The Doctor Who Book Club Podcast
- Description:
- Join us as we explore the written worlds of Doctor Who...
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- Episodes:
- 163
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:1:10:49
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:1:47:47
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 8 days, 0 hours, 22 minutes and 52 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 12 January 2011 (2:06am GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 9 February 2017 (7:36pm GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 13 days, 14 hours, 58 minutes and 42 seconds
The Doctor Who Book Club Podcast Episodes
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Episode 44: Dancing the Code
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 16 minutes and 42 secondsThis month we discuss a book by prolific Doctor Who author Paul Leonard, Dancing the Code. From the back cover:
‘The Brigadier’s going to shoot you, Jo,’ the Doctor said grimly, ‘and then he’s going to shoot me. Both of us are going to die.’
The Doctor builds a machine designed to predict the future. It shows the Brigadier murdering him and Jo in cold blood. Unable to tell where or when this event is destined to occur, the Doctor and Jo decide that they must stay apart.
Jo is sent on a top-secret mission to the war-torn Arab nation of Kebiria. But upon arrival, she is immediately arrested and consigned to a brutal political prison. The Kebirians have something to hide: deep in the North African desert, an alien infestation is rapidly growing. And the Doctor and UNIT soon discover that unless stopped, the alien presence will spread to overrun the entire world.
You may know Paul Leonard from such books as Venusian Lullaby, Speed of Flight, and the Bernice Summerfield Virgin novel Dry Pilgrimage (co-authored with The Fall of Yquatine author Nick Walters). After 44 episodes, it was inevitable that we covered a book written by Leonard, since he has penned so many.
So, pull up a cup of honey wine, and relax, as we discuss Paul Leonard’s Dancing the Code.
Look for us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 44: Dancing the Code
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 16 minutes and 42 secondsThis month we discuss a book by prolific Doctor Who author Paul Leonard, Dancing the Code. From the back cover:
'The Brigadier's going to shoot you, Jo,' the Doctor said grimly, 'and then he's going to shoot me. Both of us are going to die.'
The Doctor builds a machine designed to predict the future. It shows the Brigadier murdering him and Jo in cold blood. Unable to tell where or when this event is destined to occur, the Doctor and Jo decide that they must stay apart.
Jo is sent on a top-secret mission to the war-torn Arab nation of Kebiria. But upon arrival, she is immediately arrested and consigned to a brutal political prison. The Kebirians have something to hide: deep in the North African desert, an alien infestation is rapidly growing. And the Doctor and UNIT soon discover that unless stopped, the alien presence will spread to overrun the entire world.
You may know Paul Leonard from such books as Venusian Lullaby, Speed of Flight, and the Bernice Summerfield Virgin novel Dry Pilgrimage (co-authored with The Fall of Yquatine author Nick Walters). After 44 episodes, it was inevitable that we covered a book written by Leonard, since he has penned so many.
So, pull up a cup of honey wine, and relax, as we discuss Paul Leonard's Dancing the Code.
Look for us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 44: Dancing the Code
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 16 minutes and 42 secondsThis month we discuss a book by prolific Doctor Who author Paul Leonard, Dancing the Code. From the back cover:
‘The Brigadier’s going to shoot you, Jo,’ the Doctor said grimly, ‘and then he’s going to shoot me. Both of us are going to die.’
The Doctor builds a machine designed to predict the future. It shows the Brigadier murdering him and Jo in cold blood. Unable to tell where or when this event is destined to occur, the Doctor and Jo decide that they must stay apart.
Jo is sent on a top-secret mission to the war-torn Arab nation of Kebiria. But upon arrival, she is immediately arrested and consigned to a brutal political prison. The Kebirians have something to hide: deep in the North African desert, an alien infestation is rapidly growing. And the Doctor and UNIT soon discover that unless stopped, the alien presence will spread to overrun the entire world.
You may know Paul Leonard from such books as Venusian Lullaby, Speed of Flight, and the Bernice Summerfield Virgin novel Dry Pilgrimage (co-authored with The Fall of Yquatine author Nick Walters). After 44 episodes, it was inevitable that we covered a book written by Leonard, since he has penned so many.
So, pull up a cup of honey wine, and relax, as we discuss Paul Leonard’s Dancing the Code.
Look for us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 43: The Roundheads
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 26 secondsFirst off, we apologize for the lateness of “July’s” episode, but as it happens sometimes, real life got in our way. This episode we’re happy to bring you one of two Who books penned by Mark Gatiss, The Roundheads. From the back cover:
'I tell you — we will cut off this King's head. Aye, with the crown on it!'
It is December 1648. Although victorious over the Cavaliers in the Civil Wars, the Roundheads are struggling to retain power. Plans are afoot to spirit King Charles from his prison, and the Doctor and his companions become embroiled in the intrigue...
Ben finds himself press-ganged and on board a mysterious ship to Amsterdam. Polly is an unwitting accomplice in the plot to rescue the King, and the Doctor and Jamie find themselves arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London under suspicion of conspiracy.
Can the Doctor and Jamie escape, managed to find Ben and Polly and still ensure that history remains on its proper course?
Of course, Mark Gatiss is well known for writing such televised episodes as “The Unquiet Dead”, “Cold War”, “The Crimson Horror”, and (gulp!) “Victory of the Daleks”. After Russell T. Davies, he’s probably the author with the highest profile whose work we have read. Before The Roundheads, Gatiss wrote the Virgin New Adventure Nightshade. The Roundheads remains one of the very few (two, by our count) pure historical adventures published in the four main ranges of books.
Pull up a mug of ale and sit back and relax as we discuss The Roundheads!
Please feel free to email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 43: The Roundheads
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 26 secondsFirst off, we apologize for the lateness of "July's" episode, but as it happens sometimes, real life got in our way. This episode we're happy to bring you one of two Who books penned by Mark Gatiss, The Roundheads. From the back cover:
'I tell you -- we will cut off this King's head. Aye, with the crown on it!'
It is December 1648. Although victorious over the Cavaliers in the Civil Wars, the Roundheads are struggling to retain power. Plans are afoot to spirit King Charles from his prison, and the Doctor and his companions become embroiled in the intrigue...
Ben finds himself press-ganged and on board a mysterious ship to Amsterdam. Polly is an unwitting accomplice in the plot to rescue the King, and the Doctor and Jamie find themselves arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London under suspicion of conspiracy.
Can the Doctor and Jamie escape, managed to find Ben and Polly and still ensure that history remains on its proper course?
Of course, Mark Gatiss is well known for writing such televised episodes as "The Unquiet Dead", "Cold War", "The Crimson Horror", and (gulp!) "Victory of the Daleks". After Russell T. Davies, he's probably the author with the highest profile whose work we have read. Before The Roundheads, Gatiss wrote the Virgin New Adventure Nightshade. The Roundheads remains one of the very few (two, by our count) pure historical adventures published in the four main ranges of books.
Pull up a mug of ale and sit back and relax as we discuss The Roundheads!
Please feel free to email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 43: The Roundheads
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 26 secondsFirst off, we apologize for the lateness of “July’s” episode, but as it happens sometimes, real life got in our way. This episode we’re happy to bring you one of two Who books penned by Mark Gatiss, The Roundheads. From the back cover:
'I tell you — we will cut off this King's head. Aye, with the crown on it!'
It is December 1648. Although victorious over the Cavaliers in the Civil Wars, the Roundheads are struggling to retain power. Plans are afoot to spirit King Charles from his prison, and the Doctor and his companions become embroiled in the intrigue...
Ben finds himself press-ganged and on board a mysterious ship to Amsterdam. Polly is an unwitting accomplice in the plot to rescue the King, and the Doctor and Jamie find themselves arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London under suspicion of conspiracy.
Can the Doctor and Jamie escape, managed to find Ben and Polly and still ensure that history remains on its proper course?
Of course, Mark Gatiss is well known for writing such televised episodes as “The Unquiet Dead”, “Cold War”, “The Crimson Horror”, and (gulp!) “Victory of the Daleks”. After Russell T. Davies, he’s probably the author with the highest profile whose work we have read. Before The Roundheads, Gatiss wrote the Virgin New Adventure Nightshade. The Roundheads remains one of the very few (two, by our count) pure historical adventures published in the four main ranges of books.
Pull up a mug of ale and sit back and relax as we discuss The Roundheads!
Please feel free to email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 42: The Face-Eater
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 3 minutes and 4 secondsThis month we present our first discussion of a novel by veteran Doctor Who author Simon Messingham, it’s The Face-Eater, a BBC Eighth Doctor Adventure featuring Sam and…well, the Eighth Doctor. From the back cover:
The Doctor and Sam arrive on Proxima II, one of the earliest planets colonised in humanity’s first big push into space. But instead of a brave new world, they find a settlement rife with superstition and unrest.
The native Proximans are inexplicably dying out. Humans too are being killed in horrific ways, with each face being stripped bare.
Posing as investigators from Earth, the Doctor and Sam must track down the force moving through the dark catacombs beneath Proxima City. It seems that the superstitious whisperings of the colonists may be well founded – that the sinister Face-Eater from Proximan mythology has awakened from its long sleep, to drive out all those who would defile its world…
(Note: Despite the title of the book and what it says on the back, no faces were eaten in this story. Yeah, we were kind of disappointed, too.)
You may know Simon Messingham from his New Series Adventure The Doctor Trap, as well as Zeta Major, Tomb of Valdemar, The Indestructible Man, and The Infinity Race. So…sit back, heat up a cube of non-alcoholic bourbon, and listen in as we discuss The Face-Eater.
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Episode 42: The Face-Eater
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 3 minutes and 4 secondsThis month we present our first discussion of a novel by veteran Doctor Who author Simon Messingham, it's The Face-Eater, a BBC Eighth Doctor Adventure featuring Sam and...well, the Eighth Doctor. From the back cover:
The Doctor and Sam arrive on Proxima II, one of the earliest planets colonised in humanity's first big push into space. But instead of a brave new world, they find a settlement rife with superstition and unrest.
The native Proximans are inexplicably dying out. Humans too are being killed in horrific ways, with each face being stripped bare.
Posing as investigators from Earth, the Doctor and Sam must track down the force moving through the dark catacombs beneath Proxima City. It seems that the superstitious whisperings of the colonists may be well founded - that the sinister Face-Eater from Proximan mythology has awakened from its long sleep, to drive out all those who would defile its world...
(Note: Despite the title of the book and what it says on the back, no faces were eaten in this story. Yeah, we were kind of disappointed, too.)
You may know Simon Messingham from his New Series Adventure The Doctor Trap, as well as Zeta Major, Tomb of Valdemar, The Indestructible Man, and The Infinity Race. So...sit back, heat up a cube of non-alcoholic bourbon, and listen in as we discuss The Face-Eater.
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Episode 42: The Face-Eater
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 3 minutes and 4 secondsThis month we present our first discussion of a novel by veteran Doctor Who author Simon Messingham, it’s The Face-Eater, a BBC Eighth Doctor Adventure featuring Sam and…well, the Eighth Doctor. From the back cover:
The Doctor and Sam arrive on Proxima II, one of the earliest planets colonised in humanity’s first big push into space. But instead of a brave new world, they find a settlement rife with superstition and unrest.
The native Proximans are inexplicably dying out. Humans too are being killed in horrific ways, with each face being stripped bare.
Posing as investigators from Earth, the Doctor and Sam must track down the force moving through the dark catacombs beneath Proxima City. It seems that the superstitious whisperings of the colonists may be well founded – that the sinister Face-Eater from Proximan mythology has awakened from its long sleep, to drive out all those who would defile its world…
(Note: Despite the title of the book and what it says on the back, no faces were eaten in this story. Yeah, we were kind of disappointed, too.)
You may know Simon Messingham from his New Series Adventure The Doctor Trap, as well as Zeta Major, Tomb of Valdemar, The Indestructible Man, and The Infinity Race. So…sit back, heat up a cube of non-alcoholic bourbon, and listen in as we discuss The Face-Eater.
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Episode 41: The Room with No Doors
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 5 minutes and 12 secondsIt’s seems like so vile a sin that we’ve done 40 episodes without ever reading a book by Kate Orman, so this month we do just that: it’s the Virgin New Adventure The Room with No Doors featuring the Seventh Doctor and Chris. From the back cover:
‘Dear Doctor,’ wrote Chris, ‘I give up.’
Swordplay, samurai, magic, aliens, adventure, excitement…Who needs them?
The Doctor and Chris travel to sixteenth-century Japan, a country gripped by civil war as feudal lords vie for control. Anything could tip the balance of power. So when a god falls out of the sky, everyone wants it.
As villagers are healed and crops grow far too fast, the Doctor and Chris try to find the secret of the miracles – before two rival armies can start a war over who owns the god.
Chris soon finds himself alone – except for an alien slaver, a time-traveling Victorian inventor, a gang of demons, an old friend with suspicious motives, a village full of innocent bystanders, and several thousand samurai.
Without the Doctor, someone has to take up the challenge of adventure and stop the god falling into the wrong hands. Someone has to be a hero – but Chris isn’t sure he wants to be a hero any more.
Orman has written just over a dozen novels for the different ranges, including one for Telos Publishing and another in Virgin’s series of Benny Summerfield novels. It’s notable that she became the first female writer in the series with the debut of The Left-Handed Hummingbird.
Sit back, relax, pour yourself a thimbleful of sake, and listen in as we discuss The Room with No Doors.
Please feel free to email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 41: The Room with No Doors
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 5 minutes and 12 secondsIt's seems like so vile a sin that we've done 40 episodes without ever reading a book by Kate Orman, so this month we do just that: it's the Virgin New Adventure The Room with No Doors featuring the Seventh Doctor and Chris. From the back cover:
'Dear Doctor,' wrote Chris, 'I give up.'
Swordplay, samurai, magic, aliens, adventure, excitement...Who needs them?
The Doctor and Chris travel to sixteenth-century Japan, a country gripped by civil war as feudal lords vie for control. Anything could tip the balance of power. So when a god falls out of the sky, everyone wants it.
As villagers are healed and crops grow far too fast, the Doctor and Chris try to find the secret of the miracles - before two rival armies can start a war over who owns the god.
Chris soon finds himself alone - except for an alien slaver, a time-traveling Victorian inventor, a gang of demons, an old friend with suspicious motives, a village full of innocent bystanders, and several thousand samurai.
Without the Doctor, someone has to take up the challenge of adventure and stop the god falling into the wrong hands. Someone has to be a hero - but Chris isn't sure he wants to be a hero any more.
Orman has written just over a dozen novels for the different ranges, including one for Telos Publishing and another in Virgin's series of Benny Summerfield novels. It's notable that she became the first female writer in the series with the debut of The Left-Handed Hummingbird.
Sit back, relax, pour yourself a thimbleful of sake, and listen in as we discuss The Room with No Doors.
Please feel free to email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 41: The Room with No Doors
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 5 minutes and 12 secondsIt’s seems like so vile a sin that we’ve done 40 episodes without ever reading a book by Kate Orman, so this month we do just that: it’s the Virgin New Adventure The Room with No Doors featuring the Seventh Doctor and Chris. From the back cover:
‘Dear Doctor,’ wrote Chris, ‘I give up.’
Swordplay, samurai, magic, aliens, adventure, excitement…Who needs them?
The Doctor and Chris travel to sixteenth-century Japan, a country gripped by civil war as feudal lords vie for control. Anything could tip the balance of power. So when a god falls out of the sky, everyone wants it.
As villagers are healed and crops grow far too fast, the Doctor and Chris try to find the secret of the miracles – before two rival armies can start a war over who owns the god.
Chris soon finds himself alone – except for an alien slaver, a time-traveling Victorian inventor, a gang of demons, an old friend with suspicious motives, a village full of innocent bystanders, and several thousand samurai.
Without the Doctor, someone has to take up the challenge of adventure and stop the god falling into the wrong hands. Someone has to be a hero – but Chris isn’t sure he wants to be a hero any more.
Orman has written just over a dozen novels for the different ranges, including one for Telos Publishing and another in Virgin’s series of Benny Summerfield novels. It’s notable that she became the first female writer in the series with the debut of The Left-Handed Hummingbird.
Sit back, relax, pour yourself a thimbleful of sake, and listen in as we discuss The Room with No Doors.
Please feel free to email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 40: Time of Your Life
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 11 minutes and 49 secondsIn this special "Irwin Allen" edition of The Doctor Who Book Club Podcast, we read and discuss Steve Lyons' 1995 Virgin Missing Adventure Time of Your Life featuring the Sixth Doctor. From the back cover:
'Organic bugs must be purged from the system,' the screen told him. Then, more succinctly, 'You die.'
The Network broadcasts entertainment to the planets of the Meson system: Death-hunt 3000, Prisoner: The Next Generation, Bloodsoak Bunny... Sixteen channels, and not one of them worth watching. But for the citizens of poverty-stricken Torrok, television offers the only escape from a reality too horrible to face.
Angela, a young inhabitant of Torrok, leaps at the chance to travel to the Network with a hermit who calls himself the Doctor. However, all is not well on the giant, chaotic space station. A soap star has murdered his wife's lover; the robotic regulars of Timeriders are performing random kidnappings; and a lethal new game show is about to go on air.
Can the Doctor uncover the cause of the apparently random disturbances - or will his appearance as a competitor on Death-hunt 3000 be the last of his life?
We're firm believers of "In Lyons We Trust" on this podcast, thus our sterling reviews of his books Conundrum and The Crooked World. Will Time of Your Life be any different? Grab a tasty glass of boiling water, sit back, and relax as we discuss it!
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Episode 40: Time of Your Life
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 11 minutes and 49 secondsIn this special “Irwin Allen” edition of The Doctor Who Book Club Podcast, we read and discuss Steve Lyons’ 1995 Virgin Missing Adventure Time of Your Life featuring the Sixth Doctor. From the back cover:
‘Organic bugs must be purged from the system,’ the screen told him. Then, more succinctly, ‘You die.’
The Network broadcasts entertainment to the planets of the Meson system: Death-hunt 3000, Prisoner: The Next Generation, Bloodsoak Bunny… Sixteen channels, and not one of them worth watching. But for the citizens of poverty-stricken Torrok, television offers the only escape from a reality too horrible to face.
Angela, a young inhabitant of Torrok, leaps at the chance to travel to the Network with a hermit who calls himself the Doctor. However, all is not well on the giant, chaotic space station. A soap star has murdered his wife’s lover; the robotic regulars of Timeriders are performing random kidnappings; and a lethal new game show is about to go on air.
Can the Doctor uncover the cause of the apparently random disturbances – or will his appearance as a competitor on Death-hunt 3000 be the last of his life?
We’re firm believers of “In Lyons We Trust” on this podcast, thus our sterling reviews of his books Conundrum and The Crooked World. Will Time of Your Life be any different? Grab a tasty glass of boiling water, sit back, and relax as we discuss it!
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Episode 40: Time of Your Life
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 11 minutes and 49 secondsIn this special “Irwin Allen” edition of The Doctor Who Book Club Podcast, we read and discuss Steve Lyons’ 1995 Virgin Missing Adventure Time of Your Life featuring the Sixth Doctor. From the back cover:
‘Organic bugs must be purged from the system,’ the screen told him. Then, more succinctly, ‘You die.’
The Network broadcasts entertainment to the planets of the Meson system: Death-hunt 3000, Prisoner: The Next Generation, Bloodsoak Bunny… Sixteen channels, and not one of them worth watching. But for the citizens of poverty-stricken Torrok, television offers the only escape from a reality too horrible to face.
Angela, a young inhabitant of Torrok, leaps at the chance to travel to the Network with a hermit who calls himself the Doctor. However, all is not well on the giant, chaotic space station. A soap star has murdered his wife’s lover; the robotic regulars of Timeriders are performing random kidnappings; and a lethal new game show is about to go on air.
Can the Doctor uncover the cause of the apparently random disturbances – or will his appearance as a competitor on Death-hunt 3000 be the last of his life?
We’re firm believers of “In Lyons We Trust” on this podcast, thus our sterling reviews of his books Conundrum and The Crooked World. Will Time of Your Life be any different? Grab a tasty glass of boiling water, sit back, and relax as we discuss it!
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Episode 39: Loving the Alien
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 17 minutes and 56 secondsThis month we turn our sights on BBC's Past Doctors Adventures with Loving the Alien, a novel featuring the Seventh Doctor and Ace by Mike Tucker and Robert Perry.
Mike Tucker might best be known for his model work on the current televised series, but he has written a plethora of books, including Ace! with Sophie Aldred, a number of novels with the Seventh Doctor and Ace in the BBC range, and two novels featuring the Tenth Doctor in the New Series Adventures. Tucker also co-write Illegal Alien with Robert Perry, who has written for such television shows as EastEnders and Family Affairs.
From the back cover of Loving the Alien:
Ace is dead. Or at least she will be - soon... In a secret room deep inside the TARDIS the Doctor has been examining the body of Ace's future self. He knows how she was killed, where she was killed and when she was killed. What he doesn't know is why...
To find the truth the Doctor makes a dangerous decision and takes the unsuspecting Ace to the very time and place of her death, hoping to cheat Time and find her killer before he can strike - but Time has other ideas. With Ace missing and the clock ticking the Doctor turns to old friends for help and finds that there is unfinished business for him to deal with.
What is the secret experiment being conducted by the British Rocket Group? Why are giant ants appearing in the suburbs of 1950s London? Who is the mysterious figure that is watching the Doctor's every move?
As events spiral out of control the Doctor realises that someone is manipulating time with careless disregard for the consequences to Ace - or the rest of the universe...
With that, please help yourself to a strawberry soda from the drug store fountain, put your feet up, and relax as we review Loving the Alien.
Look for us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. Also feel free to follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 39: Loving the Alien
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 17 minutes and 56 secondsThis month we turn our sights on BBC’s Past Doctors Adventures with Loving the Alien, a novel featuring the Seventh Doctor and Ace by Mike Tucker and Robert Perry.
Mike Tucker might best be known for his model work on the current televised series, but he has written a plethora of books, including Ace! with Sophie Aldred, a number of novels with the Seventh Doctor and Ace in the BBC range, and two novels featuring the Tenth Doctor in the New Series Adventures. Tucker also co-write Illegal Alien with Robert Perry, who has written for such television shows as EastEnders and Family Affairs.
From the back cover of Loving the Alien:
Ace is dead. Or at least she will be – soon… In a secret room deep inside the TARDIS the Doctor has been examining the body of Ace’s future self. He knows how she was killed, where she was killed and when she was killed. What he doesn’t know is why…
To find the truth the Doctor makes a dangerous decision and takes the unsuspecting Ace to the very time and place of her death, hoping to cheat Time and find her killer before he can strike – but Time has other ideas. With Ace missing and the clock ticking the Doctor turns to old friends for help and finds that there is unfinished business for him to deal with.
What is the secret experiment being conducted by the British Rocket Group? Why are giant ants appearing in the suburbs of 1950s London? Who is the mysterious figure that is watching the Doctor’s every move?
As events spiral out of control the Doctor realises that someone is manipulating time with careless disregard for the consequences to Ace – or the rest of the universe…
With that, please help yourself to a strawberry soda from the drug store fountain, put your feet up, and relax as we review Loving the Alien.
Look for us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. Also feel free to follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 39: Loving the Alien
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 17 minutes and 56 secondsThis month we turn our sights on BBC’s Past Doctors Adventures with Loving the Alien, a novel featuring the Seventh Doctor and Ace by Mike Tucker and Robert Perry.
Mike Tucker might best be known for his model work on the current televised series, but he has written a plethora of books, including Ace! with Sophie Aldred, a number of novels with the Seventh Doctor and Ace in the BBC range, and two novels featuring the Tenth Doctor in the New Series Adventures. Tucker also co-write Illegal Alien with Robert Perry, who has written for such television shows as EastEnders and Family Affairs.
From the back cover of Loving the Alien:
Ace is dead. Or at least she will be – soon… In a secret room deep inside the TARDIS the Doctor has been examining the body of Ace’s future self. He knows how she was killed, where she was killed and when she was killed. What he doesn’t know is why…
To find the truth the Doctor makes a dangerous decision and takes the unsuspecting Ace to the very time and place of her death, hoping to cheat Time and find her killer before he can strike – but Time has other ideas. With Ace missing and the clock ticking the Doctor turns to old friends for help and finds that there is unfinished business for him to deal with.
What is the secret experiment being conducted by the British Rocket Group? Why are giant ants appearing in the suburbs of 1950s London? Who is the mysterious figure that is watching the Doctor’s every move?
As events spiral out of control the Doctor realises that someone is manipulating time with careless disregard for the consequences to Ace – or the rest of the universe…
With that, please help yourself to a strawberry soda from the drug store fountain, put your feet up, and relax as we review Loving the Alien.
Look for us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. Also feel free to follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Special Episode: An Interview wth "Who's 50" Authors Graeme Burk and Robert Smith?
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 51 minutes and 36 secondsThis February we seized the chance at Gallifrey One to sit down with Graeme Burk and Robert Smith?, authors of Who’s 50, a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who featuring “the 50 Doctor Who stories to watch before you die”.
Sit back, pour yourself a glass of cabernet, and relax as we discuss Who’s 50 with Graeme and Robert.
Once again, look for us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite, Sean via @tardistavern, and Graeme Burk via @graemeburk.
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Special Episode: An Interview wth "Who's 50" Authors Graeme Burk and Robert Smith?
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 51 minutes and 36 secondsThis February we seized the chance at Gallifrey One to sit down with Graeme Burk and Robert Smith?, authors of Who's 50, a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who featuring "the 50 Doctor Who stories to watch before you die".
Sit back, pour yourself a glass of cabernet, and relax as we discuss Who's 50 with Graeme and Robert.
Once again, look for us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite, Sean via @tardistavern, and Graeme Burk via @graemeburk.
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Special Episode: An Interview wth "Who's 50" Authors Graeme Burk and Robert Smith?
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 51 minutes and 36 secondsThis February we seized the chance at Gallifrey One to sit down with Graeme Burk and Robert Smith?, authors of Who’s 50, a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who featuring “the 50 Doctor Who stories to watch before you die”.
Sit back, pour yourself a glass of cabernet, and relax as we discuss Who’s 50 with Graeme and Robert.
Once again, look for us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite, Sean via @tardistavern, and Graeme Burk via @graemeburk.
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Episode 38: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 43 minutes and 16 secondsEpisode 38 marks our third annual “live” recording at Gallifrey One, and this time we’re pleased to be joined by Deb Stanish of the Verity! podcast and Chicks Unravel Time. Sensing that perhaps we would join a challenge (whoops, spoilers!), Deb chose Lawrence Miles’ The Adventuress of Henrietta Street, an BBC Eighth Doctor novel featuring (sort of) Fitz and Anji and a whole gaggle of ladies of the evening. From the back cover:
On February 9, 1783, a funeral was held in the tunnels at the dead heart of London. It was the funeral of a warrior and a conjurer, a paladin and an oracle, the last of an ancient breed who’d once stood between the Earth and the bloodiest of its nightmares.
Her name was Scarlette. Part courtesan, part sorceress, this is her history: the part she played in the Siege of Henrietta Street, and the sacrifice she made in the defence of her world.
In the year leading up to that funeral, something raw and primal ate its way through human society, from the streets of pre-Revolutionary Paris to the slave-states of America. Something that only the eighteenth century could have summoned, and against which the only line of defence was a bordello in Covent Garden.
And then there was Scarlette’s accomplice, the ‘elemental champion’ who stood alongside her in the final battle. The one they called the Doctor.
Lawrence Miles is, perhaps, best known as the author of Alien Bodies (be sure to listen to our sterling review of it) as well as a handful of other Eighth Doctor novels. Grab a glass of milk, relax, sit back, and enjoy our discussion of The Adventuress of Henrietta Street.
Be sure to find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast, and email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com. Also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite, Sean via @tardistavern, and Deb via @debstanish.
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Episode 38: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 43 minutes and 16 secondsEpisode 38 marks our third annual "live" recording at Gallifrey One, and this time we're pleased to be joined by Deb Stanish of the Verity! podcast and Chicks Unravel Time. Sensing that perhaps we would join a challenge (whoops, spoilers!), Deb chose Lawrence Miles' The Adventuress of Henrietta Street, an BBC Eighth Doctor novel featuring (sort of) Fitz and Anji and a whole gaggle of ladies of the evening. From the back cover:
On February 9, 1783, a funeral was held in the tunnels at the dead heart of London. It was the funeral of a warrior and a conjurer, a paladin and an oracle, the last of an ancient breed who'd once stood between the Earth and the bloodiest of its nightmares.
Her name was Scarlette. Part courtesan, part sorceress, this is her history: the part she played in the Siege of Henrietta Street, and the sacrifice she made in the defence of her world.
In the year leading up to that funeral, something raw and primal ate its way through human society, from the streets of pre-Revolutionary Paris to the slave-states of America. Something that only the eighteenth century could have summoned, and against which the only line of defence was a bordello in Covent Garden.
And then there was Scarlette's accomplice, the 'elemental champion' who stood alongside her in the final battle. The one they called the Doctor.
Lawrence Miles is, perhaps, best known as the author of Alien Bodies (be sure to listen to our sterling review of it) as well as a handful of other Eighth Doctor novels. Grab a glass of milk, relax, sit back, and enjoy our discussion of The Adventuress of Henrietta Street.
Be sure to find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast, and email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com. Also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite, Sean via @tardistavern, and Deb via @debstanish.
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Episode 38: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 43 minutes and 16 secondsEpisode 38 marks our third annual “live” recording at Gallifrey One, and this time we’re pleased to be joined by Deb Stanish of the Verity! podcast and Chicks Unravel Time. Sensing that perhaps we would join a challenge (whoops, spoilers!), Deb chose Lawrence Miles’ The Adventuress of Henrietta Street, an BBC Eighth Doctor novel featuring (sort of) Fitz and Anji and a whole gaggle of ladies of the evening. From the back cover:
On February 9, 1783, a funeral was held in the tunnels at the dead heart of London. It was the funeral of a warrior and a conjurer, a paladin and an oracle, the last of an ancient breed who’d once stood between the Earth and the bloodiest of its nightmares.
Her name was Scarlette. Part courtesan, part sorceress, this is her history: the part she played in the Siege of Henrietta Street, and the sacrifice she made in the defence of her world.
In the year leading up to that funeral, something raw and primal ate its way through human society, from the streets of pre-Revolutionary Paris to the slave-states of America. Something that only the eighteenth century could have summoned, and against which the only line of defence was a bordello in Covent Garden.
And then there was Scarlette’s accomplice, the ‘elemental champion’ who stood alongside her in the final battle. The one they called the Doctor.
Lawrence Miles is, perhaps, best known as the author of Alien Bodies (be sure to listen to our sterling review of it) as well as a handful of other Eighth Doctor novels. Grab a glass of milk, relax, sit back, and enjoy our discussion of The Adventuress of Henrietta Street.
Be sure to find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast, and email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com. Also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite, Sean via @tardistavern, and Deb via @debstanish.
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Episode 37: The Also People
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 13 minutes and 26 secondsThis month we’re happy to bring you our discussion of The Also People, a Virgin New Adventure by Ben Aaronovitch featuring the Seventh Doctor, Benny, Roz, and Chris. From the back cover:
‘Just how technologically advanced are they?’ The Doctor frowned. ‘Let me put it this way: they have a non-aggression pact with the Time Lords.’
The Doctor has taken his companions to paradise, or at least the closest thing he can find. A sun enclosed by an artificial sphere where there is no want, poverty or violence.
While Chris learns to surf, meets a girl and falls in love with a biplane, Roz suspects an alien plot and Bernice considers that a Dyson Sphere needs an archaeologist like a fish needs a five-speed gear box.
Then the peace is shattered by a murder. As the suspects proliferate, Bernice realises that even an artificial world has its buried secrets and Roz discovers what she’s always suspected – that every paradise has its snake.
You probably know Ben Aaronovitch as the author of the televised stories “Remembrance of the Daleks” and “Battlefield”, as well as the Virgin New Adventures Transit and So Vile a Sin. Grab a bottle of antisocial, sit back, and relax as we review The Also People.
Feel free to email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 37: The Also People
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 13 minutes and 26 secondsThis month we're happy to bring you our discussion of The Also People, a Virgin New Adventure by Ben Aaronovitch featuring the Seventh Doctor, Benny, Roz, and Chris. From the back cover:
'Just how technologically advanced are they?' The Doctor frowned. 'Let me put it this way: they have a non-aggression pact with the Time Lords.'
The Doctor has taken his companions to paradise, or at least the closest thing he can find. A sun enclosed by an artificial sphere where there is no want, poverty or violence.
While Chris learns to surf, meets a girl and falls in love with a biplane, Roz suspects an alien plot and Bernice considers that a Dyson Sphere needs an archaeologist like a fish needs a five-speed gear box.
Then the peace is shattered by a murder. As the suspects proliferate, Bernice realises that even an artificial world has its buried secrets and Roz discovers what she's always suspected - that every paradise has its snake.
You probably know Ben Aaronovitch as the author of the televised stories "Remembrance of the Daleks" and "Battlefield", as well as the Virgin New Adventures Transit and So Vile a Sin. Grab a bottle of antisocial, sit back, and relax as we review The Also People.
Feel free to email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 37: The Also People
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 13 minutes and 26 secondsThis month we’re happy to bring you our discussion of The Also People, a Virgin New Adventure by Ben Aaronovitch featuring the Seventh Doctor, Benny, Roz, and Chris. From the back cover:
‘Just how technologically advanced are they?’ The Doctor frowned. ‘Let me put it this way: they have a non-aggression pact with the Time Lords.’
The Doctor has taken his companions to paradise, or at least the closest thing he can find. A sun enclosed by an artificial sphere where there is no want, poverty or violence.
While Chris learns to surf, meets a girl and falls in love with a biplane, Roz suspects an alien plot and Bernice considers that a Dyson Sphere needs an archaeologist like a fish needs a five-speed gear box.
Then the peace is shattered by a murder. As the suspects proliferate, Bernice realises that even an artificial world has its buried secrets and Roz discovers what she’s always suspected – that every paradise has its snake.
You probably know Ben Aaronovitch as the author of the televised stories “Remembrance of the Daleks” and “Battlefield”, as well as the Virgin New Adventures Transit and So Vile a Sin. Grab a bottle of antisocial, sit back, and relax as we review The Also People.
Feel free to email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 36: The Fall of Yquatine
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 31 secondsOur apologies for the late release, but with both of us traveling for the holidays, time just got away from us! This month we bring you our discussion of the BBC Eighth Doctor novel The Fall of Yquatine by Nick Walters, featuring the Eighth Doctor (duh!), Fitz, and Compassion. From the back cover:
Yquatine – cultural, political and economic centre of the Minerva System. A planet with a month to live.
Fitz knows. He was there when Yquatine fell. Now, trapped a month in the past, he doesn’t know if the Doctor survived. He doesn’t know where Compassion has gone. He doesn’t know who the invaders will be.
But he does know the date and time when he will die with the millions of others.
The Doctor teams up with Lou Lombardo – part-time dodgy temporal gadget salesman and full-time pie seller. Compassion is lost in time and space. And Fitz is living out his final days working in a seedy cocktail bar, where he meets Arielle, the President’s runaway girlfriend. But is she really the best person to shack up with?
As the Doctor tries to talk sense into the politicians and soldiers, and Compassion tries to avert the war, Fitz is about to discover that things can truly get worse.
This is our first selection by Nick Walters, who has written two Eighth Doctor novels, Dominion and Reckless Engineering, the Virgin New Adventure Dry Pilgrimage, and the BBC Past Doctor novel Superior Beings.
Please pour yourself a glass of Admiral’s Old Antisocial and listen in as we talk about Nick Walters’ The Fall of Yquatine.
Catch us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 36: The Fall of Yquatine
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 31 secondsOur apologies for the late release, but with both of us traveling for the holidays, time just got away from us! This month we bring you our discussion of the BBC Eighth Doctor novel The Fall of Yquatine by Nick Walters, featuring the Eighth Doctor (duh!), Fitz, and Compassion. From the back cover:
Yquatine - cultural, political and economic centre of the Minerva System. A planet with a month to live.
Fitz knows. He was there when Yquatine fell. Now, trapped a month in the past, he doesn't know if the Doctor survived. He doesn't know where Compassion has gone. He doesn't know who the invaders will be.
But he does know the date and time when he will die with the millions of others.
The Doctor teams up with Lou Lombardo - part-time dodgy temporal gadget salesman and full-time pie seller. Compassion is lost in time and space. And Fitz is living out his final days working in a seedy cocktail bar, where he meets Arielle, the President's runaway girlfriend. But is she really the best person to shack up with?
As the Doctor tries to talk sense into the politicians and soldiers, and Compassion tries to avert the war, Fitz is about to discover that things can truly get worse.
This is our first selection by Nick Walters, who has written two Eighth Doctor novels, Dominion and Reckless Engineering, the Virgin New Adventure Dry Pilgrimage, and the BBC Past Doctor novel Superior Beings.
Please pour yourself a glass of Admiral's Old Antisocial and listen in as we talk about Nick Walters' The Fall of Yquatine.
Catch us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 36: The Fall of Yquatine
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 31 secondsOur apologies for the late release, but with both of us traveling for the holidays, time just got away from us! This month we bring you our discussion of the BBC Eighth Doctor novel The Fall of Yquatine by Nick Walters, featuring the Eighth Doctor (duh!), Fitz, and Compassion. From the back cover:
Yquatine – cultural, political and economic centre of the Minerva System. A planet with a month to live.
Fitz knows. He was there when Yquatine fell. Now, trapped a month in the past, he doesn’t know if the Doctor survived. He doesn’t know where Compassion has gone. He doesn’t know who the invaders will be.
But he does know the date and time when he will die with the millions of others.
The Doctor teams up with Lou Lombardo – part-time dodgy temporal gadget salesman and full-time pie seller. Compassion is lost in time and space. And Fitz is living out his final days working in a seedy cocktail bar, where he meets Arielle, the President’s runaway girlfriend. But is she really the best person to shack up with?
As the Doctor tries to talk sense into the politicians and soldiers, and Compassion tries to avert the war, Fitz is about to discover that things can truly get worse.
This is our first selection by Nick Walters, who has written two Eighth Doctor novels, Dominion and Reckless Engineering, the Virgin New Adventure Dry Pilgrimage, and the BBC Past Doctor novel Superior Beings.
Please pour yourself a glass of Admiral’s Old Antisocial and listen in as we talk about Nick Walters’ The Fall of Yquatine.
Catch us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 35: Happy Endings
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 58 minutes and 18 secondsFirst of all, we profusely apologize for the delay in this month’s release, but what with family visiting at the holidays, influenza, and whatnot we really couldn’t hammer this one out by the end of November. This is ironic, because it may be our shortest episode ever.
This time around we discuss Paul Cornell’s Happy Endings, the celebratory 50th Virgin New Adventure perhaps also known as “The One in Which Benny Gets Married and Every Major Character from Every New Adventure is Invited to the Wedding”.
From the back cover:
‘Doctor, this is my fiancé. Please don’t kill him.’
You are cordially invited to the wedding of Mr Jason Kane and Professor Bernice S. Summerfield, to be held in the village of Cheldon Bonniface in the year 2010.
If everything works out, that is. Between rows, fights and pre-emptive divorce proceedings, there may not be a wedding at all. Especially if there really is someone who wants to prevent it happening.
Everybody’s coming: from Ice Warriors to UNIT veterans, a flirtatious Ace to a suspicious Hamlet Macbeth – and a very confused trio of Isley Brothers. The Doctor has to organize a buffet, Roz has a mystery to solve, and Chris has a girlfriend who used to be the Timewyrm.
Paul Cornell, of course, is known for introducing Benny Summerfield in Love and War and has also written Human Nature, for which he penned the teleplay for the television series.
Sit back, pour yourself a glass of champagne, and listen in as we review Happy Endings.
Feel free to email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, follow the podcast on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast, Erik via @sjcaustenite, and Sean via @tardistavern. Also, a very big THANK YOU to those of you who approached us at L.I. Who and DFW Whofest!
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Episode 35: Happy Endings
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 58 minutes and 18 secondsFirst of all, we profusely apologize for the delay in this month's release, but what with family visiting at the holidays, influenza, and whatnot we really couldn't hammer this one out by the end of November. This is ironic, because it may be our shortest episode ever.
This time around we discuss Paul Cornell's Happy Endings, the celebratory 50th Virgin New Adventure perhaps also known as "The One in Which Benny Gets Married and Every Major Character from Every New Adventure is Invited to the Wedding".
From the back cover:
'Doctor, this is my fiance. Please don't kill him.'
You are cordially invited to the wedding of Mr Jason Kane and Professor Bernice S. Summerfield, to be held in the village of Cheldon Bonniface in the year 2010.
If everything works out, that is. Between rows, fights and pre-emptive divorce proceedings, there may not be a wedding at all. Especially if there really is someone who wants to prevent it happening.
Everybody's coming: from Ice Warriors to UNIT veterans, a flirtatious Ace to a suspicious Hamlet Macbeth - and a very confused trio of Isley Brothers. The Doctor has to organize a buffet, Roz has a mystery to solve, and Chris has a girlfriend who used to be the Timewyrm.
Paul Cornell, of course, is known for introducing Benny Summerfield in Love and War and has also written Human Nature, for which he penned the teleplay for the television series.
Sit back, pour yourself a glass of champagne, and listen in as we review Happy Endings.
Feel free to email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, follow the podcast on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast, Erik via @sjcaustenite, and Sean via @tardistavern. Also, a very big THANK YOU to those of you who approached us at L.I. Who and DFW Whofest!
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Episode 35: Happy Endings
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 58 minutes and 18 secondsFirst of all, we profusely apologize for the delay in this month’s release, but what with family visiting at the holidays, influenza, and whatnot we really couldn’t hammer this one out by the end of November. This is ironic, because it may be our shortest episode ever.
This time around we discuss Paul Cornell’s Happy Endings, the celebratory 50th Virgin New Adventure perhaps also known as “The One in Which Benny Gets Married and Every Major Character from Every New Adventure is Invited to the Wedding”.
From the back cover:
‘Doctor, this is my fiancé. Please don’t kill him.’
You are cordially invited to the wedding of Mr Jason Kane and Professor Bernice S. Summerfield, to be held in the village of Cheldon Bonniface in the year 2010.
If everything works out, that is. Between rows, fights and pre-emptive divorce proceedings, there may not be a wedding at all. Especially if there really is someone who wants to prevent it happening.
Everybody’s coming: from Ice Warriors to UNIT veterans, a flirtatious Ace to a suspicious Hamlet Macbeth – and a very confused trio of Isley Brothers. The Doctor has to organize a buffet, Roz has a mystery to solve, and Chris has a girlfriend who used to be the Timewyrm.
Paul Cornell, of course, is known for introducing Benny Summerfield in Love and War and has also written Human Nature, for which he penned the teleplay for the television series.
Sit back, pour yourself a glass of champagne, and listen in as we review Happy Endings.
Feel free to email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, follow the podcast on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast, Erik via @sjcaustenite, and Sean via @tardistavern. Also, a very big THANK YOU to those of you who approached us at L.I. Who and DFW Whofest!
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Episode 34: Scream of the Shalka
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 15 minutes and 20 secondsThis month we take a detour from our usual schedule and, instead of reviewing a Virgin New Adventure (which would naturally come after a Virgin Missing Adventure), we elected to talk about Paul Cornell’s Scream of the Shalka, which was recently released on DVD and seemed like a timely novel to discuss. From the back cover:
When the Doctor lands his TARDIS in the Lancaster town of Lannet, in the present day, he finds that something is terribly wrong. The people are scared. They don't like going out onto the streets at night, they don't like making too much noise, and they certainly don't like strangers asking too many questions.
What alien force has invaded the town? Why is it watching barmaid Alison Cheney? And what plans does it have for the future of the planet Earth?
The Doctor is helped (and hindered) by his new military liaison Major Kennet and his Royal Green Jacket troops. His old enemy the Master also plays a small part. During the course of this adventure he encounters a brand new race of ferocious alien monsters, and strikes up a friendship with his latest companion, Alison.
While starting with a small community under threat, this old-fashioned, very traditional but very up-to-date Doctor Who adventure takes in the entire world, from New Zealand to India, Siberia to the USA, and cosmic expanses beyond.
Scream of the Shalka originally appeared as an animated six-part web series in 2003 featuring Richard E. Grant as the Ninth Doctor, and more stories may have been produced had the release of the new series not been announced soon thereafter. In 2004, Paul Cornell published this novelization of the series, which included 50 pages of production notes on the web series. Cornell also penned Timewyrm: Revelation, Love and War, No Future, Human Nature, and Happy Endings, all Virgin New Adventures.
Please “Like” us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 34: Scream of the Shalka
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 15 minutes and 20 secondsThis month we take a detour from our usual schedule and, instead of reviewing a Virgin New Adventure (which would naturally come after a Virgin Missing Adventure), we elected to talk about Paul Cornell's Scream of the Shalka, which was recently released on DVD and seemed like a timely novel to discuss. From the back cover:
When the Doctor lands his TARDIS in the Lancaster town of Lannet, in the present day, he finds that something is terribly wrong. The people are scared. They don't like going out onto the streets at night, they don't like making too much noise, and they certainly don't like strangers asking too many questions.
What alien force has invaded the town? Why is it watching barmaid Alison Cheney? And what plans does it have for the future of the planet Earth?
The Doctor is helped (and hindered) by his new military liaison Major Kennet and his Royal Green Jacket troops. His old enemy the Master also plays a small part. During the course of this adventure he encounters a brand new race of ferocious alien monsters, and strikes up a friendship with his latest companion, Alison.
While starting with a small community under threat, this old-fashioned, very traditional but very up-to-date Doctor Who adventure takes in the entire world, from New Zealand to India, Siberia to the USA, and cosmic expanses beyond.
Scream of the Shalka originally appeared as an animated six-part web series in 2003 featuring Richard E. Grant as the Ninth Doctor, and more stories may have been produced had the release of the new series not been announced soon thereafter. In 2004, Paul Cornell published this novelization of the series, which included 50 pages of production notes on the web series. Cornell also penned Timewyrm: Revelation, Love and War, No Future, Human Nature, and Happy Endings, all Virgin New Adventures.
Please "Like" us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 34: Scream of the Shalka
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 15 minutes and 20 secondsThis month we take a detour from our usual schedule and, instead of reviewing a Virgin New Adventure (which would naturally come after a Virgin Missing Adventure), we elected to talk about Paul Cornell’s Scream of the Shalka, which was recently released on DVD and seemed like a timely novel to discuss. From the back cover:
When the Doctor lands his TARDIS in the Lancaster town of Lannet, in the present day, he finds that something is terribly wrong. The people are scared. They don't like going out onto the streets at night, they don't like making too much noise, and they certainly don't like strangers asking too many questions.
What alien force has invaded the town? Why is it watching barmaid Alison Cheney? And what plans does it have for the future of the planet Earth?
The Doctor is helped (and hindered) by his new military liaison Major Kennet and his Royal Green Jacket troops. His old enemy the Master also plays a small part. During the course of this adventure he encounters a brand new race of ferocious alien monsters, and strikes up a friendship with his latest companion, Alison.
While starting with a small community under threat, this old-fashioned, very traditional but very up-to-date Doctor Who adventure takes in the entire world, from New Zealand to India, Siberia to the USA, and cosmic expanses beyond.
Scream of the Shalka originally appeared as an animated six-part web series in 2003 featuring Richard E. Grant as the Ninth Doctor, and more stories may have been produced had the release of the new series not been announced soon thereafter. In 2004, Paul Cornell published this novelization of the series, which included 50 pages of production notes on the web series. Cornell also penned Timewyrm: Revelation, Love and War, No Future, Human Nature, and Happy Endings, all Virgin New Adventures.
Please “Like” us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 33: Downtime
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 29 minutes and 52 secondsIt's Virgin Missing Adventure time at The Doctor Who Book Club, but this month's adventure wasn't really missing in the first place and, well, it doesn't really prominently feature a Doctor, either. This month we bring you Downtime, based on the independently written screenplay by Marc Platt which was filmed in the early 1990's and released a year or so before the novelization was published. From the back cover:
Across the room, in a high-backed leather chair Victoria saw the old man from the reading room. His face was curiously young for someone so long dead.
In 1966 the Doctor defeated the Great Intelligence, but he knew it wasn't a final victory. And his companion Victoria, whose mind had once hosted the evil entity, might still fall prey to its power.
Now it seems that his fears are justified. In a Tibetan monastery, the monks display unearthly powers - UNIT are investigating. A new university has opened in London with a secret agenda that may threaten the whole country. Victoria, abandoned in an age very different from her own, and haunted by visions of a father she refuses to believe is dead, is slipping into despair and madness. But are the visions which plague her really hallucinations? Or has the Great Intelligence once again made Earth its target for invasion?
If you enjoy irony, it's worth noting that Platt intended Downtime to be the last installment in a trilogy (after "The Abominable Snowmen" and "The Web of Fear") and to resolve the conflict of the Great Intelligence. One wonders if he did a bit of air-punching this last Christmas day.
Be sure to "like" us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 33: Downtime
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 29 minutes and 52 secondsIt’s Virgin Missing Adventure time at The Doctor Who Book Club, but this month’s adventure wasn’t really missing in the first place and, well, it doesn’t really prominently feature a Doctor, either. This month we bring you Downtime, based on the independently written screenplay by Marc Platt which was filmed in the early 1990’s and released a year or so before the novelization was published. From the back cover:
Across the room, in a high-backed leather chair Victoria saw the old man from the reading room. His face was curiously young for someone so long dead.
In 1966 the Doctor defeated the Great Intelligence, but he knew it wasn’t a final victory. And his companion Victoria, whose mind had once hosted the evil entity, might still fall prey to its power.
Now it seems that his fears are justified. In a Tibetan monastery, the monks display unearthly powers – UNIT are investigating. A new university has opened in London with a secret agenda that may threaten the whole country. Victoria, abandoned in an age very different from her own, and haunted by visions of a father she refuses to believe is dead, is slipping into despair and madness. But are the visions which plague her really hallucinations? Or has the Great Intelligence once again made Earth its target for invasion?
If you enjoy irony, it’s worth noting that Platt intended Downtime to be the last installment in a trilogy (after “The Abominable Snowmen” and “The Web of Fear”) and to resolve the conflict of the Great Intelligence. One wonders if he did a bit of air-punching this last Christmas day.
Be sure to “like” us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 33: Downtime
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 29 minutes and 52 secondsIt’s Virgin Missing Adventure time at The Doctor Who Book Club, but this month’s adventure wasn’t really missing in the first place and, well, it doesn’t really prominently feature a Doctor, either. This month we bring you Downtime, based on the independently written screenplay by Marc Platt which was filmed in the early 1990’s and released a year or so before the novelization was published. From the back cover:
Across the room, in a high-backed leather chair Victoria saw the old man from the reading room. His face was curiously young for someone so long dead.
In 1966 the Doctor defeated the Great Intelligence, but he knew it wasn’t a final victory. And his companion Victoria, whose mind had once hosted the evil entity, might still fall prey to its power.
Now it seems that his fears are justified. In a Tibetan monastery, the monks display unearthly powers – UNIT are investigating. A new university has opened in London with a secret agenda that may threaten the whole country. Victoria, abandoned in an age very different from her own, and haunted by visions of a father she refuses to believe is dead, is slipping into despair and madness. But are the visions which plague her really hallucinations? Or has the Great Intelligence once again made Earth its target for invasion?
If you enjoy irony, it’s worth noting that Platt intended Downtime to be the last installment in a trilogy (after “The Abominable Snowmen” and “The Web of Fear”) and to resolve the conflict of the Great Intelligence. One wonders if he did a bit of air-punching this last Christmas day.
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Episode 32: Fear of the Dark
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 10 secondsJust one day late, we bring you August's episode, our recap and discussion of Trevor Baxendale's Fear of the Dark, featuring the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan, and a bunch of miners. From the back cover:
On the very edge of the galaxy lies Akoshemon: a putrefied world of legendary evil.
In the year 2382 archaeologists land on Akoshemon's only moon, searching for evidence of the planet's infamous past. But when the Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa are drawn into the lunar caverns they find more than a team of academics - and help uncover more than ancient history.
Something is lying in wait, deep inside the labyrinth of caves: something that remembers the spiral of war, pestilence and deprivation that ruined Akoshemon. Something that rejoiced in every kind of horror and destruction.
An age-old terror is about to be reborn. But what is the hideous secret of the Bloodhunter? And why does Nyssa feel that her thoughts are no longer her own? Forced to confront his own worse fears, even the Doctor will be pushed to breaking point - and beyond.
Fear of the Doctor is one of eleven novels recently republished by the BBC, each one featuring a different Doctor for the 50th anniversary. Thus, we are happy to tell you that it is readily available (and affordable!).
Catch us on Facebook, email us at dwpcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwpcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 32: Fear of the Dark
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 10 secondsJust one day late, we bring you August’s episode, our recap and discussion of Trevor Baxendale’s Fear of the Dark, featuring the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan, and a bunch of miners. From the back cover:
On the very edge of the galaxy lies Akoshemon: a putrefied world of legendary evil.
In the year 2382 archaeologists land on Akoshemon’s only moon, searching for evidence of the planet’s infamous past. But when the Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa are drawn into the lunar caverns they find more than a team of academics – and help uncover more than ancient history.
Something is lying in wait, deep inside the labyrinth of caves: something that remembers the spiral of war, pestilence and deprivation that ruined Akoshemon. Something that rejoiced in every kind of horror and destruction.
An age-old terror is about to be reborn. But what is the hideous secret of the Bloodhunter? And why does Nyssa feel that her thoughts are no longer her own? Forced to confront his own worse fears, even the Doctor will be pushed to breaking point – and beyond.
Fear of the Doctor is one of eleven novels recently republished by the BBC, each one featuring a different Doctor for the 50th anniversary. Thus, we are happy to tell you that it is readily available (and affordable!).
Catch us on Facebook, email us at dwpcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwpcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 32: Fear of the Dark
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 10 secondsJust one day late, we bring you August’s episode, our recap and discussion of Trevor Baxendale’s Fear of the Dark, featuring the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan, and a bunch of miners. From the back cover:
On the very edge of the galaxy lies Akoshemon: a putrefied world of legendary evil.
In the year 2382 archaeologists land on Akoshemon’s only moon, searching for evidence of the planet’s infamous past. But when the Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa are drawn into the lunar caverns they find more than a team of academics – and help uncover more than ancient history.
Something is lying in wait, deep inside the labyrinth of caves: something that remembers the spiral of war, pestilence and deprivation that ruined Akoshemon. Something that rejoiced in every kind of horror and destruction.
An age-old terror is about to be reborn. But what is the hideous secret of the Bloodhunter? And why does Nyssa feel that her thoughts are no longer her own? Forced to confront his own worse fears, even the Doctor will be pushed to breaking point – and beyond.
Fear of the Doctor is one of eleven novels recently republished by the BBC, each one featuring a different Doctor for the 50th anniversary. Thus, we are happy to tell you that it is readily available (and affordable!).
Catch us on Facebook, email us at dwpcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwpcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 31: The Tomorrow Windows
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 13 secondsWhat happens when you add 12 to this month's episode number? You get 42. Thus, we present our discussion of Jonathan Morris' The Tomorrow Windows, one author's take of Douglas Adams possible take of an Eighth Doctor adventure.
Although Morris may be best known for his Big Finish work such as Bloodtide and Flip Flop, this is his third novel in the BBC range, preceded by Festival of Death and Anachrophobia. He is still actively turning out audio stories, and can be heard narrating the mini-documentary "Paris in Springtime" on the "City of Death" DVD release. Do we predict a call from Steven Moffat in the future?
From the back cover:
There's a new exhibition at Tate Modern - 'The Tomorrow Windows'.
The concept is simple: look through a Tomorrow Window and you'll see into the future. You'll get 'The Gist of Things to Come'. According to the press pack, the Tomorrow Windows exhibition will bring about an end to war and suffering.
Which is why someone decides to blow it up.
Investigating this act of wanton vandalism, the Doctor, Fitz, and Trix visit an Astral Flower, the show-world of Utopia and Gadrahadradon - the most haunted planet in the galaxy. They face the sinister Ceccecs, the gratuitously violent Vorshagg, the miniscule Micron and the enigmatic Poozle. And they encounter the doomsday monks of Shardybarn, the warmongers of Valuensis, the politicians on Minuea and the killer cars of Estebol.
They also spend about half an hour in Lewisham.
Pour yourself a cup of Earl Grey and sit back and relax as we discuss The Tomorrow Windows.
Don't forget to look for us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. Also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 31: The Tomorrow Windows
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 13 secondsWhat happens when you add 12 to this month’s episode number? You get 42. Thus, we present our discussion of Jonathan Morris’ The Tomorrow Windows, one author’s take of Douglas Adams possible take of an Eighth Doctor adventure.
Although Morris may be best known for his Big Finish work such as Bloodtide and Flip Flop, this is his third novel in the BBC range, preceded by Festival of Death and Anachrophobia. He is still actively turning out audio stories, and can be heard narrating the mini-documentary “Paris in Springtime” on the “City of Death” DVD release. Do we predict a call from Steven Moffat in the future?
From the back cover:
There’s a new exhibition at Tate Modern – ‘The Tomorrow Windows’.
The concept is simple: look through a Tomorrow Window and you’ll see into the future. You’ll get ‘The Gist of Things to Come’. According to the press pack, the Tomorrow Windows exhibition will bring about an end to war and suffering.
Which is why someone decides to blow it up.
Investigating this act of wanton vandalism, the Doctor, Fitz, and Trix visit an Astral Flower, the show-world of Utopia and Gadrahadradon – the most haunted planet in the galaxy. They face the sinister Ceccecs, the gratuitously violent Vorshagg, the miniscule Micron and the enigmatic Poozle. And they encounter the doomsday monks of Shardybarn, the warmongers of Valuensis, the politicians on Minuea and the killer cars of Estebol.
They also spend about half an hour in Lewisham.
Pour yourself a cup of Earl Grey and sit back and relax as we discuss The Tomorrow Windows.
Don’t forget to look for us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. Also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 31: The Tomorrow Windows
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 13 secondsWhat happens when you add 12 to this month’s episode number? You get 42. Thus, we present our discussion of Jonathan Morris’ The Tomorrow Windows, one author’s take of Douglas Adams possible take of an Eighth Doctor adventure.
Although Morris may be best known for his Big Finish work such as Bloodtide and Flip Flop, this is his third novel in the BBC range, preceded by Festival of Death and Anachrophobia. He is still actively turning out audio stories, and can be heard narrating the mini-documentary “Paris in Springtime” on the “City of Death” DVD release. Do we predict a call from Steven Moffat in the future?
From the back cover:
There’s a new exhibition at Tate Modern – ‘The Tomorrow Windows’.
The concept is simple: look through a Tomorrow Window and you’ll see into the future. You’ll get ‘The Gist of Things to Come’. According to the press pack, the Tomorrow Windows exhibition will bring about an end to war and suffering.
Which is why someone decides to blow it up.
Investigating this act of wanton vandalism, the Doctor, Fitz, and Trix visit an Astral Flower, the show-world of Utopia and Gadrahadradon – the most haunted planet in the galaxy. They face the sinister Ceccecs, the gratuitously violent Vorshagg, the miniscule Micron and the enigmatic Poozle. And they encounter the doomsday monks of Shardybarn, the warmongers of Valuensis, the politicians on Minuea and the killer cars of Estebol.
They also spend about half an hour in Lewisham.
Pour yourself a cup of Earl Grey and sit back and relax as we discuss The Tomorrow Windows.
Don’t forget to look for us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. Also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 30: Lungbarrow
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 27 minutes and 21 secondsIt took us 30 episodes, but we finally got around to it: this month we present our discussion of possibility the most iconic novel in the Virgin New Adventures, Lungbarrow by Marc Platt. You may fondly recall when we reviewed Platt's Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible back in Episode 10. Platt also wrote "Ghost Light" as well as a number of stories in the Big Finish range. Needless to say, despite the limited amount of stories he's contributed to the Doctor Who canon, his work is influential if not controversial. From the back cover of Lungbarrow:
'Nonsense, child,' retorted the Doctor. 'Grandfather indeed! I've never seen you before in my life!'
All is not well on Gallifrey. Chris Cwej is having someone else's nightmares. Ace is talking to herself. So is K-9. Leela has stumbled on a murderous family conspiracy. And the beleaguered Lord President, Romanadvoratrelundar, foresees one of the most tumultuous events in her plant's history.
At the root of all is an ancient and terrible place, the House of Lungbarrow in the southern mountains of Gallifrey. Something momentous is happening there. But the House has inexplicably gone missing.
673 years ago the Doctor left his family in that forgotten House. Abandoned, disgraced and resentful, they have waited. And now he's home at last.
In this, the seventh Doctor's final New Adventure, he faces a threat that could uncover the greatest secret of them all.
Pour yourself a nice tall glass of Gallifreyan ale and sit back and enjoy as we try to pick apart Marc Platt's Lungbarrow!
Remember to look for us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 30: Lungbarrow
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 27 minutes and 21 secondsIt took us 30 episodes, but we finally got around to it: this month we present our discussion of possibility the most iconic novel in the Virgin New Adventures, Lungbarrow by Marc Platt. You may fondly recall when we reviewed Platt’s Cat’s Cradle: Time’s Crucible back in Episode 10. Platt also wrote “Ghost Light” as well as a number of stories in the Big Finish range. Needless to say, despite the limited amount of stories he’s contributed to the Doctor Who canon, his work is influential if not controversial. From the back cover of Lungbarrow:
‘Nonsense, child,’ retorted the Doctor. ‘Grandfather indeed! I’ve never seen you before in my life!’
All is not well on Gallifrey. Chris Cwej is having someone else’s nightmares. Ace is talking to herself. So is K-9. Leela has stumbled on a murderous family conspiracy. And the beleaguered Lord President, Romanadvoratrelundar, foresees one of the most tumultuous events in her plant’s history.
At the root of all is an ancient and terrible place, the House of Lungbarrow in the southern mountains of Gallifrey. Something momentous is happening there. But the House has inexplicably gone missing.
673 years ago the Doctor left his family in that forgotten House. Abandoned, disgraced and resentful, they have waited. And now he’s home at last.
In this, the seventh Doctor’s final New Adventure, he faces a threat that could uncover the greatest secret of them all.
Pour yourself a nice tall glass of Gallifreyan ale and sit back and enjoy as we try to pick apart Marc Platt’s Lungbarrow!
Remember to look for us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 30: Lungbarrow
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 27 minutes and 21 secondsIt took us 30 episodes, but we finally got around to it: this month we present our discussion of possibility the most iconic novel in the Virgin New Adventures, Lungbarrow by Marc Platt. You may fondly recall when we reviewed Platt’s Cat’s Cradle: Time’s Crucible back in Episode 10. Platt also wrote “Ghost Light” as well as a number of stories in the Big Finish range. Needless to say, despite the limited amount of stories he’s contributed to the Doctor Who canon, his work is influential if not controversial. From the back cover of Lungbarrow:
‘Nonsense, child,’ retorted the Doctor. ‘Grandfather indeed! I’ve never seen you before in my life!’
All is not well on Gallifrey. Chris Cwej is having someone else’s nightmares. Ace is talking to herself. So is K-9. Leela has stumbled on a murderous family conspiracy. And the beleaguered Lord President, Romanadvoratrelundar, foresees one of the most tumultuous events in her plant’s history.
At the root of all is an ancient and terrible place, the House of Lungbarrow in the southern mountains of Gallifrey. Something momentous is happening there. But the House has inexplicably gone missing.
673 years ago the Doctor left his family in that forgotten House. Abandoned, disgraced and resentful, they have waited. And now he’s home at last.
In this, the seventh Doctor’s final New Adventure, he faces a threat that could uncover the greatest secret of them all.
Pour yourself a nice tall glass of Gallifreyan ale and sit back and enjoy as we try to pick apart Marc Platt’s Lungbarrow!
Remember to look for us on Facebook, email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. You can also follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 29: State of Change
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 19 secondsWe bring you May's episode in mid-June, as real life gave both of us a swift kick in the pants last month. Next up is State of Change by Christopher Bulis, a Virgin Missing Adventure featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri. From the back cover:
'In less than 25 years the Romans have invented electricity generation, airships, radio and who knows what else. Is that reasonable?'
Ancient Egypt, 41BC. The Doctor and Peri watch as Cleopatra's pleasure barge glides up the Nile in preparation for her fateful meeting with Mark Anthony. And an alien presence observes the TARDIS, waits for it to dematerialize, then pounces.
When the time ship lands, the Doctor and Peri find themselves in ancient Rome, in the tomb of Cleopatra. But something is very wrong. The tomb walls depict steam-driven galleys and other disturbing anachronisms. The Roman Empire is preparing for a devastating war - using weapons from the future capable of destroying the entire world.
Bulis has written a number of Doctor Who novels, some for the Missing Adventures range, including The Sorcerer's Apprentice, The Eye of the Giant, Twilight of the Gods, and A Device of Death. This marks his first book in the series.
Don't forget that, at the time of this release, Mad Norwegian Press' Queers Dig Time Lords will be available for sale, with an article written on podcasting by none other than our own humble co-host Erik! Buy your copy today! (We already did.)
Go ahead and send us feedback to dwbcpodcast@gmail.com and also be sure to "like" us on Facebook! Follow Erik on Twitter via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.
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Episode 29: State of Change
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 19 secondsWe bring you May’s episode in mid-June, as real life gave both of us a swift kick in the pants last month. Next up is State of Change by Christopher Bulis, a Virgin Missing Adventure featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri. From the back cover:
‘In less than 25 years the Romans have invented electricity generation, airships, radio and who knows what else. Is that reasonable?’
Ancient Egypt, 41BC. The Doctor and Peri watch as Cleopatra’s pleasure barge glides up the Nile in preparation for her fateful meeting with Mark Anthony. And an alien presence observes the TARDIS, waits for it to dematerialize, then pounces.
When the time ship lands, the Doctor and Peri find themselves in ancient Rome, in the tomb of Cleopatra. But something is very wrong. The tomb walls depict steam-driven galleys and other disturbing anachronisms. The Roman Empire is preparing for a devastating war – using weapons from the future capable of destroying the entire world.
Bulis has written a number of Doctor Who novels, some for the Missing Adventures range, including The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, The Eye of the Giant, Twilight of the Gods, and A Device of Death. This marks his first book in the series.
Don’t forget that, at the time of this release, Mad Norwegian Press’ Queers Dig Time Lords will be available for sale, with an article written on podcasting by none other than our own humble co-host Erik! Buy your copy today! (We already did.)
Go ahead and send us feedback to dwbcpodcast@gmail.com and also be sure to “like” us on Facebook! Follow Erik on Twitter via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.