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

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- 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
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Doctor Who ©️BBC 1963 - Mind the gap—and the homicidal fungus. The Web of Fear takes Doctor Who underground for a six-part siege featuring eerily convincing Tube tunnels, bulletproof Yeti and, halfway through, one highly suspicious Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart. But is this rediscovered classic genuinely terrifying, or an overextended web of tunnel shenanigans, magical foam and comedy accents? Join us as we investigate the mystery of the still-missing Brigadier debut, defend Patrick Troughton’s right to say “graunched,” and ask whether the Great Intelligence’s master plan can withstand even a little constructive thinking. Next stop: Yeti.
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Timeline:
Intro 00:00:00
Previously… 00:02:44
Whomoji Challenge 00:10:11
POLL to Open 00:16:06
Comment of the Week 00:18:42
TL;DW 00:28:30
Review: The Web of Fear 00:32:32
Four Questions to Doomsday 00:59:13
What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? 01:03:28
Where Is the Clara Splinter? 01:07:33
Final Judgment 01:12:06
Randomizer! 01:17:46
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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 Web of Fear
Season 7
Episode 15
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
©️AnyWho Media LLC 2026
Doctor Who ©️BBC 1963 - Let’s Kill Hitler promises history’s biggest time-travel trolley problem, then stuffs Hitler in a cupboard and turns into River Song: The Origin Story at hyperspeed. Steven Moffat’s chaotic midseason premiere delivers bootstrap paradoxes, poison lipstick, Amy and Rory unknowingly parenting their own daughter, and a human-shaped spaceship staffed by tiny people with homicidal antibodies. But can Matt Smith and Alex Kingston’s peak chemistry sell a redemption arc that races from murder to total self-sacrifice in roughly one evening? Join us as we punch fascism, debate baby Hitler, update our wrist devices and decide whether this bold, bonkers episode clears its own impossibly high bar. Shut up, Hitler!
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Timeline:
Intro 00:00:00
Previously… 00:02:29
Whomoji Challenge 00:08:08
Poll to Open 00:13:07
Comment of the Week 00:15:08
TL;DW 00:19:09
Review: Let’s Kill Hitler 00:20:58
History Corner 00:57:06
Four Questions to Doomsday 01:11:51
What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? 01:15:31
Where Is the Clara Splinter? 01:23:33
Final Judgment 01:27:19
Randomizer! 01:33:45
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Story Essentials
Series 6, Episode 8
Story number: 222, per the The Pull To Open Codex
Writer: Steven Moffat
Director: Richard Senior
Script Editor: Caroline Henry
Producer: Marcus Wilson
Showrunner: Steven Moffat
Aired 27 August 2011
Pull To Open: Let's Kill Hitler
Season 7
Episode 14
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
©️AnyWho Media LLC 2026
Doctor Who ©️BBC 1963
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About Pull To Open: A Random Doctor Who Podcast
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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