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This episode features an interview with Steve Glosson, aka Big Honkin' Steve, host of SHoE, Geek Out Loud and the Big Honkin' Show.  Also, a review of the Peter Davison story, The Caves of Androzani.

We cover feedback email and discuss the first Hoo On Who get together at Gallifrey 21 in February, 2010.

Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 162
Running Time: 1:17:10

Part 2 of our in-depth interview with Gary Russell. Jules Burt returns with his newlywedded wife, Wendy.

Hosted by Louis Trapani and Ken Deep.

Brought to you by the Gallifreyan Embassy and is an Art Trap Production.

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We also discuss your fan fiction and Russell T Davies feedback, and look at the types of fan creativity seen at conventions.

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Show Notes

Introductions

@ 1 minute - Chris introduces himself:

http://twitter.com/dubbayoo
http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/

Rebuttals

@ 2 minutes 15 seconds - We look at feedback to episode 6, our Fan Fiction discussion.

@ 9 minutes 10 seconds - We enter the feedback loop to discuss follow up comments on Russell T Davies' attitude towards fandom:

Unreality SF interviews RTD and Benjamin Cook about 'ming mongs': http://unreality-sf.net/interviews/thewriterstale.html
Victoria Wood 'But Doctor, we haven't got the ming mongs!': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tbe3W6hWyw

Creativity Corner

@ 30 minutes 10 seconds - We look at the fan creativity on show at conventions:

Costuming / Cosplay:

Tardis Tara (Tara Wheeler)'s high speed video of the cosplayers with the Tardis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae30q8SQzK4
Doctor Who Cosplay Livejournal Community: http://community.livejournal.com/dw_cosplay/

Fan-made Daleks:

Project Dalek: http://www.projectdalek.co.uk/
Daleks Builders: http://www.dalekbuilders.co.uk/
Dalek Storm: http://www.projectdalek.co.uk/storm/

Fan-made Tardises:

Tardis Tara: http://tardis-tara.livejournal.com/
Tardis Builders: http://tardisboard.proboards.com/

Main Discussion - Doctor Who, Torchwood and Sci-Fi Conventions

@ 44 minutes 40 seconds -

Gallifrey One:
Official site: http://www.gallifreyone.com/
Radio Free Skaro episodes recorded at Gallifrey 20:
http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/2009/02/13/radio-free-skaro-122-live-from-gallifrey/
http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/2009/02/14/radio-free-skaro-interviews-phil-collinson/
http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/2009/02/14/radio-free-skaro-123-shearman-after-dark/
http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/2009/02/15/radio-free-skaro-124-two-scoops-of-hooray/
http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/2009/02/16/radio-free-skaro-125-toclafantastic/

Whooverville:
Official site: http://www.whoovers.org.uk/whooverville.html
The Whoovers fan group: http://www.whoovers.org.uk/
Staggering Stories cover the event: http://blog.staggeringstories.net/?p=347
The Podcasting Panel: http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/2009/09/09/radio-free-skaro-presents-podcest-the-whooverville-podcast-panel/
Nat's TwitPics: http://twitpic.com/gr3mg

Redemption:
Official Site: http://www.conventions.org.uk/redemption/
LiveJournal Community: http://community.livejournal.com/redemption_con/
Nat's con report: http://36.livejournal.com/783749.html http://36.livejournal.com/tag/redemption
The Council of Rivendell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx7ON43yhI0 (Cabaret sketch)
Ruler of the Universe photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7306297@N07/tags/rsf/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zarpism/3323430847/in/pool-redemptioncon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35869534@N06/3318370529/in/pool-redemptioncon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iain_joanna/3330847826/in/pool-redemptioncon

Other Conventions Mentioned:
Regenerations Swansea: http://www.regenerationsswansea.co.uk/
Who Party Toronto: http://www.whopartytoronto.com/
Hurricane Who: http://www.hurricanewho.com/ http://www.hurricanewho.com/2009/01/bon-voyage-party/
Who at the FAB Cafe: http://fanslikeus.org.uk/fabcafe2.html
Dimensions: http://www.tenthplanetevents.co.uk/dimensions--09-10-c.asp
Bad Wolf: http://www.tenthplanetevents.co.uk/bad-wolf-2010-36-c.asp

Next Time

@ 1 hour 34 minutes 30 seconds - Next time we'll be discussing Doctor Who universe funny fan art and gag comics.

If you have any comments about our discussions this week, or can tell us more about UK weekend conventions, give your feedback at bridgingtherift.wordpress.com, directed @BridgingTheRift on twitter or emailed to our GoogleMail address.

Trocking Out

@ 1 hour 35 minutes 15 seconds - We play out with The Stars are Made of Diamonds, written by Alex from Northern Ireland aka One Man, Two Hearts and performed by Sean from Victoria, Australia aka Mr Saxon. You can hear more from them on MySpace:

Whooverville was more than a Doctor Who convention, for me at least.A A historic meeting of so many Doctor Who podcasters.

It all began on a slightly chilly Butterley Train Station platform at 10AM on Sunday 6th September 2009.A Four of our Staggering Stories team (Karen, Jean, Keith and myself, Adam) stumbled onto the platform to be greeted by The Colin Baker posing next to a black Dalek.A Probably an unusual sight for this particular museum train station, I’ve not had the chance to return on a different morning to see if Colin and Dalek are there again – I rather doubt it.

I can’t remember the order of the meetings but, like a coalescing star, somehow the podcasters were drawn together on the platform – the geekest of the geek horde that had invaded the heritage railway station.A Kindred spirits!

The steam train to take us on to the giant shed that was to host Whooverville was waiting at the platform as we arrived.A It was, however, lacking a ‘fireman’ (a coal shoveller) so we were late getting away.A That wasn’t a problem, though, as it gave us more time to talk amongst ourselves and have a wonderful photo taken for our albums:

Whooverville 2009 podcasters, at train station (by kind permission of Nat Titman)

In the above photo (taken by podcaster Nat Titman from Bridging the Rift), starting at the the left we have -
Back row: James Rockliffe from Whocast and Dad’s Army podcast, James Naughton from Podshock and Hitchhiker’s Guide to British Sci-Fi, Jean Riddler (holding the Head of Pertwee) and Karen Dunn from Staggering Stories, Marty Perrett from Whocast and Box Room, Dave Cooper from Cultdom Collective, Luke Harrison from the Minute Doctor Who Podcast.
Front row: Keith Dunn and Adam Purcell from Staggering Stories.

The celebrity panels were, for me, less compelling than simply hanging out with the numerous other podcasters on hand.A That’s not meant as a slight on the guests as they were all very interesting people but in many ways I felt like I knew the other podcasters, it was like catching up with old friends!A Besides Tony and Jo (and the rest of the Staggering Stories team, of course!) I hadn’t ever actually met any of the others.A I doubt an outsider would have had any clue that was the case.

For the most part I immediately recognised my fellow podcasters on sight – I’d seen their faces in pictures or videos.A Any doubt (still photos don’t always give a perfect representation) was immediately dispelled when I heard their voices.

Steve Hatcher, who appeared to be the main driving force behind the Whooverville convention, invited us podcasters along for the express reason of getting us together on the stage for a Podcast Panel.A That was a masterstroke for getting us all together.A I think it is fair to say that no previous British event had brought together so many Doctor Who podcasters.A Fortunately he didn’t have any dastardly plan to wipe out a good percentage of the world’s Doctor Who podcasters – it would have been the perfect opportunity had he done so, though!

Here we are on stage for the Podcasters Panel:

Whooverville Podcast Panel 2009 (by kind permission of Jo Cummins)

In the above photo (taken by podcaster Jo Cummins from The Flashing Blade) starting from the left we have -
Back row: Tony Gallichan from The Flashing Blade, Michael from the Tin Dog Podcast, Karen Dunn and Adam Purcell from Staggering Stories, Marty Perrett from the Whocast and Box Room, Dave Cooper from Cultdom Collective, James Naughton from Podshock.
Front row: Nat Titman from Bridging the Rift and Luke Harrison from the Minute Doctor Who Podcast.

The podcast panel itself was lively and fun, at least from my point of view on the stage.A A very slight (surprisingly slight) trepidation accompanied me onto the stage but it was very quickly dispelled.A I’m hardly a natural public speaker but facing the onlooking crowds was a lot easier thanks the eight friends on stage with me.

By the time all of us were up on stage and settled (squeezing 7 chairs on the small stage was not an easy task!) we had already spent about three minutes of our half hour time slot.A That left us with only about twenty-seven minutes to fill.A With seven and, when Nat and Luke quickly joined us (sans chairs!), soon nine of us on the stage it’s not hard to burn through such a short amount of time – most podcasters tend to easily fill an hour or two, rambling away each week!

The podcast panel itself wasn’t quite what I’d expected.A I’d assumed it would be a round table affair, with a mic each or a series of mics along the table that picks us all up.A That wasn’t quite what we had, instead there were about three handheld mics that we were passing between us.A I’m not sure if that was a good or bad thing.A The downside being that it made the panel a little more stilted than it might otherwise have been.A On the plus side it stopped it getting too far out of hand and minimised any one person hogging things too much!A On balance, it was probably for the best!

Let me wind things back to the previous evening, for a second.A It didn’t really all start on the train platform as six of us actually met up at the hotel the night before (one of which being Jo, who doesn’t appear in either of the photos above):

A few podcasters gather the night before Whooverville 2009

In the above photo (taken by myself) starting from the left we have -
Tony Gallichan and Jo Cummings from The Flashing Blade, Jean Riddler, Karen Dunn and Keith Dunn from Staggering Stories.

So, that was Whooverville 2009.A There is much more to be said about it.A Seek out all the podcasts mentioned above (especially their episodes directly after 6th September 2009) to hear more.A Fear yourself to tales of The Colin Baker meeting the Head of Pertwee and more!A Also seek out Staggering Stories Podcast 54 – ‘Hounds of the Whooverville’ for more of our Staggering thoughts on it.

The attached audio file (MP3) features a few more words from me and, more importantly, the recording of the Podcast Panel I made on the day.A The background noise is a bit overpowering sometimes but hopefully it is nonetheless intelligible.A Enjoy!

Show summary:
Andy Simpkins, Adam J Purcell, ‘Fake’ Keith, Jean Riddler and ‘Real’ Keith Dunn talk about the Doctor Who convention Whooverville, find lots of general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 00:59 — Welcome!
• 01:50 – News:
• 02:10 — Doctor Who: The End of Time named.
• 03:32 — Doctor Who: Big Finish licence renewed until end of 2011.
• 04:46 — Disney wants to buy Marvel Comics for $4b.
• 06:52 — Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Hitchcon’09 on 11 October.
• 08:01 — Terry Wogan quits BBC Radio 2 breakfast show.
• 09:03 – Doctor Who convention: Whooverville.
• 48:13 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at show@StaggeringStories.net
• 67:03 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 67:24 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Big Finish Productions.
• Disney.
• Marvel.
• Wikipedia: Daffy Duck.
• Wikipedia: Donald Duck.
• Southbank Centre: Hitchcon’09.
• Wikipedia: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
• BBC Radio 2: Wake Up to Wogan.
• Facebook: Whooverville.
• Whoovers.
• THE Colin Baker.
• Staggering Stories: Dalek Master Plan review.
• Steve Caldwell’s Doctor Who Painting prints.
• The Box Room Podcast.
• Bridging the Rift podcast.
• The Cultdom Collective podcast.
• The Flashing Blade podcast.
• The Minute Doctor Who Podcast.
• Doctor Who: Podshock podcast.
• The Tin Dog Podcast.
• Doctor Who: Whocast podcast.
• Radio Free Skaro podcast.
• The Terrible Zodin, Doctor Who fanzine.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
• Twitter: Karen Dunn.
• Twitter: Adam J Purcell.

We also hear your defence of Jon Pertwee's Third Doctor, look at classic series feedback and some extra special fan creativity.

Show Notes

Introductions

@ 1 minute - Tom introduces himself:

http://twitter.com/tdickinson
http://thecloisterroom.com/
http://twitter.com/TheCloisterRoom
http://www.youtube.com/user/videobloggery

Rebuttals

@ 2 minutes 10 seconds - We look at feedback to episode 5, our Classic Series discussion:

Punk Davros by Julian aka @Braxietel: http://type40productions.deviantart.com/art/Punk-Davros-135497253

Jon Pertwee discussion in the comments: http://bridgingtherift.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/bridging-the-rift-5-appreciating-the-classics/#comments

Creativity Corner

@ 16 minutes 5 seconds - No theme this week, but here's what caught our eye:

An amazing Tardis cake: http://www.doitmyself.org/2009/08/tardis-cake.html

DailyCrumb's surreal Matt Smith Eleventh Doctor animation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLgqY2DTs6Q

Main Discussion - Does Doctor Who Have A Canon?

@ 23 minutes - Canon in the Star Wars Universe:

Star Wars Canon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Expanded_Universe#Continuity_and_canonicity
Canon Wars' exhaustive exploration of Star Wars canon: http://www.canonwars.com/SWCanon2.html

@ 27 minutes 55 seconds - The blog posts that started this discussion:

Teatime Brutality: http://teatimebrutality.blogspot.com/2009/07/canon-and-sheep-shit-why-we-fight.html
Paul Cornell in 2007: http://www.paulcornell.com/2007/02/canonicity-in-doctor-who.html
Tom's Cloister Room canon episode: http://thecloisterroom.com/index.php?post_id=515580

@ 30 minutes 42 seconds - Why might the current creative team not want to declare canon?

Virgin New Adventures: http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Virgin_New_Adventures
Big Finish official site: http://www.bigfinish.com/Doctor-Who
Big Finish writers: http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Finish_Doctor_Who_Audio_Dramas
RTD's interview with AVClub.com: http://www.avclub.com/articles/russell-t-davies,30869/

@ 57 minutes - Where the fannish term 'canon' comes from:

Ronald Knox: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Knox
Fanlore: Sherlock Holmes: http://67.23.2.53/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes
Knox's original essay: http://www.diogenes-club.com/studies.htm
The Sacred Writings of Dr John H. Watson: http://www.librarything.com/work/2737484

Bonus link!: http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=291 ;)

Next Time

@ 1 hour 25 minutes 50 seconds - Next time we'll be discussing Doctor Who conventions and get togethers.

If you disagree with our opinions on canon, or have any theories of your own, or if you have more classic series or Pertwee feedback or more punk daleks, give your feedback at bridgingtherift.wordpress.com, directed @BridgingTheRift on twitter or emailed to our GoogleMail address.

Trocking Out

@ 1 hour 26 minutes 30 seconds - We play out with a Classic Series trock song by our guest's new band Blinovich (see Mawdryn Undead)! Exploring the ending to 1986's The Trial of a Time Lord, it's The Ultimate Foe! Check out Tom's YouTube channel VideoBloggery for the music video and another (very funny) trock song:

Fawlty Towers

Join Meds and Kell as they talk about this fabulous British Comedy Fawlty Towers. Written and performed by John Cleese and Connie Booth, Fawlty Towers is now over 34 years old and still going strong. Only two series were made and its a formula that comedians such as Ricky Gervais have taken upon themselves to keep their own comedy fresh. Also starring Andrew Sachs and Prunella Scales the team created a wonderful programme that has never been beaten.

The premise of the show is centred around Basil Fawlty played by Cleese a hotel owner who is dominated by his wife Sybil and has an amazing disregard for anyone who is below what he classes as 'the best class'. A fantastic comedy that is worth not only hearing about here but must be viewed to get the ultimate pleasure of Cleese and Booths writing.

Fawlty Towers

Join Meds and Kell as they talk about this fabulous British Comedy Fawlty Towers. Written and performed by John Cleese and Connie Booth, Fawlty Towers is now over 34 years old and still going strong. Only two series were made and its a formula that comedians such as Ricky Gervais have taken upon themselves to keep their own comedy fresh. Also starring Andrew Sachs and Prunella Scales the team created a wonderful programme that has never been beaten.

The premise of the show is centred around Basil Fawlty played by Cleese a hotel owner who is dominated by his wife Sybil and has an amazing disregard for anyone who is below what he classes as ‘the best class’. A fantastic comedy that is worth not only hearing about here but must be viewed to get the ultimate pleasure of Cleese and Booths writing.

Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 161
Running Time: 1:34:55

News and Part 1 of our in-depth interview with Gary Russell

Hosted by Louis Trapani and Ken Deep.

This episode is sponsored by Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy. Support us by supporting them. Visit dlair.net for all your sci-fi and fantasy needs.

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The Whooverville Doctor Who convention that took place in September at Derby featured a notable podcasting panel featuring representatives from no less than eight (8) different Doctor Who podcasts. Eager to elbow their way into a party to which they were never invited, Radio Free Skaro is proud to present this panel to you for your listening enjoyment. Very big thanks to Adam Purcell of Staggering Stories for providing the audio.

Oh, and happy 100th episode, Tin Dog.

Appearing at the Whooverville Podcast Panel were:

- Tony Gallichan from The Flashing Blade Podcast
- Michael Gilroy from Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast
- Karen Dunn and Adam Purcell from Staggering Stories Podcast
- Marty Perrett from DWO Whocast
- Dave Cooper from The Cultdom Chronicles
- James Naughton from Doctor Who: Podshock
- Nat Titman from Bridging The Rift
- Luke Harrison from The Minute Doctor Who Podcast

The Whooverville Doctor Who convention that took place in September at Derby featured a notable podcasting panel featuring representatives from no less than eight (8) different Doctor Who podcasts. Eager to elbow their way into a party to which they were never invited, Radio Free Skaro is proud to present this panel to you for your listening enjoyment. Very big thanks to Adam Purcell of Staggering Stories for providing the audio.

Oh, and happy 100th episode, Tin Dog.

Appearing at the Whooverville Podcast Panel were:

- Tony Gallichan from The Flashing Blade Podcast
- Michael Gilroy from Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast
- Karen Dunn and Adam Purcell from Staggering Stories Podcast
- Marty Perrett from DWO Whocast
- Dave Cooper from The Cultdom Chronicles
- James Naughton from Doctor Who: Podshock
- Nat Titman from Bridging The Rift
- Luke Harrison from The Minute Doctor Who Podcast