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In this special episode Barry chats with Shane Chebsey,one of the organisers of the British International Comics Show.

During the episode Shane reveals what events people can expect at this years show as well as a look back at lessons learned from previous years.

There is a look behind the scenes at what goes into the preparation of the show and what their plans are for the future.

Enjoy!

The Three Who Rule come off last week's plethora of news with but a handful of offerings this time around. Turning lemons into lemonade they parry and thrust their way through another hearty podcast for your aural pleasure. From the return of Spoilor to thoughts on the return of Tom Baker to the role of The Doctor, grab your foil and join the fray.

The Three Who Rule come off last week's plethora of news with but a handful of offerings this time around. Turning lemons into lemonade they parry and thrust their way through another hearty podcast for your aural pleasure. From the return of Spoilor to thoughts on the return of Tom Baker to the role of The Doctor, grab your foil and join the fray.

The Three Who Rule come off last week's plethora of news with but a handful of offerings this time around. Turning lemons into lemonade they parry and thrust their way through another hearty podcast for your aural pleasure. From the return of Spoilor to thoughts on the return of Tom Baker to the role of The Doctor, grab your foil and join the fray.

We're back to the more light hearted and frivolous side of the podcast with this run down of cricket in Doctor Who.

Welcome to your monthly gaming guide.

News EA screws up at the San Diego Comic Con, Eurogamer Expo 2009 is coming, more female gamers are out their than we think and Ghostbusters gets a release date for wii and 360.

We look at some of the demos, releases and more for July

Games being played this month: Fight Night Round 4, Infamous, Prototype, Mirrors Edge and Call of Juarez

Welcome to your monthly gaming guide.

News EA screws up at the San Diego Comic Con, Eurogamer Expo 2009 is coming, more female gamers are out their than we think and Ghostbusters gets a release date for wii and 360.

We look at some of the demos, releases and more for July

 

Games being played this month: Fight Night Round 4,  Infamous, Prototype, Mirrors Edge and Call of Juarez

Ooh, dear. We did do overdoing it again we did.

Oopsies.

Anyway, this time around we look at the wonderful Mahogany Murders, celebrate The Three Doctors and, er...well..look, Dimensions in Time gets in there somehow...

Nutbunnies.

1-10 will be about Spare Parts and Dalek

1-11 will be about The One Doctor and The Visitation.

All feedback to show@flashingblade.org.uk

toodles then..

In this episode the guys play a bit of catch-up and look at progs 8, 1643, 1644 & 1645.

Stephen once again decides Richard is a p**sy on such important matters as the pros and cons of having little arms and children's shotgun related trauma are discussed. They also bid a farewell to Cradlegrave and after weeks of being as nice as they could, finally crack and give it some grief... so if you are a fan of that series you've been warned!

As always, expect spoilers throughout as well as language not suitable for the kiddies.

Episode one of a new podcast covering all areas of Sci-Fi and Cult interests. Episode 1 - Beginnings! Our beginning and Cult & Sci-Fi beginnings - Pilots!

In this episode the guys play a bit of catch-up and look at progs 8, 1643, 1644 & 1645.

Stephen once again decides Richard is a p**sy on such important matters as the pros and cons of having little arms and children's shotgun related trauma are discussed. They also bid a farewell to Cradlegrave and after weeks of being as nice as they could, finally crack and give it some grief... so if you are a fan of that series you've been warned!

As always, expect spoilers throughout as well as language not suitable for the kiddies.

Show summary:
Adam J Purcell, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the ‘Real’ Keith Dunn talk extensively about the Torchwood radio stories Asylum, Golden Age, the Dead Line, also Torchwood: Children of Earth, find lots of general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 00:44 — Welcome!
• 01:35 – News:
• 02:05 — Doctor Who: Karen Gillan’s character named.
• 04:06 — Doctor Who: Matt Smith’s costume unveilled.
• 06:25 — Doctor Who: New look TARDIS exterior.
• 08:03 — Futurama: Voice cast get the heave-ho.
• 10:01 — World of Warcraft: Sam Raimi to helm the film.
• 11:25 — Tron 2: Now named ‘Tron Legacy’.
• 12:38 — Amazon US gets all Big Brother with 1984 and Animal Farm eBooks.
• 14:58 — The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand De Bargos: The Movie!
• 16:41 — Captain Pugwash creator, John Ryan, dies.
• 17:48 — Podcast 49 reply – Our names in Doctor Who (it’s not really news!)
• 19:01 — Doctor Who: Exclusive Character Options toys.
• 20:33 – Torchwood:.
• 21:23 — Radio Play: Asylum.
• 26:04 — Radio Play: Golden Age.
• 30:45 — Radio Play: The Dead Line.
• 35:18 — The Children of Earth.
• 67:22 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at show@StaggeringStories.net
• 86:19 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 87:12 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Wikipedia: Futurama.
• World of Warcraft.
• Wikipedia: Tron.
• Amazon.
• Wikipedia: Nineteen Eighty-Four.
• Wikipedia: Animal Farm.
• IMDB: The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos.
• YouTube.
• Wikipedia: Captain Pugwash.
• Forbidden Planet exclusive Doctor Who figures.
• BBC: Torchwood.
• The Terrible Zodin, Doctor Who fanzine.

Episode one of a new podcast covering all areas of Sci-Fi and Cult interests. Episode 1 - Beginnings! Our beginning and Cult & Sci-Fi beginnings - Pilots!

Episode one of a new podcast covering all areas of Sci-Fi and Cult interests. Episode 1 - Beginnings! Our beginning and Cult & Sci-Fi beginnings - Pilots!

Episode one of a new podcast covering all areas of Sci-Fi and Cult interests. Episode 1 - Beginnings! Our beginning and Cult & Sci-Fi beginnings - Pilots!

Have a podcast? Want to run a promo for The Cloister Room? Well, please do!

Welcome to the resurrected Staggering Stories Audio Musings.A I’m Adam Purcell, and I’ll be your host for this musing.

This doesn’t replace the proper Staggering Stories Podcast feed but is instead a VERY irregular (in more ones than one!) outlet for individual members of the Staggering Stories team to vent and generally spew forth…

This is the first of a group of three musings (actually recycled MP3 comments…) about Herd Nurdles.A Herd Nurdles, do I hear you ask?A Probably not.A It’s a term introduced by the fabulous people over at the Box Room podcast, used to represent Science Fiction that one person really likes but few others do.A It’s the opposite of Nerd Hurdles… seek out Box Room Podcast 29 and onwards if you want to know more.

Without further ado, here’s my justification for liking the 1987 BBC 2 Sci-Fi/detective series Star Cops – my first Herd Nurdle.

You don’t know Star Cops?A Where were you in the late 80s?!A BBC 2, 1987.A A science fiction crime drama, devised and mainly written by none other than Chris Boucher, of Doctor Who and Blake’s 7.

Okay, the production values… leave a little to be desired.A Let’s not even talk about the zero-G acting…A There’s some great model work, though… By I’m drifting.

It’s basically Hard SF – It’s set in 2027 and there’s no magic tech, it’s all plausible.A There’s no anti-gravity, no faster than light travel, no transporters and NO aliens.A It’s real people policing a realistic Earth orbital stations and lunar colony universe.

There’s some really great writing, some fantastic dialogue, clever ideas about the sort of crime that near future environment might encourage.A Some great performances too, especially, for my money, by David Calder and Trevor Cooper.

It’s not for everybody – a lot of people probably won’t even get past the awful theme tune.

Star Cops is something people seem to either love or hate.A It’s in my top 4 favourite TV series, along with Doctor Who, Babylon 5 and Firefly.A Give it a go – you might just love it!A You probably won’t, most people hate it but you never know… Sadly the DVDs are long since deleted but no doubt it is available via alternative means..!
I can’t defend that cast photo on Wikipedia, though.A I think they must have just eaten from the BBC canteen or, perhaps, just been fired…

Following some good feedback to last episode, I continue the discussion in this episode. The Cloister Room – Episode 2 contains Tom's response to my last podcast. The Cat Among the Pigeons Podcast Don't worry if you were looking for a podcast about cricket, that one is coming along next.

This week on The Cloister Room, Tom takes a look at Captain Jack Harkness: the background of the character, the major events that have shaken him in Children of Earth, and his thoughts on the character's direction for the future. But that's only one of the four acts in this episode. Tom also discusses the recently unveiled trailers for the upcoming specials and Russell T Davies' attitude on religion in Torchwood: Children of Earth. It's far and away the most jam-packed episode yet, which, Tom admits, is really not saying much, as it's only the second one!

Useful Links:
The Waters of Mars Trailer (youtube)
The End of the World Trailer (youtube)
The Minute Doctor Who Podcast (discussed in this episode)

Welcome to the last Geek Syndicate before we take a little summer break for the month of August. Rest assured we will be back at the beginning of September.

News: Final Fantasy for charity and a classic cartoon to be given the film treatment

Week that Was: Warehouse 13, Necessary Monsters and more

Main: The second part of our look at the Hugo Award (Spoilers for BSG)

Enjoy !!!

With guest Emily .

Welcome to the last Geek Syndicate before we take a little summer break for the month of August. Rest assured we will be back at the beginning of September.

News: Final Fantasy for charity and a classic cartoon to be given the film treatment

Week that Was: Warehouse 13, Necessary Monsters and more

Main: The second part of our look at the Hugo Award (Spoilers for BSG)

Enjoy !!!

Following the dramatic events of Torchwood: Children of Earth, this episode we're looking at the creative reaction and discussing what might happen next with Torchwood series 4, including a discussion of if there should even be a series 4 at all. Our guest panellist is Liz from Doctor Who fan fiction archive A Teaspoon And An Open Mind also known as Calapine on LiveJournal: http://www.whofic.com/ http://calapine.livejournal.com/ Show Notes: Rebuttals We briefly discuss feedback to our backdoor pilot episode, Radio Free Skaro Wednesday Cutaway. See the comments on that post for an excellent follow up discussion: http://radiofreeskaro.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/radio-free-skaro-wednesday-cutaway/#comments Creativity Corner After Torchwood: Children of Earth, we look at fan creative reactions to 'the unhappy event': uWho: Children of Earth Day 3: http://spune-who.deviantart.com/art/uWho-Torchwood-CoE-Day-3-128876962 Children of Earth - Mad World: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REbY9-9PYKo Endgame off the Board (Or, The Life and Times of Pieces Already Taken): http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=31803 Partial silhouette pencil Torchwood drawings by deviantART user illgetmerope: http://illgetmerope.deviantart.com/gallery/ We also listen to a brief clip of Lloyd in the Void by Technicolour Chaos available in full from their MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/touchwoodthankyou (and on Trock On, see below) Discussion We discuss various characters and whether we'd like to see them back in series 4. Official BBC character key: http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/characters/ We speculate about if there'll be a series 4 and reference the following interviews: http://www.comicmix.com/news/2009/07/25/exclusive-torchwood-picked-up-for-another-season-by-bbc/ http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/07/24/backlash-shmacklash-thats-torchwood-creator-russell-t-davies-reaction-to-the-outcry-over-the-death-of-gareth-david-lloyds/ We discuss Nat's alternative ideas for continuing after Children of Earth, as previously posted on LiveJournal: http://36.livejournal.com/819006.html Next Time In episode 2 we'll be discussing fandom's reactions to the new Eleventh Doctor costume, Amy Pond, the Tardis exterior and the series 5 or series 1 naming controversy. There'll also be more Time Lord Rock and plenty of other creative pursuits! Trocking Out We play out with When Autons Attack by Turn Left: http://www.myspace.com/thegeekchicband The song's on the up coming Time Lord Rock compilation album Trock On available for pre-order from DFTBA records: http://store.dftba.com/product/trock-on-pre-order From the 6th of August you can also buy it from Amazon MP3 and soon after from iTunes: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trock-Collection-Doctor-Inspired-Songs/dp/B002HQ4CEK/ Thanks to Georgia of Turn Left for kind permission to use this track. We recommend you also visit Georgia's excellent Time Lord Rock News, a fantastic source of information on new trock songs, bands and releases: http://timelordrock.wordpress.com/

Not sure if anyone else is aware of the Twitter/James Moran things. Thought youd like to read the item from his blog. the direct link is at the bottom of the page Sunday, July 12, 2009 Stepping back Before I start, this post - and every post on here, and anything I say on Twitter, or anywhere else - is entirely MY opinion. Nothing to do with the people I've worked with, or the BBC, or anyone else. I don't speak for any other writers, I *only* speak for myself, and I will not pass on any messages to anyone. Here's my position: I'm not going get into any more discussions or debates about what happened in Torchwood this week (being vague, in case people come across this and haven't seen it). Not now, not in the future. Why? I started trying to discuss it, but swiftly realised that it was pointless. It simply turns into "No it isn't" / "Yes it is", and there's no way I can win the argument, because in certain people's opinion, I am wrong, and that's the end of it. And it's all just opinion anyway. It would also feel like I was trying to justify the show, and I'm not doing that. I have absolutely no need to. The show is the show. Whether you like it or dislike it, that's up to you. I helped plot the whole storyline, and I stand by every single decision. Yes, including *that* one - I had my hand on the death lever along with everyone else, and was fully involved. I think it's a fantastic, brave, challenging drama, and contains some of the best moments on TV all year. I've received over a thousand messages from viewers talking about the show. The vast majority have been extremely positive. Even though many of them are upset and shocked, they have managed to express that without making it personal. So to you, I'm extremely grateful. I'm glad you liked the show, and love that it made you respond so strongly. I can't reply to everyone, it'd take weeks, so please accept my thanks. But the rest of the messages? Unacceptable. Some have been spewing insults and passive aggressive nonsense. Accusing me of deliberately trying to mislead, lie, and hurt people. Telling me I hate the fans, that I'm laughing at them, that I used them, that I'm slapping people in the face, that I've "killed" the show, that I'm a homophobe, that I want to turn the fanbase away and court new, "cooler" viewers, even that I'm hurting depressed people with dark storylines. Asking me to pass on vitriolic, hateful messages to people I love and respect. Not cool. These are all things that nobody would dare to say to me in person. But on the internet, it's easy for them to fire off these things. Forgetting that at the other end is me, a real person, someone who has been nothing but open and friendly. But I've been a bit too open, a bit too nice, a bit too willing to explain the thought process behind story decisions. And some people are taking advantage of that, or misinterpreting what it means. So here's the deal: I'm a professional writer. That's my job. I write what I write, for whatever the project might be. I have the utmost respect for you, and honestly want you to like my work, but I can't let that affect my story decisions. Everybody wants different things from a story, but this is not a democracy, you do not get to vote. You are free to say what you think of my work, even if you hate it, I honestly don't mind. But the ONLY person I need to please is myself, and the ONLY thing I need to serve is the story. Not you. I will do my work to the very best of my ability, in an attempt to give you the best show, the best movie, the best story, the best entertainment I possibly can. Even if that means that sometimes, I'll do things you won't like. I won't debate it. Either you go along with it, or you don't. None of it is done to hurt you, or to force some agenda down your throat, or anything else. It's all in service of the story. When I started this blog, I wanted to give some insight into the writing process. I've done that. I've answered all the questions, written about the process, done several huge posts trying to pass on what I've learned. The posts are all still there, and will remain there. I've had great fun with it, and given as much as I can, but it's never going to be enough. For a while now, I've let things get too cosy here, indulged myself too much, and if I let it carry on, it will affect my work. The last few days have just confirmed that for me. So I'm going to step back and take a break from it. Things are very busy for the next month or two, and I won't have the time anyway. I'm extremely grateful to everyone who has commented on here, and the blog will probably continue in some form, but limited to anything that isn't about the work - announcements, TV/movie recommendations, etc. I have to concentrate on my writing. And I will not put up with any more abusive messages, or threats, or accusations, or attempted guilt trips. So while I completely understand your pain at some of the events in the series, that does not give you the right to insult me. Talk about the *work*, all you want. But lay off the person behind the work. Because I'm simply trying to tell you good stories. In the end, that is all I can do. James Moran Writer Please feel free to pass this on, I encourage you to do so, to make my position clear to everyone - but you must include the link to the full post here: http://jamesmoran.blogspot.com/2009/07/stepping-back.html Bookmark and Shareinfo to follow

Und somit sind wir dann beim letzten Tag unseres Torchwoodmarathons angelangt. Es geht - naturlich - um Day 5 und eine Betrachtung der ganzen Staffel. Ausserdem gibt es einiges an Post und wir sind mal wieder ein Mitmachpodcast zu diversen Themen. Allem vorran naturlich die kleine "Fandomimplusion" nach Day 4. Vielen Dank an dieser Stelle an alle fleissigen Helfer fur's Sammeln der Zitate. Also lasset die Spiele beginnen...

Und somit sind wir dann beim letzten Tag unseres Torchwoodmarathons angelangt. Es geht - naturlich - um Day 5 und eine Betrachtung der ganzen Staffel. Ausserdem gibt es einiges an Post und wir sind mal wieder ein Mitmachpodcast zu diversen Themen. Allem vorran naturlich die kleine "Fandomimplusion" nach Day 4. Vielen Dank an dieser Stelle an alle fleissigen Helfer fur's Sammeln der Zitate. Also lasset die Spiele beginnen...

Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 157
Running Time: 1:26:39

Quasi-live coverage of San Diego Comic Con 2009, 11th Doctor's New Threads and New TARDIS, Special Reports from Tara Wheeler at SDCC, Jarrod Cooper of Hurricane Who interviewed, and more.

Hosted by Ken Deep, James Naughton, and Louis Trapani.

Pay attention to the SPOILER ALERTS in this episode.

Brought to you by the Gallifreyan Embassy and presented by Outpost Gallifrey.

Worth Godwin offers computer help in plain english

Do you want the Enhanced Podcast AAC file format? Get our Enhanced Podcast version of this episode using our feed at http://www.gallifreyanembassy.org/podshock/podshock.xml.

Ich denke viel muss man nicht mehr schreiben: Children of Earth: Day 4. Heute mal wieder ein Mitmachpodcast...

Ich denke viel muss man nicht mehr schreiben: Children of Earth: Day 4. Heute mal wieder ein Mitmachpodcast...

A short promo for Bridging the Rift: Bringing The Doctor Who Universe Together, a podcast about the Doctor Who Universe fandom, its discussions and creative pursuits.

The longest individual file I've produced so far. The first half is housekeeping stuff and the second is the angle I'm taking on the latest Torchwood. If it sparks a discussion fair enough, if not, I don't mind. Link to Whoovervile: http://whooverville.org

In what has to be the most overwhelming of all weeks for Doctor Who in all recorded history, the RFS crew slogged mightily through tales of Comic Con, rumours confirmed, others dashed, and in the midst of our recording the release of a new trailer for "The Waters of Mars." And that was BEFORE we got around commentating on "Planet of the Dead", making this if not the longest Radio Free Skaro ever than certainly the densest, and not just because of PotD's plodding, pedestrian poltroonery.

In what has to be the most overwhelming of all weeks for Doctor Who in all recorded history, the RFS crew slogged mightily through tales of Comic Con, rumours confirmed, others dashed, and in the midst of our recording the release of a new trailer for "The Waters of Mars." And that was BEFORE we got around commentating on "Planet of the Dead", making this if not the longest Radio Free Skaro ever than certainly the densest, and not just because of PotD's plodding, pedestrian poltroonery.

In what has to be the most overwhelming of all weeks for Doctor Who in all recorded history, the RFS crew slogged mightily through tales of Comic Con, rumours confirmed, others dashed, and in the midst of our recording the release of a new trailer for "The Waters of Mars." And that was BEFORE we got around commentating on "Planet of the Dead", making this if not the longest Radio Free Skaro ever than certainly the densest, and not just because of PotD's plodding, pedestrian poltroonery.

Ihr werdet es erraten haben - Heute geht es um Day 3. Ausserdem gibt es ein wenig Post...

Ihr werdet es erraten haben - Heute geht es um Day 3. Ausserdem gibt es ein wenig Post...

In what must be a new record, it takes Mike less than four minutes to utterly shame himself. Beyond that, the duo briefly discusses the most recent season of Torchwood and the Eleventh Doctor's wardrobe. Also, two e-mails are answered. Oh, yeah, and the guys talk about "The Power of the Daleks," the first story starring Patrick Troughton as The Doctor.

Bonjour, tous la Monde. Ici c'est la Podcast de la Flashing Blade, numero 8.

Or something.

Right, this time around we scrutinise the McGann series two part finale and then bask in the radioactive winds of Argolis for a look at The Lesiure Hive.

Ah, bliss...

pod 1-9 will be the Mahogany Murders and The Three Doctors and pod 1-10 will be the Davison play 'Spare Parts' and the Ecclestone story 'Dalek'

All comments on those and feedback in general to show@flashingblade.org.uk

toodles for now then..

Und weiter gehts. Heute: Day 2 des Torchwood Funfteilers "Children of Earth". Ausserdem ein klein wenig News.

Und weiter gehts. Heute: Day 2 des Torchwood Funfteilers "Children of Earth". Ausserdem ein klein wenig News.

A second Studio recording setting out - The Way Ahead - getting ready for LIVE Episode 1

A second Studio recording setting out - The Way Ahead - getting ready for LIVE Episode 1

A second Studio recording setting out - The Way Ahead - getting ready for LIVE Episode 1