As we finish our time with Series 8, Jacob returns to “my old friend alienation,” Ciarán’s suspension of disbelief snaps unexpectedly, and the afterlife turns out to be very Mark Fisher. We wrap up our series-long discussions of abstracted thinking, the Doctor’s attitude towards soldiers and the rediscovery of wonder, and get into a bonus discussion of the complexity of multiple overlapping readings of art, as a treat. Join us in getting overwhelmed all over again by the volcano scene from ‘Dark Water’ and somehow ending up talking about ‘Hell Bent’ a lot, inevitably, and stick around for perhaps our most divergent rankings to date.
Flatline: 0:47
In the Forest of the Night: 26:48
Dark Water/Death in Heaven: 39:07
Final thoughts and rankings: 1:18:46
Bluesky: @lotsplanetspod
Email: lotsofplanets@gmail.com
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Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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5 Jun 2026
Episode 14: Series 8 - Part 2
Back with the Twelfth Doctor, we find plenty of superlatives to throw at ‘Listen,’ including comparing it to both a critically acclaimed horror film and an episode of Buffy (which is also critically acclaimed), not to mention finding the Master’s secret origin in it. That done, we spend almost no time on ‘Time Heist,’ find a surprising amount to say about ‘The Caretaker’ (including a scurrilous rumour that neither of us put any credence in), and a famously divisive episode proves… well, divisive. Plus the Gothic returns, as it always seems to do, funnily enough.
Listen: 1:03
Time Heist: 33:24
The Caretaker: 42:32
Kill the Moon: 57:10
Mummy on the Orient Express: 1:15:43
Bluesky: @lotsplanetspod
Email: lotsofplanets@gmail.com
Theme Music: "Special Spotlight"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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17 Apr 2026
Episode 14: Series 8 - Part 1
It’s our long-awaited return to our beloved Peter Capaldi, even if we do find him in particularly offputting mode (count how many times the word “abrasive” comes up in the first ten minutes). We ponder whether the early Capaldi era is too aesthetically tentative at times, Victorian London is finally done justice in ‘Deep Breath,’ and ‘The Caretaker’ unexpectedly emerges as the crucial episode of the entire series, for some reason. Postmodernism, utilitarianism, and utopianism are all put through the wringer of discussion – and that’s just in regard to one episode.
The Twelfth Doctor: 01:47
Clara and Danny: 12:05
Deep Breath: 34:43
Into the Dalek: 1:06:05
Robot of Sherwood: 1:20:06
Bluesky: @lotsplanetspod
Email: lotsofplanets@gmail.com
Theme Music: "Special Spotlight"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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