Staggering Stories Podcast

- Description:
- Random thoughts from the Staggering Stories team, mainly featuring discussion on television Science Fiction such as Doctor Who, Firefly, Star Trek and so many more. Also general randomness on MMOs and all manner of other geek topics! Come and join in on the insanity!
Homepage: https://www.staggeringstories.net/index2.html
RSS Feed: https://blog.staggeringstories.net/?feed=rss2&cat=23
- Episodes:
- 677
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:0:50:27
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:2:13:15
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 23 days, 17 hours, 13 minutes and 6 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 24 June 2007 (7:46pm GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 2 March 2025 (9:00am GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 9 days, 13 hours, 1 minutes and 47 seconds
Staggering Stories Podcast Episodes
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Staggering Stories Commentary #168: Doctor Who - Hell Bent
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 4 minutes and 33 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and Keith Dunn sit down, cloistered, in front of the 2015 Doctor Who episode, Hell Bent, and spout our usual nonsense!
The Doctor isn’t going to take anymore, the General feels the change coming on and the President has lost more than his hair. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Hell Bent...
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Staggering Stories Podcast #228: The Abominable Retrospective
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 32 minutes and 15 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Jean Riddler and Keith Dunn have a retrospective on Doctor Who ‘Series 9’, discus the 2016 Sherlock episode ‘The Abominable Bride’, have some more Predictions for 2016, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 00:59 — Welcome!
- 02:02 – News:
- 02:16 — Dirk Gently: BBC America bringing it back to TV.
- 04:13 — Jekyll and Hyde: ITV swing the axe of death.
- 08:10 — Class: Spinning onto our screens in late 2016.
- 11:52 — Doctor Who RPG: More free fan created sourcebooks.
- 14:29 — David Bowie: DEAD! (also Lemmy and Ed ‘Stewpot’ Stewart).
- 16:56 – Predictions: Crumbly adds his prognostications.
- 21:07 – Doctor Who: Series 9 (2015) retrospective.
- 56:37 – Sherlock: The Abominable Bride.
- 68:53 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 90:03 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 90:40 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- Wikipedia: Dirk Gently.
- Wikipedia: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Cubicle 7 (Makers of the Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space RPG).
- Doctor Who RPG Forum (expanded universe source books).
- Siskoid: Doctor Who RPG Expanded Universe Sourcebooks.
- Wikipedia: David Bowie.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who (Series 9).
- BBC: Sherlock – The Abominable Bride.
- Wikipedia: Sherlock – The Abominable Bride.
- YouTube: Doctor Who – The Twelfth Day (Fan-Made Multi-Doctor Christmas Special).
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Commentary #167: Doctor Who - Heaven Sent
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 56 minutes and 54 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and Keith Dunn sit down, repeated, in front of the 2015 Doctor Who episode, Heaven Sent, and spout our usual nonsense!
The Doctor’s head is in a spin cycle, the Veil has seen too much Scooby Doo and, well, nobody else is there. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Heaven Sent...
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Staggering Stories Podcast #227: The Force of River Song
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 49 minutes and 42 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn discuss the 2015 Doctor Who Christmas Special ‘The Husbands of River Song’ and ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’, come up with our Predictions, Hopes and Dreams, and Fears for 2016, see how wrong we were about our Predictions for 2015, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 01:25 — Welcome!
- 01:46 – News:
- 01:57 — War of the Worlds: New TV miniseries.
- 03:18 — UK broadcast details: Agent Carter S2 and Legends of Tomorrow.
- 07:16 — The Man in the High Castle: Season 2 ordered.
- 09:38 — LEGO Dimensions: Real Keith has a play.
- 10:26 — Doctor Who RPG: Tenth Doctor sourcebook now out in PDF.
- 12:51 – Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song.
- 24:42 – Predictions, Fears and Hopes & Dreams for the future:
- 25:10 — How wrong we were: Predictions for 2015.
- 33:46 — Predictions for 2016.
- 39:33 — How wrong we were: Fears for 2015.
- 50:25 — Fears for 2016.
- 54:25 — How wrong we were: Hopes and Dreams for 2015.
- 63:43 — Hopes and Dreams for 2016.
- 70:35 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
- 96:03 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 106:20 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 106:51 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- Wikipedia: The War of the Worlds.
- Wikipedia: Marvel’s Agent Carter (TV Series).
- Wikipedia: Legends of Tomorrow.
- Wikipedia: The Man in the High Castle (TV Series).
- Wikipedia: Lego Dimensions.
- Cubicle 7 (Makers of the Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space RPG).
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- BBC: Doctor Who – The Husbands of River Song.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Husbands of River Song.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Commentary #166: Doctor Who - Face the Raven
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 51 minutes and 19 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, crowing, in front of the 2015 Doctor Who episode, Face the Raven, and spout our usual nonsense!
Rigsy woke up dead, Clara is smugging it up to danger levels and the Doctor misses the clue in the term trap street. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Face the Raven...
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Staggering Stories Podcast #226: Yule Bent
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 42 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn discuss the 2015 Doctor Who episodes ‘Heaven Sent’ and ‘Hell Bent’, play an audio quiz and charades, pull some Christmas Crackers, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 01:30 — Welcome!
- 02:44 – News:
- 02:55 — Lost in Space: New Netflix series.
- 04:34 — Neil Gaiman: Developing new Gormenghast film.
- 07:00 — JMS: Adapting Red Mars for TV.
- 09:27 — Adam J Purcell: DEAD!
- 10:57 — Doctor Who RPG: New scenarios book.
- 11:44 — Doctor Who: Peter Jackson and Peter Capaldi video.
- 13:36 — Doctor Who: Capaldi, Matt Smith, Eccleston etc. visit or video for sick fan.
- 16:01 — Star Trek: Beyond trailer out.
- 16:39 – Christmas Crackers!
- 21:38 – Charades.
- 27:07 – Doctor Who: Heaven Sent.
- 41:46 – Audio Quiz: Doctor Who Series 9.
- 49:20 – Doctor Who: Hell Bent.
- 73:36 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 85:51 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 86:47 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- Wikipedia: Lost in Space.
- Neil Gaiman.
- Wikipedia: Gormenghast.
- Wikipedia: J. Michael Straczynski.
- Wikipedia: Mars Trilogy.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Cubicle 7 (Makers of the Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space RPG).
- Star Trek.
- BBC: Doctor Who – Heaven Sent.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – Heaven Sent.
- BBC: Doctor Who – Hell Bent.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – Hell Bent.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Commentary #165: Doctor Who - Sleep No More
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 48 minutes and 22 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, nightmared, in front of the 2015 Doctor Who episode, Sleep No More, and spout our usual nonsense!
Clara is finally getting some time with the Doctor this season, Rassmussen keeps interrupting the action and the Sandmen wish they were Xenomorphs. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Sleep No More...
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Staggering Stories Podcast #225: Crow No More
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 13 minutes and 19 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Fake Keith, the Real Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller discuss the 2015 Doctor Who episodes ‘The Zygon Inversion’, ‘Sleep No More’ and ‘Face the Raven’, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 00:45 — Welcome!
- 02:31 – News:
- 03:15 — Robert Loggia: DEAD!
- 03:39 — Tremors: Kevin Bacon for TV series.
- 04:04 — iZombie: Second season gets additional episodes.
- 04:16 — Doctor Who: Radio Times interviews and cover.
- 05:50 — Star Wars: Disney dissing slave Leia?
- 08:53 – Doctor Who:
- 09:02 — The Zygon Inversion.
- 21:29 — Sleep No More.
- 32:23 — Face the Raven.
- 44:52 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 68:10 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 68:42 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – Robert Loggia.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – Tremors (film).
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – iZombie (TV series).
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Star Wars.
- Long Island Who, Doctor Who convention.
- Chicago TARDIS, Doctor Who convention.
- BBC: Doctor Who – The Zygon Inversion.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Zygon Inversion.
- BBC: Doctor Who – Sleep No More.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – Sleep No More.
- BBC: Doctor Who – Face the Raven.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – Face the Raven.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Commentary #164: Doctor Who - The Zygon Inversion
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 50 minutes and 17 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, boxed, in front of the 2015 Doctor Who episode, The Zygon Inversion, and spout our usual nonsense!
Osgood is thinking about the Doctor’s underwear, Clara and Bonnie have a special connection and the Doctor has a speech ready to go. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy The Zygon Inversion...
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Staggering Stories Commentary #163: Doctor Who - The Zygon Invasion
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 48 minutes and 6 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, extremisted, in front of the 2015 Doctor Who episode, The Zygon Invasion, and spout our usual nonsense!
Osgood is no longer beside herself, Kate is off sightseeing, Clara isn’t quite feeling herself and the Doctor’s been given another aircraft. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy The Zygon Invasion...
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Staggering Stories Podcast #224: L.I. Who?
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 49 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, the Real Keith Dunn, Scott Fuller and guest presenter Gary Russell take some Escape Pod Discs, tackle some Quick Fire Questions, have a 30 Second Recommendation, admit to some Guilty Pleasures, squeeze in a quick interview, find a tiny amount of news, and a variety of other stuff (all live at the L.I. Who Doctor Who convention), specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 01:53 — Welcome!
- 03:06 – News:
- 03:14 — David Tennant: A new member to his family?
- 04:47 – Escape Pod Discs.
- 22:05 – Quick Fire Questions.
- 23:39 – 30 Second Recommendation: Newsroom.
- 25:28 – Guilty Pleasures.
- 42:36 – Swanee-Kazoo.
- 47:39 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 49:37 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
- 50:24 – Bonus: Interview.
- 59:58 – Bonus: Live feedback.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- Wikipedia: Gary Russell.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Long Island Who, Doctor Who convention.
- David Tennant.
- Wikipedia: I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue: Swanee-Kazoo.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Commentary #162: Doctor Who - The Woman Who Lived
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 49 minutes and 43 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, held-up, in front of the 2015 Doctor Who episode, The Woman Who Lived, and spout our usual nonsense!
The Doctor’s searching for a curio, Leandro has some seriously hot breath and Me is a right Dick Turpin. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy The Woman Who Lived...
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Staggering Stories Podcast #223: The Zygonic Twinkie
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 37 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, the Real Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller discuss the 2015 Doctor Who episodes ‘The Woman Who Died’ and ‘The Zygon Invasion’, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 00:56 — Welcome!
- 02:25 – News:
- 02:32 — Doctor Who: Capaldi to stay for at least a third season.
- 04:23 — Doctor Who: Tennant and Tate head to Big Finish.
- 07:08 — K9: The Movie.
- 09:20 — Karen Gillan: ‘Conventional’ short film on YouTube.
- 11:59 — Star Trek: New TV series for 2017.
- 13:55 — Doctor Who: New art book out now.
- 15:26 — Staggering Stories: We’re off to LI Who and Chicago TARDIS.
- 17:12 – Doctor Who:
- 17:33 — The Woman Who Lived.
- 28:54 — The Zygon Invasion.
- 45:57 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 58:06 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 58:54 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Big Finish: The Collected Tenth Doctor.
- K9 Official Web Site.
- YouTube: Conventional (Karen Gillan’s short film).
- Star Trek.
- Long Island Who, Doctor Who convention.
- Chicago TARDIS, Doctor Who convention.
- BBC: Doctor Who – The Woman Who Lived.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Woman Who Lived.
- BBC: Doctor Who – The Zygon Invasion.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Zygon Invasion.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Commentary #161: Doctor Who - The Girl Who Died
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 47 minutes and 47 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, pulped, in front of the 2015 Doctor Who episode, The Girl Who Died, and spout our usual nonsense!
The Doctor’s gone yo-yo, Clara gets up close and personal with a love sprite and Ashildr’s been parachuted in from another franchise. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy The Girl Who Died...
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Staggering Stories Podcast #222: Viking Pulp
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 28 minutes and 16 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn discuss the 2015 Doctor Who episodes ‘Before the Flood’ and ‘The Girl Who Died’, say what we’ve been up to recently, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 01:35 — Welcome!
- 02:32 – News:
- 02:42 — Jekyll and Hyde: ITV series starts.
- 05:59 — Prometheus: Sequel now named Alien: Paradise Lost.
- 08:25 — Derek Ware: DEAD!
- 10:04 — Star Wars: Ticket demand kills booking systems.
- 11:22 — Star Trek: Buy a place with an Enterprise D bridge home cinema.
- 12:35 — Maisie Williams: Jumper.
- 13:00 — Star Wars: R2D2 aircraft now flying.
- 14:39 — Back to the Future Day.
- 15:58 – Doctor Who: Before the Flood.
- 29:10 – Flotsam and Jetsam.
- 34:57 – Doctor Who: The Girl Who Died.
- 59:18 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 82:13 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 82:57 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- Wikipedia: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
- Prometheus (official website).
- Wikipedia: Derek Ware.
- Star Wars.
- Star Trek.
- Wikipedia: Maisie Williams.
- Wikipedia: Back to the Future.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- BBC: Doctor Who – Before the Flood.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – Before the Flood.
- BBC: Doctor Who – The Girl Who Died.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Girl Who Died.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Commentary #160: Doctor Who - Before the Flood
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 46 minutes and 59 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, bootstrapped, in front of the 2015 Doctor Who episode, Before the Flood, and spout our usual nonsense!
The Doctor’s breaking the fourth wall, Clara’s seen a ghost and Prentis wants to be dominated. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Before the Flood...
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Staggering Stories Commentary #159: Doctor Who - Under the Lake
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 46 minutes and 32 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, besieged, in front of the 2015 Doctor Who episode, The Under the Lake, and spout our usual nonsense!
The Doctor’s relying on flash cards, Clara’s become an adrenaline junkie and Moran is feeling the heat. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy The Under the Lake...
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Staggering Stories Podcast #221: Under the Familiar
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 27 minutes and 46 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, the Real Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller discuss the 2015 Doctor Who episodes ‘The Witch’s Familiar’ and ‘Under the Lake’, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 01:53 — Welcome!
- 02:41 – News:
- 02:49 — Doctor Who: New spin-off – Class.
- 05:59 — Doctor Who: Big Finish for the War Doctor.
- 10:56 — BBC Radio 4: Halloween plays.
- 15:07 — Star Trek: Former Scottish First Minister was James T. Kirk?
- 17:18 — Back to the Future: Special Pepsi bottles for 2015 celebration.
- 18:41 — Doctor Who: First Lego set shown.
- 19:38 — Locke and Key: Audio adaptation out now (currently free) on Audible.
- 23:02 – Doctor Who:
- 23:12 — The Witch’s Familiar.
- 43:35 — Under the Lake.
- 58:28 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 84:36 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 85:35 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Big Finish: The War Doctor.
- BBC Radio 4.
- Wikipedia: Alex Salmond.
- Wikipedia: Back to the Future.
- LEGO: Doctor Who, set 21304.
- Audible: Locke and Key.
- BBC: Doctor Who – The Witch’s Familiar.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Witch’s Familiar.
- BBC: Doctor Who – Under the Lake.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – Under the Lake.
- Comixology: Alex + Ada.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Commentary #158: Doctor Who - The Witch's Familiar
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 50 minutes and 43 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, eyed, in front of the 2015 Doctor Who episode, The Witch’s Familiar, and spout our usual nonsense!
The Doctor & Davros may be seeing eye to eye, though Clara & Missy are fighting over a stick. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy The Witch’s Familiar...
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Staggering Stories Commentary #157: Doctor Who - The Magician's Apprentice
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 48 minutes and 47 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, tanked, in front of the 2015 Doctor Who premiere episode, The Magician’s Apprentice, and spout our usual nonsense!
The Doctor’s living it up in 1138, Clara’s doing UNIT’s job for them and Missy has been slipped a disc. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy The Magician’s Apprentice...
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Staggering Stories Podcast #220: Hand Mine Job Lot
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 1 secondSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, the Real Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller discuss the 2015 premiere Doctor Who episode The Magician’s Apprentice, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 01:10 — Welcome!
- 02:27 – News:
- 02:38 — Doctor Who: Jenna Coleman to depart.
- 04:58 — Torchwood: Big Finish already plan a second series of audios.
- 06:59 — Marvel TV: Jessica Jones dated by Netflix.
- 09:30 – Doctor Who: The Magician’s Apprentice.
- 46:03 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 52:30 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 54:19 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Wikipedia: Jenna Coleman.
- BBC: Torchwood.
- Big Finish: Torchwood.
- Wikipedia: Jessica Jones (TV series).
- Wikipedia: The Magician’s Apprentice (Doctor Who).
- BBC: Doctor Who – The Magician’s Apprentice.
- Long Island Who, Doctor Who convention.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Podcast #219: Anticipation of Capaldi's Second Coming
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 54 minutes and 24 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, the Real Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller discuss their hopes for the upcoming Doctor Who series, look back at Buffy the Vampire the Slayer, talk about their time at the Whooverville 7 convention, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 01:13 — Welcome!
- 02:43 – News:
- 02:52 — Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace DVD unleashed.
- 04:58 — Galaxy Quest: The TV series.
- 07:03 — RTD: Use’s Doctor Who team for his A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
- 09:48 — Gobsmack Comics: Local pop-up comic shop opens.
- 10:30 — Barrowman: Plays TARDIS dress up.
- 11:41 – Whooverville 7: convention report.
- 21:43 – Game: Cheddar Gorge.
- 25:10 – Doctor Who: Our hopes for the 2015 series.
- 34:30 – Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- 44:17 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 50:48 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 51:53 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Wikipedia: Galaxy Quest.
- Wikipedia: A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
- Gobsmack Comics.
- John Barrowman.
- Whooverville Doctor Who convention.
- Wikipedia: Cheddar Gorge (game).
- Wikipedia: Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Wikipedia: Dean Jones (actor).
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Podcast #218: The Ten Year Smackdown
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 19 minutes and 30 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, the Real Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller compare the first ten years of classic Doctor Who to the first ten years of New Who, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 01:33 — Welcome!
- 02:10 – News:
- 02:20 — Doctor Who: No Hugo win.
- 03:44 — Star Wars: Peter Cushing in Rogue One?
- 05:38 — Star Wars: Tom Baker off to a galaxy far, far away?
- 08:04 — Doctor Who: Buy your own irratiated part of Who history.
- 10:40 — Doctor Who: Warlord Games releasing official miniature game.
- 16:24 – Doctor Who: The first 10 years of Classic vs. New.
- 66:26 – The Pluggery:
- 66:37 — Whooverville – Doctor Who convention in Derby.
- 68:39 — The Imperium – a rather excellent looking telefantasy comic.
- 70:13 — Strangeness in Space – Comedy audio series featuring Sophie Aldred and Trev & Simon.
- 71:12 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 74:29 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 75:16 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Star Wars.
- Rightmove: Dungeness for sale.
- Warlord Games: Doctor Who Miniatures Game.
- Crooked Dice: Unofficial minatures.
- Unoffical Fan-Made Doctor Who Miniatures Game.
- Whooverville Doctor Who convention.
- IndieGoGo: The Imperium.
- Strangeness in Space.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Commentary #154: Doctor Who - Forest of the Dead
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 50 minutes and 35 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, Scooby-Dooed, in front of the 2008 Doctor Who episode, Forest of the Dead, and spout our usual nonsense!
Miss Evangelista has a gurning fit, Donna just adds water for some instant children and River’s moment has been prepared for. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Forest of the Dead...
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Staggering Stories Commentary #153: Doctor Who - Silence in the Library
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 46 minutes and 16 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, flayed, in front of the 2008 Doctor Who episode, Silence in the Library, and spout our usual nonsense!
Donna has a face-off, River Song’s diary is bulging and the Doctor feels at a disadvantage. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Silence in the Library...
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Staggering Stories Podcast #217: National Alien Invasion Day
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 13 minutes and 44 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, the Real Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 1971 Doctor Who TV story ‘The Claws of Axos’ and the 1996 film ‘Independence Day’, play a game of Cheddar Gorge, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 01:25 — Welcome!
- 02:18 – News:
- 02:30 — Doctor Who: Gallifrey found, on Pluto’s moon.
- 03:59 — Humans: Channel 4 and AMC order a second season.
- 05:20 — Doctor Who: Jago & Litefoot & Strax.
- 07:57 — Susan Sheridan: DEAD!
- 09:43 — Doctor Who: Tennant and RTD spotted in Cardiff.
- 10:43 — Doctor Who: Limited or no new episodes in 2016?
- 13:37 — The Imperium: 1960s telefantasy comic IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign (with added Staggerers).
- 17:23 – Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos.
- 34:00 – Game: Cheddar Gorge.
- 37:48 – Independence Day (1996 film).
- 55:38 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 65:49 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 66:25 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Wikipedia: Humans (TV Series).
- Big Finish: Jago and Litefoot (Investigators of Infernal Incidents).
- Wikipedia: Susan Sheridan.
- IndieGoGo: The Imperium.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Claws of Axos.
- BBC: Doctor Who – The Claws of Axos.
- Wikipedia: Cheddar Gorge (game).
- Wikipedia: Independence Day (1996 film).
- Archive of Our Own (aka AO3).
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Podcast #216: The Blue Pill of Rassilon
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 44 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, the Real Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 1986 Doctor Who TV story ‘The Ultimate Foe’ and the 1999 film ‘The Matrix’, play a game of virtual Tea Duelling, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 00:58 — Welcome!
- 02:27 – News:
- 02:41 — Doctor Who: Series 10 (2016) already confirmed.
- 04:44 — Thunderbirds: Three new 1960s episodes to be made.
- 06:19 — Doctor Who: Titan Comics Eigth Doctor (Paul McGann) mini-series.
- 08:44 — Colin Baker: Last Man on Earth short film funded.
- 09:30 — Strangeness in Space: First episode now released, for free.
- 10:00 — Patrick Stewart: On wife’s music tour.
- 11:32 — Colin Baker: Fallen out with DWM?
- 13:14 – Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe.
- 32:51 – Tea Duelling.
- 39:58 – The Matrix (1999 film).
- 53:36 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 56:16 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 57:38 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Wikipedia: Thunderbirds (TV Series).
- Kickstarter: Thunderbirds 1965 – New episodes from 1960s recordings.
- Titan Comics.
- Colin Baker.
- Strangeness in Space.
- Wikipedia: Patrick Stewart.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Ultimate Foe.
- Wikipedia: The Matrix.
- YouTube: William Shatner – Sprout Clangers.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Commentary #151: Doctor Who - The Unicorn and the Wasp
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 47 minutes and 18 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and Keith Dunn sit down, bugged, in front of the 2008 Doctor Who episode, The Unicorn and the Wasp, and spout our usual nonsense!
The Doctor is the man in the brown suit, Donna is a right flapper and Agatha has a mystery to solve. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy The Unicorn and the Wasp...
Vital Links:
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Staggering Stories Podcast #215: Games of War
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 4 minutes and 47 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and Keith Dunn review the 1969 Doctor Who TV story ‘The War Games’ and the 1983 film ‘WarGames’, say what we’ve been up to recently, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 01:25 — Welcome!
- 02:26 – News:
- 02:40 — Doctor Who: Back on the 19th September 2015.
- 04:52 — Star Wars: Young Han Solo film.
- 07:16 — Doctor Who: Lego Dimensions for Capaldi.
- 09:48 — Sapphire and Steel: New TV series?
- 17:07 — Danger Mouse: More cast added to new series.
- 17:47 — Locke and Key: Audio adaptation coming.
- 20:08 – WarGames (1983 film).
- 34:10 – Flotsam and Jetsam.
- 44:24 – Doctor Who: The War Games.
- 59:59 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 62:24 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 62:58 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Star Wars.
- Wikipedia: Han Solo.
- Wikipedia: Lego Dimensions.
- Wikipedia: Sapphire and Steel.
- Wikipedia: Danger Mouse (TV Series).
- IDW Publishing: Locke & Key.
- Wikipedia: WarGames.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The War Games.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Podcast #214: Like an Egyptian
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 12 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 1975 Doctor Who TV story ‘Pyramids of Mars’, the 1994 film ‘Stargate’, the 2015 film ‘Minions’, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 01:00 — Welcome!
- 02:26 – News:
- 02:37 — Doctor Who: River Song coming to Big Finish.
- 04:51 — Neil Gaiman: American Gods TV series.
- 06:33 — Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace DVD cancelled.
- 08:21 — Patrick Macnee: DEAD!
- 11:11 — Clangers: want your money for toys.
- 13:16 — Colin Baker: wants your money for crowdfunded short film.
- 16:05 – Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars.
- 32:54 – Minions (2015 film).
- 35:42 – Stargate (1994 film).
- 50:49 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 69:59 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 70:52 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Big Finish: The New Series.
- Neil Gaiman.
- Wikipedia: American Gods.
- Wikipedia: The Underwater Menace.
- Wikipedia: Patrick Macnee.
- Wikipedia: Clangers.
- Character Online Shop: Clangers.
- Indiegogo: Colin Baker’s Last Man on Earth.
- Wikipedia: Pyramids of Mars.
- Wikipedia: Minions (film).
- Wikipedia: Stargate (film).
- A Scintillation of Scions.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Commentary #149: Doctor Who - The Doctor's Daughter
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 48 minutes and 23 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, copied, in front of the 2008 Doctor Who episode, The Doctor’s Daughter, and spout our usual nonsense!
The Doctor is feeling violated, Jenny’s surprisingly supple, the Hath have fish tanks attached to their faces and Martha’s just along for the ride. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy The Doctor’s Daughter...
Vital Links:
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Staggering Stories Podcast #213: Xenomorphs vs Drashigs
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 24 minutes and 36 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Jean Riddler, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 1973 Doctor Who TV story ‘Carnival of Monsters’, the 1986 film ‘Aliens’, say what we’ve been up to recently and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 01:48 — Welcome!
- 02:49 – News:
- 03:01 — Doctor Who: Second woman to write for New Who S9.
- 04:35 — Honours: Steven Moffat, Benedict Cumberbatch and more get Birthday Honours.
- 07:01 — Doctor Who: Osgood joins Big Finish UNIT series.
- 09:33 — Christopher Lee: DEAD!
- 14:40 — Ron Moody: DEAD!
- 16:01 — Ghostbusters: Chris Hemsworth is new receptionist.
- 17:03 — Prometheus/Alien: Mash-up movie.
- 19:22 – Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters.
- 33:06 – Flotsam and Jetsam.
- 57:04 – Aliens.
- 74:11 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 80:26 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 81:10 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Wikipedia: Sarah Dollard.
- Wikipedia: 2015 Birthday Honours.
- Wikipedia: Steven Moffat.
- Wikipedia: Benedict Cumberbatch.
- Big Finish: UNIT – The New Series.
- Wikipedia: Christopher Lee.
- Wikipedia: Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross.
- Wikipedia: Ron Moody.
- Ghostbusters.
- Vimeo: Derelict – Trailer.
- Wikipedia: Carnival of Monsters.
- BBC: Doctor Who – Carnival of Monsters.
- Wikipedia: Aliens (film).
- Buzzfeed: Misha’s link – weird birthday stalking.
- Failbetter Games – Sunless Sea.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Podcast #212: Life Cycles of the Naughty Looking
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 0 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, the Real Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 1986 Doctor Who TV story ‘Terror of the Vervoids’, the 1979 film ‘Alien’, the 2015 film ‘Moomins on the Riviera’ and the 2015 Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 01:52 — Welcome!
- 02:27 – News:
- 02:37 — Tron 3: DEAD!
- 04:09 — Humans: Airs on 14th June 2015 in the UK, 28th June 2015 in the US.
- 05:21 — Clangers: New series 15th June 2015 in the UK.
- 06:47 — The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Live action reboot in the works.
- 07:55 — Supergirl: Pilot leaked.
- 08:42 — Doctor Who: Lego Dimensions inclusion.
- 10:29 – Alien.
- 23:28 – Doctor Who: Symphonic Spectacular
- 30:27 – Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids.
- 44:53 – Moomins on the Riviera.
- 51:21 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 66:49 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 77:26 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- Wikipedia: Tron.
- Wikipedia: Humans (TV Series).
- Wikipedia: Clangers.
- Wikipedia: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
- Wikipedia: Supergirl (US TV Series).
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Wikipedia: Lego Dimensions.
- Wikipedia: Alien (film).
- Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular.
- Wikipedia: Terror of the Vervoids.
- Wikipedia: Moomins on the Riviera.
- Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Commentary #147: Doctor Who - The Poison Sky
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 46 minutes and 22 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, teleporting, in front of the 2008 Doctor Who episode, The Poison Sky, and spout our usual nonsense!
Martha is seeing double, Donna has a new interest in probic vents and the Doctor wants the world to burn. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy The Poison Sky...
Vital Links:
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Staggering Stories Commentary #146: Doctor Who - The Sontaran Stratagem
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 47 minutes and 11 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, choking, in front of the 2008 Doctor Who episode, The Sontaran Stratagem, and spout our usual nonsense!
Martha is wanting the Doctor, Donna has some explaining to do with her family and the Doctor is getting all choked up. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy The Sontaran Stratagem...
Vital Links:
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Staggering Stories Podcast #211: Cyborgs, Androids and Taran Wood Beasts
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 16 minutes and 20 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Jean Riddler, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 1978 Doctor Who TV story ‘The Androids of Tara’ and the 1984 film ‘The Terminator’, play a game, say what we’ve been up to recently and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 01:10 — Welcome!
- 02:09 – News:
- 02:47 — Doctor Who: Moffat signed up for more?
- 05:01 — Renewals: More Agent Carter, Agents of SHIELD, Orphan Black and iZombie back for more.
- 06:50 — Martin Freeman: Joining Captain America.
- 08:00 — Doctor Who: Titan Comics’ The Four Doctors.
- 10:23 — Doctor Who RPG: Free unofficial sourcebooks from fans.
- 12:45 — Science: Self repairing concrete.
- 13:38 — Arthur Darvill: Now in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.
- 16:24 – The Terminator.
- 30:57 – Quiz: Robot, Android or Cyborg?
- 37:11 – Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara.
- 50:22 – Flotsam and Jetsam.
- 63:08 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 69:51 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 70:46 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Wikipedia: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- BBC America: Orphan Black.
- Martin Freeman.
- Titan Comics.
- Doctor Who RPG Forum (expanded universe source books).
- BBC News: Self-healing concrete.
- Wikipedia: Arthur Darvill.
- Wikipedia: Legends of Tomorrow.
- Wikipedia: The Terminator.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Androids of Tara.
- BBC: Doctor Who – The Androids of Tara.
- Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Podcast #210: Leather Bikini of Ultron
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 20 minutes and 25 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, the Real Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 1977 Doctor Who TV story ‘The Face of Evil’ and the 2015 film ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’, say what we’ve been up to recently and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 01:50 — Welcome!
- 02:28 – News:
- 02:35 — Torchwood: Big Finish series.
- 05:57 — Red Dwarf: Series 11 and 12 coming to Dave.
- 07:30 — Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel: Finally on TV – Sunday 17th May 2015, 10pm, BBC One.
- 08:34 — Nigel Terry: DEAD!
- 09:30 — Grace Lee Whitney: DEAD!
- 10:24 — NASA: Breaking our understanding of Physics.
- 12:26 – Doctor Who: The Face of Evil.
- 27:35 – Flotsam and Jetsam.
- 49:48 – Avengers: Age of Ultron.
- 64:55 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 74:55 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 75:30 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- BBC: Torchwood.
- Big Finish: Torchwood.
- Red Dwarf.
- BBC: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.
- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.
- Wikipedia: Nigel Terry.
- Wikipedia: Grace Lee Whitney.
- NASA.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Face of Evil.
- BBC: Doctor Who – The Face of Evil.
- Wikipedia: Avengers – Age of Ultron.
- Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Commentary #144: Doctor Who - Planet of the Ood
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 45 minutes and 26 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, foaming, in front of the 2008 Doctor Who episode, Planet of the Ood, and spout our usual nonsense!
The Doctor must escape from the claw, Donna wants some social justice, the Ood should hate evolution and Klineman Halpen is going through the change. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Planet of the Ood...
Vital Links:
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Staggering Stories Podcast #209: Of Daleks and Beach Balls
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 14 minutes and 18 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Jean Riddler, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 1964 Doctor Who TV story ‘The Dalek Invasion of Earth’ and the 1974 film ‘Dark Star’, say what we’ve been up to recently and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 01:39 — Welcome!
- 02:29 – News:
- 02:43 — Doctor Who: 8 Seasons and a movie?
- 06:11 — Trailers: Star Wars and Batman v Superman.
- 12:09 — Doctor Who: Symphonic Spectacular ‘album cover’.
- 13:17 — Doctor Who: Eccleston’s continued griping.
- 15:29 — Star Trek: Cosplay, in space.
- 17:28 — DC: Cosplay international record.
- 19:07 – Dark Star.
- 32:47 – Flotsam and Jetsam.
- 43:54 – Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
- 61:27 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 68:08 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 69:10 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Star Wars.
- Wikipedia: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
- Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular UK 2015.
- Wikipedia: Christopher Eccleston.
- Star Trek.
- DC Comics.
- Wikipedia: Dark Star (film).
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
- BBC: Doctor Who – The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
- Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Podcast #208: Dead Who, Reborn Bat
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 19 minutes and 45 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, the Real Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 1989 Doctor Who story ‘Survival’ and the 1989 film ‘Batman’, say what we’ve been up to recently and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 00:53 — Welcome!
- 01:34 – News:
- 01:42 — Doctor Who: Official BitTorrent Bundle.
- 04:31 — The X-Files: Coming back to TV.
- 06:50 — The Avengers: Emma Peel audio adventures.
- 09:12 — Doctor Who: Hugo nomination for Listen.
- 11:02 — Crumbly Rant: Political rant perhaps involving Bilbo Baggins…
- 13:09 — Doctor Who RPG: Ninth Doctor sourcebook out in PDF.
- 13:58 — IDW Comics: Star Trek/Green Lantern crossover.
- 16:11 – Doctor Who: Survival.
- 29:44 – Game: Bring Your Own Book.
- 55:02 – Batman (1989 film).
- 67:21 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 71:36 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 72:15 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Wikipedia: The X-Files.
- Wikipedia: The Avengers (TV Series).
- Big Finish: The Avengers.
- Wikipedia: The Hugo Awards.
- Cubicle 7 (Makers of the Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space RPG).
- IDW Publishing comics.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – Survival.
- BBC: Doctor Who – Survival.
- Bring Your Own Book.
- Amazon.co.uk: Matthew Waterhouse’s novel ‘Fates, Flowers’.
- Wikipedia: Batman (1989 film).
- Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Commentary #142: Doctor Who - The Fires of Pompeii
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 51 minutes and 30 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, pyroclasticed, in front of the 2008 Doctor Who episode, The Fires of Pompeii, and spout our usual nonsense!
Donna wants to change history, the Doctor has a hankering for another man’s face and the people of Pompeii are going to have a very bad day. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy The Fires of Pompeii...
Vital Links:
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Staggering Stories Podcast #207: Mysterious Planet of Death
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 53 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith and the Real Keith Dunn review the 1986 Doctor Who story ‘The Mysterious Planet’, discuss the recently deceased Sir Terry Pratchett and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 01:43 — Welcome!
- 02:40 – News:
- 02:49 — Terry Pratchett: DEAD.
- 03:45 — Star Wars: First stand-alone film named and filler novel.
- 06:42 — Tron 3: Filming later this year.
- 08:49 — Harry Potter: Tom Felton meets the superfans.
- 10:38 — Karen Gillan: HBO’s The Devil You Know.
- 12:07 – Terry Pratchett.
- 25:11 – Quiz: New Who stats.
- 37:47 – Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet.
- 54:31 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 58:40 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 59:29 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- Wikipedia: Terry Pratchett.
- Star Wars.
- Disney: Tron.
- BBC iPlayer: Tom Felton Meets the Superfans.
- Wikipedia: Karen Gillan.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Mysterious Planet.
- BBC: Doctor Who – The Mysterious Planet.
- Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Podcast #206: Mystery Men of the Autons
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 7 minutes and 56 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 1999 film ‘Mystery Men’and the 1971 Doctor Who story ‘Terror of the Autons’, discuss the recently deceased Leonard Nimoy and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- Full show notes coming later today.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- Wikipedia: Leonard Nimoy.
- Wikipedia: Harrison Ford.
- Wikipedia: Community (TV Series).
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – Terror of the Autons.
- BBC: Doctor Who – Terror of the Autons.
- Wikipedia: Mystery Men.
- Tzvi’s ‘The Ice Warriors’ comic.
- Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Commentary #140: Doctor Who - Partners in Crime
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 53 minutes and 14 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, fattened, in front of the 2008 Doctor Who premiere episode, Partners in Crime, and spout our usual nonsense!
The Doctor is on the case, Donna is on the same case and the Adipose are nothing if not fat. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Partners in Crime...
Vital Links:
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Staggering Stories Podcast #205: The Quest of Scares
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 11 minutes and 32 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Jean Riddler, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 1999 film ‘Galaxy Quest’, discuss Doctor Who violence and scares over the years, say what we’ve been up to recently, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 01:30 — Welcome!
- 02:18 – News:
- 02:30 — Doctor Who: New UNIT Big Finish series with Kate Stewart.
- 05:16 — Alien: New sequel from Neill Blomkamp.
- 07:14 — Ghostbusters: Reboot and original series sequel?
- 09:12 — Samuel Anderson: Best male performance!
- 11:01 — Doctor Who: Titan comics Doctors 10, 11 & 12 crossover series.
- 13:31 – Galaxy Quest.
- 27:58 – Flotsum and Jetsam.
- 45:46 – Doctor Who: Scares and violence in new vs old Doctor Who.
- 59:31 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 66:28 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 67:07 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Big Finish.
- Wikipedia: Alien (film).
- Wikipedia: Neill Blomkamp.
- Ghostbusters.
- Wikipedia: Samuel Anderson.
- Titan Comics.
- Wikipedia: Galaxy Quest.
- Blogspot: Will’s Doctor Who Rewatch.
- Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Podcast #204: Terror of the Pod People
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 16 minutes and 10 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review ‘Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons’ and the 1978 film ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:
- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 01:03 — Welcome!
- 02:08 – News:
- 02:21 — Doctor Who: Sixth Doctor’s final adventure coming.
- 05:54 — Doctor Who: LEGO.
- 11:18 — The Musketeers: Gets a third season.
- 14:35 — Doctor Who: Comic book getting UK release.
- 19:13 – Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978).
- 29:00 – Flotsum and Jetsam.
- 50:03 – Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons.
- 68:54 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 73:25 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 74:04 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Big Finish.
- LEGO Ideas: Doctor Who and Companions.
- YouTube: Lego Doctor Who – The Time of the Doctor.
- BBC: The Musketeers.
- Titan Comics.
- Wikipedia: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film).
- BBC: Doctor Who – Terror of the Zygons.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – Terror of the Zygons.
- Mad Norwegian Press: Companion Piece – Women Celebrate the Humans, Aliens and Tin Dogs of Doctor Who.
- Mad Norwegian Press: Companion Piece Table of Contents.
- Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Commentary #137: Doctor Who - Last Christmas
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 3 minutes and 23 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and Keith Dunn sit down, crabby, in front of the 2014 Doctor Who Christmas special, Last Christmas, and spout our usual nonsense!
The Doctor is dreaming, Clara is dreaming, Danny is still a dead soldier and Father Christmas likes a bit of Ho, Ho, Ho at night. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Last Christmas...
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Staggering Stories Podcast #203: The Mind Rabbit
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 52 minutes and 7 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Jean Riddler, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review ‘Doctor Who: The Mind Robber’ and the 1988 film ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 00:52 — Welcome!
- 02:02 – News:
- 02:10 — Atlantis: DEAD!
- 05:08 — Torchwood: Back in radio form.
- 06:55 — Star Trek: Simon Pegg to write next film.
- 08:14 — Simon Fisher-Becker: Even more hitched.
- 09:04 — Colin Baker: Star Trekkin’ across the universe.
- 12:10 — In the Flesh: DEAD!
- 13:08 — Wizards vs Aliens: On hiatus.
- 15:25 – Doctor Who: The Mind Robber.
- 29:00 – Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988 film).
- 44:24 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
- 46:56 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 48:09 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
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- Staggering Stories.
- Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- BBC: Atlantis.
- BBC: Torchwood.
- Star Trek.
- Simon Fisher-Becker.
- Colin Baker.
- Wikipedia: In the Flesh (TV Series).
- Wikipedia: Wizards vs Aliens.
- Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Mind Robber.
- BBC: Doctor Who – The Mind Robber.
- Wikipedia: Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
- Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
- Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Google+: Staggering Stories Page.
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Staggering Stories Commentary #136: Doctor Who - Death in Heaven
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 0 minutes and 51 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, unearthed, in front of the 2014 Doctor Who episode, Death in Heaven, and spout our usual nonsense!
The Doctor’s been promoted, Danny’s been upgraded, Clara is hanging around a graveyard and Missy is bananas. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Death in Heaven...
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Staggering Stories Commentary #135: Doctor Who - Dark Water
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 48 minutes and 49 secondsSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, splattered, in front of the 2014 Doctor Who episode, Dark Water, and spout our usual nonsense!
Danny, the ex-solider, is feeling less than lively, Clara hasn’t learnt how to ask for help and Missy reveals herself to the Doctor. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Dark Water...
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