NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 207: "Dragonfire" Is Up!

 
"Oh, all right, you win."

"I do?  I usually do."

"I'm going now."

"Yes, that's right, you're going.  You've been gone for ages.  You're already gone.  You're still here.  You've just arrived.  I haven't even met you yet.  It all depends on who you are and how you look at it.  Strange business, time."

-- Melanie "Mel" Bush and the Seventh Doctor, Doctor Who: "Dragonfire"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with a new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!  This time, we're joined by special guest companion Holly Mac from The Five(ish) Fangirls Podcast to discuss "Dragonfire", the fourth serial from Doctor Who Season 24 in 1987, featuring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, the debut of Sophie Aldred as Dorothy "Ace" McShane, the departure of Bonnie Langford as Melanie "Mel" Bush, and the return of Tony Selby as Sabalom Glitz!

In this episode, Jesse, Holly and I discuss things like Xan Sprouse not being able to join us as planned, Sabalom Glitz being the Captain Jack Harkness of the classic era, Tony Selby appearing in the original Superman movie from 1978, Stellar being an outer space Shirley Temple, the explanation for why the Seventh Doctor made a literal cliffhanger at the end of Part One, Kane's death vs. Toht's death in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Glitz replacing a character called Razorback, Sylvester McCoy insisting on using his audition speech for Mel's departure, the original plans for Ace in "Dragonfire", the Doctor's reunion with Glitz, wondering why Glitz's ship was named Nosferatu, the Doctor's really long to-do list, '80s Doctor Who showing its age, Sylvester McCoy making the Doctor his own, the Doctor taking in Ace as his new companion, Mel and Ace having a very Odd Couple friendship, wondering why Mel left the Doctor to travel with Glitz, Ace as the first modern era companion, Kane as the Mr. Freeze of Doctor Who, Kane having a really bad ice sculpture made of Xana, Kane's very quick decision to kill himself, needing more time for Belasz's backstory and less of Stellar and her mother, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Dave Proctor, the healing power of Doctor Who, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as Jesse and I are joined once again by special guest companion Holly Mac as we discuss "Storm Warning", the very first Eighth Doctor audio adventure from Big Finish Productions in 2001, featuring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, Gareth Thomas as Lord Tamworth, Barnaby Edwards as Rathbone, and introducing India Fisher as Charlotte "Charley" Pollard!