NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 211: "The Lodger" Is Up!

 
"Has anyone ever told you that you're a bit weird?"
"They never really stop."
-- Craig Owens and the Eleventh Doctor, Doctor Who: "The Lodger"

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 comic book artist and writer Thom Zahler to discuss “The Lodger”, the eleventh episode from Doctor Who Series Five in 2010, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, and introducing James Corden as Craig Owens and Daisy Haggard as Sophie!

In this episode, Jesse, Thom and I discuss things like the secret origin of how Jesse and Thom became friends, Thom's various works including Love and Capes, Warning Label and Time and Vine, Thom and I both writing for Pocket Books' Star Trek short story anthologies, Thom's work on My Little Pony for IDW Publishing and the Brony fandom, why Thom wanted to discuss "The Lodger", James Corden in the horrible 2019 Cats movie, Gareth Roberts' original comic story "The Lodger" for Doctor Who Magazine, Roberts' original plans to use the Classic Era villain Meglos, the coincidence of Matt Smith having a footballer background, Craig being too afraid to move forward with Sophie and his career, wondering why the Doctor doesn't label the TARDIS console instruments so his companions can help him when needed, Sophie being braver than Craig, Craig and Sophie being out of sync, Craig becoming frustrated with the Doctor for being better at his life, the spaceship being a MacGuffin to force Craig into professing his love for Sophie, wondering if the Doctor lied about not being able to touch the spaceship console, the Doctor agreeing to keep a set of Craig's keys, Thom waiting for Amy to think the Doctor was going to propose to her, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Dave Proctor and Holly Mac, Thom designing the original Next Stop Everywhere logo, the upcoming 200th episode of The Fandom Zone, trying to get Thom to come back for "Closing Time", Thom as a letter column writer in '80s Firestorm comics, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks, as Jesse and I are joined by special guest companion Hannah Skorapa as we watch and provide our commentary for "The Husbands of River Song", the 2015 Doctor Who Christmas Special, featuring Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, Alex Kingston as River Song, Greg Davies as King Hydroflax, and introducing Matt Lucas as Nardole!