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After thinking very, very hard and very, very long, we've decided to stay on tract and continue churning out episodes about Doctor Who rather than fulfill our shared lifetime fantasy of doing a Columbo podcast (turns out there's just too many of them out there).

We decided to start fresh with the conclusion of what many fans (and the BBC) think of as a rotten time in the show's history: Series 26. That's right, it's cats and boys in short shorts: "Survival". Is this story the cat's pajamas? Or does it belong in a litter box? Listen and find out!

Email us stuff at tardistavern@gmail.com, follow Sean on Twitter via @tardistavern, and subscribe to our Facebook page!

After thinking very, very hard and very, very long, we've decided to stay on tract and continue churning out episodes about Doctor Who rather than fulfill our shared lifetime fantasy of doing a Columbo podcast (turns out there's just too many of them out there).

We decided to start fresh with the conclusion of what many fans (and the BBC) think of as a rotten time in the show's history: Series 26. That's right, it's cats and boys in short shorts: "Survival". Is this story the cat's pajamas? Or does it belong in a litter box? Listen and find out!

Email us stuff at tardistavern@gmail.com, follow Sean on Twitter via @tardistavern, and subscribe to our Facebook page!

Toni and Joe are cautiously joined by Chris Cherry for some fun and games while they discuss the Classic Doctor Who serial The Celestial Toymaker.

Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Jean Riddler, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 2017 Doctor Who episode ‘The Pilot’ and discuss what makes a Doctor Who companion, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 02:29 — Welcome!
• 02:21 – News:
• 02:36 — Star Trek: Discovery narrowly avoids Worf.
• 04:41 — Potter-verse: Young Dumbledore cast.
• 07:58 — Doctor Who: Miniatures Games update.
• 09:46 — Doctor Who: Kris Marshall is the next Doctor?
• 12:06 — Dredd: 4K Blu-ray coming to the USA.
• 13:04 – Doctor Who: The Pilot (2017).
• 39:59 – Doctor Who: Keith’s next Doctor suggestion.
• 45:51 – Doctor Who: What’s makes a companion?
• 63:45 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
• 85:00 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 85:42 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
• Star Trek.
• Wikipedia: Star Trek: Discovery.
• Wikipedia: Worf.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Warlord Games: Doctor Who Miniatures Game.
• Wikipedia: Kris Marshall.
• Wikipedia: Judge Dredd.
• Wikipedia: The Pilot (Doctor Who).
• BBC: Doctor Who – The Pilot.
• Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
• Google+: Staggering Stories Page.

Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Jean Riddler, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 2017 Doctor Who episode ‘The Pilot’ and discuss what makes a Doctor Who companion, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 02:29 — Welcome!
• 02:21 – News:
• 02:36 — Star Trek: Discovery narrowly avoids Worf.
• 04:41 — Potter-verse: Young Dumbledore cast.
• 07:58 — Doctor Who: Miniatures Games update.
• 09:46 — Doctor Who: Kris Marshall is the next Doctor?
• 12:06 — Dredd: 4K Blu-ray coming to the USA.
• 13:04 – Doctor Who: The Pilot (2017).
• 39:59 – Doctor Who: Keith’s next Doctor suggestion.
• 45:51 – Doctor Who: What’s makes a companion?
• 63:45 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
• 85:00 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 85:42 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
• Star Trek.
• Wikipedia: Star Trek: Discovery.
• Wikipedia: Worf.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Warlord Games: Doctor Who Miniatures Game.
• Wikipedia: Kris Marshall.
• Wikipedia: Judge Dredd.
• Wikipedia: The Pilot (Doctor Who).
• BBC: Doctor Who – The Pilot.
• Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
• Google+: Staggering Stories Page.

Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Jean Riddler, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 2017 Doctor Who episode ‘The Pilot’ and discuss what makes a Doctor Who companion, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 02:29 — Welcome!
• 02:21 – News:
• 02:36 — Star Trek: Discovery narrowly avoids Worf.
• 04:41 — Potter-verse: Young Dumbledore cast.
• 07:58 — Doctor Who: Miniatures Games update.
• 09:46 — Doctor Who: Kris Marshall is the next Doctor?
• 12:06 — Dredd: 4K Blu-ray coming to the USA.
• 13:04 – Doctor Who: The Pilot (2017).
• 39:59 – Doctor Who: Keith’s next Doctor suggestion.
• 45:51 – Doctor Who: What’s makes a companion?
• 63:45 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
• 85:00 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 85:42 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
• Star Trek.
• Wikipedia: Star Trek: Discovery.
• Wikipedia: Worf.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Warlord Games: Doctor Who Miniatures Game.
• Wikipedia: Kris Marshall.
• Wikipedia: Judge Dredd.
• Wikipedia: The Pilot (Doctor Who).
• BBC: Doctor Who – The Pilot.
• Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
• Google+: Staggering Stories Page.

Mal Young was Head of BBC drama who commissioned the return of Doctor Who. He hired Russell T Davies & they together got Chris Eccleston to be the new Doctor. Without him, none of this happens. We talk to him about all of that & his work on Brookside, Casualty, Holby City, the Bill & so much more. He gives us a master class in working your way up from an extra to running the show in one of his first interviews about Doctor Who in 10 years.

Find Mal Young on twitter @MalYoung

Gallifrey Stands is sponsored by http://www.DottiesCharms.co.uk. Check out the Doctor Who range today.

Gallifrey Stands can be found at on twitter @DoctorSquee, by email GallifreyStandsPodcast@gmail.com, on stitcher, iTunes & http://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com & on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1481026762176392/

You can buy the GallifreyStands lipbalm @ https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/209093664/gallifrey-stands-geek-stix-inspired-by?ref=shop_home_active_12

Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Jean Riddler, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 2017 Doctor Who episode ‘The Pilot’ and discuss what makes a Doctor Who companion, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 02:29 — Welcome!
• 02:21 – News:
• 02:36 — Star Trek: Discovery narrowly avoids Worf.
• 04:41 — Potter-verse: Young Dumbledore cast.
• 07:58 — Doctor Who: Miniatures Games update.
• 09:46 — Doctor Who: Kris Marshall is the next Doctor?
• 12:06 — Dredd: 4K Blu-ray coming to the USA.
• 13:04 – Doctor Who: The Pilot (2017).
• 39:59 – Doctor Who: Keith’s next Doctor suggestion.
• 45:51 – Doctor Who: What’s makes a companion?
• 63:45 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
• 85:00 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 85:42 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
• Star Trek.
• Wikipedia: Star Trek: Discovery.
• Wikipedia: Worf.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Warlord Games: Doctor Who Miniatures Game.
• Wikipedia: Kris Marshall.
• Wikipedia: Judge Dredd.
• Wikipedia: The Pilot (Doctor Who).
• BBC: Doctor Who – The Pilot.
• Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
• Google+: Staggering Stories Page.

What you are about to hear is the story of a connection, a connection that was made between a television series and a viewer's life.

The You and Who books are the story of that connection, as told by the people who watch the programmes that make us come alive. Chiefly, of course, Doctor Who.

This podcast will relate some of the stories from those books... and beyond.

In this episode:

'My Doctor is Half-Human: The Night of the Doctor' by Drew Meyer

'A Tale of Two City of Deaths: City of Death' by Mark Cockram

With an intermission featuring Rob Irwin talking to JR Southall.

The You and Who books, from which all royalties are paid to charity, are available in print and for Kindle, from watchingbooks.weebly.com

Find Rob on Twitter @theDWshow and JR on Twitter @JR_Southall

What you are about to hear is the story of a connection, a connection that was made between a television series and a viewer's life.

The You and Who books are the story of that connection, as told by the people who watch the programmes that make us come alive. Chiefly, of course, Doctor Who.

This podcast will relate some of the stories from those books... and beyond.

In this episode:

'My Doctor is Half-Human: The Night of the Doctor' by Drew Meyer

'A Tale of Two City of Deaths: City of Death' by Mark Cockram

With an intermission featuring Rob Irwin talking to JR Southall.

The You and Who books, from which all royalties are paid to charity, are available in print and for Kindle, from watchingbooks.weebly.com

Find Rob on Twitter @theDWshow and JR on Twitter @JR_Southall

What you are about to hear is the story of a connection, a connection that was made between a television series and a viewer's life.

The You and Who books are the story of that connection, as told by the people who watch the programmes that make us come alive. Chiefly, of course, Doctor Who.

This podcast will relate some of the stories from those books... and beyond.

In this episode:

'My Doctor is Half-Human: The Night of the Doctor' by Drew Meyer

'A Tale of Two City of Deaths: City of Death' by Mark Cockram

With an intermission featuring Rob Irwin talking to JR Southall.

The You and Who books, from which all royalties are paid to charity, are available in print and for Kindle, from watchingbooks.weebly.com

Find Rob on Twitter @theDWshow and JR on Twitter @JR_Southall

What you are about to hear is the story of a connection, a connection that was made between a television series and a viewer's life.

The You and Who books are the story of that connection, as told by the people who watch the programmes that make us come alive. Chiefly, of course, Doctor Who.

This podcast will relate some of the stories from those books... and beyond.

In this episode:

'My Doctor is Half-Human: The Night of the Doctor' by Drew Meyer

'A Tale of Two City of Deaths: City of Death' by Mark Cockram

With an intermission featuring Rob Irwin talking to JR Southall.

The You and Who books, from which all royalties are paid to charity, are available in print and for Kindle, from watchingbooks.weebly.com

Find Rob on Twitter @theDWshow and JR on Twitter @JR_Southall

Gallifrey Stands can be found at on twitter @DoctorSquee, by email GallifreyStandsPodcast@gmail.com, on stitcher, iTunes & http://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com & on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1481026762176392/

You can buy the GallifreyStands lipbalm @ https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/209093664/gallifrey-stands-geek-stix-inspired-by?ref=shop_home_active_12

Gallifrey Stands can be found at on twitter @DoctorSquee, by email GallifreyStandsPodcast@gmail.com, on stitcher, iTunes & http://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com & on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1481026762176392/

You can buy the GallifreyStands lipbalm @ https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/209093664/gallifrey-stands-geek-stix-inspired-by?ref=shop_home_active_12

Guest Companion Andrew Cartmel joins us to talk about script Editing the 7th Doctor era of Doctor Who. We go series to series through his episodes. We also talk about his Doctor Who novels for Virgin books, his comics and his book about his experiences on Doctor Who, The Script Doctor.

Buy the Script Doctor here http://www.miwkpublishing.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=61

Gallifrey Stands is sponsored by http://www.DottiesCharms.co.uk. Check out the Doctor Who range today.

Whovian Round Up is by http://indiemacuser.com/

Gallifrey Stands can be found at on twitter @DoctorSquee, by email GallifreyStandsPodcast@gmail.com, on stitcher, iTunes & http://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com & on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1481026762176392/

You can buy the GallifreyStands lipbalm @ https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/209093664/gallifrey-stands-geek-stix-inspired-by?ref=shop_home_active_12

Gallifrey Stands can be found at on twitter @DoctorSquee, by email GallifreyStandsPodcast@gmail.com, on stitcher, iTunes & http://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com & on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1481026762176392/

You can buy the GallifreyStands lipbalm @ https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/209093664/gallifrey-stands-geek-stix-inspired-by?ref=shop_home_active_12

Guest Companion Andrew Cartmel joins us to talk about script Editing the 7th Doctor era of Doctor Who. We go series to series through his episodes. We also talk about his Doctor Who novels for Virgin books, his comics and his book about his experiences on Doctor Who, The Script Doctor.

Buy the Script Doctor here http://www.miwkpublishing.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=61

Gallifrey Stands is sponsored by http://www.DottiesCharms.co.uk. Check out the Doctor Who range today.

Whovian Round Up is by http://indiemacuser.com/

Gallifrey Stands can be found at on twitter @DoctorSquee, by email GallifreyStandsPodcast@gmail.com, on stitcher, iTunes & http://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com & on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1481026762176392/

You can buy the GallifreyStands lipbalm @ https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/209093664/gallifrey-stands-geek-stix-inspired-by?ref=shop_home_active_12

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Guest Companion Andrew Cartmel joins us to talk about script Editing the 7th Doctor era of Doctor Who. We go series to series through his episodes. We also talk about his Doctor Who novels for Virgin books, his comics and his book about his experiences on Doctor Who, The Script Doctor.

Buy the Script Doctor here http://www.miwkpublishing.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=61

Gallifrey Stands is sponsored by http://www.DottiesCharms.co.uk. Check out the Doctor Who range today.

Whovian Round Up is by http://indiemacuser.com/

Gallifrey Stands can be found at on twitter @DoctorSquee, by email GallifreyStandsPodcast@gmail.com, on stitcher, iTunes & http://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com & on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1481026762176392/

You can buy the GallifreyStands lipbalm @ https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/209093664/gallifrey-stands-geek-stix-inspired-by?ref=shop_home_active_12

Guest Companion Andrew Cartmel joins us to talk about script Editing the 7th Doctor era of Doctor Who. We go series to series through his episodes. We also talk about his Doctor Who novels for Virgin books, his comics and his book about his experiences on Doctor Who, The Script Doctor.

Buy the Script Doctor here http://www.miwkpublishing.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=61

Gallifrey Stands is sponsored by http://www.DottiesCharms.co.uk. Check out the Doctor Who range today.

Whovian Round Up is by http://indiemacuser.com/

Gallifrey Stands can be found at on twitter @DoctorSquee, by email GallifreyStandsPodcast@gmail.com, on stitcher, iTunes & http://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com & on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1481026762176392/

You can buy the GallifreyStands lipbalm @ https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/209093664/gallifrey-stands-geek-stix-inspired-by?ref=shop_home_active_12

Guest Companion Andrew Cartmel joins us to talk about script Editing the 7th Doctor era of Doctor Who. We go series to series through his episodes. We also talk about his Doctor Who novels for Virgin books, his comics and his book about his experiences on Doctor Who, The Script Doctor.

Buy the Script Doctor here http://www.miwkpublishing.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=61

Gallifrey Stands is sponsored by http://www.DottiesCharms.co.uk. Check out the Doctor Who range today.

Whovian Round Up is by http://indiemacuser.com/

Gallifrey Stands can be found at on twitter @DoctorSquee, by email GallifreyStandsPodcast@gmail.com, on stitcher, iTunes & http://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com & on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1481026762176392/

You can buy the GallifreyStands lipbalm @ https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/209093664/gallifrey-stands-geek-stix-inspired-by?ref=shop_home_active_12

The walls between realities were fairly porous back in 1986, which is why we find ourselves this week in a terrifying parallel universe where the Hiatus never happened, and the original plans for Season 23 actually came to fruition. Beware.

Buy the stories!

Here are the four stories that we spend most of our time discussing:

• The novel of Slipback was published in 1987, but it’s now out of print. It’s still available in its original form as an audiobook. (Audible US) (Audible UK) (Audible AU)
• The Nightmare Fair was first published as a novel in 1989, and is long since out of print. The Big Finish audio version was recorded in 2009.
• The Ultimate Evil was also published as a novel in 1989. It’s nearly impossible to find. Sadly, Big Finish have been unable to persuade Wally K. Daly to let them produce an audio version. Sorry, Brendan.
• Mission to Magnus was published as a novel in 1990. Like the rest of these books, it’s now out of print. The Big Finish audio version was recorded in 2009.

We also mention these Big Finish lost story adaptations:

• The Song of Megaptera by Pat Mills
• The Hollows of Time by Christopher H. Bidmead
• Point of Entry by Barbara Clegg and Marc Platt
• The Guardians of Prophecy by Johnny Byrne
• Power Play by Gary Hopkins
• The Macros by Ingrid Pitt and Tony Rudlin
• Paradise 5 by PJ Hammond & Andy Lane
• Leviathan by Brian & Paul Finch
• The First Sontarans by Andrew Smith

Todd’s dream Season 23

If you’re willing to let Todd into your head, why not try listening to his dream Season 23, the stories he wishes had been produced had the Hiatus never happened?

• The Nightmare Fair
• The Song of Megaptera
• Leviathan
• Slipback (US) (UK) (AU)
• The First Sontarans
• The Macros
• The Hollows of Time (possibly)

Notes and links

Fans of genuinely funny and brilliant radio comedy featuring wacky computers and morose robots will enjoy The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, particularly the first radio series. (Audible US) (Audible UK) (Audible AU)

Slipback’s two computer voices are played by Jane Carr, who plays bald Centauri alien Timov Moralli in a number of Babylon 5 episodes, including Soul Mates. She also plays Malcolm Reed’s mother on Enterprise. In that role, she actually has hair, which just goes to show how impressive her range is.

One of Slipback’s computer voices is hideously reminiscent of the presenter of the 1990s Australian children’s programme, Mulligrubs. Take a look here, if you dare.

Fans of the Planet of Women trope will enjoy the reference to the planet Cygnet XIV in the Star Trek episode Tomorrow is Yesterday, in which Captain Kirk is annoyed to find the Enterprise computer flirting with him after its overhaul at the hands of that planet’s engineers.

Whether you like it or not

We have only one (or four) stories left to cover in the Colin Baker era. And because we can’t bear to say goodbye to him so soon, we’re planning a Very Special Episode about some of Colin’s best Big Finish audios. To prepare for that episode, you might like to listen to these audio stories:

• Jubilee, by Rob Shearman.
• The One Doctor, by Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman.
• Doctor Who and the Pirates, by Jacqueline Rayner.
• The Brink of Death, by Nicholas Briggs, which is the final story in The Last Adventure box set.

Follow us!

Brendan is on Twitter as @brandybongos, Nathan is @nathanbottomley, Todd is @toddbeilby, and Richard is @RichardLStone. The Flight Through Entirety theme was arranged by Cameron Lam. You can follow the podcast on Twitter at @FTEpodcast.

We’re also on Facebook, and you can check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com. Please consider rating or reviewing us on iTunes, or we’ll release a horrifying charity single berating you for failing to do so.

Bondfinger

Meanwhile, over at Bondfinger, we have finally arrived at the Rassilon Era, with Timothy Dalton’s first film as Bond, The Living Daylights.

Of course, we also have plenty of Rodgecasts online, and there are other Bonds available as well. You can keep up with all the Bondfinger news on Twitter and Facebook.

The walls between realities were fairly porous back in 1986, which is why we find ourselves this week in a terrifying parallel universe where the Hiatus never happened, and the original plans for Season 23 actually came to fruition. Beware.

Buy the stories!

Here are the four stories that we spend most of our time discussing:

• The novel of Slipback was published in 1987, but it’s now out of print. It’s still available in its original form as an audiobook. (Audible US) (Audible UK) (Audible AU)
• The Nightmare Fair was first published as a novel in 1989, and is long since out of print. The Big Finish audio version was recorded in 2009.
• The Ultimate Evil was also published as a novel in 1989. It’s nearly impossible to find. Sadly, Big Finish have been unable to persuade Wally K. Daly to let them produce an audio version. Sorry, Brendan.
• Mission to Magnus was published as a novel in 1990. Like the rest of these books, it’s now out of print. The Big Finish audio version was recorded in 2009.

We also mention these Big Finish lost story adaptations:

• The Song of Megaptera by Pat Mills
• The Hollows of Time by Christopher H. Bidmead
• Point of Entry by Barbara Clegg and Marc Platt
• The Guardians of Prophecy by Johnny Byrne
• Power Play by Gary Hopkins
• The Macros by Ingrid Pitt and Tony Rudlin
• Paradise 5 by PJ Hammond & Andy Lane
• Leviathan by Brian & Paul Finch
• The First Sontarans by Andrew Smith

Todd’s dream Season 23

If you’re willing to let Todd into your head, why not try listening to his dream Season 23, the stories he wishes had been produced had the Hiatus never happened?

• The Nightmare Fair
• The Song of Megaptera
• Leviathan
• Slipback (US) (UK) (AU)
• The First Sontarans
• The Macros
• The Hollows of Time (possibly)

Notes and links

Fans of genuinely funny and brilliant radio comedy featuring wacky computers and morose robots will enjoy The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, particularly the first radio series. (Audible US) (Audible UK) (Audible AU)

Slipback’s two computer voices are played by Jane Carr, who plays bald Centauri alien Timov Moralli in a number of Babylon 5 episodes, including Soul Mates. She also plays Malcolm Reed’s mother on Enterprise. In that role, she actually has hair, which just goes to show how impressive her range is.

One of Slipback’s computer voices is hideously reminiscent of the presenter of the 1990s Australian children’s programme, Mulligrubs. Take a look here, if you dare.

Fans of the Planet of Women trope will enjoy the reference to the planet Cygnet XIV in the Star Trek episode Tomorrow is Yesterday, in which Captain Kirk is annoyed to find the Enterprise computer flirting with him after its overhaul at the hands of that planet’s engineers.

Whether you like it or not

We have only one (or four) stories left to cover in the Colin Baker era. And because we can’t bear to say goodbye to him so soon, we’re planning a Very Special Episode about some of Colin’s best Big Finish audios. To prepare for that episode, you might like to listen to these audio stories:

• Jubilee, by Rob Shearman.
• The One Doctor, by Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman.
• Doctor Who and the Pirates, by Jacqueline Rayner.
• The Brink of Death, by Nicholas Briggs, which is the final story in The Last Adventure box set.

Follow us!

Brendan is on Twitter as @brandybongos, Nathan is @nathanbottomley, Todd is @toddbeilby, and Richard is @RichardLStone. The Flight Through Entirety theme was arranged by Cameron Lam. You can follow the podcast on Twitter at @FTEpodcast.

We’re also on Facebook, and you can check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com. Please consider rating or reviewing us on iTunes, or we’ll release a horrifying charity single berating you for failing to do so.

Bondfinger

Meanwhile, over at Bondfinger, we have finally arrived at the Rassilon Era, with Timothy Dalton’s first film as Bond, The Living Daylights.

Of course, we also have plenty of Rodgecasts online, and there are other Bonds available as well. You can keep up with all the Bondfinger news on Twitter and Facebook.

The walls between realities were fairly porous back in 1986, which is why we find ourselves this week in a terrifying parallel universe where the Hiatus never happened, and the original plans for Season 23 actually came to fruition. Beware.

Buy the stories!

Here are the four stories that we spend most of our time discussing:

• The novel of Slipback was published in 1987, but it’s now out of print. It’s still available in its original form as an audiobook. (Audible US) (Audible UK) (Audible AU)
• The Nightmare Fair was first published as a novel in 1989, and is long since out of print. The Big Finish audio version was recorded in 2009.
• The Ultimate Evil was also published as a novel in 1989. It’s nearly impossible to find. Sadly, Big Finish have been unable to persuade Wally K. Daly to let them produce an audio version. Sorry, Brendan.
• Mission to Magnus was published as a novel in 1990. Like the rest of these books, it’s now out of print. The Big Finish audio version was recorded in 2009.

We also mention these Big Finish lost story adaptations:

• The Song of Megaptera by Pat Mills
• The Hollows of Time by Christopher H. Bidmead
• Point of Entry by Barbara Clegg and Marc Platt
• The Guardians of Prophecy by Johnny Byrne
• Power Play by Gary Hopkins
• The Macros by Ingrid Pitt and Tony Rudlin
• Paradise 5 by PJ Hammond & Andy Lane
• Leviathan by Brian & Paul Finch
• The First Sontarans by Andrew Smith

Todd’s dream Season 23

If you’re willing to let Todd into your head, why not try listening to his dream Season 23, the stories he wishes had been produced had the Hiatus never happened?

• The Nightmare Fair
• The Song of Megaptera
• Leviathan
• Slipback (US) (UK) (AU)
• The First Sontarans
• The Macros
• The Hollows of Time (possibly)

Notes and links

Fans of genuinely funny and brilliant radio comedy featuring wacky computers and morose robots will enjoy The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, particularly the first radio series. (Audible US) (Audible UK) (Audible AU)

Slipback’s two computer voices are played by Jane Carr, who plays bald Centauri alien Timov Moralli in a number of Babylon 5 episodes, including Soul Mates. She also plays Malcolm Reed’s mother on Enterprise. In that role, she actually has hair, which just goes to show how impressive her range is.

One of Slipback’s computer voices is hideously reminiscent of the presenter of the 1990s Australian children’s programme, Mulligrubs. Take a look here, if you dare.

Fans of the Planet of Women trope will enjoy the reference to the planet Cygnet XIV in the Star Trek episode Tomorrow is Yesterday, in which Captain Kirk is annoyed to find the Enterprise computer flirting with him after its overhaul at the hands of that planet’s engineers.

Whether you like it or not

We have only one (or four) stories left to cover in the Colin Baker era. And because we can’t bear to say goodbye to him so soon, we’re planning a Very Special Episode about some of Colin’s best Big Finish audios. To prepare for that episode, you might like to listen to these audio stories:

• Jubilee, by Rob Shearman.
• The One Doctor, by Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman.
• Doctor Who and the Pirates, by Jacqueline Rayner.
• The Brink of Death, by Nicholas Briggs, which is the final story in The Last Adventure box set.

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Bondfinger

Meanwhile, over at Bondfinger, we have finally arrived at the Rassilon Era, with Timothy Dalton’s first film as Bond, The Living Daylights.

Of course, we also have plenty of Rodgecasts online, and there are other Bonds available as well. You can keep up with all the Bondfinger news on Twitter and Facebook.