The Empty Children – Details, episodes & analysis

Welcome to The Empty Children, the podcast in which host, Maddy Searle, and this week's excellent co-hosts, Rachel Smith, James Barbarossa and David Devereux, explore the Russell T Davies eras of Doctor Who, both past and future.

This week, we're talking about Series 1 Episode 6, "Dalek", in which we revel in our hatred of Adam. 

Transcript available at bit.ly/ECTranscript5

Content warnings: strong language, sexual references; discussions of fascism, death, guns, violence, genocide; mentions of suicide, trauma, grief. 

Follow the show on Twitter @EmptyChildPod on Twitter. 

This show is a Snazzy Tapir Production. Find out more at snazzytapir.wordpress.com. 

Maddy Searle (she/her) - @maddy_abstract

Rachel Smith (she/her) - @Smithy_Smith

James Barbarossa (he/him) - @barbarossaphone

David Devereux (they/them) - @devereuxbass

Edited and produced by Maddy Searle

Music by James Barbarossa

Art by Beth Crane - @NotCombustible

Welcome to The Empty Children, the podcast in which host, Maddy Searle, and this week's excellent co-hosts, Rachel Smith, Zachary Fortais-Gomm and James Barbarossa, explore the Russell T Davies eras of Doctor Who, both past and future.

This week, we're talking about Series 1 Episode 4 and 5, "Aliens of London" and "World War Three", in which we speculate about the BBC's library of fart sounds. 

Transcript available at bit.ly/ECTranscript4

Content warnings: strong language; discussions of 9/11, the Iraq War, racism, fatphobia.

Follow the show on Twitter @EmptyChildPod on Twitter. 

This show is a Snazzy Tapir Production. Find out more at snazzytapir.wordpress.com. 

Maddy Searle (she/her) - @maddy_abstract

Rachel Smith (she/her) - @Smithy_Smith

Zachary Fortais-Gomm (he/him) - @zackfg

James Barbarossa (he/him) - @barbarossaphone

Edited and produced by Maddy Searle

Music by James Barbarossa

Art by Beth Crane - @NotCombustible

Series 1 Episode 3 - "The Unquiet Dead"

Welcome to The Empty Children, the podcast in which host, Maddy Searle, and this week's excellent co-hosts, David Pellow, Zachary Fortais-Gomm and James Barbarossa, explore the Russell T Davies eras of Doctor Who, both past and future.

This week, we're talking about Series 1 Episode 3, "The Unquiet Dead", in which we ask the most important question, "What the Shakespeare is going on?" 

Transcript available at bit.ly/ECTranscript3

Content warnings: stong language, sexual references; discussions of classism, death; mentions of genocide, the AIDS crisis

Follow the show on Twitter @EmptyChildPod on Twitter. 

This show is a Snazzy Tapir Production. Find out more at snazzytapir.wordpress.com. 

Maddy Searle (she/her) - @maddy_abstract

David Pellow (he/him) - @pellowponders

Zachary Fortais-Gomm (he/him) - @zackfg

James Barbarossa (he/him) - @barbarossaphone

Edited and produced by Maddy Searle

Music by James Barbarossa

Art by Beth Crane - @NotCombustible

Series 1 Episode 2 - "The End of the World"

Welcome to The Empty Children, the podcast in which host, Maddy Searle, and this week's excellent co-hosts, David Devereux, Zachary Fortais-Gomm, James Barbarossa and Rachel Smith, explore the Russell T Davies eras of Doctor Who, both past and future.

This week, we're talking about Series 1 Episode 2, "The End of the World", including a very passionate discussion of Toxic by Britney Spears. 

Transcript available at bit.ly/ECTranscript2

Content warnings: stong language, sexual references;  discussions of racism, eugenics, transphobia, homophobia, classism 

Follow the show on Twitter @EmptyChildPod on Twitter. 

This show is a Snazzy Tapir Production. Find out more at snazzytapir.wordpress.com. 

Maddy Searle (she/her) - @maddy_abstract

David Devereux (they/them) - @devereuxbass

Zachary Fortais-Gomm (he/him) - @zackfg

James Barbarossa (he/him) - @barbarossaphone

Rachel Smith (she/her) - @Smithy_Smith

Edited and produced by Maddy Searle

Music by James Barbarossa

Art by Beth Crane - @NotCombustible

Series 1 Episode 1 - "Rose"

Welcome to The Empty Children, the podcast in which host, Maddy Searle, and this week's excellent co-hosts, Zachary Fortais-Gomm, James Barbarossa and Rachel Smith, explore the Russell T Davies eras of Doctor Who, both past and future.

This season, we're discussing the 2005 series starring Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, beginning with Series 1 Episode 1, "Rose". Prepare for chat about bins, bad VFX and brilliant performances. 

Transcript available at bit.ly/ECTranscript1

Content warnings: stong language; mentions of the AIDs crisis, trauma, classism

Follow the show on Twitter @EmptyChildPod on Twitter. 

This show is a Snazzy Tapir Production. Find out more at snazzytapir.wordpress.com. 

Maddy Searle (she/her) - @maddy_abstract

Zachary Fortais-Gomm (he/him) - @zackfg

James Barbarossa (he/him) - @barbarossaphone

Rachel Smith (she/her) - @Smithy_Smith

Edited and produced by Maddy Searle

Music by James Barbarossa

Art by Beth Crane - @NotCombustible

The Empty Children is a brand new pop culture discussion podcast, which explores the Russell T Davies eras of Doctor Who, both past and future! Our first episode will be released on 5th May 2022!  Follow @EmptyChildPod on Twitter for updates!