Affectionate Doctor Who argument, properly nerdy.
Who's He? Podcast treats Doctor Who as both comfort viewing and fair game for complaint. Phil, Scott, and Paul move between classic serials, new episodes, Blu-ray extras, missing-episode finds, merchandise, and the online fandom arguments that trail behind them.
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Who's He? Podcast is Doctor Who fandom in its comfortable, argumentative form. It sounds like people who have lived with the programme long enough to love it and still call out the ridiculous bits. The centre of gravity is Doctor Who. The range is wide, though: classic serials, new episodes, Blu-ray releases, recovered missing episodes, merchandise news, convention plans, side material, and occasional television reviews under the Who's He? On The TV banner. Episodes often start with a bit of housekeeping or news before settling into the main review. Then the talk sprawls, in a useful way. A Daleks' Master Plan conversation can move from the excitement of newly available old episodes to Katerina's role, her quiet performance, her short life as a companion, and the limits of what survives from the first Doctor era. A Warriors of the Deep episode can begin with a special edition release and end up pushing back hard against fans who mistake inclusion for a threat. The show is warm, but it has teeth. It will praise Horror of Fang Rock for atmosphere, set design, and upgraded effects, then pause over the practical tricks that made a tiny studio lighthouse feel bigger than it was. It will also look at The Invasion of Time and spend real time on Sontaran masks, visible eyes, Panopticon corridors, and whether a supposed TARDIS interior is fooling anyone. That kind of detail is the show's natural habitat. It likes production texture as much as plot. It also likes era-by-era comparison, which gives recurring strands like Welcome the Doctor and Random Who a lived-in structure without making the conversation feel overplanned. Phil, Scott, and Paul come through as named voices with different rhythms rather than people reading a brief. Their exchanges can be messy, funny, corrective, and blunt. The show works best for listeners who already care about Doctor Who enough to enjoy a tangent on season numbering, companion writing, or a newly released box set. It is not a beginner's guide. It is closer to a familiar table at a fan convention: informed, affectionate, occasionally exasperated, and always ready to argue that one detail has been slightly misremembered.
Made for: For Doctor Who fans who already know the eras, companions, monsters, and fandom flashpoints, and want conversation that treats them as shared context. It also suits listeners who enjoy classic TV production detail and honest review chat.
What sets it apart: The show mixes fan memory, production detail, new-release coverage, and blunt opinion without sanding off the digressions. Its strength is the way a review can become a wider argument about writing, fandom, history, and why one mask looks wrong on camera.
The Who's He? Podcast, a long running Doctor Who review show hosted by Phil Cannon, Paul Connor and Scott Cannon in which they chat about all things Doctor Who related, including Big Finish, Target books and much more!Also the home of bonus shows Who's He? at The Movies and Who's He? on The TV, in which we look at movies and TV shows old and new.Please follow on Bluesky @whoshepodcast.bsky.social and Threads @doctor_who_whos_he_podcast
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Phil Cannon and his co-hosts make Doctor Who rewatches useful through close attention to performance, production craft and changing judgments.
Who's He? Podcast turns Doctor Who rewatching into a running argument about performance, writing, design and the peculiar decisions that survive on screen.
Doctor Who's wobbliest monsters get the same attention as its sharpest ideas, and you get both verdicts.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Phil and Scott weigh two recovered Doctor Who episodes, with Katerina's brief time in the TARDIS at the center.
Phil and Scott have a clean, focused subject in the return of two long-missing Doctor Who episodes: one and three of The Daleks' Master Plan, The Nightmare Begins and Devil's Planet.
A Blu-ray chat that opens into a pointed discussion of fandom, inclusion, and Doctor Who's long memory.
This Who's He? episode opens with a brief news discussion about BBC director general Matt Britton, his Google background, and the reaction to his Doctor Who fandom.
A belated Jubilee discussion that pairs Doctor Who news with an unsparing look at the story's darker edges.
Who's He? Podcast 536 finally reaches Jubilee after noting it is about four weeks late, while also taking in the recent return of two missing Doctor Who episodes.
A random pick of The Invasion of Time opens into a sharp, detail-rich Doctor Who production chat.
Who's He? Podcast uses a random pick from The Invasion of Time as a way into both the story itself and the production choices around it. Phil and Scott spend time on the Sontaran masks, including the awkward fit that misses the actor's eyes, then trace the changing look through…
A sharp, affectionate Twin Dilemma discussion, loosened by Dalek tat, casting talk, and fandom chatter.
The Sixth Doctor's arrival gives Who's He? Podcast a firm focus in The Twin Dilemma: the uneasy, often baffling dynamic between the Doctor and Perry.
A warm Fang Rock rewatch with a sharp eye for the lighthouse craft behind the fog.
Who's He? Podcast revisits Horror of Fang Rock with clear affection, pairing the story itself with a practical look at the season 15 Blu-ray release and its updated effects.
Big Finish news, clips, and backstage story craft.
Doctor Who theories with affectionate chaos.
Doctor Who talk with memory and bite.
Phil and Scott discuss the lack of Doctor Who news and present a Big Finish short trip audio story, 'Dead Media', read by Jacob Dudman.
Host and guest Tyler Adams begin a two-part conversation about the TV career of comedy legend Spike Milligan.
Phil and Scott discuss recent Doctor Who news, including episode titles and a German trailer, before starting their random episode review of 'The Girl in the Fireplace'.
Part two of a conversation about Spike Milligan's television work in the 1970s, focusing on the Milligan Inn specials and related sketches.
Phil Cannon reviews the 1967 Hammer film adaptation of 'Quatermass and the Pit,' analyzing its cast, themes, and production.
Phil and Scott Cannon discuss the newly released episode titles for the upcoming Doctor Who series, including Space Babies, The Devil's Chord, and Boom.
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Phil and Scott open Who's He?
Phil and Scott open with the new BBC director general, Matt Britton, and the fact that he is a massive Doctor Who fan.
Phil and Paul come back to finish Jubilee, a Colin Baker six docs month they admit is about four weeks late.
Phil and Scott draw a Random Who pick: The Invasion of Time.
A review of Fallout Season 2 on Prime, discussing plot advancements and character developments while noting it feels like treading water.
Phil and Scott begin by brushing the dust off their long-unused tat-news jingle.
Phil and Paul discuss two episodes of Doctor Who, Wishworld and the Reality War, treating them as one story.