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Happy holidays one and all! This week it's an oversized celebration, as we have all six Verities onboard for this ep! Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, Liz, Lynne, and Tansy as we celebrate the season by talking about the last new Doctor Who episode we'll have for a while. It's mostly Christmas cheer all up in here, so if you're looking for a good rant, you're (mostly) in the wrong place. We talk Capaldi, Clara, Danny, Santa, and more!

What did you think of this year's Christmas outing? Was it Santastic? Or ho-ho-horrible? Let us know in the comments!

It's been a great year here at Verity! Thanks to everyone for listening, supporting, and taking part in the conversation!

^E

Also covered [links on our site]:

• Kat got some sweet Doctor Who Christmas gifts including a TARDIS blanket, a TARDIS mug, and a plush Dalek!
• Lynne also got sweet DW stuff--most importantly, TARDIS pajama pants!
• Tansy's family, too, got DW swag, including Dalek hats and Dalek Risk!
• Liz got tickets to the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular in May!
• Erika got to reminisce about Calgary Expo 2013 because Steven's interviews w/Sylvester McCoy and the Torchwood cast are now online!
• Deb got herself the current, awesome, (Big Finish) Humble Doctor Who Audiobook Bundle (dozens of titles, pay what you want, and help a good charity)!

Verity! links [also on our site]:Verity! on PatreonVerity! on iTunes

This week we cover story #253, "Last Christmas", in which the Doctor and Clara must team up with Santa Claus to escape from a persistent dream state!  And then escape from a persistent dream state!  And then escape from a persistent dream state!  And then...

QotW: If you could create a Doctor Who toy, what would it be?

Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "Last Christmas" (Charlie 8, Trevor 8.25, David 8)

Connor's Corner

Hosts:

• Trevor
  • Twitter: @WhovianTrev
  • Tumblr: http://trevsplace.tumblr.com/

• Charlie
  • Twitter: @insanityinchaos
  • Infinite Longbox Podcast
  • Comic Conspiracy Podcast
• David
  • Twitter: @gwythinn
  • WWW: http://www.davidsafar.com/
  • Tumblr: http://maroonedwhovian.tumblr.com/

Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #36, The Evil of the Daleks!  Six of the seven parts of this serial are lost, but the soundtrack is available from Audible.com.

This week we cover story #253, "Last Christmas", in which the Doctor and Clara must team up with Santa Claus to escape from a persistent dream state! And then escape from a persistent dream state! And then escape from a persistent dream state! And then...

QotW: If you could create a Doctor Who toy, what would it be?

Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "Last Christmas" (Charlie 8, Trevor 8.25, David 8)

Connor's Corner

Hosts:

• Trevor
  • Twitter: @WhovianTrev
  • Tumblr: http://trevsplace.tumblr.com/

• Charlie
  • Twitter: @insanityinchaos
  • Infinite Longbox Podcast
  • Comic Conspiracy Podcast
• David
  • Twitter: @gwythinn
  • WWW: http://www.davidsafar.com/
  • Tumblr: http://maroonedwhovian.tumblr.com/

Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #36, The Evil of the Daleks! Six of the seven parts of this serial are lost, but the soundtrack is available from Audible.com.

It's Christmas season, so that means a brand new episode of Doctor Who! This week John, Ernesto, and Taylor talk about "Last Christmas"! What did they think Nick Frost's portrayal of Santa? We got a new monster in the Dream Crabs, what did our trio think of them?

They also discuss Jenna Coleman coming back for Season 9, and what would they think if Shona McCullough (played by Faye Marsay) would make a good future companion.

Also: Are the Dream Crabs a bigger part to the future of Doctor Who? Tune in to find out!

Happy New Year Geeks!

As the first podcast of 2015 Monts and Nuge delve deep into their bag of tricks to bring you the very best that Geekdom has to offer.

Before they start the proceedings the guys have a quick look back at the their last film, comic and book of 2014

News

Is a Young Han Solo film in the works?

More guests annouced for the Birmingham Comics Festival.

Luke Cage is Cast in the upcoming Netflix show. The news sends the guys into a much deeper debate about the current rise of Comic TV shows.

Week that was

The Librarians

Rum Row

Snowpiercer 2

Doctor Who: Last Christmas

Happy New Year Geeks!

As the first podcast of 2015 Monts and Nuge delve deep into their bag of tricks to bring you the very best that Geekdom has to offer.

Before they start the proceedings the guys have a quick look back at the their last film, comic and book of 2014

News

Is a Young Han Solo film in the works?

More guests annouced for the Birmingham Comics Festival.

Luke Cage is Cast in the upcoming Netflix show. The news sends the guys into a much deeper debate about the current rise of Comic TV shows.

Week that was

The Librarians

Rum Row

Snowpiercer 2

Doctor Who: Last Christmas

Capaldi's first Xmas Special, and it's Alien meets The Thing meets Inception meets Santa... Mind-bending and awesome!

The post BONUS: Last Christmas - The 2014 Christmas Special appeared first on Who Back When | A Doctor Who Podcast.

Wham!, that was doosey of a Christmas Special. On one hand, Moffat gives you his heart by bringing the Doctor and Clara closer together. Then, he takes it away by kinda regurgitating tired and unoriginal ideas. Kind of like this blog post is doing right now. Once bitten, twice shy! But you’re not here to read, so climb aboard Santa’s sleigh and come along with Matt, Joseph and Gabe as we revisit “Last Christmas.”

Does Matt have a WhoTube? Of course, it is “Crying When You Are Happy” from Miden Prod: http://youtu.be/_QiUONWeFac

You knew it was coming…every year, Doctor Who releases a new Christmas Special, and this year we had one of the best – “Last Christmas”. The episode where the Doctor and Clara meet Santa. THE Santa. You heard me. Check it out!

Episode 13: Last Christmas [download]

Doctor Who Gallery

It's the last podcast of 2014 and what else what Phil and Paul review but Last Christmas, this years Doctor Who Christmas special!! So do they make of this years festive offering? Well, they make the case for Shona McCullough to not be the next companion in the Tardis and Phil is not too sure whether the subect matter is suitable for a Christmas special and Paul, still recovering in his sick bed, wonders whether this story actually needed Santa Claus at all.

And in the news, the overnight viewing figure for Last Christmas, the future of Jenna Coleman seems to be set and the Doctor tops a BFI poll of the best sci-fi characters.

It's the last podcast of 2014 and what else what Phil and Paul review but Last Christmas, this years Doctor Who Christmas special!! So do they make of this years festive offering? Well, they make the case for Shona McCullough to not be the next companion in the Tardis and Phil is not too sure whether the subect matter is suitable for a Christmas special and Paul, still recovering in his sick bed, wonders whether this story actually needed Santa Claus at all.

And in the news, the overnight viewing figure for Last Christmas, the future of Jenna Coleman seems to be set and the Doctor tops a BFI poll of the best sci-fi characters.

It's the last podcast of 2014 and what else what Phil and Paul review but Last Christmas, this years Doctor Who Christmas special!! So do they make of this years festive offering? Well, they make the case for Shona McCullough to not be the next companion in the Tardis and Phil is not too sure whether the subect matter is suitable for a Christmas special and Paul, still recovering in his sick bed, wonders whether this story actually needed Santa Claus at all.

And in the news, the overnight viewing figure for Last Christmas, the future of Jenna Coleman seems to be set and the Doctor tops a BFI poll of the best sci-fi characters.

David, Marty and Ian sit down to discuss the 2014 Doctor Who Christmas special, ‘Last Christmas’. Opinions ran the gamut and Marty broke the censor bleep button at one point!  A good time was had by all, recounting the 2014 Hooie Christmas and speculating on Series 9.

David, Marty and Ian sit down to discuss the 2014 Doctor Who Christmas special, 'Last Christmas'. Opinions ran the gamut and Marty broke the censor bleep button at one point! A good time was had by all, recounting the 2014 Hooie Christmas and speculating on Series 9.

The best plans are foolproof from all angles – Kiyan, 2014

This week Kiyan and Dylan watched The Krotons, not to be confused with the salad topping, croutons. They believe this to pretty middle of the road quality wise. Could this be a sign of things to come? The Krotons was written by Robert Holmes and was aired in December of 1968 and January of 1969. Also this is our final episode of 2014! See you all in the new year!

Since we had a few good ones, here’s a list of alternate titles for this episode:
Zoe, Destroyer of Worlds
Some Guy Just Throws the Boulder on Thara
Parasitic Race Things
Don’t Trust Everything We Say

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 Delia Derbyshire.

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The best plans are foolproof from all angles – Kiyan, 2014

This week Kiyan and Dylan watched The Krotons, not to be confused with the salad topping, croutons. They believe this to pretty middle of the road quality wise. Could this be a sign of things to come? The Krotons was written by Robert Holmes and was aired in December of 1968 and January of 1969. Also this is our final episode of 2014! See you all in the new year!

Since we had a few good ones, here’s a list of alternate titles for this episode:
Zoe, Destroyer of Worlds
Some Guy Just Throws the Boulder on Thara
Parasitic Race Things
Don’t Trust Everything We Say

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 Delia Derbyshire.

Subscribe on iTunes!
Check us out on Facebook!
Check us out on YouTube!

Well, it’s literally the end of an era. In our last episode for 2014, we discuss the last two stories of the 1960s, and the last two stories of the Patrick Troughton era, The Space Pirates and The War Games. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!

Buy the stories!

The Space Pirates is the last story with missing episodes. Which is quite a relief. Episode 2 is the only one that remains: you can see it on the Lost in Time box set. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK). An audio version exists, with linking narration by Frazer Hines. (Audible US) (Audible UK)

And Patrick Troughton’s final story, and the last story of the 1960s, The War Games, has been released on DVD in its gloriously restored entirety. It costs nearly $400 on Amazon US for some reason; it’s also available from Amazon UK at a much more sensible price.

The Space Pirates

Fans of slow-moving model spaceships will enjoy Stanley Kubrick’s science fiction masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

Fans of Dudley Foster, who plays Pirate Captain Maurice Caven, will enjoy his appearance as Mr Goat in the Avengers episode “Something Nasty in the Nursery” (1967).

Fans of dull James Bond films involving Kevin McClory will enjoy Thunderball (1965) and Never Say Never Again (1983).

Fans of putting cowboys in space operas will enjoy the brilliant and tragically short-lived TV series Firefly. A lot.

Fans of not wasting hours of their lives watching The Space Pirates will enjoy the the cut-down fifty-minute Whoflix version.

The War Games

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) is Sir Richard Attenborough’s musical take on World War I, based on a 1963 stage musical.

Journey into Space by Charles Chilton, who also wrote Oh! What a Lovely War, was a science fiction radio series first broadcast on BBC radio between 1953 and 1958. (Philip Hincliffe mentions it in the DVD commentary for The Robots of Death.) It regularly out-rated TV programmes that were on at the same time. Some public-spirited individual has uploaded much of the series to YouTube.

Astrophysicist Fred Hoyle’s novel October the First Is Too Late was first published in 1966. Its world is splintered into different time zones by the effects of radiation or something, much like the battlefields of The War Games.

As usal, fans of The Avengers should check out The Avengers TV website.

Picks of the week

Brendan

Zoë Heriot’s adventures continue after the Time Lords return her to the Wheel, in the Big Finish Companion Chronicles, particularly Echoes of Grey, The Memory Cheats and The Uncertainty Principle.

Nathan

Matthew Waterhouse’s entertaining autobiography Blue Box Boy. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

Richard

Shockingly, Richard’s been watching things other than Doctor Who, including Catweazle, starring the planet Chloris’s very own Geoffrey Bayldon (Amazon US) (Amazon UK), and The Champions, co-created by Dennis Spooner. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

We have a competition!

If you would like to win a Target novelisation from our personal collection, just post a comment on our website underneath the post for this episode. We’ll be giving away three books every time we reach the end of a season.

Follow us!

As always, you can follow us on Twitter or Facebook, check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com and rate or review us on iTunes. We can’t wait to hear from you!

Well, it’s literally the end of an era. In our last episode for 2014, we discuss the last two stories of the 1960s, and the last two stories of the Patrick Troughton era, The Space Pirates and The War Games. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!

Buy the stories!

The Space Pirates is the last story with missing episodes. Which is quite a relief. Episode 2 is the only one that remains: you can see it on the Lost in Time box set. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK). An audio version exists, with linking narration by Frazer Hines. (Audible US) (Audible UK)

And Patrick Troughton’s final story, and the last story of the 1960s, The War Games, has been released on DVD in its gloriously restored entirety. It costs nearly $400 on Amazon US for some reason; it’s also available from Amazon UK at a much more sensible price.

The Space Pirates

Fans of slow-moving model spaceships will enjoy Stanley Kubrick’s science fiction masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

Fans of Dudley Foster, who plays Pirate Captain Maurice Caven, will enjoy his appearance as Mr Goat in the Avengers episode “Something Nasty in the Nursery” (1967).

Fans of dull James Bond films involving Kevin McClory will enjoy Thunderball (1965) and Never Say Never Again (1983).

Fans of putting cowboys in space operas will enjoy the brilliant and tragically short-lived TV series Firefly. A lot.

Fans of not wasting hours of their lives watching The Space Pirates will enjoy the the cut-down fifty-minute Whoflix version.

The War Games

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) is Sir Richard Attenborough’s musical take on World War I, based on a 1963 stage musical.

Journey into Space by Charles Chilton, who also wrote Oh! What a Lovely War, was a science fiction radio series first broadcast on BBC radio between 1953 and 1958. (Philip Hincliffe mentions it in the DVD commentary for The Robots of Death.) It regularly out-rated TV programmes that were on at the same time. Some public-spirited individual has uploaded much of the series to YouTube.

Astrophysicist Fred Hoyle’s novel October the First Is Too Late was first published in 1966. Its world is splintered into different time zones by the effects of radiation or something, much like the battlefields of The War Games.

As usal, fans of The Avengers should check out The Avengers TV website.

Picks of the week

Brendan

Zoë Heriot’s adventures continue after the Time Lords return her to the Wheel, in the Big Finish Companion Chronicles, particularly Echoes of Grey, The Memory Cheats and The Uncertainty Principle.

Nathan

Matthew Waterhouse’s entertaining autobiography Blue Box Boy. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

Richard

Shockingly, Richard’s been watching things other than Doctor Who, including Catweazle, starring the planet Chloris’s very own Geoffrey Bayldon (Amazon US) (Amazon UK), and The Champions, co-created by Dennis Spooner. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

We have a competition!

If you would like to win a Target novelisation from our personal collection, just post a comment on our website underneath the post for this episode. We’ll be giving away three books every time we reach the end of a season.

Follow us!

As always, you can follow us on Twitter or Facebook, check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com and rate or review us on iTunes. We can’t wait to hear from you!

Well, it’s literally the end of an era. In our last episode for 2014, we discuss the last two stories of the 1960s, and the last two stories of the Patrick Troughton era, The Space Pirates and The War Games. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!

Buy the stories!

The Space Pirates is the last story with missing episodes. Which is quite a relief. Episode 2 is the only one that remains: you can see it on the Lost in Time box set. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK). An audio version exists, with linking narration by Frazer Hines. (Audible US) (Audible UK)

And Patrick Troughton’s final story, and the last story of the 1960s, The War Games, has been released on DVD in its gloriously restored entirety. It costs nearly $400 on Amazon US for some reason; it’s also available from Amazon UK at a much more sensible price.

The Space Pirates

Fans of slow-moving model spaceships will enjoy Stanley Kubrick’s science fiction masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

Fans of Dudley Foster, who plays Pirate Captain Maurice Caven, will enjoy his appearance as Mr Goat in the Avengers episode “Something Nasty in the Nursery” (1967).

Fans of dull James Bond films involving Kevin McClory will enjoy Thunderball (1965) and Never Say Never Again (1983).

Fans of putting cowboys in space operas will enjoy the brilliant and tragically short-lived TV series Firefly. A lot.

Fans of not wasting hours of their lives watching The Space Pirates will enjoy the the cut-down fifty-minute Whoflix version.

The War Games

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) is Sir Richard Attenborough’s musical take on World War I, based on a 1963 stage musical.

Journey into Space by Charles Chilton, who also wrote Oh! What a Lovely War, was a science fiction radio series first broadcast on BBC radio between 1953 and 1958. (Philip Hincliffe mentions it in the DVD commentary for The Robots of Death.) It regularly out-rated TV programmes that were on at the same time. Some public-spirited individual has uploaded much of the series to YouTube.

Astrophysicist Fred Hoyle’s novel October the First Is Too Late was first published in 1966. Its world is splintered into different time zones by the effects of radiation or something, much like the battlefields of The War Games.

As usal, fans of The Avengers should check out The Avengers TV website.

Picks of the week

Brendan

Zoë Heriot’s adventures continue after the Time Lords return her to the Wheel, in the Big Finish Companion Chronicles, particularly Echoes of Grey, The Memory Cheats and The Uncertainty Principle.

Nathan

Matthew Waterhouse’s entertaining autobiography Blue Box Boy. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

Richard

Shockingly, Richard’s been watching things other than Doctor Who, including Catweazle, starring the planet Chloris’s very own Geoffrey Bayldon (Amazon US) (Amazon UK), and The Champions, co-created by Dennis Spooner. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

We have a competition!

If you would like to win a Target novelisation from our personal collection, just post a comment on our website underneath the post for this episode. We’ll be giving away three books every time we reach the end of a season.

Follow us!

As always, you can follow us on Twitter or Facebook, check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com and rate or review us on iTunes. We can’t wait to hear from you!

Well, it’s literally the end of an era. In our last episode for 2014, we discuss the last two stories of the 1960s, and the last two stories of the Patrick Troughton era, The Space Pirates and The War Games. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!

Buy the stories!

The Space Pirates is the last story with missing episodes. Which is quite a relief. Episode 2 is the only one that remains: you can see it on the Lost in Time box set. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK). An audio version exists, with linking narration by Frazer Hines. (Audible US) (Audible UK)

And Patrick Troughton’s final story, and the last story of the 1960s, The War Games, has been released on DVD in its gloriously restored entirety. It costs nearly $400 on Amazon US for some reason; it’s also available from Amazon UK at a much more sensible price.

The Space Pirates

Fans of slow-moving model spaceships will enjoy Stanley Kubrick’s science fiction masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

Fans of Dudley Foster, who plays Pirate Captain Maurice Caven, will enjoy his appearance as Mr Goat in the Avengers episode “Something Nasty in the Nursery” (1967).

Fans of dull James Bond films involving Kevin McClory will enjoy Thunderball (1965) and Never Say Never Again (1983).

Fans of putting cowboys in space operas will enjoy the brilliant and tragically short-lived TV series Firefly. A lot.

Fans of not wasting hours of their lives watching The Space Pirates will enjoy the the cut-down fifty-minute Whoflix version.

The War Games

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) is Sir Richard Attenborough’s musical take on World War I, based on a 1963 stage musical.

Journey into Space by Charles Chilton, who also wrote Oh! What a Lovely War, was a science fiction radio series first broadcast on BBC radio between 1953 and 1958. (Philip Hincliffe mentions it in the DVD commentary for The Robots of Death.) It regularly out-rated TV programmes that were on at the same time. Some public-spirited individual has uploaded much of the series to YouTube.

Astrophysicist Fred Hoyle’s novel October the First Is Too Late was first published in 1966. Its world is splintered into different time zones by the effects of radiation or something, much like the battlefields of The War Games.

As usal, fans of The Avengers should check out The Avengers TV website.

Picks of the week

Brendan

Zoë Heriot’s adventures continue after the Time Lords return her to the Wheel, in the Big Finish Companion Chronicles, particularly Echoes of Grey, The Memory Cheats and The Uncertainty Principle.

Nathan

Matthew Waterhouse’s entertaining autobiography Blue Box Boy. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

Richard

Shockingly, Richard’s been watching things other than Doctor Who, including Catweazle, starring the planet Chloris’s very own Geoffrey Bayldon (Amazon US) (Amazon UK), and The Champions, co-created by Dennis Spooner. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

We have a competition!

If you would like to win a Target novelisation from our personal collection, just post a comment on our website underneath the post for this episode. We’ll be giving away three books every time we reach the end of a season.

Follow us!

As always, you can follow us on Twitter or Facebook, check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com and rate or review us on iTunes. We can’t wait to hear from you!

Well, it’s literally the end of an era. In our last episode for 2014, we discuss the last two stories of the 1960s, and the last two stories of the Patrick Troughton era, The Space Pirates and The War Games. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!

Buy the stories!

The Space Pirates is the last story with missing episodes. Which is quite a relief. Episode 2 is the only one that remains: you can see it on the Lost in Time box set. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK). An audio version exists, with linking narration by Frazer Hines. (Audible US) (Audible UK)

And Patrick Troughton’s final story, and the last story of the 1960s, The War Games, has been released on DVD in its gloriously restored entirety. It costs nearly $400 on Amazon US for some reason; it’s also available from Amazon UK at a much more sensible price.

The Space Pirates

Fans of slow-moving model spaceships will enjoy Stanley Kubrick’s science fiction masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

Fans of Dudley Foster, who plays Pirate Captain Maurice Caven, will enjoy his appearance as Mr Goat in the Avengers episode “Something Nasty in the Nursery” (1967).

Fans of dull James Bond films involving Kevin McClory will enjoy Thunderball (1965) and Never Say Never Again (1983).

Fans of putting cowboys in space operas will enjoy the brilliant and tragically short-lived TV series Firefly. A lot.

Fans of not wasting hours of their lives watching The Space Pirates will enjoy the the cut-down fifty-minute Whoflix version.

The War Games

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) is Sir Richard Attenborough’s musical take on World War I, based on a 1963 stage musical.

Journey into Space by Charles Chilton, who also wrote Oh! What a Lovely War, was a science fiction radio series first broadcast on BBC radio between 1953 and 1958. (Philip Hincliffe mentions it in the DVD commentary for The Robots of Death.) It regularly out-rated TV programmes that were on at the same time. Some public-spirited individual has uploaded much of the series to YouTube.

Astrophysicist Fred Hoyle’s novel October the First Is Too Late was first published in 1966. Its world is splintered into different time zones by the effects of radiation or something, much like the battlefields of The War Games.

As usal, fans of The Avengers should check out The Avengers TV website.

Picks of the week

Brendan

Zoë Heriot’s adventures continue after the Time Lords return her to the Wheel, in the Big Finish Companion Chronicles, particularly Echoes of Grey, The Memory Cheats and The Uncertainty Principle.

Nathan

Matthew Waterhouse’s entertaining autobiography Blue Box Boy. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

Richard

Shockingly, Richard’s been watching things other than Doctor Who, including Catweazle, starring the planet Chloris’s very own Geoffrey Bayldon (Amazon US) (Amazon UK), and The Champions, co-created by Dennis Spooner. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

We have a competition!

If you would like to win a Target novelisation from our personal collection, just post a comment on our website underneath the post for this episode. We’ll be giving away three books every time we reach the end of a season.

Follow us!

As always, you can follow us on Twitter or Facebook, check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com and rate or review us on iTunes. We can’t wait to hear from you!

Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, flattened, in front of the 2014 Doctor Who episode, Flatline, and spout our usual nonsense!

The Doctor wants to lend a hand, Clara is taking charge and KFC have named the monsters. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Flatline...

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• BBC: Doctor Who – Flatline.
• Wikipedia: Doctor Who – Flatline.
• Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Well, it's literally the end of an era. In our last episode for 2014, we discuss the last two stories of the 1960s, and the last two stories of the Patrick Troughton era, The Space Pirates and The War Games. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!

Buy the stories!

The Space Pirates is the last story with missing episodes. Which is quite a relief. Episode 2 is the only one that remains: you can see it on the Lost in Time box set. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK). An audio version exists, with linking narration by Frazer Hines. (Audible US) (Audible UK)

And Patrick Troughton's final story, and the last story of the 1960s, The War Games, has been released on DVD in its gloriously restored entirety. It costs nearly $400 on Amazon US for some reason; it's also available from Amazon UK at a much more sensible price.

The Space Pirates

Fans of slow-moving model spaceships will enjoy Stanley Kubrick's science fiction masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

Fans of Dudley Foster, who plays Pirate Captain Maurice Caven, will enjoy his appearance as Mr Goat in the Avengers episode "Something Nasty in the Nursery" (1967).

Fans of dull James Bond films involving Kevin McClory will enjoy Thunderball (1965) and Never Say Never Again (1983).

Fans of putting cowboys in space operas will enjoy the brilliant and tragically short-lived TV series Firefly. A lot.

Fans of not wasting hours of their lives watching The Space Pirates will enjoy the the cut-down fifty-minute Whoflix version.

The War Games

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) is Sir Richard Attenborough's musical take on World War I, based on a 1963 stage musical.

Journey into Space by Charles Chilton, who also wrote Oh! What a Lovely War, was a science fiction radio series first broadcast on BBC radio between 1953 and 1958. (Philip Hincliffe mentions it in the DVD commentary for The Robots of Death.) It regularly out-rated TV programmes that were on at the same time. Some public-spirited individual has uploaded much of the series to YouTube.

Astrophysicist Fred Hoyle's novel October the First Is Too Late was first published in 1966. Its world is splintered into different time zones by the effects of radiation or something, much like the battlefields of The War Games.

As usal, fans of The Avengers should check out The Avengers TV website.

Picks of the week

Brendan

Zoe Heriot's adventures continue after the Time Lords return her to the Wheel, in the Big Finish Companion Chronicles, particularly Echoes of Grey, The Memory Cheats and The Uncertainty Principle.

Nathan

Matthew Waterhouse's entertaining autobiography Blue Box Boy. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

Richard

Shockingly, Richard's been watching things other than Doctor Who, including Catweazle, starring the planet Chloris's very own Geoffrey Bayldon (Amazon US) (Amazon UK), and The Champions, co-created by Dennis Spooner. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

We have a competition!

If you would like to win a Target novelisation from our personal collection, just post a comment on our website underneath the post for this episode. We'll be giving away three books every time we reach the end of a season.

Follow us!

As always, you can follow us on Twitter or Facebook, check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com and rate or review us on iTunes. We can't wait to hear from you!

Well, it's literally the end of an era. In our last episode for 2014, we discuss the last two stories of the 1960s, and the last two stories of the Patrick Troughton era, The Space Pirates and The War Games. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!

Buy the stories!

The Space Pirates is the last story with missing episodes. Which is quite a relief. Episode 2 is the only one that remains: you can see it on the Lost in Time box set. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK). An audio version exists, with linking narration by Frazer Hines. (Audible US) (Audible UK)

And Patrick Troughton's final story, and the last story of the 1960s, The War Games, has been released on DVD in its gloriously restored entirety. It costs nearly $400 on Amazon US for some reason; it's also available from Amazon UK at a much more sensible price.

The Space Pirates

Fans of slow-moving model spaceships will enjoy Stanley Kubrick's science fiction masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

Fans of Dudley Foster, who plays Pirate Captain Maurice Caven, will enjoy his appearance as Mr Goat in the Avengers episode "Something Nasty in the Nursery" (1967).

Fans of dull James Bond films involving Kevin McClory will enjoy Thunderball (1965) and Never Say Never Again (1983).

Fans of putting cowboys in space operas will enjoy the brilliant and tragically short-lived TV series Firefly. A lot.

Fans of not wasting hours of their lives watching The Space Pirates will enjoy the the cut-down fifty-minute Whoflix version.

The War Games

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) is Sir Richard Attenborough's musical take on World War I, based on a 1963 stage musical.

Journey into Space by Charles Chilton, who also wrote Oh! What a Lovely War, was a science fiction radio series first broadcast on BBC radio between 1953 and 1958. (Philip Hincliffe mentions it in the DVD commentary for The Robots of Death.) It regularly out-rated TV programmes that were on at the same time. Some public-spirited individual has uploaded much of the series to YouTube.

Astrophysicist Fred Hoyle's novel October the First Is Too Late was first published in 1966. Its world is splintered into different time zones by the effects of radiation or something, much like the battlefields of The War Games.

As usal, fans of The Avengers should check out The Avengers TV website.

Picks of the week

Brendan

Zoe Heriot's adventures continue after the Time Lords return her to the Wheel, in the Big Finish Companion Chronicles, particularly Echoes of Grey, The Memory Cheats and The Uncertainty Principle.

Nathan

Matthew Waterhouse's entertaining autobiography Blue Box Boy. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

Richard

Shockingly, Richard's been watching things other than Doctor Who, including Catweazle, starring the planet Chloris's very own Geoffrey Bayldon (Amazon US) (Amazon UK), and The Champions, co-created by Dennis Spooner. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

We have a competition!

If you would like to win a Target novelisation from our personal collection, just post a comment on our website underneath the post for this episode. We'll be giving away three books every time we reach the end of a season.

Follow us!

As always, you can follow us on Twitter or Facebook, check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com and rate or review us on iTunes. We can't wait to hear from you!

Well, it's literally the end of an era. In our last episode for 2014, we discuss the last two stories of the 1960s, and the last two stories of the Patrick Troughton era, The Space Pirates and The War Games. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!

Buy the stories!

The Space Pirates is the last story with missing episodes. Which is quite a relief. Episode 2 is the only one that remains: you can see it on the Lost in Time box set. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK). An audio version exists, with linking narration by Frazer Hines. (Audible US) (Audible UK)

And Patrick Troughton's final story, and the last story of the 1960s, The War Games, has been released on DVD in its gloriously restored entirety. It costs nearly $400 on Amazon US for some reason; it's also available from Amazon UK at a much more sensible price.

The Space Pirates

Fans of slow-moving model spaceships will enjoy Stanley Kubrick's science fiction masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

Fans of Dudley Foster, who plays Pirate Captain Maurice Caven, will enjoy his appearance as Mr Goat in the Avengers episode "Something Nasty in the Nursery" (1967).

Fans of dull James Bond films involving Kevin McClory will enjoy Thunderball (1965) and Never Say Never Again (1983).

Fans of putting cowboys in space operas will enjoy the brilliant and tragically short-lived TV series Firefly. A lot.

Fans of not wasting hours of their lives watching The Space Pirates will enjoy the the cut-down fifty-minute Whoflix version.

The War Games

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) is Sir Richard Attenborough's musical take on World War I, based on a 1963 stage musical.

Journey into Space by Charles Chilton, who also wrote Oh! What a Lovely War, was a science fiction radio series first broadcast on BBC radio between 1953 and 1958. (Philip Hincliffe mentions it in the DVD commentary for The Robots of Death.) It regularly out-rated TV programmes that were on at the same time. Some public-spirited individual has uploaded much of the series to YouTube.

Astrophysicist Fred Hoyle's novel October the First Is Too Late was first published in 1966. Its world is splintered into different time zones by the effects of radiation or something, much like the battlefields of The War Games.

As usal, fans of The Avengers should check out The Avengers TV website.

Picks of the week

Brendan

Zoe Heriot's adventures continue after the Time Lords return her to the Wheel, in the Big Finish Companion Chronicles, particularly Echoes of Grey, The Memory Cheats and The Uncertainty Principle.

Nathan

Matthew Waterhouse's entertaining autobiography Blue Box Boy. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

Richard

Shockingly, Richard's been watching things other than Doctor Who, including Catweazle, starring the planet Chloris's very own Geoffrey Bayldon (Amazon US) (Amazon UK), and The Champions, co-created by Dennis Spooner. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)

We have a competition!

If you would like to win a Target novelisation from our personal collection, just post a comment on our website underneath the post for this episode. We'll be giving away three books every time we reach the end of a season.

Follow us!

As always, you can follow us on Twitter or Facebook, check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com and rate or review us on iTunes. We can't wait to hear from you!