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"Let's Do the Time Warp Again!" Er, well, I guess that applies to any episode since this is podcast about a show about time travel. But this episode is especially warpy! Episode 152 of The Oncoming Storm sees your hosts talking about The Highest Science by Gareth Roberts. Again. But this time it is a bit different. This time it's all about the audio adaptation from Jac Raynor. After 20 years, the Chelonians are finally brought to life! Join Josh, Rachel, and Jeff as they discuss how successful the move to audio is, the brilliance of Sylvester McCoy and Lisa Bowerman, and exactly how they prefer to digest their Who. The Oncoming Storm... This time, we've got a brain with vocal cords! It talks! Kinda annoyingly actually.

"Let's Do the Time Warp Again!" Er, well, I guess that applies to any episode since this is podcast about a show about time travel. But this episode is especially warpy! Episode 152 of The Oncoming Storm sees your hosts talking about The Highest Science by Gareth Roberts. Again. But this time it is a bit different. This time it's all about the audio adaptation from Jac Raynor. After 20 years, the Chelonians are finally brought to life! Join Josh, Rachel, and Jeff as they discuss how successful the move to audio is, the brilliance of Sylvester McCoy and Lisa Bowerman, and exactly how they prefer to digest their Who. The Oncoming Storm... This time, we've got a brain with vocal cords! It talks! Kinda annoyingly actually.

"Let's Do the Time Warp Again!" Er, well, I guess that applies to any episode since this is podcast about a show about time travel. But this episode is especially warpy! Episode 152 of The Oncoming Storm sees your hosts talking about The Highest Science by Gareth Roberts. Again. But this time it is a bit different. This time it's all about the audio adaptation from Jac Raynor. After 20 years, the Chelonians are finally brought to life! Join Josh, Rachel, and Jeff as they discuss how successful the move to audio is, the brilliance of Sylvester McCoy and Lisa Bowerman, and exactly how they prefer to digest their Who. The Oncoming Storm... This time, we've got a brain with vocal cords! It talks! Kinda annoyingly actually.

In which Pete talks with Richard Mylan from the sitcom Coupling.

Richard Mylan on Twitter: @RichardMylan

Awareness for Autism Celebrity Football Match

Details on Twitter: @Autism_Daly

The podcast can be accessed via different places, including Miro, Stiticher, Blubrry, Player fm and Itunes.

Email: badwilf@yahoo.com

Twitter: Martyn - @BadWilf

Gerrod - @Nerdthro_P

Pete - @BeeblePete

In which Pete talks with Richard Mylan about his life, career, charity work, and their mutual love for Xanadu.

Richard Mylan on Twitter: @RichardMylan

Awareness for Autism Celebrity Football Match

Details on Twitter: @Autism_Daly

The podcast can be accessed via different places, including Miro, Stiticher, Blubrry, Player fm and Itunes.

Email: badwilf@yahoo.com

Twitter: Martyn - @BadWilf

Gerrod - @Nerdthro_P

Pete - @BeeblePete

In which Pete talks with Richard Mylan about his life, career, charity work, and their mutual love for Xanadu.

Richard Mylan on Twitter: @RichardMylan

Awareness for Autism Celebrity Football Match

Details on Twitter: @Autism_Daly

The podcast can be accessed via different places, including Miro, Stiticher, Blubrry, Player fm and Itunes.

Email: badwilf@yahoo.com

Twitter: Martyn - @BadWilf

Gerrod - @Nerdthro_P

Pete - @BeeblePete

My 2005 series commentaries reach Doctor Who: Dalek, writer Rob Shearman's one and only contribution to new Who. An episode that had one main aim, to make the Daleks scary again and it succeeded in spades.

You can read more about this story here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalek

and the wife in space blog's verdict is here http://wifeinspace.com/2015/04/dalek/

End theme is Bad Wolf Remix by Allan Spears

The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/

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.

My 2005 series commentaries reach Doctor Who: Dalek, writer Rob Shearman's one and only contribution to new Who. An episode that had one main aim, to make the Daleks scary again and it succeeded in spades.

You can read more about this story here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalek

and the wife in space blog's verdict is here http://wifeinspace.com/2015/04/dalek/

End theme is Bad Wolf Remix by Allan Spears

The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/

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.

My 2005 series commentaries reach Doctor Who: Dalek, writer Rob Shearman’s one and only contribution to new Who. An episode that had one main aim, to make the Daleks scary again and it succeeded in spades.

You can read more about this story here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalek

and the wife in space blog’s verdict is here http://wifeinspace.com/2015/04/dalek/

End theme is Bad Wolf Remix by Allan Spears

The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/

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.

Only a show about time travel could celebrate a 10th anniversary after it’s 50th. It’s been ten years since Rose delighted Dr Who fans (well most of them) and Graham Norton enraged them (well the ones that got his impromptu drop in). Andy and Derek look back at the return and all the golden moments that’s have happened since.

If your week felt empty fear not! We're back to make your Friday more bearable and today, as well as running through the news and giving you our review of Planet of the Dead, we have a cool giveaway too. Let's go!

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The News

First up in the news - Moffat answers a question in the latest Doctor Who Magazine regarding Peter Capaldi's appearance in The Fires of Pompeii. Interestingly they are going to look at this subject in an upcoming story for episode 9. Are some things better left to mystery? We think so.

Those clever peeps at Real SFX and Milk VFX have scooped a BAFTA for their work on Who. Nabbing the award for Best Visual, Special and Graphic Effects in 2015, what a proud moment for those guys.

A mysterious new monster has been snapped on-set during the filming for series 9 in a medieval village. Big, hulking and menacing, we're intrigued as to what new monster this is.

More on series 9 and David Schofield of Merlin and Pirates of the Caribbean fame has been cast to star in episodes five and six. Great news to consistently have great actors on Who.

Peter Davison has been speaking to Digital Spy about a possible Five(ish) Doctor's sequel. The good news is that he seems up for it, there are a few issues though. Firstly there's a Doctor missing (ahem Tom) and secondly there's the matter of payment for the cast. The first outing (which we're assuming was always viewed as a one off for the 50th anniversary) was fine to rope people in but to pull them in again for nowt? He goes on to say it also needs to be a good idea and story, better than the first.

Competition

To win Cameron K McKewan's awesome new book Unofficial Doctor Who: The Big Book of Lists simply follow us on Twitter and tweet us something like "I want this cool book now!" and use the hashtag #bigblueboxcomp. Good luck.

"Planet of the Dead" Review

Another Who story that separates the fans this week. As the first in a run of four specials leading up to Tennat's departure, does it kick things off with a bang or do we want to bury our heads in the sand?

Thank you for joining us for episode 39, we hope we've put things back to normality and your Friday isn't empty and soul-less. Remember to get tweeting to be in with a chance to win the book and next week we're reviewing Carnival of Monsters. Until next time - Allons-y!

MY HEAD IS ART

At Regeneration Who last month we were joined by friends Ben Taylor and Chris Otto. This time we did a miniature version of our bracket challenge, to pick the Worst Doctor Who villain ever… welll… then it evolved slightly into “Which villain do we never want to see again?”

For the purposes of condensing the selection into something reasonable, we decided to stick to recurring villains and leave out the one-hit wonder failures like the Abzorbaloff.

Here’s the first round picks. You can click through to see the full bracket if you’re really impatient or want to follow along.

Some spoilers included if you’re not caught up through the Matt Smith years, but we figure most of our fans have moved on by now…

Which loser will win?

Join Heather and Kerri and they discuss new Doctor Who News, Merchandise and their new store!

Join Heather and Kerri and they discuss new Doctor Who News, Merchandise and their new store!

Join Heather and Kerri and they discuss new Doctor Who News, Merchandise and their new store!

In Episode 12: I Wish They’d Touch Me More, the boys are joined by Twin Cities actor and nerd about town, Clarence Wethern for five rounds of unrestrained geekery! Clarence talks about his ongoing mission to watch all twenty-six years of classic Doctor Who in chronological order, blatant plagiarism fails to stop the boys from loving the hell out of Jon Pertwee’s debut adventure Quatermass 2, uh, I mean, Spearhead from Space, Clarence performs his one man comedy sketch “Attack of the Incidental Music!” and The Death Zone pits the David Warner Doctor against the Richard E. Grant Doctor in an epic non-canonical battle between the Big Finish audio adventure Sympathy for the Devil and the BBC animated adventure Scream of the Shalka!

In Episode 12: I Wish They’d Touch Me More, the boys are joined by Twin Cities actor and nerd-about-town Clarence Wethern for five rounds of unrestrained geekery! Clarence talks about his ongoing mission to watch all twenty-six years of classic Doctor Who in chronological order, blatant plagiarism fails to stop the boys from loving the hell out of Jon Pertwee’s debut adventure Quatermass 2, uh, I mean, Spearhead from Space, Clarence performs his one-man comedy sketch “Attack of the Incidental Music!” and the Death Zone pits the David Warner Doctor against the Richard E. Grant Doctor in an epic non-canonical battle between the Big Finish audio adventure Sympathy for the Devil and the BBC animated adventure Scream of the Shalka!

Show Notes and Other Tidbits
-Phil Sandifer’s “TARDIS Eruditorium” blog is here, and you can buy Recursive Occlusion here.
-You can buy Big Finish’s Sympathy for the Devil here.

“He had a bouquet of quivering fronds…”

In which everything is a spaceship, Robin Hood is a fox and Jeremy Clarkson gets hit in the face during a sketch.

Reviews: Robot of Sherwood
Air Date: 6th September 2014
Song: “Ood-e-lally” based on “Oo-De-Lally” by Roger Miller
Additional notes: We recorded this during the week that “Robot of Sherwood” went out and then promptly forgot to release it until April 2015. So we did the sketch about Jeremy Clarkson BEFORE he actually got fired for punching someone. Timey, and indeed, wimey.

This week we cover the second half of the sixth season finale, story #50, Patrick Troughton's swan song, "The War Games", in which the TARDIS crew find themselves in right mess until the Doctor call upon the Time Lords to help sort it out -- and then they're in an even worse mess!

Discussion of "The War Games" episodes 6-10 Charlie 9.5/9.5, Trevor 8.5/9, David 9/8.75)

Connor's Corner

Discussion of Big Finish audio adventure "Lords of the Red Planet" (Charlie 9, Trevor 8, David 9.5)

Patrick Troughton Retrospective

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 the seventh season premiere, Jon Pertwee's introductory serial, story #51, Spearhead from Space! This is the only serial of the classic series which is available on Blu-Ray! You can stream it on Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, or Hulu Plus, rent the DVD or Blu-Ray from Netflix, or buy the DVD or Blu-Ray from Amazon.com, the BBC Doctor Who shop, or many other fine retailers.

This week we cover the second half of the sixth season finale, story #50, Patrick Troughton's swan song, "The War Games", in which the TARDIS crew find themselves in right mess until the Doctor call upon the Time Lords to help sort it out -- and then they're in an even worse mess!

Discussion of "The War Games" episodes 6-10 Charlie 9.5/9.5, Trevor 8.5/9, David 9/8.75)

Connor's Corner

Discussion of Big Finish audio adventure "Lords of the Red Planet" (Charlie 9, Trevor 8, David 9.5)

Patrick Troughton Retrospective

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 the seventh season premiere, Jon Pertwee's introductory serial, story #51, Spearhead from Space! This is the only serial of the classic series which is available on Blu-Ray! You can stream it on Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, or Hulu Plus, rent the DVD or Blu-Ray from Netflix, or buy the DVD or Blu-Ray from Amazon.com, the BBC Doctor Who shop, or many other fine retailers.

On the nineteenth episode of Reality Bomb, guest host Alex Kennard talks with technology writer (and host of The Incomparable podcast)Jason Snell about the latest controversy over the Hugo nominations and what it has to do with Doctor Who. We're also talking to author Liz Myles about the book she co-edited, Companion Piece - Women Celebrate the Humans, Aliens and Tin Dogs of Doctor Who and Nikki Stafford brings Planet of the Ood into the Gallery of the Underrated. Plus, Graeme Burk talks to a 7 year-old about meeting Peter Capaldi on location and more!

On the twenty-second episode of Reality Bomb, guest host Alex Kennard talks with technology writer (and host of The Incomparable podcast) Jason Snell about the latest controversy over the Hugo nominations and what it has to do with Doctor Who. We're also talking to author Liz Myles about the book she co-edited, Companion Piece - Women Celebrate the Humans, Aliens and Tin Dogs of Doctor Who and Nikki Stafford brings Planet of the Ood into the Gallery of the Underrated. Plus, Graeme Burk talks to a 7 year-old about meeting Peter Capaldi on location and more!

On the twenty-second episode of Reality Bomb, guest host Alex Kennard talks with technology writer (and host of The Incomparable podcast) Jason Snell about the latest controversy over the Hugo nominations and what it has to do with Doctor Who. We're also talking to author Liz Myles about the book she co-edited, Companion Piece - Women Celebrate the Humans, Aliens and Tin Dogs of Doctor Who and Nikki Stafford brings Planet of the Ood into the Gallery of the Underrated. Plus, Graeme Burk talks to a 7 year-old about meeting Peter Capaldi on location and more!

Welcome to Dissecting World's Lecture on the Communism - or is it an Anarchy? - of Iain M Banks titanic sweeping space opera culture; The Culture, with focus on their spies 'Special Circumstances'.

The Northern duo of Kehaar & Matt are joined by an incredibly knowledgeable David Haddock of the Banksoniain (http://efanzines.com/Banksoniain/index.htm) fanzine and discuss:

* the blurred lines between Contact & Special Circumstances

* the post-scarcity nature of The Culture & how Star Trek avoids the questions

* Playing the long game and underestimating The Culture at your peril

* All that tech! Shiny!

* Plus Wiki-edit wars!

Please check out the Banksonian for more insights

Remember to send us feedback on our Spies Series and DW live episode! Email us, tweet us or join our Facebook page.

The Multiversal Comics shared silver age supers is here https://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/2015/04/11/ssas-shared-silver-age-supers/ get in touch if you want to join the FACEBOOK group for it.

Finally, Adrian Tchaikovsky, who has been a guest this season, is up for a Gemmell Award: If you've read any of his Shadows of the Apt series and want to show your appreciation, you can vote here; http://www.gemmellawards.com/award-voting/. Or vote for anyone else, for that matter.

Welcome to Dissecting World's Lecture on the Communism - or is it an Anarchy? - of Iain M Banks titanic sweeping space opera culture; The Culture, with focus on their spies 'Special Circumstances'.

The Northern duo of Kehaar & Matt are joined by an incredibly knowledgeable David Haddock of the Banksoniain (http://efanzines.com/Banksoniain/index.htm) fanzine and discuss:

* the blurred lines between Contact & Special Circumstances

* the post-scarcity nature of The Culture & how Star Trek avoids the questions

* Playing the long game and underestimating The Culture at your peril

* All that tech! Shiny!

* Plus Wiki-edit wars!

Please check out the Banksonian for more insights

Remember to send us feedback on our Spies Series and DW live episode! Email us, tweet us or join our Facebook page.

The Multiversal Comics shared silver age supers is here https://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/2015/04/11/ssas-shared-silver-age-supers/ get in touch if you want to join the FACEBOOK group for it.

Finally, Adrian Tchaikovsky, who has been a guest this season, is up for a Gemmell Award: If you've read any of his Shadows of the Apt series and want to show your appreciation, you can vote here; http://www.gemmellawards.com/award-voting/. Or vote for anyone else, for that matter.

Toni and Joe discuss the Keys of Marinus. Toni admits to being so so so wrong about Ian and Barbara and doesn't understand how time works. At least three people die hilariously.

Toni and Joe discuss the Keys of Marinus. Toni admits to being so so so wrong about Ian and Barbara and doesn't understand how time works. At least three people die hilariously.

Toni and Joe discuss the Keys of Marinus. Toni admits to being so so so wrong about Ian and Barbara and doesn't understand how time works. At least three people die hilariously.

Toni and Joe discuss the Keys of Marinus. Toni admits to being so so so wrong about Ian and Barbara and doesn't understand how time works. At least three people die hilariously.

Gareth Kavanagh joins the Four Faces of Delusion to debate the Doctor Who issues of the day and to present K9 - the Doctor's second best friend - for permanent display in the marble halls of the Whoseum (along with his duelling partner).

Gareth's researches have uncovered Steve Gallagher's original scripts for "Warriors' Gate" (greatly changed by Messs Bidmead and Joyce) and reveals K9's originally planned, heartbreaking farewell words - you will sob your heats out. We also find the perfect replacement voice for K9 should John Leeson ever retire and the reason why Jo Grant was never given a K9 of her own.

Along the way, Hayden disappears mysteriously while researching the Shada shooting locations in Cambridge. While waiting for him to reappear, we chat about Gareth's recent hosting of "An Evening with Terrance Dicks", the similarities between Trau Morgus and Alan Sugar, the top ten business lessons from Caves of Androzani, the plot outline for the "Life on Mars" Christmas special that never happened and Doctor Who / Coronation Street crossovers. Finally Doc gets potty trained by Orac. Only on Diddly Dum.

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SHOWNOTES

Our Whoseum guest this week is Gareth Kavanagh. Once the eminence grise of that mainstay of Doctor Who fandom in Manchester, the Lass O’Gowrie pub, Gareth’s Facebook page can be found here.

The glitch in the personality software of the Diddly Dum computer remains unfixed as it continues to impersonate famous computers of stage and screen.

“Messing About on the River” from The Wind in the Willows (1996).

Together with his colleagues, Gareth runs “Vworp Vworp!” – a fanzine that celebrates Doctor Who in comic strip form and Doctor Who Magazine.

In 1975 Weetabix ran its first Doctor Who promotion in the UK. The famously yellow packets of the breakfast cereal contained collectible stand-up card characters. The inside of the cereal packet was printed with a variety of background diorama scenes in which to place the cards. Betweeen March and May 1977, Weetabix ran another Doctor Who promotion. There were four full-sized boards to collect from the back of the cereal packets. Each pack also contained one of six sets of double-sided, stand-up game cards consisting of three character cards and one coded “Message from the Time Lords” card. Our very own Doc (for it is he) has also discussed these Weetabix promotions in his own blog.

In 2011, Volume 2 of Vworp Vworp! magazine came with a free Vworpabix game, an affectionate tribute to the originals comprising four game boards and four sets of double-sided stand-up game cards. These were updated to portray modern Doctor Who characters and were beautifully illustrated by Gareth’s chums Adrian Salmon, Graeme Neil Reid, Leighton Noyes and Simon Gurr.

Lalla Ward and K9 appearing on “Nationwide”.

“Nothing at the End of the Lane” is the magazine of Doctor Who Research and Restoration.

This week’s guest Gareth hosts “An Afternoon with Terrance Dicks” at the FAB Cafe in Manchetster, the film footage of which can be found here.

Kay Patrick appeared as Poppaea as Flower in the First Doctor stories “The Romans” and “The Savages” respectively. She has also worked as a director and an associate producer on Coronation Street.

Stephen (Steve) Gallagher is a British novelist, screenwriter and director famed for writing the Fourth Doctor story “Warriors’ Gate” and the Fifth Doctor story “Terminus”. But he earned an eternal place in Doc’s personal hall of fame by writing a trilogy of sci-fi serials in the late 1970s which Doc heard in his tender and impressionable years on Piccadilly Radio in the days when even independent British radio stations were obliged by their licences to produce a certain amount of decent drama.

Late 1970s jingles from Manchester’s Piccadilly Radio.

“Blake’s Junction 7” in which we discover Orac’s fondess for Brown Ale.

The Lego Liberator teleport control room.

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