NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 221: "Ghost Light" Is Up!

 
"Remind me what it was that you sensed when you entered this deserted house. An aura of intense evil?"
"Don't you have things you hate?"
"I can't stand burnt toast. I loathe bus stations. Terrible places. Full of lost luggage and lost souls."
-- The Seventh Doctor and Ace, Doctor Who: "Ghost Light"

Hello again, everyone!  I'm back with a new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!  In this episode, my Partner in Time Jesse Jackson and I are joined by special guest companion Xan Sprouse from Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast & Drunk Cinema to discuss "Ghost Light", the second serial from Doctor Who Season 26 in 1989, featuring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Dorothy "Ace" McShane, Ian Hogg as Josiah Smith, and John Hallam as Light!

In this episode, Jesse, Xan and I discuss things like Jesse wearing a mask no matter what the Governor of Texas says, Team Ghostwood being the best people to discuss "Ghost Light", writer Marc Platt wanting the plot to be left up to the audience, the Doctor wanting Ace to grow as a human being, Jesse having problems with the Britbox subtitles, wondering what "Ghost Light" would've looked like under Russell T Davies as showrunner, Marc Platt's Doctor Who novel Lungbarrow, the importance of needing add new questions about the Doctor if you're answering older questions, Eliza Doolittle from Pygmalion, Ace's elocution lessons, the confusing Josiah Smith husks that don't look a damn thing like Josiah, Ace rocking a tuxedo, Sylvester McCoy embracing the Doctor's darker side, Ace blocking out the memories of burning Gabriel Chase to the ground, Ace showing off her "nakedness", the British Empire's sense of entitlement, Jesse being crushed by criticism Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan of the Apes, Darwinism as a central theme in this story, Light capturing Nimrod and making him immortal, the Doctor making his own Prime Directive, lime Skittles being far superior to green apple Skittles, Light not being down with home video rereleases, Control being a metaphor for people needing to grow, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly Mac and Dave Proctor, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as Jesse and I are joined by returning special guest companion Hannah Skorapa to discuss "The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit", the eighth & ninth episodes from Doctor Who Series Two in 2006, featuring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, Claire Rushbrook as Ida Scott, Gabriel Woolf as the voice of the Beast, and the first appearance of the Ood!