First Time Lord

This episode is one of those that tends to define the series. It perfectly captures everything that I love about Doctor Who while telling an impressive and compelling story—using science fiction to explore the human condition and try and help us see the value that we all have in the world at large.Series 5, Episode 10, Vincent and the DoctorHelping me navigate an emotionally fraught episode is the equally excellent Jenni Fay and Ashley Martin.To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast

A Doctor's journey to the center of the earth to try and prevent a terrible war. The discovery that, like humans, not all the lizard people are evil. But when you thought you knew where things were going, there's a crack in time and space, and things get interesting.Series 5 - Episode 9 - Cold BloodThe amazing Eric Sweetman is returning from last week to help me wrap up this crazy episode.To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast

While I may be still catching up to all of the Doctor’s adventures, the Doctor’s timeline finally caught up to mine for the first time. An episode set on my current year, or close enough to it. Of course, I can count on that nothing is as it seems.Series 5 - Episode 8 - The Hungry Earth.I need someone who can help me break this episode down and distill its purest essence, and that expert is none other than the amazingly talented Eric Sweetman.To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast

Quite a mind-bending episode this turned out to be. It had me so perplexed that I’m thrilled I had an expert join me that not only knows what they are talking about but requested the episode. Otherwise, I would have come away from this episode with the completely wrong idea.Series 5 - Episode 7 - Amy’s Choice.The expert that set me straight in this week’s podcast is none other than the great Jon Soble.To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast

I thought I was going to get a gothic Vampire Doctor Who stories based on the episode's title. As always, I was delighted to find out how wrong I was. I'm also glad that Amy is not going down the path I thought she was going down after last week.Series 5 - Episode 6 - The Vampires of VeniceAshley Martin joins me to get me through this episode and deliver her Tardis Tidbits in person this week.To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast

The latest confrontation between the Doctor and the Weeping Angles leaves me questioning my allegiance to certain characters. When I thought I knew what to expect, the Doctor, his companion, and even River Song went and made me have to think things over.Series 5 - Episode 5 - Flesh and StoneRejoining me to wrap up this Angel story is Jenni Fay Berry.To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast

When I think that I have figured out the Doctor, something happens to send me back to zero. With this new companion, I seem to miss the mark altogether. At least I know what to expect when it comes to “The Weeping Angels,” right? Wrong!Series 5 - Episode 4 - The Time of AngelsSince we’re talking Angles, and we have River Song, I recruited Jenni Fey Berry to guide me thru this terrific episode.To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast

New regeneration of the Doctor, meet new regeneration of the Dalek. What more can I say.Series 5 - Episode 3 - Victory of the DalekMy Dalek expert Jon Soble joins me to discuss the new development with the cockroach of The Who universe.To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast

m still getting to know what to expect from a new showrunner and a new Doctor. Not to mention that I also have to feel out a new companion. With so much newness, I’m glad that the episode falls back into very familiar territory.Series 5 - Episode 2 - The Beast BelowWhile trying to understand all the new intricacies, I have to patch things up with a scorned Expert, who is a little upset about the change from tradition. Eric Sweetman returns while I eat crow but then helps me get into this new era in the journey of the Doctor Who.To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast

What an exciting time. New showrunner. New Doctor. New companion. A new season of First Time Lord. After an appropriate amount of time after the final 10th doctor episode, I jump into this all-new adventure with some hesitation but a massive level of excitement.Series 5 - Episode 1 - The Eleventh HourSince everything is new, we break the norm and start the podcast's new season with Jamie Kern as the expert. Considering her love for Matt Smith and that she describes him as Magical, I think we are in the right hands for the start of the 11th Doctor's adventure.To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast

After taking a long-deserved and much-needed break from the emotional rollercoaster that has been Series 4, Daniel returns with the usual entire series recap with another First Time Lord. Join Daniel as he discusses the ups, the downs, and his favorite parts of this remarkable Series.Shannon Levain joins the podcast to give her opinion on Doctor Who Series 4 and what is to come in Series 5.To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast

For all things that begin, there must also be an end. This week's episode feels like an absolute end. The culmination of a story that started in 2005 and ended in 2010. The conclusion of the Tenth Doctor's storyline and the last episode of Russel T Davis soon to be First Run of Doctor Who. That's a lot of emotional weight for a single hour of television.New Years Special - The End of Time Part 2.Jon Soble returns to finish out this two-parter. But with everything that is happening and this exceptional climatic finish, I needed more than just one Whovian expert, so Ashley Martin joined Jon and me to wrap up the Tenth Doctor's adventures.To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast

And so it came to pass that the 10th doctor’s time would come to an end. So let us celebrate this milestone by getting nerdy about the origin of the Time Lords, the planet of Gallifrey.Christmas Special 2009 - The End of Time Part 1.With so much to process, I lean heavily on the most senior of my Experts, Jon Soble.To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast

The Doctor continues to adventure alone, and this week's adventure takes him to the red planet. He stumbles upon a base, the first to house humans on Mars. The events that transpire take the Doctor down a dark path that I don't like at all.2009 Special: The Waters of Mars.I need a well-grounded, solid expert to help me navigate the emotional toll this episode exerts, and Jamie Kern is more than up to the task.To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast

It's a special, but it has nothing to do with Christmas episode art that evokes a strong Indiana Jones vibe. In contrast, the episode doesn't push anyone's narrative forward, but what a fun ride it was.2009 Special - Planet of the DeadFor this first special, I'm joined by my original expert, the special in his own right, Eric Sweetman.To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast

I still don’t know what to expect out of the Christmas special. There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to them. It’s not always the introduction to a new doctor or a setup for the following Series plot. This unique, though, really captured me. There are lots of tonal references that spoke to me and a story that ties up some loose ends from the end of the Series.Series 4 - Episode 14 - The Next DoctorWith so many references to Doctor Who history, I asked Jon Soble to join me for this podcast.To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast

After last week's big cliffhanger, this episode had a lot to live up to, but what a conclusion. This episode serves as an example of what happens when you have a plan and execute your narrative to tell that story well. I can't believe I've gotten here in one year of the podcast.Series 4 - Episode 13 - Journey's End.Ashley Martin joins me again this week to wrap up this colossal story ark with huge ramifications.To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast

Here we are again, another Series finally, and this one feels like it’s going to be EPIC. Series 4 - Episode 12 - The Stolen EarthWith Rose’s official return, I asked the biggest fan of Rose I know; Ashley Martin joins me this week to deliver TARDIS Tidbits live!To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast

When will I learn that the Doctor Light episodes will surprise me and emotionally get me right in the feels? This week we go thru Doctor Who’s take on “It’s a Wonderfull Life.” All I know is that Donna is one heck of a companion.Series 4 - Episode 11 - Turn LeftTo unravel the secrets held of this episode, I am joined by Jon Soble and his hefty tome of notes.To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast

What a surprise this episode turned out to be. How can an episode that was written in 2009 be so relevant 11 years later? While the episode’s tone mirrors that of a classic Twilight Zone, it retains a very true to its self message of optimism at its core. It just goes to show you that Doctor Who wows you with an unexpected gut-punch of an episode just when you think the best episodes are ahead.Series 4 - Episode 10 - MidnightBecause this episode is so well written, I invited one of the best writers I know to join me for this week, and fortunately, Jamie Kern agreed to come on. Listen as we both use some “amazing” words to describe our experience with this episode.To support the show, visit my Patreon site at:www.patreon.com/daniellevainYou can also support the show by checking out our merchandise at:https://www.cgbeast.com/first-time-lord-merchSubscribe to First Time Lord using your favorite podcasting software or use the links below:Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle Podcast