This week we dive back into the very end of the Wilderness Years, in the days around the time that the BBC announced the television series would be going back into production, to revisit the animated serial "The Scream of the Shalka" starring Richard E. Grant as the NINTH Doctor, Sophie Okonedo as Alison, and Derek Jacobi as the Master (...sort of!). It's a fascinating chapter in the history of Doctor Who!

But first we've got some news to report from the worlds of Big Finish audio, film, and missing episodes!

100!!!!

That's right, Doctor Who A(uton) to Z(ygon) has been going for 100 episodes now! And to celebrate, we've got a fun episode for you!

We've recorded a LIVE episode commentary! We're talking about the Series 4 episode "The Unicorn and the Wasp" starring David Tennant and Wasp"! The Doctor and Donna meet Agatha Christie and discover the truth behind her mysterious disappearance in 1926. So cue up the episode, start it at the same time we do, and enjoy our commentary!

But first, we have news to talk about, and BOY is it BIG news! Two long lost episodes starring William Hartnell have been recovered! We'll talk about that, plus some Big Finish and Comics news.

Thank you all for listening for the past 100 episodes! Hope you'll join us for 100 more!

This week Josh, Ashley and Alan return to the exciting days of the Wilderness Years, when all sorts of things were happening to keep the Doctor Who franchise active and vital. In the early 2000s, one of the BBC's innovations was doing animated webcasts. A Cyberman story called "Real Time" was their second one, starring Colin Baker, Maggie Stables, and Yee Jee Tso. It is historically significant for a number of reasons. Let's just say ... opinions differ on how good this one is!

First, though, we have some news to get caught up on, including announcement of a new 4k release of the 1996 TV Movie!

It's one of the most contentious episodes in all of Doctor Who - and it even is amongst our three co-hosts. There's a lot of good in this episode just as much as there is bad. So we break it down and give it our fairest evaluation.

But first we dive into the recently leaked Disney+ ratings of Doctor Who ever since 2023. What do the numbers mean? Are they even real? We'll talk about it!

We're back! Welcome to a whole new year of Doctor Who A(uton) to Z(ygon)! To start off a new year, we're going to be talking in depth about the most recent Doctor Who spin-off, "The War Between the Land and the Sea" which stars Russell Tovey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Jemma Redgrave. But don't worry -- we know you may not have seen this yet, since Disney+ hasn't made it available outside the UK, so we keep our discussion spoiler-free for the first half and give clear warning before we start discussing plot details in detail!

It's the Christmas season! What better way to celebrate than to talk about our favorite Doctor Who holiday episode, "Last Christmas" starring Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Nick Frost, Samuel Anderson, and Faye Marsay. The Doctor and Clara meet Santa Claus at the North Pole! But that's not what's really going on here.

First, we dive deep on some Doctor Who news about the upcoming pre-school animated series and the recently announced release of Season 21 on Blu-Ray!

Celebrate your Black Friday weekend with a new episode of Doctor Who A to Z! With the new spin-off "The War Between the Land and the Sea" upcoming, Josh and Ashley talk about spin-offs in general, what they hope to see in the new UNIT / Sea Devil (sorry, Homo Aquatic) one, and what spin-offs they'd love to see!

First, though, they cover all the Whoniverse news worth covering!

This week, Ashley, Josh and Alan each count down their five favorite monsters or aliens from the 1980s! We'll be talking about stories from the final decade of the original show, from Tom Baker's final season through all of Davison, Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy! In addition to our Top 5s, we cover some of the others that we love that didn't quite make our final list.

First, we cover the latest in Doctor Who news!