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Yes, "World War Three" is better than "Aliens of London." Which is somewhat like saying a stab wound is better than amputation. All the same, there's some important and valuable stuff in RTD's otherwise least-successful Doctor Who story.

PLUS an announcement: there's a trivia throwdown coming at Gallifrey One between The Doctor Who Podcast and Staggering Stories. I'm moderating this cataclysmic struggle, so I need your trivia questions and answers. Send them to quiz@twominutetimelord.com by February 10!

SciFi & fantasy TV Series that were cancelled too soon.

SciFi & fantasy TV Series that were cancelled too soon.

SciFi & fantasy TV Series that were cancelled too soon.

Alors que la saison 2 viens tout juste d'etre diffuser sur BBCone, Joel et Jonathan nous donnent leurs avis sur ces trois nouveaux episodes.

The third and final of my commentary style reviews of Stephen Moffat's series Sherlock this week episode three The Great Game by Mark Gatiss is up for appraisal, also this week in news I tell you about two cosplaying for lazy people products, links below to both of them.

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If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.

 

The third and final of my commentary style reviews of Stephen Moffat's series Sherlock this week episode three The Great Game by Mark Gatiss is up for appraisal, also this week in news I tell you about two cosplaying for lazy people products, links below to both of them.

http://forbiddenplanet.com/67582-doctor-who-t-shirt-4th-doctor-costume-forbidden-planet-exclusive/

http://forbiddenplanet.com/67583-doctor-who-t-shirt-5th-doctor-costume-forbidden-planet-exclusive/

If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.

The third and final of my commentary style reviews of Stephen Moffat's series Sherlock this week episode three The Great Game by Mark Gatiss is up for appraisal, also this week in news I tell you about two cosplaying for lazy people products, links below to both of them.

http://forbiddenplanet.com/67582-doctor-who-t-shirt-4th-doctor-costume-forbidden-planet-exclusive/

http://forbiddenplanet.com/67583-doctor-who-t-shirt-5th-doctor-costume-forbidden-planet-exclusive/

If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.

 

This week Dave and Barry throw the usual format out of the window to record a special episode dedicated to upcoming SFX Weekender 2 convention. The lads dissect the panels and events taking place and pick out what they're looking forward. There's also an interview about the show with SFX's editor and head honcho Dave Bradley.

Enjoy!

This week Dave and Barry throw the usual format out of the window to record a special episode dedicated to upcoming SFX Weekender 2 convention. The lads dissect the panels and events taking place and pick out what they're looking forward. There's also an interview about the show with SFX's editor and head honcho Dave Bradley.

Enjoy!

Announcements both good and bad followed by a great wine

This weeks show we will be taking a look at what happens when Dinosaurs roam the streets of modern day England in the TV show Primeval. Then later we will be having Marc Ballard on to get an early preview of all the upcoming Comic City Conventions. Join us for another fun filled podcast that … Continue reading →

Lend us your ear as Ian & daveac get all flushed about Jekyll Episode Four

Lend us your ear as Ian & daveac get all flushed about Jekyll Episode Four

Lend us your ear as Ian & daveac get all flushed about Jekyll Episode Four

Lend us your ear as Ian & daveac get all flushed about Jekyll Episode Four

Recrimination! Rage! Retweeting! We're looking at the (non-)controversy over Doctor Who's losses at the National Television Awards yesterday, and the ritual assignations of blame.

Everything's fine, folks. Really.

A Christmas Carol, the 2010 Christmas Special, finally reviewed and obsessed over by the regular team.

Mit diesem Whocast beginnt das grosse "Resteessen" bis zur nachsten Staffel im TV. Heute beginnen Harald und Raphael mit einer weiteren Folge aus der vierten Staffel der Sarah Jane Adventures - "The Empty Planet". Mit dabei sind News, Post und das erste der beiden noch ausstehenden Reviews zu den von Ralf Roger verteilten Quickreads.

Mit diesem Whocast beginnt das grosse "Resteessen" bis zur nachsten Staffel im TV. Heute beginnen Harald und Raphael mit einer weiteren Folge aus der vierten Staffel der Sarah Jane Adventures - "The Empty Planet". Mit dabei sind News, Post und das erste der beiden noch ausstehenden Reviews zu den von Ralf Roger verteilten Quickreads.

The Mott is in the house! (campervan) It is our great pleasure to bring you at The Doctor Who Podcast an interview with Wilfred Mott himself, Bernard Cribbins.James was lucky enough to speak to him recently. Bernard's time with Doctor Who stretches back as far as the second Dalek movie - Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150AD, [...]

We pick up where we last left off with the second part of our review of A Christmas Carol warning SPOILERS!!!.

The Mott is in the house! (campervan) It is our great pleasure to bring you at The Doctor Who Podcast an interview with Wilfred Mott himself, Bernard Cribbins. James was lucky enough to speak to him recently. Bernard’s time with Doctor Who stretches back as far as the second Dalek movie – Daleks’ Invasion Earth [...]

The Mott is in the house! (campervan) It is our great pleasure to bring you at The Doctor Who Podcast an interview with Wilfred Mott himself, Bernard Cribbins.James was lucky enough to speak to him recently. Bernard's time with Doctor Who stretches back as far as the second Dalek movie - Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150AD, [...]

We bring in the new year with a close to the Colin Baker reviews with the Review of Revelation of the Daleks and the new series review of A Christmas Carol(on part 2 episode 88.5) This is PART 1

Almost ten million years in the future, the TARDIS materialises on a vast spacecraft including its own miniature zoo and arboretum. The First Doctor and Steven Taylor are still explaining the basics of their time travel ability to new companion Dodo Chaplet when she starts to show signs of a cold. It is only a matter of time before they are found and taken to the control chamber of the vessel. Their captors are the mute Monoids, seemingly identical alien beings with a single eye. The Monoids live in peace alongside the humans who command the spaceship, their own planet having been destroyed, but often do much of the menial work. The humans in charge of the ship explain that the Earth is about to be destroyed because of the expansion of the sun, and that this ship is an Ark sent into space with the last remnants of humanity, civilization and various forms of flora and fauna. The human Guardians in charge of the craft run a tight ship: failure to conform to rules means either death or miniaturisation until they reach their destination, an Earth-like planet called Refusis II, which takes nearly 700 years to get to. As an amusement during the journey a vast statue is being carved by hand, depicting a human being. Dodo's cold has now spread amongst the Monoid and human populations, but regrettably, they have little natural immunity. When the Commander of the Ark collapses with the malady, the whole ship is placed on alert as Zentos, the Deputy Commander is suspicious of the travellers and believes they have deliberately infected the ship. When the first Monoid dies, there is little the Doctor can say to pacify the angry Guardians. Zentos places the Doctor, Steven and Dodo on trial for their crimes, with a young Guardian called Manyak and the Commander's daughter Mellium as defence. Steven acts as the first defence witness, attacking the closed nature of the minds of the Guardians, but exhausts himself in the process and collapses with the fever. His words have no impact on Zentos, who orders their execution, but the ailing Commander intervenes to protect the three travellers and permit them access to medical equipment to devise a cure to the cold. The Doctor is thus able to recreate the cold vaccine from the membranes of animals on the craft, and this is administered throughout the crew. The Commander, Steven and the others infected are soon on the road to recovery. Their work done, the trio have only time to observe the end of Earth on the long-range scanner before the Doctor leads them back to the TARDIS. Curiously, when the TARDIS rematerialises, they are still on the Ark. However, seven hundred years have passed and there has been a major change: the Monoids are in control. They have completed the statue in the image of themselves, having staged a coup during the long journey. This was made possible by a genetic weakness introduced into the humans, but not the Monoids, by a second wave of the cold virus 700 years earlier. The Monoids also now have voice communicators and use numerical emblems to distinguish each other. The humans are now little more than slaves, with the odd exception like the collaborator subject Guardian Maharis, and have little hope of change. The Doctor and his friends encounter the Monoid leadership, installed in a throne room on the Ark, after which they are sent to the security kitchen to help prepare meals for the Monoids. Two humans, Manissa and Dassuk, believe the moment of their liberation is at hand. Steven tries to help them in a revolt which is unsuccessful. The arrival on Refusis is close at hand and a landing pod is prepared. Monoid 1 wants to make sure that the new world is inhabited only by Monoids, despite promises that the human population will be allowed to live there too. A landing party is assembled – the Doctor, Dodo, Monoid 2 and a subject Guardian named Yendom – and they soon reach Refusis II and start to investigate. A stately castle which seems to be unoccupied is in fact the home to the invisible Refusians, giant beings rendered invisible by solar flares. They welcome their guests and have been expecting them but only want to share the planet with other peaceful beings. Monoid 2 and Yendom flee the castle, and en route Yendom realises the humans will not be allowed to reach Refusis with the Monoids. Monoid 2 kills him and is shortly afterward killed himself when the landing pod explodes. The tension of the situation foments dissent in the Monoid ranks, with Monoid 4 openly opposing Monoid 1's plans to abandon the humans and colonise Refusis without more checks on the planet. Three launchers are sent to the planet, Monoids 1 and 4 commanding them, and when the crews emerge Monoid 4 interprets the destroyed landing pod as evidence of the danger that Monoid 1 has led them to. A civil war erupts between the two Monoid factions. The Doctor, Dodo and a Refusian use the confusion to steal one of the launchers and pilot back to the Ark. The Monoids have placed a bomb on board the ship and plan to evacuate soon to the planet surface, leaving the humans to die on the spaceship. Word of this threat spreads and spurs a human rebellion. The arrival of the Doctor and the Refusian spur things along, and they soon realise the bomb has been placed in the head of the statue. Thankfully the Refusian is able to help dispose of the statue into space before the bomb explodes. The humans now begin to land on Refusis themselves, having been offered support on peaceful terms by the Refusians. Many of the Monoids have been killed in their civil war and those that remain are offered peaceful settlement alongside the other two species. Once more the TARDIS departs, and this time the curiosity is that the Doctor simply vanishes from the TARDIS control room… [edit] Continuity In The Ark in Space, the Earth was also evacuated because of solar flare activity that rendered the biosphere uninhabitable for five thousand years. There, however, the survivors of mankind slept in suspended animation and returned to repopulate the planet after that period had passed. The Earth is seen trailing smoke as it heads towards the Sun at the close of episode two. The Doctor estimate the date as 10,000,000, however in the 2005 episode "The End of the World", Earth is finally destroyed by the expanding Sun around AD 5,000,000,000. Series writer Paul Cornell opines that the fictional Time War alluded to in the revived series of Doctor Who rewrote some historical events, among them the destruction of Earth.[1] The Monoids also feature in the Bernice Summerfield audio drama The Kingdom of the Blind by Big Finish Productions. The TARDIS is referenced in the first episode as "that black box" whereas by the time of the third doctor when the series was recorded in color it is obviously a blue police box. [edit] Production Serial details by episode Episode Broadcast date Run time Viewership (in millions) Archive "The Steel Sky" 5 March 1966 (1966-03-05) 24:00 5.5 16mm t/r "The Plague" 12 March 1966 (1966-03-12) 25:00 6.9 16mm t/r "The Return" 19 March 1966 (1966-03-19) 24:19 6.2 16mm t/r "The Bomb" 26 March 1966 (1966-03-26) 24:37 7.3 16mm t/r [2][3][4] Although Lesley Scott is credited as a co-writer, she does not appear to have done any actual work on the scripts. Her then-husband, Paul Erickson requested that she be given a credit, but her name appears on no other related documents[5]. Despite this, Scott was credited as a contributor to the Dr. Who Annuals published by World Distributors/World International[6]. The Monoids were played by actors, each holding a ping-pong ball in his mouth to represent the alien's single eye. The upper portion of the actor's face was hidden by a Beatle wig. This serial features a guest appearance by Michael Sheard. (See also Celebrity appearances in Doctor Who.) Doctor Who book The Ark Series Target novelisations Release number 114 Writer Paul Erickson Publisher Target Books Cover artist David McAllister ISBN 0-426-20253-8 Release date October 1986 (Hardback) 19 March 1987 (Paperback) Preceded by Black Orchid Followed by The Mind Robber [edit] Commercial releases This story was released on VHS, in 1998. It was later released on CD (The CD version contains a two minute reprise from the end of the previous story The Massacre), with linking narration by Peter Purves. The CD also includes an interview with Peter about this story and his time on Doctor Who. This CD is available as an Audio Book on the iTunes store. It is scheduled to be released on DVD in 2011 and will have an audio commentary with Peter Purves and Michael Imison[7]. [edit] In print A novelisation of this serial, written by Paul Erickson, was published by Target Books in October 1986. [edit] References ^ http://paulcornell.blogspot.com/2007/02/canonicity-in-doctor-who.html ^ Shaun Lyon et al. (2007-03-31). "The Arc". Outpost Gallifrey. Archived from the original on 2008-03-31. http://web.archive.org/web/20080331033427/http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=x. Retrieved 2008-08-30.  ^ "The Ark". Doctor Who Reference Guide. http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_x.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-30.  ^ Sullivan, Shannon (2005-04-29). "The Ark". A Brief History of Time Travel. http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/x.html. Retrieved 2008-08-30.  ^ Pixley, Andrew, "Doctor Who Archive: The Ark," Doctor Who Magazine, #228, 2 August 1995, Marvel Comics UK, Ltd., p. 26. ^ Pixley, Andrew, "The Ark: Archive Extra," Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition, #7, 12 May 2004 (The Complete First Doctor), Panini Comics, p. 73. ^ http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/news/Default.aspx#merchandise-jan-feb-dvd-releases

In this episode of Traveling the Vortex, we discuss filming of “Torchwood: Miracle Day” starting in the U.S.

Also congratulations to David Tennant and Georgia Moffat on their impending new arrivals and wedding date.

Also in this episode, DVD discussion and plans for a review of some of the classic material.

Plus a review of “The Vampires of Venice”, “Amy’s Choice”. “The Hungry Earth” and “Cold Blood”. If you’d like to send us feedback you can e-mail us at travelingthevortex@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter – @travelvoretex, friend us on Facebook, or leave a message on our Google Voice number (913) 890-3025. We’d love to hear from you!

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The Stowaway S2E02 - "New Earth, Same Old Stowaway". Matt Rose and the Doctor travel to New Earth in this Mytharc Recap of S2E01 "New Earth".

Why could a pig never become a sailor? He can't look aloft! What are we on about? It's the 1983 Peter Davison story Enlightenment of course, the subject of the latest Krynoid Podcast. Jim and Martin take a long look back at this twentieth anniversary tale which not only features the hilarious joke above but also draws to a close the Black Guardian trilogy of stories. Why not have a listen as we discuss an Eternal who is infatuated with Tegan (as were we!), some rather good / pretty poor model work (depending on who you believe), a pantomime performance from Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, and just who is the best Davison companion?

The Silurians are out of hibernation and into Scott and Matt’s hearts for the Jon Pertwee 7-part serial “The Silurians”. The Doctor is stranded on Earth and working with UNIT to investigate some murders in an underground research facility; only to discover a group of pre-historic, intelligent reptiles who want control of Earth. Can the Doctor convince the humans and the Silurians to live together in peace? What do Silurians have in common with 80′s slasher films? Does the Doctor have an outfit for every occasion? Find out in the newest episode of The Doctor's Companion. And remember, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!

Next Week: Tom Baker and “Genesis of the Daleks”!!

In which the most abominable, darkest, nastiest, blackest, vilest, most repellant, disgusting and disgraceful podcasters return to chat about baddies.  Duh!

Technically we take a shifty at what makes for a good villain and how they've changed through the years, then we run amok trying to pin down all the different types and sub-types.

In reality of course, we ramble off topic, fudge our lines and make things about as difficult for an editor as you can hope to imagine.  It was all them, yer honour.  Honest...

 

Out of pure spite I've left a c-bomb in so you can all hear what a filthy brute Mattie is in real life.  For shame!

 

I could list out all the books and occasional films mentioned so you know what you're getting into, but where would be the fun in that?  Discover what weird and random directions our twisted talk takes us by downloading this episode and injecting us... into your brains!

 

You can send your outraged tweets to us @Scrollscast or @Dion_Scrolls

Alternatively you can send your splenetic e-mails to us at scrolls@hotmail.co.uk

or... simply assault us physically at the SFX Weekender on the first weekend of February.

If your rage is aimed solely at me (Dion) I can also be punched at the Cardiff International Comics Expo on 26th Feb.

In which the most abominable, darkest, nastiest, blackest, vilest, most repellant, disgusting and disgraceful podcasters return to chat about baddies. Duh!

Technically we take a shifty at what makes for a good villain and how they've changed through the years, then we run amok trying to pin down all the different types and sub-types.

In reality of course, we ramble off topic, fudge our lines and make things about as difficult for an editor as you can hope to imagine. It was all them, yer honour. Honest...

Out of pure spite I've left a c-bomb in so you can all hear what a filthy brute Mattie is in real life. For shame!

I could list out all the books and occasional films mentioned so you know what you're getting into, but where would be the fun in that? Discover what weird and random directions our twisted talk takes us by downloading this episode and injecting us... into your brains!

You can send your outraged tweets to us @Scrollscast or @Dion_Scrolls

Alternatively you can send your splenetic e-mails to us at scrolls@hotmail.co.uk

or... simply assault us physically at the SFX Weekender on the first weekend of February.

If your rage is aimed solely at me (Dion) I can also be punched at the Cardiff International Comics Expo on 26th Feb.

 

26 days until Gally 22.

EXCERPT:

26 days until Gally 22.

EXCERPT:

After discussing "Underworld" (in which an alien race tries to save itself from extinction) and "The Invasion of Time" (in which The Doctor saves Gallifrey by being a jerk), Dan and Mike say goodbye to Leela and the 15th season.

In this episode we'll be featuring the second part of an interview with BBC Radiophonic Composer Paddy Kingsland with guest co-host Tony Gallichan of the Flashing Blade Podcast joining me at the central console. Recorded the 9th of December, 2010.

In this episode we'll be featuring the second part of an interview with BBC Radiophonic Composer Paddy Kingsland with guest co-host Tony Gallichan of the Flashing Blade Podcast joining me at the central console. Recorded the 9th of December, 2010.