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Episode 3 of Doctor Who Series 15, The Well, has aired in the UK and worldwide on the Disney+ service, and is ripe for discussion. What impact has this episode has, and can James McLean discern it? This week, James is joined by James Whittington, a writer who worked with us back in the days of our old website. He also writes for the Legend TV channel, among other things, and has plenty of thoughts about Doctor Who... SHOWNOTES * Doctor Who: The Well on BBC iPlayer [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002bl53/doctor-who-season-2-3-the-well] (UK) and Disney+ [https://www.disneyplus.com/play/abfd1685-1628-447c-8367-60ce5c0a1cc4] (Worldwide) * Legend TV [https://www.legend-tv.co.uk/] * James Whittington on X: @jamesywhitt [https://x.com/jamesywhitt] PATREON BENEFITS Supporters of the podcast on Patreon got this week's show ad-free and early on Patreon -- and with extra material. We also released this exclusively on Patreon as a video podcast [https://www.patreon.com/posts/doctor-who-well-127601280]. GET IN TOUCH Subscribe to our podcast? Then head to Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/kasterborous-doctor-who-podkast-with-a-k/id1045277918] to leave a rating and review. Any new reviews will be read out. Not on Apple Podcasts? Leave us a review somewhere else, send the link over on Twitter [http://twitter.com/kasterborousUK] or Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thekasterborous] or editor@kasterborous.co.uk [editor@kasterborous.co.uk], and you’ll get a mention.

Doctor Who Series 15's second episode, Lux, is the subject of discussion this week. James McLean welcomes this week's guest, Rick Lundeen, for quite a deep and wide-ranging chat about the episode and Doctor Who's current status. Rick is a writer and artist with quite a considerable body of work behind him. Among those include work with Christian Cawley on the Time Leech comic strip way back in 2009, and his incredible adaptation of The Daleks' Master Plan. Rick also writes regularly for The Doctor Who Companion, where he has contributed over 100 articles [https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/author/rick-lundeen/]. He also has some interesting thoughts on Doctor Who! SHOWNOTES * Doctor Who: Lux - BBC iPlayer [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002b8rr/doctor-who-season-2-2-lux], Disney+ [https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/play/d16f7453-7112-4b26-9da9-84d9dc31fc51] * Rick Lundeen art [https://rickjlundeen.wordpress.com/] * The Swede [https://www.thekillerswede.com/] You can also watch the video version [https://www.patreon.com/posts/doctor-who-lux-127089276] of this review of Lux, exclusive to our Patreon, which is free to join and affords access to our podcast early, ad-free, and with extra content each week. GET IN TOUCH Subscribe to our podcast? Then head to Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/kasterborous-doctor-who-podkast-with-a-k/id1045277918] to leave a rating and review. Any new reviews will be read out. Not on Apple Podcasts? Leave us a review somewhere else, send the link over on Twitter [http://twitter.com/kasterborousUK] or Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thekasterborous] or editor@kasterborous.co.uk [editor@kasterborous.co.uk], and you’ll get a mention.

James and Magnus discuss the first episode of Doctor Who S15, Robot Revolution, which introduces a new companion, Belinda Chandra, and ends with quite the cliffhanger. This is an in-depth discussion of the episode, covering everything from the visual style to the themes of coercive control and loss. Members of our free Patreon heard this episode first. Sign up at patreon.com/kasterborous [https://www.patreon.com/kasterborous] for early episodes, ad-free, and often with extra material. SHOWNOTES * Doctor Who Robot Revolution on BBC iPlayer [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0029db8/doctor-who-season-2-1-the-robot-revolution] GET IN TOUCH Subscribe to our podcast? Then head to Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/kasterborous-doctor-who-podkast-with-a-k/id1045277918] to leave a rating and review. Any new reviews will be read out. Not on Apple Podcasts? Leave us a review somewhere else, send the link over on Twitter [http://twitter.com/kasterborousUK] or Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thekasterborous] or editor@kasterborous.co.uk [editor@kasterborous.co.uk], and you’ll get a mention.

This week's podcast was supposed to be Christian chatting with the Doctor Who Companion's Philip Bates about Doctor Who Series 15... and then Newsround published a brief chat with Russell T Davies. Suddenly, we had to talk about the possibility that Doctor Who Series 15 might be the last, certainly as far as the current production setup is concerned, and maybe longer term, too. So, the episode kicks off with Christian and James (which you may have already seen in the video chat earlier), then moves onto a previously recorded chat with the DWC editor.  SHOWNOTES * Russell T Davies chats to Newsround [https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-pause-russell-t-davies-newsupdate/] * Last week's episode: Is Doctor Who's time running out? [https://www.kasterborous.co.uk/is-doctor-whos-time-running-out-plus-beatles-quatermass-battle-of-britain-secrets/] * Doctor Who modern episodes ranked [https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-best-20-modern-episodes/] * Doctor Who Companion turns 9 [https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2025/03/26/the-doctor-who-companion-turns-9-years-old-today/] GET IN TOUCH Subscribe to our podcast? Then head to Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/kasterborous-doctor-who-podkast-with-a-k/id1045277918] to leave a rating and review. Any new reviews will be read out. Not on Apple Podcasts? Leave us a review somewhere else, send the link over on Twitter [http://twitter.com/kasterborousUK] or Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thekasterborous] or editor@kasterborous.co.uk [editor@kasterborous.co.uk], and you’ll get a mention.

In this week's podcast, Christian and James discuss Russell T Davies recent remarks concerning Doctor Who's future.  After that, the podcast continues with Christian highlighting a few interesting things he's come across recently, including a Beatles demo reel, a new Quatermass book from Toby Hadoke, and a Battle of Britain documentary tied to the promotion of a new combat flight simulator. BONUS CONTENT IN THE PATREON EDITION For patrons, we also have a video version of Christian and James' discussion [https://www.patreon.com/posts/whats-happening-125870141] which is something we're planning to do more often. Our Patreon is free — you can sign up at www.patreon.com/kasterborous [https://www.patreon.com/kasterborous] to get episodes early, ad-free, and extended. SHOWNOTES This week's useful links: * Russell T Davies chats at Doctor Who S15 launch [https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-russell-t-davies-conversations-next-showrunner-newsupdate/] * Missing Believed Wiped podcast [https://filmisfabulous.org.uk/cultural-significance/] * Beatles Anthology reissue [https://cultfollowing.co.uk/2025/03/25/the-beatles-anthology-set-for-25th-anniversary-re-release-later-this-year/] * Pre-EMI Beatles demo turns up in the USA [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/beatles-decca-audition-neptoon-records-vancouver-1.7490691] * The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic [https://tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com/product/the-quatermass-experiment-the-making-of-tv-s-first-sci-fi-classic] * Scramble: Battle of Britain "Lens On" documentary [https://www.kasterborous.co.uk/battle-of-britain-how-video-games-are-becoming-new-platforms-for-historical-storytelling/] GET IN TOUCH Subscribe to our podcast? Then head to Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/kasterborous-doctor-who-podkast-with-a-k/id1045277918] to leave a rating and review. Any new reviews will be read out. Not on Apple Podcasts? Leave us a review somewhere else, send the link over on Twitter [http://twitter.com/kasterborousUK] or Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thekasterborous] or editor@kasterborous.co.uk [editor@kasterborous.co.uk], and you’ll get a mention.