Doctor Who: Mutter's Spiral Podcast

John and Will report from Sunday night of GallifreyOne in Los Angeles. Updating with their panel experiences. John moderates for the first time, Will sees some great panel games and we share our personal highlights.   We we dedicate this podcast to Alyssa from Whovian Feminism and to Gallifrey Director, Shaun Lyon.

Will and John are once again fortunate enough to spend time with Deborah Stanish of the Verity! Podcast to talk about her experience at GallifreyOne. We talk about the many fantastic panels she moderated and her highlights from the weekend. After we stopped recording, she realized she had forgotten to mention her installation as leader of the Tribe of Gum. (This is one of the more obscure Doctor Who/twitter references ever.) Were John and Will sober or spirited? Did the hotel Muzak bleed through into the interview? Does anyone ever sleep at Gally? Only one way to find out! 

Will and John talk about all the panels and  people they've seen -at GallifreyOne 2017, the premiere Doctor Who convention- including panels on gender bending casting and the incomparable Lala Ward. Give us a listen won't you?

Will and John discuss their initial impressions on getting to Gallifrey 28 for 2017, the premiere Doctor Who convention in North America. Listen, won't you?

IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME.... OF THE YEAR!  That's right, it's February - time for another GALLIFREY ONE Doctor Who Convention (the 28th!), so this must be our annual preview episode with our great friends Sage Young and Kim Rogers of HeadOverFeels.com !  We'll discuss what everyone is doing (panels, cosplay, etc) at this year's Gally, as well as the other people, places, and things that we're looking forward to!  Also, John and I will do a little intro about Gally in general for any listener who is going for the first time.  It's a quick listen, just enough to get your juices flowing for the convention (HA - as if we aren't all amped up to 11 (or TWELVE) already! ) ALSO, keep your eye on our main Libsyn page all weekend (as well as our Twitter feeds) for links to our podcasts from the convention!

It's a jam-packed and bittersweet edition of the MUTTER'S SPIRAL Podcast this week!  Our friend Kayti Burt joins us to talk all about SHERLOCK, as we discuss her great ranking of the show's episodes, from worst to best, that she did for Collider.com (Link HERE ).  We've been trying to have her on for a couple of weeks, and we finally solved our usual tech issues to get her on the podcast!  HOWEVER... In the interim from our original recording date to the actual date, several sad occurrences of various forms have happened: 1. Peter Capaldi has announced that he's leaving DOCTOR WHO after the Christmas 2017 episode (Same time that Steven Moffat departs).  We discuss his decision and talk about some of our favorites for #13. 2. Even more sad is the news of the passing of the War Doctor, SIR JOHN HURT.  We talk of his significance to all of WHO fandom as well as each of us individually (Especially John, as Sir John in many ways led him into Whovian fandom).  We discuss the great privilege that John & I had of

Corneal abrasions!  Lingering colds!  Microphone issues!  Travel Delays!  And that's just for the podcasters! Also, THE EAST WIND!  MUSGRAVE!  And, perhaps, our last adventure with Sherlock Holmes and John Watson (for now and for this incarnation)!  It's all there as MUTTER'S SPIRAL Podcast tackles "The Final Problem", the final episode of SHERLOCK'S (FINAL?) season!   This episode generates some strong opinions from us, and we don't view everything as positively as at other times!  However, as always, Sherlock episodes make for great fodder for discussion.  We talk about the story and about how it fits into the overall narrative of the series, and how it affects everything we've seen previously.  We'll contemplate what worked for us, as well as what didn't.   Plus, there's some trivia, and even some REVERSE TRIVIA about the sneaky cameo in the final moments ("Struggle after Struggle, year after year")!  Please take a listen! Remember: WE ARE SOLDIERS TODAY. (technical note: due to the aforementioned micropho

SHERLOCK Series 4 continues with "The Lying Detective", and there's SO MUCH for us to discuss!   How are Sherlock and John after the events of last episode?  Where do we go from here?  HOW CREEPY is Culverton Smith?  Has Sherlock finally lost control of, well, everything?  Can John find his way back to some semblance of normalcy?   The answer to these questions as well as ALL of the other goings on (no spoilers here, just in case), will be talked about in full on this week's podcast (I took 8 pages of notes!)! Here's a heaping helping of SHERLOCK DISCUSSION as we head towards the close of Series 4 (and the series for the near future?)!  Please listen!

SHERLOCK Series 4 is finally here, after a LONG 3 year wait (with one special thrown in), and Mutter's Spiral Podcast dives deep into the somewhat murky waters of "The Six Thatchers"!   There are SO MANY things to discuss: Mysteries, Mary, Whatever the HELL John is up to, SHERLOCK (of course), divine direction from Rachel Talalay, and lots of speculation as to what's to come!   Jump in and have a listen won't you?  (As usual, there's trivia and ratings news, too!)

The DOCTOR is finally back!  "The Return of Doctor Mysterio" brings the Doctor back after a one-year absence, and John and I are itching to talk about it!  How did we find this year's special?  How did this story fit in with the Doctor's recent, sadder history?  Is he still reeling from the final night with River?  And Nardole is with him?  What did we think of Grant/Ghost & Lucy?  Take a listen and find out! Also, we'll discuss the final episode of "Power of the Daleks"!  How did the story wrap up?  Was it even darker than we expected?  This story made each of us re-evaluate the Daleks; take a listen to find out how our perspectives have changed over the quintessential Doctor Who villains/monsters! Plus, FINALLY, TRIVIA RETURNS!  We had a blast recording this, and we hope you enjoy bending your ear our way!

MUTTER'S SPIRAL Podcast is back to talk about "Power of the Daleks" episode 5!  Plans are in motion, the final confrontation is near, and John and I discuss the goings-on and our impressions!  We also briefly discuss John's appearance on the "In Defense Of..." podcast, and we excitedly prepare for the return of the TWELFTH Doctor next week!  It's the calm before the Oncoming Storm, so grab a mug of cider or eggnog or a plate of cookies and have a listen, won't you?  

The tension is mounting in "Power of the Daleks", and MUTTER'S SPIRAL Podcast is back to break it down for you!  The pieces are falling into place, and we can see things getting worse and worse for the Doctor, Ben & Polly!  John and I discuss the ratcheting dread, as well as showing our appreciation for the great script and performances (and animation).  We're really enjoying this weekly trek through this classic WHO story! Plus, there's a new Sherlock trailer, and we discuss that as well as the entirety of the upcoming Series 4.  We discuss story titles, their corresponding stories from the Holmes canon, and just what we might possibly see in the new season!    

MUTTER'S SPIRAL Podcast returns to continue with our recap of "Power of the Daleks"; this week, we tackle episode 3.  Pieces are starting to fit into place, and we are seeing just what is going on in the colony on Vulcan.  We discuss all of that, and we add our overall impressions. Also, I (Will) have embarked on a full new Series rewatch, including Doctor Who Confidentials.  I'll talk about my early impressions from this rewatch (I'm through "Dalek").  Bite-sized episode (for us) this week, as we know everyone's trying to watch what they eat over the holidays!  Come join us! 

MUTTER'S SPIRAL Podcast is back with a new episode, and we've got our favorites, Kim & Sage from HeadOverFeels.com with us!  They'll give us the behind-the-scenes scoop of their phenomenal "This or That" panel with Paul McGann from Long Island Who 4, as well as sharing their feelings about the convention as a whole.  We always love having them on, and this one is especially great (IMHO).  It's delightful! Before we get to Sage & Kim, though, John and I will discuss "Power of the Daleks" episode 2.  We'll discuss our thoughts on the episode itself, while also debating pros and cons of the "old school" one episode a week with cliffhangers, slower pacing, etc format.  Plus, how is the story matching up with our expectations so far?  We talk about all of that. It's a podcast full of fun and chat, and we'd love for you to take a listen!

MUTTER'S SPIRAL Podcast is fully BACK!  We broke from our long offseason's nap with Podcasts from Long Island Who 4, and now we are back with a full episode!   We are diving into a weekly recap/analysis of the newly released animated version of POWER OF THE DALEKS, starting, of course, with episode 1 this week!  How do we feel seeing this classic story finally get to our ears and eyes?  Listen and find out! We also do a wrap up of our fantastic weekend at LI Who 4, some of our favorite things as well as how we feel now that we're a week removed. Plus, we will discuss the extended trailer for "The Return of Doctor Mysterio", the upcoming Christmas Special, that was shown as part of Children in Need 2016. We're excited to be back weekly, as we've got POWER leading into the Christmas special, then SHERLOCK series 4.    Please take a listen!

In what's becoming a bit of a tradition, John sits down with the incredible Deb Stanish, of the award winning Verity! Doctor Who podcast (among other places and credits) to discuss her high points from the weekend and compare LI Who with GallifreyOne. Give it a listen, won't you?

Will and John recap their fantastic Saturday at Long Island Who. Dance parties. Celebrity encounters! Games! And all the feels! Give us a listen, won't you?

Join Will and John as they review their incredibly long Saturday at the fantastic Long Island Who convention in New York State. Paul McGann! Head Over Feels' Sage and Kim! Peter Davison! Sophie Aldred and her amazingly soothing voice and presence! Beautifully grumpy Peter Purves! And a surprise? Join us, won't you?  

Will and John return as we preview our weekend at LIWho 4, in Islip, New York. What shenanigans are in store? Only one way to find out! Give us a listen, won't you? 

It's late on Sunday night at GallifreyOne and John is joined by Deborah Stanish of the Verity! podcast to talk about her experiences at GallifreyOne. Did we solve the problem of the overhead airplanes? Did we mask the noise of the people in the halls? Find out now!