GHOSTWOOD 072: "30 Years Later" Is Up!

"She's dead...Wrapped in plastic."
-- Pete Martell, Twin Peaks: "Northwest Passage"

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 celebrate the 30th anniversary of Twin Peaks and provide our commentary track for "Northwest Passage", a.k.a. the pilot episode of Twin Peaks from April 8, 1990 directed by David Lynch, featuring the discovery of Laura Palmer's body, FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper's arrival in Twin Peaks, and the first musical performance by Julee Cruise in the Roadhouse!

LET'S ROCK!

In this special episode, Xan and I discuss things like our mothers not sharing our love of Twin Peaks, Lori and I celebrating our 23rd wedding anniversary, how Xan celebrated Twin Peaks' 30th anniversary, Showtime airing the movie Carrie after "The Return, Part 18", my live-tweeting the pilot episode along with Kyle MacLachlan and Madchen Amick, Kyle MacLachlan still embracing his fame from playing Dale Cooper, John Astin as Gomez Addams, Xan getting caught up in watching her cat wash her face, my getting quoted in a Fandom.com article about Twin Peaks' 30th anniversary, our tribute to "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima" composer Krzysztof Penderecki, the pilot premiering right after America's Funniest Home Videos, Twin Peaks being a true game-changer for TV, Pete Martell getting the first iconic quote, Sherilyn Fenn in The Wraith, Grace Zabriskie's powerful scene where Sarah Palmer learns of her daughter's death, the return of our "BOB or Leland?" game, the days when you could walk right into a high school without a metal detector or security checkpoint, my watching the pilot episode live in 1990 while in college, the scene that made me a David Lynch fan forever, the Joker being the "J" in Laura Palmer's diary, Bobby's anti-authority issues, Xan having Harriet's hairstyle in 1990, Julee Cruise performing "Falling" in the Roadhouse, the retcon of Jacques Renault slipping Big Ed a mickey, wondering how Dr. Jacoby found Donna and James in the woods, talking Torchwood on Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast, Xan and I talking an entire hour before recording this episode, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 073, as Xan and I provide our commentary track for "What Story Is That, Charlie?", a.k.a. "The Return, Part 13", from the 2017 Showtime revival of Twin Peaks, featuring Mr. C arm wrestling Renzo, the final fate of Ray Monroe, and James Hurley singing his classic song "Just You" in the Roadhouse!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 179: "Everything Changes" Is Up!

"The twenty-first century is when it all changes.  And you've got to be ready."
-- Captain Jack Harkness to Gwen Cooper, Torchwood: "Everything Changes"

Hello again, everyone!  We're back with another new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!  This time, my partner in time Jesse Jackson and I begin Torchwood Month by discussing "Everything Changes", the first episode from Torchwood Series One in 2006, featuring the return of John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness and Naoko Mori as Toshiko Sato, Indira Varma as Suzie Costello, and introducing Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper, Burn Gorman as Owen Harper, and Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse giving my bride away, Torchwood being Jesse's gateway into Doctor Who, how I got into Doctor Who, my reaction to Captain Jack getting his own spinoff series, Torchwood being more "adult" than Doctor Who, Indira Varma on Game of Thrones and Human Target, Russell T Davies pitched science-fiction series Excalibur, Amy Pond as a police officer kissogram, Jesse thinking Eve Myles is an "interesting-looking" actor, Jesse being totally misguided about Westworld, Torchwood vs. The X-Files, Captain Jack taking Gwen out to a bar to spike her drink with a drug to forget Torchwood exists, wondering why Gwen didn't just keep writing down more after the word "Remember", Ianto being the Alfred Pennyworth of the group, Tosh's alien PDF scanner, Owen using an alien aphrodisiac spray to skip conversations and go straight to having sex, wondering why Big Finish Productions doesn't pay us for continually pimping their stuff, Suzie matter-of-factly admitting that she killed three people, Captain Jack asking Gwen to be Suzie's replacement right after Suzie just died, Torchwood's really bad security, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, Steven Moffat's new Thirteenth Doctor short story "The Terror of the Umpty Ums", Neil Gaiman live-tweeting the worldwide rewatch of "The Doctor's Wife", new feedback from Holly Mac, David K. Proctor and Paul Beck from Australia, so-called "fans" not being able to appreciate anything positive that Jodie Whittaker does, Xan Sprouse and I celebrating Twin Peaks' 30th anniversary, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as Jesse and I are joined by special guest companion Holly Mac discuss "Children of Earth: Day One" and "Day Two", the first two episodes from Torchwood Series Three in 2009, featuring John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper, Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones, and Peter Capaldi as John Frobisher!

TWIN PEAKS: 30 Years Later

"Diane, 11:30 am, February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks. Five miles south of the Canadian border, twelve miles west of the state line. I've never seen so many trees in my life. As W.C. Fields would say, I'd rather be here than Philadelphia. It's 54 degrees on a slightly overcast day. Weatherman said rain. If you could get paid that kind of money for being wrong sixty percent of the time, it'd beat working. Mileage is 79,345, gauge is on reserve, riding on fumes here. I've got to tank up when I get into town. Remind me to tell you how much that is. Lunch was, uh, $6.31 at the Lamplighter Inn. That's on Highway 2 near Lewis Fork. That was a tuna fish sandwich on whole wheat, a slice of cherry pie and a cup of coffee. Damn good food. Diane, if you ever get up this way, that cherry pie is worth a stop.  Okay. Looks like I’ll be meeting up with the, ah, Sheriff Harry S. Truman. Shouldn’t be too hard to remember that. He’ll be at the Calhoun Memorial Hospital. I guess we’re going to go up to intensive care and take a look at that girl that crawled down the railroad tracks off the mountain. When I finish there I’ll be checking into a motel. I’m sure the sheriff will be able to recommend a clean place, reasonably priced. That’s what I need, a clean place, reasonably priced. Oh Diane, I almost forgot -- Got to find out what kind of trees these are. They’re really something."
-- Special Agent Dale Cooper, Twin Peaks: "Pilot"

Thirty years ago today, the very first episode of David Lynch and Mark Frost's television masterpiece Twin Peaks aired on ABC.  In the bland landscape of network TV in 1990, Twin Peaks quite literally changed television forever, breaking new ground in terms of storytelling, visuals, music, characterization, and more.  Pete Martell's words "She's dead...wrapped in plastic" grabbed me immediately as I watched the pilot, and two episodes later, Dale Cooper's surreal dream sequence forever bonded Twin Peaks to my very soul.

In honor of this celebration of a place both wonderful and strange, here's a timeline of my personal highs and lows of being a Twin Peaks fan for the past thirty years.  I'm sure it's incomplete, there's just too much to cover in a simple blog post, but these are the events that truly stand out:

April 8, 1990 -- Twin Peaks' pilot episode "Northwest Passage" debuts on Sunday, ABC at 9 p.m. EST.  I'm absolutely mesmerized from start to finish, instantly becoming a fan of Kyle MacLachlan as Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Dale Cooper.  Grace Zabriskie's blood-curdling scream as Sarah Palmer in the cliffhanger haunts my dreams and the wait for Episode 2 is excruciating.

April 19, 1990 -- The third Twin Peaks episode, "Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer" airs.  Cooper has his famous dream sequence featuring Sheryl Lee as Laura Palmer and Michael J. Anderson as The Man from Another Place.  The mystery of Laura Palmer's murder takes a sharp turn into the supernatural, and I become a Twin Peaks fan for life, while Twin Peaks rockets into becoming a pop culture phenomenon.

May 23, 1990 -- With Twin Peaks now firmly in the nation's collective zeitgeist, "The Last Evening", the Season 1 finale, airs on ABC.  18.7 million people tune in to watch Agent Cooper get shot in a "Who Shot J.R./Who Shot Mr. Burns?" style cliffhanger.

September 11, 1990 -- Twin Peaks fandom explodes over the summer, leaving Peaks Freaks starving for anything new.  The Season One score album Soundtrack from Twin Peaks is released on CD, finally giving fans a decent copy of Angelo Badalamenti's "Dance of the Dream Man" that wasn't recorded onto audio cassette by holding a recorder up to the television speaker.

September 15, 1990 -- The month of New Twin Peaks Goodness continues.  The first Twin Peaks novel, The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer by Jennifer Lynch, is released, giving fans their first powerful glimpse into young Laura Palmer's horrible molestation by BOB and the tragic spiral of her life.  We also get a few hints about what's coming up in the Season 2 premiere.

September 29, 1990 -- Kyle MacLachan hosts the first episode of Saturday Night Live Season 16.  Fans rejoice as he reprises Cooper in a brilliant Twin Peaks satire sketch, also featuring Kevin Nealon as Sheriff Harry S. Truman, Chris Farley as Leo Johnson, Conan O'Brien as Deputy Andy Brennan, Phil Hartman as Leland Palmer, Victoria Jackson as Audrey Horne, Jan Hooks as Nadine Hurley and the Log Lady, and Mike Myers as The Man from Another Place.

September 30, 1990 -- At long last, the first episode of Season 2, "May the Giant Be With You" airs on ABC.  Fans are screaming at David Lynch, who is seemingly delighted at the idea of torturing us by having an interminably-slow old waiter be the person who finds Cooper bleeding out in Room 315 at the Great Northern Hotel.  He makes up for it, though, with the frightening cliffhanger sequence of Phoebe Augustine's Ronette Pulaski waking up from the coma she's been in since the pilot.

October 1, 1990 -- As fans are still reeling from the Season 2 opener, the two-sided audio cassette book "Diane...": The Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper by Scott Frost, performed by Kyle MacLachlan, is released.  Essentially, these are recordings of Cooper's dictations to the mysterious Diane into his pocket tape recorder taken directly from the TV, but with additional new entries to fill in events leading up to Cooper's first meeting with Harry.

November 10, 1990 -- Under pressure from ABC to wrap up the mystery of Laura Palmer's murder, David Lynch and Mark Frost finally reveal Laura's killer in "Lonely Souls", the seventh episode of Season 2.  And, of course, they also proceed to kill off Sheryl Lee once again, this time as Laura's cousin Maddy Ferguson.

December 1, 1990 — With David Lynch suddenly elsewhere, the Laura Palmer mystery finally concludes with “Arbitrary Law”, the ninth episode of Season 2.  It’s a powerful conclusion, with an incredible performance by Ray Wise that should’ve earned him an Emmy.

December 8, 1990 — One week after one of the best Twin Peaks episodes ever, the show abruptly spirals downward and begins floundering creatively for the next two months without a central mystery to keep viewers watching.

February 2, 1991 — The show finally moves forward with its second major storyline featuring Kenneth Welsh as Cooper’s former mentor and new arch-nemesis, Windom Earle.  Unfortunately by this episode, “Double Play”, Twin Peaks has lost 4 million viewers since “Arbitrary Law”.

February 16, 1991 — On my Dad’s 56th birthday, the episode “The Condemned Woman” airs, featuring the last appearance of Joan Chen as Josie Packard and the return of Frank Silva as BOB.  However, the show loses another million viewers, giving ABC a reason to put it on hiatus for six weeks.

March 28, 1991 — Twin Peaks finally returns with “Wounds and Scars” and an increase of 1.4 million viewers, which keeps new episodes airing for the next three weeks.  Richard Beymer’s character Ben Horne launches a campaign to “Save the Pine Weasal”, a metaphor for the cast, crew and fans campaigning to save Twin Peaks. 

April 18, 1991 — The episode “The Path to the Black Lodge” airs, but ratings are back down to 7.4 million.  The feeling of foreboding is all too real at this point as ABC puts the show back on indefinite hiatus, with only two episodes left to air.

May 1, 1991 -- As we continue waiting for ABC to air the final two episodes, the second Twin Peaks novel, The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper, written by Scott Frost, is released.  This gives us the much-desired backstory to Cooper's history with Windom Earle, as well as greater insight to Cooper's problems with romance.

June 1, 1991 -- Twin Peaks: Access Guide to the Town by Gregg Almquist, Tricia Brock, Robert Engels, Lise Friedman, and Harley Peyton is released.  This version of a traveler's guide book is a fun idea, great for fans trying to visualize Twin Peaks as a real place.  Sadly, it feels like a token gesture with the show's ending looming.

June 10, 1991 -- At long last, ABC airs the final two episodes, "Miss Twin Peaks" and "Beyond Life and Death", ending Season 2 and the original Twin Peaks series.  David Lynch finally returns to direct the final episode, which ends on a cliffhanger that leaves fans screaming for a resolution for the next 26 years.

August 7, 1992 -- After learning that David Lynch and show writer Robert Engels are bringing Twin Peaks back as a feature film, the Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me soundtrack is released on CD.  The soundtrack is a godsend to fans, especially those wanting a new Julee Cruise song and a decent recording of Jimmy Scott's performance of "Sycamore Trees" from the Season 2 finale.

August 28, 1992 -- Lynch's film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, a prequel featuring the events leading up to Laura Palmer's murder, is released in the United States.  Even with a budget of only $10 million, the film only earns $4.2 million at the box office so it quickly leaves the theaters.  Fortunately, I'm able to see it once in theaters with my then-girlfriend Lori Millman, who somehow agreed to become my wife later on after watching FWWM.

August 1993 -- With Twin Peaks seemingly gone forever, fans enter the Wilderness Years.  Those of us who remain loyal take solace with the first issue of Wrapped in Plastic, a new Twin Peaks magazine devoted to the show and Fox's series The X-Files, which many fans turned to in Twin Peaks' absence.

December 18, 2001 -- After a decade of rewatching Twin Peaks on limited VHS releases and videotapes recorded from the original ABC broadcast, Twin Peaks: The First Season (minus the pilot) is released on DVD.  A separate unofficial release of the European version of the pilot episode follows with an ending never seen by US fans.  The upgrade in video quality over VHS more than justifies the purchase.

September 2005 -- As fans continue wondering where the hell the Season 2 DVD release is, Wrapped in Plastic releases issue #75, the magazine's final issue.  Now thirteen years after FWWM, Twin Peaks now exists primarily in our memories and imaginations.

April 3, 2007 -- Seemingly out of nowhere, Twin Peaks: The Second Season is finally released on DVD in the US.  The remaining embers of fandom flicker into life once again.

October 30, 2007 -- A bonanza day for fans.  Twin Peaks: Definitive Gold Box Edition is released on DVD, including an official release of both versions of the pilot.  Also, Twin Peaks Season 2 Music and More is released on CD.  We can now do the "Hayward Boogie" and listen to James Marshall's "Just You" as often as we want.

September 17, 2010 -- I launch this very blog of geeky things, DAMN Good Coffee...and HOT!, named after one of Kyle Maclachlan's best lines ever as Special Agent Dale Cooper and my old TitanTalk amateur press association zine from back in the '90s.

December 1, 2010 -- Just to prove that we're not alone, the USA Network series Psych airs "Dual Spires" (Season 5, Episode 12), a wonderful tribute/homage to Twin Peaks featuring original series stars Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Sherilyn Fenn, Catherine E. Coulson, Dana Ashbrook, Robyn Lively, and Lenny Von Dohlen.  I wasn't a Psych fan back then, so I missed the original airing on USA but quickly tracked it down after learning of its existence.

July 24, 2014 -- In another upgrade of video quality from DVD, Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery is released on Blu-Ray.  In addition to finally having the original Twin Peaks series and FWWM together in one set, the big selling point to justify rebuying is The Missing Pieces, 90 minutes of glorious unused footage from FWWM.  The set's title The Entire Mystery soon proves to be a complete lie.

October 6, 2014 -- In a truly wonderful day, David Lynch and Mark Frost announce Showtime's revival of Twin Peaks for a third season on Twitter.  Fandom crawls out of their secluded Owl Caves, completely stunned by the announcement, and erupts with absolute joy that Twin Peaks is coming back!

April 5, 2015 -- Meanwhile...in a truly horrible day, on my and Lori's 18th wedding anniversary and three days before the show's 25th anniversary, David Lynch announces he's not directing Twin Peaks Season 3 due to budget concerns with Showtime.  Panicked fans mobilize a #SaveTwinPeaks internet campaign and two days later, a video featuring various Twin Peaks actors called "Twin Peaks without David Lynch Is Like...??" hits the interwebz.

May 15, 2015 -- Fans breathe a huge sigh of relief when David Lynch announces that budget issues have been worked out with Showtime and he's directing Season 3 again.  All is well.

October 18, 2016 -- Building up anticipation for the Showtime revival, a new Twin Peaks novel, The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost, is released.  Presented as a "dossier" compiled by the late Don Davis' character Major Garland Briggs, the novel provides considerable backstory into the fictional town's history and teases the first hints of what happened to Dale Cooper after the Season 2 finale cliffhanger.

December 22, 2016 -- With the feeling like Twin Peaks is indeed happening again, I approach my longtime friend and fellow Twin Peaks diehard Xan Sprouse about the idea of doing a Twin Peaks podcast for the Southgate Media Group.  On this day, we record our first episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast, "The Secret History of Twin Peaks" to introduce ourselves and review Frost's novel.

May 21, 2017 -- At long last, Twin Peaks returns to TV as Showtime airs the first two episodes, "The Return, Part 1" and "The Return, Part 2", back-to-back.  Xan and her husband Chris invite me and my wife Lori over to their house to watch, and the episodes are an absolute delight to Xan and me.  We're enthralled, amazed, excited, and perplexed all at once, while our respective spouses seemingly wonder what the big deal is.

September 3, 2017 -- Showtime airs the final two episodes of Season 3, "The Return, Part 17" and "The Return, Part 18" back-to-back.  Lori and I are vacationing in London, so I'm not able to watch the finale with Xan, although she offers to hold her iPad up to the screen so I can watch.  Unfortunately, because of the 5-hour time difference and wanting to watch the finale properly, I have to decline her generous offer and wait until we get home to see it.  Hating to end the show's mystery, Lynch ends Season 3 on another insane cliffhanger with another horrifying scream by Sheryl Lee, which leaves fans desperately wanting a Season 4.

September 8, 2017 -- As I continue processing the finale, Twin Peaks (Music from the Limited Event Series) and Twin Peaks: Limited Event Series Original Soundtrack are released on CD.  It feels amazing to have another two Twin Peaks albums to add to my collection after so many years.

October 31, 2017 -- Twin Peaks officially comes to another close with the release of another novel from Mark Frost, Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier.  Presented as a final FBI report by Chrysta Bell's character Tammy Preston, the novel gives updates on the fates of various Twin Peaks residents, and ends with Tammy realizing that the timeline has been changed so that Laura Palmer's murder never happened.

December 5, 2017 -- Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series is released on Blu-Ray, so now we can store it beside "The Complete Mystery" set for a more complete mystery.

July 20, 2019 -- On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Team Ghostwood and Xan's husband Chris attend the Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Event at the Studio 35 Cinema and Drafthouse in Columbus, Ohio.  Stars Ray Wise and Sheryl Lee do a Q&A and autograph signing, and I finally get to meet two actors from Twin Peaks.

December 10, 2019 -- Since Twin Peaks fans are always up for another home video release, the cube-shaped 21-disc megaset Twin Peaks: From Z to A is released on Blu-Ray, combining The Entire Mystery release with the Limited Event Series release into one set, along with two new discs of behind-the-scenes special features and a disc of 4K transfers of the original pilot and "The Return, Part 8".  Xan and I rationalize rebuying the episodes yet again by reviewing the set on our Ghostwood podcast.

April 8, 2020 -- To celebrate the show's 30th anniversary while social distancing during the worldwide Coronavirus outbreak, Twin Peaks fans rewatch the pilot episode along with Kyle MacLachlan on Twitter, followed by a Q&A on his Instagram account.  Now would be a really great time for a Season 4 announcement.

SUPERMAN & LOIS Casts Dylan Walsh as General Sam Lane

Lois Lane just found her father.

Deadline has word that the upcoming CW Arrowverse series Superman & Lois, based on the DC Comics characters, has cast Dylan Walsh in the role of General Sam Lane, father of Elizabeth Tulloch's character, Lois Lane, and her sister Lucy.

According to the article, Sam Lane is described as "a no-nonsense Army general who’s determined to keep America, and the world, safe from all threats – from this world or beyond. Lane’s a workaholic who demands nothing but excellence from all those in his life."

Walsh, 56, is probably best known as Dr. Sean McNamara on the FX series Nip/Tuck, and has appeared the films Secretariat and The Lake House, and in episodes of Blue Bloods, Whiskey Cavalier, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Longmire, NCIS: New Orleans, Castle, Revenge, Unforgettable, and The Twilight Zone (2002).

Created in 1959 by Robert Bernstein and Kurt Schaffenberger, Sam Lane first appeared in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #13 as a horse farmer in the town of Pittsdale, but was later reimagined in 1987's Adventures of Superman #424 as a hard and outspoken US Army General who often causes problems for Superman and his daughter Lois. Lane had wanted his eldest child to be a boy, so had treated Lois as a surrogate son, when he was present at all.

When Lex Luthor became President of the United States, he made Lane Secretary of Defense.  This inevitably led to Lois, as an investigative journalist trying to prove Luthor was crooked, opposing her father, especially during the buildup to the Imperiex War.  During the War, General Lane was apparently killed by an Imperiex probe, when he detonated the nuclear engine of his tank to crack the shell of the probe and give Black Lightning the chance to get through its armor.

Believing that their father was dead, Lois and Lucy grieved for him.  Lucy decided to try and honor her father's memory and give him the soldier he was denied by joining the U.S. Army. Lucy was wounded during the Amazons' attack on Washington D.C., but was rescued and brought to a secret facility.  General Sam Lane finally revealed himself alive and in charge of a covert operation called Project 7734.  Lucy was given a mystically-powered costume and identity of Superwoman to infiltrate Kandor to gather intelligence on the Kryptonians of New Krypton, whom the U.S. government believed to be a risk for Earth's security.

Under Lane's orders, the disgraced Luthor transformed the Earth's sun from yellow to red to rob the Kryptonians of their powers, until this countermeasure was neutralized and the sun reverted back to yellow.  At the same time, Jimmy Olsen and his associates transmitted all of General Lane's activities to news sites all over the World Wide Web.  When confronted by an angered Supergirl and his daughter Lois, Sam Lane commited suicide rather than be made accountable to an international court.

In the current DC Comics continuity known as DC Rebirth, Sam Lane is alive once again and seen as the official U.S. military representative whenever a nationwide crisis arises.

Walsh will be the sixth actor to portray Sam Lane in live action, after Kirk Alyn in the 1978 film Superman, Denis Arndt and Harve Presnell on the ABC series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Michael Ironside on the CW series Smallville, and Glenn Morshower on the CBS/CW series Supergirl.  The character has also appeared in various animated projects, including Superman: The Animated Series (voiced by Dean Jones), All-Star Superman (voiced by Steven Blum), Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (voiced by Danny Huston), and Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (voiced by Jay K. Johnson).

Superman & Lois is currently expected to premiere on The CW sometime in Fall 2020.

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 178: "Tooth and Claw" Is Up!

"You want weapons?  We're in a library!  Books!  The best weapons in the world!  This room's the greatest arsenal we could have -- Arm yourselves!"
-- The Tenth Doctor, Doctor Who: "Tooth and Claw"

Hello again, everyone!  We're back with another new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!  This time, my partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are joined by special guest companion Hannah Skorapa to discuss "Tooth and Claw", the second episode from Doctor Who Series Two in 2006, featuring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, Pauline Collins as Queen Victoria, and the creation of Torchwood!

In this episode, Jesse, Hannah and I discuss things like Week 3 of our Coronavirus lockdown, being mad at Donna Noble for turning right, the 15th anniversary of "Rose" and New Who, Doctor Who episodes being like potato chips, fun with Doctor Who Funko and action figures, Pauline Collins almost becoming Doctor Who companion, Russell T Davies' original plan to kill Queen Victoria, An Alien Werewolf in Scotland, Queen Victoria being justified in banishing Rose and the Doctor, David Tennant's neckbeard stubble, the Doctor and Rose being giggling teenagers, Jenna Coleman as the young Queen Victoria on Victoria, Queen Victoria calling out the Doctor and Rose, wondering how Father Angelo's monks learned martial arts, The Host being creepier than the werewolf, wondering how Queen Victoria was expected to pass on the werewolf curse after having all her kids, the 2006 Next Time trailers, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, Captain Jack changing Torchwood's "Kill the Doctor" agenda through memos, new feedback from Holly from Wisconsin and David K. Proctor, sending out our best wishes to David K. Proctor, Ghostwood celebrating Twin Peaks' 30th anniversary, Pete McTighe's new Thirteenth Doctor short story "Press Play", Mandip Gill and Sacha Dhawan live-tweeting the "Spyfall" rewatch, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as Jesse and I begin Torchwood Month and discuss "Everything Changes", the first episode from Torchwood Series One in 2006, featuring John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper, Burn Gorman as Owen Harper, and Indira Varma as Suzie Costello!

GHOSTWOOD 071: "Let's Rock" Is Up!

"What's in it for me?"
"Some cash.  Not much.  Maybe the satisfaction of learning what happened to your friend Cooper."
"Let's rock."
-- Diane Evans and Albert Rosenfield, Twin Peaks: "Let's Rock"

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 provide our commentary track for "Let's Rock", a.k.a. "The Return, Part 12", from the 2017 Showtime revival of Twin Peaks, featuring Laura Dern as Diane Evans, Miguel Ferrer as Albert Rosenfield, Clark Middleton as Charlie, and the return of Sherilyn Fenn as Audrey Horne!

LET'S ROCK!

In our latest episode, Xan and I discuss things like Ghostwood Forest being closed due to the Coronavirus, how we're adapting to social distancing, the rescheduling of the official Twin Peaks 30th anniversary celebration at Graceland, wondering what's up with Kyle MacLachlan having his grey hair dyed brown again, Xan's advice for everyone to stay safe, Chuck D falling out with Flavor Flav, the Blue Rose Task Force having more credibility than the X-Files, Gillian Anderson as David Bowie in American Gods, Jerry Horne as Michael Palin's "It's..." guy from Monty Python's Flying Circus, Sarah Palmer's steady diet of booze and cigarettes, Carl Rodd looking out for Kriscol's blood, Hawk's Senior Wellness Check, Michael Horse as Tonto in The Legend of the Lone Ranger, sending Chad over to go into Sarah Palmer's kitchen, going to Ben Horne for health care, not being able to blame Ben Horne for his grandson Richard being a horrible person, the last Twin Peaks scene Miguel Ferrer filmed before he died, David Lynch self-indulging with French actress Berenice Marlowe, Albert busting Diane on her text messages to Mr. C, Chantal and Hutch in Pulp Fiction, Next Stop Wendy's, Russ Tamblyn's tweet about the Coronavirus, Nadine being seriously turned on by Dr. Amp, Xan finally getting to see Audrey's return, wondering how Audrey and Charlie hooked up, our theory that Audrey is still in her coma, Diane setting her breath on fire, the return of Chromatics, more David Lynch randos, the 15th anniversary of the modern era of Doctor Who, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 072, as Xan and I discuss "30 Years Later", our big celebration of Twin Peaks' 30th anniversary!  Look for more of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast, courtesy of the Southgate Media Group!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 177: "The Next Doctor" Is Up!

"Tell me one thing.  All those facts and figures I saw of the Doctor's life, you were never alone.  All those bright and shining companions.  But not anymore?"
"No."
"Might I ask why not?"
"They leave.  Because they should or because they find someone else.  And some of them, some of them...forget me.  [Pauses]  I suppose in the end, they break my heart."
-- Jackson Lake & The Tenth Doctor, Doctor Who: "The Next Doctor"

Hello again, everyone!  We're back with another new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!  This time, my partner in time Jesse Jackson and I discuss "The Next Doctor", the 2008 Doctor Who Christmas Special, featuring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, David Morrissey as Jackson Lake, Velile Tshabalala as Rosita Farisi, Dervla Kirwan as Miss Mercy Hartigan, and the return of the Cybermen!

In this episode, Jesse, Christine and I discuss things like Jesse being in the mood to do Christmas in March, Brad Meltzer not doing research when writing comics, speculation about "The Next Doctor" following David Tennant's announcement about leaving Doctor Who, The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie, David Morrissey as The Governor on The Walking Dead, Jesse trying too hard to connect Rosita's name to Bruce Springsteen's "Rosalita", Jesse watching "The Next Doctor" during work, wondering where "The Next Doctor" fits in with the Tenth Doctor's appearance in "The Day of the Doctor", Jackson being willing to bring Rosita in as part of the family, "The Next Doctor" being before The Paternoster Gang, wondering how Jackson pulled off convincing Rosita to become his companion, "The Next Doctor" confirming that Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor is canon, Miss Hartigan's grudge against the rich male elite, the Cyber Leader showing his brain, wondering why the Cybermen don't use "silent mode" more often, the Cybershades being completely ridiculous, the giant steampunk Cyberking, the Cyberking not showing up in newspapers, the Doctor actually accepting Jackson's invitation to join him and his family for Christmas dinner, our favorite quotes of the story, my Reverse the Polarity segment, Patrick Troughton's 100th birthday, "The Day of the Doctor" global rewatch, Steven Moffat and Dan Starkey's "Strax Saves the Day" sketch, Chris Chibnall's Thirteenth Doctor  short story "Things She Thought While Falling", Jodie Whittaker's cell phone video as the Thirteenth Doctor to lift people's spirits, new feedback from Holly from Wisconsin, David K. Proctor and Hannah Skorapa, wanting our listeners to stay safe and reach out to people, Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush's video for "Don't Give Up", 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 next wIeek, as Jesse and I are joined by special guest companion Hannah Skorapa to discuss "Tooth and Claw", the second episode from Doctor Who Series Two in 2006, featuring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, Pauline Collins as Queen Victoria, and the origin of Torchwood!

THE MANDALORIAN Casts Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano

Tell you what.  Rosario Dawson is ready to give you a merciful death.

Variety is confirming that the Disney+ series The Mandalorian has cast Rosario Dawson as popular Star Wars character Ahsoka Tano for the show's upcoming second season.

Dawson, 40, has considerable geek cred after playing Claire Temple on the Marvel TV series Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and The Defenders, Gail in the movies Sin City and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Laura Vasquez in Men in Black II, Valerie Brown in Josie and the Pussycats, Abernathy Ross in Death Proof, Becky Scott in Clerks II, the voice of Batgirl/Barbara Gordon in The Lego Batman Movie, and the voice of Wonder Woman in the DC Animated Movie Universe films Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, Justice League vs. Teen Titans, Justice League Dark, The Death of Superman, Wonder Woman: Bloodlines, and Justice League Dark: Apokolips War.

Back in 2017, Dawson had been part of an internet campaign to have her play Ahsoka Tano in live-action.

Created in 2008, Ahsoka Tano first appeared in the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars as as a 14-year-old padawan apprentice newly assigned to Anakin Skywalker.  Jedi Master Yoda assigned her to Anakin to teach him a greater sense of responsibility, and Anakin was initially frustrated by this decision.  Their early interactions were "playfully contentious", with Anakin calling her "Snips" for her "snippy" attitude and Ahsoka calling him "Skyguy" as a pun on his surname.  After earning Anakin's respect on a dangerous mission, Ahsoka joined him on a quest to rescue Jabba the Hutt's infant son.  Her impetuous nature both annoyed and endeared her to her master, and, by the end of the film, Anakin revealed a newfound affection for his padawan.

In the following Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated TV series, Ahsoka was a commander in the Republic army and continued to learn the ways of the Jedi as Anakin's apprentice.  The two developed a mutual fondness, at times taking great risks to protect or save one another. Some of Anakin's actions taken out of concern for Ahsoka exposed his darker tendencies, such as his torture of prisoners who may know her location when she goes missing.  Ahsoka also found mentorship from Captain Rex, a clone trooper with whom she and Anakin served throughout the war.  During the final arc of Season 5, Ahsoka was framed and imprisoned for a deadly explosion and a subsequent murder.  Although eventually exonerated, she became disillusioned with the Jedi Council and left the Jedi Order in the season finale.  Ahsoka will return in the revival of The Clone Wars on Disney+, which will explore the "unfinished business between Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and their exiled Jedi-in-training."

Dawson will be the first actress to portray Ahsoka Tano in live-action.  Previously, the character was voiced by Ashley Eckstein in the animated projects Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels, and a vocal cameo in the live-action film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

The Mandalorian is expected to return to Disney+ sometime in Fall 2020.

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 176: "The Impossible Astronaut" Is Up!

"I'm being extremely clever up here and there's no one to stand around looking impressed! What's the point in having you all?"
-- The Eleventh Doctor, Doctor Who: "The Impossible Astronaut"

Hello again, everyone!  In this extra-length episode, my partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are joined by special guest companion Christine Peruski to discuss "The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon", the first two episodes of Doctor Who Series Six from 2011, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams, Alex Kingston as River Song, Mark Sheppard as Canton Everett Delaware III, and the first appearance of the Silence!

In this HUGE episode, Jesse, Christine and I discuss things like keeping our social distance through time, Next Stop Everywhere trying to take everyone's minds off the Coronavirus for a while, Jesse's abrupt disappearance from the podcast, Christine getting invaded by her dogs, Series Six being the peak of the Matt Smith era, wondering where the Silence get their suits, Mark Sheppard on Doom Patrol and Supernatural, Jesse's new mic being really sensitive, the prequel to "The Impossible Astronaut", the differences between the 900-year-old Doctor and the 1,100-year-old Doctor, the signs of Amy's quantum pregnancy and her Schrödinger's baby, Steven Moffat not resolving the "Impossible Astronaut" cliffhanger, wondering why the Doctor decided to hang out in a prison for three months and do nothing, the great chemistry between Matt Smith and Alex Kingston, Amy being the Alpha and Rory being the Beta in their relationship, the Doctor being confronted by Charles II while naked under Matilda's skirts, Jesse meeting Mark Sheppard at Dragon Con, why you can't just submit unsolicited scripts to companies and professional writers, the Silence being an innovative villain and the ultimate voyeurs, the Christopher Nolan film Memento, wondering why the Doctor's companions put hash marks on their face, me being a month old before the moon landing, our favorite quotes of the story, more of Christine vs. our rating system, new feedback from new listener Holly Mac and David K. Proctor, 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 next wIeek, as Jesse and I discuss "The Next Doctor", the 2008 Doctor Who Christmas Special, featuring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, David Morrissey as Jackson Lake, Dervla Kirwan as Miss Hartigan, and the return of the Cybermen!

GHOSTWOOD 070: "There's Fire Where You Are Going" Is Up!

"Here's to the pie that saved your life, Dougie."
-- Rodney Mitchum to Dougie Jones/Dale Cooper, Twin Peaks: "There's Fire Where You Are Going"

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 review David Lynch's 2017 short film What Did Jack Do? and provide our commentary track for "There's Fire Where You Are Going", a.k.a. "The Return, Part 11", from the 2017 Showtime revival of Twin Peaks, featuring Harry Dean Stanton as Carl Rodd, Mädchen Amick as Shelly Briggs, and the return of Alicia Witt as Gersten Hayward!

LET'S ROCK!

In our latest episode, Xan and I discuss things like Xan and I appearing on DJ Nik's Happiness in Darkness podcast, the 1950s filming method Syncro-Vox, Clutch Cargo, Sealab 2021, David Lynch voicing Jack Cruz, Jack being hot for a chicken named Toototabon, why we need James Hurley to cover Jack's song "True Love's Flame", Harvey Weinstein getting sentenced to 23 years in jail, our tribute to Max von Sydow, Shelly Briggs losing her shoes, Shelly Briggs wearing high heels as a waitress, Becky throwing her mom off the hood of a car, the unexpected pairing of Carl Rodd and Shelly Briggs, the return of Gersten Hayward, Xan coveting Diane's handbag, Gordon almost being pulled into The Zone, Ruth Davenport being dead but not wrapped in plastic, Becky repeating her mom's mistakes with an abusive husband, Bobby still having feelings for Shelly, Shelly ditching an important moment with her daughter to be with Red, Sick Girl having COVID-17, the waitress in What Did Jack Do? wearing a Judy's Diner uniform, Deputy Jesse Holcomb, wondering if David Lynch is addicted more to coffee or cigarettes, Bushnell Mullins doing push-ups on his desk, Captain Crunch vs. Raisin Bran, Xan never having a date to prom or homecoming, why it's a bad idea to meet gangsters in a Las Vegas desert, David Fincher's Seven, the Mitchum Brothers being the Blues Brothers without the musical talent, David Lynch needing to remake The Love Boat, wondering if Bobby breaking up with Shelly was a mutual decision, '70s glitter iron-on t-shirts, Twin Peaks turning 30, tipping your restaurant delivery drivers well during the Coronavirus, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 071, as Xan and I discuss "Let's Rock", a.k.a. "The Return, Part 12" from the 2017 Showtime revival of Twin Peaks!  Look for more of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast, courtesy of the Southgate Media Group!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 175: The Review of Series 12" Is Up!

"I had to make them pay for what I discovered.  They lied to us.  The founding fathers of Gallifrey…Everything we were told was a lie.  We're not who we think, you or I.  The whole existence of our species, built on the lie of the Timeless Child."
-- The Eighth Master to the Thirteenth Doctor, Doctor Who: "Spyfall, Part 2"

Hello again, everyone!  In this extra-length 175th episode, my partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are joined by special guest companion DJ Nik to review Doctor Who Series 12, featuring Jodie Whittaker's second season as the Thirteenth Doctor, the debut of Sacha Dhawan as the Eighth Master, the return of Captain Jack Harkness and the Cybermen, the mysterious Fugitive Doctor, and the genesis of the Time Lords!

In this HUGE episode, Jesse, DJ Nik and I discuss things like DJ Nik updating us on dealing with the Coronavirus in Italy, the Thirteenth Doctor being bubbly on the outside publicly but broody privately, David Harewood on the BBC Radio adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, Stephen Fry as "C", the decision to get rid of Torchwood and UNIT, the secrecy of Sacha Dhawan's casting as the Eighth Doctor, the Master posing as a Nazi officer, wanting to see more of the Kasaavin, the Master revealing that he destroyed Gallifrey, "Orphan 55"'s heavy-handed social message, Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison, the Skithra being distant cousins of the Racnoss, DJ Nik not being a fan of Captain Jack Harkness, the mystery of the Fugitive Doctor, the generational shift to bingewatching making viewers impatient for answers, the Doctor's awkward response to Graham about his fear that his cancer might return, Ashad being a character to connect viewers to the Cybermen, DJ Nik defending "The Timeless Children" vs. Jesse's prosecution, how Ashad the Lone Cybermen could be brought back, hopes and predictions for Doctor Who Series 13, new feedback from new listener Thomas Meehan, Dave Proctor, Hannah Skorapa, and Davia from Canada, our upcoming 2020 schedule, 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 next week, as Jesse and I are joined by special guest companion Christine Peruski to discuss "The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon", the first two episodes of Doctor Who Series Six in 2011, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams, and Alex Kingston as River Song!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 174: "The Timeless Children" Is Up!

"You think that makes me lesser?  It makes me more.  I contain multitudes, more than I ever thought, or knew.  You want me to be scared of it because you’re scared of everything."
-- The Thirteenth Doctor to the Eighth Master, Doctor Who: "The Timeless Children"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back to discuss "The Timeless Children", the controversial Doctor Who Series 12 finale, featuring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Sacha Dhawan as the Eighth Master, Patrick O'Kane as Ashad the Lone Cyberman, and the genesis of the Time Lords!

In this HUGE episode, Jesse and I discuss things like my wife Lori being ready to throw down with Jesse, Jesse needing to delay his dinner plans so we could discuss this episode, the pre-William Hartnell Doctors hinted at in the '70s story "The Brain of Morbius", humans sacrificing themselves for the Doctor, the explanation for why the Master flipped out and murdered all the Time Lords, Jesse hating Sacha Dhawan's Master, Jesse not caring about why Time Lords regenerate, a Reddit user's chart breaking down all the Doctors into six key eras, Jesse not liking Star Trek: Enterprise, the Doctor making sure her companions get back to Earth safely, Jesse not caring if Sacha Dhawan's Master returns, the Timeless Child teases at the beginning of Series 12 being paid off, Jesse not caring about "The Timeless Children" plot or storyline, Doctor Who fans thinking that the show should cater exactly to what they want, comics writer Ron Marz, Jesse respecting that Chris Chibnall was ambitious with his story, the secret origin of the Time Lords, Brendan being a false memory created by Tecteun, the very first regeneration on Gallifrey, the origins of Gallifrey vs. the origins of Krypton, the upcoming Doctor Who holiday special, Ryan finally making a basket, Ashad's good but not great plan to make all of the Cybermen full robot, my disappointment with how Ashad was dealt with by the Master, the Master recycling Time Lord corpses as CyberMasters, Jesse as an energy vampire, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly Mac, Hannah Skorapa, David K. Proctor and Sean from Anaheim, Patrick Stewart on Star Trek: Picard, DJ Nik returning to Next Stop Everywhere, and more!

If you'd like to check out our latest episode, you can find us on...

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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 next week, as Jesse and I discuss "The Timeless Children", the Doctor Who Series 12 finale, starring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham O'Brien, Tosin Cole as Ryan Sinclair, and Mandip Gill as Yasmin "Yaz" Khan!