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Reality Bomb Episode 086

December 21, 2020
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On the eighty-sixth edition of Reality Bomb, Joy Piedmont is looking back at the Doctor Who Christmas special and talking with Alex Kennard, Kim Rogers, Katelyn Seitz, Brenna Jones and Graeme Burk about their favourite festive Doctor Who moments in a special documentary. Graeme also talks with Sage Young and Max Curtis about the upcoming special Revolution of the Daleks and what they’re looking forward to when Captain Jack and the (redesigned) pepperpots return on New Years Day. And the OG Doctor Who spinoff and Christmas special comes to the Gallery of the Underrated as Colleen Hillerup discusses K9 and Company. Plus Bruce tries to get Doctor Who more episodes…with disastrous results for Darren!



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Reality Bomb Episode 085

November 30, 2020
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On the eighty-fifth edition of Reality Bomb, Graeme Burk is talking with Mikey Willliams, who works in the British TV industry, and Den of Geek editor Kayti Burt about series 13 starting filming, both in terms of what that means practically in an age of COVID, and what we can expect from a shortened season. Joy Piedmont explores what fandom is like for those born into Gen Z with Beth Axford and Dominic G. Martin. And Who For Schools donor David Matthewman takes us to the icecanos of Spiriodon as Planet of the Daleks comes to the Gallery of the Underrated. Plus BBC America holds a seance / press conference for Doctor Who!



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Reality Bomb Episode 084

October 30, 2020
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On the eighty-fourth edition of Reality Bomb, we’re looking at Time Lord Victorious, the huge story arc encompassing audios, books, comics, figurines, t-shirts(!) and even escape rooms, and talking to Sanjay Lago and Derek Compare about what it is, who can afford it and who is going to buy it all. Planet Who goes to Brazil to talk about Doctor Who and the fandom there with Freddy Pavao and Thais Aux Pavao of Doctor Who Brazil. And a missing story comes to the Gallery of the Underrated for the first time as Den of Geek writer Kayti Burt discusses the 1966 Patrick Troughton story The Highlanders. Plus Listeners Letters, and Drew Meyer’s reactions to the NYCC Doctor Who panel. 



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Reality Bomb Episode 083 – Variations on a Timeless Child

September 28, 2020
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On the eighty-third edition of Reality Bomb, we’ve given over everything to a special episode exploring fan reaction to, and the impact of, the coming of the timeless child to Doctor Who through eight different variations

1) Doctor Who In 90 Seconds or Less – Kim Rogers runs us through all the changes to the Doctor over a 57 year period in one minute, thirty seconds.

2) This Ain’t Our First Rodeo – Jim Sangster explains the evolution of continuity in Doctor Who, and why it matters to fans so much.

3) Diagnosis: Fandom – There’s a medical mystery, and Series 12 is at the bottom of it. With Shannon Dohar, Andy Hicks and Drew Meyer

4) Sacrificing Drama – Ari Lipsey has an issue with The Timeless Children. It’s not what you think.

5) The Island of Misfit Continuity – Where do all the developments that happen to the Doctor on TV that no one talks about end up? Scot Clarke is on the case.

6) When Bad Retcons Happen to Good People – Petra Mayer talks about the worst day of being a fan… November 23, 2013.

7) Adoption Story – Joy Piedmont explores the timeless child and its connection to adoption.

8) Timeless Cracks – A poem by Sanjay Lago



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Reality Bomb Episode 082 – The Best of Comedy Sketches 2

August 26, 2020
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On the eighty-second episode of Reality Bomb, we’ve given over the whole episode to revisit the best of our comedy sketches as selected (mostly) by you, the listener! Join Joy Piedmont and comedy sketch performers Kim Rogers, Bill Evenson and Drew Meyer as they go back through the past seven years of Reality Bomb comedic highlights including “F*ck That Guy”, “Watch This Space”, “Bruce and Darren in the Logos Operation”, “Pam Brandeis – The Whofauldi Brief”, “A Message from BBC America”, “Doctor Who Feminist Agenda Meeting”, “Daleklab 1 – Speculation”, “Dylan Devlin: How to Lose Your Shit as Doctor Who Fan” and much more! Plus we offer a new version of “Spoiler Cops! – The Hostage Panel”



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Reality Bomb Episode 081 – The Shelter In Place Live Edition 3

June 29, 2020
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On the eighty-first edition of Reality Bomb, with sensible people still in lockdown during the global pandemic, we returned once more to do offer a super-sized episode of Reality Bomb live on Zoom. This time, we bring our true confessions revealing our deepest, darkest secret shames, embarrassments and wrongs we have committed regarding Doctor Who to the confession dial. We also play (courtesy of Head Over Feels) This or That! Plus The Tsuranga Conundrum is in the Gallery of the Underrated and we have Listener’s Q and A! And… an ode to a t-shirt.

Resources related to Joy’s editorial:

  • Nicole’s essay about World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls
  • Nicole’s recap of the #DoctorWhoBlackout
  • Organizations supported by fans during the #DoctorWhoBlackout
  • For those who have no idea what Intersectionality is: The Urgency of Intersectionality — TED Talk by Kimberle Crenshaw
  • What does BIPOC mean?



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We also have a video of the whole episode (minus clips for Gallery of the Underrated, thanks YouTube) if you want to watch!

(And if you want to see the video with the clips, you can download it from here!)

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Reality Bomb Episode 080 – The Shelter In Place Live Edition 2

May 31, 2020
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On the eightieth edition of Reality Bomb, while we’re all still in lockdown during a global pandemic, we decided to do another episode of Reality Bomb live on Zoom. We talk about the stand up and cheer moments we love in Doctor Who. The 2003 webcast Scream of the Shalka with Richard E Grant comes to the Gallery of the Underrated. And we play a game where you have to guess what scene from Doctor Who is being (badly) acted out! Plus… Pam Brandeis: Fan Attorney has a case to win on Zoom!



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We also have a video version of this episode if you want to watch!

And if you want to watch a version of the video that has all the clips that YouTube’s algorithm made us take out, you can download this version.

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Reality Bomb Episode 079 – The Shelter In Place Live Edition

April 22, 2020
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Reality Bomb Episode 079 - The Shelter In Place Live Edition

On the seventy-ninth edition of Reality Bomb, we decided to cheer ourselves up during the pandemic by doing a live episode of Reality Bomb… over Zoom. Graeme Burk and Joy Piedmont are joined by Kim Rogers, Shannon Dohar, Alex Kennard and Bill Evenson as they talk about the Doctor Who we’re watching or experiencing that provides comfort. Bill brings the 1965 Peter Cushing movie Dr. Who and the Daleks to the Gallery of the Underrated. And we play Doctor Who fan version of “Never have I ever…” Plus the return of “F*ck that guy”!



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Reality Bomb Episode 078

March 24, 2020
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On the seventy-eighth edition of Reality Bomb, Lacy Baugher and Sage Young come together one last time to discuss the final episodes of series 12, the finale, the change to the Doctor’s backstory and more. Joy Piedmont gets Graeme Burk to sit on the other side of the microphone alongside Robert Smith? to discuss their new episode guide to the modern series, Who is the Doctor 2. And the AV Club’s Caroline Siede stops by the Gallery of the Underrated to discuss the Matt Smith / James Corden bromance-with-Cybermen, Closing Time. Plus we go behind the scenes at a Big Finish production meeting!

Be well, stay safe everybody.



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Reality Bomb Episode 077

February 12, 2020
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On the seventy-seventh edition of Reality Bomb, we bring Sage Young, Lacy Baugher and Petra Mayer together to discuss Series 12, its shock revelations and what’s going right and what’s going wrong this year in Doctor Who. We also talk to Tom Spilsbury, former Doctor Who Magazine editor and contributor to Inside Soap magazine to break down Doctor Who’s ratings this season. And we debut a new feature, Planet Who, which looks at fandom from around the globe — this time looking at the recent documentary about French Doctor Who fandom with one of its co-directors Pauline Cadart Serizel. Plus Listeners’ Letters and the exciting conclusion of Spoiler Cops!



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