NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 200: "The Pandorica Opens" Is Up!

 

"Hello, Stonehenge!  Who takes the Pandorica, takes the universe!  But bad news, everyone, 'cause guess who!  Ha!  Listen, you lot! You're all whizzing about, it's really very distracting. Could you all just stay still a minute, because I! AM! TALKING!  Now, the question of the hour is, who's got the Pandorica?  Answer: I do.  Next question: Who's coming to take it from me?  Come on!  Look at me!  No plan, no back-up, no weapons worth a damn!  Oh, and something else, I don't have anything to lose!  So, if you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceship with all your silly little guns, and you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica tonight, just remember who's standing in your way!  Remember every black day I ever stopped you, and then, and then, do the smart thing: Let somebody else try first."
-- The Eleventh Doctor, Doctor Who: "The Pandorica Opens"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!  This time, we're celebrating our 200th episode as special guest companions Xan Sprouse, DJ Nik, John Takacs, and Christine Peruski help us discuss "The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang", the 12th & 13th episodes from Doctor Who Series Five in 2010, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams, and Alex Kingston as River Song!

In this episode, Jesse, Xan, Nik, John, Christine and I discuss things like bringing the band back together, This Is Spinal Tap, John hitting on Sophie Aldred back in the day, Sophie Okenedo as Alison Cheney in Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka, director Toby Haynes playing Raiders of the Lost Ark during the filming of the Pandorica scenes, the perfect amount of nostalgia, cameos from various Series Five characters, the language River Song wrote her message for the Doctor on the cliffs, Xan's love of the Autons, Rory having the most narrative arc in Series Five, Amy disrespecting Rory while constantly hitting on the Doctor, the alliance of Doctor Who alien villains, wondering why the alliance needed so many races to build the Pandorica trap for the Doctor, modern Whovians latching onto the Eleventh Doctor's fez like classic fans latching onto Tom Baker's long scarf, wondering why no one noticed Amelia Pond hiding out in the National Museum until after closing, Steven Moffat embracing the brain-melting aspect of time travel and swiping from Bill and Ted, Amy finally getting a mom and dad, the modern era trope of having the companions fall in love with the Doctor, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Paul from Australia, Holly Mac and Hannah Skorapa, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as Jesse and I discuss "The Space Museum", the seventh serial from Doctor Who Season Two in 1965, featuring William Hartnell as the First Doctor, William Russell as Ian Chesteron, Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright, and Maureen O'Brien as Vicki!

SHE-HULK Casts Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters

Don't make Tatiana angry.  You wouldn't like her when she's angry.

Deadline has revealed that the upcoming Disney+/Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series She-Hulk has cast Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters, the woman who becomes the sensational She-Hulk!

The news follows word that Kat Coiro will direct several episodes of She-Hulk, including the pilot, and Rick and Morty writer Jessica Gao will lead the show's writers room.

Maslany, 34, is a Canadian actress best known for playing multiple lead characters on the BBC America series Orphan Black and recently appeared on the HBO series Perry Mason as Sister Alice.  Her films include The Vow, Eastern Promises, and Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed, while her other TV appearances include episodes of Parks and Recreation, Alphas, Drunk History, Robot Chicken, and BoJack Horseman.

Created in 1980 by Stan Lee and John Buscema, Jennifer Walters first appeared in The Savage She-Hulk #1 as a criminal defense lawyer who is the cousin of Bruce Banner, the Hulk, and the daughter of Los Angeles County Sheriff William Morris Walters and Elaine (née Banner) Walters, who died in a car crash when Jennifer was seventeen.  

Operatives of Nicholas Trask, a crime boss who had crossed paths with her father, shot and seriously wounded her on the day that Banner visited her to tell her about his transformation into the Hulk.  Since no other donors with her blood type were available, Banner provided his own blood for a transfusion because they already shared the same blood type and DNA.  His gamma-irradiated blood, combined with Jennifer's anger, transformed her into the green-skinned She-Hulk when the mobsters tried to finish her off at the hospital.  She then used her new powers to take down Trask, who was killed when the earth-boring device he rode malfunctioned, taking him to the center of the Earth.

As She-Hulk, Jennifer possessed powers similar to those of her cousin, though at a reduced level, and possessed a less monstrous, more Amazonian appearance.  Eventually, Jennifer decided to retain her She-Hulk form permanently—preferring the freedom, confidence, and assertiveness that it gave her compared to her more timorous and fragile "normal" form.  After her brief solo career, she joined the Avengers for a time before temporarily replacing the Thing as a member of the Fantastic Four.

During the Civil War II storyline, She-Hulk was mortally wounded by a direct attack from Thanos and forced into a coma.  She eventually recovered, but due to the stress following the fight with Thanos, Jennifer started turning uncontrollably into her version of the monstrous Grey Hulk at different intervals.  Recently, She-Hulk became a member of the Avengers once again, but currently functions as brutish, green-skinned incarnation.

Maslany will be the first actress to portray Jennifer Walters in live-action, although the character has appeared in various animated projects, including The Incredible Hulk (1982) (voiced by Victoria Carroll), The Incredible Hulk (1996) (voiced by Lisa Zane and Cree Summer), Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes (voiced by Rebecca Shoichet), The Super Hero Squad Show (voiced by Katee Sackhoff), Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. and Ultimate Spider-Man (voiced by Eliza Dushku), and Marvel Knights: Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk (voiced by Nicole Oliver).

She-Hulk is currently expected to debut on Disney+ sometime in 2022.

ANT-MAN 3 Casts Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror

 

Kang is coming to conquer the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Deadline has revealed that the untitled third Ant-Man film starring Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly has cast Jonathan Majors as the film's supervillain, Kang the Conqueror.

According to the article, Peyton Reed, director of Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp, is returning to helm the third installment, with Jeff Loveness writing the script.  Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige will serve as producer.

Majors, 31, is currently known as Atticus "Tic" Freeman on the HBO series Lovecraft Country.  His other films include The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Da 5 Bloods, Jungleland, Captive State, White Boy Rick, and Hostiles.  In addition, he's appeared in the TV docudrama When We Rise.

Created in 1963 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Kang the Conqureror first appeared in Fantastic Four (vol.1) #19 as Nathaniel Richards, a 31st-century scholar and possible descendant of Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards, who became fascinated with history and discovered the time travel technology created by Doctor Doom.  Richards traveled back in time to ancient Egypt aboard a Sphinx-shaped timeship and became the Pharaoh Rama-Tut.  Rama-Tut's rule was cut short when he was defeated by the time-displaced Fantastic Four.

Embittered, Richards traveled forward to the 20th century, where he met Doctor Doom, whom he believed might be his ancestor.  He later designed armor based on Doom's and, calling himself the Scarlet Centurion, pit the Avengers team against their alternate-reality counterparts.  He planned to dispose of all of them, but the Avengers managed to force him from the timeline.  Richards then tried to return to the 31st century, but overshot it by a thousand years, discovering a war-torn Earth that used advanced weapons they no longer understood.  He found it simple to conquer the planet, expanding his dominion throughout the galaxy, and reinvented himself as Kang the Conqueror in The Avengers (vol.1) #8.

During Richards' first trip into the 20th century under the Kang identity, he met and battled the Avengers, capturing everyone but the Wasp and Rick Jones, and informed the world that they had 24 hours to surrender to him.  Jones and some friends pretended they wanted to help Kang, but double-crossed him once they gained access to his ship and freed the Avengers.  In an attempt to stop them, Kang released radiation that only beings from his time were immune to, but Thor used his hammer to absorb the rays and send them back at the warlord so that even he couldn't withstand them, and Kang was forced to escape.

Ant-Man 3 is currently planned to arrive in theaters sometime in 2022.

GHOSTWOOD 083: "Shapes" Is Up!

"You even have an Indian name, 'Fox.'  You should be Running Fox.  Or Stinky Fox."

"Just as long as it’s not Spooky Fox."

-- Ish and Fox Mulder, The X-Files: "Shapes"

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!  In this episode, we continue our retrospective of Twin Peaks actors appearing on The X-Files by discussing "Shapes", the nineteenth episode of The X-Files Season One from 1994, featuring David Duchovny as Fox Mulder, Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully, Michael Horse as Sheriff Charles Tskany, and Donnelly Rhodes as Jim Parker!

LET'S ROCK!

In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like Xan and I trying to be the responsible ones during the Coronavirus pandemic, waiting for Lex Luthor to strike the San Andreas Fault with a nuclear missile in 2020, Michael Horse as Tonto in The Legend of the Lone Ranger, Donnelly Rhodes as Dutch Leitner on Soap, the very first X-File case being initiated by J. Edgar Hoover in 1946, episode writer Marilyn Osborn taking creative liberties with the Manitou legend, the portrayal of Native Americans on '90s television shows, Xan's husband Chris hating the movie Titanic, Michael Horse looking an awful lot like his Twin Peaks character Deputy Hawk as Sheriff Charles Tskany, The X-Files attempting to appeal to Twin Peaks fans, Xan's Alan Ruck impression, Xan and I having to learn about the Tulsa Massacre by watching Watchmen, how Sheriff Charles Tskany and Deputy Hawk could be the same fictional character, the transformation homage to An American Werewolf in London, the current debate of whether actors should be allowed to play certain characters, Donnelly Rhodes as Doc Cottle on Battlestar Galactica, Ghostwood Mail from Holly Mac, DJ Nik and Jesse Jackson, Marty Feldman as Igor in Young Frankenstein, Xan returning to Next Stop Everywhere for our 200th episode, the first trailer for Denis Villeneuve's film adaptation of Dune looking a lot like David Lynch's Dune from 1984, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 084, as Xan and I discuss "Humbug", the twentieth episode of The X-Files Season Two, featuring Twin Peaks actor Michael J. Anderson as Mr. Nutt, Jim Rose as Dr. Blockhead, and Vincent Schiavelli as Lanny!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 199: "Destination: Nerva" Is Up!

 

"Oh, this is really, really…disgusting!"
"It’s at times like this when I always regret never having taken up the cello."
-- Dr. Alison Foster and the Fourth Doctor, Doctor Who: "Destination: Nerva"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!  This time, we're joined by executive producer Rob Southgate from the Southgate Media Group to discuss "Destination: Nerva", the first release from Big Finish Productions' Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures range in 2012, featuring the return of Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Louise Jameson as Leela, Raquel Cassidy as Dr. Alison Foster, and Tim Treloar as Lord Jack Corrigan!

In this episode, Jesse, Rob and I discuss things like Tom Baker finally agreeing to record Fourth Doctor audios for Big Finish, the first Big Finish Doctor Who audio "The Sirens of Time", why Rob wanted to discuss a Big Finish audio, the fate of the Coo Coo for Who podcast, how Rob became a Doctor Who fan, Marvel Comics' Doctor Who series, how Rob found out that Doctor Who returned in the modern era, how Rob's daughter Molly and wife Martha became Doctor Who fans, Molly adapting Joe Hill's Locke & Key comic book series into a live stage reading, Rob listening to Tom Baker's voice in "Destination: Nerva", the Fourth Doctor being a bit of a jerk at times, "Destination: Nerva" embracing the body horror from Tom Baker's TV era, Leela being the sci-fi version of Eliza Doolittle, the unexpected twist that people transformed into Epiderms were restored to normal, Lord Jack's ambition to grow the British Empire in space, the brutish-sounding Drellerans being pacifists, why Big Finish should start sponsoring our podcast, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Dave Proctor, details on the 200th episode of Next Stop Everywhere, and more!

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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 celebrate the 200th episode of Next Stop Everywhere with special guest companions Xan Sprouse, DJ Nik, John Takacs, and Christine Peruski!  Together, we discuss "The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang", the twelfth and thirteenth episodes from Doctor Who Series Five in 2010, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams, and Alex Kingston as River Song!

THE FANDOM ZONE 190: "The Umbrella Academy Season One Review" Is Up!

"We didn't choose this life, we're just living it."
-- Number Five, The Umbrella Academy: "The Day That Was"

Hello again, everyone!  My co-host Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, we review Season One of the Netflix superhero drama The Umbrella Academy from 2019, featuring a discussion of the TV show's main characters, the great musical soundtrack, the original Dark Horse Comics series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, and more!

In this episode, Jesse and I talk about things like Jesse's wife finally getting him to start watching The Umbrella Academy, how I got into the Dark Horse Comics series The Umbrella Academy, our mutual love of Moon Knight, Luther's upper body looking like an ape, Diego being a Batman Wannabe, Allison and Luther's attraction toward one another despite being adopted siblings, Klaus self-medicating because he sees dead people, Number Five being timey-wimey, Ben as Klaus' Jiminy Cricket, Vanya being revealed as the most powerful member of the family, Sir Reginald Hargreeves being the Worst Father Ever, Pogo as the team's Alfred Pennyworth, Hazel and Cha-cha as a Quantum Leap version of the Men in Black, Leonard Peabody as the Mastermind to Vanya's Dark Phoenix, the Umbrella Academy causing the world-ending apocalypse, some of Season One's greatest song choices, my tease of The Umbrella Academy Season 2, and more!

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Be sure to come back soon as Jesse and I discuss more comic book TV shows, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 198: "Gridlock" Is Up!

"I lied to you, 'cos I liked it. I could pretend, just for a bit, I could imagine they were still alive...underneath that burnt orange sky. I'm not just a Time Lord, I'm the last of the Time Lords. The Face of Boe was wrong. There's no one else."
"What happened?"
"There was a war. A Time War. The Last Great Time War. My people fought a race called the Daleks...for the sake of all creation. And they lost. We lost. Everyone lost. They're all gone now. My family. My friends. Even that sky. Oh, you should have seen it, that old planet! The second sun would rise in the south, and the mountains would shine. The leaves on the trees were silver. When they caught the light every morning, it looked like a forest on fire."
-- The Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones, Doctor Who: "Gridlock"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!  This time, we discuss "Gridlock", the third episode from Doctor Who Series Three in 2007, featuring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones, Ardal O'Hanlon as Thomas Kincade Brannigan, and the return of Anna Hope as Novice Hame!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse recording from work, Jesse liking "Gridlock" more the second time than the first, Anna Hope as D.I. Patricia Menzies, Seventh Doctor novel companion Chris Cwej, Lenora Critchlow on the UK version of Being Human, using church hymns on Doctor Who, the UK comic book series 2000 A.D., the Cassinis being the first homosexual couple on Doctor Who, the Tenth Doctor being an arrogant Doctor, Martha refusing to go back into the TARDIS until the Doctor tells her about Gallifrey, wondering how Valerie Brannigan gave birth to kittens, wondering what if the Doctor came across a couple having sex as he was moving from car to car, Brannigan defending the Cassinis from the Doctor, Milo and Cheen kidnapping Martha against her will, the Macra returning to Doctor Who after 40 years, Novice Hame becoming the Face of Boe's Cat Friday, not buying that Captain Jack Harkness eventually becomes the Face of Boe, the Face of Boe's sole purpose being to tease the return of the Master, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Dave Proctor and Holly Mac, Jesse watching The Umbrella Academy Season 2, Rob Southgate making his Next Stop Everywhere debut, and more!

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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 Southgate Media Group's Rob Southgate joins Jesse and me to discuss "Destination: Nerva", the 2012 audio adventure from Big Finish Productions, featuring the return of Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Louise Jameson as Leela, Raquel Cassidy as Dr. Alison Foster, and Tim Bentinck as Giles Moreau!