Lazy Doctor Who
- Description:
- Steven Schapansky (Radio Free Skaro, The Memory Cheats) and Erika Ensign (Verity!, The Incomparable, Audio Guide to Babylon 5) are married Doctor Who fans. This is a podcast where they watch every Doctor Who story ever made, one by one, from start to finish. Each episode is recorded live. Follow us on Twitter at @LazyDoctorWho and email us at lazydoctorwho@gmail.com.
Homepage: http://lazydoctorwho.com/
RSS Feed: http://feeds.theincomparable.com/lazydoctorwho
- Episodes:
- 485
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:0:21:36
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:0:58:58
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 7 days, 6 hours, 38 minutes and 50 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 13 March 2025 (5:40pm GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 13 March 2025 (12:59am GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 7 days, 10 hours, 29 minutes and 37 seconds
Lazy Doctor Who Episodes
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The Evil of the Daleks 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 14 minutes and 56 secondsLL (1)
Erika and Steven dive into another unfamiliar-to-Erika Doctor Who story, which delights her to no end. Mystery and clues and detecting and Daleks—what more could you ask for? NONE MORE, that’s what.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Evil of the Daleks 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 14 minutes and 56 secondsLL (1)
Erika and Steven dive into another unfamiliar-to-Erika Doctor Who story, which delights her to no end. Mystery and clues and detecting and Daleks—what more could you ask for? NONE MORE, that’s what.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Faceless Ones 4-6
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 23 minutes and 30 secondsKK (4-6)
Steven and Erika finish off “The Faceless Ones” (and thus, Ben and Polly’s tenure on Doctor Who) in one fell swoop. It may not be the best goodbye, but at least they get one—and it’s after a delightful story, so all in all, could be worse.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Faceless Ones 4-6
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 23 minutes and 30 secondsKK (4-6)
Steven and Erika finish off “The Faceless Ones” (and thus, Ben and Polly’s tenure on Doctor Who) in one fell swoop. It may not be the best goodbye, but at least they get one—and it’s after a delightful story, so all in all, could be worse.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Faceless Ones 2-3
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 19 minutes and 19 secondsKK (2-3)
Erika and Steven watch a couple more exciting-and-“new” episodes of Doctor Who. The second Doctor is very second Doctorey! Jamie and the Doctor start pairing off! Not enough Polly and Ben! And, most important of all, a truly, truly terrible hat.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Faceless Ones 2-3
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 19 minutes and 19 secondsKK (2-3)
Erika and Steven watch a couple more exciting-and-“new” episodes of Doctor Who. The second Doctor is very second Doctorey! Jamie and the Doctor start pairing off! Not enough Polly and Ben! And, most important of all, a truly, truly terrible hat.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Faceless Ones 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 25 minutes and 39 secondsKK (1)
Steven and Erika watch the closest thing Erika has found to truly new-to-her Who yet. With virtually no knowledge of what’s to come, this story takes on an extra layer of excitement!
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Faceless Ones 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 25 minutes and 39 secondsKK (1)
Steven and Erika watch the closest thing Erika has found to truly new-to-her Who yet. With virtually no knowledge of what’s to come, this story takes on an extra layer of excitement!
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Macra Terror 1-4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 36 minutes and 21 secondsJJ (1-4)
Erika and Steven ring out 2017 ON THE PODCAST! What better way to spend the dying hours of a year than with a delightful Doctor Who story about giant, authoritarian crabs? We couldn’t think of one. So here we are.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Macra Terror 1-4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 36 minutes and 21 secondsJJ (1-4)
Erika and Steven ring out 2017 ON THE PODCAST! What better way to spend the dying hours of a year than with a delightful Doctor Who story about giant, authoritarian crabs? We couldn’t think of one. So here we are.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Moonbase 4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 18 minutes and 44 secondsHH (4)
Steven and Erika finish off 1967’s “The Moonbase” and chat a bit about Cyber-continuity. Erika also has headcanon regarding coffee trays in space.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Moonbase 4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 18 minutes and 44 secondsHH (4)
Steven and Erika finish off 1967’s “The Moonbase” and chat a bit about Cyber-continuity. Erika also has headcanon regarding coffee trays in space.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Moonbase 3
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 18 minutes and 46 secondsHH (3)
Erika and Steven celebrate Boxing Day with some more of “The Moonbase”. THIS is where Polly’s awesomeness comes to the fore! And Erika remembers to say some stuff she forgot last time. Better late than never!
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Moonbase 3
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 18 minutes and 46 secondsHH (3)
Erika and Steven celebrate Boxing Day with some more of “The Moonbase”. THIS is where Polly’s awesomeness comes to the fore! And Erika remembers to say some stuff she forgot last time. Better late than never!
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Moonbase 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 25 minutes and 27 secondsHH (2)
Steven and Erika roll right along into episode 2 because Erika doesn’t want to have to wait any longer to see real moving pictures—and moving sets! Not to mention a buncha sweet “science” and delicious technobabble!
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Moonbase 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 25 minutes and 27 secondsHH (2)
Steven and Erika roll right along into episode 2 because Erika doesn’t want to have to wait any longer to see real moving pictures—and moving sets! Not to mention a buncha sweet “science” and delicious technobabble!
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Moonbase 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 17 minutes and 4 secondsHH (1)
Erika and Steven celebrate Christmas Eve by watching the first episode of the second Cybermen story—the animated version, anyway. Beware the Phantom Piper!
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Moonbase 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 17 minutes and 4 secondsHH (1)
Erika and Steven celebrate Christmas Eve by watching the first episode of the second Cybermen story—the animated version, anyway. Beware the Phantom Piper!
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Underwater Menace 3-4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 30 minutes and 6 secondsGG (3-4)
Steven and Erika finish off what is one of the weirdest stories in the history of Doctor Who. Erika isn’t quite sure what she just saw or if she liked it overall, but man oh man, what a ride!
When we started this podcast, some people worried we’d hit the recons in the 1st and 2nd Doctors’ eras, get demoralized, and give up. I think we have proved that’s not the case. NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN STOP US NOW!
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Underwater Menace 3-4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 30 minutes and 6 secondsGG (3-4)
Steven and Erika finish off what is one of the weirdest stories in the history of Doctor Who. Erika isn’t quite sure what she just saw or if she liked it overall, but man oh man, what a ride!
When we started this podcast, some people worried we’d hit the recons in the 1st and 2nd Doctors’ eras, get demoralized, and give up. I think we have proved that’s not the case. NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN STOP US NOW!
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Underwater Menace 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 14 minutes and 47 secondsGG (2)
Erika and Steven watch MOVING PICTURES OF PATRICK TROUGHTON. That’s the most important thing right now, really.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Underwater Menace 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 14 minutes and 47 secondsGG (2)
Erika and Steven watch MOVING PICTURES OF PATRICK TROUGHTON. That’s the most important thing right now, really.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Underwater Menace 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 12 minutes and 42 secondsGG (1)
Steven and Erika watch the official BBC recon of “The Underwater Menace” Episode 1 together—and it’s the first time for us both! (Though Steven has seen another recon previously.) Togetherness at last!
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Underwater Menace 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 12 minutes and 42 secondsGG (1)
Steven and Erika watch the official BBC recon of “The Underwater Menace” Episode 1 together—and it’s the first time for us both! (Though Steven has seen another recon previously.) Togetherness at last!
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Highlanders 3-4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 16 minutes and 21 secondsFF (3-4)
Erika and Steven stay up late to finish off “The Highlanders”, the story that introduces us to future-companion Jamie McCrimmon…but doesn’t really do anything else with him.
Oh yeah, and we finally remember to acknowledge hitting 100 episodes!
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Highlanders 3-4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 16 minutes and 21 secondsFF (3-4)
Erika and Steven stay up late to finish off “The Highlanders”, the story that introduces us to future-companion Jamie McCrimmon…but doesn’t really do anything else with him.
Oh yeah, and we finally remember to acknowledge hitting 100 episodes!
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Highlanders 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 12 minutes and 3 secondsFF (2)
Steven and Erika laugh it up over Episode Two of “The Highlanders”. Troughton is really coming into his own!
And we were too lazy to keep track and notice that this was our 100th episode, so the celebration is entirely here in the show notes. Happy 100th ep, everyone! Confetti! Party poppers! Silly hats! Especially silly hats.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Highlanders 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 12 minutes and 3 secondsFF (2)
Steven and Erika laugh it up over Episode Two of “The Highlanders”. Troughton is really coming into his own!
And we were too lazy to keep track and notice that this was our 100th episode, so the celebration is entirely here in the show notes. Happy 100th ep, everyone! Confetti! Party poppers! Silly hats! Especially silly hats.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Highlanders 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 18 minutes and 2 secondsFF (1)
Erika and Steven dig into the last proper historical for a very long time. No moving pictures, but this ep moves along just fine!
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Highlanders 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 18 minutes and 2 secondsFF (1) - Erika and Steven dig into the last proper historical for a very long time. No moving pictures, but this ep moves along just fine!Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
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The Power of the Daleks 6
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 18 minutes and 15 secondsEE (6)
Steven and Erika reach the end of the second Doctor’s first serial. And what a grisly end it is! People think Who is dark these days? Sheeeeesh.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Power of the Daleks 6
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 18 minutes and 15 secondsEE (6) - Steven and Erika reach the end of the second Doctor's first serial. And what a grisly end it is! People think Who is dark these days? Sheeeeesh.Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
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The Power of the Daleks 5
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 23 minutes and 22 secondsEE (5)
Erika and Steven take a few moments to talk about their new project on the TeeVee feed: a Lazy Doctor Who spinoff podcast covering every episode of The Prisoner. You (at least some of you) asked for it, so here you go! Please enjoy In the Village.
And then we talk about creepy Daleks and creepy rebels and awesome Polly and the Doctor.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Power of the Daleks 5
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 23 minutes and 22 secondsEE (5) - Erika and Steven take a few moments to talk about their new project on the TeeVee feed: a Lazy Doctor Who spinoff podcast covering every episode of The Prisoner. You (at least some of you) asked for it, so here you go! Please enjoy In the Village. And then we talk about creepy Daleks and creepy rebels and awesome Polly and the Doctor.Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
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The Power of the Daleks 4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 22 minutes and 3 secondsEE (4)
Steven and Erika reach what may be the best single Dalek episode ever—at least, according to Erika.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Power of the Daleks 4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 22 minutes and 3 secondsEE (4) - Steven and Erika reach what may be the best single Dalek episode ever--at least, according to Erika.Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
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The Power of the Daleks 3
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 14 minutes and 17 secondsEE (3)
Erika and Steven are making Patrick Troughton’s first Doctor Who story last. It’s one episode at a time for us these days! Savor the goodness!
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Power of the Daleks 3
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 14 minutes and 17 secondsEE (3) - Erika and Steven are making Patrick Troughton's first Doctor Who story last. It's one episode at a time for us these days! Savor the goodness!Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
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The Power of the Daleks 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 19 minutes and 49 secondsEE (2)
Steven and Erika continue watching the reconstruction of Patrick Troughton’s first Doctor Who story. And go on a brief (but sorta kinda related) tangent about Total Party Kill.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Power of the Daleks 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 19 minutes and 49 secondsEE (2) - Steven and Erika continue watching the reconstruction of Patrick Troughton's first Doctor Who story. And go on a brief (but sorta kinda related) tangent about Total Party Kill.Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
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The Power of the Daleks 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 14 minutes and 39 secondsEE (1)
Erika and Steven tread into bold new territory: the Patrick Troughton era of Doctor Who!
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Power of the Daleks 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 14 minutes and 39 secondsEE (1) - Erika and Steven tread into bold new territory: the Patrick Troughton era of Doctor Who!Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
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The Tenth Planet (1-4)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 38 minutes and 31 secondsDD (1-4)
Steven and Erika are joined by a couch interloper! Annette Wierstra provides a slightly new-Whoish perspective on this, the origin of the Cybermen. We also chat about the series 10 finale and the trailer for the 2017 Christmas special.
It’s a truly momentous episode. We have completed the William Hartnell era, and the timing is perfect to tie in with the current series. Just…wow.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Annette Wierstra
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The Tenth Planet (1-4)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 38 minutes and 31 secondsDD (1-4) - Steven and Erika are joined by a couch interloper! Annette Wierstra provides a slightly new-Whoish perspective on this, the origin of the Cybermen. We also chat about the series 10 finale and the trailer for the 2017 Christmas special. It's a truly momentous episode. We have completed the William Hartnell era, and the timing is perfect to tie in with the current series. Just...wow.Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Annette Wierstra.
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The Smugglers 4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 24 minutes and 17 secondsCC (4)
Erika and Steven finish off 1966’s “The Smugglers”, go on quite a tangent about the characterization of the Doctor over the years, celebrate the naming of Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor, and finish up by teasing our next episode that will be a little different. We also use this very episode of the podcast itself (in the future! — our future, your present) to coerce help from next episode’s special guest. We hope.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Smugglers 4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 24 minutes and 17 secondsCC (4) - Erika and Steven finish off 1966's "The Smugglers", go on quite a tangent about the characterization of the Doctor over the years, celebrate the naming of Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor, and finish up by teasing our next episode that will be a little different. We also use this very episode of the podcast itself (in the future! -- our future, your present) to coerce help from next episode's special guest. We hope.Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
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The Smugglers 3
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 15 minutes and 6 secondsCC (3)
Steven and Erika try to power through the last two eps of this Doctor Who story from 1966. Erika fights valiantly to stay awake and mostly succeeds. Blame the travel schedule more than the episode. It’s still fun Who!
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Smugglers 3
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 15 minutes and 6 secondsCC (3) - Steven and Erika try to power through the last two eps of this Doctor Who story from 1966. Erika fights valiantly to stay awake and mostly succeeds. Blame the travel schedule more than the episode. It's still fun Who!Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
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The Smugglers 1-2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 15 minutes and 19 secondsCC (1-2)
Erika and Steven watch some more reconstructed Doctor Who and squee mightily over the fabness of Ben and Polly.
Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The Smugglers 1-2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 15 minutes and 19 secondsCC (1-2) - Erika and Steven watch some more reconstructed Doctor Who and squee mightily over the fabness of Ben and Polly.Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.