Episode twenty-six in the Moderate Fantasy Violence house! Unusually, Nick has read a book (namely The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell), while Alastair stares at the new Dirk Gently show on Netflix.

Meanwhile, in this award-movie season, two trips to the movies this fortnight: first, Team MFV saw Silence (5:59), a new serious historical movie about priests from Martin Scorsese, and then A Monster Calls (21:03), an adaptation of the YA novel by Patrick Ness.

Then back to Sherlock (31:55) for the second episode running - perhaps the last one ever - for a chat about the final two episodes of series four.

Lastly, Alastair has recommended Nick one of his favourite albums: Levelling The Land by The Levellers (50:18). Will it cause him to level up?

Twenty-fifth podcast - would be a giant-sized special if this were a 90s comic! (Yes, Nick writes these blurbs, how did you guess?) Nick and Alastair are back from the holiday season to talk about things they've seen on their travels, such as Revolting Rhymes, The Eagle Huntress and Inside Number Nine!

In our first Steven-Moffat-run TV show of the fortnight, we're covering the start of Sherlock series 4 (5:02), as we ask: how much crime is enough? Full spoilers here, by the way.

Whereas we're a bit more sparing with the spoils in our talk about The OA (21:36), a strange new Netflix sci-fi mystery - detail-free thoughts for a while, finally plunging into total ending details at 34:31. Then back to Moffatland for the Doctor Who Christmas special (44:15) - fortunately, we're releasing this on the twelfth day of Christmas so narrowly avoid suffering a curse.

Lastly, back in MFV #23, Nick recommended Alastair the first volume of JLA by Grant Morrison and Howard Porter (55:05) - will this straight action-superhero comic be a step too far?