Reality Bomb Episode 093A - Remembering Petra Mayer
Reality Bomb - a Doctor Who podcast
Release Date: 11/19/2021
Reality Bomb Episode 119
Reality Bomb - a Doctor Who podcast
On the one hundred and nineteenth episode of Reality Bomb, we talk with the Guardian's Martin Belam about how Doctor Who is doing in the current television landscape, and what we should look forward to, and worry about, in the coming years. And we look back on Is This Rumour Hot or Not? for the past season of Doctor Who and update what was really accurate... and what was wildly wrong with Lacy Baugher-Milas and KatyBeth Schmid. Plus feeling fan anxiety? Ask about Focus Zerg!
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Reality Bomb Episode 118
Reality Bomb - a Doctor Who podcast
On the one hundredth and eigtheenth edition of Reality Bomb, we have our longest episode yet as we catch up on all the news we've missed while we were off (plus a few other things!) First, Graeme Burk talks with Lacy Baugher Milas of Den of Geek about Doctor Who's return to SDCC after five years away. We finish our review of the latest season, and look to the future, as Sage Young and Sanjay Lago discuss Rogue, The Legend of Ruby Sunday and Empire of Death. And we look to the past, or rather how the past is being re-presented through new blu-ray and streaming releases with Jon Arnold and Max...
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Reality Bomb Episode 117
Reality Bomb - a Doctor Who podcast
On the one hundred and seventeenth episode of Reality Bomb, we have a double shot of reviews from the latest season of Doctor Who. First, Graeme Burk talks to Sage Young and Lacy Baugher-Milas about Space Babies and The Devil's Chord. Then we talk to Joy Piedmont and Max Kaschevsky about Boom, 73 Yards and Dot and Bubble. We go under the surface -- way under the surface -- as Amanda-Rae Prescott relives Cold War in the Gallery of the Underrated. And Graeme reflects on the late William Russell. Plus Spoiler Cops continues!
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Reality Bomb Episode 116
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On the one hundred and sixteenth episode of Reality Bomb, Graeme Burk interviews SFX editor Darren Scott about Doctor Who having a digital-first release at midnight on Saturday, having episodes 1 and 2 air before Eurovision, and how the launch of the new season one is going. With a new trailer there's new rumours and Lacy Baugher-Milas and KatyBeth Schmid are here to help us through them with a new edition of Is This Rumour Hot Or Not? And Joy Piedmont takes Doctor Who fan JP Into The Dalek in a new Gallery of the Underrated. Plus, Spoiler Cops continues, a song about the least likely person...
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Reality Bomb Episode 115
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On the one hundred and fifteenth episode of Reality Bomb, Graeme Burk talks with Guardian writer Martin Belam four years (and a massive series of changes in Doctor, showrunner, studio and co-production partner) later and then examines at the current state of Doctor Who in 2024 and what's ahead. Head Over Feels' co-founders Kim Rogers and Sage Young share a Reality Bomb segment for the first time in years to talk about this year's Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles and how the vibe there has changed with recent developments on the show. And we look to the future of communiting, and it...
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Reality Bomb Episode 114
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On the one hundred and fourteenth episode of Reality Bomb, we're all about all the 2023 specials, all the time, as Graeme Burk talks to Kim Rogers and Max Kaschevsky about Ncuti Gatwa's full debut as the Doctor in the Christmas special The Church on Ruby Road. Sage Young and Sanjay Lago also stop by to discuss the three 60th anniversary specials starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate. And we look back on the past year of rumour-mongering in Doctor Who with Lacy Baugher-Milas and KatyBeth Schmid in a special edition of Is This Rumour Hot or Not? that fact checks the previous year's rumours!...
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Reality Bomb Episode 113A - The Essentials (Part 2)
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We're continuing our celebration of the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who with the second of our special episodes that asks a simple but important question: "What is an essential element of Doctor Who?" 20 fans answer this question -- some of them from the Reality Bomb archives, most others are new. All of them talk about the diverse elements that makes Doctor Who the amazing program it's been for 60 years. In part two, we have... Essential #11: Evolution with Jason A. Miller Essential #12: What-if? with Amanda Rae Prescott Essential #13: Emotional Entanglements with Petra Mayer Essential #14:...
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Reality Bomb Episode 113 - The Essentials (Part 1)
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On the one hundred and thirteenth edition of Reality Bomb we're celebrating the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who with a special episode that asks one simple but important question: "What is an essential element of Doctor Who?" Over the next two episodes, we'll have the perspectives of 20 fans on this question, some new, some from the past, as they talk about the diverse elements that makes Doctor Who the amazing program that it is. In the first part, we have: Essential #1: Possibility with Lisa Gledhill Essential #2: The TARDIS with Max Kashevsky Essential #3: Storylines with Sanjay Lago...
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Reality Bomb Episode 112
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On the one hundred and twelfth edition of Reality Bomb, we talk to classical musician Elizabeth Reid McQuillan about the new version of the Doctor Who theme and what makes the Doctor Who theme so popular. We chat with Graham Kibble-White, co-author of the new bookazine , about how the book came together, and how some of the greatest title sequences in Doctor Who's history came together, with exclusive clips of Graham's interviews with the legendary Bernard Lodge and Peter Govey. And we reconvene the Reality Bomb Book Club as Shannon Dohar and Martin Hajovsky discuss Russell T Davies' and...
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Reality Bomb Episode 111
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On the one hundred and eleventh edition of Reality Bomb, Graeme Burk talks about the trailer for the 60th anniversary specials -- and the return of David Tennant's Doctor teaming with Catherine Tate's Donna Noble -- with Sage Young and Julie Chaston. Joy Piedmont talks to Reece Connolly and Carrot about their Doctor Who themed cabaret, The Gallifrey Cabaret. And KatyBeth Schmid and Lacy Baugher-Milas are back for another round of Is This Rumour Hot or Not? Plus, we return to the Church of the Holy Trailer for some more worship. Visit the and for more information about their upcoming...
info_outlineNPR Books Editor Petra Mayer, who has been a longtime contributor to Reality Bomb, died suddenly on November 13. In this special episode Graeme Burk is joined by the Verity! podcast's Deb Stanish to remember Petra and the special enthusiasm she had for Doctor Who. We revisit the highlights of Petra's 26 appearances on the program, and represent four complete segments including Petra's first time on the program, doing a Gallery of the Underrated on the Sylvester McCoy story The Happiness Patrol way back in episode 013 (July 2014); Petra's stinging critique of the lack of women writers in Doctor Who from episode 018 (December 2014); Petra and Deb Stanish at our second New York City live show talking about the enduring power of regeneration in Doctor Who back in episode 038 (September 2016); and finally we have Petra's contribution to our "Variations on a Timeless Child" episode (083) on a retcon that did not please her (to put it mildly) from September 2020.
Petra Mayer will be missed by Doctor Who fans everywhere.