Traveling the Vortex
- Description:
- A podcast dedicated to the show Doctor Who with a perspective from two Midwest United States fans, and one person being introduced to the Doctor for the first time.
Homepage: http://travelingthevortex.com/
RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/travelvortex?format=xml
- Episodes:
- 1437
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:1:12:38
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:3:39:05
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 72 days, 11 hours, 39 minutes and 51 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 6 January 2011 (8:03am GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 18 July 2025 (7:55am GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 3 days, 16 hours, 38 minutes and 4 seconds
Traveling the Vortex Episodes
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Episode 533 – Seeing Green Monkeys
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 7 minutes and 0 secondsWe review the Eighth Doctor Big Finish Adventure, 'Time War Volume 3' The post Episode 533 – Seeing Green Monkeys appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 532 – Chance Meetings
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 41 minutes and 6 seconds
It’s book review time. And it’s a long one.In this episode, we review Temporal Logbook 3: Changed Lives from our friends at Pencil Tip Publishing.
This is an anthology collection by various authors. All proceeds from the publication are donated to SETTLED, an independent charity providing free and trustworthy information, advice, and support in different languages to EU citizens in the UK. And we are excited to have our very own Shaun Collins who was asked to write one of the short stories in the book.
Plus we discuss the recent announcement of a new companion played by Millie Gibson.
Enjoy!
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Episode 532 – Chance Meetings
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 41 minutes and 46 secondsWe review Temporal Logbook 3: Changed Lives from our friends at Pencil Tip Publishing The post Episode 532 – Chance Meetings appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 531 – Tag, You’re It!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 21 minutes and 27 secondsIn this episode, we take another brief hiatus from our travels through the Time War.
New Doctor Who has graced our TV screens with the long-awaited Doctor Who: Centenary Special, The Power of the Doctor. Hear what we thought of the culmination of the Whittaker/Chibnall era and celebration of the BBC’s 100th year.
Also, we discuss the new/old logo and the official announcement that Doctor Who will be coming to Disney+ next year.
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Episode 531 – Tag, You’re It!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 21 minutes and 28 secondsIn this episode, we discuss the long-awaited Doctor Who: Centenary Special, 'The Power of the Doctor' The post Episode 531 – Tag, You're It! appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 530 – Renegade Name Changer
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 58 minutes and 35 secondsWe continue with Act 2 of the Time War and this time land at Bliss’ home colony for Big Finish’s Eighth Doctor – Time War Volume 2,We discuss our likes and dislikes about this box set.
Enjoy!
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Episode 530 – Renegade Name Changer
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 36 secondsIn this episode, it's more Time War travels as we review Big Finish's 'Eighth Doctor - Time War Volume 2' The post Episode 530 – Renegade Name Changer appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Patreon Exclusive #3 – The Losers Review ‘Home Team’ (October 2022)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 18 minutes and 43 seconds**UPDATE** We are now making this exclusive content available to anyone to download! Okay, supporters. Here is an exclusive for you. In the early part of 2022, we took part in a contest to guess the most Oscar award winners at the 2022 Oscars. We called it the Pod vs. Pod Oscar completion. It was hosted by Gold Standard-The Oscars Podcast and Flicks with Friends and we were pitted against some of the ladies of...
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Episode 529 – Trying to Avoid the Time War
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 56 minutes and 50 secondsAs the title of this episode hints, we continue our journey through the Time War with the Doctor and his companions, both real and fake. This time we tackle the Big Finish Eighth Doctor box set, Time War 1.Plus we catch up on some other pop media we took in this week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 529 – Trying to Avoid the Time War
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 56 minutes and 50 secondsThis week we review 'The Eighth Doctor: Time War 1' from Big Finish The post Episode 529 – Trying to Avoid the Time War appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 528 – Hope You Brought Biscuits
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes and 1 secondAfter a brief break, we resume our journey through the Time War as we enter Act Two of the story. This time another Timelord enters the foray. We join the Doctor’s granddaughter, Susan with two stories. First, it’s Big Finish Short Trips 7.10 – “All Hands on Deck”, featuring Susan and the Eighth Doctor. Then we move on to the box set, Big Finish’s “Susan’s War”.Hear what we thought of these stories, plus a quick recap of what we’ve been up to while we were gone.
Enjoy!
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Episode 528 – Hope You Brought Biscuits
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 55 secondsWe resume our journey through the Time War with Big Finish's Short Trips 7.10 - 'All Hands on Deck' and 'Susan's War' The post Episode 528 – Hope You Brought Biscuits appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 527 – REDACTED
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes and 1 secondWe take a break from the Time War and review the recently released, Doctor Who – Redacted, an audio series produced by BBC Studios and featuring. Charlie Craggs as Cleo Proctor, Lois Chimimba as Abby McPhail and Holly Quin-Ankrah as Shawna Thompson. Juno Dawson acted as the lead writer for the series. Find out what we thought of this unique Doctor Who spin-off story which does feature Jodie Whitaker as the Doctor.Enjoy!
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Episode 527 – REDACTED
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 53 minutes and 55 secondsThis week we review the BBC Studios audio series, 'Doctor Who - Redacted' The post Episode 527 – REDACTED appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 526 – The Most Wonderful Man in the Universe
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 14 minutes and 41 secondsOur travels through the Time War bring us back to the first of the War Master box sets finishing off stories 2 through 4 of The War Master – Only the Good starring Derek Jacobi. Hear what we thought of what is understood to be The Master’s last adventures before we pick up again with him in Utopia,Plus we discuss the death of David Warner.
And talk of Doctor Who possibly coming to Disney+ streaming service.
Enjoy!
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Episode 526 – The Most Wonderful Man in the Universe
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 14 minutes and 42 secondsThis week we finish off the War Master box set - 'Only the Good' with stories 2 through 4 The post Episode 526 – The Most Wonderful Man in the Universe appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 525 – Grab Your Cannons, We’re Going Gardening
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes and 1 secondIn this episode, we review The War Master, Volume 7 – Self-Defence. Hear what we think of this story starring Sir Derek Jacobi, with a special appearance by David Tennant as The Doctor.We continue our year-long journey through the Time War.
Plus, we discuss the recent MCU film, Thor: Love & Thunder.
Enjoy!
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Episode 525 – Grab Your Cannons, We’re Going Gardening
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 42 minutes and 38 secondsWe review 'The War Master, Volume 7 - Self-Defence' The post Episode 525 – Grab Your Cannons, We're Going Gardening appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 524 – Where Only Your Best Friends Try To Kill You
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes and 12 secondsThis time our TARDIS tumbles through the vortex and the Time War, Act One, and lands at the Big Finish Productions audio, The War Master Volume 6 – Killing Time. Hear what we thought of this installment into the series.And as we recorded this episode shortly after Independence Day in the U.S. we discussed that and other things we did between podcasts.
Enjoy!
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Episode 524 – Where Only Your Best Friends Try To Kill You
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes and 13 secondsThe journey through the Time War continues with 'The War Master Volume 6 - Killing Time' from Big Finish The post Episode 524 – Where Only Your Best Friends Try To Kill You appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 523 – At the Court of Rassilon
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 56 minutes and 6 secondsMore travels through the Time War as we continue in Act One. This time we review Gallifrey: Time War Volume 2 from Big Finish. We review the entire box set this time and give our opinions.Plus, we finally have a chance to talk about the casting of Neil Patrick Harris in the 60th anniversary special and discuss his possible upcoming role.
Enjoy!
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Episode 523 – At the Court of Rassilon
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 56 minutes and 2 secondsThis time we review Gallifrey: Time War Volume 2 from Big Finish The post Episode 523 – At the Court of Rassilon appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 522 – The Devil You Say
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 8 minutes and 53 secondsWe continue our year-long travels in the Time War, again with some War Master led stories. We break it up a bit, starting with The War Master: Only The Good 1, Beneath the Viscoid, Then we jump back over to Gallifrey for Gallifrey: Time War 1.3 and 1.4, The Devil You Know and Desperate Measures. Find out what we think.Plus more news, this time from the 60th Anniversary special.
Enjoy!
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Episode 522 – The Devil You Say
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 8 minutes and 53 secondsMore Time War reviews, this time The War Master: Only The Good 1, Beneath the Viscoid, and Gallifrey: Time War 1.3 and 1.4, The Devil You Know and Desperate Measures. The post Episode 522 – The Devil You Say appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 521 – Anti-Anti-Genesis
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 5 minutes and 49 secondsWe continue our travels through the Time War, this time landing at Big Finish Productions’ audio, The War Master – Anti-Genesis. And if the title of this episode isn’t a giveaway, listen to what we thought of this story.We also discuss the casting announcement of Ncuti Gatwa who will play the 14th Doctor.
Enjoy!
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Episode 521 – Anti-Anti-Genesis
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 5 minutes and 50 secondsThis week we review Big Finish Productions 'The War Master - Anti-Genesis'. We also discuss the recent casting news for the 14th Doctor. The post Episode 521 – Anti-Anti-Genesis appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 520 – Driving a Manual
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 58 minutes and 2 secondsIn this week’s episode, we return to the Time War, this time with another story featuring Derek Jacobi’s War Master once again joined by Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor. This time we review Big Finish’s War Master 5 – Hearts of Darkness. Find out what we thought of this box set.
Enjoy!
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Episode 520 – Driving a Manual
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 58 minutes and 21 secondsThis time we review Big Finish's 'War Master 5 - Hearts of Darkness' The post Episode 520 – Driving a Manual appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 519 – Lots of Show, Not Enough Tell
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes and 1 secondThe long-awaited Doctor Who: The Legend of the Sea Devils finally arrived on our televisions. Listen to what we thought of this high-seas, swashbuckling adventure.Plus, we discuss the recently animated episodes of Galaxy 4, finally released on DVD and Blu-Ray in North America.
Enjoy!
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Episode 519 – Lots of Show, Not Enough Tell
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 53 minutes and 44 secondsWe review 'Doctor Who: The Legend of the Sea Devils' and the recently animated Galaxy 4. The post Episode 519 – Lots of Show, Not Enough Tell appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 518 – A Virtual High Score
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 8 minutes and 0 secondsOur travels through the Time War, get slightly side-missioned with this week’s outing. This time we review UNIT: Cyber-Reality from Big Finish with stories by Matt Fitton and Guy Adams. Hear what we thought of this story loosely related to the Time War.Plus, some brief movie reviews.
Enjoy!
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Episode 518 – A Virtual High Score
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 8 minutes and 0 secondsThis time we review 'UNIT: Cyber-Reality' from Big Finish, written by Matt Fitton and Guy Adams. The post Episode 518 – A Virtual High Score appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 517 – Service Corridors
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 11 minutes and 37 secondsThis time our travels continue to take us through the Time War, this time with another glance at what the Master has been up to. We review The War Master Volume 3: Rage of the Time Lords by Tim Foley and David Llewellyn. Plus a break in the middle for a quick analysis of The Diary of River Song Series 5.4 – Concealed Weapon by Scott Handcock. (Don’t worry, we’ll return to The Diary of River Song Series 5 at a later time.)We also react this week to some news about the upcoming television special.
Enjoy!
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Episode 517 – Service Corridors
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 11 minutes and 38 secondsWe review 'The War Master Volume 3: Rage of the Time Lords' and 'The Diary of River Song Series 5.4 - Concealed Weapon'. The post Episode 517 – Service Corridors appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 516 – The Politics of Gallifrey
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 22 minutes and 20 secondsIn our travels through the history of the Time War, we come to the end of the Prologue as war has come to Gallirey’s doorstep. This week we review Big Finish’s Gallifrey: Time War 1.1 Celestial Intervention by David Llewellyn & 1.2 Soldier Obscura by Tim Foley.Plus we look at the animated 5th episode of the Web of Fear which was recently released on DVD in North America.
Enjoy!
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Episode 516 – The Politics of Gallifrey
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 22 minutes and 20 secondsThis week we review 'Gallifrey: Time War' 1.1 'Celestial Intervention' & 1.2 'Soldier Obscura' plus the animated 5th episode of the 'Web of Fear'. The post Episode 516 – The Politics of Gallifrey appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 515 – No Clowning Around
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 0 secondsWe continue our journey through the events leading up to the Time War. This time we review all four parts of Big Finish Productions’ The War Master 2; The Master of Callous. Find out what we thought of our first experience with Derek Jacobi playing his incarnation of The Master in audio.
Plus, we tangent a bit as we discuss The Book of Boba Fett on Disney+
Enjoy!
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Episode 515 – No Clowning Around
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 0 secondsWe review all four parts of Big Finish Productions' 'The War Master 2; The Master of Callous.' The post Episode 515 – No Clowning Around appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 514 – A Madman’s Prison
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes and 1 secondThis time on Traveling the Vortex… the Vortex Boys continue their journey through the Time War, as they make their way among the prologue. This time, it’s Big Finish’s Ravenous 3.1 – Deeptime Frontier by Matt Fitton and 3.2 Companion Piece by John Dorney, both featuring the Eighth Doctor. We discuss the confusion and connections that the stories have to the greater theme.Enjoy!
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Episode 514 – A Madman’s Prison
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 54 minutes and 36 secondsWe examine Big Finish's Ravenous 3.1 - Deeptime Frontier by Matt Fitton and 3.2 Companion Piece by John Dorney. The post Episode 514 – A Madman's Prison appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 513 – Saving Everyone Whether They Deserve It or Not
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 8 minutes and 22 secondsThis week we begin our journey through the Time War as we attempt to listen to all related Big Finish material in a, somewhat chronological order. We’re using the chart below as our guide on this quest. First up in the prologue section is Shadow of the Daleks Volumes 1 and 2 featuring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor. Come along on the journey and let us know your thoughts on our Listeners Forum on Facebook.Enjoy!
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Episode 513 – Saving Everyone Whether They Deserve It or Not
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 8 minutes and 23 secondsWe start our journey through the Time War with 'Shadow of the Daleks Volumes 1 and 2' from Big Finish The post Episode 513 – Saving Everyone Whether They Deserve It or Not appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 512 – Déjà Vu Again!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 54 minutes and 10 secondsWe start the new year off with a review of the New Year’s Day special, Eve of the Daleks. Hear what we thought of the story,Plus, we talk about our Christmas celebrations.
Enjoy!
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Episode 512 – Déjà Vu Again!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 54 minutes and 11 secondsThis is our review of the New Year's Day special, 'Eve of the Daleks' The post Episode 512 – Déjà Vu Again! appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Side Trip 41 – The Christmas Dimension
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 53 seconds
A little special Christmas cheer for our listeners. In this special Side Trip, we review the Big Finish Subscriber Short story, The Christmas Dimension featuring the Third Doctor and Liz. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!The post Side Trip 41 – The Christmas Dimension appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Side Trip 41 – The Christmas Dimension
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 54 secondsIn this special Side Trip, we review the Big Finish Subscriber Short story, The Christmas Dimension. The post Side Trip 41 – The Christmas Dimension appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 511 – The Dalek Factor
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 35 minutes and 57 secondsIn this week’s show, we got around to finally seeing The Evil of the Daleks that was recently released in North America. We discuss the story that’s been lost in time and tell you what we thought of it and the animation that it is presented in.Enjoy!
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Episode 511 – The Dalek Factor
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 35 minutes and 58 secondsThis week we review the newly animated release of 'The Evil of the Daleks'. The post Episode 511 – The Dalek Factor appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
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Episode 510 – The Sontaran Sweet Tooth
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 5 minutes and 34 secondsIn this week’s episode, we wrap up our discussions of Series 13 with our review of Doctor Who Flux – Chapter 6 – The Vanquishers. Find out what we thought of this finale of the series before we head into next year’s specials.Plus, be sure to listen for the keyword that will get you an entry into our giveaway, You could win a copy of the Doctor Who Fluxx card game from our friends over at Looney Labs. If you already have one, it would make a terrific Christmas gift. But time is running out!
And, you can catch up by checking out all of our Series 13 reviews.
Episode 509 – Fetch Your Dog, reviewing Chapter One: The Halloween Apocolypse
Episode 508 – Quantum Extraction, reviewing Chapter Two: War of the Sontarans
Episode 507 – The Gathering Timestorm, reviewing Chapter Three: Once, Upon Time
Episode 506 – Pan-Fried Sontarans, reviewing Chapter Four: Village of the Angles
Episode 505 – Man’s Best Friend, reviewing Chapter Five: Survivors of the Flux
Enjoy!
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Episode 510 – The Sontaran Sweet Tooth
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 5 minutes and 34 secondsIn this week's episode, we wrap up our discussions of Series 13 with our review of 'Doctor Who Flux - Chapter 6 - The Vanquishers'. The post Episode 510 – The Sontaran Sweet Tooth appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.