Lazy Doctor Who
245 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsSteven Schapansky (Radio Free Skaro, The Memory Cheats) and Erika Ensign (Verity!, The Incomparable, Total Party Kill, The Audio Guide to Babylon 5) are married Doctor Who fans (who also co-produce a fiction podcast for Uncanny Magazine). This is a podcast where they watch every Doctor Who story ever made, from start to finish. Each episode is recorded live on a red couch.
No, they have no “schedule”. They’re lazy. Want proof? Check out this fab listener-created spreadsheet of episode releases.
Follow on Twitter at @LazyDoctorWho and email at [email protected].
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Episodes
244: The Time Warrior - 4
February 12, 2024 04:10 - 16 minutes - 12.4 MBSteven and Erika finish off an epic day of podcasting by finishing off The Time Warrior! Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
243: The Time Warrior - 2-3
February 12, 2024 03:10 - 19 minutes - 14.8 MBErika and Steven maybe agree on this story more than Erika thought. Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
242: The Time Warrior - 1
February 12, 2024 01:36 - 21 minutes - 16.3 MBSteven and Erika dive headlong into season 11 and a story they (for a change) don’t really agree on! Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
241: The Green Death - 6
February 11, 2024 22:24 - 15 minutes - 12 MBErika and Steven complete “The Green Death”, season 10, the Jo Grant era, and this style of opening/closing credits. Many endings! Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
240: The Green Death - 4-5
February 11, 2024 21:24 - 19 minutes - 14.4 MBSteven and Erika get depressed about capitalism and picky (then less picky) about mispronunciations. Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
239: The Green Death - 2-3
January 14, 2024 00:00 - 28 minutes - 20.6 MBErika and Steven love Bert, like Fell, appreciate Cliff, are mixed on maps, and clearly need supper. Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
238: The Green Death 1
October 01, 2023 19:08 - 27 minutes - 20.1 MBSteven and Erika are back in the (green, glowing) saddle again. This story makes Erika sad. For multiple reasons. But they vow to get through it! Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
237: Planet of the Daleks 5-6
June 13, 2023 22:08 - 20 minutes - 15.8 MBErika and Steven finally finish this story, exactly one year after we started it — on Erika’s birthday! Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
236: Planet of the Daleks 3-4
June 12, 2023 03:13 - 25 minutes - 18.5 MBThis rollicking adventure continues to rollick along. Join us for excited chatter about fun moments and purple blankets! Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
235: Planet of the Daleks 2
May 29, 2023 00:43 - 15 minutes - 12.4 MBIt’s been a while, but we’re still on goopy Spiridon, this time, with barbecue sauce! Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
234: Planet of the Daleks 1
June 13, 2022 21:59 - 31 minutes - 23.5 MBSteven helps Erika celebrate her birthday in style — by watching a goopy episode of Doctor Who that’s presumably sponsored by IKEA. Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
233: Frontier in Space 6
May 23, 2022 23:59 - 22 minutes - 16.7 MBErika and Steven finish a delightful day of podcasting with a bittersweet final episode of a rollicking great story! Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
232: Frontier in Space 4-5
May 23, 2022 22:57 - 18 minutes - 14 MBSteven and Erika enjoy more interplanetary intrigue and shenanigans! Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
231: Frontier in Space 2-3
May 23, 2022 21:31 - 20 minutes - 15.5 MBErika and Steven continue marvelling at the building of both the world and the level of tension/frustration in this magnificent story. Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
230: Frontier in Space 1
May 23, 2022 19:31 - 26 minutes - 19.5 MBSteven and Erika start their holiday Monday diving into a story they both really love. And Erika gets the joy of seeing a surprise Sandbagger! Lazy Doctor Who is proudly produced on Treaty Six Territory, in amiskwaciy-wâskahikan. Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
229: Carnival of Monsters 4
May 22, 2022 03:56 - 26 minutes - 19.5 MBErika and Steven finish off this colourful story, and Erika vents about Vorg. A LOT. She hates him. A LOT. Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
228: Carnival of Monsters 2-3
March 14, 2022 02:22 - 20 minutes - 15.1 MBSteven and Erika get back to this colourful story! Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
227: Carnival of Monsters
January 23, 2022 23:17 - 17 minutes - 13.6 MBErika and Steven start a story that might as well be new to Erika. What fun! Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
227: Carnival of Monsters 1
January 23, 2022 23:17 - 17 minutes - 13.6 MBErika and Steven start a story that might as well be new to Erika. What fun! Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
226: The Three Doctors 4
December 25, 2021 22:50 - 17 minutes - 13.1 MBSteven and Erika wrap up their very-mini-marathon of Christmas Day Doctor Who by completing “The Three Doctors”. Such delight! Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
225: The Three Doctors 2-3
December 25, 2021 21:36 - 22 minutes - 16.4 MBErika and Steven continue the Christmas 2021 celebration with more Doctor Who 10th-year celebration! Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
224: The Three Doctors 1
December 25, 2021 19:59 - 32 minutes - 23.5 MBSteven and Erika celebrate Christmas with a celebratory story to commemorate the 10th season of Doctor Who!
223: The Time Monster 5-6
November 11, 2021 04:32 - 36 minutes - 26.3 MBErika and Steven finish off perhaps the grooviest story in Doctor Who’s history with one of the longer episodes in the history of this podcast. There’s a lot to say! And not all of it is bad! (Though yes, some of it definitely is.)
222: The Time Monster 4
October 11, 2021 22:53 - 18 minutes - 14.2 MBSteven and Erika celebrate Thanksgiving in the traditional manner — by watching Doctor Who from the 1970s.
221: The Time Monster 2-3
September 06, 2021 00:36 - 19 minutes - 14.4 MBErika and Steven dive back into Lazy Doctor Whoing (Lazy Doctoring Who?) with a couple episodes of a notorious story. So far so good? mostly? ish?
220: The Time Monster 1
August 01, 2021 04:17 - 17 minutes - 13.4 MBSteven and Erika waste no time and dive right into the Doctor Who episode with the most T&A jokes of any so far. Which is a bit of a shame because there’s also a lot to like. Oh. Oh. Oh.
219: The Mutants 5-6
August 01, 2021 03:02 - 31 minutes - 23.2 MBErika and Steven celebrate the Saturday night of a long weekend by watching Doctor Who (and doing laundry).
218: The Mutants 3-4
June 27, 2021 03:56 - 21 minutes - 16 MBSteven and Erika can’t stop after watching just one episode and zip through two eps of this thrilling (and depressingly still relevant) Doctor Who story.
217: The Mutants 2
June 13, 2021 04:39 - 25 minutes - 18.9 MBErika and Steven celebrate Erika’s birthday weekend with another episode of Doctor Who! They also start with a long tangent about two random movies. Chalk it up to birthday indulgence.
216: The Mutants 1
June 06, 2021 21:53 - 27 minutes - 20.3 MBSteven and Erika fight through the pandemic fatigue and fog to get back to watching Doctor Who together.
215: CarCast!
March 03, 2021 05:52 - 58 minutes - 41.7 MBErika and Steven take a day-long road trip for their anniversary, and on the way home, they answer listener questions!
214: The Sea Devils 6
November 28, 2020 23:36 - 13 minutes - 10.5 MBSteven and Erika finish off “The Sea Devils”. So much action!
213: The Sea Devils 5
November 13, 2020 01:36 - 24 minutes - 18.3 MBErika and Steven do lots of follow-up from their last episode! And talk about submarines! And blowhards from ministries!
212: The Sea Devils 3-4
November 11, 2020 23:41 - 26 minutes - 19.3 MBSteven and Erika pick back up with “The Sea Devils”. Swords! Sneaking! Sandwiches! Boats!
211: The Sea Devils 2
October 13, 2020 00:36 - 11 minutes - 9.24 MBErika and Steven continue on with “The Sea Devils” — including one of the most iconic sword fights in Doctor Who history. Also, we’ve spotted our first sandwich.
210: The Sea Devils 1
October 12, 2020 04:14 - 22 minutes - 16.8 MBSteven and Erika have a holiday weekend, so that means it’s Lazy Doctor Who time. Tonight, we’ve watched the first ep of a rare Pertwee story that Erika has seen multiple times!
209: The Curse of Peladon 3-4
September 05, 2020 21:35 - 47 minutes - 33.5 MBErika and Steven finish off a story that Erika deeply loves. They also talk about pronouns, the character arc for a character with a disability, Big Finish Peladon possibilities (that may already exist), how this story fits in the range of 3rd Doctor stories, how much Erika loves Doctor Who and why, what’s going on in Casa Castria, rewatching season 18 week-by-week, and how great Total Party Kill is for knitting a Doctor Who scarf. Most of the tangents come at the end, so feel free to bail i...
208: The Curse of Peladon 2
September 05, 2020 19:16 - 20 minutes - 15 MBSteven and Erika finally get back to “The Curse of Peladon”, but no worries — they remember everything that’s happening because it’s so exciting and fun!
207: The Curse of Peladon 1
July 02, 2020 02:35 - 37 minutes - 27.1 MBErika and Steven close out a Canada Day mini-marathon with the first episode of a story Erika remembers and loves. Well-written Jo is back! And has real chemistry with Peladon! We get an assortment of cool aliens! And court intrigue! What a lovely note to end on for this holiday. (Certainly that falling statue won’t harm the Doctor or anyone else…)
206: Day of the Daleks 4
July 02, 2020 01:08 - 22 minutes - 16.4 MBSteven and Erika complete the story that Steven claims is peak-hair for both the 3rd Doctor and Jo. Erika is just excited to see the end of a story and not know what’s going to happen. Happy Canada Day, all!
205: Day of the Daleks 2-3
July 01, 2020 23:50 - 25 minutesErika and Steven continue the Canada Day celebration with more Doctor Who and lots of appreciation for the sets, costumes, makeup, casting, and Aubrey Woods.
204: Day of the Daleks 1
July 01, 2020 22:16 - 32 minutes - 23.5 MBSteven and Erika celebrate Canada Day as is their tradition: with Indian food and Doctor Who.
203: The Dæmons 4-5
June 13, 2020 23:02 - 18 minutes - 14.1 MBErika and Steven finish off season 8 on Erika’s birthday! What a way to celebrate!
202: The Dæmons 2-3
May 17, 2020 02:38 - 29 minutes - 21.2 MBSteven and Erika watch a couple more episodes of rural, “magical”, Masterful Doctor Who.
201: The Dæmons 1
April 13, 2020 22:20 - 17 minutesErika and Steven decide to make it an official Easter weekend mini-marathon by doing a third podcast episode and starting in on “The Dæmons”. It’s exciting because we’ve been there!
200: Colony in Space 6
April 13, 2020 20:24 - 18 minutes - 14.1 MBSteven and Erika celebrate their 200th episode by finishing off a story they both quite enjoy. Endings are hard, and there are some issues here, but overall, “Colony in Space” is still a very enjoyable story.
199: Colony in Space 4-5
April 13, 2020 19:02 - 25 minutes - 18.6 MBErika and Steven celebrate the holiday weekend with two episodes of 1971 Doctor Who goodness. This story continues to please, and provides some excellent Master headcanon.
198: Colony in Space 3
April 07, 2020 01:12 - 17 minutes - 12.9 MBSteven and Erika continue the one-episode-per-episode pace, if only to savour this story, which Erika is enjoying mightily! There is also a lengthy tangent on the Doctor Who viewing preferences of one Frank Skinner. Because why not?
197: Colony in Space 2
April 05, 2020 03:44 - 27 minutes - 19 MBErika and Steven continue through this many-layered story. A thickening plot! A robot! An unfortunately dated reference! A disappointingly not-terrible haircut! So much to dig into, and we’re just two episodes in!
196: Colony in Space 1
March 30, 2020 02:23 - 22 minutes - 16.6 MBSteven and Erika move along to a story Erika knows pretty much nothing about. It’s a “and now for something completely different” episode of Doctor Who. The TARDIS works (if a little strangely)! It’s not on Earth! Time Lords?!?!!