Something Who
- Description:
- We take Something Old (a Doctor Who story from the classic series) Something New (another story from the new series), borrow the odd guest now and then and have an entertaining and informative discussion in the Something Who podcast
Homepage: https://somethingwho.podbean.com
RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/somethingwho/feed.xml
- Episodes:
- 114
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:1:09:49
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:1:56:38
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 5 days, 12 hours, 38 minutes and 51 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 28 March 2019 (10:13pm GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 9 April 2024 (10:46pm GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 16 days, 3 hours, 9 minutes and 45 seconds
Something Who Episodes
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Episode 46: Are You My Mummy? - Part 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 38 secondsRichard, Paul, Giles and Gav are hijacked from the Something Who bunker in "1980" and forced to record by Sutekh to record an episode about Pyramids of Mars.
This is the first half of a typical Something Who comparison between two stories - Pyramids of Mars and Mummy on the Orient Express. This half focuses almost exclusively on Pyramids, but stick around, the second half will be along soon. Boring tech problems have caused a delay.
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Giles' book A History of the Universe in 21 Stars: (and 3 Imposters) can be found in all good bookshops and also here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Universe-21-Stars-Imposters/dp/1787394654/
Gav's book Doctor Who: Dalek Combat Training Manual can be found here (other retailers are available) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785945327/
Also find his excellent YouTube series Terry Nation Army here: https://youtube.com/user/Dalek6388. And they've started a new podcast here: https://dalek6388.podbean.com/ which you should definitely listen to, once you've heard this.
And head over to https://www.bigfinish.com/, where we all love Paul's stories, especially for the Doctor Who and Jago and Litefoot ranges.
The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 45: A Pair of Howlers
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 26 minutes and 57 secondsRichard's "poem" is a little grandiose, so Giles and Paul help him to add a touch of realism. Then it's time to discuss werewolf tales with Seventh Doctor story The Greatest Show in the Galaxy and 10th Doctor adventure Tooth and Claw.
And whatever the title may suggest, we actually enjoyed them both a great deal.
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Giles' book A History of the Universe in 21 Stars: (and 3 Imposters) can be found in all good bookshops and also here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Universe-21-Stars-Imposters/dp/1787394654/
And head over to https://www.bigfinish.com/, where we all love Paul's stories, especially for the Doctor Who and Jago and Litefoot ranges.
The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 44: Educating Peter (and David)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 56 minutes and 38 secondsGav's still trying to come to terms with his huge rant over The Gunfighters last episode. So we head for the pastoral calm of English public schools in Fifth Doctor story Mawdryn Undead and 10th Doctor adventure Human Nature / The Family of Blood. Along the way some of us expose our ignorance of the original Virgin novel Human Nature, the Boer War and the film If... Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com Giles' book A History of the Universe in 21 Stars: (and 3 Imposters) can be found in all good bookshops and also here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Universe-21-Stars-Imposters/dp/1787394654/ Gav's book Doctor Who: Dalek Combat Training Manual can be found here (other retailers are available) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785945327/ Also find his excellent YouTube series Terry Nation Army here: https://youtube.com/user/Dalek6388 And head over to https://www.bigfinish.com/, where we all love Paul's stories, especially for the Doctor Who and Jago and Litefoot ranges. The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 42: Horsing Around
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 49 minutes and 45 secondsRichard, Paul, Giles and Tim give the Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon their best shot, before looking at another pair of historical stories - 1st Doctor story The Gunfighters and 11th Doctor outing A Town Called Mercy, both set in the American West.
Then we're interrupted by a rather familiar voice who's getting rather exercised by the lack of historical authenticity.
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Giles' book A History of the Universe in 21 Stars: (and 3 Imposters) can be found in all good bookshops and also here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Universe-21-Stars-Imposters/dp/1787394654/
And head over to https://www.bigfinish.com/, where we all love Paul's stories, especially for the Doctor Who and Jago and Litefoot ranges.
Paul and Tim's Missing Episodes podcast can be found here: https://missingepisodes.podbean.com/, though you're probably already subscribers. And head over to Twitter to follow Tim's incredible rolling Missing Episode polls on @drwhopodcasters.
The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end. And the ballad at the start.
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Episode 43: Splendid Chapman
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 23 minutes and 24 secondsOver a year after his previous visit to Something Who, here's another fantastic chat with the wonderful documentary film maker Chris Chapman about his contributions to the Doctor Who: The Collection Blu-ray sets.
I wanted to focus on how Chris uses his films to tell stories and to discuss the planning and editing processes as much as the actual filming, though naturally some of those stories come through too. We focus in this episode on Chris's new films for the Season 14 and Season 8 sets.
I think you'll be blown away by Chris's natural enthusiasm for his work, as well as his passion for the subjects of his films.
Don't worry that this is episode 43 and the last one was 41. It's all gone a little bit wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey on us, but 42 will be along soon and it'll be worth waiting for.
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Chris's work is all over the Doctor Who DVD and Blu-Ray ranges, and while the limited editions of the Blu-Rays can be hard to get hold of, they are slowly being re-issued and well worth the price of admission.
And if you can't get enough of Chris's work, you can also head over to https://www.bigfinish.com/, where he has written a number of audio plays.
The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 (off of An Unearthly Child) and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end
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Episode 41: Lyre Liar
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 47 minutes and 56 secondsRelaxing in a Roman villa, Richard, Paul, Giles and Gav chew over the latest reviews for Something Who, both good and bad. After which it's the pairing you voted for on Twitter - 1st Doctor story The Romans and 10th Doctor outing The Fires of Pompeii, both with a 1st century Italian setting. For some reason we can't help mentioning Crackerjack, Indiana Jones and The Tomorrow People along the way. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com Giles' book A History of the Universe in 21 Stars: (and 3 Imposters) can be found in all good bookshops and also here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Universe-21-Stars-Imposters/dp/1787394654/ Gav's book Doctor Who: Dalek Combat Training Manual can be found here (other retailers are available) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785945327/ Also find his excellent YouTube series Terry Nation Army here: https://youtube.com/user/Dalek6388 And head over to https://www.bigfinish.com/, where we all love Paul's stories, especially for the Doctor Who and Jago and Litefoot ranges. The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 40: Industrial Revulsion
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 37 minutes and 0 secondsRichard invites Gav, Giles and Paul to meeting of podcast geniuses (and him). Then it's off for a look at 6th Doctor story The Mark of the Rani and 11th Doctor escapade The Crimson Horror, both revelling in a 19th Century setting.
Along the way we tell tales of our various calamitous meetings with one of the inspirations of the latter tale, Dr Matthew Sweet.
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Giles' book A History of the Universe in 21 Stars: (and 3 Imposters) can bee found here and elsewhere: https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Universe-21-Stars-Imposters/dp/1787394654/
Gav's book Doctor Who: Dalek Combat Training Manual can be found here (other retailers are available) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785945327/
Also find his excellent YouTube series Terry Nation Army here: https://youtube.com/user/Dalek6388
The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 39: Hiding in Spacesuits
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 54 minutes and 1 secondGav surprises us all with his return to the Something Who bunker, perhaps drawn by the siren call of wine and science. Along with Paul, Giles and Richard he discusses two Doctor Who stories with a connection to 1969: Third Doctor story The Ambassadors of Death, which was written in that year, and Eleventh Doctor outing The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon, which is set in 1969, both with strong links to the space programmes of that era.
We try to stay on topic, but inevitably we stray into programmes of the same era and we give Amy's Crack a particularly thorough examination. Oddly, despite the fact that everybody had a go writing Ambassadors, it's Moffat's episodes that seem to have the most loose threads.
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The teaser clip that Giles refers to in the episode is here: https://youtu.be/dDhmZwiS-0g
Gav's book Doctor Who: Dalek Combat Training Manual can be found here (other retailers are available) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785945327/ref=cm_sw_r_u_apa_fabc_FxBdGbD82685Z
Also find his excellent YouTube series Terry Nation Army here: https://youtube.com/user/Dalek6388
The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 38: Regression of the Daleks
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 34 minutes and 31 secondsAfter Richard welcomes special guest Gav Rymill to the Something Who bunker deep under the ruins of London, we settle into a discussion with Paul and Giles about two Dalek invasion stories: First Doctor tale The Dalek Invasion of Earth and the latest 13th Doctor adventure Revolution of the Daleks.
Gav is unique among guests to Something Who in having provided us with his own remix of the episode and you can thank him for the fact that this runs at less than two hours, while retaining all the key moments, when my original edit was considerably longer.
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Gav's book Doctor Who: Dalek Combat Training Manual can be found here (other retailers are available) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785945327/ref=cm_sw_r_u_apa_fabc_FxBdGbD82685Z
Also find his excellent YouTube series Terry Nation Army here: https://youtube.com/user/Dalek6388
The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 37: 2020 Highlights Part 3
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 53 secondsIt's a final return to the well of our 2020 highlights of Something Who.
Featuring Richard, Paul, Giles and Simon, plus Tim, who joins us to discuss The Faceless Ones, Chris Chapman talking about his Blu-ray extra film Weekend with Waterhouse, Andrew Ireland joins us for a review of Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Toby Hadoke talks about the DVD feature Looking for Peter, Jeremy Bentham describes the birth of Doctor Who Magazine, we chat about Power of the Daleks and Huw Turbervill discusses Black Orchid, Peter Davison, Colin Baker and cricket.
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Episode 36: 2020 Highlights Part 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 5 minutes and 57 secondsHere's a second compilation of some of the highlights of Something Who in 2020.
Featuring Richard, Paul, Giles and Simon, plus Toby Hadoke on The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited, our views on Fugitive of the Judoon, Richard and Steven Schapansky on Doctor Who's original series producers, Tim, Paul and Richard from our first Live Show, Jeremy Bentham on his book Doctor Who: The Early Years, our take on classic series historicals, and Chris Chapman on his documentary film Showman about the life and work of JN-T.
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Episode 35: 2020 Highlights
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 22 secondsHere's a first compilation of some of the highlights of Something Who in 2020.
Featuring Richard, Paul, Giles and Simon, plus Huw Turbervill on cricket in Doctor Who, our take on the strange fate of Gallifrey in the new series, Jeremy Bentham on Patrick Troughton, our views on The Haunting of Villa Diodati, Toby Hadoke on Living with Levene, Steven Schapansky on the Omnirumour, Chris Chapman on Keeping Up With the Joneses, and Rich Tipple & Kieran Highman on colourising Day of Armageddon.
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Episode 34: Nightmare Fare
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 51 minutes and 42 secondsAfter Richard manages to extricate Something Who from a podcast collision, he welcomes back Paul and Giles to look at a pair of stories with a Nightmare theme: 4th Doctor story Nightmare of Eden and 12th Doctor adventure Sleep No More. It's another epic discussion lasting over an hour and three quarters and we almost talked about Sleep No More for longer than its duration. Sorry about that. The audio from our second live show is also on this feed and look out for a best of 2020 compilation next week. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Something Who Live Show 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 8 minutes and 28 secondsWelcome to our second Something Who Live Show, with host Richard, Big Finish writer and Missing Episodes podcast star, Paul, and noted astrophysics author and our own Dr Science, Giles. We reprise a more spontaneous format that riffs on our remit of comparing stories from the old and new series, with a bit of a Christmas spin. The actual live show on YouTube had its technical problems, but here's the audio, recorded at source.
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Even on the live show, the opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 (with jingle bells) and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 33: Dream Teams
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 20 minutes and 44 secondsSteven Schapansky is back for a second stint on Something Who, and we've got a new conceit for the occasion. Steven and Richard both choose a pair of Dream Teams from behind the camera, one for the original series and one from the new. And then, armed with our Dream Teams, we think about stories that we'd like to remake using their talents.
Our original series dream team will consist of a Producer / Script Editor / Director / Writer / Designer and Incidental Music Composer, while our new series dream team will be a Showrunner / Exec / Producer / Writer / Director / Designer and Composer.
And it wouldn't be Something Who if we didn't use that concept as a framework for other discussions.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 32: Swashing Buckles
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 33 minutes and 8 secondsAfter it turns out that Richard isn't an android after all (who knew?), he welcomes back Paul and Giles to look at a pair of stories that we might describe as historical romps: 4th Doctor story The Androids of Tara, followed by 12th Doctor adventure Robot of Sherwood. Except, of course, that Tara is set in the future.
Despite the original conversation lasting over two hours, we've got the edited version down to 90 minutes or so and you can be sure that you've missed absolutely nothing.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Something Who Live Show
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 19 minutes and 47 secondsHere's the audio from our live show, in convenient podcast format.
I'm joined by Tim and Paul from The Missing Episodes Podcast to play a quick fire version of our usual Something Who format, with a randomly selected pair of stories from old and new series for a rapid discussion and a link between plucked from the air.
This show was originally broadcast on our Something Who YouTube feed on 21st October, and despite the technical difficulties we encountered, we think it was fun and hope you enjoy it.
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Even on the live show, the opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 30: The Power of Love
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 36 minutes and 20 secondsAfter his experiment with a podcast labour saving device proves problematic, Richard welcomes back the now famous Paul and Giles to look at a couple of Dalek stories: with the 2nd Doctor's debut in Power of the Daleks, followed by the 11th Doctor's first encounter with them in Victory of the Daleks. This gives us a chance to have a look at the recently re-animated Power and compare it with the story it inspired, Victory. From a story where people will stop at nothing to achieve their goals to another where love saves the day. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 31: Jeremy Returns
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 56 minutes and 12 secondsI know what you're saying. What happened to Episode 30? Rest easy, Something Who fans, it's coming. Rather like Seasons 10, 15, 17 and 19 among others, our episodes are coming out in a different order from how we recorded them. And here's a treat for you.
Earlier in the year, Jeremy Bentham joined us on Something Who to chat about his long association with fandom, including his association with the Doctor Who Appreciation Society and his work on Doctor Who Magazine (or Weekly and Monthly as it was known then).
Jeremy returns to talk with me about 4 figures who made the programme that he met in the early years of fandom, plus another who he wishes he had met. Along with his personal memories, we talk about the impact that Patrick Troughton, Douglas Camfield, Ian Scoones, Dennis Spooner and David Whitaker had on Doctor Who and its fandom.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 29: Something Huw
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 32 minutes and 4 secondsAutumn has arrived, the nights are drawing in and naturally our thoughts return once more to Doctor Who. At the same time, it's the end of the cricket season and the start of football and this time we're looking at Doctor Who's two great sporting encounters, starting with 5th Doctor's cricketing exploits in Black Orchid, followed by the 11th Doctor's footballing feats in The Lodger. And who better to help us with that than Huw Turbervill. Huw is a sports journalist and the Managing Editor of The Cricketer Magazine, as well as an occasional visitor to Gallifrey Base's Missing Episodes Megathread, where we met him. And so we've turned our podcast for one episode only into Something Huw, including a pastiche on Black Orchid, analyses of all of the Doctor's encounters with both games and Huw's encounters with some of our heroes in his journalistic career. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 28: Rodents & Wasps
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 25 minutes and 56 secondsAfter Stevie makes his first non-squeaking appearance on Something Who (or should that be Something Degu?), Paul, Giles and Richard are back for our Giant Animals special. OK, it's a fair cop guv'nor, really it's our Christopher Benjamin appreciation episode. Up first it's Fourth Doctor adventure The Talons of Weng-Chiang, followed by Tenth Doctor outing The Unicorn and the Wasp. We find more to say about the former than the latter, but we seem to have enjoyed both. And while Paul appears to say nothing remotely controversial about either story, Richard dives straight into the fray with his size 12s.
So put on your best bib and tucker, order up a Hansom cab, or a Rolls, and prepare to hob nob with the top nobs at The Palace Theatre and a country manor house.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 27: Top of the Block
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 25 minutes and 25 secondsRichard, Giles and Paul are back for an examination of two Doctor Who stories that need to get to the penthouse suite. First we look at Seventh Doctor adventure Paradise Towers, before we discuss Ninth Doctor outing The Long Game. As ever, it's a wide-ranging chat that finds us in a surprisingly good mood and able to see both good and bad decisions made by both production teams.
So put on your Kang fright wig, your rezzie's shawl or your caretaker's peaked cap and order in a Kronkburger with cheese, as we examine the route to the top floor.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
The Sirens of Audio Podcast, which looks at Big Finish audio plays, can be found at https://www.sirensofaudio.com and the specific episode Richard was on is here: https://www.sirensofaudio.com/2020/06/neverland.html
Meanwhile, if you want to support Fantom by buying one of their books or audios, go to: https://www.fantompublishing.co.uk/
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Episode 26: False Starts
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 47 secondsRichard, Giles and Paul are back and this time we're looking at debuts, and specifically debut stories where the Doctor is not treated as a classical hero. First we look at Sixth Doctor opener The Twin Dilemma and then we examine the Twelfth Doctor's initial story Deep Breath. Along the way we have a surprisingly wide-ranging chat about colonialism, bad science, Crimewatch, TV writers who go a bit mad when given the chance to do Sci-Fi, sexism and historical appropriation.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 25: Long in the Tooth
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 33 minutes and 30 secondsRichard, Paul and Giles are back with our Not Vampire Special, with two stories that threaten to feature vampires, but ultimately don't. First we look at Seventh Doctor story Curse of Fenric and then we examine Eleventh Doctor story Vampires of Venice. Along the way we analyse the different versions of Curse of Fenric, Giles discusses codebreaking in WW2 and Paul plugs a Big Finish story that does indeed feature vampires.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
Jago & Litefoot Series 12 can be found here: https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/jago-litefoot-series-12-1459
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Episode 24: Britain in Lockdown
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 15 minutes and 20 secondsWith the excellent timing you've come to expect from Something Who, we bring you our Britain in Lockdown special just as the UK Government is poised to loosed the yoke. And after Richard tries to work out which link to click, we're looking at Third Doctor story Invasion of the Dinosaurs and Doctor-lite story Turn Left.
It's a packed roster this time, with Simon, Paul, Giles and Richard joined by Andrew Ireland, the creator behind the UCLan remake of Mission to the Unknown, back for a second visit to the podcast.
The e-mail address for the Early Years book giveaway is somethingwho@gmx.us
If this episode doesn't give you enough Andrew Ireland for your liking, there's a whole hour of him talking about the UCLan Mission to the Unknown remake at this link: https://somethingwho.podbean.com/e/episode-55a-andrew-ireland/
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 23: Adding Colour
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 3 minutes and 26 secondsThis time we welcome to Something Who two of the team behind the Doctor Hue colourisation of Episode 2 of The Daleks' Master Plan, Day of Armageddon.
First up, Rich Tipple, aka Sir Far From, discusses Day of Armageddon,its return, its place in the wider Master Plan story, his enthusiasm for colourising black and white Doctor Who and some of the artistic choices that he and the team made during the project.
Then Kieran Highman discusses the importance of Day of Armageddon in his fan story, how he got into colourising, and his experience of presenting the finished colour episode to a large crowd at the Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles back in February.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 22: Jeremy Bentham
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 57 minutes and 54 secondsThanks to Giles, who introduced me to Jeremy Bentham, a very familiar name for Doctor Who fans, particularly of my generation.
Jeremy and I chat about the early days of fandom, his part in the formation of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society, his work as a writer on Doctor Who Weekly and Doctor Who Monthly and his book Doctor Who - The Early Years. We also discuss his involvement in social events, such as conventions, the First Thursday Fitzroy Tavern evenings where Giles introduced us, and the launch party fan events he organised for the New Series.
And I couldn't resist the opportunity for a brief detour into the world of Missing Episodes.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 21: Spawning Prawn
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 28 secondsAfter a dalliance with Tennant era grandiosity, it's back to the standard Something Who format, comparing the 4th Doctor story The Invisible Enemy from 1977 with 2009's Tenth Doctor story The Waters of Mars. Yes, you guessed it, it's our Virus Special.
Richard is joined by Simon and Giles, and also, moonlighting from his new regular slot on the Missing Episodes podcast, Paul.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 20: Missing Episodes
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 57 minutes and 48 secondsHere's Something Who, Episode 20, and this time Richard talks with Steven Schapansky about Missing Episodes because... well, in the circumstances, it would have been rude not to. Steven, co-host of Radio Free Skaro, is a fellow Missing Episodes obsessive and the conversation covers the whole gamut from how we discovered that some Doctor Who episodes were missing, the recovery of stories in the 80s and 90s, the discovery of telesnaps and off air recordings, leading to audio releases, fan reconstructions and animations, the hunt for the remaining films and, inevitably, the Omnirumour. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 19: Barefaced Cheek
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 45 minutes and 44 secondsWelcome once more to Something Who, Episode 19, back in our classic format, comparing the newly released animated version of Second Doctor story The Faceless Ones and Tenth Doctor story The Idiot's Lantern, recorded on the exact centenary of Troughton's birth. Richard is joined by Paul and, in an exciting moment in podcast history, we have Giles and special guest Tim together on a recording for the first time.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 18: Toby Hadoke
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 13 minutes and 25 secondsBack again with a companion piece to last week's chat with Chris Chapman. I plucked up the courage to ask, Toby was extremely kind to say yes, so here's a conversation with Toby Hadoke about his experience in front of the camera on the extra films for the Doctor Who DVD and Blu-ray series.
Toby discusses the background to his involvement in the range, and we talk about Living With Levene, Looking for Peter, Hadoke vs HAVOC, Treasures Lost and Found, A Weekend With Waterhouse, The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited and Looking For Lennie. Toby also mentions a documentary from the upcoming Season 14 set, Whose Doctor Who Revisited. We also get to hear about the genesis of Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf and many other tales. He's warm and funny and it's a tonic for these troubled times.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Episode 17: Chris Chapman
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 10 secondsIn these extraordinary times, here's something lovely that I'm sure you'll enjoy. Thankfully "social distancing" doesn't get in the way of podcasting and Chris Chapman very kindly agreed to chat with me about his work on the Doctor Who: The Collection Blu-ray sets.
Chris discusses how his films are driven by love for the series and explains the background behind making some of them. We talk about A Weekend with Waterhouse, Looking for Lennie, The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited, Keeping Up With The Joneses, 3 versions of The Writers' Room and Showman. Chris also trails a couple of documentaries from the upcoming Season 14 set, Whose Doctor Who Revisited and Our Sarah Jane, plus a feature to accompany the Fury From The Deep animation.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.
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Terrance Dicks Panel
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 45 minutes and 27 secondsHoping to ease the disappointment surrounding the postponement of this weekend's Terrance Dicks Celebration event, I've dusted off this recording I made of a panel held at the London Comic Con last October celebrating Terrance's life and work. I hope it goes some way towards filling the gap.
The panel was hosted by Matthew Sweet, with contributions from Emma Reeves, Paul Cornell, Mike Tucker and Katy Manning.
The audio quality is frankly poor, but I've done the best I can to reduce the interference and with a bit of persistence and concentration it's entirely possible to follow the conversation.
This podcast is available entirely for free and I make nothing from it, but in the spirit of the Celebration event, I'm pledging to donate 10p for every download we get (up to a maximum of 500) to Terrance's chosen charity of Save the Children.
I think it's a great conversation and tribute to Terrance and I hope you enjoy it.
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Episode 16: The Finale Solution
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 20 secondsIn the sketch, it's almost curtains for Series 12, as it comes into contact with another series where things have taken a rather different turn... Meanwhile Richard, Giles and Simon bring you our review of The Timeless Children, thoughts at the end of Series 12 and looking forward to future developments. And then it's on to the Tenth Planet, the First Doctor's swansong, if we can still call him that after last Sunday. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and the closing music is possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme from Richard on ukulele and kazoo.
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Episode 15: Cyber Heads or Tales
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 42 minutes and 12 secondsRichard, Giles and Simon review the latest episode of Doctor Who - Ascension of the Cybermen. It's back to Chibbers for this one, with all the good and bad that entails. Inevitably we touch on Big Finish, plotting, character development and where is this season heading to? Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com
The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and the closing music is possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme from Richard on ukulele and kazoo.
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Episode 14: Scary Mary
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 48 minutes and 20 secondsGuess what? It's the return of Paul, fresh from his recent sojourn in LA, who joins Simon, Giles and Richard to review the latest episode of Doctor Who - The Haunting of Villa Diodati. Everyone loves Maxine Alderton's first entry to the canon and while we wonder how it took Chris Chibnall so long to find a script like this, we detour into Latin and Greek and, of course, Big Finish. It's our longest short episode by some distance!
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and the closing music is possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme from Richard on ukulele and kazoo.
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Episode 13: Deus In Machina
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 26 minutes and 35 secondsRichard, Giles and Simon return with Something Who Episode 13. After a couple of shorter podcasts, it's back to our classic format as we review the latest episode of Doctor Who - Can You Hear Me? - twinned with a classic story, The Crusade. There's a lot of positivity about. Simon also prompts a discussion about what makes a historical story and we discuss some of our favourites. There's also time for a quick encounter with Shakespeare and David Whitaker. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and the closing music is possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme from Richard on ukulele and kazoo.
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Episode 12: Dys-Praxeus
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 29 minutes and 15 secondsSimon and Giles are back with Richard for a quick chat about the latest Doctor Who story, Praxeus. It's fair to say that opinions were mixed, but we still had some fun with it.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and the closing music is possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme from Richard on ukulele and kazoo.
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Episode 11: Dr Ruth
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 29 minutes and 42 secondsSimon and Giles are back with Richard for a brief chat about this week's extraordinary episode, Fugitive of the Judoon, and to engage in the same lurid speculation as every other group of Doctor Who fans the world over.
Making a modest virtue of our relative tardiness, we were able to chew over Chris Chibnall's comments as reported in the UK Mirror.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and the closing music is possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme from Richard on ukulele and kazoo.
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Episode 10: Sparky
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 15 minutes and 27 secondsGiles and Simon are back with Richard to chat about Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror and The Horror of Fang Rock, two stories set in the Edwardian era and with an electrical bent. And somewhere in the middle, fans of Doctor Who's missing episodes should listen for an outbreak of Omnihumour. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it. You can do this very quickly using this link: ratethispodcast.com/somethingwho Please also take just a couple of minutes to complete our listener survey at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdc8aF5MmpvpIVvXIqjA5dJt9b1gkylDJPBZrPvveNk8WzCgg/viewform The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and the closing music is possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme from Richard on ukulele and kazoo.
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S12 Extra: World's End
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 22 minutes and 45 secondsSimon joins Richard for a mini episode looking briefly at Orphan 55 and then moving on to examine other ends of the Earth.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and the closing music is possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme from Richard on ukulele and kazoo.
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Episode 9: Masterful
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 55 minutes and 2 secondsIt' our first episode of the New Year and it's a bumper review of Spyfall Parts 1 and 2, the latest adventure for the 13th Doctor, alongside Claws of Axos, 3rd Doctor story from 1971. Join Richard, Paul, Giles and Simon as we have some fun looking for links between these stories and discussing the first new Doctor Who (remakes of Missing Episodes aside) for a year. As ever there's a sketch, but this time it's in the middle. (Please) contact us on Twitter on @something_who or on e-mail at somethingwho@gmx.us. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it. Please also take just a couple of minutes to complete our listener survey at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdc8aF5MmpvpIVvXIqjA5dJt9b1gkylDJPBZrPvveNk8WzCgg/viewform The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and the closing music is possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme from Richard on ukulele and kazoo (now with extra bass).
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Episode 8: Down Under
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 24 minutes and 32 secondsStrewth! It's Something Who's Australian episode and after Richard shows off his truly astonishing Aussie accent in landing the part of Anton, he's joined by Kieran and Mike to talk about two stories that are set in Australia - Enemy of the World and The Pilot. We attempt to situate Enemy on the Australian continent, discuss its many and varied accents and how well Kent doubles for a Western Australian beach. We also chat about The Pilot's brief sojourn in a Sydney bar, as well as a more lengthy general look at the Series 10 opener. So grab your tinnies, take a prawn off the barbie and settle down to a discussion about Doctor Who's second home. Please contact us on Twitter on @something_who or on e-mail at somethingwho@gmx.us
You can find Kieran colourising black and white Doctor Who on Twitter @The66Ramblers, while Mike is @Servo1968 and Richard is @Richard1J1Smith The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and the closing music remains possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme from Richard on ukulele and kazoo.
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Episode 7: 2019 Highlights
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes and 20 secondsWe're back with some of the best bits from the first year of Something Who, including our discussion of Mission To The Unknown, with guest contributors Jac Rayner and Andrew Ireland, sketches, analysis, silliness and, above all, enthusiasm for Doctor Who.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and the closing music remains possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme from Richard on ukulele and kazoo.
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Episode 6B: Anniversary Special Part 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 28 minutes and 1 secondWe're back with the second episode in a fortnight with the second part of our Anniversary Special.
Richard, Paul and Giles have an encounter with a potentially deadly adversary in the Under Gallery. Then they have a chat about The Night of the Doctor and The Day of The Doctor, the two anniversary outings from November 2013. Richard and Paul get all nostalgic for the Eighth Doctor on Big Finish, while Giles recalls watching Day in a pub with Jeremy Bentham.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and the closing music is possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme from Richard on ukulele and kazoo.
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Episode 6A: Anniversary Special Part 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 37 minutes and 41 secondsAfter all the excitement with special guests, it's (almost) back to the classic format of Something Who.
With Anniversary season upon us, Richard, Paul and Giles are summoned to the Podcast Zone on Gallifrey to look at The Three Doctors and The Five Doctors, the two multi-Doctor stories for the big Anniversaries during the run of the classic series.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and the closing music is possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme from Richard on ukulele and kazoo.
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Episode 5.5/A: Andrew Ireland
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 51 minutes and 42 secondsIt's the second special episode in a week celebrating the release of the University of Central Lancashire's recreation of Mission to the Unknown. After last week's episode https://somethingwho.podbean.com/e/episode-55-transmission-of-the-unknown/, in which Paul, Tim, Richard and Jac Rayner gushed over the YouTube release of the reborn Mission to the Unknown, we were contacted by the creative force behind the project - Andrew Ireland. Andrew joins Richard this week to discuss the project from its origins, through its realisation and release to possible future plans. It's a fascinating listen, if not quite 17 times as long as the YouTube "Making Of" as Jac requested. If you haven't yet caught up with the Mission to the Unknown remake, it can be found here: https://youtu.be/NW8yk-m5Ig8
(Please) contact us on Twitter on @something_who. The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and the closing music is the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme from Richard on ukulele and kazoo.
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Episode 5.5: Transmission of the Unknown
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 16 minutes and 25 secondsIt's our special episode to commemorate the release of the University of Central Lancashire remake of Mission to the Unknown. After Paul, Tim and Richard gather to plot the conquest of the podcast universe, we're joined by none other than Jac Rayner, who talks about her love of the enduring mystery surrounding this story and in particular the alien delegates. Then it's back to the regulars for their views on the original show, the remake, Terry Nation and 60s Daleks. Jac's remarkable article tackling the identification of the alien delegates is here: https://delegatedetective.wordpress.com/2013/11/17/mission-to-find-the-unknown/ As recommended by Tim, Giles Sparrow's book The Genius Test (wherever you choose to read it) can be found here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Genius-Test-Master-Worlds-Hardest/dp/178648529X The Terry Nation Army YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/user/Dalek6388 And if you haven't yet caught up with the Mission to the Unknown remake, it can be found here: https://youtu.be/NW8yk-m5Ig8 (Please) contact us on Twitter on @something_who. The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and the closing music is the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme from Richard on ukulele and kazoo.
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Episode 5: Bullseye or a Load of Old Bull?
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 28 minutes and 8 secondsAfter a visit to a podcast studio that's not quite right, Giles, Paul and Richard discuss two stories with half man, half bull creatures - The Horns of Nimon and The God Complex. It's a treat for Richard, as it's the first time he's ever seen Horns, almost 40 years after he unaccountably failed to watch its broadcast. As well as determining that there's a lot more in common between these stories than you'd think, the team manage to discuss faith, Brexit (again) and Animal Kwackers.
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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and the closing music is the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme from Richard on ukulele and kazoo.
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Episode 4.5: Terrance Dicks
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 37 minutes and 17 secondsRichard, Tim and Paul react to the sad news of the recent death of Terrance Dicks by celebrating the tremendous impact he made on our lives and on the lives of everyone who loves Doctor Who.
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