The Doctor's Beard Podcast

The Doctor's Beard Podcast

A Whovian (John S. Drew) and a Newvian (writer/editor Jim Beard) walk into a TARDIS and retrace the journey of the Doctor and his companions from the very beginning.

Episodes

November 18, 2025 138 mins

"Orange Whip, Orange Whip, Orange Whip" - Production 6K: "The Five Doctors"
(November 23/25, 1983) - Classic Doctor Who 20th Anniversary Special Review

The ultimate Doctor Who celebration arrives! To commemorate two decades of time travel adventures, all five incarnations of th...

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Production 6J: "The King's Demons" (March 15-16, 1983) - Classic Doctor Who Season 20 Finale Review

The TARDIS fails to reach Turlough's promised homeworld of Trion, instead materializing in Medieval England during March 1215 - the crucial period leading to the signing of the Magna Carta, one of history's most important constitutional documents. The Fifth Doctor, ...

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November 4, 2025 96 mins

Production 6H: "Enlightenment" (March 1-9, 1983) - Classic Doctor Who Season 20 Review

The Black Guardian Trilogy reaches its spectacular conclusion as the TARDIS materializes aboard an elegant Edwardian racing yacht - but this is no ordinary vessel. The ship sails not across Earth's oceans, but through the infinite void of space itself, crewed by the mysterious E...

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Production 6G: "Terminus" (February 15-23, 1983) - Classic Doctor Who Season 20 Review

The TARDIS crew faces heartbreak as beloved companion Nyssa of Traken makes her emotional departure from ...

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Production 6F: "Mawdryn Undead" (February 1-9, 1983) - Classic Doctor Who Season 20 Review

The Fifth Doctor experiences a bittersweet reunion with his dear friend Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart - but something is terribly wrong. The retired UNIT commander has completely lost all memory of the...

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October 14, 2025 94 mins

Production 6D: "Snakedance" (January 18-26, 1983) - Classic Doctor Who Season 20 Review

The Fifth Doctor discovers that Tegan Jovanka has been involuntarily manipulating the TARDIS coordinates, steering them toward the peaceful planet Manusa - homew...

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Production 6E: "Arc of Infinity" (January 3-12, 1983) - Classic Doctor Who Season 20 Premiere Review

Omega, the legendary renegade Time Lord and architect of Gallifreyan time travel, makes his shocking return with a desperate plan to escape his antimatter prison and re-enter the positive matter universe. Using the Arc of Infinity as his gateway, Omega hijacks the ...

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John and Jim wrap up their year long look at the Tom Baker era with a retrospective shaped with a framing letter from Patreon listener, Jamieson. We discuss Tom's three eras, his companions, and why he is considered one of the greats among the Doct...

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September 22, 2025 117 mins

Production 6C: "Time-Flight" (March 22-30, 1982) - Classic Doctor Who Season 19 Finale Review

The Fifth Doctor's planned visit to London's Great Exhibition takes a dramatic detour when the ...

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September 15, 2025 108 mins

Production 6B: "Earthshock" (March 8-16, 1982) - Classic Doctor Who Review

The Doctor's TARDIS materializes on a future Earth where the Cybermen orchestrate their most devastating plan yet - bombing a galactic conference to destroy world leaders and reshape the universe's destiny.

Join podcaster John S. Drew and acclaimed writ...

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September 8, 2025 112 mins

Production 6A
March 1-2 1982

The TARDIS lands in 1922 where Cranleigh Hall is being haunted by a mysterious figure and dead servants that only the Doctor apparently sees.

Podcaster John S. Drew and writer/edi...

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Production 5X
February 15-23, 1982

The TARDIS lands near London in 1666, where the Doctor manages to stop an alien invasion, but burns down London in the process.

Podcaster John S. Drew and writer/editor Jim...

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August 25, 2025 108 mins

Production 5Y
February 1-9, 1982

As Nyssa recuperates in the TARDIS, the Doctor, Tegan and Adric explore the world of Deva Loka where an Earth exhibition have uncovered the Kinda, but do not know the deadly secret these peaceful people hide.

Podcaster John S. Drew and writer/editor Jim Beard join forces once again to become th...

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"Four to Doomsday"
Production 5W
January 18-26, 1982

The TARDIS lands on a vessel bound for Earth with four different groups of humans from different times and cultures. But are they human? And what are the intentions of Monarch and his fellow Urbankans?

Podcaster John S. Drew and writer/editor Jim Beard join forces once again to become the masters of time and space as they watch and review every single ep...

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August 11, 2025 111 mins

"Castrovalva"
Production 5Z
January 4-21, 1982

The Doctor struggles to settle into his new incarnation, taking the TARDIS to the world of Castrovalva where the Master has set a trap.

Podcaster John S. Drew and writer/editor Jim Beard join forces once again to become the masters of time and space as they watch and review every ...

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"K9 & Company"
Production 7P
December 28, 1981

Sarah Jane investigates a coven of witches with her new found friend, K9.

Podcaster John S. Drew and writer/editor Jim Beard join for...

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"Logopolis"
Production 5V
February 28 - March 21, 1981

In an attempt to fix the chameleon circuit, the Doctor finds the Master has survived and is causing chaos on the planet, Logopolis, which hold the secret to the univers...

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"The Keeper of Traken"
Production 5T
January 31 - February 21, 1981

On the way to Gallifrey, the TARDIS is taken over by the Keeper of Traken who needs the Doctor's help with a wave of evil that is washing over t...

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July 12, 2025 99 mins

"Warriors' Gate"
Production 5S
January 3-24, 1981

The TARDIS winds up in the void between E-Space and N-Space, but the gateway is guarded by r...

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"Doctor Who and the Pescatons"

July 1976

 

The Doctor and Sarah Jane return to Earth to discover a metallic shark-like race is bent on taking over the planet.

 

Podcaster John S. Drew and writer/editor Jim Beard join forces once again to become the masters of time a...

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