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It’s the end, but the moment has been prepared for.

This episode, we say farewell to the star of Doctor Who’s last seven years and a huge part of our childhoods: the Great Curator himself, Tom Baker. On the way, we discuss gravity, orphans, Auntie Vanessa’s outfit, agnosticism and the untimely destruction of the entire universe. It’s Logopolis.

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Logopolis was released on DVD in 2007. In the US, it was available on its own (Amazon US), but, again, in the UK and Australia, it was part of the New Beginnings box set, which also included The Keeper of Traken and Castrovalva (Amazon UK).

Notes and links

In Australia, we were fortunate to have Doctor Who four or five nights a week at 6:30 PM just before the ABC News. But, between new seasons and endless repeats of Pertwee’s final year, we were treated to the Japanese television series Monkey, which was dubbed by fabulous English actors like Doctor Who’s very own David Collings, and newly-welcomed Australian citizen Miriam Margolyes.

Richard’s mention of frocks and guns gives us the perfect opportunity to link to Nathan’s blog post on the subject.

Before receding into the background on Doctor Who, Sarah Sutton starred in a spooky television programme called The Moon Stallion (1978), along with her fellow Who-alumni David Haig and John Abinieri.

Fans of the sombre mystical brilliance of Season 18 will enjoy following script editor Christopher Bidmead on Twitter at @chbid.

Feeling overwhelmed by the inevitability of death, the ephemerality of pleasure and the fundamental grinding pointlessness of human existence? Of course you are. Unfortunately, The Doctor Who Pattern Book will do very little to cheer you up. And anyway it’s out of print.

Fortunately, the universe won’t last forever. Fans of cabalistic ideas the link between words and reality will enjoy Arthur C. Clarke’s 1953 short story The Nine Billion Names of God.

Picks of the week

Brendan

Inveterate essayist and Avengers fan recommends Avengerworld: The Avengers in Our Lives, a charity anthology produced in aid of Champion Chanzige, a charity which exists to improve conditions for underprivileged children at a primary school in Tanzania.

Nathan

Nathan has been enjoying The Greatest Generation, a Star Trek podcast by two guys who are a bit embarrassed to have a Star Trek podcast. Check out their website at gagh.biz.

Richard

Charmingly, Richard has been reading books about Wonder Woman, including Jill Lepore’s The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Amazon US) (Amazon UK), and our very own El Sandifer’s A Golden Thread: An Unofficial Critical History of Wonder Woman (Amazon US ) (Amazon UK).

Todd

Equally charmingly, Todd has been enjoying Tegan and Sara’s 2012 album Heartthrob, and particularly the song “I Was a Fool”. Buy it on iTunes. (Other online music retailers are also available.)

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 be so cross and self-destructive that we’ll probably unravel the whole causal nexus, and then the unravelling will spread out until the whole universe is reduced to nothing. Would that be an overreaction?

Doctor Who in 10 Seconds

Doctor Who in 10 Seconds is FTE’s first flight into the world of online video, featuring FTE’s very own CBBC-style television presenter, Brendan Jones.

To see every story from Doctor Who’s first three seasons summarised in 10 seconds to a jaunty musical accompaniment, check out the playlist on YouTube.

Bondfinger

Bondfinger continues to be a thing. We’ve already done nine commentary tracks, starting from Dr. No and going all the way to Live and Let Die. You can find all these commentaries on our website, and you can keep up with all the Bondfinger news on Twitter and Facebook, including an upcoming commentary track on The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).

Cheryl has survived the flu! She's back and we can get on with the program. Today we review the 10th Doctor two-parter, The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit. We're also talking about the race for Gally hotel rooms that recently occurred. And Daisy's boyfriend, Grant, makes an unexpected appearance to put his two cents in, and talk briefly about the Marvel/Netflix show, "Jessica Jones". But first, a bit of rabbit chasing...

Cheryl has survived the flu! She's back and we can get on with the program. Today we review the 10th Doctor two-parter, The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit. We're also talking about the race for Gally hotel rooms that recently occurred. And Daisy's boyfriend, Grant, makes an unexpected appearance to put his two cents in, and talk briefly about the Marvel/Netflix show, "Jessica Jones". But first, a bit of rabbit chasing...

Comics, commentaries, audio adventures (both new and rumoured) and a celebration of Doctor Who's many female scientists make for a busier newslist than usual in this, The Year With No Doctor Who, and this week you even get bonus tut-tutting about Target book arrangements and criminal dips to black on CraveTV's streaming editions of the programme. A summons to the high court of the League of Fandom is in the maoi and should be arriving at their offices soon, fear not. And if that made-up legal nonsense doesn't engage you, how about a commentary for "Face the Raven" with Deb Stanish of Verity! fame and Alyssa of Whovian Feminism?

Check out the shownotes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

Comics, commentaries, audio adventures (both new and rumoured) and a celebration of Doctor Who's many female scientists make for a busier newslist than usual in this, The Year With No Doctor Who, and this week you even get bonus tut-tutting about Target book arrangements and criminal dips to black on CraveTV's streaming editions of the programme. A summons to the high court of the League of Fandom is in the maoi and should be arriving at their offices soon, fear not. And if that made-up legal nonsense doesn't engage you, how about a commentary for "Face the Raven" with Deb Stanish of Verity! fame and Alyssa of Whovian Feminism?

Check out the shownotes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

Comics, commentaries, audio adventures (both new and rumoured) and a celebration of Doctor Who’s many female scientists make for a busier newslist than usual in this, The Year With No Doctor Who, and this week you even get bonus tut-tutting about Target book arrangements and criminal dips to black on CraveTV’s streaming editions of the programme. A summons to the high court of the League of Fandom is in the maoi and should be arriving at their offices soon, fear not. And if that made-up legal nonsense doesn’t engage you, how about a commentary for “Face the Raven” with Deb Stanish of Verity! fame and Alyssa of Whovian Feminism?

Check out the shownotes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

Waffle On about Star Trek Original Series (Memories)

Hello and welcome to this months episode of Waffle On in which Meds and Kell look back on their memories of watching Star Trek for the first time. In the episode we read out some emails and listen to two audio comments from Rico Dostie from Treks in Sci Fi and Jen Rhodes from The Anomaly Podcast.
If you enjoy the show please leave us a review on iTunes, and feel free to email us at waffleonpodcast@gmail.com.

M&K

Jim’s been calling it Trust Your Baker. Unbeknownst to him, that’s our next podcast. We’ll be talking about baking.

Yep we’re finally here. It’s been 6 or so weeks (probably, we lost track quite a while ago) since we first announced this, and it’s here. We’ve had a few stumbles along the way, but it’s really rather fun. So join us (Kiyan, Dylan, Jim and Martin) in looking back at Tom’s run as the Doctor.

Show-notes:

Doctor Who (c) The BBC
Any other references belong to their respective owners, no copyright infringement is intended by this podcast.
The Doctor Who title music was originally composed by Ron Grainer. The version used in this episode was arranged by Peter Howell.

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Jim’s been calling it Trust Your Baker. Unbeknownst to him, that’s our next podcast. We’ll be talking about baking.

Yep we’re finally here. It’s been 6 or so weeks (probably, we lost track quite a while ago) since we first announced this, and it’s here. We’ve had a few stumbles along the way, but it’s really rather fun. So join us (Kiyan, Dylan, Jim and Martin) in looking back at Tom’s run as the Doctor.

Show-notes:

Doctor Who (c) The BBC
Any other references belong to their respective owners, no copyright infringement is intended by this podcast.
The Doctor Who title music was originally composed by Ron Grainer. The version used in this episode was arranged by Peter Howell.

Subscribe on iTunes!
Subscribe on Google Play!
Check us out on Facebook!
Check us out on YouTube!
Check us out on Twitter!

Waffle On about Star Trek Original Series (Memories)

Hello and welcome to this months episode of Waffle On in which Meds and Kell look back on their memories of watching Star Trek for the first time. In the episode we read out some emails and listen to two audio comments from Rico Dostie from Treks in Sci Fi and Jen Rhodes from The Anomaly Podcast.
If you enjoy the show please leave us a review on iTunes, and feel free to email us at waffleonpodcast@gmail.com.

M&K

Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith and the Real Keith Dunn review the 2009 Big Finish Doctor Who trilogy ‘The Key 2 Time’ and the 1997 film ‘Men in Black’, play a game, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 01:30 — Welcome!
• 03:24 – News:
• 03:32 — Big Finish: Doctor Who and Torchwood licence extended to 2025.
• 05:27 — Agent Carter: DEAD!
• 08:09 — Locke and Key: Another TV adaptation attempt.
• 10:55 — Employment Law: Clara’a mother (real life Nicola Sian) starts petition to prevent forcing of high heels at work.
• 12:55 — Buckaroo Banzai: Kevin Smith working on TV series.
• 14:46 — Harley Quinn: Solo film in the offing.
• 17:48 – Doctor Who: The Key 2 Time (Big Finish).
• 27:24 – Game: Things in Five Words.
• 33:45 – Men in Black (1997 film).
• 45:00 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
• 63:46 – Doctor Who Convention: The Capitol.
• 67:23 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 68:22 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Big Finish.
• Wikipedia: Marvel’s Agent Carter (TV Series).
• IDW Publishing: Locke & Key.
• UK Gov Petitions: Make it illegal for a company to require women to wear high heels at work.
• Twitter: @MissNicolaSian (Nicola Thorp).
• Wikipedia: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
• Wikipedia: Harley Quinn.
• Wikipedia: Men in Black (film).
• Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
• Google+: Staggering Stories Page.

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Steven and Erika do another on-location episode, this time from the very heart of The Incomparable Podcast Network—Jason Snell’s garage. It’s a perfect opportunity to create some content, in this case, episode 1 of 1965’s “The Time Meddler”.

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

Time for a trip to Rome in both the past and future as Quadrigger Stoyn returns, though he's more than a little bit crazy after so long out on his own. This time he's up against the Fourth Doctor, Romana and... Romana.

Twitter: @schismpodcast
Web: http://www.untemperedschism.org/

Duration: 25:17

As our episode commentaries continue it is finally time to visit Mayor Me on Trap Street and face the raven, but not before we have some snacks!

In this episode we also discuss Lauren’s upcoming birthday, Stephen’s plans to become friends with peter Capaldi, and the absolute brilliance of Sara Dollard.

Enjoy!

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Also check her out at The Whovian Complex

This week my classic series rewatch reaches Doctor Who: The Mind Robber, also I've made more progress with my TARDIS build you can see the latest video diaries here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzhoQ6r9ERs and here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu8-kX7iOXo

End theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip

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.

This week my classic series rewatch reaches Doctor Who: The Mind Robber, also I've made more progress with my TARDIS build you can see the latest video diaries here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzhoQ6r9ERs and here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu8-kX7iOXo

End theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip

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.

This week my classic series rewatch reaches Doctor Who: The Mind Robber, also I’ve made more progress with my TARDIS build you can see the latest video diaries here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzhoQ6r9ERs and here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu8-kX7iOXo

End theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip

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.

Howdy do Who fans. We have some great merch items to talk through today plus our review of this hidden gem of a classic story, away we go!

The News

The Target Exhibition (that we’ve spoken about lots it seems over the past couple of weeks) has now been extended until Sunday 6th June so if you haven’t been ab;e to get there and check it out, you’ve got another couple of weeks to do so.

Merch Corner

Merch has been coming thick and fast the last week. We talk about the new 12th Doctor sonic screw driver toy from Character, the 10th Doctor Adventures starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate is finally released from Big Finish and there’s going to be a new 3rd Doctor adventure from Titan Comics, written by Paul Cornell, hitting the shelves this August.

“The Greatest Show in the Galaxy” Review

When you think of the 7th Doctor’s era you don’t generally think about this story, it’s like it’s fallen into a trap street. Well this week we dive into the Psychic Circus and get look in detail at the story, writing and production. Does it do enough for us to laugh at the clowns(!) or do we walk away with soggy candy floss?

Thanks as always for listening and your thoughts on this week’s review story. Next week it’s 11th Doctor’s turn with Victory of the Daleks and we look forward to your thoughts on that. We’d also like your opinion on where you’d like us to do a Big Finish review after that, send us a tweet or Facebook message. Have a brilliant week and until next time – Allons-y!

Hello again, Sweeties! That's right, River Song is back... but is about time? Or way too soon? That's what Josh, Ashley, and Rachel are looking to find out in episode 174 of The Oncoming Storm! This time around, River is popping up in the latest 8th Doctor Box set, Doom Coalition 2. But before we can get to River in the set, there are 3 other stories to discuss. Beachhead by Nicolas Briggs sees the Doctor facing off against the Voord once more. Then a new villain hits the scene in Scenes from her Life by John Dorney. The Doctor heads back to San Francisco in 1906 to stop the plans of the new villain in The Gift by Marc Platt. And finally, River makes her return in The Sonomancer by Matt Fitton. Will it be a knock down drag out like the last time River was discussed? Or will yours actually agree? The Oncoming Storm... This time, we've got the best damn 8th Doctor companion since Fitz Kreiner. And I'll stand by that!

Time Stamps

News- 07:25

Beachhead- 43:29

Scenes from her Life - 01:03:00

The Gift - 01:21:19

The Sonomancer - 01:37:56

Hello again, Sweeties! That's right, River Song is back... but is about time? Or way too soon? That's what Josh, Ashley, and Rachel are looking to find out in episode 174 of The Oncoming Storm! This time around, River is popping up in the latest 8th Doctor Box set, Doom Coalition 2. But before we can get to River in the set, there are 3 other stories to discuss. Beachhead by Nicolas Briggs sees the Doctor facing off against the Voord once more. Then a new villain hits the scene in Scenes from her Life by John Dorney. The Doctor heads back to San Francisco in 1906 to stop the plans of the new villain in The Gift by Marc Platt. And finally, River makes her return in The Sonomancer by Matt Fitton. Will it be a knock down drag out like the last time River was discussed? Or will yours actually agree? The Oncoming Storm... This time, we've got the best damn 8th Doctor companion since Fitz Kreiner. And I'll stand by that!

Time Stamps

News- 07:25

Beachhead- 43:29

Scenes from her Life - 01:03:00

The Gift - 01:21:19

The Sonomancer - 01:37:56

Hello again, Sweeties! That's right, River Song is back... but is about time? Or way too soon? That's what Josh, Ashley, and Rachel are looking to find out in episode 174 of  The Oncoming Storm! This time around, River is popping up in the latest 8th Doctor Box set, Doom Coalition 2. But before we can get to River in the set, there are 3 other stories to discuss. Beachhead by Nicolas Briggs sees the Doctor facing off against the Voord once more. Then a new villain hits the scene in Scenes from her Life by John Dorney. The Doctor heads back to San Francisco in 1906 to stop the plans of the new villain in The Gift by Marc Platt. And finally, River makes her return in The Sonomancer by Matt Fitton. Will it be a knock down drag out like the last time River was discussed? Or will yours actually agree? The Oncoming Storm... This time, we've got the best damn 8th Doctor companion since Fitz Kreiner. And I'll stand by that!

Time Stamps

News- 07:25

Beachhead- 43:29

Scenes from her Life - 01:03:00

The Gift - 01:21:19

The Sonomancer - 01:37:56

Series 2, Episode 43 of Doctor Who: The Memory Cheats! And the story we will be discussing today is...

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Series 2, Episode 43 of Doctor Who: The Memory Cheats! And the story we will be discussing today is...

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Series 2, Episode 43 of Doctor Who: The Memory Cheats! And the story we will be discussing today is...

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This week we cover story #91, The Talons of Weng-Chiang!! The Doctor and Leela land in Victorion London, where girls are going missing and a strange being posing as an ancient Chinese god lurks in the sewers. Who is he really, and what evil plans does he have in store for London?

QotW: Story number 91 is titled, "The Talons of Weng-Chiang". What do think this title means?

Charlie's Variety Segment/Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" (Charlie 7.5, David 8, Trevor 8.5)

Connor's Corner

Hosts:

• Trevor @WhovianTrev Trevsplace
• Charlie @insanityinchaos The Infinite Longbox The Comic Conspiracy
• David http://www.davidsafar.com/ @gwythinn MaroonedWhovian
• Chad https://chadandvernsstupidmoviepodcast.com/ @ChadVern Chad and Vern's Stupid Movie Podcast

Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #92, Horror of Fang Rock! You can rent the DVD from Netflix or buy the DVD from Amazon.com, The WB Shop, BarnesAndNoble.com, the BBC Doctor Who Shop, or many other fine retailers.

This week we cover story #91, The Talons of Weng-Chiang!! The Doctor and Leela land in Victorion London, where girls are going missing and a strange being posing as an ancient Chinese god lurks in the sewers. Who is he really, and what evil plans does he have in store for London?

QotW: Story number 91 is titled, "The Talons of Weng-Chiang". What do think this title means?

Charlie's Variety Segment/Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" (Charlie 7.5, David 8, Trevor 8.5)

Connor's Corner

Hosts:

• Trevor @WhovianTrev Trevsplace
• Charlie @insanityinchaos The Infinite Longbox The Comic Conspiracy
• David http://www.davidsafar.com/ @gwythinn MaroonedWhovian
• Chad https://chadandvernsstupidmoviepodcast.com/ @ChadVern Chad and Vern's Stupid Movie Podcast

Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #92, Horror of Fang Rock! You can rent the DVD from Netflix or buy the DVD from Amazon.com, The WB Shop, BarnesAndNoble.com, the BBC Doctor Who Shop, or many other fine retailers.

It's an audio-based Extra! this week! Join Deb, Erika, and Liz as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first televised appearance of the 8th Doctor by talking about his first audio appearance! That's right, it's Storm Warning. And because we love Big Finish so much, we digress a LOT and talk about many other Big Finish stories we love--whether they include 8 or not. When it comes to DW audios, it's near-impossible to keep us on track, and we're A-OK with that!

Have you heard Storm Warning? If so, what do you think of it? And do you think it's a good starting place for a new BF listener? Let us know in the comments!

^E

Related links:
Our TVM 20th anniversary giveaway!
Tansy's post on where to start
Inconceivable!: This is How We Lost America in the First Place

It's an audio-based Extra! this week! Join Deb, Erika, and Liz as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first televised appearance of the 8th Doctor by talking about his first audio appearance! That's right, it's Storm Warning. And because we love Big Finish so much, we digress a LOT and talk about many other Big Finish stories we love--whether they include 8 or not. When it comes to DW audios, it's near-impossible to keep us on track, and we're A-OK with that!

Have you heard Storm Warning? If so, what do you think of it? And do you think it's a good starting place for a new BF listener? Let us know in the comments!

^E

Related links: Our TVM 20th anniversary giveaway! Tansy's post on where to start Inconceivable!: This is How We Lost America in the First Place

It's an audio-based Extra! this week! Join Deb, Erika, and Liz as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first televised appearance of the 8th Doctor by talking about his first audio appearance! That's right, it's Storm Warning. And because we love Big Finish so much, we digress a LOT and talk about many other Big Finish stories we love--whether they include 8 or not. When it comes to DW audios, it's near-impossible to keep us on track, and we're A-OK with that!

Have you heard Storm Warning? If so, what do you think of it? And do you think it's a good starting place for a new BF listener? Let us know in the comments!

^E

Related links:
Our TVM 20th anniversary giveaway!
Tansy's post on where to start
Inconceivable!: This is How We Lost America in the First Place

The first Doctor's first great foe. We watched the Terry Nation classic Who series, The Daleks. The Doctor, William Hartnell, and his companions Susan, Ian and Barbara, find themselves on the planet Skaro with two races at war.

Vince, Beth, and Kris break down the series and talk about Action Ian, the adventures of Susan, and the wonders of spelunking.

Special Thanks to the Jackpot Golden Boys for our theme. Find more of their great work on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/jackpot

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Be sure to rate us on iTunes.

Find us at your favorite social media outlets:
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The first Doctor's first great foe. We watched the Terry Nation classic Who series, The Daleks. The Doctor, William Hartnell, and his companions Susan, Ian and Barbara, find themselves on the planet Skaro with two races at war.

Vince, Beth, and Kris break down the series and talk about Action Ian, the adventures of Susan, and the wonders of spelunking.

Special Thanks to the Jackpot Golden Boys for our theme. Find more of their great work on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/jackpot

Or on their website - http://www.jackpotgoldenboys.com

Be sure to rate us on iTunes.

Find us at your favorite social media outlets:
Facebook - facebook.com/wdwnpod
Twitter - @wdwnpod

Or email us at wdwnpod@gmail.com