Look at Potatoes Differently
Host Jason Snell with Lizbeth Myles, Erika Ensign, Kelly Guimont, Annette Wierstra, Jean MacDonald, and Moisés Chiullán
We’re just back from the annual Gallifrey One convention, and so with “Doctor Who” on our minds we thought we’d ask a panel of fans both new and old to select their favorite “Doctor Who” monsters of all time. But let’s keep in mind that if science fiction has taught us anything, it’s that we were the true monsters all along.
Listen to this episode (1 hour, 31 minutes)
Show Notes
- Kelly: Weeping Angels
- Erika: Sontarans
- Jean: Vashta Nerada
- Liz: Gel Guards
- Annette: Skarasen
- Moises: Steven Moffat (and all showrunners)
- Jason: Clockwork Droids
- Kelly: Missy
- Erika: Margaret Thatcher
- Jean: The Family of Blood
- Liz: The 80s Cybermen
- Annette: Whatever listens in “Listen”
- Moises: British Schoolchildren
- Jason: Satan
- Kelly: 8 Legs/Giant Spiders from “Planet of the Spiders”
- Erika: Master Brain from “The Mind Robber”
- Jean: “Kerblam!” Robots
- Liz: Quarks
- Annette: Silurians
- Moises: Axons
- Jason: Time Lords
- Steven Schapansky: Daleks
Bring Out Your Dead Monsters
- Kelly: Ice Warriors, Gelth, Pyroviles, Time Itself
- Erika: Voord, Shrivenzale, Nimon, Mandrills, Polyphase Avatron, Doctor Who Gatekeepers
- Jean: Silence, Zygons, Slitheen, Abzorbaloff, Mummy (on the Orient Express), Headless Monks, Empress of the Racnoss, The Monks (Peter Capaldi)
- Liz: Nimon, Haemovore, Kandyman, War Machines, Krotons, Mechanoids, Menoptera, Macra, Fish People (“Underwater Menace”), Ogri (“Stones of Blood”)
- Annette: Pting, Judoon, Living Dolls (“Night Terrors”), Raston Warrior Robot
- Moises: Empty Child, The Flood (“Waters of Mars”)
- Jason: The Flatliners, Sutekh, The Kaleds, Autons, Scaroth
