A TARDIS of One’s Own

E48: The End of Time Pt 2 & resistance to change

We have made it to the end of Ten's farewell tour, finally. To quote Taylor Swift, it's been a long time coming. We are beyond ready for the change... unlike Ten, and the Master, and the Time Lords, in general... so we chat about that a bit. It's a short one cause frankly, so was our patience for these shenanigans. Enjoy!
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Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
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Reference for the "They very much did kill Jesus" bit here, but otherwise we have nothing. You can find our other podcast That's on my watchlist here.

E47: The End of Time Pt 1 & elders

We finally made it to the final special! The never-ending farewell continues with part one of the End of Time, where the Ood warn The Doctor of the Master's return. Yet somehow, that's not the biggest threat... a darkness is coming which brings with it The End of Time (TM). Meanwhile we ponder the concept of elders, and the notion of respecting them.
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Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
If you have any feedback or thoughts, please let us know at atardisofonesown@gmail.com 
You can also find us on Instagram here.
Thank you for listening and subscribing!
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No references this time, but you can find our other podcast That's on my watchlist here.

E46: The waters of Mars & creating a legacy

Pretty dark episode this week as we get some proper scifi actioning on Mars! In this special, the inhabitants of the first Mars base are infected by a mysterious water creature which takes over its victims, and the Doctor is thrust into the middle of this catastrophe knowing a larger one is waiting around the corner. As The Doctor keeps talking about fixed points in time, we wonder what it means to leave a legacy.
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Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
If you have any feedback or thoughts, please let us know at atardisofonesown@gmail.com 
You can also find us on Instagram here.
Thank you for listening and subscribing!
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No references this time, but you can find our other podcast That's on my watchlist here.

E45: Planet of the dead & finding your way home

Big topic this week as we touch on the concept of home, and whether you can in fact find your way home. A tad literal because in this 2009 special, a bus load of humans are desperately trying to get back home when their bus takes a detour to a desert-like planet. With the deadly Swarm approaching, the Doctor must rely on the help of an enigmatic jewel thief, Lady Christina, to find a way back to Earth.
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Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
If you have any feedback or thoughts, please let us know at atardisofonesown@gmail.com 
You can also find us on Instagram here.
Thank you for listening and subscribing!
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No references this time, but you can find our other podcast That's on my watchlist here.

E44: The Next Doctor & underestimation

We're turning the bus around, trying to get our lives back on track, and also some semblance of podcasting schedule. It's a work in progress!
In this ep, we talk about the 2008 Christmas Special, The Next Doctor, where Cybermen stalk Victorian London and a lot of men underestimate a woman leading to all sorts of trouble. So, we talk about society's unfortunate habit of underestimating women and minorities.
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Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
If you have any feedback or thoughts, please let us know at atardisofonesown@gmail.com 
You can also find us on Instagram here.
Thank you for listening and subscribing!
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
Does society underestimate women? Evidence from the performance of female jockeys in horse racingAuthor links open overlay panel - Alasdair Brown, Fuyu Yang (Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization)
Assume That I Can | Global World Down Syndrome Day 2024 - Canadian Down Syndrome Society (YouTube)
And remember we have another podcast That's on my watchlist here.

E43: The Stolen Earth/Journey's End & strength in numbers

Sorry, sorry, life got in the way of editing these but we have been recording them, so we'll post them as soon as we can, we promise. Thanks for listening, and for your patience, we really appreciate it!
In this episode, we're discussing the two part finale of season 4 and because we have so many of the Doctor's companions making cameos to face the daleks, we talk about the benefit of having strength in numbers.
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Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
If you have any feedback or thoughts, please let us know at atardisofonesown@gmail.com 
You can also find us on Instagram here.
Thank you for listening and subscribing!
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No references this episode...
...but you can find our other podcast That's on my watchlist here.

E42: Turn left & fate and preordained paths

In this episode, you can hear Jen have an existential breakdown in real time! What a treat! 
This episode asks what would happen if Donna never met the Doctor? How would Earth handle the Racnoss, the falling Titanic or the Sontarans? Spoiler: not well. Meanwhile, we ask what it means to just follow the path you think you have to walk because society tells you to.
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Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
If you have any feedback or thoughts, please let us know at atardisofonesown@gmail.com 
You can also find us on Instagram here.
Thank you for listening and subscribing!
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No references this episode...
...but you can find our other podcast That's on my watchlist here.

E41: Midnight & being challenged

It's time to watch Jen's fave New Who episode, Midnight. Apologies the sound is a bit dodgy on this one, but hang in there!
In this ep, the Doctor hops on an all-day tour to the Saphire Waterfall which quickly goes wrong when one of the passengers is seemingly possessed. Paranoia and fear run rampant as the Doctor struggles to find a solution. The Doctor's fellow passengers really struggle with accepting the reality they find themselves, and some deny what's happening is even possible, so we're unpacking the idea of being challenged - whether that's your world view, or your reality.
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Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
If you have any feedback or thoughts, please let us know at atardisofonesown@gmail.com 
You can also find us on Instagram here.
Thank you for listening and subscribing!
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No references this episode...
...but you can find our other podcast That's on my watchlist here.

E40: The Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead & who gets to write stories/history

Time for an absolute New Who classic this week as we dive into the two-parter, Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead. Donna and the Doctor visit a planet-sized library. Here we meet River Song for the first time, Donna faces an alternate reality, and the Doctor grapples with not knowing everything. Since we're talking about books and stories, we had to ask who actually gets to tell their stories, and what do we lose when only one particular type of voice records our history? 
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Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
If you have any feedback or thoughts, please let us know at atardisofonesown@gmail.com 
You can also find us on Instagram here.
Thank you for listening and subscribing!
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Reference list
Popular history writing remains a male preserve, publishing study finds - Alison Flood (The Guardian)
You can find our other podcast That's on my watchlist here.

E39: The Unicorn and the Wasp & Women as Problem Solvers

This week we dive headfirst into the fun murder mystery romp that is the Unicorn and the Wasp. As the Doctor and Donna join Agatha Christie to solve a murder, and more, we contemplate the pressure on women to be problem solvers, or at least to be 'fixers' of feelings. Think about all that 'soft skill' stuff that fall predominantely on women. Why? 
 
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Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
If you have any feedback or thoughts, please let us know at atardisofonesown@gmail.com 
You can also find us on Instagram here.
Thank you for listening and subscribing!
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Reference list
No real reference list this ep but here's more on the Dogtanian show Jen talks about.
You can also find our other podcast That's on my watchlist here.