The Randomiser: Unpredictable Doctor Who chat

The Randomiser: Unpredictable Doctor Who chat

Unpredictable, ok unplanned, chat about Doctor Who and much more from two old farts, er, lifelong fans.

Episodes

June 7, 2025 104 mins

Discussing Wish World and The Reality War, so lots to talk about...

-- Spoilers warnings for --
- all episodes of Doctor Who up to and including The Reality War. And discussions of all that it might mean...
- And a brief chat about Star Trek: Enterprise

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Discussing The Well through to The Interstellar Song Contest, along with a quick trip to see Nikola Tesla and a disappointing eBay purchase.

-- Spoilers warnings for--
- all episodes of Doctor Who up to and including The Interstellar Song Contest.

Regular Features:

Your Cheatin' Memory
Each episode we use therandomiser.net to choose a random Doctor Who story and see what we can recall about it. Then we go away and rewat...

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April 27, 2025 102 mins

We’re still here! We watch Tim McInnery get Oodly interrupted on the Planet of the Ood, Play guess the milkshake and puzzle over Bod, and discuss the first two episodes of 2025 Season 2 of some show called Doctor Who...

-- Spoilers warnings for--
- all episodes of Doctor Who up to and including Lux,
Bod and The Tomorrow People. (that's two separate things, sadly)

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Your Cheatin' Memory
Each episode we...

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March 9, 2025 107 mins

Happy Day! We revisit Terror of the Autons, chill with the Ice Pirates, discuss Children of the Stones and a whole bunch of Tomorrow People. Join usssss...

-- Spoilers warnings for--
- all episodes of Doctor Who up to and including Joy to the World, Children of the Stones, The Ice Pirates and The Tomorrow People.

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Your Cheatin' Memory

Each episode we use therandomiser.net to choose a random Doctor Who story...

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December 31, 2024 73 mins

Joy to the World! We discuss the 2024 Christmas Special, The War Games both in Black and White and the other stuff, and also Stephen Moffat's Jeckyl.

-- Spoilers warnings for--
- all episodes of Doctor Who up to and including Joy to the World,
- The War Games - both versions!
- Jeckyl.

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Your Cheatin' Memory 
Each episode we use therandomiser.net to choose a random Doctor Who story and see what w...

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We're back with a long episode covering all of Season 14, or 1 or whatever it is - the first season of Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor. We revisit Flatline and choose a new random episode to rewatch.

-- Spoilers warnings for --
- all episodes of Doctor Who up to and including Empire of Death, and the associated "Unleashed" episodes

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Your Cheatin' Memory
Each episode we use therandomiser.net to choose a random Doct...

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December 25, 2023 80 mins

A bigenerated extra episode recorded the day after The Giggle aired!
We’re joined by Stefan Adegbola - Bola - actor, child of the wilderness years and newfound friend from Tim’s recent show “Quiz”. We begin climbing the mountain of things to discuss: meandering around the foothills a bit, getting a cable car to the top of the Giggle, and skiing down precarious slopes of old Doctor Who. 

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December 19, 2023 58 mins

Joined by our friends David and Izzy we discuss the Giggle, and discover Chaz’s drag name.

-- Spoilers warnings--
 - for all episodes of Doctor Who up to and including The Giggle
- Chaz’s Drag name

Regular Features:

Your Cheatin' Memory
Each episode we use therandomiser.net to choose a random Doctor Who story and see what we can recall about it. Then we go away and rewatch it to discuss next time.

This episode, we've ...

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December 7, 2023 58 mins

We’ve gone all monetized (with a z, not an s)

• If you’re a creature from beyond the universe you can now order our extra long sleeved Randomiser Podcast hoodies!

• Announcing our first ever phone in competition - win one thousand pounds!*

• And (actually for real) our first desperate ruse to get somebody, anybody, to write in… - see “Most terrible things” 

-- Spoilers warnings for--
- all episodes of Doctor Who up to and ...

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November 27, 2023 73 mins

Meep Meep!

This episode we have trust issues, discover an unexpected recipe and we discuss how the TARDIS isn’t waterproof and it leaked…

-- Spoiler warnings for --
- all episodes of Doctor Who up to and including The Star Beast...
- The Daleks in colour
- CBeebies book at Bedtime (seriously Chas?)

-- Content Warning--
Discussion of the transphobia depicted in The Star Beast

Welcome to the Randomverse! We are now p...

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A Doctor Who podcast, with explosive contents! That’ll teach us to record on Bonfire Night… And it’s only one reason not to listen with your pets.

-- Spoiler warnings for --
- all episodes of Doctor Who up to and including The Power of the Doctor... Tales from the TARDIS The Tomorrow People stories "Into the Unknown", and “The Dirtiest Business” Year of the Sex Olympics

Welcome to the Randomverse!
We are now publishing...

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June 5, 2023 56 mins

This time we're raising hell, talking lingo and generally wittering on more than ever before, but somewhere in there is a bit of chat about Doctor Who - the recent trailer for the 60th Anniversary specials, and we delve back to discuss The Doctor's love life. And toilet habits. Oh dear.

-- Spoiler warning --
for all Doctor Who up to and including The Power of the The Doctor, also for Day of the Triffids (1980s version) a...

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January 31, 2023 83 mins

Greetings! We discuss the new companion, Russell T. Davies DWM column and the upcoming Season 9 Blu Ray box set - along with the rather wonderful trailer for it "Defenders of Earth"

-- Spoiler warning --
for all Doctor Who up to and including The Power of the The Doctor, also for King of the Castle, Chocky (and its sequels) and The Tomorrow People stories "A Man For Emily" and "The Secret Weapon".

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November 15, 2022 75 mins

We've enlisted John Isles to help us find out exactly how many times Vilma says "Benni".
Along the way we discuss many other things you didn't want to know, including what became of Tyso, and how much Chas will miss the Chibnall Era.

-- Spoiler warning --
for all Doctor Who up to and including The Power of the The Doctor, also for King of the Castle and The Tomorrow People story "The Secret Weapon".

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September 19, 2022 82 mins

We're joined by Gareth Preston of the rather glorious Very British Futures podcast.
We're commemorating the great Bernard Cribbins this time, discussing his work on Doctor Who and beyond.

-- Spoiler warning --
for all Doctor Who up to and including Legend of the Sea Wombles

Regular Features:

Your Cheatin' Memory
Each episode we use therandomiser.net to choose a random Doctor Who story and see what we can recall about...

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July 27, 2022 42 mins

Weakling Scum! We relish the Horns of Nimon, inhale thoroughly and keep it uncomplicated.

-- Spoiler warning -- 
for all Doctor Who up to and including Legend of the Sea Devils

Regular Features:

Your Cheatin' Memory
Each episode we use therandomiser.net to choose a random Doctor Who story and see what we can recall about it. Then we go away and rewatch it to discuss next time.

This episode, we've just rewatched:do flo fl...

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June 26, 2022 74 mins

Jings Crivvens!
We're back to the beginning nearly, then off to Scotland (and space) with the Tomorrow People, before roaming the dusty corridors of Gormenghast and touching nothing in the verdant pits of Chloris.

-- Spoiler warnings -- for: All Doctor Who up to and including Legend of the Sea Devils, The Tomorrow People story "The Doomsday Men", and Gormenghast - with a content warning for a brief discussion of a suicid...

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May 25, 2022 86 mins

Heart Heart plus Blue Box dear listeners!
For this episode we've invented the "aural emoji" or "words" and we use a lot of them to discuss Ncuti Gatwa's casting and the other official announcements for the upcoming RTD2 era.

We discuss Legend of the Sea Devils, and spoiler warning for that and all Doctor Who that precedes it. 

Regular Features:

Your Cheatin' Memory
Each episode we use therandomiser.net to choose a rando...

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April 4, 2022 59 mins

We're back, less coherent, more forgetfulness and 37.9% less erudite. You wouldn't have it any other way. Or if you would, you've yet to write and tell us.

This time: hear Tim's pitch to Big Finish, find out what Chas did to the Germans, and join us in delighting in the Fly Metaphor.

Content warning: Brief reference to abuse. Skip from 26 minutes to 27 minutes to avoid it.

Regular Features:

Your Cheatin' Memory
Each episode...

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February 12, 2022 82 mins

We've lots to talk about despite there being no new Doctor Who:
The Sarah Jane Adventures, Dracula's diet, Grange Hill, North Korean Fiscal Policy, One of these is a lie.
Welcome to episode 27 of the Randomiser Podcast

Regular Features:

Your Cheatin' Memory

Each episode we use therandomiser.net to choose a random Doctor Who story and see what we can recall about it. Then we go away and rewatch it to discuss next time.

Th...

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