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illexplainlater.bsky.social
I’ll Explain Later - conversations about Doctor Who
@illexplainlater.bsky.social
A weekly Doctor Who podcast hosted by @mattnida.com and @jwestjourno.bsky.social. Listen to our back catalogue at https://illexplainlater.com/ and via all good podcatchers.
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE!! Yes, our I’LL EXPLAIN NOW strand finally kicks into gear for our review of WISH WORLD/THE REALITY WAR. @mattnida.com battles his guts and @jwestjourno.bsky.social *marvels* (geddit?!) at RTD’s influences. LISTEN NOW! illexplainlater.com
June 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The Barber certainly approves.
May 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE!! I’ll Explain NOW is proud to present a double-header, exploring THE STORY & THE ENGINE and THE INTERSTELLAR SONG CONTEST: two lighthearted romps with barely a ripple of discourse about them. Listen now! illexplainlater.com
May 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
*ILL* EXPLAIN LATER! Alas, a medical malaise - feared to be Spectrox toxaemia - has struck the @illexplainlater.bsky.social crew, so no The Story & the Engine hot take this week. But never fear - we’ll be back very soon to continue our Season Two/Series 15 chat!
May 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE!! I’ll Explain NOW returns to examine LUCKY DAY. Along the way: Matt reveals his nocturnal habits, John’s prejudices get an airing and Doctor Who’s ‘Withnail & I’ approach to political mistakes. illexplainlater.com
May 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE! I’ll Explain Now continues its ‘volcanic take’ run with a discussion on THE WELL. Along the way: imperial -metric conversion crisis, RTD’s Lynchian MO, and lingering sex scenes. Listen now! illexplainlater.com
April 28, 2025 at 6:36 AM
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE! From Chuck Berry to Chuck Jones, we at @illexplainlater.bsky.social offer an illuminating look at LUX. Along the way: Ribena concentrate, colliery bands and deep-fried bonce. LISTEN NOW! illexplainlater.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We should alert UNIT.
April 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🚨 🚨 I’LL EXPLAIN NOW! @illexplainlater.bsky.social’s volcanic take on The Robot Revolution is live! French gîtes, Disney timidity and why RTD just isn’t political enough. Listen now! illexplainlater.com
April 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
February 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE!! Don your togas and grab your sandals as @illexplainlater.bsky.social runs from THE FIRES OF POMPEII! Along the way: bingo cards, rewrites and Mariah Carey’s range. Listen now! illexplainlater.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE! Yes, we iron our chainmail and buff our swords to discuss THE CRUSADE! Along the way, @mattnida.com does his homework, @jwestjourno.bsky.social mucks up his French philosophers and Hartnell nixes the incest angle. Listen now! illexplainlater.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Gatherings of the great and the geeky at the BFI on London’s South Bank as we gear up for a glorious screening of Spearhead From Space!
February 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
🚨 NEW EPISODE! 🚨 Don your gas mask, chill the gin (not too much vermouth, mind) and get *In the Mood* as @illexplainlater.bsky.social meets THE EMPTY CHILD and jives as THE DOCTOR DANCES! Listen now! #DoctorWho illexplainlater.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE! 🚨 🚨
Yes, dust off your trepidation, clear up the party detritus - it’s time to make a - or, in our case, review - RESOLUTION! Along the way: quantity surveying the parts making the sum, mirthless wifi ‘fun’ and too much family. Listen now! illexplainlater.com #DoctorWho
January 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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An emergency broadcast as the @illexplainlater.bsky.social crew bring JOY TO THE WORLD. A quickfire review taking in back bedrooms, eggnog fumes and the baby Jesus! Listen now! illexplainlater.com
December 27, 2024 at 8:32 AM
🚨 NEW FESTIVE EPISODE! 🚨
Wake up from Clara’s tangerine dream and join @illexplainlater.bsky.social for Yuletide frolicks as we encounter LAST CHRISTMAS! Along the way, pervs sucked into the telly, earnest gift giving and a Greg Lake love-in. LISTEN NOW! illexplainlater.com
December 23, 2024 at 8:49 AM
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE!! 🚨 🚨
Dust off the tux, stow your tray tables and gawp at a cheap wire sculpture as @illexplainlater.bsky.social devours SPYFALL. Along the way: ‘Horrocks’ as a verb! Bad shoes! Accidental racism! LISTEN NOW! illexplainlater.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:08 PM
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE!! 🚨 🚨
Yes, cuckoo your way into a burgeoning romance, settle down on the sofa and soak up @illexplainlater.bsky.social’s review of THE LODGER! Along the way…Omelettes! Vuvuzelas! Who-based comic erotica! Listen now! illexplainlater.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:47 AM
Keep ‘em peeled on Friday for @illexplainlater.bsky.social’s episode reviewing THE DAEMONS. Science!
Magic!
BBC brand extension!
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November 28, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Jodie Whittaker’s performance seems to channel quite a lot of Jane Horrocks’ Bubble and, as @usjay.bsky.social has pointed out, plenty of Su Pollard’s Peggy. We noted the same in our 2023 review of Legend of the Sea Devils - have a listen!
November 26, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Have a listen! We namecheck Horrocks and Pollard in this excerpt from our review of Legend of the Sea Devils last year. We can’t be alone.
November 26, 2024 at 10:49 PM
The world may seem a bombardment of *negative* ions at the moment, but kick back and enjoy @illexplainlater.bsky.social’s THE FIVE DOCTORS episode, out now! Along the way: Why was Hurndall cast? Just how crap was Hurndall? And Hurndall - where it all went wrong? #DoctorWho
November 22, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Within @illexplainlater.bsky.social, Matt has the more solid Whovian bona fides: he works in telly; he produced an actual documentary on Doctor Who! Me (@jwestjourno.bsky.social)? All I’ve got is that my house used to be owned by David Collings. (There isn’t a blue plaque.)
November 19, 2024 at 1:22 PM
And much like a pair of Levi’s, we’re both too expensive and irresistible. Plug and play to our latest episode now, where we talk THE ZYGON INVASION/INVERSION, discussing massive geopolitical metaphor and the purpose of drama WITH HILARIOUS CONSEQUENCES! illexplainlater.com
November 15, 2024 at 6:38 PM