Latest Podcast Episodes
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8.17 The Banquo Legacy (EDA 35)
Doctor Who - Pieces of EighthThere's a murder mystery to be solved, in a creepy old house.
The Doctor, Fitz and Compassion arrive, and this novel by Andy Lane and Justin Richards has a fascinating history, having originally been written without the Doctor.
Andy joins us to reveal more.
(With apologies for the varying sound quality on the interview)
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Podcastica Episode 324: Vote Smith and Jones 2024
PodcasticaFriends, have you voted yet? Do you perhaps need something to keep you company while you wait in line? Or maybe something to prevent you from doomscrolling your way through the day? Well, then let us offer you about an hour's respite from the election with our review of Smith and Jones (who, frankly, we'd definitely vote for!).
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Episode 311W2445: Wanderers - And Now For The Big Finish - November 2024
Wanderers in the 4th Dimension: A Journey Through Doctor WhoOn this month's Wanderers - And Now For The Big Finish podcast, the Wanderers review the Doctor Who - Dark Gallifrey - Morbius audio adventure from Big Finish!
Hosts:
- Trevor Trevsplace
- Charlie @insanityinchaos The Comic Conspiracy
- David http://www.davidsafar.com/ @gwythinn MaroonedWhovian Twitch DraconianProgeny
- Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald
Join us in two weeks for the November edition of Wanderers - Crossing the Void! As always, you can send us feedback on Facebook at Wanderers in the 4th Dimension or on Twitter @Wanderin4d.
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TDP 1320: #DoctorWho: The Third Doctor Adventures: The Quintessence #REVIEW
Tin Dog PodcastThis title was released in October 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 30 November 2024, and on general sale after this date. The Doctor and Jo Jones arrive at 'Always', a Victorian manor house perched impossibly on the distant storm-world of Nethara Reach. Greeted by the peculiar Pepperdines, a couple frantic with worry about their ailing daughter, they discover terrible secrets hiding within the panelled walls and gruesome oil paintings. Secrets that will bring the Doctor face to face with one of his most ancient and implacable enemies, and put his relationship with Jo to the ultimate test.
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Radio Free Skaro #985 - Angry Petulant Rhinos
Radio Free SkaroIt’s a Current Producer-Palooza at Gallifrey One this coming February with Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson, and Joel Collins announced as guests for Gallifrey One, and that’s not all on the news list including a “world exclusive preview” of “Joy to the World” coming to Children In Need on November 15, some Robert Banks Stewart iPlayer controversy, Sylveste(r) McCoy missing episodes discovered, an action dolly report and more, including the concluding Terry Nation Miniscope segment, covering “Genesis of the Daleks”, “The Android Invasion”, and “Destiny of the Daleks”! Do you have the right to listen? You do!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson, and Joel Collins announced as guests for Gallifrey One
- “World exclusive preview” of Joy to the World on Children in Need on November 15
- Terror of the Zygons and The Seeds of Doom removed from BBC iPlayer
- Blake’s 7 Production Diary – Series B available now
- Luke Harrison interviews Richard Martin from 2018
- Two missing 1978 TV episodes featuring Sylvester McCoy have been found
- Doctor Who: Titan Bi-Generation Figurine Set
- Doctor Who: Titan Fifteenth Doctor Figurine
- Doctor Who 15th Doctor Calendar
- Black Archive: Under the Lake/Before the Flood released
- Doctor Who: Fear Death by Water hardcover by Emily Cook due May 29
- Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend – The Live Show due December
- Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Zygon Century: Infiltration due January 2025
Miniscope:
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Episode 130 - The Wheel in Space (with Stacey Smith?)
Doctor Who LiteratureStacey Smith? joins me from another exotic locale to discuss a rare bird -- the highly-sought-after novelization of "The Wheel in Space". Is the book worth the exorbitant cover price on the secondary market? Is the TV serial a fitting capstone to David Whitaker's legacy?
If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, subscribe, and rate us!
Find Doctor Who Literature at https://linktr.ee/DrWhoNovels.
Watch this episode and all previous episodes on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@drwhonovels.
"Doctor Who – The Wheel in Space" features cover art by Ian Burgess.
Doctor Who Literature is a member of the Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network.
Please e-mail the pod at DrWhoLiterature@gmail.com.
You can catch all past episodes at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doctorwholit.
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Vignettes from an Alien Invasion
Flight Through Entirety: A Doctor Who PodcastThe Earth has once again fallen under the thrall of some wizened cadaverous monsters, who demand our love, our loyalty, and our uncritical acceptance of the Great Monk theory of history. And the only way to throw off their yoke is with a lot of laborious exposition. It’s The Lie of the Land.
Notes and links
Simon quotes from the Yes, Prime Minister episode The Bishop’s Gambit (1986), which discusses the Church of England’s dual roles as a religion and as “part of the rich social fabric of this country”.
The Doctor’s broadcasts from a ship somewhere outside the five-mile limit inevitably remind several of us of an episode of The Goodies called Radio Goodies (1970), in which the trio broadcast a pirate radio station into the UK from international waters, satirising real-world events chronicled in the Richard Curtis film The Boat That Rocked (2009).
We’ve mentioned it before: Doctor Who: The Complete History is a ninety-volume book series covering the series from 1963 to 2017, which means that this episode comes up in Volume 88. The books themselves were beautifully produced, but the series is also available digitally.
Follow us
Nathan is on Bluesky at @nathanbottomley.bsky.social, Brendan is at @retrobrendo.bsky.social, and James is at @ohjamessellwood.bsky.social. Simon is on X at @simonmoore72. The Flight Through Entirety theme was arranged by Cameron Lam.
You can follow Flight Through Entirety on Mastodon and Bluesky, as well as on X and Facebook. Our website is at flightthroughentirety.com. Please consider rating or reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, or we’ll keep goading you until you shoot us with a big gun, and then — yeah, I’ve got nothing. I was hoping something would develop.
And more
You can find links to all of the podcasts we’re involved in on our podcasts page. But here’s a summary of where we’re up to right now.
500 Year Diary is our latest new Doctor Who podcast, going back through the history of the show and examining new themes and ideas. Its first season came out early this year, under the title New Beginnings. Check it out. It will be back for a second season early in 2025.
The Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire has broadcast our hot takes on every new episode of Doctor Who since November last year, and it will be back again in 2025 for Season 2.
Last week, Brendan and Bjay’s gaming podcast The Bjay BJ Game Show released their latest episode, in which they discuss Lost in Play (2022), a point-and-click adventure set in the imagination of two young children.
Brendan, Richard and Steven also recently released another episode of their Avengers podcast The Three Handed Game. It’s the first episode of their triptych The Pop Explosion, covering a monochrome Emma Peel episode called Death at Bargain Prices, in which Steed and Mrs Peel go undercover in a London department store and discover a plot to blow up much of the city.
And finally there’s our Star Trek commentary podcast, Untitled Star Trek Project, featuring Nathan and friend-of-the-podcast Joe Ford. This week, we roared with laughter as Marina Sirtis turned fabulously evil in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation called Man of the People.
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October 2024 Big Finish Releases
Doctor Who : The Sirens of AudioWe take a look back at the outstanding new Doctor Who Big Finish releases for October 2024, dive down the rabbit hole, and talk about some of the other things we have been watching/listening to.
Catch our interview with original writer of The Star Beast, Pat Mills, here - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/2022/09/127.html
Our review of the 60th anniversary series from Big Finish, Once and Future, here - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/2023/12/ep183.html
Hear the latest episode of 42 To Doomsday, featuring discussion on the state of collectables in Australia, Disney season 1 and the state of Disney ratings, here - https://vyb42todoomsday.podbean.com/e/42-to-doomsday-the-death-of-doctor-who/
Theme music by Joe Kraemer.
Website - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/
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Gallifrey's Most Wanted Episode 177 -- The Wheel in Space
Gallifrey's Most Wanted PodcastIt'stime to meet Zoe! Ross is joined by Daniel Knight to discuss the 2nd Doctor story the Wheel in Space. It was so much fun they did it twice, and yes there was a recording fail by Ross.
#DoctorWho #BBC #2ndDoctor #KitPedler #DavidWhitaker #PatrickTroughton #FranzerHines #WendyPadbury #TARDIS
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The Evil of the Daleks by Frazer Hines
Trap One: A Doctor Who PodcastOn the brand new Trap One Podcast Pete (@Prof_Quiteamess), US Jason and Mark (@QuarkMcMalus) take a look at Frazer Hines' novelisation of The Evil of the Daleks - both the hardback and Target versions of the book.
You can order the hardback here.
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CRRRRS 558 Happy Deewalloween
Roy's Rocket RadioHappy Divali and Halloween, Deadpool and Wolverine, Salem's Lot, Alien: Romulus, Smile, The Devil's Hour, Kaos, Nova, Dead Boy Detectives, Good Omens, Anansi Boys, The Old Man, Slow Horses, Sherlock and Co., Culture or Federation, Deewalloween Celebrations
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CRRRRS 558 Happy Deewalloween
Roy's Rocket RadioHappy Divali and Halloween, Deadpool and Wolverine, Salem's Lot, Alien: Romulus, Smile, The Devil's Hour, Kaos, Nova, Dead Boy Detectives, Good Omens, Anansi Boys, The Old Man, Slow Horses, Sherlock and Co., Culture or Federation, Deewalloween Celebrations
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Tim's Take On: Episode 776(Sophie Aldred at Who's at the Playhouse Part 1)
Tim's Take On...This week the first of a two part interview with Sophie Aldred recorded at this year’s Who’s at The Playhouse event.
You may wish to contribute to the show’s running costs, it’s Patreon is here https://www.patreon.com/tdrury
or buy me a coffee here https://ko-fi.com/timdrury
The show is also on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/
If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk
or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.
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Episode 103: A Whale of a Time
Something WhoWe're back with more on the aftermath of solar flares.
We've still got Simon Guerrier alongside Giles, Rick and Richard to talk about 11th Doctor story The Beast Below from Series 5, having discussed 4th Doctor story The Ark In Space from Season 12 in the previous episode.
Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com
Simon has written two recent books: The Story of the Solar System: A Visual Journey, which he wrote with Maggie Aderin-Pocock https://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Solar-System-Visual-Journey/dp/1785949209/ and Doctor Who: The Time-Travelling Almanac: The Official Guide to the Doctor’s Year https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Time-Travelling-Almanac-Official/dp/1785949179/
Rick posts on social media as @brickpandorica, where you can find fantastic pictures of his Lego models beautifully encapsulating Doctor Who moments.
Giles has 2 new children's books out: Can We Live on Mars? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mind-Mappers-Mappers-Making-Difficult-Understand/dp/B0C65GDB4G/ and Spin to Survive: Deep Space Danger https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spin-Survive-Destiny-Pop-Out-Fortune/dp/0711287767/
Richard has another podcast with co-hosts Emily & Nicola, called "If It's Hurting, It's not Working" and it's a fun and informative look at work - why we work, how we work, and what makes a great job. Go to https://ifhurtnotwork.podbean.com/ and https://ifhurtnot.work for more.
The Something Who logo, which features prominently on all our cover art was designed for us by Bea Garrido. She's a really talented artist, who you can find by following this link: https://beagarridoart.weebly.com/, where you can buy prints of some remarkable paintings of characters from Doctor Who.
Although we've provided Amazon links for convenience, Simon's and Giles' books can be found at all good bookshops (and a few bad ones).
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DIDDLY DUM PODCAST #205 – Hall-Who-Een
Diddly Dum PodcastWe mark Halloween with many horrific tales, a look at the role that shandies have played in our lives and a review of Eleventh Doctor story “Hide”.
Listen/download on Amazon Music
We can also be found on the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance
Find Diddly Dum pics on Tumblr.
Email us at diddlydumpodcast@yahoo.co.uk
SHOW NOTES
(00:27:37) The story of Babycham’s iconic mascot.
(00:28:35) This example of the “Kenny Everett New Year Show” can be seen here.
(00:30:26) Adrian Chiles’s Guinness Shandy themed article in The Guardian can be seen here.
(00:32:41) The 2007 Channel 4 documentary on The Enfield Poltergeist can be seen here.
(00:46:00) “The Village That Saw Aliens” covers The Broad Haven UFO sightings.
(00:51:39) The Matey TV commercial can be seen here.
(01:10:30) This clip from Charlie Brooker’s “Screenwipe” can be seen here.
The Diddly Dum Podcast acknowledges the copyright of anyone we’ve pinched anything from.
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Who's He? at The Movies | The Devil Rides Out
Who's He?In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast....
Review - The Devil Rides Out
In this special for Halloween, Phil looks at a classic horror film from Hammer Films, The Devil Rides Out starring Christopher Lee in a rare good guy role. Based on the novel written by Dennis Wheatley, this tale of black magic is Phil's perfect film for Halloween and of course brings back memories of late night horror double bills on BBC2.
You can find us on X, Threads, Mastodon, Bluesky and Facebook. Don't miss an episode by subscribing to our show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, plus many other podcatchers of your choice.
#TheDevilRidesOut #Hammer #ChristopherLee
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Re-Animator
Waffle On PodcastWaffle On about Re-Animator
Its October and that means a Halloween 1985 treat so here we bring you Re-Animator starring the wonderful Jeffrey Combs. Its only an 86 minute film but its packed full of fabulous physical special effects and make up. Proper film making.
We hope you enjoy it, please share with anyone who you think would enjoy our waffling.
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GSN PODCAST: Thought Bubble Comic Convention 2024 Special - Debuting Books
Geek SyndicateIn this first of a series of special podcasts Barry is joined by Ant and Amy as they start the coundown to the 2024 Thought Bubble Comic Convention. In this episode the trio discuss some of the titles debuting at this years convention.
A list of all the debuting books is available on the Thought Bubble website.
Find GS at Instagram: https://instagram.com/geeksyndicate/ Private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2302864872/ Twitter (no not using that name): https://twitter.com/geeksyndicate Please leave a review of our show on the podcast platform of your choosing. If you want to donate to the show to help with podcast/website hosting fees you can send us a tip via our paypal account which again is thegeeks@geeksyndicate.co.uk. You can also become a patreon at https://www.patreon.com/geeksyndicate or buy us a virtual coffee over at https://ko-fi.com/geeksyndicate
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Episode 180: Fear Her (You Know, For Kids!)
The Watch-A-Thon of RassilonToni and Joe discuss oncoming storms, Crime Crackers, and how graphite doesn't work in the Doctor Who episode Fear Her.
If you're interested in being a Friend of Rassilon, click here.
Download • YouTube • RSS • Patreon • iTunes • Google Play • ESO Network
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TDP 1318:13B. Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 13: Metamorphosis
Tin Dog PodcastFrom the recent past to the far future, the Doctor, Harry and Naomi find themselves battling foes old and new. From the malevolence of the Master to the traps of the Toymaker, danger lurks round every corner... and sometimes in the last shape you'd expect... 13.3 Matryoshka by Aurora Fearnley (2 parts) When a strange force drags the TARDIS to Earth, it's clear that the Doctor, Harry and Naomi are up against an incredibly powerful being. And when they encounter Lord Pearson, inventor of games and toys, searching for his vanished daughter... it becomes clear exactly who that being might be. Hide and seek is one of the simplest games devised by man... but in the hands of The Toymaker... it may also become the deadliest. 13.4 The Caged Assassin by Matthew Sweet (2 parts) It's very unusual to find a tiger in the TARDIS. But it’s even more unusual to find one heavily dosed in radiation. But this is far from the most unusual occurrence the Doctor, Naomi and Harry are going to encounter today. Because they are about to meet Charles Jamrach, supplier of exotic animals to the rich and royal, who is unaware that his famous menagerie conceals a deadly terror. A strange creature out for blood... 13.5 Metamorphosis by Lisa McMullin (2 parts) The people of the planet Jaxus are vanishing. When the Doctor and his friends land, Naomi is snatched away by a mysterious fog and taken to a prison run by a very old foe of the Doctor's. The Master is here and he has, as ever, a sinister scheme underway... but neither Naomi nor Harry know who he is... Can the Doctor stop his plans and rescue the prisoners? Or will his companions inadvertently aid his enemy's plans? **Please note: the collector's edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,500 copies.**
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Quiz #19
The Doctor Who PodcastIt’s BACK! You have been warned. Press “Play” at your own risk! That’s all the disclaimers you’re getting!
Join Ian, Brent, Michele and Phil as they are grilled on their Doctor Who knowledge by the Quizmaster General, James in the long-awaited return of the DWP Quiz. Play along with us IF YOU DARE and let us know how well you do! feedback@thedoctorwhopodcast.com is the email address you need. You can also contact us on Twitter, on our Facebook Page or our highly exclusive (it’s really not) Facebook Group!
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Radio Free Skaro #984 - Intellect and Nomance
Radio Free SkaroIt’s time for some overanalyzing, pondering and intellectual cogitating as the Three Who Rule examine the second anniversary of the Disney+ and Doctor Who agreement, as well as a fascinating survey from the UCLA (partially funded by Disney) of what teens are both watching and want to see! Plus, a detailed hashing-over of where to start watching Doctor Who if you’re a novice, some random tat, and Part Three of our Terry Nation Miniscope covering Planet of, and Death to, the Daleks!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Two Years since Doctor Who/Disney+ Partnership was announced
- Teens Want To See Less Sex, More Friendship In Movies & TV Shows, UCLA Study Finds
- Disney Unveils First Star Wars And Marvel TV Show 4K Blu-Rays With Dolby Vision
- Official Doctor Who website: Where to start with Doctor Who?
- Ncuti Gatwa wins Best Actor at the Welsh BAFTAs for DW; Euros Lyn wins for directing Heartbreaker
- Doctor Who: The Collection Season 2 Standard Edition due Dec 2
- Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Gallifrey: Echoes Through Eternity due November 2024
- Doctor Who – The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Deadly Strangers due December 2024
Miniscope:
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Who's He? Podcast 479 | Hear the voices calling
Who's He?In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast....
Review - The Fearmonger
This time, Phil and Paul travel back to the year 2000 and the early days of Big Finish with The Fearmonger starring Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred. With a story that was set 22 years ago, and with themes that are scarily relevant to the recent political climate in the UK, both of them are left pondering exactly who is the the Fearmonger of the story?
They also discuss the recent furore of Ncuti Gatwa boldly announcing on a chatshow recording that he will be filming Season 3 next year, only for it to be quickly cut out of transmission. So this leads the pair of them to disappear down the rabbit hole of ratings and also discuss the fate of shows on streaming services.
You can find us on X, Threads, Mastodon, Bluesky and Facebook. Don't miss an episode by subscribing to our show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, plus many other podcatchers and don't forget to subscribe to our Youtube Channel.
#DoctorWho #Whoniverse
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Episode 102: 70s Flares
Something WhoThis time Something Who tackles the somewhat complex problem of flares in the 1970s (and next time circa 2010).
So we've recruited the eminent Simon Guerrier to join our ranks once more, alongside regular Giles, returning guest Rick and the ever present Richard to talk about 4th Doctor story The Ark In Space from Season 12, which in the next episode we'll pair with 11th Doctor story The Beast Below from Series 5.
Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com
Simon has written two recent books: The Story of the Solar System: A Visual Journey, which he wrote with Maggie Aderin-Pocock https://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Solar-System-Visual-Journey/dp/1785949209/ and Doctor Who: The Time-Travelling Almanac: The Official Guide to the Doctor’s Year https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Time-Travelling-Almanac-Official/dp/1785949179/
Rick posts on social media as @brickpandorica, where you can find fantastic pictures of his Lego models beautifully encapsulating Doctor Who moments.
Giles has 2 new children's books out: Can We Live on Mars? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mind-Mappers-Mappers-Making-Difficult-Understand/dp/B0C65GDB4G/ and Spin to Survive: Deep Space Danger https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spin-Survive-Destiny-Pop-Out-Fortune/dp/0711287767/
Richard has another podcast with co-hosts Emily & Nicola, called "If It's Hurting, It's not Working" and it's a fun and informative look at work - why we work, how we work, and what makes a great job. Go to https://ifhurtnotwork.podbean.com/ and https://ifhurtnot.work for more.
The Something Who logo, which features prominently on all our cover art was designed for us by Bea Garrido. She's a really talented artist, who you can find by following this link: https://beagarridoart.weebly.com/, where you can buy prints of some remarkable paintings of characters from Doctor Who.
Although we've provided Amazon links for convenience, Simon's and Giles' books can be found at all good bookshops (and a few bad ones).
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MHC #183 The Legend of Ruby Sunday & The Empire of Death 1.8 & 1.9
Mostly Harmless CutawayBRIDGERTON:
- Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway One Eight Three featuring Carl, Cat, Caleb, Sean and Eric. Join us as we dive into a NEW Doctor Who story, discussing the final episodes of Ncuti Gatwa's first season as the 15th Doctor, in The Legend of Ruby Sunday & The Empire of Death! Let the banter begin!
LINKS:
- @SciFiPartyLine: scifipartyline.com
- @ProgNeg: prognosisnegative.libsyn.com
- @StarTrekRBG: startrekrbg.libsyn.com
- Mostly Harmless Cutaway Patreon: patreon.com/MHC
WARNING:
- This discussion contains miscellaneous K-9 and Company, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, Sherlock, Class, new WHO, and/or classic SPOILERS pertaining to Doctor Who. If you are 100% spoilerphobic to new & classic episodes not yet seen, do NOT complain to us. This episode is MOSTLY HARMLESS & contains EXPLICIT ideas, and as always expect strokes of innuendo throughout.
DISCLAIMER:
- This episode was recorded on Aug. 22nd, 2024.
DON'T PANIC
Host/Producer: Eric @BullittWHO Prognosis Negative Movie Reviews Podcast Star Trek: Romulans Bearing Gifts Podcast
Co-host: Josh @whomeJZ
Co-hostess: Cat @fancyfembot Sci-Fi Party Line Podcast
Co-host: Sean @HomrigSean The Cabot Cove Confab: A Murder, She Wrote Podcast The Best Picture Podcast
Co-host: Carl @robominister
Co-host/Editor: Caleb @CalebAlexader The Novice Elitists Film Podcast Bending the Elements: An Avatar Podcast
Mostly Harmless Cutaway @DoctorWhoMHC Email: Guidetothewhoverse ~at~ gmail ~dot~com Website: guidetothewhoverse.libsyn.com/site Patreon: patreon.com/MHC Tumblr: doctorwhomhc.tumblr.com Facebook: facebook.com/DoctorWhoMHC
Art: H.B. Lockwood @hayleyglyphs Eponymous opening by Emily K. @emilyooo MHCTheme created by E.A. Escamilla
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Hocus Pocus Unable to Focus
Staggering Stories PodcastSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review the Big Finish play Doctor Who: Embrace the Darkness and the 1993 Disney film Hocus Pocus, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 00:56 — Welcome!
- 01:52 – News:
- 02:00 — Doctor Who: Gatwa back for thirds?
- 04:05 — Star Trek: Section 31 dated and Academy gets seconds.
- 06:49 — Lord of the Rings: More ring action.
- 09:53 — David Tennant: Macbeth hitting the cinema.
- 13:29 — Ghosts: Button House open for Halloween tours.
- 15:42 — Peter Capaldi: Difficult second album.
- 16:37 — Mike Flanagan: New Carrie TV series for Amazon.
- 19:35 — Stranger Things: Tie in comics and special screening.
- 20:50 — Doctor Who: Jago and Litefoot are back!
- 22:20 – Hocus Pocus (1993 Disney film).
- 35:53 – Doctor Who: Embrace the Darkness (Big Finish).
- 46:09 – Skelebob Tales.
- 49:39 – Emails and listener feedback.
- 52:46 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 53:37 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Star Trek.
- Wikipedia: The Lord of the Rings (film series).
- David Tennant.
- Wikipedia: Macbeth.
- Wikipedia: Ghosts (2019 TV series).
- West Horsley Place (the real Button House).
- Wikipedia: Peter Capaldi.
- Wikipedia: Mike Flanagan (filmmaker).
- Wikipedia: Stranger Things.
- Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Lord of Misrule.
- Wikipedia: Hocus Pocus (1993 film).
- Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Lord of Misrule.
- Big Finish: Doctor Who: Night Thoughts.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
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TDP 1305:God Wants YOU to be an Atheist FREE audio book Chapter five - So this is Christmas?
Tin Dog PodcastTDP 1305:God Wants YOU to be an Atheist FREE audio book Chapter five - So this is Christmas?
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DWLit Presents: Return of the Daleks (with Paul Scoones)
Doctor Who LiteratureWe remain off the boards for one more week, to discuss not a Target Doctor Who novelization, but rather a new publication from Panini Comics. It's The Return of the Daleks (purchase link: here), a compilation of the Doctor-less backup strips from the earliest days of Doctor Who Weekly/Doctor Who Monthly/DWM. The compilation features commentary from Paul Scoones -- who joins us this week to discuss not only this new book, but also the TSV novelizations, high-quality fan-made novelizations of five 1970s/'80s Doctor Who TV serials which, for rights reasons, were never novelized by Target during the line's original run.
If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, subscribe, and rate us!
Find Doctor Who Literature at https://linktr.ee/DrWhoNovels.
Watch this episode and all previous episodes on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@drwhonovels.
Doctor Who Literature is a member of the Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network.
Please e-mail the pod at DrWhoLiterature@gmail.com.
You can catch all past episodes at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doctorwholit.
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DEEP DIVE! Season 24 (1987)
The Doctor Who ShowWe threw a vote on X for which classic Doctor Who season you would like us to discuss on the next episode, from a list of four options. The results were:
Season 24 (MCCOY) 39.6%
Season 9 (PERTWEE) 29.7%
Series 3 (TENNANT) 18.9%
2013 Specials (SMITH) 11.7%So here we are, tonight, to discuss Season 24, comprising:
Time and the Rani
Paradise Towers
Delta and the Bannermen
DragonfireBefore then, of course, we also talk some recent Doctor Who news, and Dave takes us on his recent Big Finish journeys.
Tune in, drop out, and contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net
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Narrative Vamping
Flight Through Entirety: A Doctor Who PodcastThis week, Tom Salinsky joins us for a World War III–adjacent chat in Madeupistan, while a global apocalypse is self-organising somewhere in Yorkshire. Also, some scary people keep trying to invite us to a free Bible study. It’s The Pyramid at the End of the World.
Notes and links
Brendan compares Extremis to Star Trek: Voyager’s Course: Oblivion, which also kills its entire regular cast. Nathan and Joe were not kind to this episode when they watched if for Untitled Star Trek Project.
Tom refers to his own less-than-enthusiastic review of Extremis in a blog post from way back in 2017.
Joe 90 was a Gerry and Sylvia Anderson supermarionation show from 1968–69, which stars a nine-year-old super spy who wears special glasses which contain the brain patterns of expert adults and enable him to do all of his spy stuff.
James refers to Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Commander William T Riker as someone who, like the monks, has a real fetish for consent. This deep cut is a reference to the Star Trek podcast The Greatest Generation, which you are only allowed to listen to after you’ve finished all of Untitled Star Trek Project.
The Andromeda Strain is a 1969 book by Michael Crichton and a 1971 film directed by Robert Wise (The Sound of Music, Star Trek: The Motion Picture). In it, an extraterrestrial microbe gets loose in a research station and the staff need to prevent the station’s nuclear self-destruct system from releasing an irradiated version of the the microbe into the environment.
The Tralfamadorians are time-aware aliens who appear in a couple of Kurt Vonnegut’s novels, most notably Slaughterhouse-Five (1969).
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Tom Salinsky’s blog includes his reviews of Doctor Who from Season 5 onwards, as well as his reviews of all the 60s and 90s Star Trek series. His most recent book, Star Trek: Discovering the TV Series, covers The Original Series, The Animated Series and The Next Generation, and is available in all good book stores, as well as on Amazon. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK) (Amazon AU)
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At the time that this episode was released, the Doomsday Clock was at 90 seconds to midnight, mostly thanks to the climate disaster and the involvement of nuclear powers in wars in Ukraine and Gaza. So sleep well, everyone.
And more
You can find links to all of the podcasts we’re involved in on our podcasts page. But here’s a summary of where we’re up to right now.
500 Year Diary is our latest new Doctor Who podcast, going back through the history of the show and examining new themes and ideas. Its first season came out early this year, under the title New Beginnings. Check it out. It will be back for a second season early in 2025.
The Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire has broadcast our hot takes on every new episode of Doctor Who since November last year, and it will be back again in 2025 for Season 2.
Brendan and Bjay’s gaming podcast The Bjay BJ Game Show has just released a new episode today, in which they discuss Lost in Play (2022), a point-and-click adventure set in the imagination of two young children.
Brendan, Richard and Steven have also just released another episode of their Avengers podcast The Three Handed Game. It’s the first episode of their triptych The Pop Explosion, covering a monochrome Emma Peel episode called Death at Bargain Prices, in which Steed and Mrs Peel go undercover in a London department store and discover a plot to blow up much of the city.
And finally there’s our Star Trek commentary podcast, Untitled Star Trek Project, featuring Nathan and friend-of-the-podcast Joe Ford. This week, we laughed and clapped as the crew of the USS Protostar saved the Federation in the two-part Season 1 finale of Star Trek: Prodigy.
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The Stuff of Legend
Trap One: A Doctor Who PodcastOn the brand new Trap One Podcast Joumana (@joumajnouna), Lucy (@LucyMcCaul), Melvin (@kittenry) and Mark (@QuarkMcMalus) celebrate 25 years of Big Finish discussing the live show and studio version of The Stuff of Legend.
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Sean Longmore - Big Finish Cover Artist
Doctor Who : The Sirens of AudioIt's an unusual installment this time as we devote the episode to talking about the visual aspects of audio drama with Big Finish covert artist, Sean Longmore.
Find out the process involved in cover art, an essential component of the audio experience.
Theme music by Joe Kraemer.
Website - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/
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GSN PODCAST: Stace and Barry in the Morning – Season 5 Episode 17
Geek SyndicateOooooOOOOOooooh and other such ghostly sounds, and welcome to a very spooky-seasonal episode of Stace & Barry In The Morning!
This episode, Stacey takes a risk with The Substance, Barry goes on a trip into the Monsterverse with Abigail, and the pair bring you one scarily fun and one hauntingly beautiful Musical Musings! All this, plus some 31 Day Horror Challenge updates, and a wee bit of The Running Man news. Pick up a seasonal bevvy of your choice and enjoy!
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Tim's Take On: Episode 775(Trevor Cooper and Grahame Harper at Whooverville 15)
Tim's Take On...This week our final bit of Whooverville 15 coverage is actor Trevor Cooper and director Grahame Harper.
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244: Councils & Criminal Activity
Neither The Time Nor The SpaceThis week, David & Matt sit down to discuss Day 3 & 4 of Torchwood's third series 'The Children Of Earth'
Doctor Who theme by Ron Grainer, arranged by Alexander Erben.
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Twitter: @timenorspacepod
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The List Makers - Top Doctor Who stories where the Doctor overthrows the government
The Doctor Who ShowAn interesting one this month, as you'll hear by the end of the show... well, at least we hope so! What are the top Doctor Who stories where the Doctor overthrows the government? There's more than you think...
You can follow us on X @theDWshow and write to us about anything you like at: hello@theDWshow.net
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Podcastica Episode 323: New Earth OR Bouncy Castle Living
PodcasticaWell, here's something new for your week...our review of New Earth! We'll spare you all the superfluous "New"s and instead point out that we forgot how solid this story was. It's one part Freaky Friday and two parts Night of the Living Dead! Also, don't forget to vote! That's super important that you do that. Because our next episode will literally land on Election Day!
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8.16 The Space Age (EDA 34)
Doctor Who - Pieces of EighthThe Doctor, Fitz and Compassion arrive in a gleaming chrome-city, with hover cars, and all the mod cons you could possibly want - and it's the year 2019.
But what's happened to the Mods and Rockers, who are still fighting each other?
We speak with author Steve Lyons, editor Steve Cole, and feature an audio clip from the spin-off release featuring the aliens from this book, the Makers.
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Episode #598
The 20mb Doctor Who PodcastFan TC Con 4 Q&A Special; in case you didn't know, Adam is show runner of Fan TC Con - The Isle of Wight's Own Comic Con. The event was held on Saturday 19th October 2024 and the Q&A sessions were hosted by 'Daddy of the podcast', Paul Wilson. This bumper episode features full interviews with Star Wars actor, Ross Sambridge, Star Trek actor, Rosalyn Landor, the movie Barbara, Jennie Linden, Zoe Heriot actress Wendy Padbury, local comic publishers Caulkhead Comics, Peri from Doctor Who, Nicola Bryant, Plantagenet from Frontios, Jeff Rawle (better known as Amos Diggory from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), Sophia Myles, Lady Penelope in Jonathan Frakes' version of Thunderbirds, Darcy in Transformers: Age of Extinction, Madame de Pompadour in Doctor Who, The Girl in the Fireplace, and the ever entertaining Sylvester McCoy. Adam and Debbie also make a brief appearance on stage before the winner of the Best Doctor Who Cosplay is announced.
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Episode #597
The 20mb Doctor Who PodcastThe Husbands of River Song; Adam, Mary and Kirby discuss River Song's last story, we also have feedback, Doctor Who and Fan TC Con news and what we watch since the last episode.
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Radio Free Skaro #983 - Spherical Hieroglyphics
Radio Free SkaroControversy stalks the BBC as the question is asked: did they censor Ncuti Gatwa’s comments on The Graham Norton Show about a possible third season of New New Doctor Who? And the answer is…likely not. What is much more probable is the Three Who Rule excoriating the current state of television while referring to a recent Deadline story on that same topic, but enough of these dour matters! There’s a new Gallifreyan translator that can turn your words into circles, an Adventures in Type and Space book on the way featuring the work of Sid Sutton, and part two of our Terry Nation Miniscope, where we delve into his work on “The Chase”, “Mission to the Unknown”, and “The Daleks’ Master Plan”! Assemble the Galactic Council!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The BBC allegedly did not censor Gatwa’s remark on The Graham Norton Show
- Katherine Pope of Sony Pictures laments gaps between TV seasons
- Official Doctor Who Gallifreyan Translator
- Adventures in Type and Space: The Sid Sutton Collection due November 25
- Alvin Rakoff died
Miniscope:
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Episode 907: The Zygon Invasion
Who NewRemember the Zygons that the Doctor left trying to invade earth during the reign of Elizabeth the First? They’re still around.
The Doctor, UNIT, and Osgood have devised a way for the Zygons to co-exist with humans on Earth. But the entire peace treaty rests on keeping the balance of all parties involved. And that fragile peace seems to be on the brink of falling apart. When Osgood was killed by Missy, her twin disappeared causing anxiety within UNIT and the Zygons living on Earth.
Soon, different factions of Zygons reveal themselves and declare war. They want to live outside the shadows and be themselves. And they’ll do anything to get it. Now, The Doctor races to find out what their plans are.
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DWLit Presents: Jason's Improbable Library
Doctor Who LiteratureThis week Doctor Who Literature takes a week off from the Target novelizations to explore the rest of Jason's childhood bookshelves. I started reading the Target Doctor Who titles when I was 11, but I started reading just before turning 5. That's a lot of reading long before I found Terrance Dicks.
So let's take an hour and walk through what Jason loved before Doctor Who. We'll discuss the Dutch-language children's fiction of Dick Bruna; the magic of Little Golden Books; the Big Three comics lines of the 1970s: Marvel, DC, and Gold Key/Whitman; baseball annuals aimed at children; and, of course, the Hardy Boys, the Choose Your Own Adventures, and the pictorial novelizations of Peanuts TV specials.
We hope you'll join for this week as we walk not just through Jason's childhood bookshelves, but also, really, his brain.
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Honour the Invisible
Flight Through Entirety: A Doctor Who PodcastThis week, Brendan, Nathan, Steven B and Johnny Spandrell penetrate the heart of the Vatican, only to discover that behind its dusty and arcane lore lies an eldritch horror that threatens the very idea of existence itself. It’s Extremis.
Notes and links
The most important inspiration here is Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code (2003), a massively popular and widely-panned thriller about a dark secret that threatens the credibility of the Catholic Church itself (but probably not the one you’re thinking of). Perhaps this review of the book will give you a good sense of its style.
It turns out that the dark secret in The Da Vinci code was originally revealed in 1982 in a best-selling book called The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail (or in the US, more pithily, Holy Blood, Holy Grail). This book was, terrifyingly but unsurprisingly, co-written by our very own Henry Lincoln, co-writer of The Abominable Snowmen, The Web of Fear and The Dominators.
Steven remembers the first Doctor talking about his religious beliefs in a passage from The Empire of Glass (1995) by Andy Lane. Here, in Chapter 6, the Doctor is talking to Galileo. “In short, sir, I am currently an agnostic, and by the time my life draws to its close, and I have travelled from one side of the universe to the other and seen every sight there is to see, I firmly expect to be an atheist. Does that answer your question?”
In a recent episode of The Bjay BJ Game Show, Brendan and Bjay review a game called The Talos Principle, a video game set in a computer simulation which deals with questions of identity and religion.
Nathan has a website called the Randomiser at therandomiser.net, which can help you pick a random Doctor Who story to watch, but which can also (more importantly, perhaps) reassure you that you’re not living in a computer simulation.
The properly randomised Doctor Who podcast which Nathan appeared on is called Pull to Open, with Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor.
As a kind of public service, Steven alerts us to a 2015 article by Charlie Brooker about a group of German researchers created a version of Super Mario World in which Mario was self-aware and emotionally affected by his experiences in the game.
Steven also draws our attention to a branch of philosophy concerned with the possibility that we might all be living in a computer simulation. This 2020 article in Scientific American sums up the state of play.
Johnny refers to Kit Pedler’s original conception of the Cybermen as a race of Star Monks — an idea that El Sandifer runs with in a productive and interesting way in her essay on The Tenth Planet.
Johnny Spandrell takes aim at this story in an entertaining and insightful blog post on Extremis, written in 2018.
Here’s a link to the Character Options Series 10 action figure set, featuring the Doctor, Bill and a heavily made up Missy, for those of you who enjoy that kind of thing.
And finally, here’s Donna Summer singing about this story forty years early in Once Upon a Time….
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Nathan is on Bluesky at @nathanbottomley.bsky.social and Brendan is at @retrobrendo.bsky.social, while Steven is on X at @steedstylin and Johnny is @JohnnySpandrell. The Flight Through Entirety theme was arranged by Cameron Lam.
You can follow Flight Through Entirety on Mastodon and Bluesky, as well as on X and Facebook. Our website is at flightthroughentirety.com. Please consider rating or reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, or we’ll basically just blurt out in your hearing that Santa isn’t real.
And more
You can find links to all of the podcasts we’re involved in on our podcasts page. But here’s a summary of where we’re up to right now.
500 Year Diary is our latest new Doctor Who podcast, going back through the history of the show and examining new themes and ideas. It’s first season came out early this year, under the title New Beginnings. Check it out. It will be back for a second season early in 2025.
The Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire has broadcast our hot takes on every new episode of Doctor Who since November last year, and it will be back again in 2025 for Season 2.
Just two weeks ago, on Startling Barbara Bain, we faced what is perhaps the most memorable and terrifying episode of Space: 1999 ever with our usual mix of valour and prosecco. It’s Dragon’s Domain.
And finally there’s our Star Trek commentary podcast, Untitled Star Trek Project, featuring Nathan and friend-of-the-podcast Joe Ford. This week, we visited a holographic jazz bar in Vegas in 1962 for a surpassingly brilliant episode of Deep Space Nine called His Way.
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An announcement about the future of Reality Bomb
Reality Bomb - a Doctor Who podcastPeoples of the universe, please attend carefully... Graeme has an announcement about the future of Reality Bomb.
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Ruby Red
Trap One: A Doctor Who PodcastOn the brand new Trap One Podcast Frazer (@FelixFrazer), Mark D (@Mark_Dodyk), Keith and Mark M (@QuarkMcMalus) see red in this episode about the Fifteenth Doctor novel, Ruby Red.
Order the book here.
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate – Episode 365
Geek SyndicateMonts and Nuge bringing the sass as only they know how..oh and there may be some news and a review or two along the way.
News
- Nuge again is beaten to the news punch by an unlikely source
- DC Comics joins the GlobalComix app
- Water Racers Kickstarter gets a shoutout
Week that Was
- Topsy Mcgee and the Scarab of Solomon
- Avengers Inc
- The Girl who Handcuffed houdini
- Twilight of the Gods
- DC All in
- Deadpool and Wolverine
- Rings of Power
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Autumn Rambles
The Doctor Who PodcastJoin Phil and James as they jump on board the DWP Campervan and take a drive through the autumnal season and catch up on all manner of things Who. The BFI screenings of Doctor Who, Whooverville, the 13th Doctor, Zygons and Krynoids coming to Big Finish – and more!
They also take a look at Deleted Scenes, a Second Doctor and Jamie story from Big Finish Productions and written by Angus Dunican. How does Jamie fare as a film star in the early 1900s?!
As always, you can get in touch by emailing us at feedback@thedoctorwhopodcast.com, tweeting us at www.x.com/thedrwhopodcast or by jumping on our Facebook Page and Group.
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