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The Queer Archive

By Skye and Brenna

A queer and feminist podcast where Skye (they/them) and Brenna (she/her) watch and discuss episodes of Doctor Who.
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E02 The Witch's Familiar

The Queer ArchiveDec 02, 2019

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Echelon Circuit: Legend of the Sea Devils

Echelon Circuit: Legend of the Sea Devils

yaz said GAY PANIC, a dan we can "get on board" (🥁)  with, and practical effects over everything, forever!

May 01, 202251:01
E02 War of the Sontarans
Mar 30, 202201:09:20
E01 The Halloween Apocalypse

E01 The Halloween Apocalypse

it’s a #gally1 wrap-up, y'all! ::airhorn:: we also repent for our joseph williamson slander, camp out for a bit on camp, and talk about karvanista, who is, in fact, a very good boy

Mar 03, 202201:14:05
Echelon Circuit: Eve of the Daleks

Echelon Circuit: Eve of the Daleks

Nick briggs brought some sauce this episode, dan has been reading all our a03 fics and 🗣YASMIN KHAN IS A QUEER PAKISTANI MUSLIM WOMAN IN LOVE WITH THE DOCTOR

Jan 04, 202241:19
Echelon Circuit: The Vanquishers

Echelon Circuit: The Vanquishers

JUST LET THEM KISS ALREADY, diane saves the whole damn universe, and anyone who says segun’s work is too atmospheric can see brenna after class.

Dec 11, 202101:21:19
Echelon Circuit: Survivors of the Flux
Dec 02, 202150:51
Echelon Circuit: Village of the Angels

Echelon Circuit: Village of the Angels

this week in the great british villain off, angels greatest hits! we are ready to roll out the “we 💜 maxine” ticker tape parade,  and bel + vinder continue to be our happy place

Nov 24, 202143:49
Echelon Circuit: Once Upon Time

Echelon Circuit: Once Upon Time

RELEASE THE RUTH!DOCTOR CUT!! Tecteun can catch these hands, and we are all flag-bearing members of the Bel from Belfast fan club.

Nov 19, 202156:34
Echelon Circuit: War of the Sontarans
Nov 10, 202137:50
Echelon Circuit: The Halloween Apocalypse

Echelon Circuit: The Halloween Apocalypse

We coulda had a whole season of precious, bickering Thasmin, protect Diane at all costs, and the category is…sugar skull royalty 👑

Nov 02, 202121:54
TARDIS Tea Time: Flux

TARDIS Tea Time: Flux

we talk all about our recent Great British Bake Off obsession, debate the optics versus the material results of “progressive” DW, speculate about the new sugar skull aliens 👀✨ in this upcoming series and of course give an update from our lonely corner: unpopular opinions on RTD's return.

Oct 17, 202148:49
E10 The Timeless Children

E10 The Timeless Children

we attempt to remember how to cast our pods, this episode has everything: foucault, homophobia, racism, helvetica neue and we talk about how the timeless children additions to canon make the doctor one of us, one of us, ONE OF US

Mar 01, 202139:46
E09 Ascension of the Cybermen

E09 Ascension of the Cybermen

the wheels really fall off on this one, we talk about how this is like zygons but better, we attempt to sing the unsingable, and *can* yaz be lifted out of this episode???? unclear.

Feb 01, 202138:10
E08 The Haunting of Villa Diodati

E08 The Haunting of Villa Diodati

we are BEGGING lord byron to shut up, we share DW staff rumors to try and manifest them into reality, and we stand in awe of both mary shelley's and maxine alderton's brilliance.

c/w: we briefly talk about miscarriages in the black archive.

Jan 25, 202145:02
E07 Can You Hear Me?

E07 Can You Hear Me?

where *doesn’t* it say that officer patel has a wife??, the number of hand puns in this episode is high.... it’s very high, and our math is bigger on the inside. 

Jan 11, 202140:46
Echelon Circuit: Revolution of the Daleks

Echelon Circuit: Revolution of the Daleks

we react to the series 13 festive special, revolution of the daleks !!

we SAID go re-read nicole's article on color blind casting in doctor who. for good health. pass it along...
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who-the-complications-of-color-blind-casting/

Jan 03, 202146:59
E06 Praxeus

E06 Praxeus

we are concerned for this episode’s lack of basic fire safety, love the Doctor playing doctor 👩🏼‍⚕, and 🗣 IF THE DOCTOR IS A ROMANTIC, LET THEM HAVE A ROMANCE!

Dec 28, 202038:18
E05 Fugitive of the Judoon

E05 Fugitive of the Judoon

vinay’s script is perfect, Ruth!Doctor deserves a better latte, and we would love to don our doc martens and geek out about capaldi with jo martin.

Dec 14, 202038:57
E04 Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror

E04 Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror

the american dream doesn’t exist, we discuss how the writing has underserved both jodie and the show and 🗣LET THIRTEEN WEAR PERIOD COSTUMES.
...oh and edison can STILL get bent!

Dec 07, 202037:52
Echelon Circuit: Revolution of the Daleks Trailer

Echelon Circuit: Revolution of the Daleks Trailer

we react to the revolution of the daleks trailer!!

Nov 30, 202014:15
E03 Orphan 55

E03 Orphan 55

Kane is a Karen, this script needs to just pick ONE side story, and yaz 100% says f*ck,

gums OUT evergreen tweet brought to you by Black TARDIS: https://twitter.com/BlackTARDIS/status/1216785341937381376?s=20

Nov 16, 202033:53
E02 Spyfall Pt. 2

E02 Spyfall Pt. 2

sacha dhawan is always at an 11, 🗣 THE SOUNDTRACKS SHOULD HAVE MORE TRACKS 🗣, and we propose a moratorium on WW episodes.
Nov 09, 202038:32
E01 Spyfall Pt. 1

E01 Spyfall Pt. 1

we are in awe of the doctors circa 2001 RAZR phone, we jam to segun’s swingin eighths, and 13 has the full range of BDE. 

Oct 26, 202044:10
Resolution

Resolution

we decry the total disregard for scant arrow supplies, tosin cole’s jaw clenches speak volumes, and always more women in welding helmets. 

Oct 19, 202037:16
E10 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos

E10 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos

white lady dread adjacent hairstyles, we love backpack, and the communists (r)evolution from i am to WE ARE clever.

as promised...communist cat meme for your entertainment: https://twitter.com/anne_theriault/status/1283485518685249536/photo/1

Oct 13, 202032:24
E09 It Takes You Away

E09 It Takes You Away

ribbons whomst?? we admire the foresight to pack a sarnie, and an infuriating waste of sharon d. clarke’s incredible talents. 

Oct 05, 202031:59
E08 Witchfinders

E08 Witchfinders

yaz is our precious slytherpuff, alan cumming carries the entire episode on his tony-award winning shoulders, and ryan brings it home with the graceful dismount. 


Sep 28, 202030:13
Bonus: Curse of Fenric

Bonus: Curse of Fenric

if you've been thinking "wow, i miss TQA and also would love to hear their nonsense, but about classic who," have we got the episode for you! this is a TQA special about the Seventh Doctor story, "the curse of fenric." our friends from reality bomb have graciously given us permission to share this bonus episode that we recorded for Who for Schools last year. 

Sep 22, 202024:28
Special Episode: The Sorting Fez
Aug 24, 202001:00:50
E07 Kerblam!
Aug 19, 202043:16
E06 Demons of the Punjab
Aug 10, 202042:60
E05 The Tsuranga Conundrum

E05 The Tsuranga Conundrum

PTING BUTT, we ruminate on the mundane -isms of this episode, and a Steve Jobs approved space ship.
Aug 03, 202045:11
E04 Archanids in the UK

E04 Archanids in the UK

we BACK, we’re never not thinking about razmataz, and consent in the WILD in doctor who??
Jul 27, 202034:57
E03 Rosa

E03 Rosa

we sing a love song for organizers, Rosa is indeed a Hero, and we roundly denounce self-congratulatory white fragility and the deeply bad accents.
Jun 23, 202049:53
E02 The Ghost Monument

E02 The Ghost Monument

it's here. the OTP! we make a motion to change it permanently to “moominbeans,” and we stan a queen who has a tiny version of herself on her console,
Jun 15, 202042:48
Partners in Crime
May 31, 202028:53
E01 Woman Who Fell to Earth

E01 Woman Who Fell to Earth

It's here- 13's debut! Early signs of Chibnall's teeth obsession, The Doctor is an actual child, and Graham can fuck off.
May 27, 202055:14
E13 Twice Upon a Time

E13 Twice Upon a Time

one last spin around the Toyota TARDIS, we cry, cry again over losing capaldi, terrarium is the surveillance state, and finding new, weird ways to be kind.

May 18, 202044:41
E12 The Doctor Falls

E12 The Doctor Falls

the banal sexism of the angel in the TARDIS household, the Doctor thinks fucking not!!!, and we shoot ourselves in the back

May 11, 202042:06
E11 World Enough and Time
May 04, 202034:41
E10 Eaters of Light

E10 Eaters of Light

 the Nod transcends thousands of years of history, the vainglority of it all and we tell the Doctor to lay off the Harry Potter juice.

Apr 28, 202027:34
E09 Empress of Mars

E09 Empress of Mars

Queen Iraxa’s infinity sarcophagus, we drag Dafoe from hell and back, also NO COOKIES FOR GATISS.

Apr 20, 202034:20
E08 Lie of the Land

E08 Lie of the Land

a sloppy knock-off 1984, brenna says “wtf” 162738388 times, and a detailed plot summary of incredibles 2.

Apr 20, 202044:49
E07 The Pyramid at the End of the World

E07 The Pyramid at the End of the World

knock off colin firth, a baffling use of the word "consent", and we are all ready to play the big pyramid game.

oh and its all white men's fault.

Apr 06, 202019:21
E06 Extremis

E06 Extremis

let Bill finish a date 2020™, the Doctor signs his email to himself with a kiss, and Moffat may have one (1) cookie. 

Mar 30, 202018:48
E05 Oxygen
Mar 23, 202038:46
E04 Knock Knock

E04 Knock Knock

we tell some knock knock jokes, we have some dranks, we peek into the gaping maw of existential dread and say “that’s gay”.

Mar 16, 202025:46
E03 Thin Ice
Mar 09, 202032:14
Echelon Circuit: Timeless Children

Echelon Circuit: Timeless Children

An emergency reaction episode to Series 12 episode 10, "Timeless Children"
Mar 02, 202037:01
E02 Smile

E02 Smile

bill asks all the right questions, twelve had a thing (??) with an emperor made of algae, and we all restrain our childish impulses to blow things up.

Mar 02, 202032:24