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After a terrible ride on a Manchester bus Ian, Mike & Dave skip going to the Casino and instead talk all over LOM S2 E1

After a terrible ride on a Manchester bus Ian, Mike & Dave skip going to the Casino and instead talk all over LOM S2 E1

This week ESO breaks through dimensional barriers to team up with other podcasters to talk about our favorite crossovers in film, TV, comics, and literature in an adventure we just had to call Crossovers – Crisis Of Infinite Podcasters. Worlds will live. Worlds will die. Podcasters will talk about stuff. Join us for yet another … Continue reading →

Doctor Who: DWO WhoCast #227 - Join us as we delve back into the seventies and poke UNIT with a stick... Yes, it's the U.N.I.T Files DVD Box-set - Invasion of the Dinosaurs and The Android Invasion. We also announce the winner of our theme tune competition.

The DWO WhoCast - Yes, it's finger IS loaded...

Da es Anfang des Jahres leider immer genug zu tun gibt, gibt es heute keinen aktuellen Whocast, sondern einen aus dem Lager. Fur alle die sich bei jeder Gelegenheit die Rani zuruckwunschen, hier ein Review ihres ersten Auftrittes in Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani. Mit dabei: Kolja und Raphael. Post, News und die Gewinner des Weihnachtsquiz gibt es dann beim nachsten mal!

Da es Anfang des Jahres leider immer genug zu tun gibt, gibt es heute keinen aktuellen Whocast, sondern einen aus dem Lager. Fur alle die sich bei jeder Gelegenheit die Rani zuruckwunschen, hier ein Review ihres ersten Auftrittes in Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani. Mit dabei: Kolja und Raphael. Post, News und die Gewinner des Weihnachtsquiz gibt es dann beim nachsten mal!

The 22nd season of Doctor Who comes to a close as The Doctor prevents a mutant from committing genocide ("Timelash"), and then he steps in as Davros attempts to turn humans into the new Dalek race ("Revelation of the Daleks"). From there the guys discuss the mini-episode "A Fix with Sontarans," the 18-month hiatus, and, sigh, "Doctor in Distress." Also, Peri does something useful, and Dan has an epic rant.

You are most welcome to the latest episode of the Doctor Who Podcast. Within this jam-packed podcast you will find an interview with writer Nev Fountain, he of Big Finish, Dead Ringers and Mervyn Stone Mysteries fame. Trevor had a chat with him about all things comedy, Doctor Who and sofas. Michele and Ian review [...]

You are most welcome to the latest episode of the Doctor Who Podcast.

Within this jam-packed podcast you will find an interview with writer Nev Fountain, he of Big Finish, Dead Ringers and Mervyn Stone Mysteries fame.  Trevor had a chat with him about all things comedy, Doctor Who and sofas.

Michele and Ian review the Big Finish Companion Chronicle, Peri and the Piscon Paradox.

We read through your feedback for the 2011 Christmas special.

All this, and a major announcement that will shake the DWP to its very foundations.  A little.

You are most welcome to the latest episode of the Doctor Who Podcast.

Within this jam-packed podcast you will find an interview with writer Nev Fountain, he of Big Finish, Dead Ringers and Mervyn Stone Mysteries fame.  Trevor had a chat with him about all things comedy, Doctor Who and sofas.

Michele and Ian review the Big Finish Companion Chronicle, Peri and the Piscon Paradox.

We read through your feedback for the 2011 Christmas special.

All this, and a major announcement that will shake the DWP to its very foundations.  A little.

Come on inside our humble-looking police box here and travel back with the Telos AM team to New Year's, as the year moves slowly from 2011 to 2012. That, at least, was when we intended to release this special recorded a week before Christmas about an episode released in 1996 and set on New Year's Eve 1999. 

If you don't know what we're talking about by know, you should probably take a listen to find out! Merry Christmas & a happy new year, people! Better late than never!

For Episode 29 we thought we’d look a little more at the expanded whoniverse. We’re looking at some of the specials that have happened over the course of the last 40 odd years and offering some comments on what we thought of the ones that we’ve seen.

We can be found at http://whostorian.podbean.com

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Email: thewhostorian@gmail.com

Welcome to 2012, and the Time Meddlers are back! In this episode, Ian Redman and David Morgan interview Toby Hadoke; there’s talk of Doctor Who Magazine, DVD commentaries and features, and also Toby’s one-man show - ‘Moths Ate my Doctor Who Scarf’. New year, new format, new excitement. Enjoy the ride.

Shhhhh...I thought I heard a phantom ukulele. Must be my imagination running wild again.
This week on The Happiness Patrol, we talk about 'The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe'.
(yeah, we liked it!)

The New Year is upon us and 2012 looks like it's blooming for us all!
Send your birthday wishes for our Lela 'The New Year's Baby' S. as she turnes 20! (ah, youth)
Also, get well wishes to K-9 as he gets some well deserved re-working after an 'eventful' weekend.
Lew has a new job, Nancy got a strap for her ukulele, and Dale is, well...DALE! (who could ask for anything more?)

So Happy New Year from all of us and George Formby too!

This week on:
The Happiness Patrol Episode 79: Haunted by The Ghost of George Formby?

You are most welcome to the latest episode of the Doctor Who Podcast. Within this jam-packed podcast you will find an interview with writer Nev Fountain, he of Big Finish, Dead Ringers and Mervyn Stone Mysteries fame. Trevor had a chat with him about all things comedy, Doctor Who and sofas. Michele and Ian review [...]

You are most welcome to the latest episode of the Doctor Who Podcast. Within this jam-packed podcast you will find an interview with writer Nev Fountain, he of Big Finish, Dead Ringers and Mervyn Stone Mysteries fame. Trevor had a chat with him about all things comedy, Doctor Who and sofas. Michele and Ian review [...]

Rose

This week, Adam, Alicia, Isabella, Ben, Rhys and Kirby take an in-depth look at the story that spawned the new era of Doctor Who.

We also have News, eBay, Top 20 Doctor Who podcasts and feedback.

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In this week’s episode we start our look at the gap year specials, including the computer animated CBBC outing, Dreamland. Then on to the proper specials starting with The Next Doctor.

Also, our impressions on Music of the Spheres, the mini-episode that premiered at the Royal Albert Hall in London before the Intermission of the Doctor Who Prom on 27 July 2008.

And we play catch up on the wedding news of David Tennant to his fiance Georgia Moffat (yes, Shaun did forget some big news).

And of course, your feedback. Enjoy!

P.S. As per our debate at the end of the episode, on if the “Attack of the Graske” has ever been released, it hasn’t. From TARDIS.wikia:

“Although the interactive nature of the story would be compatible with DVD/Blu-Ray controllers, as of 2011 no home video release of Attack of the Graske has occurred or been announced. This renders it one of only two David Tennant-era Doctor Who-related productions (the other being the non-canonical Tonight’s the Night skit) that has not, and likely will not, see official home video release.”

In this week's episode we start our look at the gap year specials, including the computer animated CBBC outing, Dreamland. Then on to the proper specials starting with The Next Doctor. Also, our impressions on Music of the Spheres, the mini-episode that premièred at the Royal Albert Hall in London before the Intermission of the Doctor Who Prom on 27 July 2008. And we play catch up on the wedding news of David Tennant to...
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After last weeks show, the lads are back in their comfort zone with their continuation of their series 5 retrospective and this week it's the turn of The Lodger. However, not all went according to plan, as they were beset by technical problems, which made each other think their connection had dropped which lead to a bit of confusion. But once things got back on track, they rattled though but couldn't help but keep making constant comparisons to Closing Time (well, Phil did anyway) and why discovering Matt Smiths comedic talents in this story was a slippery slope for the programme makers.

We here at Sound on Sight wish all our listeners all the best for the New Year, and hope that 2011 ended on a happy and healthy note. The end of a year is a time for bittersweet reflection, but for Whovians in 2012, our anticipation for a Doctor Who Christmas Special is slightly spoiled by the fact that the show only starts up again in August! So just what is a Whovian to do, short of developing a time machine of somekind? And will our last dose of Who last us until Autumn? Join Eric Mendoza, Lindsay Wood, Beverly Brown and Derek Gladu as we review the "The Doctor, The Window, and the Wardrobe" and more!

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We here at Sound on Sight wish all our listeners all the best for the New Year, and hope that 2011 ended on a happy and healthy note. The end of a year is a time for bittersweet reflection, but for Whovians in 2012, our anticipation for a Doctor Who Christmas Special is slightly spoiled by the fact that the show only starts up again in August! So just what is a Whovian to do, short of developing a time machine of somekind? And will our last dose of Who last us until Autumn? Join Eric Mendoza, Lindsay Wood, Beverly Brown and Derek Gladu as we review the "The Doctor, The Window, and the Wardrobe" and more!

Happy New Year, and welcome back to Doctor Whocast! This week we do a little "year in review," and go over our personal top 5 lists for the episodes of Series 6. Bobby, Brian, Nancy and BJ do a little song a dance, read some user feedback and recap our personal new years' stories. As always, sit back, relax and enjoy the only podcast that also travels in time!

Despite January usually being a lean time for news of things Who, this week was chock full of factoids and quasi-related marginalia for the Three Who Rule to ponder and prognosticate upon. Of course all seriousness went out the window with a commentary on "Night Terrors," which such weighty matters discussed as watching Battlestar Galactica (the old one) and Star Wars (the old, good one) on French television, lack of consistency in doll house detailing, and of course the...nutritional habits of a young man/alien named George. Truly riveting listening. 

Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

Despite January usually being a lean time for news of things Who, this week was chock full of factoids and quasi-related marginalia for the Three Who Rule to ponder and prognosticate upon. Of course all seriousness went out the window with a commentary on "Night Terrors," which such weighty matters discussed as watching Battlestar Galactica (the old one) and Star Wars (the old, good one) on French television, lack of consistency in doll house detailing, and of course the...nutritional habits of a young man/alien named George. Truly riveting listening.

Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

Despite January usually being a lean time for news of things Who, this week was chock full of factoids and quasi-related marginalia for the Three Who Rule to ponder and prognosticate upon. Of course all seriousness went out the window with a commentary on "Night Terrors," which such weighty matters discussed as watching Battlestar Galactica (the old one) and Star Wars (the old, good one) on French television, lack of consistency in doll house detailing, and of course the...nutritional habits of a young man/alien named George. Truly riveting listening. 

Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

Summary:
Adam J Purcell, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn talk about the Doctor Who: ‘The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe’, our Predictions, Hopes and Dreams and Fears for 2012, see how wrong we were about our Predictions for 2011, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 01:02 — Welcome!
• 02:06 – News:
• 02:09 — Doctor Who: 2011 Christmas Special did well.
• 03:51 — 3D Films: Whedon’s Avengers and Abrams Star Trek 2 to be converted from 2D.
• 08:00 — Doctor Who: Worlds in Time MMO open preview now available.
• 09:31 — Star Trek: Drink your tea out of Dr McCoy’s head!
• 12:11 – Doctor Who: The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe.
• 28:13 – Bill Bailey’s Doctor Who Theme.
• 32:52 – Predictions, Fears and Hopes & Dreams for the future:
• 33:33 — How wrong we were: Predictions for 2011.
• 52:47 — How wrong we were: Fears for 2011.
• 57:43 — How wrong we were: Hopes and Dreams for 2011.
• 44:36 — Predictions for 2012.
• 52:47 — Fears for 2012.
• 57:43 — Hopes and Dreams for 2012.
• 63:46 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself atA show@StaggeringStories.net
• 106:41 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 107:17 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

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In this episode we'll be looking at the music of two very different composers - Radiophonic workshop composer Brian Hodgson and 19th-century Austrian composer Anton Bruckner. Here we will examine this combination regarding Doctor Who Serial UU - Story 45 - The Mind Robber, a 5-part story which originally aired between the 14th of September and the 12th of October 1968 on BBC One.

In this episode we'll be looking at the music of two very different composers - Radiophonic workshop composer Brian Hodgson and 19th-century Austrian composer Anton Bruckner. Here we will examine this combination regarding Doctor Who Serial UU - Story 45 - The Mind Robber, a 5-part story which originally aired between the 14th of September and the 12th of October 1968 on BBC One.

Join Amaechi, Barry and Ant in the first episode of 2012 where we look at the games announced for 2012 - from the big names like Mass Effect 3 and GTA 5 to the possible "under the radar" titles Never Dead and Spec Ops: The Line.

The guys also discuss the news - from Full title downloads to OnLive on the iPad.

Enjoy the show - and a Happy New Year from the Guys.

Join Amaechi, Barry and Ant in the first episode of 2012 where we look at the games announced for 2012 - from the big names like Mass Effect 3 and GTA 5 to the possible "under the radar" titles Never Dead and Spec Ops: The Line.

The guys also discuss the news - from Full title downloads to OnLive on the iPad.

Enjoy the show - and a Happy New Year from the Guys.

Tim and Max Solve All The Problems With Popular Culture is the newest podcast in the stable of winged horses that is the Geek Syndicate Network. The podcast aims to do exactly what it says on the tin - young bucks Tim Swann and Max Barnard identify a key area where popular geek culture falls down and then try and come up with some ways that both the creators and the audience can fix it.  In our first episode, we discuss fear of change, and how both the audience, the creators and their bosses all fall foul of this fear. In the course, we discuss the New 52 (because you haven't had enough of that yet!), panel shows, the joy of Star Trek XI and The Clone Wars TV Series, and why changing to include basic human decency might help everyone out.

Tim and Max Solve All The Problems With Popular Culture is the newest podcast in the stable of winged horses that is the Geek Syndicate Network. The podcast aims to do exactly what it says on the tin - young bucks Tim Swann and Max Barnard identify a key area where popular geek culture falls down and then try and come up with some ways that both the creators and the audience can fix it. In our first episode, we discuss fear of change, and how both the audience, the creators and their bosses all fall foul of this fear. In the course, we discuss the New 52 (because you haven't had enough of that yet!), panel shows, the joy of Star Trek XI and The Clone Wars TV Series, and why changing to include basic human decency might help everyone out.

The Collective Review the Doctor Who Christmas Special - 'The Doctor, The Widow & The Wardrobe'

The Collective Review the Doctor Who Christmas Special - 'The Doctor, The Widow & The Wardrobe'

The Collective Review the Doctor Who Christmas Special - 'The Doctor, The Widow & The Wardrobe'

The Collective Review the Doctor Who Christmas Special - 'The Doctor, The Widow & The Wardrobe'

In the second Points of Who, we go beyond our commentaries to catch up on the Doctor Who news and rumours.

In this episode:

• Caleb and Sarah discuss David Yates' original comments on making a Doctor Who film.
• Swithun and James discuss Steven Moffat's response and what they'd like to see from a Doctor Who movie.
• Caleb and Sarah discuss the Night and the Doctor mini-episodes.
• Caleb gives his in-depth review of series 6 as a whole.

Length: 40 minutes
Listen/download: Click here

Should Doctor Who go to Hollywood, or is it better suited for the small-screen? How does series 6 hold up now it's out as a box-set? Let us know your thoughts below!

This missed Christmas, so let’s instead try to fight off those New Year blues! To this end, we proudly present a new Mr Dalek Audio Adventure on our podcast feed.

This exciting story, new to audio, is written by long time Mr Dalek fan, Benjamin F Elliott, and narrated by Siobhan Gallichan in the unique Unwinese language (kindly translated for us by John Ranson). So, prime your sucker arm for Mr Dalek and the Twenty Throod of Novemby!

Enjoy!

A trip back in time to last year's Whooverville 3 convention in Derby, UK where I was lucky enough to be part of a group of podcasters from The Doctor Who Podcast Allience who got to interview Frazer Hines who played Jamie.

Podcasters on this interview are Micheal from The Tin Dog Podcast http://tin-dog.co.uk/

Martyn from The Bad Wilf Podcast http://badwilf.co.uk/

and Bob from The Flashing Blade Podcast http://www.flashingbladepodcast.net/

You can find Frazer's official website here where you can find details of his book "Hines Sight" http://www.frazerhines.co.uk/

Here's 15 minues worth of Frazer's on stage appearance at Whooverville 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i6Kbsm85yY

and here's the video of this week's end theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haQY-tW-iYM&

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. 

A trip back in time to last year's Whooverville 3 convention in Derby, UK where I was lucky enough to be part of a group of podcasters from The Doctor Who Podcast Allience who got to interview Frazer Hines who played Jamie.

Podcasters on this interview are Micheal from The Tin Dog Podcast http://tin-dog.co.uk/

Martyn from The Bad Wilf Podcast http://badwilf.co.uk/

and Bob from The Flashing Blade Podcast http://www.flashingbladepodcast.net/

You can find Frazer's official website here where you can find details of his book "Hines Sight" http://www.frazerhines.co.uk/

Here's 15 minues worth of Frazer's on stage appearance at Whooverville 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i6Kbsm85yY

and here's the video of this week's end theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haQY-tW-iYM&

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.

A trip back in time to last year's Whooverville 3 convention in Derby, UK where I was lucky enough to be part of a group of podcasters from The Doctor Who Podcast Allience who got to interview Frazer Hines who played Jamie.

Podcasters on this interview are Micheal from The Tin Dog Podcast http://tin-dog.co.uk/

Martyn from The Bad Wilf Podcast http://badwilf.co.uk/

and Bob from The Flashing Blade Podcast http://www.flashingbladepodcast.net/

You can find Frazer's official website here where you can find details of his book "Hines Sight" http://www.frazerhines.co.uk/

Here's 15 minues worth of Frazer's on stage appearance at Whooverville 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i6Kbsm85yY

and here's the video of this week's end theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haQY-tW-iYM&

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. 

Reprinted from Wiki with thanks and respect A UNIT soldier walks, as if in a trance, through the woods, his right arm twitching spasmodically. Nearby, the TARDIS materialises, and the Doctor and Sarah step out. The Doctor explains that the coordinates were set for Sarah's time but the linear coordinates were off, so they could be miles from London. In any case, Sarah is glad to be back on Earth. The Doctor detects an odd reading of energy or radiation nearby. The Doctor and Sarah meet a group of four men in white suits and opaque helmets. When the Doctor asks them for directions, they start shooting at them with their index fingers. The Doctor and Sarah duck and run, with the four in pursuit. Sarah slips down a hillside and clings to a cliff ledge. The Doctor helps her up; at that point, they see the soldier, jerkily making his way towards the cliff's edge. The Doctor shouts at him to stop, but he pays no heed, running right over the cliff and falling to his death. The Doctor searches the body, finding a wallet full of shiny, freshly minted coins, all dated the same year. They also spot a casket-shaped pod nearby, which the Doctor finds familiar. Before he can identify it further, shots ring out: the white-suited men have found them again. They run once more through the countryside, avoiding their pursuers and reaching a village, which Sarah recognises as Devesham, which lies about a mile from a Space Defence Station. The village, however, is deathly quiet, and seems unpopulated. The Doctor decides to try the local pub, the Fleur-de-Lys, but it is also empty, and the Doctor finds the same freshly minted coins in the register. Sarah then spots the white suits coming down the street, accompanied by the "dead" soldier. A Ford Transit pick-up truck arrives, carrying what seem to be villagers, all in a trance-like state. They are helped off the vehicle by the white suits, and distribute themselves around the village. Mr Morgan, the landlord of the pub, enters it along with several other people while Sarah and the Doctor hide in the store room. The villagers take their seats silently, waiting motionless until the clock strikes eight, when they suddenly come to life, acting normally. The Doctor intends to get to the Space Defence Station and contact UNIT. He leaves, telling Sarah to meet him at the TARDIS if anything goes wrong. However, the "dead" soldier finds her in the store room and questions her. Morgan suggests that Sarah might be part of "the test". But when Sarah asks what test, he tells Sarah that she should go. Outside, Sarah hides behind the lorry, observing one of the white suits turn around. Behind the opaque visor is nothing but a slab of plastic and electronics. Sarah runs for the woods, reaching the TARDIS. She spots a similar pod just next to the time machine and goes to examine it, leaving the TARDIS key in the lock. Suddenly, the TARDIS dematerialises without her, and as Sarah is still trying to understand why, a hand reaches out from the pod. Startled, Sarah sees a man lying inside, but when she goes closer, he grabs her around the throat. She breaks free and runs. At the Defence Station, the Doctor asks a soldier on guard where the command officer is, but the soldier just stares ahead, unresponsive. Also inside the building, Senior Defence Astronaut Guy Crayford is addressed by a disembodied voice. The voice, named Styggron, tells him that there is a random "unit" within the complex and orders him to check. The Doctor enters an office marked with Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart's name, but it is empty. Crayford enters, and points a gun on him. The Doctor introduces himself as UNIT's scientific advisor. Crayford has heard of him, but as the Brigadier is in Geneva, and Colonel Faraday is in command, there is no one to confirm the Doctor's identity; he could be an impostor. Before Crayford can have the Doctor taken to detention, the Doctor flips the desk over and runs. However, despite making it outside, he is recaptured. Sarah sees this and sneaks into the building, going to the Doctor's cell and unlocks the door, unaware that from behind a wall a stony alien face is observing them. Styggron contacts Crayford again, complaining about a second random unit. Crayford identifies this random units as the Doctor and Sarah. At that moment, the alarm sounds indicating the Doctor's escape. Crayford sends his UNIT soldiers to stop them. Hiding in a storage cupboard, the Doctor tells Sarah about Crayford. She replies that it is impossible: Crayford was in deep space while testing the XK-5 Space Raider when it vanished, presumed destroyed. The Doctor and Sarah venture out to find Sergeant Benton standing in the reception area, who points a pistol at them. Styggron wants the Doctor captured alive. When Crawford cancels the kill order, Benton becomes dizzy, giving the Doctor and Sarah a chance to run away. Crayford orders Harry Sullivan to cordon off the perimeter road. The two decide to return to the village and warn London, while being pursued by tracker dogs. Sarah twists her ankle while running through the woods and this slows her down. The Doctor hides Sarah in a tree, taking her scarf to draw the dogs away. He then hides in a stream, the dogs losing his trail. Unfortunately, when the soldiers turn back, they spot Sarah, and capture her. Styggron tells Crayford to locate, but not seize the Doctor. He has other plans for him. Meanwhile, in an alien-looking room, Sarah is strapped down to a table. Harry tells her it is no use to struggle, and under Styggron's order, commences the scan. In the village, the Doctor finds the telephones are not working. He meets Morgan, who tells him the lines are down after a gale. Styggron speaks to another of his kind, Chedaki, who feels that the time for experiments are over, but Styggron insists that they must confirm their techniques are flawless if they are to conquer worlds other than Earth. Styggron contacts Crayford and tells him to commence the final test. In the pub, the Doctor finds more oddities: an unused dart board, plastic horse brass on the wall and a tear-off calendar with only one date on every page - Friday 6 July. The telephone rings, and the call is for the Doctor. It is Sarah, who tells the Doctor she was captured but managed to escape. She asks the Doctor to meet her by the Village shop and to be careful of the robots. He hangs up the call, then finds that the telephone has stopped working again. The Doctor meets Sarah, who explains how she escaped. The Doctor remarks on the providence of her finding the only telephone in the village that worked, and believes they are being tested to find out how smart they are. He decides to take Sarah to the TARDIS and use the radio there. However, the TARDIS is gone. The Doctor is puzzled: the ship is not programmed to auto-operate, unless... he asks Sarah for her TARDIS key, and when she claims she has lost it, the Doctor tells her she never had it. When Sarah put the key in the lock, she released the TARDIS's pause control and it continued its journey to Earth. This is not Earth, this is not a real forest, and she is not the real Sarah. Moreover, the real Sarah wasn't wearing a scarf, which the Doctor took off to draw the dogs away. The Doctor grabs the duplicate by the shoulders and demands to know where Sarah is. The duplicate pulls free, but falls to the ground, her face popping open and revealing the electronics underneath. The android Sarah rises to its feet and starts to fire its pistol at the Doctor's retreating form. Chedaki tells Styggron that it was a foolish experiment. The Doctor could undo their plans. Styggron dismisses this; both the village and the Doctor will be destroyed by a matter dissolving bomb. The real Sarah is being kept alive so Styggron can test the virus he intends to use to cleanse the Earth of human life. All the while, Sarah is feigning unconsciousness and listening. When the coast is clear, she gets up and sneaks away. The Doctor watches the pick-up drive into the village and evacuate the androids to the Kraal base. The Doctor is grabbed from behind by Styggron, who gets two white suits to tie him up while the Kraal places the bomb at the Doctor's feet. Luckily, Sarah too has made it back to the village, and uses the Doctor's sonic screwdriver to cut his bonds. With seconds to spare, they run into the base and shut the door, as the village dissolves into a wasteland. However, the two are surrounded by androids, who escort them to a cell. The Doctor tells Sarah that he should have realised — the radiation levels he picked up when they landed were those of Oseidon, the Kraal planet. The levels are increasing and the planet will soon be uninhabitable, which is why the Kraals are invading Earth. The duplicated village and their androids were a training ground. Crayford enters the cell and tells the Doctor that it is all for the best. Soon, the Kraals will send his ship back by space-time warp so he can make a normal landing. He has recently established radio contact with Earth, and fed them a story of how his ship was trapped in an orbit around Jupiter and he survived by rationing his supplies and recycling his water. The world's attention focused on his landing, the space shells containing the androids will be taken for meteorites, who will emerge and pave the way for the main invasion fleet. He is helping the Kraals because while Earth left him for dead, they rescued his ship and reconstructed his body. The Kraals only want to survive, and have also promised him no humans will be harmed as long as they obey. Styggron gets "Harry" to place a drop of the virus in a jug of water to be taken to the cell. Meanwhile, although the sonic screwdriver is useless on the door, the Doctor has managed to remove a floor plate, intending to use the wiring below to electrocute their android guard. "Harry" enters with the water, and also to take the Doctor away. Before he goes, he tells Sarah not to waste the water and mentioned it is very good electrolyte. The Doctor is strapped down to the Kraal analysis table which will copy all his knowledge and experience. Despite what Styggron has told Crayford, he reveals that does intend genocide. Earth's resources are too limited to be wasted on an "inferior species". The virus, distributed by androids, will wipe the Earth clean in three weeks, then burn itself out. Styggron will then signal the invasion fleet. Styggron leaves the machine to do its work, and when it finishes, the stimulation will make the Doctor's head explode. Sarah rigs the wiring beneath the cell floor, then sets a small fire to lure the android guard in. He steps in the puddle of water, and is electrocuted when Sarah applies the power cable. She makes her way to the Doctor and turns off the scan. She helps the disorientated Time Lord out of the base, heading for Crayford's rocket before it takes off. The rocket is launched, and the G-forces start to crush them. Sarah blacks out, but is awakened by the Doctor. He tells her that was nothing; there is a more dangerous ride ahead. Before the rocket lands, the pods will be ejected, and the Doctor and Sarah will ride two of them to Earth to warn the real Defence Station, although he cannot guarantee they will survive the trip down. As they talk, neither notices a nearby pod open slightly to reveal an android Doctor. On Earth, Matthews at the Defence Station's scanner room picks up Crayford's rocket. Grierson, the man in charge, informs Colonel Faraday. Meanwhile, having found the TARDIS in the woods near Devesham, Benton and Harry have been searching for the Doctor and Sarah, but to no avail. Benton is worried, as he has never known the Doctor to leave the TARDIS key in its lock. Faraday welcomes Crayford home on the radio, but the signal is broken up by the "meteor shower" of pods which, unusually, slow down as they enter the atmosphere. Some of the pods land in a nearby field, and one opens up to reveal the Doctor. However, he is unable to find Sarah. Sarah, having landed elsewhere, finds the TARDIS in the woods. As she looks around, the Doctor taps her on the shoulder. However, this Doctor is an android, and behind it a pod opens to disgorge another Sarah replica. The real Sarah runs for it. The XK-5 re-establishes contact and comes in for a landing. Harry and Faraday head for the rocket, not knowing that Styggron is there with Crayford. The real Doctor enters the Station, and recognises the "dead" soldier. Showing him a pass, the Doctor tells the soldier that if he sees the Doctor again today he is to report it to him immediately. The Doctor goes to the scanner room, leaving the soldier puzzled. When Benton tells him where Harry and Faraday are, the Doctor contacts them on the radio and urges them not to enter the rocket. He will meet them at the lift. While the Doctor gives Grierson some instructions for modifying the radar dish, an android Matthews has incapacitated Benton and introduced an android replacement. Grierson says that if the Doctor points the dishes down here, it will jam every piece of electronic equipment for miles. Faraday returns to the scanner room, demanding an explanation. The Doctor tells them about the Kraal invasion. However, the Doctor is too late: Harry and Faraday have been replaced, and the android Doctor is pointing a gun at him. He slams the door in the android's face and leaps through a window. Outside, he meets Sarah. The Doctor tells Sarah their only chance is to stop the androids before they take over the complex, and runs back towards the scanner room, bluffing his way past "Benton" by posing as his duplicate. Sarah climbs up the rocket towards the real Harry and Styggron. Grierson finishes his modifications, but is shot in the shoulder by the android Doctor before he can turn on the power. The android is about to shoot the original when Crayford enters, saying that Styggron promised no killing. The "Doctor" calls him a fool, and tells him about the virus. Crayford cannot believe this, but the real Doctor tells him that his rocket was actually hijacked by the Kraal, and they did not reconstruct but merely brainwashed him. Realising the truth, Crayford rushes out, distracting the android long enough for the Doctor to make his move. In the struggle, the Doctor manages to activate the power to the radar, jamming all the androids in mid-step. In the rocket, Sarah unties Harry and Faraday. Styggron enters, holding a ray gun on them, but Crayford appears and attacks him. The two grapple, and Styggron shoots Crayford. The Doctor makes his own entrance, punching the Kraal, who falls on the vial of virus, cracking it open. Styggron shoots the Doctor before he dies. Sarah is horrified, but the real Doctor shows up — he had programmed his duplicate to distract Styggron. As proof, the android disintegrates into its component parts. Sarah and the Doctor make their way back to the TARDIS. Sarah says she is going to take a taxi home, but when the Doctor offers to take her home instead, she smiles, "How can I refuse?" The two enter the ship and it vanishes. [edit] Continuity This story marks the last appearances of John Levene (Sergeant Benton) and Ian Marter (Harry Sullivan) in the series. The characters were mentioned (but did not appear) in Mawdryn Undead (1983). Harry was said to be working with NATO and doing something "hush-hush at Porton Down". Benton was said to have left the army and become a used car salesman. This story also marks the first appearance of The Doctor's grey coat, with its black elbow patches. This version of his costume would alternate with others for the next couple of seasons. [edit] Production Serial details by episode EpisodeBroadcast dateRun timeViewership (in millions) "Part One" 22 November 1975 24:21 11.9 "Part Two" 29 November 1975 24:30 11.3 "Part Three" 6 December 1975 24:50 12.1 "Part Four" 13 December 1975 24:30 11.4 [1][2][3] Working titles for this story included The Kraals, The Kraal Invasion, and The Enemy Within. Location filming for the Kraal-replicated village of Devesham took place in East Hagbourne, Oxfordshire, a few miles from Didcot. The story was influenced by the film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and would be the last Terry Nation script for Doctor Who for four years until his final script for the series, Destiny of the Daleks (1979). This was the first script by Nation since The Keys of Marinus (1964) that did not feature the Daleks. Nicholas Courtney was unavailable to play Lethbridge-Stewart, so his character was re-written as Colonel Faraday. Kenneth Williams briefly mentioned viewing episode two of this story in his diaries, writing on 29 November 1975 "Dr Who gets more and more silly."[citation needed] [edit] Cast notes Ian Marter would continue his acting career and go on to write several Doctor Who novelisations, an original novel featuring Harry and an unused screenplay, Doctor Who Meets Scratchman, the last with Tom Baker. He died in 1986 from diabetes-related health complications. Milton Johns' had appeared as Benik in The Enemy of the World. His next appearance in Who would be as Castellan Kelner in The Invasion of Time. Only three Kraals are seen throughout the story. Styggron was played by Martin Friend. Marshal Chedaki, was played by Roy Skelton. The silent Kraal underling that appears in one scene was played by the series' long time stuntman Stuart Fell. [edit] Outside reference Near the end of Part Three just after Sarah frees the Doctor from the machine, the Doctor tells her, "Listen! Once upon a time, there were three sisters, and they lived in the bottom of a treacle well! Their names are Olga, Masha, and Irina." This is a conflation of the dormouse's story in chapter seven of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Anton Chekhov's play, Three Sisters. [edit] In print A novelisation of this serial, written by Terrance Dicks, was published by Target Books in November 1978. The novelisation was later designated number 2 when Target opted to number the first seventy-three novelisations alphabetically; however no edition using the number was ever released. Doctor Who book Doctor Who and the Android Invasion Series Target novelisations Release number (Assigned 2, but never used) Writer Terrance Dicks Publisher Target Books Cover artist Roy Knipe ISBN 0-426-20037-3 Release date 16 November 1978 Preceded by ' Followed by ' DVD & VHS release This story was released on VHS in March 1995. The story has been announced for DVD release on 9 January 2012 alongside Invasion of the Dinosaurs, coupled as the "UNIT Files" box set. [4] References ^ Shaun Lyon et al. (2007-03-31). "The Android Invasion". Outpost Gallifrey. Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-08-30. ^ "The Android Invasion". Doctor Who Reference Guide. Retrieved 2008-08-30. ^ Sullivan, Shannon (2007-08-07). "The Android Invasion". A Brief History of Time Travel. Retrieved 2008-08-30. ^ http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/05/dwn030511125312-dvd-schedule-update.html External links The Android Invasion at BBC Online The Android Invasion at Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time (Travel) The Android Invasion at the Doctor Who Reference Guide Reviews The Android Invasion reviews at Outpost Gallifrey The Android Invasion reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide Target novelisation Doctor Who and the Android Invasion reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide On Target — Doctor Who and the Android Invasion

Let's just quickly zip past the fact that "The Doctor Dances" is one of the most excellent episodes ever, and talk about its REAL name and its true subversive impact on Doctor Who from 2005 on.

Warning: While there isn't any actual "bad language" in this episode, there's a fair bit of bleeping which itself may come as a shock after my excessively clean previous 250 episodes.

NWP006 - The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe

Is the The Big and Fruity Vblog? Well there's lot's of wine!

This month Kehaar and Matt step inside an incourgrous blue box with a friendly stranger in the form of Luke from the Hulk Cast, ECBT2000AD, The Trip and Moon Freight 3. In so doing they pour over the long and varied history of the Doctor - in fact so long and varied that they decide to take 2 episodes to take a look at it.   In this first episode so doing they look at: The Grumpy Grandad and whose TARDIS is it anyway? The trickster clown, the beauty/brains (and the brawn.)  The Dashing Dandy, The Master and the UNIT/Republican Security Force family. Mad, bad and dangerous to know Tom and the unused Harry Sullivan  The Wet Vet and the TARDIS kindergarden     Saving the joys of Colin Baker and subsequent Doctors for the second installment.    So fob your granddaughter off on a passing resistance fighter, put down your recorder, stop working on that experiment and with a jelly baby in one hand and a stick of celery in the other enjoy our romp through leadership in the world of Doctor Who.   Check out all Lukes goodness here: The link to Moon Freight 3 is http://moonfreight3.com The Incredible Hulkcast is at http://www.comicbooknoise.com/hulk/ The Trip is at http://www.thetrippodcast.com/ And ECBT2000AD is at http://2000ad.wordpress.com/    And remember the excellent Geek Syndicates very own 'Time Lore' is reviewing the whole Doctor TV canon (and associated audios on the Geek Syndicate Network.'