"Is killing you going to take all day?"
"Why? You busy?"
"Oh, I’m not complaining."
-- Melody Pond and the Eleventh Doctor, Doctor Who: "Let's Kill Hitler"
Hello again, Whovians! Special guest companion Jo Karelja returns to Next Stop Everywhere to help me discuss "Let's Kill Hitler", the eighth episode from Doctor Who Series Six in 2011, starring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams, Nina Toussaint-White as Mels, and Alex Kingston as Melody Pond/River Song!
In this episode, Jo and I discuss things like River Song having a lot of introductory episodes, the first on-screen regeneration of a female character on Doctor Who, where this story falls in the River Song timeline, Jo rewatching all of Series Six to discuss this episode, the prequel to "Let's Kill Hitler" mini-episode, the Eleventh Doctor not having the guts to pick up the phone, Mels growing up along with Amy and Rory as their best friend from childhood, Amy thinking that Rory is gay, that awkward moment when Mels shoots the TARDIS, a wheat field posing as a corn field, Mels regeneration into an older Melody Pond, Melody and the Doctor anticipating one another's moves, Melody terrorizing 1938 Berlin, that awkward moment when the TARDIS voice interface keeps presenting the Doctor with companions that cause guilt, the TARDIS teaching River how to pilot her, River becoming a professor, the Teselecta crew going rogue, the Teselecta crew's inconsistent agenda, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, Steven Moffat leaving loose ends, more on our recent posting issues, new listener feedback from David K. Proctor, Holly from Wisconsin and Hannah Skorupa, my speaking at "The State of Doctor Who Today" panel at Origins 2019, Jesse and I finally talking The Sarah Jane Adventures, Jo becoming a grandmother, and more!
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Be sure to come back next week as OG partner in time Jesse Jackson returns to Next Stop Everywhere to help me discuss "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith", the third serial from The Sarah Jane Adventures Series Three in 2009, starring Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Paul Marc Davis as The Trickster, and John Leeson as the voice of K-9 Mark IV! Look for more of Next Stop Everywhere on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, YouTube, Libsyn, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and the official Southgate Media Group website!