Traveling the Vortex
- Description:
- A podcast dedicated to the show Doctor Who with a perspective from two Midwest United States fans, and one person being introduced to the Doctor for the first time.
Homepage: http://travelingthevortex.com/
RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/travelvortex?format=xml
- Episodes:
- 944
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:1:10:50
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:3:39:04
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 46 days, 10 hours, 26 minutes and 9 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 6 January 2011 (8:03am GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 2 April 2024 (2:43am GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 5 days, 2 hours, 55 minutes and 5 seconds
Traveling the Vortex Episodes
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Episode 316 - The Zygon Who Loved Me
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 5 minutes and 9 seconds
In this week’s show, we feature another of our Adversary Archives. This time we look at The Zygons.First, our review of Big Finish 8th Doctor Adventures Season 2: #6 The Zygon Who Fell To Earth.
Then we step outside the world of Who proper with a look at the professionally produced BBV video, Zygon, When Being You Just Isn't Enough.
Plus we examine some BIG news in the world of Doctor Who with the recent announcement that Peter Capaldi is leaving the show.
Enjoy!
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Episode 316 - The Zygon Who Loved Me
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 5 minutes and 9 secondsIn this week’s show, we feature another of our Adversary Archives. This time we look at The Zygons.First, our review of Big Finish 8th Doctor Adventures Season 2: #6 The Zygon Who Fell To Earth.
Then we step outside the world of Who proper with a look at the professionally produced BBV video, Zygon, When Being You Just Isn't Enough.
Plus we examine some BIG news in the world of Doctor Who with the recent announcement that Peter Capaldi is leaving the show.
Enjoy!
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Episode 314 - Remembering Sir John Hurt
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 57 minutes and 53 seconds
In this week’s episode we pay tribute to the man that played the War Doctor, Sir John Hurt. We take a look back at his time in that role as well as the may characters he portrayed and voiced over the course of his long career.And, of course, your feedback.
Contains excerpts from “John Hurt Tribute: Great Men Are Forged In Fire” by TardisElliot Productions and “Doctor Who: Sir John Hurt – The War Doctor” by Babelcolour.
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Episode 315 - Remembering Sir John Hurt
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 57 minutes and 53 secondsIn this week’s episode we pay tribute to the man that played the War Doctor, Sir John Hurt. We take a look back at his time in that role as well as the may characters he portrayed and voiced over the course of his long career.And, of course, your feedback.
Contains excerpts from “John Hurt Tribute: Great Men Are Forged In Fire” by TardisElliot Productions and “Doctor Who: Sir John Hurt – The War Doctor” by Babelcolour.
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Episode 314 - Slice of Pi with a Cream Cheese Twist
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 57 minutes and 12 secondsIn this week’s episode, we embark on another adventure with the Eighth Doctor and Lucy. This time landing on Earth in 1898 where our heroes get swept up in a jewel heist in Big Finish’s Eighth Doctor Adventures 2.5, Grand Theft Cosmos.And then, we travel with the Twelfth Doctor and Hattie as they attempt to examine mysterious monsters and murders on the space station, the Twist, and unlock the mysteries of a haunted house on Earth, present day. Our reviews of Titan Comics 12th Doctor Year Two issues 6 through 10.
But, alas, no news of feedback this week, so shall we get right to it?
Enjoy!
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Episode 314 - Slice of Pi with a Cream Cheese Twist
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 57 minutes and 12 secondsIn this week’s episode, we embark on another adventure with the Eighth Doctor and Lucy. This time landing on Earth in 1898 where our heroes get swept up in a jewel heist in Big Finish’s Eighth Doctor Adventures 2.5, Grand Theft Cosmos.And then, we travel with the Twelfth Doctor and Hattie as they attempt to examine mysterious monsters and murders on the space station, the Twist, and unlock the mysteries of a haunted house on Earth, present day. Our reviews of Titan Comics 12th Doctor Year Two issues 6 through 10.
But, alas, no news of feedback this week, so shall we get right to it?
Enjoy!
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Episode 313 - LIVE 313
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 58 minutes and 50 secondsThis week we review Big Finish Main Range audio #74, LIVE 34 featuring the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex.Then, we look at Titan Comics Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor Year Two with issues #1-5.
Plus, some news, including another missing episodes rumor that could have some merit.
And, of course, your feedback
Enjoy!
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Episode 313 - LIVE 313
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 58 minutes and 50 secondsThis week we review Big Finish Main Range audio #74, LIVE 34 featuring the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex.Then, we look at Titan Comics Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor Year Two with issues #1-5.
Plus, some news, including another missing episodes rumor that could have some merit.
And, of course, your feedback
Enjoy!
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Episode 312 - Stonefinger
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 17 secondsJames Bond meets Doctor Who in this week’s edition of the podcast. This time we look at two Lethbridge-Stewart stories from Candy Jar Books. First, the fantastical short story, The Wishing Bazaar by Sharon Bidwell. Then we turn our attention to the novel, Blood of Atlantis by Simon A Forward. We give our impressions of these two stories.But, not before a little news from out friends at Candy Jar, with the announcement of a new Lethbridge-Stewart project, that may just include someone very familiar to this podcast. You’ll have to listen to find out.
Plus, some very joyous news comes to us by way of feedback this week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 312 - Stonefinger
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 17 secondsJames Bond meets Doctor Who in this week’s edition of the podcast. This time we look at two Lethbridge-Stewart stories from Candy Jar Books. First, the fantastical short story, The Wishing Bazaar by Sharon Bidwell. Then we turn our attention to the novel, Blood of Atlantis by Simon A Forward. We give our impressions of these two stories.But, not before a little news from out friends at Candy Jar, with the announcement of a new Lethbridge-Stewart project, that may just include someone very familiar to this podcast. You’ll have to listen to find out.
Plus, some very joyous news comes to us by way of feedback this week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 311 - A Very Vortex Christmas Special
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 26 minutes and 14 seconds
A new year brings with it a new Christmas Special from the Vortex Boys. We review the anthology book collection, Doctor Who: Twelve Doctors of Christmas from Penguin Books.Also, we see out 2016 with a tribute to the good, and say goodbye to the bad things that the year brought.
Plus, some news and, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
“Jingle Bells” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Episode 311 - A Very Vortex Christmas Special
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 26 minutes and 14 secondsA new year brings with it a new Christmas Special from the Vortex Boys. We review the anthology book collection, Doctor Who: Twelve Doctors of Christmas from Penguin Books.Also, we see out 2016 with a tribute to the good, and say goodbye to the bad things that the year brought.
Plus, some news and, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
“Jingle Bells” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Episode 210 - Supernanny
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 0 minutes and 40 secondsA little late this week. Sorry for the delay.In this week’s show we look at the return of Doctor Who on our television screens with the 2016 Christmas Special – The Return of Doctor Mysterio. Find out what we thought of this long-awaited episode.
Plus, we look at some of the news from the past week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 310 - Supernanny
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 0 minutes and 40 secondsA little late this week. Sorry for the delay.In this week’s show we look at the return of Doctor Who on our television screens with the 2016 Christmas Special – The Return of Doctor Mysterio. Find out what we thought of this long-awaited episode.
Plus, we look at some of the news from the past week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 309 - The Cyberiad of Rassilon
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 22 secondsIn this week’s episode we look at two mini-series from Titan Comics. First, the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane come face to face with Medusa in the Five issue story, Gaze of the Medusa. Hear what we thought of the story that takes our heroes back to ancient Greece to do battle with the popular Gorgon and meet the Gods of Old.Then, we review this years multi-Doctor event from Titan, Supremacy of the Cybermen. We give our impressions on the return of two old foes in an epic event that finds the Universe at threat by the silver menaces.
Plus, lot’s of news to talk about this week.
And, we have a SPOILER-FREE review of the latest Star Wars film, Rouge One.
Oh, and of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 309 - The Cyberiad of Rassilon
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 22 secondsIn this week’s episode we look at two mini-series from Titan Comics. First, the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane come face to face with Medusa in the Five issue story, Gaze of the Medusa. Hear what we thought of the story that takes our heroes back to ancient Greece to do battle with the popular Gorgon and meet the Gods of Old.Then, we review this years multi-Doctor event from Titan, Supremacy of the Cybermen. We give our impressions on the return of two old foes in an epic event that finds the Universe at threat by the silver menaces.
Plus, lot’s of news to talk about this week.
And, we have a SPOILER-FREE review of the latest Star Wars film, Rouge One.
Oh, and of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 308 - Holiday in Hell's Kitchen
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 30 secondsIn this week’s podcast we look at the recently released episodes 3 and 4 of The Power of the Daleks. We catch up on the series so far and give our impressions of the story to this point.Also, another book in Candy Jar Books’ ongoing Lethbridge-Stewart series, this time Times Squared written by Nick Cross. We look at the return of the Great Intelligence and the Yeti, in the first novel of Candy Jar's third series of Lethbridge-Stewart novels.
Then, we follow that up with a review of the Lethbridge-Stewart short story, Eve of the Fomorians by Robert Mammone, which takes place after Times Squared.
Plus, some news from the week, including discussion of the latest Doctor Who trailer for this year’s Christmas Special.
Enjoy!
Oh, before we go, be sure to take advantage of the special promotion that Candy Jar has going on here.
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Episode 308 - Holiday in Hell's Kitchen
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 30 secondsIn this week’s podcast we look at the recently released episodes 3 and 4 of The Power of the Daleks. We catch up on the series so far and give our impressions of the story to this point.Also, another book in Candy Jar Books’ ongoing Lethbridge-Stewart series, this time Times Squared written by Rick Cross. We look at the return of the Great Intelligence and the Yeti, in the first novel of Candy Jar's third series of Lethbridge-Stewart novels.
Then, we follow that up with a review of the Lethbridge-Stewart short story, Eve of the Fomorians by Robert Mammone, which takes place after Times Squared.
Plus, some news from the week, including discussion of the latest Doctor Who trailer for this year’s Christmas Special.
Enjoy!
Oh, before we go, be sure to take advantage of the special promotion that Candy Jar has going on here.
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Episode 307 - Lights and Things
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 55 minutes and 8 secondsOff topic this week we talk Christmas decorating, lights and holiday movie favorites.On topic, we discuss some short stories in the Lethbridge-Stewart line of books from Candy Jar Books’ ongoing series. This time it’s The Creatures in the Cave by Rick Cross, The Last Duty by Christopher Bryant and The Lost Skin: Episode 1 by Andy Frankham-Allen. Hear what we thought of these three different tales.
Also, we discuss news of the week.
And of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 307 - Lights and Things
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 55 minutes and 8 secondsOff topic this week we talk Christmas decorating, lights and holiday movie favorites.On topic, we discuss some short stories in the Lethbridge-Stewart line of books from Candy Jar Books’ ongoing series. This time it’s The Creatures in the Cave by Rick Cross, The Last Duty by Christopher Bryant and The Lost Skin: Episode 1 by Andy Frankham-Allen. Hear what we thought of these three different tales.
Also, we discuss news of the week.
And of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 25 - Book Review: Prisoner of the Daleks
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 24 minutes and 27 secondsShaun and Glenn take some time to review the Goodreads Traveling the Vortex Book Club selection for October, Doctor Who: Prisoner of the Daleks (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #33) by Trevor Baxendale.This is the way we will continue to feature the book club titles, so as not to spoiler listeners who have not had a chance to read the novels.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 25 - Book Review: Prisoner of the Daleks
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 24 minutes and 27 secondsShaun and Glenn take some time to review the Goodreads Traveling the Vortex Book Club selection for October, Doctor Who: Prisoner of the Daleks (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #33) by Trevor Baxendale.This is the way we will continue to feature the book club titles, so as not to spoiler listeners who have not had a chance to read the novels.
Enjoy!
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Episode 306 - No Need For Cutlery
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 25 seconds In this week’s podcast we examine two stories. First we look at episodes 1 and 2 of the newly released The Power of the Daleks (animated). We give our impressions of the story and what we think of the treatment so far.And then, on to Big Finish The 4th Doctor Adventures S2: #4 The Justice Of Jalxar, We pick up where we left off in the adventures featuring the Fourth Doctor and Romana. Hear what we thought of this one.
Plus, some news of the week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 306 - No Need For Cutlery
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 25 seconds In this week’s podcast we examine two stories. First we look at episodes 1 and 2 of the newly released The Power of the Daleks (animated). We give our impressions of the story and what we think of the treatment so far.And then, on to Big Finish The 4th Doctor Adventures S2: #4 The Justice Of Jalxar, We pick up where we left off in the adventures featuring the Fourth Doctor and Romana. Hear what we thought of this one.
Plus, some news of the week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 305 - A Prickly Situation
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 49 minutes and 2 secondsIllness has delayed us again, so please forgive our tardiness again this week. However, we have returned and this week we explore the Fourth Doctor and Roman II story, Meglos. Find out what we have to say about this one.Plus, more Power of the Daleks news, which brings some schedule foul ups for us, once again.
Also, other news of the week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 305 - A Prickly Situation
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 49 minutes and 2 secondsIllness has delayed us again, so please forgive our tardiness again this week. However, we have returned and this week we explore the Fourth Doctor and Roman II story, Meglos. Find out what we have to say about this one.Plus, more Power of the Daleks news, which brings some schedule foul ups for us, once again.
Also, other news of the week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 304 - Honey, We Shrunk the Brig
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 44 secondsIn this week’s podcast, we revisit the world of Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart and review Candy Jar Books’ recently released Lethbridge-Stewart: The HAVOC Files 2. We have cultivated four stories from the anthology collection, as many have been already reviewed here on the podcast. We will turn our focus to House of Giants by Rick Cross, Ashes of the Inferno by Andy Frankham-Allen, Schadengeist's First Love by Jonathan Cooper, and Exodus from Venus by John Peel.Plus, some very exciting news about the return of a Doctor Who convention, a wee bit earlier than once thought.
Enjoy!
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Episode 304 - Honey, We Shrunk the Brig
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 44 secondsIn this week’s podcast, we revisit the world of Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart and review Candy Jar Books’ recently released Lethbridge-Stewart: The HAVOC Files 2. We have cultivated four stories from the anthology collection, as many have been already reviewed here on the podcast. We will turn our focus to House of Giants by Rick Cross, Ashes of the Inferno by Andy Frankham-Allen, Schadengeist's First Love by Jonathan Cooper, and Exodus from Venus by John Peel.Plus, some very exciting news about the return of a Doctor Who convention, a wee bit earlier than once thought.
Enjoy!
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Episode 303 - The Shaw Tank Redemption
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 17 seconds
Sorry for the delay, but our editor took ill earlier this week. But, finally here is this week’s podcast, as promised. Hopefully you didn’t think we just took yet another week off.This time we feature a Companion Archive on the oft forgotten Third Doctor companion, Liz Shaw played by Caroline John. First, we look at the Big Finish Companion Chronicle, The Blue Tooth from season one. Then, a retrospective on Liz’s time on the TV series.
Also, some news-of-the-week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 303 - The Shaw Tank Redemption
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 17 secondsSorry for the delay, but our editor took ill earlier this week. But, finally here is this week’s podcast, as promised. Hopefully you didn’t think we just took yet another week off.This time we feature a Companion Archive on the oft forgotten Third Doctor companion, Liz Shaw played by Caroline John. First, we look at the Big Finish Companion Chronicle, The Blue Tooth from season one. Then, a retrospective on Liz’s time on the TV series.
Also, some news-of-the-week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 302 - Silver & Gold
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 14 minutes and 41 secondsIn this week’s episode we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Cybermen’s first appearance in Doctor Who by offering you another Adversary Archive: The Cybermen IV! We look at two Big Finish Productions offerings. The first is mainline story #86 "The Reaping" featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri. Then, we follow that up with the second part of the story with #87 "The Gathering" with the Fifth Doctor and Tegan.We also look at some convention news, including guest announcements for several upcoming Doctor Who conventions.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 302 - Silver & Gold
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 14 minutes and 41 secondsIn this week’s episode we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Cybermen’s first appearance in Doctor Who by offering you another Adversary Archive: The Cybermen IV! We look at two Big Finish Productions offerings. The first is mainline story #86 "The Reaping" featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri. Then, we follow that up with the second part of the story with #87 "The Gathering" with the Fifth Doctor and Tegan.We also look at some convention news, including guest announcements for several upcoming Doctor Who conventions.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 301 - Head of the Class
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 49 secondsThis week we have another Companion Archive for our show. This time we feature not a person, but a place that is very familiar to the Doctor and some of his companions, Coal Hill School. We’re talking about the first two episodes of the show, Class with a spoiler light review, and reviewing the comic The Monsters Of Coal Hill, and the short story Nothing at the End of the Lane.Plus, well take a look at some news of the week.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 301 - Head of the Class
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 49 secondsThis week we have another Companion Archive for our show. This time we feature not a person, but a place that is very familiar to the Doctor and some of his companions, Coal Hill School. We’re talking about the first two episodes of the show, Class with a spoiler light review, and reviewing the comic The Monsters Of Coal Hill, and the short story Nothing at the End of the Lane.Plus, well take a look at some news of the week.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 300 - Time Eddy II & CCC
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 48 minutes and 44 secondsWell, we’ve made it to episode 300. And there was no better time to make this milestone as this past weekend where we celebrated at Time Eddy II, the Wichita Doctor Who convention right here in our home state of Kansas. We came back exhausted from the event, but with some memories that we will cherish forever.And, we have with us some material that you will only hear, right here on the program.
It’s a long episode this week, the longest we’ve produced in some time, But, we hope it will be worth it as we talk about our weekend adventure at a convention that should be heralded as a premiere event for years to come.
Enjoy!
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Episode 300 - Time Eddy II & CCC
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 48 minutes and 44 secondsWell, we’ve made it to episode 300. And there was no better time to make this milestone as this past weekend where we celebrated at Time Eddy II, the Wichita Doctor Who convention right here in our home state of Kansas. We came back exhausted from the event, but with some memories that we will cherish forever.And, we have with us some material that you will only hear, right here on the program.
It’s a long episode this week, the longest we’ve produced in some time, But, we hope it will be worth it as we talk about our weekend adventure at a convention that should be heralded as a premiere event for years to come.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 24 - Star Trek 201
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 36 minutes and 2 secondsWe’re off again this week as we prepare for Time Eddy II, the Doctor Who Convention this coming weekend in Wichita, Kansas. But we have a special mid-week treat for you.If you remember way back when, Shaun brought you Star Trek 101, a primer guide for the original series. That begat Star Trek 102, his look at the original series movies. Many years later he revisits the idea with the often delayed and now finally available Star Trek 201, looking at Season 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 24 - Star Trek 201
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 36 minutes and 2 secondsWe’re off again this week as we prepare for Time Eddy II, the Doctor Who Convention this coming weekend in Wichita, Kansas. But we have a special mid-week treat for you.If you remember way back when, Shaun brought you Star Trek 101, a primer guide for the original series. That begat Star Trek 102, his look at the original series movies. Many years later he revisits the idea with the often delayed and now finally available Star Trek 201, looking at Season 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Enjoy!
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Episode 299 - Rock Me Amadeus
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 58 secondsIn this week’s show we’ve come to number 100 in the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who range with the aptly named anthology collection, 100. It’s four for the price of one in short segments, including 100 BC by Jacqueline Rayner, My Own Private Wolfgang by Robert Shearman, Bedtime Story by Joseph Lidster and The 100 Days of the Doctor by Paul Cornell. We’ll take each one at a time an give our impressions of each tale.Then it’s our continuing review of Titan Comic’s 10th Doctor Year Two as we look at issues #6 through #10 in the ongoing monthly series.
Also, a look at some news from the week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 299 - Rock Me Amadeus
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 58 secondsIn this week’s show we’ve come to number 100 in the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who range with the aptly named anthology collection, 100. It’s four for the price of one in short segments, including 100 BC by Jacqueline Rayner, My Own Private Wolfgang by Robert Shearman, Bedtime Story by Joseph Lidster and The 100 Days of the Doctor by Paul Cornell. We’ll take each one at a time an give our impressions of each tale.Then it’s our continuing review of Titan Comic’s 10th Doctor Year Two as we look at issues #6 through #10 in the ongoing monthly series.
Also, a look at some news from the week.
Enjoy!
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Spencer Wilding Panel From TopCon Geek Expo
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsWe were privileged to host character actor Spencer Wilding’s Doctor Who panel at TopCon Geek Expo earlier this month, and he and the con were gracious enough to allow us to film it. We present here some excerpts for those that were unable to join us.
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Episode 298 - Medicine Man
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 21 minutes and 2 secondsIn this week’s podcast, we travel back in time to an earlier Big Finish effort with a review of the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex story number 67, Dreamtime. We give our impressions of this audio play.Also, we play catch-up by joining the Doctor and Gabby for the first five issues of Titan Comics’ 2016’s Tenth Doctor line.
Plus, we take a look at some of the news-of-the-week, including our reactions to an exchange between Captain Jack and his creator, The Moff.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 298 - Medicine Man
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 21 minutes and 2 secondsIn this week’s podcast, we travel back in time to an earlier Big Finish effort with a review of the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex story number 67, Dreamtime. We give our impressions of this audio play.Also, we play catch-up by joining the Doctor and Gabby for the first five issues of Titan Comics’ 2016’s Tenth Doctor line.
Plus, we take a look at some of the news-of-the-week, including our reactions to an exchange between Captain Jack and his creator, The Moff.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 23 - TopCon: An Interview with Spencer Wilding
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 42 minutes and 36 secondsWe’re off again this week, this time for con stuff, this time spending the weekend at Topeka’s TopCon Geek Expo. We had a wonderful time at the convention and thought we’d relay some of our journey over the 3 days of the con. Plus, we had a chance to sit down, not once, but twice with Spencer Wilding who acted in three Doctor Who stories during the Matt Smith era of the show. Included in this Side Trip is one of those interviews where he shared with us some stories of his time on the show.Plus, some added news from Candy Jar Books announcing the start to the next series of Lethbridge-Stewart novels.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 23 - TopCon: An Interview with Spencer Wilding
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 42 minutes and 36 secondsWe’re off again this week, this time for con stuff, this time spending the weekend at Topeka’s TopCon Geek Expo. We had a wonderful time at the convention and thought we’d relay some of our journey over the 3 days of the con. Plus, we had a chance to sit down, not once, but twice with Spencer Wilding who acted in three Doctor Who stories during the Matt Smith era of the show. Included in this Side Trip is one of those interviews where he shared with us some stories of his time on the show.Plus, some added news from Candy Jar Books announcing the start to the next series of Lethbridge-Stewart novels.
Enjoy!
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Episode 297 - Plants vs. Zombies
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 19 minutes and 36 secondsIn this week’s show we return with another couple of reviews from Candy Jar’s Lethbridge-Stewart series. First we look at The Grandfather Infestation by John Peel. We follow that with a look at a recent short story, The Playing Dead penned by author Adrian Sherlock. We break down the good and the bad with both of these stories.Also, with a week off, we catch up on some news, including the BBC’s announcement about an animated Power of the Daleks featuring the first appearance of Patrick Troughton’s Doctor.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 297 - Plants vs. Zombies
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 19 minutes and 36 secondsIn this week’s show we return with another couple of reviews from Candy Jar’s Lethbridge-Stewart series. First we look at The Grandfather Infestation by John Peel. We follow that with a look at a recent short story, The Playing Dead penned by author Adrian Sherlock. We break down the good and the bad with both of these stories.Also, with a week off, we catch up on some news, including the BBC’s announcement about an animated Power of the Daleks featuring the first appearance of Patrick Troughton’s Doctor.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 22 - An Interview with Jonathan Cooper
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 39 minutes and 18 secondsWe are off this week, but never fear, we still have a special treat for your podcast feed. We recently had a chance to speak with Jonathan Cooper, the author of the Lethbridge-Stewart novel, The Showstoppers. You can hear about how Jonathan developed the idea for the story and brought its many character to life.Our special thanks to Andy Frankham-Allen and Candy Jar Books for helping us come together with Jonathan to discuss the novel.
You can still order The Showstoppers as well as other books in the Lethbridge-Stewart line of books at Candy Jar’s website, here.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 22 - An Interview with Jonathan Cooper
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 39 minutes and 18 secondsWe are off this week, but never fear, we still have a special treat for your podcast feed. We recently had a chance to speak with Jonathan Cooper, the author of the Lethbridge-Stewart novel, The Showstoppers. You can hear about how Jonathan developed the idea for the story and brought its many character to life.Our special thanks to Andy Frankham-Allen and Candy Jar Books for helping us come together with Jonathan to discuss the novel.
You can still order The Showstoppers as well as other books in the Lethbridge-Stewart line of books at Candy Jar’s website, here.
Enjoy!
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Episode 296 - Difficult, Difficult, Lemon Difficult
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 3 secondsIn this show we feature our final ‘Beyond the Doctor’ for the year, closing the series with Twelfth Doctor actor Peter Capaldi in the film, In the Loop. We give our reviews of the farcical dark comedy and our impressions of Capaldi’s performance as Malcolm Tucker, perhaps his most famous role before stepping into the TARDIS.Also, not much as far as news this week, but lots of your feedback to read out.
So, enjoy!