TITANTALK 050: "Titans Season Two Review" Is Up!

"I told you what would happen if the Titans ever reunited."
-- Deathstroke to Nightwing, Titans: "Nightwing"

Hello again, Titans fans!  My fellow TitanTalker Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast!  This time, we're celebrating TitanTalk's 50th episode and joined by friend and loyal TitanTalk listener DJ Nik to review Season Two of the DC Universe series Titans, featuring all the new DC Comics heroes and villains, and the highs and lows of the show’s 13-episode second season!

In this episode, Jesse, Nik and I discuss things like Nik comparing Titans' second season to the Montreal Canadiens, the decision to bring the final episode of Season One over as the season premiere of Season Two, the introductions of Bruce Wayne and Deathstroke, Esai Morales being the best live-action Deathstroke, "Rose" also being an important title to Doctor Who fans, Chelsea Zhang as Rose Wilson, the introduction of Faddei, Michael Mosley as Doctor Light, the improved tone of Season Two, the introduction and quick death of Aqualad, Jericho and "The Judas Contract", Aqualad and Wonder Girl hooking up, the original Titans blaming Dick for Jericho's death, Jason Todd almost being killed by Deathstroke, the debut of Superboy and Krypto, Genevieve Angelson as Dr. Eve Watson, preferring Akiva Goldsman as a director than a writer, Jason's difficult struggle with thoughts of suicide, Dick Grayson's hallucination of Bruce, the original Titans inviting Jericho to share beers on the beach, the physical death of Jericho, Jillian's relationship with the Amazons, the episode where Titans Season 2 started slumping, Cool Hand Dick in prison, Beast Boy being mind-controlled, Wonder Girl's cheap death, Titans tanking another season finale, Nik joining us on our big "Crisis on Infinite Earths" discussion on The Fandom Zone Podcast, and more!

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Be sure to come back in 2020 for TitanTalk's return to discuss Season 2 of the DC Universe series Doom Patrol!  Look for more of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, YouTube, Libsyn, and the official Southgate Media Group website!

THE FANDOM ZONE 171: "An Almost Religious Awe" Is Up!

"I’m tired, Joe.  I’m tired of all the…silliness.  You want me to ask you why I’m strapped to a chair in an abandoned J.C. Penney, or what that cage is for?  Fine.  Just know that I don’t give a shit."
-- Laurie Blake to Senator Joe Keene, Watchmen: "An Almost Religious Awe"

Hello again, everyone!  My co-host Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, we discuss "An Almost Religious Awe", the seventh episode of the HBO series Watchmen, featuring Regina King as Sister Night/Angela Abar, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Cal Abar, Hong Chau as Lady Trieu, and Jean Smart as Laurie Blake!

In this episode, Jesse and I talk about things like Hall & Oates vs. Paul Young, Jesse being unsure if he wants another season of Watchmen, more of my wondering about Cal's mysterious "accident", Dr. Manhattan's reaction to Vietnamese soldiers surrendering to him, the Batmanish origin of Sister Night, that awkward moment where young Angela's grandmother dies before she's able to bring Angela back to the American mainland, young Angela's obsession with watching the Sister Night VHS tape, Lady Trieu using mnemodialysis to help Angela recover from her overdose of her grandfather's Nostalgia pills, Bian asking Angela why she hides her activities as a cop from her kids, that awkward moment when Angela learns she's getting memory dialysis from an elephant, Angela learning that Lady Trieu's Dr. Manhattan phone booths are a data mining operation, my argument that Lady Trieu is Ozymandias' daughter, Jane confessing to Laurie that she's part of the Seventh Kavalry conspiracy, Laurie falling through a trap door in Jane's living room, Senator Joe Keene's racist statement about the system being rigged against white people, the 7K's plan to turn themselves into Doctor Manhattan, wondering why Lady Trieu didn't want Cal to come inside, Damon Lindelof cleverly ducking questions by telling people which specific episodes things do or don't happen, my ruining The Sixth Sense for my wife Lori and our friend Tom, Angela taking a claw hammer to Cal's forehead, Ozymandias farting in his trial, our favorite quotes of the episode, racists on social media being upset when a non-white actor is cast as a traditionally white character, Watchmen not helping Tulsa's tourism industry, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as Jesse and I review "A God Walks into a Bar", the eighth episode of HBO's Watchmen, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

GHOSTWOOD 065: "Gotta Light?" Is Up!

"Ladies and gentlemen.  The Roadhouse is proud to welcome...The Nine Inch Nails!"
-- The MC, Twin Peaks: "Gotta Light?"

It is happening again...My co-host with the most Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  This time, we're back with our commentary track for "Gotta Light?", a.k.a. "The Return, Part 8", from the 2017 Showtime revival of Twin Peaks, featuring Carel Struycken as The Fireman, Joy Nash as Senorita Dido, Robert Broski as The Woodsman, and a special Roadhouse performance by "The" Nine Inch Nails!

LET'S ROCK!

In our latest episode, Xan and I discuss things like what we've been doing during our month-long hiatus, Xan going to Amsterdam and getting the Hash Flu, Sears screwing me over in 1977 with their Star Wars action figures "Early Bird Certificate Package", Xan warning Jon Favreau about killing Baby Yoda, Xan and I seeing David Lynch's Inland Empire for the first time, Team Ghostwood appearing on the Why Is This a Thing? podcast, the next generation of Twin Peaks fans, Strange Days vs. Johnny Mnemonic, Darya's brutal murder, headlights into the darkness, Ray urinating on a tree, hoping that Cooper would get back into his original body, why there's needs to be BOB and Laura Palmer bowling balls, Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt" being better than Nine Inch Nails', Trent Reznor and David Lynch being a good match, the very first atomic bomb explosion, Joudy giving birth to BOB, why the death penalty is better than the Phantom Zone, the White Lodge's real estate value, Xan wanting all of the White Lodge furniture, Carel Struycken in Doctor Sleep, Senorita Dido creating Laura Palmer as the antithesis to BOB, the Emmys snubbing all the "The Return, Part 8" nominations, the frog-moth taking a long time to find young Sarah Palmer, our big Natalie Portman debate, the Woodsman looking like evil Abraham Lincoln, young Sarah Palmer ingesting the frog-moth, why we need to explore more of Sarah Palmer's background, David Lynch's inspiration for the frog-moth, Mark Frost writing the secret origin of Twin Peaks, show pitches for our next Ghostwood episode, and more!

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Be sure to come back in one month for Episode 066, as Xan and I return for our first show of 2020!  Look for more of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Libsyn, Stitcher, and the official Southgate Media Group website!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 162: "The Macra Terror" Is Up!

"This is an emergency!  Control must be believed and obeyed!  No one in the colony believes in Macra!  There is no such thing as Macra!  Macra do not exist!  There are no Macra!"
-- The Controller, Doctor Who: "The Macra Terror"

Hello again, everyone!   Special guest companion John Takacs returns to Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast to help me discuss "The Macra Terror", the seventh serial from Doctor Who Season 4 in 1967 recently restored using animation, starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazier Hines as Jamie McCrimmon, Anneke Wills as Polly Wright, and Michael Craze as Ben Jackson!

In this episode, John and I discuss things like the Orwellian themes of "The Macra Terror" translating well to 2019, the TARDIS doing whatever it damn well wants, my disowning of Steve Martin's Pink Panther movies, the two actresses playing Chicki, the decision to use an animated Doctor Who opening sequence instead of the existing live action version, the animators' decision to cut out the sequence where Polly's hair is cut short and and the Doctor has his clothes cleaned and pressed, why the animation can't be better, our decisions of watching the animated version in color instead of traditional black and white, the Doctor's quick interest in Medok, Questa being surprised that the Doctor figured out their complex formula, Jamie and Polly being sent to the gas mines, why Ben was more susceptible to being brainwashed, wondering why Ben didn't have lingering effects from being controlled, Jamie doing the "Highland Fling", the Controller's mouth not moving, the real Controller being revealed, wondering if the Colonists had enough butter, the Doctor not wanting to be the next Pilot, Jamie being a stronger character than Ben, the bonus animated mini-episode of "The Wheel in Space", our favorite quotes of the episode, Chef John's recipe for Macra crab cakes, my Reverse the Reverse the Polarity segment, the big news of when Series 12 will premiere and the first episode "Spyfall", the return of cliffhangers, new feedback from Holly Mac and David K. Proctor, new special guest companion Hannah Skorapa, and more!

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In honor of our 5th anniversary, we now have a NEW Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt with our current logo, which you can find on TeePublic right HERE!  This spiffy new shirt looks great when you're listening to your favorite Doctor Who podcast and travelling through time and space!  Or your could order all sorts of cool Next Stop Everywhere merch there as well!

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Be sure to come back in next week, as special guest companion Hannah Skorapa makes her debut on Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast to help me discuss "The Long Game", the seventh episode from Doctor Who Series One in 2005, starring Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor, Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, Bruno Langley as Adam Mitchell, and Simon Pegg as The Editor!

First NO TIME TO DIE Trailer Teases the Return of Felix Leiter & Blofeld

History isn't kind to men who play God.

The first trailer for No Time to Die, the twenty-fifth installment of the James Bond film series, has been released, teasing actor Daniel Craig's fifth and reported final outing as the popular British secret agent 007.

The 2-minute, 35-second trailer opens in southern Italy, with Bond racing his battered Aston Martin DB5 through the streets of Matera, as he and Dr. Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux, reprising her role from Spectre) are being pursued by a car and a motorcycle.

"Why would I betray you?" Madeleine asks Bond during the chase.

"We all have our secrets," replies Bond.  "We just didn't get to yours yet."

Later during the sequence, someone in the car opens fire on Bond, who jumps over the side of a tall bridge, swinging down on a cable.

As we see two men breaking into a skyscraper and detonating an explosive device, Bond's superior officer and head of MI6 known as M (Ralph Fiennes) remarks, "The world is arming faster than we can respond.  Where's 007?"

We cut to Jamaica, where Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life.  He's met by his longtime friend and CIA field officer Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright), who tells him, "I need a favor, brother.  You're the only one I trust with this."

Bond takes his DB5 out of storage, then is met by another British agent named Nomi (Lashana Lynch), who tells him, "The world's moved on, Commander Bond."

"Are you a Double-O?" asks Bond.

"Two years," she replies stiffly, "so stay in your lane.  You get in my way, I will put a bullet in your knee...The one that works."

In a separate scene, we see Bond, Nomi and M's assistant Eve Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) walking side by side.  "I thought you two would get along," quips Moneypenny.

We shift to another scene, where Bond is asked for his name by an MI6 security guard.  "Bond," he replies, delivering the classic introduction with a hint of annoyance.  "James.  Bond."

Inside, Bond and Moneypenny arrive at the office of MI6 quartermaster Q (Ben Whishaw), who observes dryly, "So, you're not dead."

Bond brushes past Q into the office, quipping, "Hello, Q.  I missed you."

Later, Bond heads to a prison and is warned by the warden about a special prisoner, "He's the most valuable asset this country has.  If you feel yourself losing control..."

"I'm not going to lose --" Bond starts to respond, until he sees Nomi down a corridor with Madeleine.  "-- control."

Bond confronts his incarcerated archnemesis, Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Christoph Waltz, also reprising his role from Spectre).  "James..." Blofeld begins, "...you gave up everything for her.  When her secret finds its way out, it'll be the death of you."

We glimpse Madeline opening a box and finding a mask inside with the lower portion of its face cracked and missing.  Her eye begins to tear up.

In a separate scene, Bond asks Madeleine, "What is it?"

"You don't know what this is," she replies.

We're then introduced to the film's villain, Safin (Rami Malek).  "James Bond," begins Safin, "license to kill, history of violence...I could be speaking to my own reflection..."

We glimpse new Bond girl Paloma (Ana de Armas) at a formal gathering, where Bond is surrounded by dozens of men and women as a spotlight shines down upon him.

"...only your skills die with your body," continues Safin as we see him wearing the cracked mask and standing atop a frozen lake as someone underneath the water pounds at the ice.  "Mine will survive long after I'm gone."

"History isn't kind to men who play God," Bond replies defiantly.

We then see an assortment of action sequences involving Bond, Paloma and Nomi, where we return to the sequence in Matera.  As Bond's battered DB5 takes direct gunfire to its windows, Bond activates the car's mounted machine guns that emerge from its headlights.  He spins the car around, spraying a circle of bullets at his attacks.

In the trailer's final glimpse, we see Bond recreating the iconic gunbarrel opening as he fires his weapon down a long tunnel.

If you'd like to view the trailer, you can check it out below thanks to the official James Bond 007 account on YouTube...




No Time to Die is schedule to arrive in theaters on April 8, 2020.

First BLACK WIDOW Trailer Teases Taskmaster, Red Guardian & Yelena Belova

Nothing lasts forever.

Marvel Studios has released the first teaser trailer for Black Widow, starring Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff, Daivd Harbour as Red Guardian/Alexei Shostakov, Florence Pugh as Black Widow/Yelena Belova, and Rachel Weisz as Iron Maiden/Melina Vostokoff.

The 2-minute, 8-second trailer opens in Budapest, Hungary, with Natasha staring at herself in a mirror.  "I used to have nothing," she says in a voiceover, as we see flashbacks to her time training in the Red Room for the Black Widow Ops program, followed by scenes of her in the various Avengers and Captain America films.  "And then I got this job...this family...but nothing lasts forever."

We hear the voice of General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross (William Hurt), who says, "I heard you had to leave in a hurry."

Natasha replies in a voiceover, "It's never easy these days."

As we see a younger version of Ross, we hear him say, "So, what you going to do?"

"I've lived a lot of lives," replies Natasha as we see her looking through an assortment of fake I.D.s, "but I'm done running from my past."

We see Natasha entering someone's empty apartment, gun raised, then hear the voice of Yelena say, "I know you're out there."

"I know you know I'm out here," replies Natasha.  "So, are we gonna talk like grownups?"

Yelena steps into view, her gun raised as well.  "Is that what we are?" she asks.

The two immediately start fighting and appear to be evenly matched.  Afterwards, Natasha remarks, "It's good to see you too...Sis."

Yelena asks, "What brings you home?"

"We have unfinished business," Natasha says in a voiceover.  "We have to go back to where it all started."

We glimpse Natasha in a white Black Widow uniform for snow camouflage, followed by various Black Widows training in the Red Room.

"Lucky us," replies Yelena.

As we see the supervillain Taskmaster aiming a Hawkeye-like bow and arrow from atop an armored vehicle in the middle of a downtown street, we hear Natasha say, "One thing's for sure, it's going to be a hell of a reunion."

We're introduced to Alexei, who dons his Red Guardian uniform, who laughs and proudly states that it "Still fits."  As he joins Natasha, Yelena and Melina at a dinner table, he says, "Family...back together again."

Melina looks at him and says, "You got fat."

Lastly, we see the four of them suited up and attacking a base of unnamed enemy agents.  As a high platform is destroyed, we see Natasha skydiving downwards through the air, pursued by several skydiving enemy agents.

If you'd like to check out the trailer, you can view it below thanks to the official Marvel Studios account on YouTube...




Black Widow is scheduled to arrive in theaters on May 1, 2020.

TITANTALK 049: "Nightwing" Is Up!

"We do not enter the field of battle lightly…neither in heart, nor body, nor mind.  Nor do we exit it lightly.  We leave a piece of us behind.  And sometimes the cost of defending the innocent exceeds what we could ever think to pay.  There’s only one word for this – sacrifice.  And whether it be recognized in the present, or in some distant time, or never at all, this is the hero’s duty."
-- Bruce Wayne, Titans: "Nightwing"

Hello again, Titans fans!  My fellow TitanTalker Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast!  This time, we discuss "Nightwing", the Season 2 finale of the DC Universe series Titans, featuring Brenton Thwaites as Nightwing, Conor Leslie as Wonder Girl, Esai Morales as Deathstroke, and Natalie Gumede as Mercy Graves!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like another mixed reaction to a Titans finale, Greg Walker being a bad Titans showrunner, wondering why Dick couldn't announce his new Nightwing identity, Brenton Thwaites in the Nightwing costume, the really short and anticlimactic Deathstroke fight, wondering why the Titans think Deathstroke is dead, more of Dick and Bruce's more mature relationship, Jericho jumping over to Ravager's body, no repercussions for Rose betraying the Titans, why the Cadmus storyline should've been wrapped up before the Season 2 finale, Marv Wolfman and George Pérez telling "The Judas Contract" much better in the comics, Cadmus' plan to create super-soldiers for money, the female Titans not taking Superboy as a serious threat, wondering where Eve was while Superboy was being mind-controlled, no repercussions for Gar killing people or Superboy attacking the police, Dick still being a fugitive, my wife Lori's reaction to Wonder Girl being killed off in a really stupid way, Season 3 featuring "The Blackfire Saga" on Earth and Dark Raven, our favorite quotes of the episode, new Tell It to TitanTalk feedback from Jock, Steven Marshall, and Anne Dieken, wondering when Krypto was rescued from Cadmus, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week for our big 50th episode (!) as Jesse and I are joined once again by special guest DJ Nik to review Titans Season 2 and get Nik's thoughts on the entire season!  Look for more of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, YouTube, Libsyn, and the official Southgate Media Group website!

THE FANDOM ZONE 170: "This Extraordinary Being" Is Up!

"I believe there is a vast and insidious conspiracy at play in the city, and I have evidence that a secret plan is being developed by—"
"A new crime boss who calls himself Moloch the Magnificent.  Now, this villain is planning to harness the sun’s energy into a deadly solar weapon, threatening every man, woman and child in New York.  So, if you’ll excuse us, fellows, the Minutemen have a city to save.  But first, let’s talk about your savings and our good friends at National Bank…"
-- Hooded Justice and Captain Metropolis, Watchmen: "This Extraordinary Being"

Hello again, everyone!  My co-host Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, we discuss "This Extraordinary Being", the sixth episode of the HBO series Watchmen, featuring Jovan Adepo as Hooded Justice/Will Reeves, Jake McDorman as Captain Metropolis/Nelson Gardner, Regina King as Angela Abar, and Louis Gossett Jr. as Old Will Reeves!

In this episode, Jesse and I talk about things like finally getting on track for reviewing Watchmen, the series finally winning people over, the great decision to make Hooded Justice an African-American cop instead of a German wrestler, the recent Murphy Brown reboot, Hollis Mason's description of Hooded Justice in his biography Under the Hood, Fred Trump's reported ties to the KKK, Angela reliving her grandfather's memories, Will releasing there's only one way to take out the Cyclops conspiracy, hypnosis and mesmerism, Hooded Justice's Caucasian makeup vs. Sister Night's black makeup, the double meaning of the Minutemen not accepting Hooded Justice if they knew who he was, Captain Metropolis betraying Hooded Justice's plea for help with the Cyclops conspiracy, the original Watchmen comic book series being groundbreaking for comics as an artform, Laurie trying to keep Angela grounded in her own memories, the big revelation of how Judd Crawford was hanged, our favorite quotes of the episode, the news vendor reading Action Comics #1, some "Crisis on Infinite Earths" CW crossover news, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as Jesse and I review "An Almost Religious Awe", the seventh episode of HBO's Watchmen, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

TITANTALK 048: "Faux Hawk" Is Up!

"Okay, so that’s it?  You know, I don’t get a say?  You’re just gonna pull the adult card?"
"Yeah, well, someone has to make some adult decisions around here.  No more running after Dick Grayson ‘cause some intergalactic space witch had a bad dream."
-- Rachel Roth and Kory Anders, Titans: "Faux Hawk"

Hello again, Titans fans!  My fellow TitanTalker Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast!  This time, we discuss "Faux Hawk", the twelfth episode from Season 2 of the DC Universe series Titans, featuring Alan Ritchson as Hawk, Chelsea Zhang as Rose Wilson, Esai Morales as Deathstroke, and Chella Man as Jericho!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like our concern for Beast Boy, character actor Currie Graham, how Rose lost her eye in the comics, Jericho surviving being impaled by his father's sword, the Titans writers settling the table for Jericho's return, Rose meeting Slade for the first time, Slade only caring about Rose as a tool to help him in his Titans revenge plan, not seeing how Rose actually lost her eye, Jesse not giving Jason Todd any credit, wondering why the Titans writers didn't just send Dick to a monastery instead of prison, Adeline asking Dick to bring Jericho back to her, Flash Rogue costume tailor Paul Gambi, Stu being pissed at Dick for burning his Robin costume, looking forward to an acrobatic Nightwing, Donna and Dawn delivering sushi to Walter, Kory and Rachel's big argument, Hawk autographing the boob of his one-night stand, Hank selling his Hawk money for drug money, our favorite quotes of the episode, wondering if Stu's team of suit guys know that Bruce Wayne is Batman, Cool Hand Dick, some Titans Season 2 Blu-Ray news, new Tell It to TitanTalk feedback from Steven Marshall, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week for Episode 049 as Jesse and I discuss "Nightwing", the big Season 2 finale of the DC Universe series Titans!  Look for more of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, YouTube, Libsyn, and the official Southgate Media Group website!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 161: "The Creeping Death" Is Up!

"That was too easy.  What if there’s guards?"
"We’re here on inspection.  Psychic paper."
"Oh, yeah.  Doesn’t that thing ever need its batteries hooked up?"
"It’s paper!  What kind of paper needs charging?"
-- Donna Noble and the Tenth Doctor, Doctor Who: "The Creeping Death"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson returns to Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast to help me discuss "The Creeping Death", the third audio story from Big Finish Productions' Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures Vol. 3 set, featuring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Catherine Tate as Donna Noble, Lauren Cornelius as Ivy Clark, and Helen Goldwyn as Alice Aiken and the Fumifugium!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse and I trying to one up one another with meeting Doctor Who actors, the Great Smog of London in 1952, the Doctor blaming his companions for wandering off even when the Doctor wanders off, The Crown's episode about the Great Smog of London, London being an extremely clean city, Ivy being a potential companion, more lingering effects from "The Fires of Pompeii", gay relationships being against the law in 1952 London, the awkward love triangle of Ivy, Richard and Terry, Jesse not being able to pronounce "Fumifugium", Alice being killed by the Fumifugium, the London National History Museum, the Fumifugium animating the Diplodocus dinosaur skeleton, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, our thoughts on the first Doctor Who Series 12 trailer, our upcoming Christmas special, possibly pushing back the special guest companion schedule for the new Series 12 episodes, and more!

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In honor of our 5th anniversary, we now have a NEW Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt with our current logo, which you can find on TeePublic right HERE!  This spiffy new shirt looks great when you're listening to your favorite Doctor Who podcast and travelling through time and space!  Or your could order all sorts of cool Next Stop Everywhere merch there as well!

And hey, if you'd like to pick up our classic logo Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, you can also find it on TeePublic right HERE!  Help support the show and feel free to post pictures on our Facebook page of you or some other cool person you know wearing the shirt!

Be sure to come back in next week, as special guest companion John Takacs returns to Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast to help me discuss "The Macra Terror", the seventh serial from Doctor Who Season 4 in 1967 recently restored using animation, starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazier Hines as Jamie McCrimmon, Anneke Wills as Polly Wright, and Michael Craze as Ben Jackson!

THE FANDOM ZONE 169: "Little Fear of Lightning" Is Up!

"I’m gonna show you something, and after you see it, you’re gonna walk out of here, and you’re never gonna be afraid of big teleporting aliens ever again.  Because I’m gonna set you free.  In return, I’m gonna ask you to do me a favor.  Call it a squid pro quo."
-- Senator Joe Keene to Wade Tillman, Watchmen: "Little Fear of Lightning"

Hello again, everyone!  My co-host Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, we discuss "Little Fear of Lightning", the fifth episode of the HBO series Watchmen, featuring Tim Blake Nelson as Looking Glass and James Wolk as Senator Joe Keene, and introducing Paula Malcolmson as Renee!

In this episode, Jesse and I talk about things like my being on the disabled list, Damon Lindelof not assuming Watchmen will get a second season, actress Paula Malcolmson being everywhere, Jules Verne's 20,000 League Under the Sea, young Wade Tillman as a Jehovah's Witness spreading the word of God in New Jersey, Roxie manipulating young Wade in the mirrored funhouse, the origin of Looking Glass, finally getting to see the Squid in live-action, Wade's cover as a marketing researcher, Michael Imperioli's cameo, Wade being severely paranoid, the horrible moment when Wade's ex incinerates an imperfect dog clone, Wade as a Squid support group advisor, Steven Spielberg's fictional Pale Horse film, Senator Keene working with the 7th Kavalry, wondering where the 7K got the portal technology from, Wade learning that Ozymandias was behind the squid hoax and arranged for Robert Redford to become President, Adrian finally piercing the barrier of his prison, Looking Glass betraying Sister Night to Laurie, Sister Night downing the entire bottle of her grandfather's Nostalgia pills, Laurie pulling a Columbo move, our favorite quotes of the episode, news about Stargirl airing episodes on the CW one day after airing on DC Universe, not needing superheroes to have a great superhero show, and more!

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First DOCTOR WHO Series 12 Trailer Teases the Return of the Judoon, the Cybermen & the Racnoss!

The name's Doctor...The Doctor.

On the 56th anniversary of the premiere of Doctor Who, the BBC has released the first trailer for Doctor Who Series 12, starring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, which teases the return of several monsters, including the Judoon, the Cybermen, and the Racnoss.

The trailer for the 10-episode season opens with the Doctor and her companions Graham O'Brien (Bradley Walsh), Ryan Sinclair (Tosin Cole) and Yasmin "Yaz" Khan (Mandip Gill) arriving for a formal social event dressed in black tuxedos, albeit with Yaz opting for a black leather jacket instead.

The Doctor introduces herself in a very James Bond-like fashion, saying, "The name's Doctor...The Doctor."

We hear Stephen Fry's unidentified character tell the Doctor and her companions, "The security of this entire planet is at stake.  Can we rely upon you?"

Next, we see the Doctor boarded up in a wall with another woman, remarking, "I'm not where I wanted to be, but I can work with this."

We see a Judoon stomp into view, saying, "Fro Jo Po!", followed by a hissing Racnoss named Queen Skithra (Anjli Mohindra).

Wearing some sort of head lamp, the Doctor asks someone who may or may not be Nikola Tesla and another woman, "I don't suppose you've seen anything weird around here?"  Tesla asks the Doctor, "You believe this is alien?"

Next, we see Yaz in period attire and an older man being chased through the streets by a large scorpion-like creature, followed by Yaz in a car asking the Doctor, "What's the plan?"

In the TARDIS, the Doctor asks Graham. "Do you trust me?"  This is followed by Ryan screaming as the car he's in presses its own gas pedal and drives backwards on a busy motorway.  Back in the TARDIS, Graham (wearing some sort of helmet device) replies, "Do I have to answer that?"

We see Lenny Henry's character firing his gun at someone pursuing him and the driver in a moving car, followed by the Doctor being told that she's in 1943 Paris.

In a somber moment in the TARDIS, the Doctor tells her companions that "Something's coming for me," hinting at a special Series 12 enemy.  "I can feel it."  This is immediately followed by glimpses of a rusted-out Cyberman.

"Let it come," replies Ryan.

"'Cos we're your mates," adds Yaz.

"Family," adds Graham.

We see the Doctor being attacked by a swarm of bat-like creatures, then warning people to get away from some mysterious gas-masked me teleporting into view and firing their weapons.

As another threat pushes its way through the TARDIS doors, Yaz says, "I didn't know things could get into the TARDIS."

"Neither did I," replies the Doctor.

Graham asks the Doctor, "What have you brought here, Doctor?"

"I don't know," she replies as we see a tear fall down Yaz's face.

Lastly, we see Graham and Yaz struggling against airplane decompression, followed by the Doctor looking at something in horror.

If you'd like to view the new trailer, you can check it out below thanks to the official Doctor Who account on YouTube...




Doctor Who is currently expected to return for Series 12 on January 1, 2020.