybermen", part one of Doctor Who Series 12 finale, starring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham O'Brien, Tosin Cole as Ryan Sinclair, and Mandip Gill as Yasmin "Yaz" Khan!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 171: "Can You Hear Me?" Is Up!

"Are we underground?  Is that why it’s so dark?"
"The Doctor reckons we’re in a building, among the stars.  We’ve come a long way from home."
"That’s impossible, nobody can travel across the stars."
"Unless you’re the Doctor.  She’s basically the definition of impossible."
-- Tahira and Yasmin "Yaz" Khan, Doctor Who: "Can You Hear Me?"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back to discuss "Can You Hear Me?", the seventh episode of Doctor Who Series 12, featuring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Ian Gelder as Zellin, Clare-Hope Ashitey as Rakaya, and Aruhan Galieva as Tahira!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse's first week at his new job, my dad's 85th birthday, New Who bringing the companions back to Earth to catch up with their lives, wondering if Yaz still has a job, Zellin name-dropping the Eternals, the Black and White Guardians and the Celestial Toymaker, the BBC's reponse to complaints that the Thirteenth Doctor didn't console Graham about his fear that his cancer might return, the Thirteenth Doctor's persona being the socially-awkward Doctor, the Thirteenth Doctor becoming welcoming to people in her TARDIS, Ryan bringing Tibo chips, Ryan not being sure if he wants to continue traveling with the Doctor, what Yaz and Sonya were celebrating, Yaz as a young runaway considering suicide, Yaz being inspired to become a police officer, the Sarah Jane Adventures story "The Nightmare Man", Zellin being revealed as a henchman for Rakaya, wondering why the Doctor wasn't skeptical about releasing Rakaya from her prison, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly Mac and David K. Proctor, sending our best wishes to Xan Sprouse and Karen Lindsay, and more!

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In honor of our 5th anniversary, we now have a NEW Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt with our current logo, which you can find on TeePublic right HERE!  This spiffy new shirt looks great when you're listening to your favorite Doctor Who podcast and travelling through time and space!  Or your could order all sorts of cool Next Stop Everywhere merch there as well!

And hey, if you'd like to pick up our classic logo Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, you can also find it on TeePublic right HERE!  Help support the show and feel free to post pictures on our Facebook page of you or some other cool person you know wearing the shirt!

Be sure to come back in a few days, as Jesse and I discuss "The Haunting of Villa Diodati", the eighth episode of Doctor Who Series 12, starring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham O'Brien, Tosin Cole as Ryan Sinclair, and Mandip Gill as Yasmin "Yaz" Khan!

GHOSTWOOD 068: "From Z to A, Part 2" Is Up!

"That question is asked from a place of a certain logical mind of the way that we think life is.  Which it might not be."
-- Sheryl Lee to Kristine McKenna, Twin Peaks: From Z to A

It is happening again...My co-host with the most Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  This time, we finish our review of the 21-disc box set Twin Peaks: From Z to A, containing Twin Peaks (1990), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, and Twin Peaks (2017).  Exploring the set, they discuss the contents of each disc, what wasn't included from the Gold Box DVD set, the new special feature A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee, and more!

LET'S ROCK!

In our latest episode, Xan and I discuss things like Xan having Lady Surgery, my dad's 85th birthday, Laura Dern winning her first Oscar, Xan forgetting about Twin Peaks while doing a Twin Peaks podcast, the John Wick trilogy, breaking down the contents of each disc on the From Z to A set, what wasn't brought over from the Gold Box DVD set, Craig Miller doing Wrapped in Plastic and Spectrum magazines, the gruesome story of how Al Strobel lost his arm, still having my clippings of Twin Peaks promo art and articles from TV Guide, Jennifer Lynch having a rat eat on her foot, Damon Lindelof sticking the landing on HBO's Watchmen, David Lynch wanting to know who the "Tell it, Martin!" woman was behind Martin Luther King, Jr. during his "I Have a Dream" speech, Sheryl Lee having to prepare for her screams so she doesn't blow out her vocal chords, Xan calling out A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee moderator Kristine McKenna, a special appearance by my cat daughter Keiko, more problems with Skype, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 069, as Xan and I resume our commentaries with "Laura Is the One", a.k.a. "The Return, Part 10"!  Look for more of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Libsyn, Stitcher, and the official Southgate Media Group website!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 170: "Praxeus" Is Up!

"Look at you, going off on your own and not getting killed."
-- The Thirteenth Doctor to Yasmin "Yaz" Khan, Doctor Who: "Praxeus"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back to discuss "Praxeus", the sixth episode of Doctor Who Series 12, featuring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Warren Brown as Jake Willis, Matthew McNulty as Adam Lang, and Molly Harris as Suki Cheng!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse and his wife vacationing in Memphis before he starts his new job, Jesse having more appreciation for Rosa Parks after watching "Rosa", the Doctor being blinded with science, the Doctor feeling comfortable enough with The Fam to send them out across the world by themselves, our concern for Yaz's safety after taking too much initiative, wondering if the Doctor has more than one brain, Jake being very noncommittal, Doctor Who not always developing supporting guest characters as characters, Suki being revealed as the episode's Big Bad, the Skype seeming glitchy once again, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, Christine Peruski calling us out on our episode rating system, our defense of our episode rating system, new feedback from Holly Mac and David K. Proctor, Jesse shamelessly begging for more listeners and reviews, and more!

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In honor of our 5th anniversary, we now have a NEW Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt with our current logo, which you can find on TeePublic right HERE!  This spiffy new shirt looks great when you're listening to your favorite Doctor Who podcast and travelling through time and space!  Or your could order all sorts of cool Next Stop Everywhere merch there as well!

And hey, if you'd like to pick up our classic logo Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, you can also find it on TeePublic right HERE!  Help support the show and feel free to post pictures on our Facebook page of you or some other cool person you know wearing the shirt!

Be sure to come back next week, as Jesse and I discuss "Can You Hear Me?", the seventh episode of Doctor Who Series 12, starring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham O'Brien, Tosin Cole as Ryan Sinclair, and Mandip Gill as Yasmin "Yaz" Khan!

DOOM PATROL Casts Abigail Shapiro as Dorothy Spinner

The Chief finally has a daughter!

TVLine has revealed that the DC Universe/HBO Max series Doom Patrol has cast newcomer Abigail Shapiro as DC Comics character Dorothy Spinner.  The role will be recurring during the show's upcoming second season.

In the TV version, Dorothy was revealed to be the daughter of Dr. Niles Caulder, a.k.a. The Chief (Timothy Dalton), and a primitive woman named Slava (Pisay Pao).  She first appeared in the Season One finale "Ezekiel Patrol", although her face wasn't shown.  In the series, Dorothy's existence motivated the Chief to cause the tragedies that created the Doom Patrol as part of a plan to extend his life so that he could continue to protect her.

According to the official description for Dorothy, "Niles loves her very much and has gone through great sacrifice to protect her, and the world, from her special abilities.  Now that she is no longer hidden, Niles will go to even greater lengths to protect her."

Shapiro, 19, is a newcomer from a singing and dancing background, having only appeared in the film shorts Broadway Kids Against Bullying: I Have a Voice and Broadway Support Lihsa.

Created in 1988 by Paul Kupperberg and Erik Larsen, Dorothy Spinner first appeared in Doom Patrol (vol.2) #14 as a young girl whose mother gave her up for adoption when Dorothy was a baby.  Dorothy suffered a facial deformity that gave her the appearance of an ape, complete with hairy arms.  Because of this, Dorothy grew up isolated from society, with only her imaginary friends for company.  She eventually discovered that she had the power to bring these "friends" to life.  Her imaginary friends taught her how to read and write, because she wasn't allowed to go to school and people thought that she would "scare" the other children.

Dorothy's psychological vulnerability made her the perfect target for the Candlemaker, a malignant egregore removed from our plane of existence eons ago who sought to come back through Dorothy's psychic ability.  One day, a group of boys had been teasing Dorothy brutally.  The Candlemaker appeared in her mind, and when she wished that one of the boys was dead, he happily obliged.  The next day, they found the boy disemboweled and crucified in a field.  Dorothy would spend the rest of her life blocking the Candlemaker in the deepest part of her mind.

She first encountered the Doom Patrol when the team was swallowed by a Chaos Lord named Pythia.  This happened near Dorothy's home and when she went to investigate, she was swallowed by Pythia as well.  Inside, she thought she witnessed the Doom Patrol and other heroes being killed, and pelted Pythia with rocks, which caused her pain and destroyed her.  Dorothy turned up again for the funeral of Doom Patrol member Celsius.

Dorothy soon joined the team, and quickly became problematic during an event involving Dorothy's first period and the Materioptikon, an old device used by former JLA villain Doctor Destiny.  The device boosted Dorothy's powers and brought back three of her old imaginary friends, Damn All, Darling-Come-Home, and Flying Robert (all nightmarish representations of her neglectful and abusive family), whom she killed with an imaginary gun.

During the Men from N.O.W.H.E.R.E. and Pentagon saga, Dorothy was on Danny the Street (a living genderqueer street) with Doom Patrol member Joshua Clay and Flex Mentallo (The Man of Muscle Mystery) when she was  kidnapped by the government-run Men from N.O.W.H.E.R.E. and taken to the sub-sub-basement of the Pentagon called the Ant Farm, a mechanical monstrosity and prison.  Strung up alongside kidnapped psychic Wallace Sage, who created Flex, they were going to be used to summon the Telephone Avatar, an all-powerful being made up of telephone parts.  In Dorothy's mind, the Candlemaker appeared once more, and promised that if she let him out for good, he would destroy the Men from N.O.W.H.E.R.E. and the Telephone Avatar.  Dorothy lapsed, and when she woke up the Candlemaker held true to his promise.

Following their departure from the Ant Farm, the Candlemaker began to haunt Dorothy's mind trying to get her to let him out.  Dorothy confessed to Joshua what had been bothering her, and about what the Candlemaker had done in the past.  She then collapsed from the strain he was putting on her mind, and when Joshua tried to find the Chief for help, the Chief shot him.  When Dorothy found Joshua's body, the Candlemaker told her that he will bring Josh to life if she lets him out.  She did so, and Josh was brought back to life, only to be killed seconds later.  Dorothy attempted to use a gun on the Candlemaker to no effect, but at that moment, computer programmed nanomachines that the Chief had created to cover the world, swarmed over him.  The Candlemaker still went after Dorothy, but Rebis, whom the Candlemaker had also killed, was resurrected in a new body.  Rebis attacked the Candlemaker and reduced him to a single flame that Dorothy put out.

Shapiro will be the first actress to portray the character in live action, although the back of an unknown actress' head was shown toward the end of "Ezekiel Patrol".  The character also appeared briefly in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "The Last Patrol!" as one of the attractions at a freak show presented on a poster with the word "Spinner" written across it.

Doom Patrol is expected to return to DC Universe for Season 2 sometime in 2020.