On a special extra-length episode of Reality Bomb, we’re continuing our tenth anniversary celebrations with a look at our longest running segment, Gallery of the Underrated. We’ve made a deep dive into the archives and brought back ten Gallery of the Underrateds from the past decade of Reality Bomb that re-examine the overlooked, ignored and generally derided Doctor Who stories of the past 60 years.

This special collection includes:

• Our first Gallery of the Underrated, with Jon Arnold on The Beast Below (Episode 003)
• Gary Russell’s defence of The Monster of Peladon (Episode 017)
• A look back on The Sensorites with Shannon Dohar (Episode 057)
• Paul Condon’s re-appraisal of Delta and the Bannermen, which includes a mind-blowing discussion of who the villains actually are… (Episode 047)
• Priya Deonarain’s reconsideration of the themes of Ascension of the Cybermen and The Timeless Children (Episode 091)
• A journey back to The Planet of the Spiders, courtesy of Lisa Gledhill (Episode 091)
• Pauline Serizel talking about why Love & Monsters is about her life as a fan (Episode 069)
• Erika Ensign defending The Ribos Operation… both generally and against a hostile room live at Gallifrey One (Episode 054)
• Glen Weldon having a topping day, eh wot, with Black Orchid (Episode 042)
• Gary Gillatt re-examining The Invasion of Time (Episode 097)

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On the one hundred and tenth edition of Reality Bomb, we’re celebrating our tenth anniversary with our longest episode yet and featuring “ten for ten”– ten segments that look back on ten years of Reality Bomb, introduced by contributors and friends of the programs. This episode includes:

• Romance in Doctor Who (from episode 060) – Jenny Colgan and Kim Rogers talk about how, why and should romance be in Doctor Who. Introduced by Kim Rogers
• Planet Who: Le Fandom Français (from episode 077) – We talk to Pauline Serizel from Pepperpot about French fandom as chronicled in a recent documentary. Introduced by David Matthewman
• F*ck That Guy (from episode 055) – One of our most…enduring? comedy sketches starring Shannon Dohar and Kim Rogers. Introduced by Deb Stanish
• The Doctor Who Theme (from episode 005) – Alex Kennard’s audio essay on how the Doctor Who theme came to be and why it works so well. Introduced by Alex Kennard
• Con Safety and Doctor Who Conventions (from episode 071) – A panel from our special episode on con safety with Felicity Kuzinitz and Sage Young. Introduced by Sage Young
• Gallery of the Underrated: The Chase (from episode 048) – featuring BBC presenter and author Matthew Sweet. Introduced by Jim Sangster
• Variations on a Timeless Child: When Bad Retcons Happen To Good People (from episode 083) – Petra Mayer looks back on her worst day… as a Doctor Who fan. Introduced by Martin Hajovksy
• Spoiler Cops: Revenge With a Vengeance – Part Two The Vengeancing (from episode 030) – can Detective McDonough clear her name? starring Lizbeth Myles, Bill Evenson, Erik Stadnik, Alex Kennard and Felicity Brown. Introduced by Bill Evenson
• Excerpt from our “Calling the World” documentary (from episode 064). Introduced by Heather Berberet
• Editorial – A Life in Fandom (from episode 024 live in New York). Introduced by Shannon Dohar

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