The Review of Death posts
💿 ONCE AND FUTURE | The Artist at the End of Time review
Does Annie like Peter "Marlboro Light" Davison? Has Matt watched Secret Invasion yet? Who or what is the Kang Dynasty? And why-oh-why did Matt pre-order the super-ultra-deluxe editions of Once and Future? All that and more as the RoD Bois pay a visit to 'The Artist at the End of Time'...
⭐️ RoDate! | Next Commentary and Ep55 Poll (23/06/2023)
Hey RoDers,There are now 200 of you! That's amazing - thank you all so much for your continued support, it means the world to us and is *literally* keeping the lights on. We're so happy with how our Patreon content is coming along and we're looking forward to doing more and more stuff.Wi...
📊 POLL TIME! | Vote for our next commentary!
Hey all,Hope everything is funky, groovy and generally hip with you!In case you missed it, we dropped our latest commentary, Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans, last week and also posted the early access link to this week's brand new podcast review of the Series 8 stinker, 'Into the Forest o...
⏰ EARLY ACCESS: Ep54. Mel Returns! PLUS In the Forest of the Night
NEXT WEEK’S RoD TODAY!MEL’S BACK! Plus, am I a good man? Why are the trees angry? Is the tiger real or CG? And what’s wrong with this era of DoctorWho?- RoD 💜💚
🥔 EXCLUSIVE | Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans commentary
Matt and Billy don their bacofoil slacks and hoist their solar sails as they boldly go where no fans have gone before (since the mid-90s anyway!), with a commentary and critique of the 1994 direct-to-video spin-off drama, Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans.Stick around after the main feature for a q...
⏰ EARLY ACCESS: Ep53. The Five Doctors
It’s a new RoD - yes it is!Party like it’s 1983 as Matt and Billy discuss the 20th Anniversary spectacular ‘The Five Doctors’ in an all new Review of Death.As always, we’d love to hear what you think of the new format!- RoD 💜💚
🌟 The BRAND NEW 2023 Review of Death Titles!
Created by the über talented David Burgess, we are proud to present the brand new title sequence for The Review of Death! We'll show you the process and influences in a later post, but we wanted to show it off our RoDers before its debut this Thursday in 'The Five Doctors' review.Dave&#...
⭐️ RoDate! (01/06/2023)
Howdy doodly doo! How's it going?It's been a while since our last update post - so with things starting to settle into a rhythm in RoD-Land and no Patreon exclusive episode today, we figured it was time to smarten you lovely lot up. Lots to get through so we'll try and make this as conci...
⏰ EARLY ACCESS: Ep52. The TV Movie
Johnny-boy is back on the Sofa of Reasonable Comfort to review the 1996 TV Movie!- RoD 💜💚
💿 EXCLUSIVE: Once and Future - Past Lives review
For the first time ever, the RoD Boys are venturing into the worlds of Big Finish with a review of their offering for this year's 60th Anniversary celebrations, Once and Future. 'Past Lives' is the first instalment in this series, but is this already too much fanwank and globe-hopping wa...
🎣 EXCLUSIVE: Doctor Who and the Pescatons (1976) review
Grab your fishing lines, fetch your diving bells and slip on something scaly...it's time to dive beneath the depths of the river Thames to uncover Doctor Who's first ever audio drama, Doctor Who and the Pescatons.Enjoy!- RoD 💜💚
⏰ EARLY ACCESS: Ep51.5. 60th Anniversary Titles Revealed + Series 14 News
SURPRISE RoD! I mean, not really, if you read the last post…But yes, join two very tired young men as they discuss a 30second trailer that revealed very little except the episode titles for the 60th Anniversary Doctor Who specials. We also discuss The Beatles, Eurovision and Johnny has a facelift....
⏰ EARLY ACCESS: Ep51. Underrated Episodes (plus a look at the new title sequence!)
Hey RoDers,Here’s this week’s brand new episode - the last of the pre-recorded podcasts with Matt and Billy together in the studio! The end of an era……but the start of something NEW! We’re very excited to share some screenshots of the new RoD title sequence as it starts to come together.Ea...
⭐ RoDate! (08/05/2023)
Hey gang,First and foremost, I'm sorry we've not been able to get the Patreon exclusive review of Doctor Who and the Pescatons out to you this week. Between Matt being away in London and Billy returning to Auckland from Bumfucknowhere/Land-of-the-Decaying-Goats, only to both jump straight in...
⏰ EARLY ACCESS: Ep50. News Updates + The Doctor’s Wife
All the latest news and a review of the best episode of Series 6? Maybe.HERE IT IS!Enjoy folks,- RoD 💜💚
❓ RoD Patreon Q&A #9: Fortnite, B&M and Glub Shitto!
POSSIBLE SPOILER WARNINGS AHEAD!The Boys are Zooming back into your lives at supersonic speeds to answer your burning questions and discuss Fortnite, Blue Peter, new B&M figures, Glub Shitto and everything else that makes Doctor Who great. Plus, Johnny makes a surprise appearance and we chat about u...
🥔 NEXT PATREON EXCLUSIVE and CALL FOR QUESTIONS!
Hey-ho buckeroos!Our next Patreon special will be a look at the 1994 direct-to-video spin-off, Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans. We’re planning on recording a commentary and review and releasing it once we reach 200 RoDers! We’ll also look at the ‘Making of…’ feature and we have some coo...
⏰ EARLY ACCESS: Ep49. New Series Tier List Ranking
Who says Tier Lists are dead?! Everybody wants to know someone's thoughts and feelings distilled into a few tiles, placed arbitrarily on a meaningless chart, thus stripping all opinions of their nuance and thoughtfulness! Cmon, it's 2023 for Rassilon's sake!Anyway, this was a lot of fun ...
⭐ RoDate! (06/04/2023)
Barbie! Secrets & Scandals! Spin-offs! Doom's Day!It's all happening right here, on Patreon - Matt and Billy get together to RoD all over the world for the first time.*FYI, for you lot quick on the drop, I'm in deepest darkest bum-fuck-nowhere at the moment, so it'll take a while for...
⏰ EARLY ACCESS // Ep48. Pyramids of Mars
Chuck on your scarf, gather your Big Titted Mummies and set your Osirian war rockets for the heart of the sun, it's 'Pyramids of Mars' - the RoD review!LINK: https://youtu.be/Gl9H0H8-Gu8Enjoy,- RoD xx
📝 RoDate! (24/03/2023)
As Billy writes this, he's just destroyed yet another cobweb set up by a tiny spider sequestered in a tree just outside his tiny NZ home. He's picking bits of desiccated fly and God-knows-what-else out of his hair and this isn't the way he wanted the first RoDate to start...Anyway, lovel...
⭐️ RoD Patreon Q&A #8
More fun and frolics as the Boys run through your burning questions in another instalment of our Patreon exclusive Q&A series!LINK: https://youtu.be/e4MT1DUdRPUExpect an update post on RoD goings on in the next day or so!All the best,- RoD 💜💚
⏰ EARLY ACCESS | Ep47. Overrated Episodes
Time to revisit a RoD classic! 7 years ago, fuelled by spite and Lynx, the Boys ran down the episodes they considered to be the most overrated in Doctor Who history!Now, they go back and take a cautious glance at their old thoughts and feelings and contrast them with their modern take on all things ...
🎧 PATREON EXCLUSIVE | Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty Commentary
Are you ready to expose yourself to one whole hour of the most cringeworthy Doctor Who content ever broadcast? Well, even if you're not prepared for this televisual car crash, Matt and Billy are on hand to guide you through it, one stomach churning moment at a time.One Direction, Rick Edwards ca...
🚨 EARLY ACCESS | EP46. ‘Frontios’ review!
Howdy RoDers,Hope you’re getting over the Jan/Feb blues and are looking forward to things warming up a bit in the UK! If you live outside of the UK and it’s been warm for ages, good for you, you bastards.Time to cozy up with another instalment of RoD - this time, the Boys critique the subterrane...
📊 CALL FOR QUESTIONS and a slight change of plans… (RoD Update 22/02/23)
Hey all!Just a quick change to our upcoming episode line-up to tell you about, plus a call to submit questions for our semi-regular RoD Patreon Q&A session!We’re reshuffling the order of upcoming eps to better utilise the time Matt and Billy have together before the inevitable happens! Plus, it ma...
🎧 PATREON EXCLUSIVE | Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor Commentary
It's here!Sorry for the delay folks - we've been trying to figure out the best way of presenting this to you and it's taken a while to get things in order. Firstly, Billy forgot to clip his lapel mic on for this commentary, but he's still audible, thank the Gods!Secondly, as is to be...
The Future of RoD 💜💚
Howdy gang!Time to talk shop.Obviously, the elephant in the room (or should that be Kiwi Bird…na, you wouldn’t see that amongst the crap in on our set. What would be totally out of place in the studio, is obnoxiously large and intrinsically linked with New Zealand?).Okay, the Taika Waititi in th...
🚨 EARLY ACCESS: Ep45. The RoDies 2023
PULL ON YOUR PULLOVERS AND STUFF YOUR HANKIES! 👔Roll out the red carpet, it’s the 2023 RoDie Awards presented by Matt, Billy and Johnny!LINK: https://youtu.be/22QKTy2h5LIEnjoy,- RoD 💜💚
🏆 RoDies FINAL CATAGORY!
The RoDies are/is (grammar, grr) almost upon us!We're recording the second most prestigious awards show (after Horse of the Year, of course) tomorrow evening! Ties have been straightened, trousers have been pressed and Johnny is going to town with the nose strimmer!Anyway, as we tend to do, here...























