Pop Culture Podcast
Popspotting #71: PopTalk with Catherine Parkinson (June 16, 2011)
It’s our first international PopTalk & Trivia Thursday! Joining us all the way from Huntingdon near Cambridge in the United Kingdom, Catherine Parkinson (@catparky on Twitter). It’s great to hear the perspective of someone outside the American bubble, and she shares her favorite TV shows with UK roots… but can she hold her own in our very America-centric trivia round?
I have to agree with Catherine about Doctor Who and Torchwood. They are both excellent shows. You should wait until Captain Jack Harkness appears in Doctor Who (series 3) before you begin watching Torchwood because there is some overlap.
There is also another Doctor Who spinoff called the Sarah Jane adventures. Sarah Jane was a companion in the 70’s when Tom Baker was the Doctor, then she had a guest appearance with David Tennant (I’m not sure which series) and they brought back K-9 (a robot dog). The Sarah Jane Adventures is geared more toward kids than adults but still worth watching.Â
All of these are available on Netflix as streaming and/or on DVD.Â