Tin Dog Podcast
- Description:
- tin-dog@hotmail.co.uk The Tin Dog welcomes you to sit back and listen to his rants and ramblings about all that is best in modern SF and Television. Via the gift of the new fangled Podcast over the tinterweb. As you can probably guess Tin Dog mostly talks about Doctor Who, Torchwood and Sarah Jane Smith but that wont stop him talking about any other subject you suggest. Hailing from a non specific part of the northeast of England, Tin Dog is male and in his mid 30s. A life long fan of almost all TV SF. His semi-autistic tendencies combined with his total lack of social skills have helped him find a place in the heart of British SF Fandom. Even as a child the Tin Dogs mother told him that she can trace his love of SF TV back to his rhythmic kicking, while still in the womb, along to the beat of the Avengers theme music. From Gabriel Chase to Totters Lane, from the Bad Wolf Satellite to the back streets of the Cardiff, Tin Dog will give you his thoughts on the wonderful Whoniverse. Daleks and Cybermen and TARDIS ES Oh My If you enjoy these Tin Dog Podcasts please remember to tell your friends and leave an email tin-dog@hotmail.co.uk
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- Episodes:
- 2884
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:0:10:07
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:2:09:15
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 20 days, 6 hours, 10 minutes and 44 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 1 May 2007 (6:54pm GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 10 March 2025 (7:22pm GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 2 days, 6 hours, 16 minutes and 59 seconds
Tin Dog Podcast Episodes
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TDP 1346: UFOCAST Interview with James Swallow about Shadow Play
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 37 minutes and 49 secondsTDP 1346: UFOCAST Interview with James Swallow about Shadow Play
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TDP 1344: 5. Doctor Who: Classic Doctors New Monsters 5: Faithful Friends
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 14 minutes and 31 secondsThis title was released in January 2025. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 March 2025, and on general sale after this date. Four new adventures featuring classic Doctors encountering monsters from the new series of Doctor Who! 5.1 The Krillitane Feint by John Dorney The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe to a planet where a secure research base is conducting disturbing experiments. A group of captive Krillitane are test subjects for a military power, keen to understand the species' unique abilities. But who are the real monsters here? 5.2 The Dying Breed by Tim Foley When the Doctor, Leela and K9 land on the Lupari homeworld tracking a temporal anomaly, they find a kingdom in disarray. The Great Lord Garzan's son has been attacked, and strange beasts roam the frozen landscape. Whilst Leela spars with the new heir, the Doctor and K9 must work out how all these strange events are connected. Little do they know that their discoveries will shake the Lupari to their core... 5.3 The Krillitane Relic by John Dorney The TARDIS brings the Doctor and Ray to a space station cryogenic facility, where interplanetary VIPs are stored pending medical cures. There is a familiar face here too - someone the Doctor remembers, but who does not remember him... 5.4 Five Hundred Ways to Leave Your Lover by Tim Foley Chris is on a date. But it isn't working out. Perhaps he'll end it over dinner. Or on a cruise. Or in a lunar spa. But who are these figures in red? And why are they so invested in his relationship? All of reality might be at stake, and the Monks will pursue Chris wherever he goes - but as long as he manages to break up with his boyfriend, the Doctor, everything might be saved... **Please note: the collector’s edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,250 copies and will not be repressed**
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TDP 1343: #DoctorWho: The Third Doctor Adventures: Doctor Who and the Brain Drain
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 5 secondsThis title was released in February 2025. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 March 2025, and on general sale after this date. A newly exiled Doctor accompanies Liz Shaw and the Brigadier to a symposium held in an imposing Scottish castle. Professor MacLeod and her son have developed a new treatment for memory loss and a possible cure for dementia. As the Doctor investigates sightings of strange mythical creatures, and ghosts are unleashed in the castle’s corridors, Liz and the Brigadier search for a connection. Just what is happening to the energy produced by the MacLeods’ revolutionary treatment? And what is the strange creature that hides in the castle grounds? Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart © Haisman & Lincoln and used under licence. With thanks to Hannah Haisman and Candy Jar
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TDP 1342: 2.3. The Paternoster Gang: Trespassers 3: No Place Like Home REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes and 18 secondsThis title was released in December 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 28 February 2025, and on general sale after this date. In Victorian England, the Great Detective, Madame Vastra, her resourceful spouse, Jenny Flint, and their loyal valet, Strax, solve conundrums, fight injustice and capture criminals - but an enemy has taken up residence undetected. The secret of the shape-shifting trespassers will now be revealed... 2.7 Doppelgängers by Ken Bentley After being imprisoned by a shapeshifting foe, Jenny has escaped through the London sewers and returned to Paternoster Row. Meanwhile, her captor (now disguised as Doppel-Jenny) infiltrates Paternoster Row with murderous intent! 2.8 Jellyfish! by Neve McIntosh and Dan Starkey The Gang head to the coast for Madame Vastra to convalesce. But their holiday proves far from restful. This Cornish village is home to suspicious locals, strange storms and wreckers. Most dangerous of all, something lurks in the seas - something with a mysterious hold over Vastra... 2.9 The Houseguest by Matt Fitton Vastra, Jenny and Strax return to London to find Paternoster Row changed. Houses lie empty, a crimewave grips the neighbourhood. A new criminal mastermind rules the underworld. What's more, Number 13 has an unexpected houseguest. And he claims to be the Doctor... Recorded on: 20-22 May 2024 Recorded at: The Soundhouse
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TDP 1345: SP24. #DoctorWho: The Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Curse of Time review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 47 secondsAfter being dragged through a rip in the time vortex, the TARDIS returns the Doctor, Sarah and Harry to Earth. They are in medieval times, but something strange is afoot. The villagers live in fear of the sinister Brotherhood, an order of monks that upholds the sacred laws. Then there’s Faustus Black, with his troupe of travelling players. What connects them is a terrible secret hidden in the Forbidden Forest... a cave from which nobody has ever returned... **Please note: the collector's edition double CD is strictly limited to 1,500 copies**
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TDP 1337: #DoctorWho The Seventh Doctor Adventures: The Doctor and Carnacki REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 10 minutes and 21 secondsGhost finder Thomas Carnacki deals with many uncanny mysteries that defy explanation. But throughout his life, a stranger keeps appearing. Whether he is an ally or a rival remains to be seen, but one thing is certain. When the Doctor and Carnacki cross paths, death and danger are always close... The Haunter of the Shore by AK Benedict 1897. Young Carnacki investigates a case at Edgemere Manor where the skeletons of tourists are left on the shore of the lake. Carnacki must discard everything he knows when he discovers that the estate’s hermit is the Doctor, and that time is being manipulated by an unseen force. The Doctor and Carnacki must work together if the mystery of Edgemere Manor is to be solved, the house saved, and the haunted residents find peace. The House by Georgia Cook Awoken in the dead of night to assist his distraught friend Arkright, Carnacki finds himself unexpectedly thrust into a long-buried mystery from his childhood, and face-to-face with a man he hasn't seen in years: the Doctor. But what is 'The House'? Why does everything Arkright touch transform into the same rotting furnishings and wallpaper? Can a man really be haunted by a building? The Institute of Forgotten Souls by Jonathan Barnes In the heart of England in 1936 there lies a home for wounded men. It is a strange, shadowed place, full of secrets. Terrible beasts prowl the grounds, as if guarding something dreadful. Inmates are disappearing, picked off one by one, while a singular resident - a certain, now retired ghost finder - bravely staves off the darkness. Yet tonight is the night when it's all going to end. For tonight is the night when the Doctor comes to call...
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TDP 1340: V UK review from @Bigfinish
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 54 secondsThis title was released in January 2025. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 28 February 2025, and on general sale after this date. London. Present Day. Earth is visited by aliens, bringing peace and prosperity. But their intentions are not benevolent, and soon the world is under occupation. While some choose to collaborate with the Visitors, others decide to fight back. Episode One Alien motherships appear above cities across the globe. The world reacts with panic and fear - until the commander of the Visitors appears and reveals that they come in need of help. Their offer seems too good to be true... Episode Two One month later, and the Visitors have become part of everyday life. But people are beginning to disappear, and scientists are being persecuted. Documentary-maker Mike Donovan sneaks on board one of the motherships and discovers the horrifying truth. Episode Three It is now Christmas. The Visitors have taken charge, imposing martial law over the UK. Scientists are forced to go into hiding - and Doctor Juliet Parrish finds herself becoming the reluctant leader of the rebellion. **Please note: the collector’s edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,000 copies and will not be repressed.**
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TDP 1339: For Your Consideration Chariots Of Fire
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 7 secondsLuke brings his favourite film this month, it’s Chariots of Fire. Apologies for the variable sound quality. T-shirts can be found here – Follow us on twitter Like us on Review us on Email the show –
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TDP 1341: 1. Doctor Who: The Fugitive Doctor: Most Wanted REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 12 minutes and 43 secondsThis title was released in January 2025. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 March 2025, and on general sale after this date. 1.1 Fast Times by Robert Valentine When the mysterious Division tries to arrest their equally mysterious agent, the Doctor, she evades capture and heads out in search of answers... but trouble is never far behind. Captured by bounty hunters and imprisoned in a maximum-security hulk ship, the Doctor is about to learn that there's no time to stand still when you're a fugitive. And times are about to get very fast indeed. 1.2 The Legend of Baba Yaga by Rochana Patel On the run from the Time Lords and in serious need of help, the Doctor heads for 17th-century Russia in search of the legendary witch of Slavic folklore... Baba Yaga. But while trying to gain assistance from this powerful entity, the Doctor finds herself embroiled in events from the most famous of Baba Yaga’s tales when she tries to help a beautiful young woman called Vasilisa retrieve a burning ember to save her family from the bitter Russian winter. What is real? What is fantasy? And will the Doctor be able to tell the difference in time? 1.3 The Dimension of Lost Things by Lisa McMullin Fleeing Cosmo through the Vortex, the TARDIS gets sucked down a temporal plughole, and the Doctor emerges into a weird landscape. Finding other lost souls in the form of mountaineer George Mallory and scavenger Athelia, the Doctor soon stumbles across another, more surprising denizen of this strange dimension - herself! With Cosmo still in pursuit and memory-stealing winds threatening to wipe her mind for good, the Doctor senses a complex trap in action. But whose trap is it, and how can she possibly escape? **THIS TITLE HAS NOW SOLD OUT ON CD**
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TDP 1338: 91. Torchwood: Ianto's Inferno review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 50 secondsThis title was released in January 2025. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 March 2025, and on general sale after this date. Tonight's the night for Anthony and Dean. No more pruning old people's gardens. No, they're about to hit the big time. They've an alien artefact, they've got a guy on the inside, and tonight they're going to break into Torchwood and steal everything. All they have to do is find their car...
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TDP 1334: Riversong1_lastWords - 1. The Death and Life of River Song Series 01: Last Words
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 10 secondsWrenched from her digital afterlife in the Library, River Song finds herself on sixty-first century Earth, resurrected in a clone body. Billionaire tech mogul Garrison Clay has a mystery to solve, and he's selected River as the person to solve it. Armed with only her sonic screwdriver and a fake ID, River heads out into a world soon to be ravaged by solar flares... where danger stalks her at every turn. Book 1 - Apokalypsis Book 2 - Fate & Fatality Book 3 - The Black Hours Book 4 - Book of the Dead
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TDP 1336: AE1. UFO: Shadow Play Written by James Swallow REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 23 secondsThe last line of defence in a clandestine war, SHADO is all that stands between humanity and a force of alien invaders - and leading that fight is the uncompromising Ed Straker, commanding Earth's defenders around the clock. But what happens when the man at the top is pushed too far? After an experiment goes wrong, Straker awakens from a coma with missing memories and strange hallucinations that threaten his grip on reality - but is it the result of alien interference, or has the commander's iron will finally cracked? Facing danger from within and without, Straker must find the truth... even if it kills him. UFO™ and © ITC Entertainment Group 1969 and 2024. Licensed by ITV Studios Limited. All Rights Reserved.
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TDP 1333: DoctorWho The Trials of a timelord
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes and 4 secondsThe Sixth Doctor's fortieth anniversary celebrations continue, courtesy of LudoSphere Incorporated, with the greatest adventure ever streamed... Responding to a distress call from an old friend, the Doctor and Mel find themselves in 'Cyberia', a prison camp run by an even older foe. But this time, the Cyber Leader's machinations are just the tip of one very sinister iceberg, one that will test the Doctor to his very limit, and beyond... We hope you're hiding behind the sofa, because 'The Trials of a Time Lord' are about to begin! The Trials of a Time Lord Parts 1 and 2 by Rochana Patel The Trials of a Time Lord Parts 3 and 4 by Katherine Armitage The Trials of a Time Lord Parts 5 and 6 by Stewart Pringle
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TDP 1335: 4. Missy Series 04: Bad Influence #Doctorwho review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 9 secondsMissy... alone, unleashed, and unfettered. What does she get up to when the Doctor isn’t around? Sometimes, Missy isn’t the only bad person in the room. Sometimes, she meets others with their own naughty plans. And whoever they might be - medieval thieves, wayward students, renowned assassins - Missy will bring out the worst in them... 4.1 Missy and the Time Assassin by David Quantick Missy gets to meet a hero. But James Blakelock, Time Assassin doesn’t quite live up to the legend - although he is very easy on the eye. Although she has places to be and species to annihilate, Missy can't help herself, so she tags along on James' next mission. After all, a little bit of assassination never hurt anyone... 4.2 Bad Apple Brigade by Freddie Valdosta Missy finds herself stranded on Brownsea Island with a troop of girls sent there to improve themselves. But these girls are troublemakers, and Missy has a few lessons to teach them. Only, they’re not alone. Something lurking in the woods has history with Missy - but for her, that might be the future... 4.3 The Baron Robbers by Lou Morgan Bored and stranded in the 14th Century, Missy is looking for a way out. Any way at all. Luckily the spectacular ruby owned by Edward, the famed Black Prince, might be just what she needs to get her broken vortex manipulator working again. But someone else is after the ruby too - and the question is, who wants it more... and how low are they prepared to go to get it?
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TDP 1331: #ForYourConsideration Episode 13 - The Breakfast Club
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 3 minutes and 27 secondsMichael’s wife has this month’s pick, it’s the John Hughes classic The Breakfast Club. T-shirts can be found here – Follow us on twitter Like us on Review us on Email the show –
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TDP 1332: #DoctorWho: The War Doctor Rises: Unknown Soldiers review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 2 secondsfollow me here @tindogpodcast.bsky.social This title was released in December 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 28 February 2025, and on general sale after this date. As the Time War rages across the cosmos, an unlikely crew of outcasts form a pact to end the conflict once and for all. Their target: a legendary warrior, whose assassination at a precise point in history will create a chain reaction that sets the whole universe free...
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TDP 1330: #DoctorWho Christmas 2024 Joy to World (fixed)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 19 minutes and 58 secondsthis version is 20 mins nlong not 6 sorry for earlier release
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TDP 1329: #DoctorWho Christmas 2025 Joy To The World REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 53 secondsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 312 – "Joy to the World" episode Promotional poster, featuring the caption "Joy to the Worlds" Cast – – Joy Almondo Others – – Trev Simpkins Steph de Whalley – Anita Benn – Hotel Manager Peter Benedict – Basil Flockhart – Hilda Flockhart Niamh Marie Smith – Phil Baxter – Samuel Sherpa-Moore – Ruchi Rai – Receptionist Joshua Leese – Mr Single Ell Potter – Server Liam Prince-Donnelly – Barman Fiona Marr – Angela Grace Production Directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai Written by Script editor David Cheung Produced by Alison Sterling Executive producer(s) Joel Collins Steven Moffat Music by Running time 54 minutes First broadcast 25 December 2024 Chronology ← Preceded by "" Followed by → — "Joy to the World" is an episode of the British series . It was broadcast on and released on on 25 December 2024 as the fifteenth since the show's revival in 2005. In the episode, the of discovers a strange hotel at Christmastime that has harnessed the power of time travel and finds a mysterious briefcase. While investigating, he meets new Joy Almondo (guest star ) who helps him solve the mystery. "Joy to the World" was written by and directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai. It was filmed in October and November 2023. Plot [] arrives at the Time Hotel, an establishment in the year 4202 that allows guests to visit various points in history, several of which the Doctor visits during the episode. The Doctor enlists the aid of Trev, a worker at the hotel, as he investigates a mysterious man holding a briefcase. As each new person is tricked into taking the briefcase, it takes control of them, and the previous carrier disintegrates. Trev's manager arrives in Joy Almondo's London hotel room in 2024 with the briefcase, and the Doctor following him. The briefcase takes control of Joy, and the Doctor opens it, finding a strange device inside. The briefcase is about to disintegrate Joy, when a Doctor from the future arrives from the Time Hotel and gives them an override code. The future Doctor then returns to the Time Hotel with Joy, stranding the current Doctor in 2024. He takes a job working at Joy's hotel, befriending the manager Anita, and awaiting an opportunity to get back to the Time Hotel the following Christmas. A year later, the Doctor re-enters the Time Hotel, and gives his past self the code (which he'd obtained by the ), then departs with Joy. They open a door to the distant past, where the Doctor frees Joy from the briefcase by provoking her anger at being unable to be with her dying mother due to . The briefcase reveals itself to be of origin, with plans to detonate a "star seed" to use as an energy source, using the hotel's time travel to allow it to grow in the past. The briefcase is eaten by a , and the Doctor and Joy flee. Trev, who connected psychically to Villengard's system before he died, contacts the Doctor through his . Trev reveals the briefcase's location, and the Doctor finds it sealed in a shrine. The Doctor is able to open it, but Joy takes the briefcase outside, and lets the star seed enter her. Joy and the other people killed by the seed pilot it into space, where it detonates safely. At various points in time, the star gives hope and comfort to those who see it, including Joy's dying mother and . The Doctor sees that that the star was also the . Production [] Development [] Former Doctor Who showrunner penned the episode. , the Doctor Who , initially began writing the 2024 Christmas special. Davies had sent a portion of the script to former showrunner to get his opinion on it. At the time, Davies was in discussions with Moffat to have him write a script for the . When Davies realised he was too busy to complete the script, he shelved it and asked Moffat to write the Christmas episode instead. Moffat considered writing a , but decided against it, believing that such an episode would be better suited mid-series. Despite this, he said the episode still had a comedic tone with emotional elements. Here's the pitch that got me the job. You know in just about every hotel room you've been in there's a locked door? It's weird, but there always is. Okay. We're about to blow apart the truth of that. In the far future there is a place called the Time hotel, and the Time Hotel has realised something brilliant, which is following the discovery of time travel they have an opportunity to sell all the rooms they failed to sell the last time. So they have built extensions into more or less every hotel room in history, and you get access to it occasionally. — Steven Moffat, "The Joy Bringer", 3 December 2024 Half the script had been completed before Davies informed Moffat that wouldn't be in the special. The character of Anita originally only had around ten lines but her presence was increased after the production team became fond of her. Moffat had finished writing the episode by 20 July 2023. Working titles for the episode included "The Time Hotel" and "Christmas, Everywhere All at Once". The story further explores the "Villengard Corporation", a recurring fictional company that has been mentioned in a number of Moffat's Doctor Who episodes. The Doctor last confronted Villengard in the episode "" (2024). It is the ninth Doctor Who Christmas special to be written by Moffat who once again assumed an role during production of the episode. Casting [] In November 2023, was announced to be appearing in an undisclosed role of an upcoming Doctor Who episode. It was later revealed that Coughlan would star in the 2024 Christmas episode as the Doctor's one-off companion, Joy Almondo, a guest at a hotel who "gets caught up in [the Doctor's] adventures." Initial reports indicated that , who portrays the Doctor's current companion Ruby Sunday, would not appear in the special. Gibson however, made a brief near the end of the episode.. was cast to play Trev, an employee at the Time Hotel while portrayed the hotel's manager. Steph de Whalley appeared as Anita, the manager of another hotel whom the Doctor spends a year with. Niamh Marie Smith played , a passenger on the in 1962, whom Moffat confirmed as the same character as the love interest of in the films (1962) and (1963). Historical figures and were depicted, at a , by Phil Baxter and Samuel Sherpa-Moore, respectively. Sherpa-Moore is Norgay's great-great nephew. Peter Benedict and appeared as Basil and Hilda, guests at the Queen's Hotel in Manchester during . The guest cast also included Ruchi Rai, Joshua Leese, Ell Potter, and Liam Prince-Donnelly. Filming [] for the episode was underway at by 11 October 2023. The room was built on a that allowed the set to tilt to give the effect that it was being eaten by a dinosaur. The was working on by 17 October. The graphics team took fifteen 11-hour days to create enough artwork to fill the Doctor's hotel room. Seven different briefcases were purchased by the for use in the episode. A team at Millennium FX designed the Silurian prosthetics. began on 23 October, with recording extending into November. "Joy to the World" was directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai in the first filming block of the . For the Sandringham Hotel, the production team chose to purchase two floors of an actual hotel, but had to build the lobby on a . The top of the Orient Express set was built in front of a and placed on to allow the special effects team to replicate the look of a moving train. Mika Orasmaa was the episodes . Release and reception [] Professional ratings Aggregate scores Source Rating (Tomatometer) 80% (Average Score) 7.3/10 Review scores Source Rating B– 10/10 Broadcast and promotion [] "Joy to the World" was broadcast on and released on on 25 December 2024 at 5:10 PM . In the United States the episode was released on at 9:10 AM . also handled international distribution of the episode outside of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. A clip and for the episode was released on 15 November as part of the 2024 broadcast. The press screening took place in the week prior to broadcast, which was hosted by . Promotional posters released by captioned the poster with "Joy to the Worlds", mirroring the title "Joy to the World". Ratings [] In the UK, Doctor Who was the sixth most-watched programme on Christmas Day, receiving 4.11 million viewers overnight. Critical response [] On the website , 80% of 15 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10. Writing for , Michael Hogan referred to "Joy to the World" as "the best Christmas adventure for more than a decade." He further elaborated by saying that "there's something here for all generations to enjoy" and praising the guest cast, namely Nicola Coughlan, Steph de Walley, and Joel Fry. Authoring a review for , Louise Griffin also praised the guest cast but felt that Coughlan had been underused. 's Robert Anderson wrote that the special "masterfully blends the show's signature whimsy with heartfelt storytelling, delivering a cozy, deeply human tale about the transformative power of friendship" and that "Moffat's excellent script is central to the episode's success." The writing was also applauded by Adi Tantimedh, who writing for , said "Moffat pins down the core of what makes Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor different from all his predecessors." Stephen Robinson with the criticised the Doctor's characterization, saying the "there are key moments in the story that directly contradict the Doctor's former growth" and that "he's a mix of the 'lonely god' from Russell T Davies' first run and Steven Moffat's 'madman in a box,' and the effect is discordant." Emily Murray from also criticised a portion of the episode, writing that the "villains quite frankly feel like an afterthought and feel threadbare."
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TDP 1239: #foryourconsideration 12 The Muppet Christmas Carol
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 37 secondsSurprise! Here’s an extra episode of For Your Consideration for Christmas. T-shirts can be found here – Follow us on twitter Like us on Review us on Email the show –
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TDP 1328: 90 #Torchwood: Reflect
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 13 secondsThis title was released in December 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 28 February 2025, and on general sale after this date. "I will live in the past, the present, and the future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me." Christmas is a time for ghost stories, everyone knows that. But it is also a time to reflect on the past, consider the present and muse on where we might be in the future. Dorothy McShane and St John Colchester-Price have gathered to tell each other - and you at home - four stories of horror and hope, of spirits and sadness. It's the longest night of the year. And the lady in green waits... **Please note: the collector’s edition CD is strictly limited to 1,000 copies**
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TDP 1327:#Bigfinish Originals - VAM PD Volume One REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 53 secondsVampires live their lives by rules - but who polices them? Welcome to the Office of the Night, where vampires Catrin and Magnus keep an uneasy peace between the living and the undead. Party All Night Vampire Circuit Parties? Someone's set up a series of tasting clubs at which vampires massacre unsuspecting human invitees. Magnus and Catrin must stop this before the craze goes viral. It's Jane's first day as human liaison to the Office of the Night and it may well be her last. Blood Bank Some vampires choose not to kill for blood – they prefer to have it supplied. It's a lifestyle choice. There’s a thriving red market in liquid gold. But the vampires running the Red Market are worried – something's contaminating the blood – a contaminant that for some is a drug and for others is lethal. If the Red Market falls, then their customers are suddenly going to get very hungry. Under the Sun A vampire cult has sprung up allowing vampires the ultimate cure – the ability to walk in the sun. Catrin and Magnus are worried. Is the cult a trick, or will it change the way that vampires feed, unleashing terror on the world? Note: This production features scenes of vampiric feeding and blood consumption.
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TDP 1325: Torchwood Bad Connection 89
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 24 secondsThis title was released in November 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 January 2025, and on general sale after this date. A lonely man is walking past a telephone box when he notices it’s ringing. On the other end of the line is a woman telling him he’s in terrible danger. Will someone finally listen to Suzie Costello? And will she save Emlyn Crook?
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TDP 1325: #ForYourConsideration 11 - Austenland
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 31 minutes and 16 secondsThis month’s choice comes from Luke’s wife Hannah. What did Michael and his family make of the choice. T-shirts can be found here – Follow us on twitter Like us on
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TDP 1324: 8. #DoctorWho: Once and Future: Coda - The Final Act
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes and 28 secondsThis title was released in November 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 January 2025, and on general sale after this date. The Time War. Dealing with the repercussions of degeneration, the Doctor has a limited window of time to evade capture, recruit old allies, wage a war, and find out what's really going on. A warrior is being hunted by a mysterious stranger in a TARDIS. A rogue agent has been assigned a mission to eliminate a dangerous foe. This is a fight between a war criminal and a fugitive. A fight between Doctors.
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TDP 1323: 84. Torchwood: The Restoration of Catherine
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 44 secondsSergeant Andy and duplicitous 1950s Torchwood agent Norton Folgate find themselves trapped inside a house in the seventeenth century. Can they arrange a wedding before all of time collapses?
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TDP 1321: 85 #Torchwood: Art Decadence review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 41 secondsLondon in the 1920s and Sir Reggie works for Torchwood, saving the world from alien invasions. Really, he relies on the services of his loyal butler while he paints the town red. But there's a new sensation in high society - What is the secret of The Serpentine Club and can Forster save his master from it?
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TDP 1322: #Doctorwho 8th Doctor Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend (Studio version)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 35 secondsSomething is afoot in the lonely Cornish village of Merrymaid Bay. Rumours of dead men working in the tin mines have sent a chill through the community, and it's up to the Doctor and Charley to get to the bottom of the mystery. Can the legends of the Bucca that haunts the mines be true? And just what awesome power do the Doctor's greatest enemies - the Daleks! - threaten to unleash upon the universe?
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TDP 1319: 13C. Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 13: Dominant Species review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 52 seconds13.6 The Face in the Storm by Sarah Grochala (2 parts) 1916 and the TARDIS has landed in the cargo hold of the SS Maycrest, a ship transporting soldiers across the Atlantic. Except that’s not all that’s being transported across the ocean. Because the Doctor and his friends find a strange crate in the hold, a crate that's unnaturally cold. But the contents of the crate are not the ship’s biggest secret. Nor it’s deadliest threat... 13.7 Dominant Species by John Dorney (4 parts) It has been a long time since the invasion of Taleeria. The population is enslaved and subject entirely to the will of the conquerors - the Dominators and their deadly robot servants, the Quarks. The Doctor, Harry and Naomi stumble into this perilous scenario and are soon separated... but freeing the people of Taleeria should be business as usual, shouldn't it? Where the Dominators are concerned, things may not be so simple... **Please note: the Collectors' Edition CDs are strictly limited to a pressing of just 1,500 copies**
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TDP 1320: #DoctorWho: The Third Doctor Adventures: The Quintessence #REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes and 30 secondsThis title was released in October 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 30 November 2024, and on general sale after this date. The Doctor and Jo Jones arrive at 'Always', a Victorian manor house perched impossibly on the distant storm-world of Nethara Reach. Greeted by the peculiar Pepperdines, a couple frantic with worry about their ailing daughter, they discover terrible secrets hiding within the panelled walls and gruesome oil paintings. Secrets that will bring the Doctor face to face with one of his most ancient and implacable enemies, and put his relationship with Jo to the ultimate test.
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TDP 1318:13B. Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 13: Metamorphosis
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 32 secondsFrom the recent past to the far future, the Doctor, Harry and Naomi find themselves battling foes old and new. From the malevolence of the Master to the traps of the Toymaker, danger lurks round every corner... and sometimes in the last shape you'd expect... 13.3 Matryoshka by Aurora Fearnley (2 parts) When a strange force drags the TARDIS to Earth, it's clear that the Doctor, Harry and Naomi are up against an incredibly powerful being. And when they encounter Lord Pearson, inventor of games and toys, searching for his vanished daughter... it becomes clear exactly who that being might be. Hide and seek is one of the simplest games devised by man... but in the hands of The Toymaker... it may also become the deadliest. 13.4 The Caged Assassin by Matthew Sweet (2 parts) It's very unusual to find a tiger in the TARDIS. But it’s even more unusual to find one heavily dosed in radiation. But this is far from the most unusual occurrence the Doctor, Naomi and Harry are going to encounter today. Because they are about to meet Charles Jamrach, supplier of exotic animals to the rich and royal, who is unaware that his famous menagerie conceals a deadly terror. A strange creature out for blood... 13.5 Metamorphosis by Lisa McMullin (2 parts) The people of the planet Jaxus are vanishing. When the Doctor and his friends land, Naomi is snatched away by a mysterious fog and taken to a prison run by a very old foe of the Doctor's. The Master is here and he has, as ever, a sinister scheme underway... but neither Naomi nor Harry know who he is... Can the Doctor stop his plans and rescue the prisoners? Or will his companions inadvertently aid his enemy's plans? **Please note: the collector's edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,500 copies.**
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TDP 1305:God Wants YOU to be an Atheist FREE audio book Chapter five - So this is Christmas?
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 46 secondsTDP 1305:God Wants YOU to be an Atheist FREE audio book Chapter five - So this is Christmas?
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TDP 1318: For Your Consideration Episode 10 - Howl's Moving Castle
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 45 minutes and 13 secondsContinuing the animated theme from last month, Michael’s pick is Howl’s Moving Castle. T-shirts can be found here – Follow us on twitter Like us on Review us on Email the show –
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TDP 1304: God Wants You To Be An Atheist - Chapter 4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 15 secondsGod Wants You To Be An Atheist - Chapter 4 free audio book
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TDP 1317: Torchwood 88 from @Bigfinish Widdershins by Guy Adams
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes and 53 secondsThis title was released in October 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 December 2024, and on general sale after this date. One night long ago, Iain tried to raise the Devil. He walked the wrong way round an ancient stone in the village graveyard. He didn't think anything would happen, not really. But something did. Something far worse than the Devil came to Llandyth. And now, many years later, Iain's trying to work out what really happened that night. Did Torchwood ruin his life?
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TDP 1303: God Wants You To Be An Atheist - Chapter 3
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 14 minutes and 16 secondsGod Wants You To Be An Atheist - Chapter 3 Physical version avaliable from amazon - world wide
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TDP 1316: #DoctorWho The Last Day Part 2 from #Bigfinish review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 40 secondsTDP 1316: #DoctorWho The Last Day Part 2 from #Bigfinish review There is always injustice to fight. There is always a new danger for the universe. But what if the Doctor found a way to put things right, once and for all? Would it really be so terrible to take a stand? Would the end justify the means? And would his friends agree? The Seventh Doctor's last day is coming... This release will have a limited CD pressing of 1500 copies. This release includes a bonus audiobook: Fond Memories by Alison Lawson.
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TDP 1302: God Wants You To Be An Atheist Chapter Two - Why would God want you to give up on them?
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes and 56 secondsChapter Two - Why would God want you to gve up on them? book avaliable world wide on amazon just search the title God Wants YOU to be an Atheist by Milnrow Shaw
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TDP 1315: #Torchwood 87: The Hollow Choir - REVIEW (Trigger warning contains me singing)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes and 29 secondsTDP 1315: #Torchwood 87: The Hollow Choir - REVIEW (Trigger warning contains me singing) This title was released in September 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 30 November 2024, and on general sale after this date. There's always been something in the caves. Over the years people have gone in and not come out. But that was a long time ago. They've been sealed for the best part of a century. Eight hours ago, something changed. Three students somehow found their way in. Now time's running out to rescue them. Their one hope is a man called Rhys Williams. Because somehow, he has a map.
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God Wants You To Be An Atheist Intro and Chapter 1 FREE AUDIO BOOK
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 17 secondsGod Wants You To Be An Atheist Intro and Chapter 1 FREE AUDIO BOOK UK LINK USA LINK
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TDP 1294: Worlds of #DoctorWho #Bigfinish Review Susan's War 2 family Ties
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 12 minutes and 5 secondsThis title was released in August 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 October 2024, and on general sale after this date. No Gallifreyan was safe from the Time War. While the Doctor resisted the call, his granddaughter Susan did her duty and signed up to fight the growing Dalek threat. 2.1 The Lost Son by Sarah Cassidy Still reeling from meeting her Grandfather back on Earth, Susan is assigned to assist a mother in search of her son. Priestess Vesselina is the new ruler of her world, and someone Gallifrey is keen to recruit as an ally. But strange forces are at work on Materos, and Susan's empathy becomes a weapon to be used against her... 2.2 The Golden Child by Peter Anghelides A key ally to Gallifrey has winked out of existence. When Susan investigates the disappearance of this gifted politician and strategist, she finds someone else is also interested in the changed timeline. The interloper is her grandfather. But this version of the Doctor is from the future of the Time War, and he's not the man Susan remembers...
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TDP 1294: #DoctorWho - The Lost Stories 8.1. Doctor Who: Deathworld
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 10 minutes and 4 secondsThe Doctor was dead, to begin with. Killed alongside his beloved Jo Grant in an explosion in the UNIT labs. But Time Lords are notoriously hard to kill. Because with UNIT under siege, the Brigadier is rescued by two familiar faces... the Doctor he first encountered, fighting the Yeti, and Jamie McCrimmon. With yet one more waiting in the wings. They are all pawns in a deadly game of chess played by a being more powerful than any they’ve ever encountered before. And when you battle Death himself... can anyone even win? Adapted from the original treatment by Bob Baker and Dave Martin for what later became the TV episode The Three Doctors. **This title is strictly limited to 2,000 copies** Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart © Haisman & Lincoln and used under licence. With thanks to Hannah Haisman and Candy Jar.
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TDP 1290: #DoctorWho - The Novel Adaptations 12: Goth Opera REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 12 secondsManchester, 1993. The Time Lady Ruath, an old friend of the Doctor's, arrives on the planet to inform Earth's vampires that the arrival of their legendary messiah is imminent. His rising will herald an age of endless night where the undead reign supreme. All that is needed is the blood of a Time Lord. In Tasmania, the Doctor, Tegan, and Nyssa are enjoying the sun and plenty of cricket. When they are attacked by vampires, they escape unscathed, except for Nyssa who suffers two small puncture wounds to her neck. Compelled by her attacker to remain silent, she can tell no-one what she's turning into. Why is Ruath so determined to see the descendants of the Great Vampire rise to power? If only the Doctor knew the truth, she's certain he would turn to her side, and help to secure the future of Vampire kind, no matter how much humanity must suffer. Based on the 1994 Missing Adventures novel by Paul Cornell.
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TDP 1300: Can you help me decide which project to do next???
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 4 minutes and 7 secondsMichael Gilroy-Sinclair's books are available on Amazon.co.uk, including: A Villain in Venice: JANE OF THE AIR BOOK ONE: This book is available as a Kindle edition or paperback. That is NOT my Cthulhu Will H.P Lovecraft find his friend? This children's book is available as a Kindle edition and is free with a Kindle Unlimited membership. Schrödingers Puppy - Raining Cats and Dogs Short Story: This short story is available as an eBook on the Kindle Store. Whostrology: A Time Traveller's Almanac: Unofficial and Unauthorised: This book is available on Amazon's Book Store.
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TDP 1291: For Your Consideration A Grand Day Out and Aardman
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 58 minutes and 10 secondsAn animation inspired geek out. This episode is as much about Luke and Michael talking about their shared background in animation as it is about the first three Wallace and Gromit films. T-shirts can be found here – Follow us on twitter Like us on Review us on Email the show –
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TDP 1291: #Torchwood Endgame from @Bigfinish Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 53 secondsThis title was released in August 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 October 2024, and on general sale after this date. You have been brought to Secure Control Room B to respond to a simulated emergency. You will be able to issue orders and make real time decisions in a disaster scenario. Welcome to the end of the world. Shall we begin?
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TDP 1287: 2.1. Dark Gallifrey: The War Master Part 1 Podcast review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 11 secondsThis title was released in July 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 August 2024, and on general sale after this date. Many have sought the legendary Dark Gallifrey over the millennia... but most have been lucky enough to fail. There is another who has his eyes on that glittering prize, however; one who knows how such power could be wielded - the Master himself! Intrigued by rumours of a hidden Gallifrey - the Dark Gallifrey of Time Lord myth - Bernice Summerfield resolves to find it. But as the Doctor points out, some things should never be found, and some doors should never be opened. Especially ones that want to be...
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TDP 1280: 3.4. Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Star-Crossed PODCAST REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 14 minutes and 15 secondsThis title was released in May 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 July 2024, and on general sale after this date. The Doctor and River Song. Their lives are tangled, complex, intertwined. But this Doctor doesn't do domestics, and for once, River might have her work cut out. With time and space against them, these lovers are star-crossed in more ways than most. 4.1 Swipe Right by John Dorney There are strange rumours about the planet Crell. People have been vanishing. The mysterious Matchmaker is keen to get the populace paired up via his special dating app… but rejecting too many suitors can have fatal consequences. It’s precisely the sort of thing the Doctor would want to investigate. But unfortunately it’s also precisely the sort of thing River Song would want to investigate too. The Doctor and River are on a collision course - but this time it might not be a match made in heaven. 4.2 Face of the Apocalypse by Lizzie Hopley After locking onto an unusual algorithm, the TARDIS lands in a hi-security Intergalactic Bank where the computerised system only recognises one face - River Song. The Doctor discovers River dismantling the main computer and immediately suspects her of something dodgy… But a case of stolen identity becomes far more serious as River’s face starts to appear throughout history and the Bank vaults start filling up with Temporal Prisoners. Is River the victim of a sting or a bored computer nerd? One thing’s for certain, the ‘glitch’ is no longer a glitch and is on its way to destroying all of spacetime, starting with Prisoner Number One. 4.3 Archipelago by Tim Foley River Song has one last request. If the Doctor undertakes a dangerous journey with her on the planet Fortuna, she’ll never bother him again. But this is no ordinary voyage. As the storms batter their tiny vessel, the travellers are confronted with some brutal home truths. There is a captain in search of a husband. There is a ship in need of a light. And there are lovers lost in the maelstrom who will always be islands apart...
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TDP 1283: THE WORLDS OF BLAKE'S 7 Tarrant PODCAST REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 33 secondsThis title was released in June 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 July 2024, and on general sale after this date. Soldier, Federation Space Commander, smuggler, freedom fighter. Del Tarrant has challenged convention throughout his many careers in a hostile galaxy. These are the stories of his choices and challenges, his friends and family and foes, on an unpredictable journey to the Liberator and beyond. 1. The Authorised Version by James Goss Gamblers, lovers, presidents. All have sought out the Dream-Makers demanding they decide their future. Del Tarrant has come to ask them to help decide his past. 2. Behemoth by Andy Lane When hunting down Blake and the Liberator, Commander Del Tarrant’s Federation pursuit ship encounters a vast abandoned space vessel. What dark secrets does it contain about the Federation and alien life? And can Tarrant save his crew and himself before it’s too late? 3. Bomb by Gary Russell Tarrant and Dayna’s rendezvous in an abandoned Federation refinery puts them in unexpected danger when their broker changes the terms of the deal. Can they survive until Liberator returns for them? And why is an old nemesis lurking in the shadows?
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TDP 1273: 1.3. Dark Gallifrey: Morbius Part 3 worlds of #DoctorWho PODCAST
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 10 minutes and 0 secondsThis title was released in June 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 July 2024, and on general sale after this date. Morbius has been brought back to life on the Isle of the Dead. But a desperate Captain Argento has called for help and received an unlikely ally. Here is a stranger who knows the tyrant of old and is the only one who can put his plans on ice. But perhaps even the Doctor cannot stop the threat of Dark Gallifrey... Recorded on: 4 November 2023 Recorded at: The Soundhouse Writer Tim Foley said: "Dark Gallifrey: Morbius was always going to have an appearance from the Doctor and I was absolutely delighted that Tom Baker was up for facing Morbius again. He's not the Doctor that we know, not quite, but he's ready and willing to take on one of the biggest enemies that Gallifrey has ever seen." (Morbius / Interface / Morbius Beast) (The Doctor) (Rolko) (Captain Argento) (The Shimmering Man) (Veritas) (Narrata) (Gilda)
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TDP 1289: For Your Consideration 8 - Blake's 7
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 14 minutes and 54 secondsMichael has picked Blake’s 7 for August’s podcast. We’re looking specifically at the first two episodes, The Way Back and Space Fall. T-shirts can be found here – Follow us on twitter Like us on Review us on Email the show –