Pull To Open
161 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 11 hours ago -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.
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Rising From the Sexy Flames
January 16, 2021 21:54 - 1 hour - 150 MBLike a glorious bird on fire (there should really be a word for that), Pull To Open rises from the ashes of 2020 and swoops into 2021 with a new episode and a new mission: to revisit any and all episodes of Doctor Who — in random order. In our first podcast on this journey, the TARDIS Randomizer takes us to "Planet of Fire," the penultimate story of the Peter Davison era. With companions arriving, leaving, and just plain imploding, the adventure is more notable than most, particularly if you...
The Future Goes Viral
April 26, 2020 20:17 - 1 hour - 102 MBWhat does Doctor Who have to say about disease? In the classic series, it was with a outbreak from space that overwhelms a base on Titan, infecting even the Doctor himself. In an time where coronavirus has made facemasks and social distancing the new normal, "The Invisible Enemy" might have new relevance. Or maybe it's just a brilliantly fun sci-fi yarn about an intelligent fast-spreading space bug, notabe for putting the hero literally face-to-face with the virus inside him as well as the f...
The Future Goes Viral (Quarantining "The Invisible Enemy")
April 26, 2020 20:17 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBWhat does Doctor Who have to say about disease? In the classic series, it was with a outbreak from space that overwhelms a base on Titan, infecting even the Doctor himself. In an time where coronavirus has made facemasks and social distancing the new normal, "The Invisible Enemy" might have new relevance. Or maybe it's just a brilliantly fun sci-fi yarn about an intelligent fast-spreading space bug, notabe for putting the hero literally face-to-face with the virus inside him as well as the f...
Infinity Doctors (Absorbing "The Haunting of Villa Diodati," "Ascension of the Cybermen" and "The Timeless Children")
March 29, 2020 16:12 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBEverything about Doctor Who has been changed, but was the three-part Season 12 finale truly epic? We got to experience ghosts, Cybermen, almost-Cybermen, and massively ambitious retcons, and they all added up to... something, anyway. Chris and Pete navigate the misguided character arcs of "The Haunting of Villa Diodati" and the painfully predictable plot of "Ascension of the Cybermen" to arrive at the mysterious door of "The Timeless Children." Now that the show has pulled, opened, and walke...
Infinity Doctors
March 29, 2020 16:12 - 1 hour - 95.2 MBEverything about Doctor Who has been changed, but was the three-part Season 12 finale truly epic? We got to experience ghosts, Cybermen, almost-Cybermen, and massively ambitious retcons, and they all added up to... something, anyway. Chris and Pete navigate the misguided character arcs of "The Haunting of Villa Diodati" and the painfully predictable plot of "Ascension of the Cybermen" to arrive at the mysterious door of "The Timeless Children." Now that the show has pulled, opened, and walke...
Judoon Honeymoon (Interrogating "Fugitive of the Judoon")
February 21, 2020 04:15 - 45 minutes - 42 MBChris Chibnall's Doctor Who gets even more ambitious, and it... works? Fugitive of the Judoon marks a big turning point for the show and Jodie Whittaker's Doctor — plus we get to see (a noticeably older) Captain Jack again. Is this it? Has the 13th Doctor finally hit her stride? Or is it just more big promises with next to no hope of a satisfying payoff? Beware the lone Cyberman commentary that smashes into this episode at the last minute, but not a moment too... fast. Please leave a review...
Judoon Honeymoon
February 21, 2020 04:15 - 45 minutes - 63 MBChris Chibnall's Doctor Who gets even more ambitious, and it... works? "Fugitive of the Judoon" marks a big turning point for the show and Jodie Whittaker's Doctor — plus we get to see (a noticeably older) Captain Jack again. Is this it? Has the 13th Doctor finally hit her stride? Or is it just more big promises with next to no hope of a satisfying payoff? Beware the lone Cyberman commentary that smashes into this episode at the last minute, but not a moment too... fast.
Spyfalling Down
January 26, 2020 15:16 - 45 minutes - 63 MBDoctor Who is back! And so is an old enemy, which happens to smash a certain big reset button. Chris and Pete take apart Spyfall, the two-parter that opens Series 12 of new Who, but is it truly as epic as showrunner Chris Chibnall clearly thinks it is? And what does "epic" even mean when universe-threatening stakes are the norm? Will the ambitious seeds Spyfall has planted grow into something great, or is this all just wasted effort?And what did the episode get exactly right? We should talk ...
Spyfalling Down (Infiltrating "Spyfall" Parts 1 and 2)
January 26, 2020 15:16 - 45 minutes - 42 MBDoctor Who is back! And so is an old enemy, which happens to smash a certain big reset button. Chris and Pete take apart Spyfall, the two-parter that opens Series 12 of new Who, but is it truly as epic as showrunner Chris Chibnall clearly thinks it is? And what does "epic" even mean when universe-threatening stakes are the norm? Will the ambitious seeds Spyfall has planted grow into something great, or is this all just wasted effort?And what did the episode get exactly right? We should talk ...
Who Doesn't Love Christmas?
December 30, 2019 16:33 - 1 hour - 115 MBIn the debut episode of the Doctor Who podcast Pull to Open, hosts Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor come home for Christmas. That is, the Doctor Who Christmas specials — all 13 of them. Which were delightful holiday presents, and which were Christmas turkeys? And is it a good thing the show ditched Christmas for New Year's? Grab some eggnog and gingerbread (assuming fish fingers and custard aren't available), cue up your BritBox or Amazon Prime app, and get ready to explore the Whos of Christmas...
Who Doesn't Love Christmas? (Celebrating All the Christmas Specials)
December 30, 2019 16:33 - 1 hour - 76.7 MBIn the debut episode of the Doctor Who podcast Pull to Open, hosts Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor come home for Christmas. That is, the Doctor Who Christmas specials — all 13 of them. Which were delightful holiday presents, and which were Christmas turkeys? And is it a good thing the show ditched Christmas for New Year's? Grab some eggnog and gingerbread (assuming fish fingers and custard aren't available), cue up your BritBox or Amazon Prime app, and get ready to explore the Whos of Christmas...