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Erik Stadnik

Erik Stadnik looking a bit nervous

Erik Stadnik ’s first ever Doctor Who story was the 1996 TV Movie starring Paul McGann. He didn’t watch Doctor Who again for about twenty years, though those two facts may not be causally linked. He has strong opinions about writing, characterization, dialogue, and theme, and generally doesn’t give a toss about bad CG or iffy CSO, and he thinks you shouldn’t either. He has been a co-host of several Doctor Who-related podcasts, most recently Doctor Who: The Writers’ Room (since regenerated) and The Real McCoy. He also contributed to the essay collections Queers Dig Time Lords and Outside In 2, in which he attempted to turn Daleks in Manhattan into a musical. He currently lives in Prague, where almost nobody has heard of Doctor Who.

Episode 166

Deeply Platonic

This week, Brendan’s high on Honesty, James is driving naked, and Nathan can’t stop scratching himself for some reason, while special guest star Erik Stadnik brings some philosophy and literary criticism to our discussion of Gridlock.

Episode 166: Deeply Platonic · Recorded on Sunday, 4 August 2019 · Duration 0:58:42 · Download · Open in new window

Series 3The Tenth Doctor

Episode 181

The Cambridge Latin Course

This week, while Nathan’s lying on the couch hungover, James is in an ecstatic vaporous trance, and Brendan’s admiring his latest avant-garde objet d’art, we are unexpectedly joined by friend-of-the-podcast, Erik Stadnik, who we hope will (eventually) find it in his heart to save us from the latest impending apocalypse, The Fires of Pompeii.

Episode 181: The Cambridge Latin Course · Recorded on Monday, 27 January 2020 · Duration 0:59:56 · Download · Open in new window

Series 4The Tenth Doctor

Episode 208

Don’t Kill the Lizard Lady

This week we’re joined by Erik Stadnik for a whole day of taping cameras to things while we wait for something — oh, okay, the Silurians — to emerge from The Hungry Earth.

Episode 208: Don’t Kill the Lizard Lady · Recorded on Sunday, 21 February 2021 · Duration 0:46:23 · Download · Open in new window

Series 5The Eleventh Doctor

Episode 209

The Status Quo

This week, our hopes and dreams crumble to dust in the face of centrist realpolitik and an inability to imagine a true, multracial utopia. And, of course, we’re also talking with Erik Stadnik about a Doctor Who episode called Cold Blood.

Episode 209: The Status Quo · Recorded on Sunday, 21 February 2021 · Duration 0:51:02 · Download · Open in new window

Series 5The Eleventh Doctor