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
Anything's Better Than Beans on Toast
The boys open with a spirited debate over British breakfast cuisine — bacon sandwiches (hold the L), the horrors of black pudding, and whether beans on toast is a crime against food — before landing where the title points: the ac...
A new era begins. After the long march through the Wilderness Years, the podcast crosses into New Who — and we start, fittingly, with a Rose.
A Whole Different Ballgame
Every rose has its thorns, and so does this one. The hosts open the modern era with the 2005 episode that bro...
Note: This is a hiatus episode from our Wilderness Years coverage. Love the podcast? Consider joining us on Patreon for early access, exclusive episodes, and the option to commission your own Doctor Who story.
For their next stop in the Wilderness Years, John and Jim dig up a genuine oddity: Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?, a 1994 BBC Radio mockumentary ...
Note: This is a hiatus episode from our Wilderness Years coverage—the last original review of the first half before we reach the TV Movie. Love the podcast? Consider joining us on Patreon for early access, exclusive episodes, and the option to commission your own Doctor Who story.
For the final Wilderness Years review before th...
Note: This is a hiatus episode from our Wilderness Years coverage. Love the podcast? Consider joining us on Patreon for early access, exclusive episodes, and the option to commission your own Doctor Who story.
For the next stop in the Wilderness Years, John and Jim take on ...
Note: This is a hiatus episode, part of our Wilderness Years series for Patreon subscribers. Love the podcast? Consider joining us on Patreon for early access to episodes, exclusive content, and the option to commission your own Doctor Who story.
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Note: This is a hiatus episode, kicking off our Wilderness Years series for Patreon subscribers. Love the podcast? Consider joining us on Patreon for early access to episodes, exclusive content, and the option to commission your own Doctor Who story.
Rather than three separ...
Note: This is a hiatus episode from our Wilderness Years coverage—the pivot point between Classic and New Who, and the story where Jim's own Doctor Who journey began. Love the podcast? Consider joining us on Patreon for early access, exclusive episodes, and the option to commission your own Doctor Who story.
Three and a half years. That's how long John and ...
Note: This is a hiatus episode, part of the Wilderness Years series. Love the podcast? Consider joining us on Patreon for early access to episodes, exclusive content, and the option to commission your own Doctor Who story.
Tom Baker Wearing a Sherlock Holmes Mask
When Tom Baker signed on to play Sherlock Holmes in the BBC...
Note: This is a hiatus episode, originally a Patreon Exclusive, airing on the main feed during the break between Classic and New Who. Love the podcast? Consider joining us on Patreon for early access to episodes, exclusive content, and the option to commission your own Doctor Who story.
When Budget Constraints Force an Impossible Choice
Note: This is a hiatus episode, originally a Patreon Exclusive, airing on the main feed during the break between Classic and New Who. Love the podcast? Consider joining us on Patreon for early access to episodes, exclusive content, and the option to commission your own Doctor Who story.
A Producer's Frustration Becomes the First Professional Spinoff
Note: This is a hiatus episode, originally a Patreon Exclusive, airing on the main feed during the break between Classic and New Who. Love the podcast? Consider joining us on Patreon for early access to episodes, exclusive content, and the option to commission your own Doctor Who story.
A Strike Over a Clock Changes Doctor Who History
The story of Shada begins not on screen, but in the chaos of 1970s British industrial a...
Note: This is a hiatus episode, originally a Patreon Exclusive, airing on the main feed during the break between Classic and New Who. Join our Patreon to get early access to review episodes and weekly exclusive content like this.
A Theme with Energy But No Clarity on Genre
The episode opens with "Dancer Who," a drum and bass r...
Guest: British author Paul Ebbs—Big Finish writer and lifelong Who fan who watched every episode on broadcast from 1970 to 1989—joins John and Jim to close out Classic Doctor Who.
Three and a Half Years, One Weekly Show, and Finally the End of the Road
The Darkest Hour(s) Before the Dawn
The hosts are unified in their assessment: this is the darkest, most adult, most dramatically mature story of the entire s...
Guest: Felicity Kusinitz from the Flopcast joins John and Jim to discuss Season 26's most confusing story.
A Script Too Big for Its Own Shoes
Mark Platt submitted "Lungbarrow" to the show—a bold move for a writer with no professional credits beyond Doctor Who fan fiction. JNT immediately shut down his original concept (a...
Guest: Artist Jerry Lange joins John and Jim to discuss Season 26's explosive premiere.
Six Years Later: A Familiar Face in Uniform
The Doctor intercepts a distress call from Earth and arrives to find military forces mobiliz...
John and Jim bid farewell to the Sixth Doctor with surprising revelations about changed opinions, why fandom got it wrong, companion dynamics, and Colin's enduring legacy as ambassador for a show that screwed him over.
John's Shocking Confession: After going into the Colin Baker era expecting disaster based on fan reputation, John emerges with a stunning announcement about where Colin now ranks in his Doct...
The Story That Beats Coronation Street (But Divides the Hosts)
Stephen Wyatt returns after Paradise Towers to deliver a circus-themed finale to Season 25. Expanded from three parts to four at John Nathan ...
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