A TARDIS of One’s Own

E18: The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit & Bad Influence

Join us for a journey into the pit of despair! Ok not really but there is definitely chat about a pit and some despair in this episode about The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit. For this one, we thought about what it means to be a bad influence, and how often that's used as a means of keeping non-conforming folks in their place. We also throw in a lot of Parks and Rec references and then go on a tangent about the MCU. As you do. 
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E17: The Idiot’s Lantern & Patriotism

This is the one where people have their faces erased because they bought TVs to watch Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. So of course we spend a large part of this episode talking about The Crown, the Commonwealth and the perils of patriotism.
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
No man's island: Feminism and patriotism in times of war - Katie Gramich (Wales Art Review) 

E16: Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel & Striving to improve

In our first two parter of season two, the TARDIS stumbles into an alternate timeline London, Rose and Mickey promply forget everything they know about timetravel, and the Doctor's old foe, the Cybermen, return!  All the chat about upgrading and deleting made us think about how there's this constant push to strive to improve. If the hustle culture doesn't get you, the toxic positivity will! We think this especially impacts women and marginalised people who are under greater pressures to conform, and it's not great for the ol mental health.
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
For Women, the Quest for Perfection Can Lead to Depression - Lisa Ryan (The Cut) 
It’s Not You, It’s Science: How Perfectionism Holds Women Back - Jessica Bennett (Time) 

E15: The Girl in the Fireplace & Agency

Do you want a futuristic space drama or a period piece? Both! Both is good! We're off to pre-revolutionary France to dabble in time jumps, time travel, sad times and weird vibes. We have a lot of opinions on Strong Female Characters (TM) in this one so strap in, it's time to talk about female agency in narratives. 
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
Kelly Sue DeConnick Talks Captain Marvel, Pretty Deadly, and the Sexy Lamp Test - Joshua Yehl (IGN)

E14: School Reunion & Women’s Work

We're headed back to school, and back to London, for episode 14. Anthony Head! Anthony Head eating children! Oh no. While Ten gets to go undercover as a teacher, Rose has to play the role of "dinner lady" which made us think about women's work, and the roles women are often forced into. Cue complaining about the gender pay gap!
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
As Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, the Pay Drops - Claire Cain Miller (The New York Times)
We should all be feminists - Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche (Book)

E13: Tooth and Claw & Colonisation

BIG theme this week but following the death of Queen Elizabeth II and all that chat about the Koh-i-Noor diamond, we couldn't not dive into the horrors of colonisation. In this episode, we're in 19th Century Scotland with Queen Victoria, a ravenous werewolf, and a band of assassinating warrior-monks. It's a lot.
Also, the office air con is really loud this episode so apologies for the background noise.
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We're shifting to a fortnightly schedule so next episode will be out Wednesday, 12 October.
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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Here's the reference list for this ep:
For more on post-colonial feminism, we recommend reading the works of Toni Morrison, Audre Lorde, Chimamanda Adichie, Alice Walker, and Urvashi Butalia. More info here.
Feminism as imperialism - Katharine Viner (The Guardian)
Indigenous Sexualities: Resisting Conquest and Translation - Manuela L. Picq and Josi Tikuna (E-International Relations)

E12: New Earth & Recreation

That's re-creation, as in to remake, not recreation as in a fun time. Don't worry, Jen made that mistake too! This week, we head into the future. The Doctor and Rose arrive on New Earth and meet old friends and enemies in a hospital which can cure every disease. But nefarious deeds are afoot! Lady Cassandra is back, and The Doctor is still figuring out what kind of man he is, so we simply had to ask...what does it mean to remake yourself? And how much room is there for that really, when so much of our identity is tied up in societal perceptions. 
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We're shifting to a fortnightly schedule so next episode will be out Wednesday, 28 September.
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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Here's the reference list for this ep:
Feminist perspectives on the Self (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 

E11: The Christmas Invasion & Burnout

Ten is in the house! We're back in London just in time for Christmas but the Doctor is not having a great time dealing with his regeneration. This is profoundly unhelpful as Earth is being held for ransom by the mysterious Sycorax. Rose is trying to hold it all together but she is not coping which made us think about all the women burning out and feeling crushed by emotional labour in 2022. Discuss!
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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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Here's the reference list for this ep:
Women aren't nags, we're just fed up - Gemma Hartley (Harpers Bazaar) 
Why women are more burned out than men - Josie Cox (Unicef) 
Burnout - Emily and Amelia Nagoski (Book)

E10: Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways & Power and control

It's all over for the Ninth Doctor! We're back on Sattelite Five, now the GameStation, where the three space musketeers discover the Daleks are actually behind humanity's woes. The Doctor scrambles to save the day, and Rose ultimately takes things into her own hands. We get pretty philosophical this wee as we ponder the link between power and control.
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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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Here's the reference list for this ep:
Explainer: The ideas of Foucault - Christopher Pollard (The Conversation) 
Michel Foucault and Feminism (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 
Foucault: Power is everywhere (Powercube)

E9: Boom Town & bi/pansexuality

We're back in Cardiff this week to recharge the TARDIS. The Doctor, Rose and Jack meet up with Mickey and encounter an old foe in the midst of hatching a scheme that could destroy the entire planet. There's also a lot of relationship drama and Jack continues flirting shamelessly with the Doctor... which made us think it's time to delve into his bi/pan/omnisexuality.
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We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
Background on Captain Jack Harnkess and omnisexuality (Fandom Wiki) 
Social perception of bisexuality - Cory Elizabeth Flanders and Elaine Hatfield (Psychology & Sexuality) 
Greedy: Notes from a bisexual who wants too much - Jen Winston (Book)
Meta‐Perceptions of Others’ Attitudes Toward Bisexual Menand Women Among a Nationally Representative Probability Sample - Lauren Beach et al (Arch Sex Behv)