first time, the result is a real conversation between two long-time friends who for some reason still record everything on tape. So set your computers to TODWS and join them as they discuss all the regenerations, companions, loveably cheap special effects, and everything in between.

Eric Grissom

Eric Grissom is a writer whose comic works include Deadhorse, the graphic novel Animals, the science fiction one shot Gregory Suicide, and an all-ages space adventure called Planet Gigantic. He resides in River Plaza, NJ with his wife and three kids.

Dan Johnson

Dan Johnson is a web developer living in Jersey City, NJ. He is an avid skier, traveler, bon vivant, raconteur, and enjoys speaking in the third person. He is a science fiction and fantasy nerd since way back, and listens to more♪♪
Narrator:
THESE ELITE-LEVEL RACING WHEELS
ARE MADE OF ALUMINUM.
THEY'RE DESIGNED
TO GENERATE A SMOOTH RIDE
WITH OPTIMUM RESPONSIVENESS
TO THE RIDER'S ACCELERATION.
WORKERS LOAD ONE EXTRUDED TUBE
AT A TIME INTO A METAL BENDER.
THE MACHINE COILS THE TUBE
AROUND AND AROUND,
FORMING FOUR CONNECTED RIMS.
THEY MOUNT THE COIL TUBE
ONTO A CUTTER.
WITH A SINGLE DOWNWARD SLICE,
IT SEPARATES THE FOUR RIMS.
FIRST, THE RIMS NEED A BATH
IN A TANK OF ACID.
THE ACID REMOVES DUST
AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS
AND ETCHES THE SURFACE
OF THE METAL,
BOTH OF WHICH HELP ENSURE
FULL ADHESION
OF THE ANTI-CORROSION COATING
THEY LATER APPLY.
NEXT A MULTIPHASE
HEAT-TREATMENT PROCESS.
THIS RESTRUCTURES
THE ALUMINUM MOLECULES,
MAKING THE METAL HARDER
AND STRONGER.
THEY JOIN THE TWO ENDS
OF THE RIM
BY RIVETING ON
AN ALUMINUM CONNECTOR TAB.
THEN THEY WELD THE JOINT
TO REINFORCE IT.
NOW FOR THAT
ANTI-CORROSION COATING.
THE PROCESS
IS CALLED ANODIZATION.
IN A TANK,
THEY PLATE THE ALUMINUM
WITH A PROTECTIVE CHEMICAL,
USING AN ELECTRICAL CHARGE
TO DRAW THE COATING PARTICLES
ONTO THE