Traveling the Vortex
- Description:
- A podcast dedicated to the show Doctor Who with a perspective from two Midwest United States fans, and one person being introduced to the Doctor for the first time.
Homepage: http://travelingthevortex.com/
RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/travelvortex?format=xml
- Episodes:
- 980
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:1:08:27
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:3:39:04
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 46 days, 14 hours, 4 minutes and 34 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 6 January 2011 (8:03am GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 27 July 2024 (9:00pm GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 5 days, 1 hours, 15 minutes and 43 seconds
Traveling the Vortex Episodes
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Episode 309 - The Cyberiad of Rassilon
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 22 seconds
In this week’s episode we look at two mini-series from Titan Comics. First, the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane come face to face with Medusa in the Five issue story, Gaze of the Medusa. Hear what we thought of the story that takes our heroes back to ancient Greece to do battle with the popular Gorgon and meet the Gods of Old.Then, we review this years multi-Doctor event from Titan, Supremacy of the Cybermen. We give our impressions on the return of two old foes in an epic event that finds the Universe at threat by the silver menaces.
Plus, lot’s of news to talk about this week.
And, we have a SPOILER-FREE review of the latest Star Wars film, Rouge One.
Oh, and of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 309 - The Cyberiad of Rassilon
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 22 secondsIn this week’s episode we look at two mini-series from Titan Comics. First, the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane come face to face with Medusa in the Five issue story, Gaze of the Medusa. Hear what we thought of the story that takes our heroes back to ancient Greece to do battle with the popular Gorgon and meet the Gods of Old.Then, we review this years multi-Doctor event from Titan, Supremacy of the Cybermen. We give our impressions on the return of two old foes in an epic event that finds the Universe at threat by the silver menaces.
Plus, lot’s of news to talk about this week.
And, we have a SPOILER-FREE review of the latest Star Wars film, Rouge One.
Oh, and of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 308 - Holiday in Hell's Kitchen
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 30 secondsIn this week’s podcast we look at the recently released episodes 3 and 4 of The Power of the Daleks. We catch up on the series so far and give our impressions of the story to this point.Also, another book in Candy Jar Books’ ongoing Lethbridge-Stewart series, this time Times Squared written by Nick Cross. We look at the return of the Great Intelligence and the Yeti, in the first novel of Candy Jar's third series of Lethbridge-Stewart novels.
Then, we follow that up with a review of the Lethbridge-Stewart short story, Eve of the Fomorians by Robert Mammone, which takes place after Times Squared.
Plus, some news from the week, including discussion of the latest Doctor Who trailer for this year’s Christmas Special.
Enjoy!
Oh, before we go, be sure to take advantage of the special promotion that Candy Jar has going on here.
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Episode 308 - Holiday in Hell's Kitchen
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 30 secondsIn this week’s podcast we look at the recently released episodes 3 and 4 of The Power of the Daleks. We catch up on the series so far and give our impressions of the story to this point.Also, another book in Candy Jar Books’ ongoing Lethbridge-Stewart series, this time Times Squared written by Rick Cross. We look at the return of the Great Intelligence and the Yeti, in the first novel of Candy Jar's third series of Lethbridge-Stewart novels.
Then, we follow that up with a review of the Lethbridge-Stewart short story, Eve of the Fomorians by Robert Mammone, which takes place after Times Squared.
Plus, some news from the week, including discussion of the latest Doctor Who trailer for this year’s Christmas Special.
Enjoy!
Oh, before we go, be sure to take advantage of the special promotion that Candy Jar has going on here.
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Episode 307 - Lights and Things
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 55 minutes and 8 secondsOff topic this week we talk Christmas decorating, lights and holiday movie favorites.On topic, we discuss some short stories in the Lethbridge-Stewart line of books from Candy Jar Books’ ongoing series. This time it’s The Creatures in the Cave by Rick Cross, The Last Duty by Christopher Bryant and The Lost Skin: Episode 1 by Andy Frankham-Allen. Hear what we thought of these three different tales.
Also, we discuss news of the week.
And of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 307 - Lights and Things
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 55 minutes and 8 secondsOff topic this week we talk Christmas decorating, lights and holiday movie favorites.On topic, we discuss some short stories in the Lethbridge-Stewart line of books from Candy Jar Books’ ongoing series. This time it’s The Creatures in the Cave by Rick Cross, The Last Duty by Christopher Bryant and The Lost Skin: Episode 1 by Andy Frankham-Allen. Hear what we thought of these three different tales.
Also, we discuss news of the week.
And of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 25 - Book Review: Prisoner of the Daleks
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 24 minutes and 27 secondsShaun and Glenn take some time to review the Goodreads Traveling the Vortex Book Club selection for October, Doctor Who: Prisoner of the Daleks (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #33) by Trevor Baxendale.This is the way we will continue to feature the book club titles, so as not to spoiler listeners who have not had a chance to read the novels.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 25 - Book Review: Prisoner of the Daleks
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 24 minutes and 27 secondsShaun and Glenn take some time to review the Goodreads Traveling the Vortex Book Club selection for October, Doctor Who: Prisoner of the Daleks (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #33) by Trevor Baxendale.This is the way we will continue to feature the book club titles, so as not to spoiler listeners who have not had a chance to read the novels.
Enjoy!
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Episode 306 - No Need For Cutlery
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 25 seconds In this week’s podcast we examine two stories. First we look at episodes 1 and 2 of the newly released The Power of the Daleks (animated). We give our impressions of the story and what we think of the treatment so far.And then, on to Big Finish The 4th Doctor Adventures S2: #4 The Justice Of Jalxar, We pick up where we left off in the adventures featuring the Fourth Doctor and Romana. Hear what we thought of this one.
Plus, some news of the week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 306 - No Need For Cutlery
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 25 seconds In this week’s podcast we examine two stories. First we look at episodes 1 and 2 of the newly released The Power of the Daleks (animated). We give our impressions of the story and what we think of the treatment so far.And then, on to Big Finish The 4th Doctor Adventures S2: #4 The Justice Of Jalxar, We pick up where we left off in the adventures featuring the Fourth Doctor and Romana. Hear what we thought of this one.
Plus, some news of the week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 305 - A Prickly Situation
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 49 minutes and 2 secondsIllness has delayed us again, so please forgive our tardiness again this week. However, we have returned and this week we explore the Fourth Doctor and Roman II story, Meglos. Find out what we have to say about this one.Plus, more Power of the Daleks news, which brings some schedule foul ups for us, once again.
Also, other news of the week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 305 - A Prickly Situation
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 49 minutes and 2 secondsIllness has delayed us again, so please forgive our tardiness again this week. However, we have returned and this week we explore the Fourth Doctor and Roman II story, Meglos. Find out what we have to say about this one.Plus, more Power of the Daleks news, which brings some schedule foul ups for us, once again.
Also, other news of the week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 304 - Honey, We Shrunk the Brig
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 44 secondsIn this week’s podcast, we revisit the world of Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart and review Candy Jar Books’ recently released Lethbridge-Stewart: The HAVOC Files 2. We have cultivated four stories from the anthology collection, as many have been already reviewed here on the podcast. We will turn our focus to House of Giants by Rick Cross, Ashes of the Inferno by Andy Frankham-Allen, Schadengeist's First Love by Jonathan Cooper, and Exodus from Venus by John Peel.Plus, some very exciting news about the return of a Doctor Who convention, a wee bit earlier than once thought.
Enjoy!
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Episode 304 - Honey, We Shrunk the Brig
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 44 secondsIn this week’s podcast, we revisit the world of Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart and review Candy Jar Books’ recently released Lethbridge-Stewart: The HAVOC Files 2. We have cultivated four stories from the anthology collection, as many have been already reviewed here on the podcast. We will turn our focus to House of Giants by Rick Cross, Ashes of the Inferno by Andy Frankham-Allen, Schadengeist's First Love by Jonathan Cooper, and Exodus from Venus by John Peel.Plus, some very exciting news about the return of a Doctor Who convention, a wee bit earlier than once thought.
Enjoy!
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Episode 303 - The Shaw Tank Redemption
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 17 seconds
Sorry for the delay, but our editor took ill earlier this week. But, finally here is this week’s podcast, as promised. Hopefully you didn’t think we just took yet another week off.This time we feature a Companion Archive on the oft forgotten Third Doctor companion, Liz Shaw played by Caroline John. First, we look at the Big Finish Companion Chronicle, The Blue Tooth from season one. Then, a retrospective on Liz’s time on the TV series.
Also, some news-of-the-week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 303 - The Shaw Tank Redemption
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 17 secondsSorry for the delay, but our editor took ill earlier this week. But, finally here is this week’s podcast, as promised. Hopefully you didn’t think we just took yet another week off.This time we feature a Companion Archive on the oft forgotten Third Doctor companion, Liz Shaw played by Caroline John. First, we look at the Big Finish Companion Chronicle, The Blue Tooth from season one. Then, a retrospective on Liz’s time on the TV series.
Also, some news-of-the-week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 302 - Silver & Gold
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 14 minutes and 41 secondsIn this week’s episode we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Cybermen’s first appearance in Doctor Who by offering you another Adversary Archive: The Cybermen IV! We look at two Big Finish Productions offerings. The first is mainline story #86 "The Reaping" featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri. Then, we follow that up with the second part of the story with #87 "The Gathering" with the Fifth Doctor and Tegan.We also look at some convention news, including guest announcements for several upcoming Doctor Who conventions.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 302 - Silver & Gold
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 14 minutes and 41 secondsIn this week’s episode we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Cybermen’s first appearance in Doctor Who by offering you another Adversary Archive: The Cybermen IV! We look at two Big Finish Productions offerings. The first is mainline story #86 "The Reaping" featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri. Then, we follow that up with the second part of the story with #87 "The Gathering" with the Fifth Doctor and Tegan.We also look at some convention news, including guest announcements for several upcoming Doctor Who conventions.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 301 - Head of the Class
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 49 secondsThis week we have another Companion Archive for our show. This time we feature not a person, but a place that is very familiar to the Doctor and some of his companions, Coal Hill School. We’re talking about the first two episodes of the show, Class with a spoiler light review, and reviewing the comic The Monsters Of Coal Hill, and the short story Nothing at the End of the Lane.Plus, well take a look at some news of the week.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 301 - Head of the Class
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 49 secondsThis week we have another Companion Archive for our show. This time we feature not a person, but a place that is very familiar to the Doctor and some of his companions, Coal Hill School. We’re talking about the first two episodes of the show, Class with a spoiler light review, and reviewing the comic The Monsters Of Coal Hill, and the short story Nothing at the End of the Lane.Plus, well take a look at some news of the week.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 300 - Time Eddy II & CCC
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 48 minutes and 44 secondsWell, we’ve made it to episode 300. And there was no better time to make this milestone as this past weekend where we celebrated at Time Eddy II, the Wichita Doctor Who convention right here in our home state of Kansas. We came back exhausted from the event, but with some memories that we will cherish forever.And, we have with us some material that you will only hear, right here on the program.
It’s a long episode this week, the longest we’ve produced in some time, But, we hope it will be worth it as we talk about our weekend adventure at a convention that should be heralded as a premiere event for years to come.
Enjoy!
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Episode 300 - Time Eddy II & CCC
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 48 minutes and 44 secondsWell, we’ve made it to episode 300. And there was no better time to make this milestone as this past weekend where we celebrated at Time Eddy II, the Wichita Doctor Who convention right here in our home state of Kansas. We came back exhausted from the event, but with some memories that we will cherish forever.And, we have with us some material that you will only hear, right here on the program.
It’s a long episode this week, the longest we’ve produced in some time, But, we hope it will be worth it as we talk about our weekend adventure at a convention that should be heralded as a premiere event for years to come.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 24 - Star Trek 201
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 36 minutes and 2 secondsWe’re off again this week as we prepare for Time Eddy II, the Doctor Who Convention this coming weekend in Wichita, Kansas. But we have a special mid-week treat for you.If you remember way back when, Shaun brought you Star Trek 101, a primer guide for the original series. That begat Star Trek 102, his look at the original series movies. Many years later he revisits the idea with the often delayed and now finally available Star Trek 201, looking at Season 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 24 - Star Trek 201
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 36 minutes and 2 secondsWe’re off again this week as we prepare for Time Eddy II, the Doctor Who Convention this coming weekend in Wichita, Kansas. But we have a special mid-week treat for you.If you remember way back when, Shaun brought you Star Trek 101, a primer guide for the original series. That begat Star Trek 102, his look at the original series movies. Many years later he revisits the idea with the often delayed and now finally available Star Trek 201, looking at Season 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Enjoy!
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Episode 299 - Rock Me Amadeus
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 58 secondsIn this week’s show we’ve come to number 100 in the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who range with the aptly named anthology collection, 100. It’s four for the price of one in short segments, including 100 BC by Jacqueline Rayner, My Own Private Wolfgang by Robert Shearman, Bedtime Story by Joseph Lidster and The 100 Days of the Doctor by Paul Cornell. We’ll take each one at a time an give our impressions of each tale.Then it’s our continuing review of Titan Comic’s 10th Doctor Year Two as we look at issues #6 through #10 in the ongoing monthly series.
Also, a look at some news from the week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 299 - Rock Me Amadeus
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 58 secondsIn this week’s show we’ve come to number 100 in the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who range with the aptly named anthology collection, 100. It’s four for the price of one in short segments, including 100 BC by Jacqueline Rayner, My Own Private Wolfgang by Robert Shearman, Bedtime Story by Joseph Lidster and The 100 Days of the Doctor by Paul Cornell. We’ll take each one at a time an give our impressions of each tale.Then it’s our continuing review of Titan Comic’s 10th Doctor Year Two as we look at issues #6 through #10 in the ongoing monthly series.
Also, a look at some news from the week.
Enjoy!
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Spencer Wilding Panel From TopCon Geek Expo
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsWe were privileged to host character actor Spencer Wilding’s Doctor Who panel at TopCon Geek Expo earlier this month, and he and the con were gracious enough to allow us to film it. We present here some excerpts for those that were unable to join us.
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Episode 298 - Medicine Man
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 21 minutes and 2 secondsIn this week’s podcast, we travel back in time to an earlier Big Finish effort with a review of the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex story number 67, Dreamtime. We give our impressions of this audio play.Also, we play catch-up by joining the Doctor and Gabby for the first five issues of Titan Comics’ 2016’s Tenth Doctor line.
Plus, we take a look at some of the news-of-the-week, including our reactions to an exchange between Captain Jack and his creator, The Moff.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 298 - Medicine Man
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 21 minutes and 2 secondsIn this week’s podcast, we travel back in time to an earlier Big Finish effort with a review of the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex story number 67, Dreamtime. We give our impressions of this audio play.Also, we play catch-up by joining the Doctor and Gabby for the first five issues of Titan Comics’ 2016’s Tenth Doctor line.
Plus, we take a look at some of the news-of-the-week, including our reactions to an exchange between Captain Jack and his creator, The Moff.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 23 - TopCon: An Interview with Spencer Wilding
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 42 minutes and 36 secondsWe’re off again this week, this time for con stuff, this time spending the weekend at Topeka’s TopCon Geek Expo. We had a wonderful time at the convention and thought we’d relay some of our journey over the 3 days of the con. Plus, we had a chance to sit down, not once, but twice with Spencer Wilding who acted in three Doctor Who stories during the Matt Smith era of the show. Included in this Side Trip is one of those interviews where he shared with us some stories of his time on the show.Plus, some added news from Candy Jar Books announcing the start to the next series of Lethbridge-Stewart novels.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 23 - TopCon: An Interview with Spencer Wilding
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 42 minutes and 36 secondsWe’re off again this week, this time for con stuff, this time spending the weekend at Topeka’s TopCon Geek Expo. We had a wonderful time at the convention and thought we’d relay some of our journey over the 3 days of the con. Plus, we had a chance to sit down, not once, but twice with Spencer Wilding who acted in three Doctor Who stories during the Matt Smith era of the show. Included in this Side Trip is one of those interviews where he shared with us some stories of his time on the show.Plus, some added news from Candy Jar Books announcing the start to the next series of Lethbridge-Stewart novels.
Enjoy!
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Episode 297 - Plants vs. Zombies
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 19 minutes and 36 secondsIn this week’s show we return with another couple of reviews from Candy Jar’s Lethbridge-Stewart series. First we look at The Grandfather Infestation by John Peel. We follow that with a look at a recent short story, The Playing Dead penned by author Adrian Sherlock. We break down the good and the bad with both of these stories.Also, with a week off, we catch up on some news, including the BBC’s announcement about an animated Power of the Daleks featuring the first appearance of Patrick Troughton’s Doctor.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 297 - Plants vs. Zombies
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 19 minutes and 36 secondsIn this week’s show we return with another couple of reviews from Candy Jar’s Lethbridge-Stewart series. First we look at The Grandfather Infestation by John Peel. We follow that with a look at a recent short story, The Playing Dead penned by author Adrian Sherlock. We break down the good and the bad with both of these stories.Also, with a week off, we catch up on some news, including the BBC’s announcement about an animated Power of the Daleks featuring the first appearance of Patrick Troughton’s Doctor.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 22 - An Interview with Jonathan Cooper
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 39 minutes and 18 secondsWe are off this week, but never fear, we still have a special treat for your podcast feed. We recently had a chance to speak with Jonathan Cooper, the author of the Lethbridge-Stewart novel, The Showstoppers. You can hear about how Jonathan developed the idea for the story and brought its many character to life.Our special thanks to Andy Frankham-Allen and Candy Jar Books for helping us come together with Jonathan to discuss the novel.
You can still order The Showstoppers as well as other books in the Lethbridge-Stewart line of books at Candy Jar’s website, here.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 22 - An Interview with Jonathan Cooper
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 39 minutes and 18 secondsWe are off this week, but never fear, we still have a special treat for your podcast feed. We recently had a chance to speak with Jonathan Cooper, the author of the Lethbridge-Stewart novel, The Showstoppers. You can hear about how Jonathan developed the idea for the story and brought its many character to life.Our special thanks to Andy Frankham-Allen and Candy Jar Books for helping us come together with Jonathan to discuss the novel.
You can still order The Showstoppers as well as other books in the Lethbridge-Stewart line of books at Candy Jar’s website, here.
Enjoy!
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Episode 296 - Difficult, Difficult, Lemon Difficult
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 3 secondsIn this show we feature our final ‘Beyond the Doctor’ for the year, closing the series with Twelfth Doctor actor Peter Capaldi in the film, In the Loop. We give our reviews of the farcical dark comedy and our impressions of Capaldi’s performance as Malcolm Tucker, perhaps his most famous role before stepping into the TARDIS.Also, not much as far as news this week, but lots of your feedback to read out.
So, enjoy!
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Episode 296 - Difficult, Difficult, Lemon Difficult
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 3 secondsIn this show we feature our final ‘Beyond the Doctor’ for the year, closing the series with Twelfth Doctor actor Peter Capaldi in the film, In the Loop. We give our reviews of the farcical dark comedy and our impressions of Capaldi’s performance as Malcolm Tucker, perhaps his most famous role before stepping into the TARDIS.Also, not much as far as news this week, but lots of your feedback to read out.
So, enjoy!
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Episode 295 - Hey Macra-ana!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 41 minutes and 2 secondsRah, rah, rah! We check in this week with a long one, but a good one. This time we look at another Doctor Who story that has been lost in time, with our attention on The Macra Terror. We examine both the Loose Canon reconstruction of the Patrick Troughton, Second Doctor Story and the novelization written by screenwriter, Ian Stuart Black.Also, rumor news involving a leaked animation clip that appeared online and then disappeared shortly after, some convention announcements, and a new limited edition book from our friends over at Candy Jar Books.
And, of course your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 295 - Hey Macra-ana!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 41 minutes and 2 secondsRah, rah, rah! We check in this week with a long one, but a good one. This time we look at another Doctor Who story that has been lost in time, with our attention on The Macra Terror. We examine both the Loose Canon reconstruction of the Patrick Troughton, Second Doctor Story and the novelization written by screenwriter, Ian Stuart Black.Also, rumor news involving a leaked animation clip that appeared online and then disappeared shortly after, some convention announcements, and a new limited edition book from our friends over at Candy Jar Books.
And, of course your feedback.
Enjoy!
UPDATE: We misspoke on this week’s show. The Havoc Files 2 is not included in the 30% discount with the special EPICLS30 code. Sorry for the misunderstanding. This from Candy Jar:
To clear up a bit of confusion: The HAVOC Files 2 is *not* included in the 30% offer. All other LS titles are, tho. https://t.co/Gu5bVOtMOj
-- Lethbridge-Stewart (@LScandyjar) August 24, 2016
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Episode 294 - Franklin, Are There More Scones?
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 55 minutes and 47 secondsWe take another break from Doctor Who this week to look at our 11th installment of our ongoing Beyond the Doctor series. This time it’s Matt Smith’s turn with a look at the film Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. We give our views on the film and the performance by the 11th Doctor actor.Also, some Time Eddy II appearance shake-ups with the announcement of some drop outs and a very big drop in.
Enjoy!
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Episode 294 - Franklin, Are There More Scones?
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 55 minutes and 47 secondsWe take another break from Doctor Who this week to look at our 11th installment of our ongoing Beyond the Doctor series. This time it’s Matt Smith’s turn with a look at the film Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. We give our views on the film and the performance by the 11th Doctor actor.Also, some Time Eddy II appearance shake-ups with the announcement of some drop outs and a very big drop in.
Enjoy!
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Episode 293 - It Tolls for Thee
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 18 secondsIn this week’s episode of the podcast we have two topics to look at.First is a review of the Big Finish Productions audio drama, #84 The Nowhere Place featuring the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe, We give out impressions of the audio from Big Finish’s Doctor Who Main Range.
Then we revisit Titan Comics’ Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor series from 2016 with a look at issues #2.6 - #2.10.
Plus, a little bit of news for another release of Doctor Who: The Movie.
And your… whoops, no feedback this week?
Well, enjoy!
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Episode 293 - It Tolls for Thee
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 18 secondsIn this week’s episode of the podcast we have two topics for discussion.First is a review of the Big Finish Productions audio drama, #84 The Nowhere Place featuring the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe, We give out impressions of the audio from Big Finish’s Doctor Who Main Range.
Then we revisit Titan Comics’ Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor series from 2016 with a look at issues #2.6 - #2.10.
Plus, a little bit of news for another release of Doctor Who: The Movie.
And your… whoops, no feedback this week?
Well, enjoy!
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Episode 292 - Nuzzink in ze Vorld
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes and 45 secondsIn this episode of the podcast we give a hearty review to the latest book in the Lethbridge-Stewart line of novels in Candy Jar Books’ series. This time we review Lethbridge-Stewart: The Showstoppers by Jonathan Cooper. We offer a spoiler-filled review of the novel starring Colonel Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, Anne Travers, Harold Chorley, and newcomer Samson Ware.But first, we look at the latest short story from the range with The Band of Evil written by Shaun Russell and Roger J Simmonds.
Plus, some news-of-the-week with a sad announcement about a cancellation.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 292 - Nuzzink in ze Vorld
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes and 45 secondsIn this episode of the podcast we give a hearty review to the latest book in the Lethbridge-Stewart line of novels in Candy Jar Books’ series. This time we review Lethbridge-Stewart: The Showstoppers by Jonathan Cooper. We offer a spoiler-filled review of the novel starring Colonel Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, Anne Travers, Harold Chorley, and newcomer Samson Ware.But first, we look at the latest short story from the range with The Band of Evil written by Shaun Russell and Roger J Simmonds.
Plus, some news-of-the-week with a sad announcement about a cancellation.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 21 - Bat Soup!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 31 minutes and 43 seconds
On this week’s podcast, Episode 291, we discussed some things we did this week. One of those things discussed was that Shaun had finally got around to viewing, Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, or as Shaun calls it “Bat-Supe”, nay Bat Soup. It ended up being a really long discussion of the film and the unfolding DC/Warner Bros. franchise, so we decided to release it as a Side Trip.We hope you enjoy the discussion.
And we will return next week with more Doctor Who discussions in Episode 292, so be sure to watch for that.
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Side Trip 21 - Bat Soup!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 31 minutes and 43 secondsOn this week’s podcast, Episode 291, we discussed some things we did this week. One of those things discussed was that Shaun had finally got around to viewing, Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, or as Shaun calls it “Bat-Supe”, nay Bat Soup. It ended up being a really long discussion of the film and the unfolding DC/Warner Bros. franchise, so we decided to release it as a Side Trip.We hope you enjoy the discussion.
And we will return next week with more Doctor Who discussions in Episode 292, so be sure to watch for that.
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Episode 291 - Abject Dalek Destruction
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 41 secondsWe move sideway once again this week into another universe where our familiar Doctor is not present, but replaced with an old time traveling scientist called Dr. Who. To celebrate the 50th anniversary, we look at Daleks’ Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. We give our impressions of the second outing of Peter Cushing as the lovable old doctor as he encounters some new friends and an old enemy.Also, Glenn does a mini-review of the Traveling the Vortex Book Club book for June, Doctor Who: Royal Blood by Una McCormack, featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara as they first encounter The Glamour.
Plus, some “we told you so” news-of-the-week.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
Links mentioned in the show:
Simon Clark: “Night of the Triffids: on BBC Radio 4
Goodreads Traveling the Vortex Book Club
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Episode 291 - Abject Dalek Destruction
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 41 secondsWe move sideway once again this week into another universe where our familiar Doctor is not present, but replaced with an old time traveling scientist called Dr. Who. To celebrate the 50th anniversary, we look at Daleks’ Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. We give our impressions of the second outing of Peter Cushing as the lovable old doctor as he encounters some new friends and an old enemy.Also, Glenn does a mini-review of the Traveling the Vortex Book Club book for June, Doctor Who: Royal Blood by Una McCormack, featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara as they first encounter The Glamour.
Plus, some “we told you so” news-of-the-week.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
Links mentioned in the show:
Simon Clark: “Night of the Triffids: on BBC Radio 4
Goodreads Traveling the Vortex Book Club
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Episode 290 - A Kitschy Sixties Romp
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes and 21 secondsIn this week’s show we jump into a parallel universe where the good Doctor is an Earthbound scientist, tinkering with his time machine in his back yard with the non-canonical "Dr. Who And The Daleks". We finally get around to seeing this alternative version of Terry Nation’s Daleks story.Also, no news this week, but we have plenty of stuff to talk about with Shaun refreshed from a journey to the great state of Colorado.
And, of course, there’s feedback!
Enjoy!