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  • Drunken Time Travel

    2.03 The Rescue

    Drunken Time Travel

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    23:53 (GMT) - 3 Jan 2012

    First Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki

    It's the first episode since Susan left, and also one of the higest rating episodes ever. You make your own mind up as we drink Bah Humbug and discuss pet killing.

    "When the tardis lands on dido at the end of the 25th Century, where the Doctor, barbara and Ian discover a crashed spaceship waiting for help.

    The only survivors have been murdered apart from a young, orphaned girl and a paralysed man. But who is the strange creature Koquillion that they are afraid of? And will they remain safe long enough to be rescued?"

    Episode 1: The Powerful Enemy Episode 2: Desperate Measures

    Writer: David Whitaker Director: Christopher Barry

    Broadcast: 6 January - 9 January 1965

    Links:

    Wychwood Brewery Cover Album The Rescue on youtube



  • Drunken Time Travel

    2.03 The Rescue

    Drunken Time Travel

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    22:53 (GMT) - 3 Jan 2012

    First Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki

    It’s the first episode since Susan left, and also one of the higest rating episodes ever. You make your own mind up as we drink Bah Humbug and discuss pet killing.

    “When the tardis lands on dido at the end of the 25th Century, where the Doctor, barbara and Ian discover a crashed spaceship waiting for help.

    The only survivors have been murdered apart from a young, orphaned girl and a paralysed man. But who is the strange creature Koquillion that they are afraid of? And will they remain safe long enough to be rescued?”

    Episode 1: The Powerful Enemy Episode 2: Desperate Measures

    Writer: David Whitaker Director: Christopher Barry

    Broadcast: 6 January - 9 January 1965

    Links:

    Wychwood Brewery Cover Album The Rescue on youtube



  • Drunken Time Travel

    2.03 The Rescue

    Drunken Time Travel

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    22:53 (GMT) - 3 Jan 2012

    First Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki

    It's the first episode since Susan left, and also one of the higest rating episodes ever. You make your own mind up as we drink Bah Humbug and discuss pet killing.

    "When the tardis lands on dido at the end of the 25th Century, where the Doctor, barbara and Ian discover a crashed spaceship waiting for help.

    The only survivors have been murdered apart from a young, orphaned girl and a paralysed man. But who is the strange creature Koquillion that they are afraid of? And will they remain safe long enough to be rescued?"

    Episode 1: The Powerful Enemy Episode 2: Desperate Measures

    Writer: David Whitaker Director: Christopher Barry

    Broadcast: 6 January - 9 January 1965

    Links:

    Wychwood Brewery Cover Album The Rescue on youtube



  • The 20mb Doctor Who Podcast

    The 20mb Doctor Who Podcast #93

    The 20mb Doctor Who Podcast

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    21:18 (GMT) - 3 Jan 2012

    Happy New Year and welcome to our first show of 2012.

    In this episode Adam, Alicia, Isabella, Rhys, Robert and Kirby review The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe by way of our first ever full commentary. But it is not like any commentary you may have heard on other podcasts because it is a 20mb Doctor Who Podcast commentary, complete with our unique way of doing things.

    After the veiwing we continue to talk about the last episode of Doctor Who for nine months before looking at feedback.

    Next week we commence our series of New Who reviews with the first, Rose.

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  • The Bad Wilf Podcast

    Episode 51: Genesis of the Daleks

    The Bad Wilf Podcast

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    18:47 (GMT) - 3 Jan 2012

    In which Martyn, Imran and Pete record in the same location for the first time. We discuss Genesis of the Daleks, then go off topic.

    Happy Merry New Year

    Next episode: The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe plus Aussie K-9

    Want to write for our site? Email badwilf@yahoo.com

    Bad Wilf: http://www.badwilf.co.uk
    Martyn: @BadWilf
    Imran: @Nerdthropology
    Pete: @BeeblePete




  • The Doctor Who Podcast

    The Doctor Who Podcast #116 - DWP Predictions for 2012

    The Doctor Who Podcast

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    18:35 (GMT) - 3 Jan 2012

    A new year dawns (Happy New Year to all our listeners!), so it must be time for the DWP to dust off their crystal balls again and make some grandiose and probably totally incorrect predictions for what will be happening in the world of Doctor Who in 2012. We also rather foolishly review the predictions [...]


  • The Doctor Who Podcast

    The Doctor Who Podcast #116 - DWP Predictions for 2012

    The Doctor Who Podcast

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    18:35 (GMT) - 3 Jan 2012

    A new year dawns (Happy New Year to all our listeners!), so it must be time for the DWP to dust off their crystal balls again and make some grandiose and probably totally incorrect predictions for what will be happening in the world of Doctor Who in 2012. We also rather foolishly review the predictions [...]


  • Podshock

    264 - Doctor Who: Podshock

    Podshock

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    17:53 (GMT) - 3 Jan 2012

    Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 264Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 264
    Running time: 1:14:53

    We review the 2011 Doctor Who Christmas special, 'The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe' with your live feedback. Hosted by Louis Trapani and Dave Cooper.

    Presented to you by the Gallifreyan Embassy and is a production of Art Trap Productions.

    This podcast is made possible in part by and is brought to you by Podshock Supporting Subscribers and from donations from listeners like you.

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  • Traveling the Vortex

    Episode 53 - Beginning the New Year With a Big Finish

    Traveling the Vortex

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    17:52 (GMT) - 3 Jan 2012

    Here we are, a day later, but all of us feeling much better.

    In this week’s episode, we start the New Year of right with a very Big Finish. We review the Eighth Doctor’s first three audios, Storm Warning, The Sword of Orion, and The Stones of Venice.

    Also in this show, at this years Chicago TARDIS Dr. Phil Serna had the chance to sit down with writer Richard Dinnick, who has written for both Big Finish and BBC books. We’ll hear Richard talk about some his work.

    And of course, this week’s news and your feedback. Enjoy!

    Links mentioned in this show:

    Mayan Calendar
    http://www.richarddinnick.com/
    Big Finish – Doctor Who
    Doctor Who: Adventures in Time, Space, and Music

    ADDENDUM: The “Big News” that Shaun couldn’t remember during the podcast was the wedding of tenth Doctor David Tennant to his fiance Georgia Moffat, (“The Doctor’s Daughter”) who happens to be the daughter of fifth Doctor Peter Davison. (Any excuse to bring up that tangle of relationships again!) Traveling The Vortex passes on our congratulations to the happy couple!



  • Tin Dog Podcast

    TDP 225: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

    Tin Dog Podcast

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    13:17 (GMT) - 3 Jan 2012

    reprinted from wikipedia with respect and thanks Synopsis The Doctor and Sarah arrive in 1970s London to find that it has been evacuated, due to the mysterious appearance of dinosaurs. It turns out that the dinosaurs are being brought to London via a time machine in order to further a plan to revert London to a pre-technological level. [edit] Plot The Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith arrive in a deserted London plagued by looters and lawlessness where UNIT is assisting with maintaining martial law. The regular army, headed by General Finch, has evacuated the entire city and issues a command that any looters in London will be shot on sight. The Doctor and Sarah are soon arrested on suspicion of being looters themselves but are identified from the photographs by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, who is heading up the UNIT operation, and arranges that the pair are freed to help combat the monsters that have necessitated the evacuation of London. Dinosaurs have started appearing all over the city – but that is not all, as the Doctor comes across a medieval peasant from the days of King Richard, who disappears in a time eddy. It seems the dinosaurs have been present for several months, but nobody can account for their sudden appearance or the havoc they are causing. The British Government has been relocated to Harrogate during the crisis, and the army has taken charge to ensure an orderly evacuation and to try and maintain some sort of control in the city. The dinosaur appearances are various – pterodactyls, Stegosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex – but the creatures seem to vanish as mysteriously as they appear. The Doctor ventures out around the city with a UNIT escort, hoping to learn more of the curious phenomenon, and they encounter a Stegosaurus moments before it disappears. He starts to suspect someone is deliberately bringing the dinosaurs to London – and in a hidden laboratory a pair of scientists, Butler and Professor Whitaker, are shown operating the Timescoop technology that is making the situation possible. They are being aided by Captain Mike Yates from UNIT, who is revealed to be recovering from a nervous breakdown caused by the events depicted in The Green Death. Mike feels the Doctor could help them achieve Operation Golden Age, but Whitaker is unconvinced, and tells Mike to sabotage the stun gun, which the Doctor is building for use on the dinosaurs. He does this, imperilling the Doctor when he encounters a Tyrannosaurus Rex, but the situation is saved and the creature is stunned and captured. Hours later, however, General Finch sets it free, evidently part of the conspiracy too. Sarah Jane has meanwhile set off to gather her own evidence and meets with Sir Charles Grover, an ecologist MP who is acting as Minister with Special Responsibilities in London. She is drugged by him and when she wakes up is astounded to find herself on a vast spaceship. The crew include Mark, Adam and Ruth, all famed British minor celebrities who have adopted new aliases and lives. They tell her they en route for a New Earth where mankind can begin again, closer to nature. They left Earth three months earlier and the ship is one of a fleet that is carrying over two hundred people to a new life. Sarah is committed to the re-education programme to enable her to think like them. The Doctor now focuses on more searches of London using his new vehicle, the Whomobile, as transport. Under Trafalgar Square tube station he finds the base used by Whitaker and Butler, but is scared away when they use a pterodactyl to defend their lair. When he returns with the Brigadier, the signs of occupation have been removed. Operation Golden Age is revealed to be a broad conspiracy containing Whitaker, Butler, Yates, Grover and Finch as its core co-ordinators. They have emptied London to enable it to revert to a more natural state, after which the people on the spaceships (in reality they are in vast bunkers and not in space at all) will be allowed out and enabled to repopulate a clean and free planet. Whitaker also works out how to reverse time, so that soon none of humanity apart from their own chosen specimens will ever have existed. Finch tries to frame and discredit the Doctor, whom he knows will not support their plans, and the Doctor soon twigs that an over-zealous Yates is the UNIT mole. Sergeant Benton lets the Doctor escape, for which Finch threatens a court martial. The Doctor uses his freedom to track down more monsters, but when he is recaptured the Brigadier asserts his authority and takes the Doctor into UNIT custody rather than the regular army’s. Sarah has meanwhile escaped from the fake spaceship having learnt its true nature, but is apprehended by Finch, who tracks her down and returns her to Whitaker’s custody. While she is away Mark works out that the ship is a fake too and exposes this to the other passengers, but he is not believed. When Sarah is returned to the ship she and Mark use the fake airlock to convince Ruth and the others of the depth of the deception Shortly afterward Finch and Yates reveal their hands to the Doctor, Benton and the Brigadier, and reveal the nature of their plans. The Doctor and the Brigadier get away once more and head back to the base, evading dinosaurs en route, where they confront Grover and Whitaker. The duped environmentalists from the fake spaceship also appear, along with Sarah, and demand an explanation. In the ensuing fight Whitaker and Grover are transported back through the Timescoop to the Golden Age they sought to bring to modern Britain. Back at UNIT HQ, the Brigadier confirms to the Doctor that the crisis is over, but there are still some human casualties to deal with. Finch will face a court martial while Yates is being offered the chance to resign and given extended sick leave. The Doctor reflects that people like Grover may have had good motivations in wanting to fight pollution and environmental degradation, but they took their schemes too far and endangered all mankind and its civilisation. He decides it is time for a holiday and offers to take Sarah Jane to the holiday planet of Florana. [edit] Continuity This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2011) Sarah Jane Smith refers to her encounter with real dinosaurs in a conversation with Rose Tyler during the episode "School Reunion". The Seventh Doctor also mentions the events of this story to Ace in The Happiness Patrol. A clip on the website of The Sarah Jane Adventures refers to the events of this story as having been explained as mass hallucinations caused by a contaminated water supply. An alternative version of the events of this serial is mentioned in the Big Finish Doctor Who Unbound audio play Sympathy for the Devil. [edit] Production Serial details by episode EpisodeBroadcast dateRun timeViewership (in millions)Archive "Part One" 12 January 1974 25:29 11.0 16mm black and white engineering print "Part Two" 19 January 1974 24:43 10.1 PAL 2" colour videotape "Part Three" 26 January 1974 23:26 11.0 PAL 2" colour videotape "Part Four" 2 February 1974 23:33 9.0 PAL 2" colour videotape "Part Five" 9 February 1974 24:30 9.0 PAL 2" colour videotape "Part Six" 16 February 1974 25:34 7.5 PAL 2" colour videotape [1][2][3] Working titles for this story included Bridgehead from Space and Timescoop. The first episode has the story title contracted to Invasion in an attempt to conceal the central plot device. However this was undermined by the BBC listings magazine Radio Times who gave the full story title. In the original novelisation, no reference is made to the "Whomobile" and the Doctor uses a military motor bike with electronic scanning equipment attached to it. Malcolm Hulke protested against the use of the title Invasion of the Dinosaurs, preferring the original working title of Timescoop, and felt the contraction for the first episode was silly, especially because the Radio Times listing used the full title. In a response letter after transmission script editor Terrance Dicks pointed out that all the titles used for the project had originated in the Doctor Who production office. He agreed that the contraction to Invasion was a decision he now regretted but noted that "Radio Times are a law unto themselves". Locations used in London included: Westminster Bridge, Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, Haymarket, Covent Garden, Southall and Wimbledon Common [edit] Missing Episodes & Archive All episodes of this story bar episode 1 exist on their original PAL colour master tapes, with the first episode only existing as a monochrome 16mm film print. There is a longstanding fan myth that the tape of episode 1 was erased by mistake, having been confused with an episode of the Patrick Troughton serial The Invasion. In reality, BBC Enterprises issued instructions to wipe all six episodes of Invasion of the Dinosaurs in August 1974, just six months after the story's transmission; for reasons unknown, however, only episode 1 was actually junked. As far as the BBC was concerned, the story had been wiped in its entirety; researchers for the 1976 documentary Whose Doctor Who found that none of the episodes was listed as existing in the BBC library.[4] The surviving film recording of Episode 1 is the only telerecording of a Season 11 episode known to exist. A black-and-white film print exists of the film sequences from part one. This includes one scene of a scared scavenger stealing money from a dead milkman's satchel omitted from the transmitted version, this would have been part of the deserted London montage. The black-and-white prints were used as practice for the film editor to make cuts before they cut the colour negatives. Colour 35mm film sequences from Episode five also exist. Episode 3's first edit (also known in the BBC as a 71 edit) also exists, without sound effects or music on the soundtrack. [edit] Cast notes John Bennett would later return to Doctor Who as Li H'sen Chang in The Talons of Weng-Chiang. Peter Miles has also appeared in Doctor Who in other roles in Doctor Who and the Silurians and Genesis of the Daleks. Martin Jarvis had earlier appeared as Hilio in The Web Planet and would later appear as the Governor of Varos in Vengeance on Varos. Carmen Silvera had previously appeared in The Celestial Toymaker. [edit] Reception After the episodes were broadcast, many children viewers of the show complained that the Tyrannosaurus Rex was actually an Allosaurus.[5] Doctor Who: The Television Companion (by Howe and Walker, BBC Publishing, 1998) quotes a contemporary review (from a fanzine) that describes the dinosaur special effects thus: "After escaping they [the Doctor and Sarah] came up against the first dinosaur and, oh dear, shades of Basil Brush! A glove puppet nervously skiing about London streets didn't exactly fill me with fright..." [edit] In print A novelisation of this serial, written by Malcolm Hulke, was published by Target Books in February 1976 as Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion. In 1993 it was reprinted with the title Doctor Who - Invasion of the Dinosaurs. The novelisation features a prologue about the dinosaurs and ends with the Doctor consulting the Book of Ezekiel to determine the final fate of the Golden Age time travellers. An unabridged reading of the novelisation by actor Martin Jarvis was released on CD in November 2007 by BBC Audiobooks. Doctor Who book Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion Series Target novelisations Release number 22 Writer Malcolm Hulke Publisher Target Books Cover artist Chris Achilleos ISBN 0-426-10874-4 Release date 19 February 1976 Preceded by ' Followed by ' [edit] VHS and DVD release This was the final complete story to be released by BBC Worldwide on VHS, in 2003. The story is to be released on DVD in the UK on 9 January 2012 alongside the 1975 Tom Baker story The Android Invasion, together forming the U.N.I.T Files box set.[6] The DVD will feature a restored black-and-white version of Episode 1 as the default and also a 'best-endeavours' attempt at colour recovery of this episode as a branched-extra feature.[7] In contrast to other wiped colour episodes from the Pertwee era where the missing colour information had been inadvertently recorded on the surviving black and white film copies as a sequence of visual artifacts/dots or chroma dots, in the case of Episode 1 of this story this information was found to be incomplete, and only the red and green colour signal information was recoverable, requiring the missing blue signal information to be obtained via other means. The new colour version of Episode 1 featured on the DVD thus employs approximated blue colour information, and although the outcome is not up to normal DVD quality, it gives an impression of what the episode would have looked like when originally broadcast.[8] [edit] References ^ Shaun Lyon et al. (2007-03-31). "Invasion of the Dinosaurs". Outpost Gallifrey. Retrieved 2008-08-30.[dead link] ^ "Invasion of the Dinosaurs". Doctor Who Reference Guide. Retrieved 2008-08-30. ^ Sullivan, Shannon (2007-08-07). "Invasion of the Dinosaurs". A Brief History of Time Travel. Retrieved 2008-08-30. ^ Molesworth, Richard Wiped! Doctor Who's Missing Episodes, Telos Publishing Ltd, Sept 2010 ^ "Doctor Who in the BBC" ^ "Doctor Who: U.N.I.T Files Box Set (DVD)". Retrieved 29 December 2011. ^ http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/08/dwn010911000112-double-invasion-due-in.html ^ http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Doctor-Invasion-of-the-Dinosaurs-and-Android-Invasion/15889 [edit] External links Invasion of the Dinosaurs at BBC Online Invasion of the Dinosaurs at Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time (Travel) Invasion of the Dinosaurs at the Doctor Who Reference Guide Fan reviews Invasion of the Dinosaurs reviews at Outpost Gallifrey Invasion of the Dinosaurs reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide Target novelisation Doctor Who and the Invasion of the Dinosaurs reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide On Target — Doctor Who and the Invasion of the Dinosaurs


  • Tin Dog Podcast

    TDP 224: Doctor Who Confidential Replacement Service

    Tin Dog Podcast

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    13:08 (GMT) - 3 Jan 2012

    with thanks to the official bbc site


  • Articles of the Shadow Proclamation

    Article 33: Do Not Open Until Christmas

    Articles of the Shadow Proclamation

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    07:47 (GMT) - 3 Jan 2012

    In this episode, Scott and Calliope discuss the 2011 Christmas special - The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe. Do you think that The Doctor actually managed to stay under the radar up to this point? Do you ever open your presents early? Would you borrow a car to take a spaceman back to his box? So many things to discuss. Join us, but beware of spoilers for the next season.


  • Radio Free Skaro

    Radio Free Skaro #287 - The Man Trap

    Radio Free Skaro

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    20:48 (GMT) - 1 Jan 2012

    As 2011 draws to a close and the Three Who Rule look forward to 2012 and the next series of Doctor Who - whenever the heck it ends up being transmitted - and also deliver their commentary for the Series 6.2 opener, Let's Kill Hitler. We'll see if it stands the test of time or not, mad ride that it is. And in real-life news, hearty congratulations go out to former Doctor David Tennant and former Doctor's "daughter" Georgia Moffett on their nuptials! Now calm down, fangirls. Just. Calm. Down.

    Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com



  • Radio Free Skaro

    Radio Free Skaro #287 - The Man Trap

    Radio Free Skaro

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    20:43 (GMT) - 1 Jan 2012

    As 2011 draws to a close and the Three Who Rule look forward to 2012 and the next series of Doctor Who - whenever the heck it ends up being transmitted - and also deliver their commentary for the Series 6.2 opener, Let's Kill Hitler. We'll see if it stands the test of time or not, mad ride that it is. And in real-life news, hearty congratulations go out to former Doctor David Tennant and former Doctor's "daughter" Georgia Moffett on their nuptials! Now calm down, fangirls. Just. Calm. Down.

    Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com



  • Who's He?

    The Who's He? Podcast Awards 2011

    Who's He?

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    13:19 (GMT) - 1 Jan 2012

    In a change from the usual programme, the Who's He? team bring you the Who's He? Podcast Awards 2011, celebrating the best and the worst that Doctor Who and Torchwood had to offer over the last year in a star studded show from the Norwich Theatre Royal (though this may be a lie). The lads apologise in advance for the tongue in cheek approach but unfortunately there are no refunds as they need the money to get out of the country. Thanks to: Josef Kenny for the Doctor Who theme remix.


  • Staggering Stories Podcast

    Staggering Stories Commentary #49: Doctor Who - Boom Town

    Staggering Stories Podcast

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    10:48 (GMT) - 1 Jan 2012

    Summary:
    Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and Keith Dunn sit down, unzipped, in front of the 2005 Doctor Who episode, Boom Town, and spout our usual nonsense!

    Margaret’s battling with bad breath, Mickey’s feeling some short lived character progression and Captain Jack’s a spare wheel. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Boom Towna|

    Vital Links:

    • Staggering Stories.
    • BBC: Doctor Who.
    • BBC: Doctor Who – Boom Town.
    • Wikipedia: Doctor Who – Boom Town.
    • Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
    • Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
    • Twitter: Adam J Purcell.


  • Doctor Who: Prognosis Negative

    SNS #2 The Living Daylights '87

    Doctor Who: Prognosis Negative

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    08:55 (GMT) - 1 Jan 2012

    Shaken Not Stirred II

    007:

    • Prognosis Negative proudly presents Shaken Not Stirred, the wiley James Bond commentcast featuring Steven, Josh, Eric, and Kyle! Join us as delve into Timothy Dalton's first outing The Living Daylights. Let the banter begin!
    • Nowhere will you find a James Bond commentary that sprinkles in more oblique Doctor Who references..

    WARNING:

    • This discussion contains miscellaneous  SPOILERS pertaining to the film(s) discussed and more! If you are 100% spoilerphobic to films not yet seen, do not complain to us. This episode is mostly negative (though often that is a misnomer) and contains EXPLICIT terms, concepts, and as always expect strokes of innuendo throughout.

    LINKS:

    DISCLAIMER:

    • FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPROSES ONLY!
    • This live commentary track DOES NOT WORK!!
    • During recording two of us had a copy of the film that was about 5 or more minutes than the other two, THEREFORE THIS COMMENTARY WILL LIKELY SYNC UP WITH NEITHER.
    • If you're copy of The Living Daylights begins w/an actual MGM lion you may have the shorter version which might sync up a little than if you have the MGM logo at the beginning sans lion.
    • COMING SOON: Game of Shadows???

     

    The girl must be very talented.


     

    Steven: @Legopolis
    Josh: @whomeJZ
    Eric: @BullittWHO
    Kyle: @functionalnerd

    Prognosis Negative
    Email: guidetothewhoverse ~at~ gmail ~dot~com
    Website: prognosisnegative.libsyn.com
    Twitter: @ProgNeg
    Tumblr: progneg.tumblr.com 
    Facebook: facebook.com/ProgNeg

    Produced by E.A. Escamilla



  • Doctor Who: Prognosis Negative

    SNS #2 The Living Daylights '87

    Doctor Who: Prognosis Negative

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    08:55 (GMT) - 1 Jan 2012

    Shaken Not Stirred II

    007:

    • Prognosis Negative proudly presents Shaken Not Stirred, the wiley James Bond commentcast featuring Steven, Josh, Eric, and Kyle! Join us as delve into Timothy Dalton's first outing The Living Daylights. Let the banter begin!
    • Nowhere will you find a James Bond commentary that sprinkles in more oblique Doctor Who references..

    WARNING:

    • This discussion contains miscellaneous SPOILERS pertaining to the film(s) discussed and more! If you are 100% spoilerphobic to films not yet seen, do not complain to us. This episode is mostly negative (though often that is a misnomer) and contains EXPLICIT terms, concepts, and as always expect strokes of innuendo throughout.

    LINKS:

    DISCLAIMER:

    • FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPROSES ONLY!
    • This live commentary track DOES NOT WORK!!
    • During recording two of us had a copy of the film that was about 5 or more minutes than the other two, THEREFORE THIS COMMENTARY WILL LIKELY SYNC UP WITH NEITHER.
    • If you're copy of The Living Daylights begins w/an actual MGM lion you may have the shorter version which might sync up a little than if you have the MGM logo at the beginning sans lion.
    • COMING SOON: Game of Shadows???

    The girl must be very talented.


    Steven: @Legopolis
    Josh: @whomeJZ
    Eric: @BullittWHO
    Kyle: @functionalnerd

    Prognosis Negative
    Email: guidetothewhoverse ~at~ gmail ~dot~com
    Website: prognosisnegative.libsyn.com
    Twitter: @ProgNeg
    Tumblr: progneg.tumblr.com
    Facebook: facebook.com/ProgNeg

    Produced by E.A. Escamilla



  • Doctor Who: Prognosis Negative

    SNS #2 The Living Daylights '87

    Doctor Who: Prognosis Negative

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    08:55 (GMT) - 1 Jan 2012

    Shaken Not Stirred II

    007:

    • Prognosis Negative proudly presents Shaken Not Stirred, the wiley James Bond commentcast featuring Steven, Josh, Eric, and Kyle! Join us as delve into Timothy Dalton's first outing The Living Daylights. Let the banter begin!
    • Nowhere will you find a James Bond commentary that sprinkles in more oblique Doctor Who references..

    WARNING:

    • This discussion contains miscellaneous  SPOILERS pertaining to the film(s) discussed and more! If you are 100% spoilerphobic to films not yet seen, do not complain to us. This episode is mostly negative (though often that is a misnomer) and contains EXPLICIT terms, concepts, and as always expect strokes of innuendo throughout.

    LINKS:

    DISCLAIMER:

    • FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPROSES ONLY!
    • This live commentary track DOES NOT WORK!!
    • During recording two of us had a copy of the film that was about 5 or more minutes than the other two, THEREFORE THIS COMMENTARY WILL LIKELY SYNC UP WITH NEITHER.
    • If you're copy of The Living Daylights begins w/an actual MGM lion you may have the shorter version which might sync up a little than if you have the MGM logo at the beginning sans lion.
    • COMING SOON: Game of Shadows???

     

    The girl must be very talented.

     

    Steven: @LegopolisJosh: @whomeJZEric: @BullittWHOKyle: @functionalnerd

    Prognosis NegativeEmail: guidetothewhoverse ~at~ gmail ~dot~comWebsite: prognosisnegative.libsyn.com Twitter: @ProgNegTumblr: progneg.tumblr.com Facebook: facebook.com/ProgNeg

    Produced by E.A. Escamilla



  • DWO WhoCast

    DWO WhoCast - #226 - Doctor Who Podcast

    DWO WhoCast

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    20:56 (GMT) - 31 Dec 2011

    Doctor Who: DWO WhoCast #226 - Regeneration! A whole new life cycle.... Fitting for a new year, I suppose... and fitting in other ways too... You'll have to listen to find out why...  Have a natter about regeneration. Nowt heavy... just nonsense as usual. Oh, and have a chance to win a box set of the second half of this year's (just) Doctor Who.....

    The DWO WhoCast - Change my dear. And it seems not a moment has been prepared for...



  • The Flashing Blade Podcast

    The Flashing Blade Podcast 1-116 Doctor Who Podcast

    The Flashing Blade Podcast

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    20:46 (GMT) - 31 Dec 2011

    It's our Christmas show.. a little, er, late.. um...

    So, have a review of The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe, the extended mix of Let's Save Confidential (lots of Xmassy wishes from podcasters), the full theme to The Box Of Delights, lots of outtakes featuring a LOT of people and.. a Christmas Carol written by Doctor Sinister... the GIT!

    oh... and you finally get to find out just what is going on......

    Change my dear. And it seems not a moment has been prepared for....



  • The Omega Podcast

    The Omega Podcast Episode 1-65: The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe Review

    The Omega Podcast

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    20:45 (GMT) - 31 Dec 2011



  • Who's He?

    The Who's He? Podcast Awards 2011

    Who's He?

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    20:00 (GMT) - 31 Dec 2011

    In a change from the usual programme, the Who's He? team bring you the Who's He? Podcast awards 2011, celebrating the best and worst that Doctor Who and Torchwood had to offer over the last year in a star studded show from the Norwich Theatre Royal (though this may be a lie). The lads apologise in advance for the tongue in cheek approach but unfortunately there are no refunds as they need the money to get out of the country.

    Thanks to: Josef Kenny for the Doctor Who theme remix.



  • Who's He?

    The Who's He? Podcast Awards 2011

    Who's He?

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    20:00 (GMT) - 31 Dec 2011

    In a change from the usual programme, the Who's He? team bring you the Who's He? Podcast awards 2011, celebrating the best and worst that Doctor Who and Torchwood had to offer over the last year in a star studded show from the Norwich Theatre Royal (though this may be a lie). The lads apologise in advance for the tongue in cheek approach but unfortunately there are no refunds as they need the money to get out of the country.

    Thanks to: Josef Kenny for the Doctor Who theme remix.



  • The Doctor Who Book Club Podcast

    Episode 12: Atom Bomb Blues

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    19:30 (GMT) - 31 Dec 2011

    Before Sean switched on his randomizer to pick this month's selection from the proverbial hat, he had to think back about whether or not the BBC provided any past Doctor novels involving Christmas.  Answer: They didn't.  So, for December we present Atom Bomb Blues by Andrew Cartmel.  From the back cover:

    Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1945.  The Second World War is coming to its bloody conclusion, and in the American desert the race is on to build an atomic bomb.

    The fate of the world is at stake -- in more ways than one.  Someone, or something, is trying to alter the course of history at this most delicate point.  And destroy the human race.  Posing as a nuclear scientist with Ace as his research assistant, the Doctor plays detective among the Manhattan Project scientists, while desperately trying to avoid falling under suspicion himself.

    As the minutes tick away to the world's first atom bomb blast, the Doctor and Ace find themselves up to their necks in spies, aliens of the flying-saucer variety, and some very nasty saboteurs from another dimension...

    Published in November, 2005, this novel is the final installment of the BBC's Past Doctor Adventures.  They had already begun releasing the New Series Adventures featuring the Ninth Doctor and Rose months earlier, something of a death toll for the Past Doctor and Eighth Doctor series.

    Author Andrew Cartmel is best known as the shows script editor from seasons 24 through 26 and for spearheading the "Cartmel Master Plan," which would have come to fruition in season 27, had the show not been cancelled.  This would have involved peeling away much of the Doctor's mysterious persona and revealing much of his back story.  They had barely touched the tip of the iceberg in "Silver Nemesis" by dropping hints that the Doctor harbored some deep, dark secret.  This was continued in the Virgin New Series Adventures, particularly in the final Seventh Doctor installment, Marc Platt's Lungbarrow.

    The BBC Past Doctor Adventures which feature the Seventh Doctor and Ace differ quite a lot from the Virgin New Adventures not just in the way they exclude characters like Roz and Chris (if one were to be a continuity hound, all of the Past Doctor Adventures would take place before all of the Virgin New Adventures), but they feature a Doctor and Ace who are less riddled with angst than we saw in a novel like Conundrum.



  • Outpost Skaro Podcast

    22 - Anderson bought it, but he wouldn't want that to spoil Christmas

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    15:20 (GMT) - 31 Dec 2011

    Its a full house in the podcast over the holidays, as Derek, Eddie, Andy, Alan and Kyle all get together to talk about the Xmas special, The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe.A A And Andy has a real problem with the title…



  • Tim's Take On...

    Tim's Take On: Episode 102(Futurama Panel at London Expo)

    Tim's Take On...

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    11:55 (GMT) - 31 Dec 2011

    We take a trip back to May 2011 for the Futurama Panel at London Expo, sadly the audio quality is far from perfect due to the acoustics of the venue.

    Here's a video of part of the panel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crPMCtrqXdQ and here's a link to all the photos I took at the event http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/sets/72157626834663506/

    End theme this week is an 8 Bit version of the Futurama theme by ScrapBrainZone which you can find here on you tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weWHR6liKio&

    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. 



  • Tim's Take On...

    Tim's Take On: Episode 102(Futurama Panel at London Expo)

    Tim's Take On...

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    11:55 (GMT) - 31 Dec 2011

    We take a trip back to May 2011 for the Futurama Panel at London Expo, sadly the audio quality is far from perfect due to the acoustics of the venue.

    Here's a video of part of the panel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crPMCtrqXdQ and here's a link to all the photos I took at the event http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/sets/72157626834663506/

    End theme this week is an 8 Bit version of the Futurama theme by ScrapBrainZone which you can find here on you tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weWHR6liKio&

    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. 



  • Tim's Take On...

    Tim's Take On: Episode 102(Futurama Panel at London Expo)

    Tim's Take On...

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    11:55 (GMT) - 31 Dec 2011

    We take a trip back to May 2011 for the Futurama Panel at London Expo, sadly the audio quality is far from perfect due to the acoustics of the venue.

    Here's a video of part of the panel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crPMCtrqXdQ and here's a link to all the photos I took at the event http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/sets/72157626834663506/

    End theme this week is an 8 Bit version of the Futurama theme by ScrapBrainZone which you can find here on you tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weWHR6liKio&

    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.



  • MrTARDIS Reviews

    Doctor Who Review - The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (2011)

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    02:55 (GMT) - 31 Dec 2011


    The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe - by Steven Moffat Starring: Matt Smith & Claire Skinner It’s Christmas Eve, 1938, when Madge Arwell comes to the aid of an injured Spaceman Angel as she cycles home. He promises to repay her kindness – all she has to do is make a wish. Three years later, a devastated Madge escapes war-torn London with her two children for a dilapidated house in Dorset. She is crippled with grief at the news her husband has been lost over the English channel, but determined to give Lily and Cyril the best Christmas ever. The Arwells are surprised to be greeted by a madcap caretaker whose mysterious Christmas gift leads them into a magical wintry world. Here, Madge will learn how to be braver than she ever thought possible. And that wishes can come true. Doctor Who belongs to the BBC.


  • The Doctor's Companion

    The Doctor's Companion Ep. 83 - The Power of Mom

    The Doctor's Companion

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    01:52 (GMT) - 31 Dec 2011

    It’s Christmas time again and Scott and Matt are celebrating with the 2011 Matt Smith Christmas Special “The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe”. The Doctor crashes to Earth in 1938, narrowly escaping death by explosion, and is found by a local woman named Madge Arwell who helps him find the TARDIS. Three years later, the Doctor returns the favor by getting her children lost on another planet in the year 5345 just as all of the trees on the planet are being harvested for fuel. Can the Doctor figure out a way out of this mess and get Madge and her children back home for Christmas? What do the trees want with a human brain? Why didn’t Madge’s children age at all in three years? Find out in the newest episode of The Doctor’s Companion! And remember, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!

    Next: Tom Baker and “City of Death”!!



  • The Doctor's Companion

    The Doctor’s Companion Ep. 83 – The Power of Mom

    The Doctor's Companion

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    01:52 (GMT) - 31 Dec 2011

    It’s Christmas time again and Scott and Matt are celebrating with the 2011 Matt Smith Christmas Special “The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe”. The Doctor crashes to Earth in 1938, narrowly escaping death by explosion, and is found by a local woman named Madge Arwell who helps him find the TARDIS. Three years later, the Doctor returns the favor by getting her children lost on another planet in the year 5345 just as all of the trees on the planet are being harvested for fuel. Can the Doctor figure out a way out of this mess and get Madge and her children back home for Christmas? What do the trees want with a human brain? Why didn’t Madge’s children age at all in three years? Find out in the newest episode of The Doctor’s Companion! And remember, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!

    Next: Tom Baker and “City of Death”!!



  • Daveac Video Blog

    daveac vblog 180

    Daveac Video Blog

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    01:00 (GMT) - 31 Dec 2011


    A quiet week to end the year - I'll toast to that!


  • The Naked Scarf

    The Space Museum (Beatnik Rebels VS Evil Overlords)

    The Naked Scarf

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    19:12 (GMT) - 30 Dec 2011

    In this ultra special short edition of The Naked Scarf Adam and Andi have a terrifying glimpse of their future and it involves desperately trying to find more than 5 minutes worth of things to say about The Space Museum despite the fact it features one of Andi’s favourite moments in Doctor Who. This means the following conversation includes Putin, Doctor Who A Capella, over-reactions to the chicken and the egg question, jazz hands and wondering if anyone remembers Time Trax.



  • The Pharos Project Podcast

    Pharos Project 81: Naturally Occurring Baubles

    The Pharos Project Podcast

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    13:58 (GMT) - 30 Dec 2011

    It's time for the annual Christmas party at Pharos Towers, so we thought we might as well review this year's festive episode of Doctor Who while we're at it. A slightly more alcohol fuelled show than usual, including cracker pulling, present giving, podcast charades and firing party poppers at a ukulele.

    Twitter: @KungFuYoda @Doctor_Vendetta @beastmasterpete @natalien @PharosProject

    Facebook: The Pharos Project Group Page.

    Email: pharos.project@yahoo.co.uk



  • Sound On Sight Podcast

    Doctor Who Podcast Episode 22: Christmas Special Roundup: 'The End of Time'

    Sound On Sight Podcast

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    02:49 (GMT) - 30 Dec 2011


    The gang here at the Doctor Who podcast for Sound on Sight wrap up our look at Christmas Secials past with the swan song of both the Rusell T. Davies and the David Tennant era of Who. Join Eric Mendoza, Lindsay Wood, Beverly Brown and Derek Gladu as we review the 2009 two parter "The End of Time."

    Also check out The Ghosts of Podcasts Past:
    The third episode of the Sound on Sight Doctor Who Podcast reviewed the 2010 Doctor Christmas Special earlier this year:

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  • Two-minute Time Lord

    2MTL 250: The 2011 Christmas Special and a New Year's Gift

    Two-minute Time Lord

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    22:17 (GMT) - 29 Dec 2011

    The annual Doctor Who Christmas spectacle caught a lot of attention — pro and con — for taking an unambiguous position on the nature and particular strength of women. Was that too much for sixty minutes?

    BONUS: My New Year's wish for you comes in the form of Carbon Leaf's "Toast to the New Year," used with permission from their 2010 album Christmas Child. (c) 2010 Constant Ivy Music



  • Sound On Sight Podcast

    Doctor Who Podcast Episode 22: Christmas Special Roundup: "The End of Time".

    Sound On Sight Podcast

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    21:05 (GMT) - 29 Dec 2011

    The gang here at the Doctor Who podcast for Sound on Sight wrap up our look at Christmas Secials past with the swan song of both the Rusell T. Davies and the David Tennant era of Who. Join Eric Mendoza, Lindsay Wood, Beverly Brown and Derek Gladu as we review the 2009 two parter "The End of Time."


  • Who's He?

    Voices singing lets be jolly

    Who's He?

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    20:00 (GMT) - 29 Dec 2011

    Stuffed full of turkey and Christmas cheer (that means booze), Phil and Paul let rip on this years Doctor Who Christmas special, The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe. Did they like what they saw or were they not that struck on this years festive offering? As well as giving their opinion on the special, they go wildly off tangent and start discussing Doctor Who Confidential (again!!) and also announce the next podcast from the Who's He? team.

    All this plus the latest news that's now over a week out of date. So that would be the latest olds then.



  • Who's He?

    Voices singing lets be jolly

    Who's He?

    Direct Podcast Download

    20:00 (GMT) - 29 Dec 2011

    Stuffed full of turkey and Christmas cheer (that means booze), Phil and Paul let rip on this years Doctor Who Christmas special, The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe. Did they like what they saw or were they not that struck on this years festive offering? As well as giving their opinion on the special, they go wildly off tangent and start discussing Doctor Who Confidential (again!!) and also announce the next podcast from the Who's He? team.

    All this plus the latest news that's now over a week out of date. So that would be the latest olds then.



  • Earth Station One

    Earth Station One Episode 92: I'm wearing a Santa Hat Now, Santa Hats Are Cool!!

    Earth Station One

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    19:53 (GMT) - 29 Dec 2011

    Happy Holidays everyone and welcome to a special addition of the ESO podcast. This week we talk about the newest Doctor Who Christmas Special 'The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe'. But also to celebrate the holiday season we thought it would be fun to talk about our three favorite holiday stories. Join us for … Continue reading


  • Who's He?

    Doctor Who - Who's He? #42 Voices singing lets be jolly

    Who's He?

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    16:43 (GMT) - 29 Dec 2011

    Stuffed full of turkey and Christmas cheer (that means booze), Phil & Paul let rip on this years Doctor Who Christmas special, The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe. Did they like what they saw or were they not that struck on this years festive offering? As well giving their opinion on the special, they go wildly off tangent and start discussing Doctor Who Confidential (again!) and also announce the next podcast from the Who's He? team. All this plus the latest news that's now over a week out of date. So that would make it all the latest olds then.


  • Tin Dog Podcast

    TDP 223: The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe

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    12:50 (GMT) - 29 Dec 2011

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia224 – "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"Doctor Who episodeCastDoctor    Matt Smith (Eleventh Doctor)ProductionWriter     Steven MoffatDirector     Farren Blackburn[1]Executive producer(s)         Steven Moffat    Piers Wenger    Caroline Skinner[2]Series     Specials (2011)Length     60 minOriginally broadcast     25 December 2011[3]Chronology← Preceded by     Followed by →"The Wedding of River Song"     Series 7"The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, in which the Doctor visits Earth and an alien forest. The episode was shown in the United Kingdom on Christmas Day on BBC One,[4] BBC America in the United States[5] Space in Canada,[6] and on ABC1 in Australia.[7] It is the seventh Christmas special since the show's revival in 2005.The episode features Claire Skinner, Bill Bailey, Arabella Weir and Alexander Armstrong. A sneak preview was aired on 18 November 2011 for Children in Need.[8]Contents [hide]     1 Plot        1.1 Prequel        1.2 Episode        1.3 Continuity    2 Production        2.1 Cast notes    3 References    4 External links[edit] Plot[edit] PrequelOn 6 December, a prequel to the episode was released online.[9] The Doctor is seen on a spaceship holding a red button which, when he lets go, will cause the space ship to explode. While holding the button, he has phoned the TARDIS to speak to Amy Pond asking her to rescue him, although he does not have his co-ordinates. Amy cannot fly the TARDIS, and she is not on the TARDIS. The Doctor wishes Amy a Merry Christmas before letting go of the button, and the spaceship explodes.[10][edit] EpisodeDuring the Christmas season of 1938, the Doctor finds himself on a damaged alien spacecraft in Earth's orbit. He escapes the exploding ship and the fall to Earth by rapidly donning an impact space suit, though in his haste, the helmet is put on backwards. On crashing to Earth, he is found by Madge Arwell, wife of Reg and mother of two children, Lily and Cyril. She helps the Doctor, stuck and unable to see while in the impact suit, to his TARDIS, and the Doctor promises to repay her for her kindness.Three years later, during World War II, Reg is reported killed in action when the Lancaster Bomber he was piloting disappeared over the English Channel. Madge is told this via telegraph just before Christmas, but decides not to tell her children, hoping to keep their spirits up through the holiday. Madge and the children evacuate London to a relative's house in Dorset, where they are greeted by the Doctor, calling himself "the Caretaker"; Madge does not recognise him from their previous encounter.The Doctor has prepared the house specially for the children and the holiday; though the children are pleased, Madge privately explains about Reg's death to the Doctor and insists he not overindulge the children. During the first night, Cyril is lured into opening a large glowing present under the Christmas tree, revealing a time portal to a snow-covered forest. The Doctor shortly discovers Cyril's absence and follows him with Lily; the two eventually track Cyril down to a strange lighthouse-like structure. Madge, finding her children missing, soon follows them into the forest, but is met by three miners in space suits from the planet Androzani Major.At the lighthouse, Cyril is met by a humanoid creature made of wood; it places a simple band of metal around his head like a crown. Lily and the Doctor arrive, followed by another wood creature, but find that they have rejected Cyril as he is "weak", as is the Doctor. The Doctor concludes that the life forces of the trees in the forest are trying to escape through a living creature, the crown acting as an interface. Meanwhile, Madge, holding the miners at gunpoint, is taken back to their excavation walker and told that the forest of the planet they are on is scheduled to be melted by acid rain within minutes, killing anything within it. The miners are teleported away safely before the rain starts after helping Madge to locate where her children are.Madge, using the little knowledge she knows of flying a plane from Reg, directs the walker to the lighthouse and safely reunites with her children as the acid rain starts. The wood creatures identify her as "strong", and the Doctor realises they consider her the "mothership", able to carry the life force safely. Donning the band, Madge absorbs the life force of the forest, allowing her to direct the top of the lighthouse as an escape pod away from the acid rain and into the time vortex. To get them home, the Doctor directs her to think of memories of home, allowing Madge to revisit her fond memories of Reg, shown on screens within the pod. She realises that she will have to recall the moment of Reg's death, but the Doctor forces her to continue to do so; Lily and Cyril come to learn the truth as they witness his last moments aboard the Lancaster bomber.Soon, the escape pod safely leaves the time vortex, landing just outside the house in Dorset, and the life force of the forest have converted themselves to ethereal beings within the time vortex. The Doctor steps outside while Madge starts to explain Reg's death to Lily and Cyril, but he returns to interrupt her and to tell her to come outside. There stands Reg and his Lancaster; he had followed the bright light of the escape pod into the time vortex and came out safely along with the pod at Dorset. The family has a tearful reunion as the Doctor watches.As Madge and her family turns to celebrate Christmas, the Doctor attempts to slip away, but Madge catches him, and as she sees the TARDIS realises that he is the man in the space suit from three years back. She insists on him staying for Christmas dinner, but when the Doctor reveals he has other friends out there that believe he is dead, Madge convinces him to go to see them at Christmas. The Doctor offers Madge his help if she ever needs it again.Later, the Doctor arrives outside Amy and Rory's home, two years since he left them there. Amy pretends to be angry at him for leaving them the way he did, but explains that River Song told them about his faked death, and Rory reveals that they have been setting a place for him at their Christmas dinner table every year. Having remarked earlier in the episode how "humany-wumany" it is to cry because of happiness, the Doctor finds himself shedding a tear of happiness in reaction to Rory's remark, and grins in wonder, and then steps inside to join them for dinner.[edit] Continuity    The three tree harvesters are from Androzani Major in the year 5345, a planet already featured in the serial The Caves of Androzani.    The Doctor also mentions the Forest of Cheem, which appeared in the Ninth Doctor episode The End of the World. He also mentioned that one of them fancied him, which was Jabe Ceth Ceth Jafe, who sacrificed her life for him.    Amy Pond tells the Doctor that two years have passed since Lake Silencio ("The Impossible Astronaut"/"The Wedding of River Song").[edit] ProductionThe Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre's preserved Lancaster bomber Just Jane, used in the programmeThe BBC announced in September 2011 that production had started for the special and filming was due to be complete by mid October 2011.[11] However, filming was disrupted on 30 September due to a 24-hour protest at BBC Wales because of compulsory redundancies.[12] The story is partly inspired by The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (from The Chronicles of Narnia) by C. S. Lewis.[13] C. S. Lewis died the day before the very first episode of classic Doctor Who aired. Filming of some scenes involving Alexander Armstrong took place in and around the Lancaster bomber 'Just Jane' at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre on 3 October 2011.[14] External footage of the lighthouse building took place in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.[15][edit] Cast notesAlexander Armstrong previously appeared in Doctor Who episodes "The Stolen Earth" and "Journey's End" as the voice of Mr Smith, an alien computer, his character from The Sarah Jane Adventures.Arabella Weir previously appeared as an alternate incarnation of the Third Doctor in the Doctor Who Unbound audio drama Exile.[16]Claire Skinner is placed in the opening titles instead of Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill, whose appearance in the episode was not reported before broadcast. Gillan and Darvill are, however, credited above Skinner in the episode's end credits.[edit] References    ^ Golder, Dave (21 September 2011). "UPDATE: Doctor Who Christmas Special Director Revealed". SFX. Retrieved 15 December 2011.    ^ "Steven Moffat on the New Exec". BBC. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.    ^ Seale, Jack (29 November 2011). "Christmas TV: scheduling confirmed for Doctor Who, Strictly and Downton". Radio Times. Immediate Media. Retrieved 29 November 2011.    ^ "Doctor Who: Christmas Day at 7:00pm". BBC. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.    ^ "Doctor Who Christmas Special" (Press release). BBC America. Retrieved 15 December 2011.    ^ "Doctor Who: The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe - December 25th at 9pm ET!". Space. Retrieved 28 December 2011.    ^ http://www.abc.net.au/tv/doctorwho/christmas2011/    ^ Golder, Dave (27 October 2011). "Doctor Who Christmas Special Clip During Children in Need". SFX. Retrieved 29 October 2011.    ^ "Adventure Calendar 2011". BBC. 1 December 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.    ^ "The Prequel to The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe" (Video). BBC. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.    ^ "Christmas Special: The Stars! The Story!". BBC. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.    ^ Jeffery, Morgan (30 September 2011). "'Doctor Who' Christmas special filming disrupted by BBC Wales strike". Digital Spy. Retrieved 30 September 2011.    ^ "Doctor Who Christmas special cast to include Bill Bailey and Claire Skinner". Metro. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2011.    ^ "Doctor Who Christmas Special role for Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre". Skegness Standard. Retrieved 30 November 2011.    ^ who "Look what's landed for Dr Who Xmas special!". The Forester. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.    ^ "Doctor Who Unbound — Exile". Big Finish. Retrieved 25 October 2011.


  • Fast Return Switch

    FRS 29: 'Silver Nemesis' Sylvester McCoy

    Fast Return Switch

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    11:46 (GMT) - 29 Dec 2011

    Helloings! Due to all of the family commitments and retail hell that comes with the season we have had to resort to hitting the vaults for this weeks Fast Return Switch.

    We dug out a previously unreleased classic that was recorded all the way back in august before being abandoned for more topical episode coverage. I’ve explained this just so you know that, when we refer to last week we actually mean last august and when we talk about next week we talk about other abandoned plans!

    Confused? Me too. I don’t think I’m cut out for time travel at all!



  • Mostly Harmless Cutaway

    MHC #61 The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe 32.14

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    08:24 (GMT) - 29 Dec 2011

    362 days until the next Christmas Special

    XMAS:

    • Welcome to this Special Christmas Edition of Mostly Harmless Cutaway featuring Eric, Josh, and Cat! Join us as we delve into Steven Moffat's latest offering The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe!
    • Thanks very much to all of our many listeners and friends who have been sending their feedback and shout outs via twitter, especially during these lean times: Including, but not limited to @abby_queenofall, @ATSMPodcast, @TARDISDatabanks, @travelvortex, @khan44111, @MarkCockram, @DoctorLongscarf, @InfraDalek, @TalkingWho, @_HollyGoDarkly_, @SociologyGirl, @tuddle, @EHPodcast, @Draculasaurus13, @danrush, @ambrrr, @sputuk, @PlushieTen, @NakedScarf, @DoctorWhoToy, @OzzyBaxter, @TMDWP, @PSBChrisKocher, and @greennymph13.
    • Now includes real vulture breast!

    WARNING:

    • This discussion contains miscellaneous Torchwood, NüWHO, and Classic SPOILERS pertaining to Doctor Who. If you are 100% spoilerphobic to New & Classic epsiodes not yet seen, do not complain to us. This episode is MOSTLY HARMLESS & contains EXPLICIT terms and as always expect strokes of innuendo throughout.

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    • Do you feel like it's been ages since our last new MHC? Check out what we've been doing on our new podcast Prognosis Negative.
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  • Mostly Harmless Cutaway

    MHC #61 The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe 32.14

    Mostly Harmless Cutaway

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    08:24 (GMT) - 29 Dec 2011

    362 days until the next Christmas Special

    XMAS:

    • Welcome to this Special Christmas Edition of Mostly Harmless Cutaway featuring Eric, Josh, and Cat! Join us as we delve into Steven Moffat's latest offering The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe!
    • Thanks very much to all of our many listeners and friends who have been sending their feedback and shout outs via twitter, especially during these lean times: Including, but not limited to @abby_queenofall, @ATSMPodcast, @TARDISDatabanks, @travelvortex, @khan44111, @MarkCockram, @DoctorLongscarf, @InfraDalek, @TalkingWho, @_HollyGoDarkly_, @SociologyGirl, @tuddle, @EHPodcast, @Draculasaurus13, @danrush, @ambrrr, @sputuk, @PlushieTen, @NakedScarf, @DoctorWhoToy, @OzzyBaxter, @TMDWP, @PSBChrisKocher, and @greennymph13.
    • Now includes real vulture breast!

    WARNING:

    • This discussion contains miscellaneous Torchwood, NuWHO, and Classic SPOILERS pertaining to Doctor Who. If you are 100% spoilerphobic to New & Classic epsiodes not yet seen, do not complain to us. This episode is MOSTLY HARMLESS & contains EXPLICIT terms and as always expect strokes of innuendo throughout.

    LINKS:

    • What would Chris Burgess do? : @dubbayoo
    • Amazing Stories - The Mission : YouTube

    DISCLAIMER:

    • Do you feel like it's been ages since our last new MHC? Check out what we've been doing on our new podcast Prognosis Negative.
    • COMING SOON: Our final lost episode?

    DON'T PANIC


    Host/Producer: Eric
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    Co-hostess: Cat
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  • The Cultdom Collective

    Commentary: The End of Time Part 2

    The Cultdom Collective

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    04:00 (GMT) - 29 Dec 2011

    A Doctor Who Special - 'The End of Time Part 2' - A Cultdom Christmas treat for 2011 with Special Guest Paul Scoones - Dr Who DVD Info Text writer & much more - joining Ian, Mike & Dave on the commentary


  • The Doctor Who Podcast

    The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #115 - Review of The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe

    The Doctor Who Podcast

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    23:43 (GMT) - 28 Dec 2011

    The DWP Team review the Doctor Who special for Christmas 2011 - The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe.


  • The Cultdom Collective

    Commentary: Dr Who - The End of Time Part 2

    The Cultdom Collective

    Direct Podcast Download

    23:00 (GMT) - 28 Dec 2011

    A Doctor Who Special - 'The End of Time Part 2' - A Cultdom Christmas treat for 2011 with Special Guest Paul Scoones - Dr Who DVD Info Text writer & much more - joining Ian, Mike & Dave on the commentary


  • The Cultdom Collective

    Commentary: Dr Who - The End of Time Part 2

    The Cultdom Collective

    Direct Podcast Download

    23:00 (GMT) - 28 Dec 2011

    A Doctor Who Special - 'The End of Time Part 2' - A Cultdom Christmas treat for 2011 with Special Guest Paul Scoones - Dr Who DVD Info Text writer & much more - joining Ian, Mike & Dave on the commentary


 
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