Pull To Open: A Random Doctor Who Podcast
Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor

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- Nikola Tesla invented our world. So why does Doctor Who keep trying to give him credit for WiFi? Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror has everything a great historical needs on paper: one of history’s weirdest geniuses, Thomas Edison as his foil, a terrific Goran Višnjić performance, and alien scavengers who could have been the cosmic extension of the Edison-Tesla rivalry. Instead, the sparks never quite make the jump. Join us as we investigate fan service without a payoff, a suspiciously Racnoss-y queen, Wardenclyffe science that probably never would have worked, Edison’s alleged elephant snuff film, Tesla’s belief in female supremacy, and the Douglas Adams-level idea hiding inside an episode that never quite realizes it. Alternating current? More like alternating quality.
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Timeline:
Intro 00:00:00
Previously… 00:02:57
Whomoji Challenge 00:07:54
Poll to Open 00:12:40
Comment of the Week 00:15:16
TL;DW 00:20:56
Review: Underworld 00:23:24
Four Questions to Doomsday 01:00:57
What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? 01:03:43
Where Is the Clara Splinter? 01:06:15
Final Judgment 01:10:12
Randomizer! 01:13:47
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Story Essentials
Series 12, Episode 4
Story number: 292, per the Pull To Open Codex
Writer: Nina Metivier
Director: Nida Manzoor
Script Editor: Sheena Bucktowonsing
Producer: Nikki Wilson
Executive Producers: Chris Chibnall, Matt Strevens
Aired: 19 January 2020
Pull To Open: Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror
Season 7
Episode 20
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
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Doctor Who ©️BBC 1963 - There are Doctor Who stories that look cheap, and then there’s Underworld: the story so broke it couldn’t afford a cave. Its vast underground world was instead conjured with experimental CSO, earning the serial a reputation that has survived for nearly half a century. But hold the fumigation! Beneath those wobbly electronic rocks lurk some genuinely huge ideas: the Time Lords’ disastrous first attempt at interference, regeneration as immortality, a 100,000-year cosmic quest and K9 saving everybody with what appear to be telephone wires. Grab your Golden Fleece and join us as we ask the forbidden question: does Underworld actually… not suck?
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Timeline:
Intro 00:00:00
Previously… 00:02:57
Whomoji Challenge 00:07:54
Poll to Open 00:12:40
Comment of the Week 00:15:16
TL;DW 00:20:56
Review: Underworld 00:23:24
Four Questions to Doomsday 01:00:57
What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? 01:03:43
Where Is the Clara Splinter? 01:06:15
Final Judgment 01:10:12
Randomizer! 01:13:47
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Story Essentials
Season 15, Serial 5
Story number: 96, per the Pull To Open Codex
Writer: Bob Baker, Dave Martin
Director: Norman Stewart
Script Editor: Anthony Read
Producer: Graham Williams
Aired: 7–28 January 1978
Pull To Open: Underworld
Season 7
Episode 19
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
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Doctor Who ©️BBC 1963 - Achoo! Humanity may have survived millions of years into the future, but apparently the common cold is still an extinction-level threat. The Ark sends the First Doctor, Steven and brand-new companion Dodo aboard an enormous generation ship packed with humans, Monoids, miniature criminals and one very real elephant—then delivers one of the greatest cliffhangers in Doctor Who history. Shame about what happens next. Join us as we jump 700 years into the future to investigate Beatles-wigged cyclopes, the galaxy’s biggest miniaturization plot hole, suspiciously accommodating invisible aliens, and a tale of colonial anxiety that looks very different through 2026 eyes. Just remember: if your mouth is also your eye, maybe don’t order the chicken.
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Timeline:
Intro 00:00:00
Previously… 00:02:55
Whomoji Challenge 00:07:05
Poll to Open 00:10:52
Comment of the Week 00:13:52
TL;DW 00:19:06
Review: The Ark 00:21:57
Four Questions to Doomsday 00:56:19
What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? 00:58:46
Where Is the Clara Splinter? 01:02:26
Final Judgment 01:07:12
Randomizer! 01:12:44
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Story Essentials
Season 3, Serial 6
Story number: 22, per The Pull To Open Codex
Writer: Paul Erickson, Lesley Scott
Director: Michael Imison
Script Editor: Gerry Davis
Producer: John Wiles
Executive Producers: N/A
Aired: 5–26 March 1966
Pull To Open: The Ark
Season 7
Episode 18
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
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Doctor Who ©️BBC 1963 - Doctor Who’s Cold War has the perfect pitch: an Ice Warrior wakes up aboard a Soviet nuclear submarine in 1983, with Matt Smith, Jenna Coleman, Liam Cunningham, Tobias Menzies and David Warner trapped beneath the Arctic ice. So why does it feel less like The Hunt for Red October with a Martian and more like an ordinary Doctor Who episode that happens to be wet? Join us as we crack open Skaldak’s armor, question whether submerged missiles can actually launch, salute the man who may have saved the real world in 1983, and prosecute Mark Gatiss for choosing the wrong Ultravox song. The sets are drenched, the cast is stacked and the premise is nuclear—but the payoff? This means nothing to us. Oh, Vienna.
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Timeline:
Intro 00:00:00
Previously… 00:02:01
Whomoji Challenge 00:07:34
Poll to Open 00:12:57
Comment of the Week 00:16:16
TL;DW 00:22:21
Review: Cold War 00:23:41
History Corner 00:52:13
Four Questions to Doomsday 01:04:30
What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? 01:06:32
Where Is the Clara Splinter? 01:14:33
Final Judgment 01:19:15
Randomizer! 01:23:13
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Story Essentials
Series 7, Episode 8
Story number: 237, per the Pull To Open Codex
Writer: Mark Gatiss
Director: Douglas Mackinnon
Producer: Marcus Wilson
Executive Producers: Steven Moffat and Caroline Skinner
Aired: 13 April 2013
Pull To Open: Cold War
Season 7
Episode 17
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
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Doctor Who ©️BBC 1963 - Doctor Who meets the Devil! No, wait—sorry, the Doctor insists it’s actually science. The Dæmons brings the UNIT era to full folk-horror boil, complete with white witches, heat barriers, Morris dancers, one extremely patient gargoyle, and Roger Delgado’s Master hiding in plain sight with the diabolical alias “Mr. Magister.” But is this beloved Pertwee classic a perfect fusion of rationalism and vibes, or does its “all magic is science” sermon accidentally sneak magic into Doctor Who through the church crypt? Join us as we summon Azal, praise Bok, admire the Brigadier’s five rounds rapid, and ask the only question that matters: has the Master ever looked better in glasses?
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Timeline:
Intro 00:00:00
Previously… 00:01:52
Whomoji Challenge 00:07:23
Poll to Open 00:12:50
Comment of the Week 00:16:13
TL;DW 00:23:00
Review: The Dæmons 00:26:55
Four Questions to Doomsday 01:03:05
What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? 01:05:34
Where Is the Clara Splinter? 01:08:51
Final Judgment 01:13:43
Randomizer! 01:20:33
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Story Essentials
Season 5, Serial 5
Story number: 40, per the The Pull To Open Codex
Writer: Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln
Director: Douglas Camfield
Script Editor: Derrick Sherwin
Producer: Peter Bryant
3 February 1968 – 9 March 1968
Pull To Open: The Dæmons
Season 7
Episode 16
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
©️AnyWho Media LLC 2026
Doctor Who ©️BBC 1963
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There are many Doctor Who podcasts. Only one dares review the entire show... in entirely random order!
Join journalists Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor as they summarize stories in record time, play the Whomoji game, enter the History Corner, answer the Four Questions to Doomsday, and cower in fear before the almighty Randomizer.
New episode every Saturday!
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