Who Back When | A Doctor Who Podcast

About Who Back When | A Doctor Who Podcast

There are hundreds of Doctor Who episodes and stories out there and we intend to watch them all! Not just that – We’ll watch, review, discuss, debate, rate and praise and/or poke holes in every episode of Doctor Who, starting with the 1963 pilot. That’s right; we’re beginning with William Hartnell and then working our way forward through time, episode by episode and Doctor by Doctor. In parallel, we’re also reviewing New Who, starting with Eccleston in the 2005 revival. At the time of writing this, we’re already well into the Tom Baker and Peter Capaldi eras! From comparing Dalek and Cybermen military strategems to ranking companions by hairstyle, we’ve got it covered.

Publisher

WhoBackWhen.com

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

4 Jul 2013

Latest episode

12 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 483 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   12 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   N191 The Well

   This episode should have been called “6 o’clock”

2. 

   10 Aug 2025

   N190 Lux

   The "God of Light" turns itself into a cartoon character that, umm, captures people in celluloid?! On rewatch, we offer RTD a lot of admittedly late rewrite options. * * * The TARDIS is still having problems landing back on earth in 2025 so Doc and Belinda are forced to land a tad off course – specifically, by a seemingly deserted Miami cinema in 1952, where unsurprisingly a mystery awaits. Fifteen people have vanished from this very picture house, yet the projector still hums to life each night. Naturally, Doc and Belinda Scooby-Gang into action, and soon stumble upon the pre-credit reveal, namely, that cartoon menace "Mr. Ring-a-Ding" has Last-Action-Hero’d off the silver screen and trapped the poor cinema patrons within film reels. For he is no mere cartoon comic. He is Lux Imperator, God of Light and the latest addition to RTD’s incessant lineup of so-called Harbingers or Gods of Chaos. Who knows? The boundaries between fiction and fact begin to blur, and soon it becomes frighteningly clear that the whimsical antics of Lux put everyone at risk. But just as they're about to put together the puzzle pieces, Doc and Bells are themselves pulled onto the silver screen, where they must face the biggest plot twist of them all: nerds. * * * Check out WHOBACKWHEN.COM while it still exists, for more information, Doctor Who TV Serial and Audiobook reviews, ratings and ramblings, and loads more podcast episodes. WEB: WhoBackWhen.com FACEBOOK: Facebook.com/WhoBackWhen YOUTUBE: WhoBackWhen.com/YouTube BLUESKY: @whobackwhen.com Toodle-Pip!

3. 

   15 Jun 2025

   N189 The Robot Revolution

   Belinda's romantic gesture turns into a royal claim when robots arrive, whisking her away to a planet named after her, where she faces a revolution and her ex, while the Doctor navigates a time rift to rescue her.

Inside a recent episode

N191 The Well

Published 12 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I think that's the thing. There are inconsistencies with the way these characters sometimes appear in episodes, and that's what it is. It's like the script changes slightly. They're given dialogue that they shouldn't have, or it's not smooth enough or whatever. It's an interesting sequel. It's an interesting one to try a sequel for, I think. Because, I mean, like with The Angels in Blink, it worked so perfectly the first time. I think it would be hard-pressed to find someone who thought Midnight was a bad episode. That the monster and the portrayal of it jumping between hosts and speaking before people were speaking and all that kind of stuff. […]

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

6,542

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

47 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

35 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 81 / 100

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Quality

73

Social presence

91

YouTube

82

Engagement

95