THE FANDOM ZONE 191: "The Big Ride" Is Up!

 
"So maybe I can't be Lee Marvin.  But I can be Harry Potter.  Or you know, John Connor or—or--or what's her name from The Hunger Games..."
"Katniss."
"Yeah...The point is, I could be that person who nobody thinks is awesome, but it turns out they're kind of fucking awesome!"
-- Hughie Campbell and Frenchie, The Boys: "The Big Ride"

Hello again, everyone!  It's time for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, DJ Nik enters The Fandom Zone as we discuss "The Big Ride", the first episode of The Boys Season 2, featuring Jack Quaid as Hughie Campbell, Erin Moriarty as Starlight, Antony Starr as Homelander, Giancarlo Esposito as Stan Edgar, and introducing Aya Cash as Stormfront!

In this episode, Nik and I talk about things like Jesse Jackson not having time to watch The Boys Season 2, Nik trying to fill Jesse's Texan boots, Doom Patrol vs. The Boys, Hughie and Annie having a Romeo and Juliet type romance, the Vancouver Kiss, Erin Moriarty having the best surname, my meeting Karen Fukuhara at a convention, where "The Big Ride" episode title came from, Stormfront being a male character in the comics, Hughie cyberstalking Annie, Gecko whoring himself out to the BDSM crowd, Frenchie looking out for Kimiko, Starlight singing at Translucent's funeral, the Church of the Collective recruiting the Deep, Fresca being the rock-bottom of uncola soft drinks, wondering if the Deep is redeemable, Homelander completely dominating Ashley, that awkward moment when Homelander drinks Madelyn's refrigerated breast milk just as Ashley walks in, that awkward moment when Stormfront tells Homelander that she's the newest member of the Seven, Stan Edgar explaining to Homelander that all Vought cares about is Compound V, Andrew Kreisberg getting Shantel VanSanten written out of The Flash, our favorite quotes of the episode, and more!

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NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 204: "State of Decay" Is Up!

 
"They are vampires, Adric!  Do you want to become one of them?"
"You said yourself you're on the menu.  If it's a choice between that and joining the diners, I mean, there's no sense in two of us getting the chop."
-- The Second Romana and Adric, Doctor Who: "State of Decay"

Hello again, everyone!  Special guest companion John Takacs returns to join me for a new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!  This time, we discuss "State of Decay", the fourth serial from Doctor Who Season 18 in 1980, featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Lalla Ward as the Second Romana, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric, and John Leeson as the voice of K-9!

In this episode, John and I discuss things like Jesse Jackson needing quality time with his wife Linda, Doctor Wholoween, Jon Pertwee keeping the Bok statue from "The Daemons" and putting it in his garden, Terrance Dicks writing "The Five Doctors" Target novelization, wishing John Leeson would go back and dub his voice over David Brierley's K-9 voice, the great sets and costumes in "State of Decay", Terrance Dicks originally submitting an early version of "State of Decay" in 1977, director Peter Moffat telling John Nathan-Turner that he wouldn't direct unless they used Dicks' version of the script, the E-Space Trilogy, Colin Baker being considered for the role of Aukon, wondering how K-9 never detected Adric being a stowaway, Tom Baker and Lalla Ward having marital problems during production, Romana calling out Adric for going along with becoming a vampire, the Three Who Rule, Aukon being in charge instead of King Zargo and Queen Camilla, the reveal that the castle was actually the spaceship Hydrax, the Doctor reprogramming the Hydrax to impale the last Great Vampire, the Dark Times covering the Time Lords' war with the vampires, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly Mac and Dave Proctor, the Fourth Doctor's Season 18 scarf signifying that he's mental state is now whole, Nabil "Sil" Shaban liking John's Ohio Type 40 Facebook group, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as Jesse Jackson and I discuss "Arc of Infinity", the first serial from Doctor Who Season 20 in 1983, featuring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Colin Baker as Commander Maxil, and Ian Collier as Omega!

HBO Max's GREEN LANTERN Gets Series Order & Showrunner

 
The Green Lantern Corps has the greenlight.

Variety has reported that HBO Max has given a series order for Green Lantern, based on the DC Comics superheroes.  First announced in development last October, Green Lantern will join Doom Patrol, Titans and Harley Quinn, which were recently brought over to HBO Max from the DC Universe streaming service.

According to the article, Green Lantern will "depict the adventures of a multitude of Lanterns, including Guy Gardner, Jessica Cruz, Simon Baz and Alan Scott — Earth’s first Green Lantern, who, true to the comics, is a gay man — and many more.  The series will also include fan favorites such as Sinestro and Kilowog, and will also introduce new heroes to the ranks of the Green Lantern Corps."

The series received a 10-episode order and will be co-written and executive produced by Seth Grahame-Smith and Marc Guggenheim, with Grahame-Smith serving as showrunner.  Berlanti Productions will produce in association with Warner Bros. Television.

Grahame-Smith, 44, is best known as the writer of the novels novels Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, and co-wrote the 2012 film version of Dark Shadows.  He was also one of the screenwriters on The LEGO Batman Movie.

Guggenheim, 50, is the co-writer of the 2011 Green Lantern movie starring Ryan Reynolds, and the screenwriter for Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.  He also served as showrunner on Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow, and was an executive producer and writer on Supergirl.

GHOSTWOOD 085: "Revelations" Is Up!

 
"Stop!  Federal Agent!  I'm armed!  Let him go.  Let him go and we'll talk about it."
"There's nothing to talk about.  I was called upon."
-- Dana Scully and Simon Gates, The X-Files: "Revelations"

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!  In this episode, we continue our retrospective of Twin Peaks actors appearing on The X-Files as we pay tribute to the late Clark Middleton and discuss "Revelations", the eleventh episode of The X-Files Season Three from 1995, featuring David Duchovny as Fox Mulder, Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully, Kenneth Welsh as Simon Gates, Michael Berryman as Owen Jarvis, and R. Lee Ermey as Reverend Patrick Findley!

LET'S ROCK!

In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like Xan making alcoholism her new hobby, our tribute to Clark Middleton, Kenneth Welsh's TV and movie credits, Xan's Jonathan Harris anecdote, wondering why Fox made an Americanized version of Broadchurch, R. Lee Ermey as Col. Leslie Hapablap on The Simpsons, the faith-based concept of stigmata, "Revelations" being the first deep-dive into Scully's Catholic faith, wondering why David Lynch never worked with Michael Berryman, "Institutionalized" by Suicidal Tendencies, Scully's dog Queequeg, Mulder's hypocrisy of telling Scully not to allow her faith to cloud her judgment, women not meeting Chris Hansen on To Catch a Predator, the various Jerusalem references, wondering what the deal is with Kevin's bi-location and Simon's heat hands, Xan's little kid story descriptions of The Wizard of Oz and Twin Peaks, Gavin from Kids in the Hall, Ghostwood Mail from Holly Mac, Jesse Jackson and DJ Nik, Ben Horne on The X-Files, Xan going on Jesse's Set Lusting Bruce, Mulder and the Doctor licking stuff they shouldn't, Julia Roberts in Mary Reilly, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 086, as Xan and I discuss "Sanguinarium", the sixth episode of The X-Files Season Four, featuring Twin Peaks actor Richard Beymer as Dr. Jack Franklin, Arlene Mazerolle as Dr. Theresa Shannon, and O-Lan Jones as Nurse Rebecca Waite!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 203: "The Daemons" Is Up!

 
"I see.  So, all we've got to deal with is something which is either too small to see or thirty feet tall, can incinerate you or freeze you to death, turn stone images into homicidal monsters, and looks like the devil."
"Exactly."
-- Captain Mike Yates and the Third Doctor, Doctor Who: "The Daemons"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!  This time, we discuss "The Dæmons", the fifth serial from Doctor Who Season Eight in 1971, featuring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, Katy Manning as Jo Grant, Roger Delgado as the First Master, and Stephen Thorne as Azal!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse's Dallas Cowboys getting beaten by my Cleveland Browns, the BBC frowning upon producers writing scripts, Jo Grant being a classic era version of Donna Noble, Jesse preferring Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee over Tom Baker, the Master summoning Azal by reciting "Mary Had a Little Lamb" backwards, Geraldo Rivera and Al Capone's vault, the Doctor using a remote control on Bessie to mess with Jo and Mike, the Doctor constantly insulting Jo's intelligence, the movie The Wicker Man, Benton using a gun with a silencer to help the Doctor act like a wizard, Miss Hawthorne being an Almost Companion, Jo's faith and loyalty in the Doctor rebuffing Azal's power, everyone leaving while the Brigadier is attending a dinner party, Sgt. Tom Osgood being related to Petronella Osgood, the Master calling out the people of Devil's End, Delgado's Master being the schemer, the Master doing spells and acting as the leader of a coven, Bok being a stone gargoyle in tights, our favorite quotes of the episode, my Reverse the Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly Mac and Dave Proctor, Ant-Man's mass displacement fail, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as special guest companion John Takacs and I discuss "State of Decay", the fourth serial from Doctor Who Season 18 in 1980, featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Lalla Ward as the Second Romana, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric, and John Leeson as the voice of K-9!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 202: "The Invasion" Is Up!

"You're still worried about your two friends, aren't you?"
"Yes, a bit."
"They can't have got themselves into any sort of trouble, can they?"
"Oh, you wouldn't say that if you knew them.  If there's trouble to be found, the Doctor and Jamie can't miss it."
-- Isobel Watkins and Zoe Heriot, Doctor Who: "The Invasion"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!  This time, we're joined by special guest companion John Takacs to discuss "The Invasion", the third serial from Doctor Who Season Six in 1968, featuring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon, Wendy Padbury as Zoe Heriot, and the first appearances of UNIT and John Levene as Corporal John Benton!

In this episode, Jesse, John and I discuss things like Jesse's Dallas Cowboys playing my Cleveland Browns, meeting Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury at conventions, "The Invasion" being the first incomplete story completed using animation, Professor Travers being replaced by Professor Watkins, Frazer Hines having lead weights sewn into his kilt to keep it from being blown up by wind, Jesse being surprised by the first appearance of UNIT, my killing Jesse with an 8-episode classic story, UNIT's introduction to set up the Jon Pertwee era, Benton being chewed out by the Brigadier, Patrick Troughton's talent for humor, Zoe and Isobel not tolerating Jamie and the Brigadier's sexism, Zoe calculating how to redirect missiles in less than 30 seconds, Jimmy Turner and Isobel Watkins hooking up, Tobias Vaughn as Doctor Who's version of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Vaughn getting played by the Cybermen, gentlemen preferring tea, our favorite quotes of the episode, Zoe's sparkly catsuit, my Reverse the Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly Mac and Dave Proctor, people needing to use hand sanitizer on Halloween candy wrappers this year, the Beatles appearing in "The Chase", a special shoutout to special guest companion Lee Leonard, "The Daemons" having a Wicker Man vibe, and more!

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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 Dæmons", the fifth serial from Doctor Who Season Eight in 1971, featuring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, Katy Manning as Jo Grant, Roger Delgado as the First Master, and Stephen Thorne as Azal!

THE SANDMAN Casts Tom Sturridge as Dream/Morpheus

Tom Sturridge may be ready to show you terror in a handful of dust.

Collider has revealed that the upcoming Netflix series The Sandman, based on the classic DC Comics/VERTIGO series by Neil Gaiman and various artists, is in talks with actor Tom Sturridge to star as lead character The Sandman/Dream/Morpheus.

According to the article, Collider's sources say "Sturridge tested for the title role earlier this year along with Tom York (Poldark) and Colin Morgan (Merlin) before emerging victorious."

First announced back in July 2019, The Sandman drama series received an 11-episode order from Netflix, with Gaiman serving as executive producer with David S. Goyer and writer/showrunner Allan Heinberg.  Production was delayed due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, but Gaiman recently revealed that shooting will begin in three weeks.

Sturridge, 34, is an English actor probably best known as Lord Byron in the film Mary Shelley and as Henry VI in the TV film series The Hollow Crown.  His other films include Velvet Buzzsaw, Journey's End, Song to Song, Effie Gray, Junkhearts, Waiting for Forever, The Boat That Rocked, and Being Julia.  He also played Tom Gulliver in the 1996 TV miniseries Gulliver's Travels.

Created in 1988 by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg, Dream first appeared in The Sandman (vol.2) #1 as one of the Endless, personifications of ideas and concepts that were tied to life, and were fated to fulfill their functions until the universe ended and all life disappeared from the cosmos.  On the night of June 10th, 1916, British occultist Roderick Burgess and his Order of Ancient Mysteries accidentally summoned Dream while trying to summon and imprison Dream's older sister Death. Drained from a recent odyssey, Dream was no match for Burgess, who stole his ruby, helm and pouch and held him captive in a crystal prison in the basement of his house in Wych Cross.  Burgess hoped Dream could be coerced into setting up a trap for his sister, but Dream refused to speak to him.  Dream's imprisonment led to worldwide problems.  Some people slept all day, while others couldn't sleep or experienced waking dreams.  Among those affected was Wesley Dodds whose nightmares only stopped when he became the mystery-man Sandman and fought crime.

Roderick died in 1947 and Alex Burgess took over as Dream's captor.  Over the next 40 years, he too attempted to negotiate with Dream, to no avail, while the Order fell apart.  On September 14th, 1988, after another failed attempt to get Dream to talk to him, Alex, now confined to a wheelchair, was taken back to his room, but not before one of the wheels on his chair scuffed the binding circle, breaking the enchantment that prevented Dream from entering the minds of mortals. One of his guards fell asleep on duty, allowing him to tap into the power of dreams and make his escape from his crystal prison.  He confronted Alex Burgess in dreams and demanded his helm, pouch and ruby back. Alex told him they were stolen long ago and begged for mercy, but Dream cursed him with a never-ending nightmare.

Dream returned to the Dreaming, but escaping his prison took a lot out of him, and he collapsed on the way to his castle.  He was taken to the House of Mystery and cared for by Cain and Abel.  Once he was strong enough, he went to his castle, and found it in shambles.  Lucien, his only servant loyal enough to have stayed at the castle during Dream's imprisonment told him the Dreaming had suffered because of his absence.  He summoned the Three Witches, and they gave him clues as to where he could find his helm, pouch and ruby.

Later, after reclaiming these objects and rebuilding the Dreaming, Dream was confronted by the Kindly Ones, forces of vengeance who merged with Lyta Hall, who believed Dream had murdered her young son Daniel after Dream told her that Daniel belonged to him because he had gestated in the Dreaming.  Dream refused to fight the Kindly Ones, allowing them to destroy him in order to save the Dreaming, and Death took Dream. Dream's role in the Endless was assumed by Daniel.

BLACK ADAM Casts Aldis Hodge as Hawkman

Black Adam has its Winged Warrior.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, actor Aldis Hodge is in final negotiations to play Hawkman/Carter Hall in the upcoming DC Extended Universe film Black Adam, based on the DC Comics antihero.

Hodge will join Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam and Noah Centineo as Atom Smasher, with other Justice Society of America members Doctor Fate and Cyclone yet to be cast.  Jaume Collet-Serra will direct the film, based on a script by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani.

Hodge, 34, is probably best known as Alec Hardison on the TNT series Leverage, MC Ren in the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton, and Levi Jackson in the 2016 film Hidden Figures.  His other films include The Invisible Man (2020), What Men Want, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Die Hard with a Vengeance, A Good Day to Die Hard, Happy Feet, and Big Momma's House.  He recently appeared as Craft in the Star Trek: Short Treks mini-episode "Calypso", and has appeared in episodes of City on a Hill, Black Mirror, The Blacklist, The Walking Dead, Castle, Friday Night Lights, Charmed (2002), Boston Public, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Created in 1940 by Gardner Fox as Dennis Neville, Hawkman first appeared in Flash Comics #1 as Carter Hall, a reincarnation of the ancient Egyptian prince Khufu.  In the days of ancient Egypt, Khufu was engaged in a feud with his rival, the Egyptian priest Hath-Set.  The priest eventually captured both Khufu and his consort Chay-Ara, and killed them using a cursed dagger of Nth metal.  Millennia later, in 1940, Khufu was reincarnated as American archaeologist Carter Hall, Chay-Ara as Shiera Saunders, and Hath-Set as scientist Anton Hastor.  After touching the same Nth Metal dagger used to kill Khufu, Carter regained the memories of his former life and realized Hastor was the reincarnation of his ancient foe.  When Hastor kidnapped Shiera, using a magic spell to draw her to his lair, Hall used his newly-refound memories to craft a gravity-defying belt using Nth metal and a winged costume to become Hawkman.  Carter successfully rescued Shiera and Anton was killed by electrocution.  Hawkman was a charter member of the Justice Society of America, and became the JSA's chairman.  Shiera later became the crimefighter Hawkgirl.  

Due to a series of reinventions of the character, some writers have attempted to integrate Carter Hall and Katar Hol, another version of Hawkman created in the 1960s, who was a police officer from the planet Thanagar and joined the Justice League of America.  They linked the Thanagarian aliens to the Egyptian curse that causes Hawkman to reincarnate periodically throughout human history, or used Carter Hall as Katar Hol's alias, or depicted the merger of Carter and Katar into one being.

In his most recent reinvention, Carter Hall has discovered that in addition to reincarnating over time on Earth, he has also lived multiple lives on alien worlds, and on at least one occasion, two or more of his reincarnations have existed simultaneously.  The other lives revealed were Katar Hol of Thanagar, Catar-Ol of Krypton, Golden Hawk (a legendary hero of an unnamed planet destroyed by Deathbringers), Avion (an ancient hero of the Microverse), The Dragon of Barabatos, Airwing of New Genesis, Katarthul of Rann, Red Harrier, and Sky Tyrant of Earth-3.  His other lives throughout Earth's history include Prince Khufu, Silent Knight (a medieval hero), Birdman of the Easter Islands, Nighthawk (a gunslinging western hero), and Carter Hall, the Golden-Age version from World War II who was a member of the Justice Society of America.

Hodge will be the fourth actor to portray Hawkman in live action, after Bill Nuckols in the Legends of the Superheroes TV specials, Michael Shanks on the TV series Smallville, and Falk Hentschel on the TV series The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow.  In addition, the character has appeared in various animated projects, including The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (voiced by Vic Perrin), the various Super Friends shows (voiced by Jack Angel), Justice League Unlimited (voiced by James Remar), The Batman (voiced by Robert Patrick), Batman: The Brave and the Bold (voiced by William Katt), Justice League Action (voiced by Troy Baker), and Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (voiced by Michael Gough).

Black Adam is due to begin production in spring of 2021.

GHOSTWOOD 084: "Humbug" Is Up!

"You took one quick look at me, and decided that you could deduce my entire life.  Never would it have occurred to you that a person of my height could have possibly obtained a degree in hotel management."
"I’m sorry. I meant no offense."
"Well then, why should I take offense?  Just because it’s human nature to make instant judgments of others based solely on their physical appearances?  Why, I have done the same thing to you, for example.  I have taken in your all-American features, your dour demeanor, your unimaginative necktie design and concluded that you work for the government.  An FBI agent.  But do you see the tragedy here?  I have mistakenly reduced you to a stereotype, a caricature, instead of regarding you as a specific, unique individual."
"But I am an FBI agent."
-- Mr. Nutt and Fox Mulder, The X-Files: "Humbug"

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!  In this episode, we continue our retrospective of Twin Peaks actors appearing on The X-Files by discussing "Humbug", the twentieth episode of The X-Files Season Two from 1995, featuring David Duchovny as Fox Mulder, Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully, Michael J. Anderson as Mr. Nutt, and Vincent Schiavelli as Lanny!

LET'S ROCK!

In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like our parents not knowing how to hook up their streaming TV and internet, Columbus TV weatherman Mike Davis getting busted for child porn, writer Darin Morgan's offbeat X-Files scripts, profilic X-Files director Kim Manners, Maximum Overdrive and bad Stephen King movies, Vincent Schiavelli in Tomorrow Never Dies and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The X-Files casting real-life sideshow performers Jim Rose and The Enigma as Dr. Blockhead and The Conundrum, Darin Morgan playing the Flukeman in "The Host" and Eddie Van Blundht in "Small Potatoes", Gillian Anderson chewing an insect, the Tod Browning film Freaks, "The Elephant Man" Joseph Merrick's diagnosis of Proteus Syndrome, needing to be vigilant of genetic manipulation, Lobster Boy being boiled and dipped in butter, the Alligator Man's heated backyard swimming pool, Mulder being the annoying know-it-all sideshow tourist, Scully's sleight-of-hand skills, P.T. Barnum's "This Way to the Egress" con, Mr. Nutt calling out Mulder for judging him based solely on his physical appearance, Mulder assuming Mr. Nutt is creeping on Scully in her trailer, Darin Morgan embracing the comedic potential of The X-Files, Lanny's conjoined twin Leonard, the Conundrum eating Leonard, Xan seeing Jim Rose and The Enigma at Lollapalooza, Dr. Blockhead calling out Mulder's for his good looks, Ghostwood Mail from Holly Mac, Jesse Jackson and DJ Nik, Windom Earle on The X-Files, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 085, as Xan and I discuss "Revelations", the twentieth episode of The X-Files Season Two, featuring Twin Peaks actor Kenneth Welsh as Simon Gates, Kevin Zegers as Kevin Kryder, and R. Lee Ermey as Reverend Patrick Findley!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 201: "The Space Museum" Is Up!

"Doctor, why do you always show the greatest interest in the least important things?"
"The least important things, sometimes, my dear boy, lead to the greatest discoveries."
-- Ian Chesterton and the First Doctor, Doctor Who: "The Space Museum"

Hello again, everyone!  My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!  This time, we discuss "The Space Museum", the seventh serial from Doctor Who Season Two in 1965, featuring William Hartnell as the First Doctor, William Russell as Ian Chesteron, Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright, and Maureen O'Brien as Vicki!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse celebrating Bruce Springsteen's 71st birthday, "The Space Museum" being the first timey-wimey story on Doctor Who, Jeremy Bulloch as Boba Fett, Michael Craze's brother Peter Craze, the Tusken Raider who attacks Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, Yoda ripping off William Hartnell, Jesse finally realizing the greatness of the First Doctor, the Doctor hiding out in a Dalek casing, Ian getting a fight sequence, Vicki fanning the flames of revolution and crushing on Tor, how the Doctor and his companions avoided their destiny of ending up as museum exhibits, the Hartnell Era establishing the important foundations of the Doctor Who mythos, Lobos lamenting the lost glories of the Morok Empire, the Xerons and the Moroks being symbols for young people revolting against the older establishment, the Doctor getting the Time-Space Visualizer, 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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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 John Takacs to discuss "The Invasion", the third serial from Doctor Who Season Six in 1968, featuring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon, Wendy Padbury as Zoe Heriot, and the first appearances of UNIT and John Levene as Corporal John Benton!

HBO Max Gives Series Order to THE SUICIDE SQUAD TV Spinoff PEACEMAKER

John Cena loves peace so much, he's willing to kill again for it.

According to DC Comics, HBO Max has given a straight-to-series order for Peacemaker, an action-adventure/comedy TV series spinning off from James Gunn's upcoming DC Extended Universe film The Suicide Squad.

The press release states that John Cena will reprise his character Peacemaker/Christopher Smith in an eight-episode first season, with Gunn writing all eight episodes and directing the first and others as well.  Gunn and The Suicide Squad producer Peter Safran, who also produces the Aquaman and Shazam! films, will serve as Peacemaker’s executive producers with Cena as co-executive producer.  Peacemaker is scheduled to begin production in early 2021, before Gunn begins working on the next Guardians of the Galaxy movie.

There are no details at the moment if the upcoming TV series is set before or after the events of The Suicide Squad, but "the series will explore the origins of the Peacemaker character, a man who believes in maintaining peace at all costs—no matter how many people he needs to kill to do it."

"Peacemaker is an opportunity to delve into current world issues through the lens of this superhero/supervillain/and world’s biggest douchebag," Gunn remarked.  "I’m excited to expand The Suicide Squad and bring this character from the DC film universe to the full breadth of a series.  And of course, to be able to work again with John, Peter, and my friends at Warner Bros. is the icing on the cake."

Cena added, "I have said before that it has been a tremendous honor and an incredible opportunity to be part of The Suicide Squad and to work with James on what is going to be a fantastic movie.  I am unbelievably excited to have the chance to team up with him again for Peacemaker.  We can’t wait for fans to see this."

Created in 1966 by Joe Gill and Pat Boyette, Peacemaker first appeared in Fightin' 5 #40 as Christopher Smith, a pacifist diplomat so committed to peace that he was willing to use force as a superhero to advance the cause.  He used an array of special non-lethal weapons, and also founded the Pax Institute. 

Fighting an assortment of dictators and warlords, Smith later learned that his peace-through-violence efforts were the result of a serious mental illness brought on by the shame of having a Nazi death camp commandant for a father.  He believed his father's spirit haunted him continually and criticized his every move, even as he tried to live down his past.

Becoming a particularly deadly vigilante who would kill at the slightest notice, he started to believe that the ghosts of the people he killed, or who were killed in his vicinity, were collected inside his helmet and could offer him advice and commentary.

For a time, Peacemaker served as a U.S. government agent under Checkmate, a special-forces unit, hunting down terrorists until his own behavior became too extreme.  He eventually crashed a helicopter to destroy tanks controlled by the supervillain Eclipso and was reported dead.

Peacemaker is scheduled to begin production in early 2021.

First WANDAVISION Trailer Debuts During 2020 Emmy Awards

The Vision and the Scarlet Witch are an unusual couple, you know.

During last night's 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards special, Disney+ debuted the first trailer for WandaVision, the streaming service's first original drama series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).  Set after the events of the MCU film Avengers: Endgame, Avengers members the Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and the Vision (Paul Bettany) begin to suspect things are not as they seem as the two live their ideal suburban life.

The one-minute, 20-second trailer opens with the classic 1958 song "Twilight Time" by the Platters, as we enter a surreal, 1950s black-and-white TV sitcom world starring Wanda and the Vision.

"Wanda and Vision," remarks the Vision as kisses the head of his housewife Wanda, "aren't we a fine pair?"

"This is our home now.  I want us to fit in," states Wanda as she gestures for Vision to alter his face to appear human as he walks in the front door.

We're quickly introduced to Agnes (Kathryn Hahn), the couple's nosy neighbor, who answers the door saying, "Oh, this is going to be a gas!"

We see Wanda using her telekinetic abilities to pour wine and set her dinner table in a very Bewitched style for a Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Heart (Fred Melamed and Debra Jo Rupp).  "Where did you two move from, how long have you been married, and why don't you have children yet?" asks Mrs. Heart.

"Our story..." Wanda begins to reply, obviously struggling for a response.

The Vision interjects.  "I think what my wife means to say is that we moved from..."

As the Vision struggles as well, Arthur asks, "Moved from where?  Married when?"  He grows intense, slamming his hand hard on the table, saying "Dammit, why?!"

"Oh, Arthur, stop it," says Mrs. Heart.  As he keeps slamming his hand hard on the table, Mrs. Heart keeps repeating "Stop it, stop it, stop it..." while a canned studio audience laugh track plays on.

Suddenly, things cut to color, as the sitcom setting shifts to a 1960s period.  As the Vision, now wearing a green and red sweater, studies his hand, Wanda asks, "Is this really happening?"

We get fleeting glimpses of the two in 1970s Brady Bunch-esque attire, followed by a shift to a 1990s Roseanne setting, with the two now holding baby twins. Agnes is shown wearing a 1980s Jazzercise outfit, followed by Wanda wearing a homemade version of her 1970s/1980s Scarlet Witch costume from Marvel Comics, presumably for Halloween.

As the neighborhood kids canvas the area for Trick or Treat in a modern setting, the Vision flies above the city and then lands by Agnes, who is seated motionless in the driver's seat wearing a witch's costume.  The Vision touches the side of her face, causing her to suddenly gasp.  "Am I dead?" she asks.

"No!" replies the Vision.  "Why would you think that?"

"Because you are," Agnes remarks, suddenly cackling in laughter.

We then see the Vision walking around his neighborhood during Trick or Treat while wearing a homemade version of his iconic 1970s/1980s costume, followed by Wanda using her magical abilities to change the time period of her living room furniture.

Things get stranger as Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris), the grown-up daughter of Maria Rambeau from the Captain Marvel film, is shown being hurled through the air from the sunny '70s neighborhood, and landing at night in the modern world, where she is found by several military types.

Back in the colorless '50s sitcom, Wanda tells the Vision, "We are an unusual couple, you know?"

"Oh, I don't think that was ever in question," replies the Vision as we see the two together smiling broadly (and creepily) at the camera.

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

WandaVision is expected to debut on Disney+ sometime in December 2020.