Huh. It's the tenth episode of The Cloister Room, a podcast about Doctor Who and other things. 

This week, the "Doctor Who" is "Blood of the Daleks," a two-part Big Finish audio play featuring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor. The "Other Things" refers to Firefly! 

Next week, we'll be talking about the Ninth Doctor story "Dalek." The week after that we'll be talking about a Tenth Doctor story... of your choosing!

Comment here on this post, or leave an @ reply for @TheCloisterRoom on Twitter telling us which we should discuss.

Oh, and be sure to let us know what you think of the podcast, through either of those ways or by e-mail at thecloisterroom@gmail.com.

Topics covered:

00:00-03:32 - Introduction

03:33-09:43 - Blood of the Daleks

09:44-10:55 - Next week

10:56-13:13 - News

13:14-24:45 - Firefly

24:46-end - Outroduction

 

Anna in Indiana returns to US WhoCast to announce a new project and joins Matt in a review of S1E08 "Father's Day". To submit feedback call 314-884-1249 or send e-mail to uswhocast@gmail.com

THE MISSING EPISODES ARE HERE!!!  In Marco Polo, Part 1, Doug and Kevin take a look at (or is that a listen to?) the various audio and video reconstructions that exist for this first "lost" episode of Doctor Who.  (So for those of you who have inquired, yes, we are covering them!)  Tune in to hear what we have to say.  Originally aired February 22, 1964 and directed by Waris Hussein.  Starring William Hartnell as Doctor Who and Mark Eden as Marco Polo.  Audio length: 64 mins 27 secs.

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THE MISSING EPISODES ARE HERE!!!  In Marco Polo, Part 1, Doug and Kevin take a look at (or is that a listen to?) the various audio and video reconstructions that exist for this first "lost" episode of Doctor Who.  (So for those of you who have inquired, yes, we are covering them!)  Tune in to hear what we have to say.  Originally aired February 22, 1964 and directed by Waris Hussein.  Starring William Hartnell as Doctor Who and Mark Eden as Marco Polo.  Audio length: 64 mins 27 secs.

Stream | Download | iTunes

THE MISSING EPISODES ARE HERE!!!  In Marco Polo, Part 1, Doug and Kevin take a look at (or is that a listen to?) the various audio and video reconstructions that exist for this first "lost" episode of Doctor Who.  (So for those of you who have inquired, yes, we are covering them!)  Tune in to hear what we have to say.  Originally aired February 22, 1964 and directed by Waris Hussein.  Starring William Hartnell as Doctor Who and Mark Eden as Marco Polo.  Audio length: 64 mins 27 secs.

Stream | Download | iTunes

My review of the first episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures Season 4, "The Nightmare Man" which guest stars Julian Bleach, I close with a few comments from the Twitterverse and the next time trailer for next week's episode "The Vault of Secrets"

End theme is Sarah Jane Adventures theme by Murray Gold.

If you would like to help support the show there is now a t shirt shop here http://www.zazzle.co.uk/tdrury a few designs are available one by me and the others by Craig Hansen.

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.

My review of the first episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures Season 4, "The Nightmare Man" which guest stars Julian Bleach, I close with a few comments from the Twitterverse and the next time trailer for next week's episode "The Vault of Secrets"

End theme is Sarah Jane Adventures theme by Murray Gold.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to help support the show there is now a t shirt shop here http://www.zazzle.co.uk/tdrury a few designs are available one by me and the others by Craig Hansen.

 

 

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. 

 

 

My review of the first episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures Season 4, "The Nightmare Man" which guest stars Julian Bleach, I close with a few comments from the Twitterverse and the next time trailer for next week's episode "The Vault of Secrets"

End theme is Sarah Jane Adventures theme by Murray Gold.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to help support the show there is now a t shirt shop here http://www.zazzle.co.uk/tdrury a few designs are available one by me and the others by Craig Hansen.

 

 

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. 

 

 

Wherein Rand anticipates Book 14 of The Wheel of Time and discusses the computer game Minecraft.

As we head into the home stretch of BBC Week, TV producer and Tachyon TV contributor Simon Harries introduces you to Toby Hadoke's new one-man show, "Now I Know My BBC." Toby's been a great friend of the podcast, having been interviewed a few times and contributing a review of "The Big Bang" for 2MTL. Be sure to see him perform "Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf" at Chicago TARDIS if you can!

It’s NEW Who, not Nu Who!

A very big episode for you this week, focused entirely on New Who. First up is a review of the audio book The Runaway Train, read by Matt Smith and given away free with the Daily Telegraph a few months back.James got a day pass and went to see Doctor Who Live, and he shares his experience with us. To round off the episode, we have a fantastic interview with Ian McNeice, the man who brought Winston Churchill so vividly to life in the Matt Smith story Victory of the Daleks.

It’s NEW Who, not Nu Who!

A very big episode for you this week, focused entirely on New Who. First up is a review of the audio book The Runaway Train, read by Matt Smith and given away free with the Daily Telegraph a few months back.James got a day pass and went to see Doctor Who Live, and he shares his experience with us. To round off the episode, we have a fantastic interview with Ian McNeice, the man who brought Winston Churchill so vividly to life in the Matt Smith story Victory of the Daleks.

It's NEW Who, not Nu Who! A very big episode for you this week, focused entirely on New Who. First up is a review of the audio book The Runaway Train, read by Matt Smith and given away free with the Daily Telegraph a few months back.James got a day pass and went to see [...]

The first North East Geek Feast on the Geek Syndicate Network!

Daniel and Lily give a North Eastern eye-view over some delicious geeky morsels this month as they invite SPBM's Lee Grice along to review season premieres of True Blood and Merlin, Daniel charts his path through a twenty-four hour comic event and the creator of Sgt Mike Battle, Graham Pearce, pops along for a chat.

Find NEGF on Facebook to get involved in future episodes or email Daniel and Lily at northeastgeekfeast@hotmail.com

Find previous episodes of NEGF at http://northeastgeekfeastshow.mevio.com

The hills are alive with the sound of music, well, mostly crying and screaming, but there's definitely some music out there. Here at Indie Asylum there's always something to sing about and this week's show is no exception, as we get the band back together and serve up some aural delights for you to judge. Like some kind of warped, indie gaming X-Factor. Though without the shit and the shame.

Tonight's contestants are:

1. Auditorium - $9.99 (free demo) and Fractal - $9.99 (free demo)

2. Audio Surf - Steam PS5.99

3. Beat Hazard - Steam PS6.99 / Xbox Live Indie Games - 400 points

Mentions:

Record Tripping- http://www.recordtripping.com/

Musaic Box - Steam PS3.99

Synaethete - Free Download

Raycatcher - Steam PS3.99

Rhythm Zone - Steam PS5.35

Indie Love: Cobalt - Trailer / Oxeye Studios / Music by Anosou

Twitter - @IndieAsylum

The first North East Geek Feast on the Geek Syndicate Network!

Daniel and Lily give a North Eastern eye-view over some delicious geeky morsels this month as they invite SPBM’s Lee Grice along to review season premieres of True Blood and Merlin, Daniel charts his path through a twenty-four hour comic event and the creator of Sgt Mike Battle, Graham Pearce, pops along for a chat.

Find NEGF on Facebook to get involved in future episodes or email Daniel and Lily at northeastgeekfeast@hotmail.com

Find previous episodes of NEGF at http://northeastgeekfeastshow.mevio.com

The hills are alive with the sound of music, well, mostly crying and screaming, but there's definitely some music out there. Here at Indie Asylum there's always something to sing about and this week’s show is no exception, as we get the band back together and serve up some aural delights for you to judge. Like some kind of warped, indie gaming X-Factor. Though without the shit and the shame.

Tonight’s contestants are:

1. Auditorium - $9.99 (free demo) and Fractal - $9.99 (free demo)

2. Audio Surf - Steam £5.99

3. Beat Hazard - Steam £6.99 / Xbox Live Indie Games - 400 points

Mentions:

Record Tripping- http://www.recordtripping.com/

Musaic Box - Steam £3.99

 

Synaethete - Free Download

 

Raycatcher - Steam £3.99

 

Rhythm Zone - Steam £5.35

Indie Love: Cobalt - Trailer / Oxeye Studios / Music by Anosou

Twitter - @IndieAsylum

It's NEW Who, not Nu Who! A very big episode for you this week, focused entirely on New Who. First up is a review of the audio book The Runaway Train, read by Matt Smith and given away free with the Daily Telegraph a few months back.James got a day pass and went to see [...]

It’s NEW Who, not Nu Who! A very big episode for you this week, focused entirely on New Who. First up is a review of the audio book The Runaway Train, read by Matt Smith and given away free with the Daily Telegraph a few months back. James got a day pass and went to [...]

HALLOWEEN SHOW PART 2.Also a little treat at the end of the show.To check out the songs used for background music go to www.aolradioblog.com

FEEDBACK: A HERO'S CALLING

Episode #2

"Second Skin"

by Hunter Pritt, Zachary Sherry, and Alan White

Based upon the character concept created by

Matthew Atherton and Sarah Blevins

Welcome back to Forthright Industries, Zachary Sherry. I think you'll find things are not as you left them. For one, your best friend Matt Atherton is somewhat ... indisposed.

Cast:

ZACH/CONSOLE - Elie Hirschman

BARTENDER - Mike Winters

CORSAIR - Paul Mannering

OPUS - Robin Carlisle

FOREMAN - Zack Fester

TIM O'Donnell/Back-Up -- Tim O'Donnell

ALEXANDER FORTHRIGHT III - Steve Anderson

FEEDBACK - Matthew Atherton

BLACKTHORN - Mark Kalita

TOM - Mike Winters

CODEC - Zack Fester

MILLENNIUM - Natasha Lathrop

NEUTRINO -- Perry Whittle

FREAKOPAEDIA - Brandon Cole

ROUTER - Tanner Karns

CLUSTER - Jeffrey Wayne Kirkpatrick

ADAM - Adam Ledzion

REBOOT - Andrey Kuznetsov

RIVERS - Steve Anderson

and

SARAH - Sarah Blevins

"My Calling" theme written and performed by Jeffrey Wayne Kirkpatrick

Original Audio Score by David A. Krause

Post-Production work by Alan White.

HALLOWEEN SHOW PART 1 WITH GUESS DAVE AC.

 

FEEDBACK: A HERO’S CALLING

Episode #2

“Second Skin”

by Hunter Pritt, Zachary Sherry, and Alan White

Based upon the character concept created by

Matthew Atherton and Sarah Blevins

 

Welcome back to Forthright Industries, Zachary Sherry.  I think you'll find things are not as you left them.  For one, your best friend Matt Atherton is somewhat ... indisposed.

 

Cast:

ZACH/CONSOLE - Elie Hirschman

BARTENDER - Mike Winters

CORSAIR - Paul Mannering

OPUS - Robin Carlisle

FOREMAN -  Zack Fester

TIM O’Donnell/Back-Up -- Tim O'Donnell

 

ALEXANDER FORTHRIGHT III -  Steve Anderson

FEEDBACK - Matthew Atherton

BLACKTHORN -  Mark Kalita

 

TOM - Mike Winters

CODEC - Zack Fester

MILLENNIUM - Natasha Lathrop

NEUTRINO -- Perry Whittle

FREAKOPAEDIA - Brandon Cole

ROUTER - Tanner Karns

CLUSTER - Jeffrey Wayne Kirkpatrick

ADAM - Adam Ledzion

REBOOT - Andrey Kuznetsov 

 

RIVERS - Steve Anderson

 

and

 

SARAH - Sarah Blevins

 

“My Calling” theme written and performed by Jeffrey Wayne Kirkpatrick

Original Audio Score by David A. Krause

Post-Production work by Alan White.

 

 

BBC Week continues, with five-year expatriate professor Mark Goodacre, the Resident Alien, talking about his concern over the BBC and drawing a parallel with those dark Doctor Who years that began in 1989. PLUS: A bonus spoiler section at the end, regarding certain revelations from the "Death of the Doctor" Sarah Jane Adventures screening!

It’s been a long time coming (mainly due to RL getting in the way of editing), but our pilot episode is now finally available! – We start off at the beginning of the 9th Doctor’s (far too brief) reign with ‘Rose’ – the episode that re-introduced Doctor Who to a new generation.

Twitter: @schismpodcast
Web: http://www.untemperedschism.org/

Duration: 49:16

It is time once again to pit the mighty minds of the DWP against each other and see who is victorious. With the help of our listeners, Trev poses 10 mighty questions toJames and Tom. Who will be the winner and who will be left crying into their warm milk?

It is time once again to pit the mighty minds of the DWP against each other and see who is victorious.

With the help of our listeners, Trev poses 10 mighty questions to James and Tom.

Who will be the winner and who will be left crying into their warm milk?

It is time once again to pit the mighty minds of the DWP against each other and see who is victorious.

With the help of our listeners, Trev poses 10 mighty questions to James and Tom.

Who will be the winner and who will be left crying into their warm milk?

Who Fix co-founder, Tachyon TV co-conspirator, and video and new media professor (wait, that sounds terribly legitimate) Neil Perryman fixes blame for Dimensions in Time while making some best-case and worst-case predictions for Doctor Who's future. This is Day 2 of BBC Week on 2MTL.

Next up: Mark Goodacre, the Resident Alien, with an expat's perspective on the BBC and Doctor Who.

In our news roundup, we discuss the Kinect's space and light requirements and have a chat about the trend of bringing older games to the current consoles.

The main feature is a look back at this year's Eurogamer Expo and we finish off with Buy, Rent, Avoid - this time it's Halo Reach.

David and Marty review the 1996 Television Movie, Paul McGann as the doctor, and more specifically the new extra features on the Revisitations 1 boxed set edition. The guys read listener feedback e-mails and turn the show over to our "official show Doctor" Dr. Phillip Serna to discuss the music for the television movie in his segment of ATSM!

FROM Dr. Phil:

John Debney, John Sponsler & Louis Febre - Serial TVM (Big Finish Production Code 8A) - Story 160 - Doctor Who: The Movie

DEDICATION: This episode is dedicated to my brother Paul Serna whose support and his love of film and television scores, inspired me to create Adventures in Time, Space and Music.

DISCLAIMER: Out of a spirit of fun, I ended up replacing the Dalek voices from the TV Movie with proper Dalek voices when quoting Doctor Who: The Movie. This is in no way to undermine the BBC DVD or the 2|Entertain DVD releases, or to mislead the audience in any way.

Links of Interest:

Hi-kbps version of Dr. Phil's segment available here - http://adventuresintimespaceandmusic.phillipwserna.com/podcast/06atsmdebneysponslerfebretvmovie.mp3

John Debney - http://www.johndebney.com/
John Sponsler - http://www.magicboxmusic.com/
Louis Febre - http://www.louisfebre.com/

The TV Movie in the Online Discontinuity Guide - http://www.tetrap.com/drwho/disccon/8/tvmovie.html

In our news roundup, we discuss the Kinect's space and light requirements and have a chat about the trend of bringing older games to the current consoles.

The main feature is a look back at this year's Eurogamer Expo and we finish off with Buy, Rent, Avoid - this time it's Halo Reach.

David and Marty review the 1996 Television Movie, Paul McGann as the doctor, and more specifically the new extra features on the Revisitations 1 boxed set edition.  The guys read listener feedback e-mails and turn the show over to our “official show Doctor” Dr. Phillip Serna to discuss the music for the television movie in his segment of ATSM!

FROM Dr. Phil:

John Debney, John Sponsler & Louis Febre - Serial TVM (Big Finish Production Code 8A) - Story 160 - Doctor Who: The Movie
 
DEDICATION: This episode is dedicated to my brother Paul Serna whose support and his love of film and television scores, inspired me to create Adventures in Time, Space and Music.
 
DISCLAIMER: Out of a spirit of fun, I ended up replacing the Dalek voices from the TV Movie with proper Dalek voices when quoting Doctor Who: The Movie. This is in no way to undermine the BBC DVD or the 2|Entertain DVD releases, or to mislead the audience in any way.
 
Links of Interest:

Hi-kbps version of Dr. Phil’s segment available here - http://adventuresintimespaceandmusic.phillipwserna.com/podcast/06atsmdebneysponslerfebretvmovie.mp3

 
John Debney - http://www.johndebney.com/
John Sponsler - http://www.magicboxmusic.com/
Louis Febre - http://www.louisfebre.com/
 
The TV Movie in the Online Discontinuity Guide - http://www.tetrap.com/drwho/disccon/8/tvmovie.html

It is time once again to pit the mighty minds of the DWP against each other and see who is victorious. With the help of our listeners, Trev poses 10 mighty questions toJames and Tom. Who will be the winner and who will be left crying into their warm milk?

It is time once again to pit the mighty minds of the DWP against each other and see who is victorious. With the help of our listeners, Trev poses 10 mighty questions to James and Tom. Who will be the winner and who will be left crying into their warm milk?

Review of the Second Doctor Story: Fury from the Deep

Today kicks off a one-week series of Two-minute Time Lord Podcasts exploring the relationship of Doctor Who and the BBC, an institution with an increasingly cloudy future. While Doctor Who is in no immediate danger, BBC budgets continue to be cut and the license fee is under attack.

What might it mean for the long-term future of Doctor Who? Would changes to the BBC affect its most popular drama?

Find out more about BBC Week on 2MTL on today's podcast, and come back for the rest of the week for thoughts from three guest contributors from the U.K.: Neil Perryman, Mark Goodacre and Simon Harries.

En l'absence de Joel, et alors que The Sarah Jane Adventures va reprendre sur CBBC. Jonathan nous fait un petit rappel de qui est Sarah Jane Smith.

Plot In Antarctica, scientists Charles Winlett and Derek Moberley discover a pod buried in the permafrost, and take it back to their camp. John Stevenson, the base botanist identifies it as vegetable-based and estimates it has been buried in the ice for some twenty thousand years. Back in London, Richard Dunbar of the World Ecology Bureau shows the Doctor photographs of the pod. Although he feels that the Doctor cannot help them, his superior Sir Colin Thackeray insisted. The Doctor examines the pictures and believes it to be extraterrestrial. He tells Dunbar to contact the expedition by their regular video link, and tell them not to touch it until he arrives. Back at the base, Stevenson discovers that the pod is growing larger and he believes it is absorbing ultraviolet radiation. In England, Dunbar visits the estate of millionaire Harrison Chase. Chase's estate is filled with thousands of plants, and he considers it his mission to protect the plant life of Mother Earth. Dunbar has come to show him pictures of the pod, its possible extraterrestrial origin and hints that such a valuable specimen could easily disappear.... for a price. Dunbar gives Chase the location of the pod. Chase calls for one of his men, Scorby, telling him to take Keeler along. At the base, Winlett is half asleep near the pod when it opens up. A frond-like tentacle whips out and stings his arm, causing Winlett to collapse in pain. When Stevenson and Moberley find him, Winlett's face is covered with green hives. The Doctor and Sarah arrive at the base. In the sickbay, Winlett's body temperature and pulse are dropping rapidly. His face and body are now covered with a green fungus, and its growth is accelerating. The Doctor asks for a blood test on Winlett, who is growing increasingly monstrous, and examines the now-empty pod. Stevenson acknowledges that it may be his fault; convinced that the pod was alive, he placed it under a lamp. Outside the base, the Doctor digs at the ice, uncovering another pod. Noting that the pods travel in pairs, the Doctors transfers it to the base freezer. On analysis, Winlett's blood is found to contain no blood platelets, but instead has schizophytes — microscopic organisms akin to plant bacteria. The sound of engines is heard, and Moberley and Stevenson go meet what they presume is the medical team. The Doctor tells Sarah that Winlett is turning into a Krynoid, a kind of galactic weed that settles on planets and eats the animal life. Stevenson and Moberley escort two men —Scorby and Keeler— into the base. The new arrivals claim that their private plane got lost and wound up at the base. The Doctor leaves to check on Winlett, taking the others and leaving Scorby and Keeler alone. Moberly is killed by the now muated Winlett. Transformed into a Krynoid it flees the base and shelters in the outside generator hut. Scorby and Keeler -employees of Chase- hold the Doctor and others at gunpoint as they steal the remaining pod. Scorby and Keeler set up a bomb in the generator and escape in their plane. The Doctor and the others get free, but are attacked by the Krynoid, which kills Stevenson. The Doctor and Sarah flee the base as the bomb creates a chain reaction and destroys the whole area. Regaining consciousness in the snow, the Doctor and Sarah are picked up by a team from South Bend in their Snow Cat vehicle. Meanwhile, Scorby and Keller return to Chase in England with the second pod. Dunbar is angered at how far Chase had gone to secure the pod, but warns Chase that the Doctor and Sarah are still alive, and are scheduled to meet with him and Sir Colin in two hours. At the meeting, the Doctor and Sarah describe how well planned the theft of the pod was, but the Doctor believes that the two men were stooges. The discovery of the pod had only been reported to the Ecology Bureau, so the leak must have come from them. He tells Dunbar to arrange for him to go to the Botanic Institute. As they leave the building, a driver meets them claiming to be their ride. However, the limousine stops in the countryside, and the driver orders them out at gunpoint. With a bit of teamwork, the Doctor manages to jump the driver and punch him out. The Doctor and Sarah search the car, and find a painting by Amelia Ducat, one of the world's leading flower artists. When they visit her, Ducat tells them that the owner of the painting is Harrison Chase, and that he never paid her for the painting. Keeler, who is a botanist himself, unsuccessfully tries to convince Chase to stop the experiments on the pod. Chase orders him to inject the pod with fixed nitrogen. Dunbar calls Chase and tells him that his driver is in the hospital, so when the Doctor and Sarah try to sneak into the mansion, they are spotted by some guards and Scorby, who capture them. The Doctor and Sarah are brought before Chase, and despite having Scorby's gun at his head, the Doctor asks Chase grimly to hand over the pod. Chase politely refuses: He has the greatest collection of plants in the world, and when the pod flowers, it will be his crowning achievement. Before he executes them, Chase decides to show the Doctor and Sarah around the mansion, and his plant laboratory. Keeler notes that the pod is growing, and tells Hargreaves, the butler, to summon Chase to the annex. There, Chase tells Keeler to inject more nitrogen into the pod. Scorby escorts the Doctor and Sarah into the gardens to kill them, but the two manage to overpower Scorby. The Doctor uses rope to lower Sarah down the wall so she can go and warn Sir Colin while he returns to the house to examine the pod. However, Sarah gets captured again. The Doctor makes his way back into the mansion while Sarah is escorted by Scorby back to Chase. The Doctor watches through the skylight, horrified as Chase orders Sarah forced down to a chair, grabbing her arm and pinning it next to the pod. He wants to know what happens when the Krynoid touches human flesh. The Doctor rescues Sarah and in the confusion, a frond from the pod stings Keeler's arm. Keeler begs Chase to get him to a hospital, but Chase is more fascinated with the transformative process than saving Keeler's life. Chase and Hargreaves take Keller to the nearby cottage. When the Doctor returns to the empty laboratory, he is captured by Scorby and a guard, who take him to the compost room. Scorby activates the crusher, remarking that Chase recycles everything. The main gate calls the house: Amelia Ducat is here demanding her money. To avoid a fuss, Chase agrees to see her. Meanwhile, Sarah has entered the cottage, and sees Keeler, who is still lucid, although covered with the Krynoid growth. She escapes back to the house and while in hiding, attracts Ducat's attention and asks her to take a message to Sir Colin. Outside, Ducat enters a car with Sir Colin and Dunbar inside, and tells them what Sarah said. Dunbar, realising he has made a terrible mistake, says he will go in and get the Doctor. He tells Sir Colin that, if he does not return in half an hour, to return to London and call UNIT. Sarah finds her way into the compost room and turns off the crusher just in time to save the Doctor. Hargreaves finds that Keeler has now almost completed his transformation, and runs in a panic as the creature frees itself. In the mansion, Dunbar pleads with Chase to abandon the experiment as Hargreaves reports Keeler's transformation to Chase. Dunbar says that this has gone far enough, and he is going to get help. Chase tells Scorby to stop him. Scorby pursues Dunbar through the grounds as the Doctor and Sarah find Keeler missing from the cottage. The Doctor takes a sword from over the fireplace and they leave to search for the Krynoid. Dunbar runs into the monster, which is far larger than the Winlett creature was, and no longer even humanoid. He shoots at it uselessly, and is held fast by the surrounding plant life as the Krynoid kills him. Dunbar's screams attract the attention of Scorby and the guards as well as the Doctor and Sarah. The latter get there first, the Doctor drawing the sword above Dunbar's body as the Krynoid lurches towards them. They manage to escape to a cottage and barricade themselves in. The Krynoid speaks using Keeler’s voice, demanding that the Doctor come out and join it and it will spare the others. Scorby is more than willing to give up the Doctor until Sarah Jane points out that without the Doctor they have no chance. The Doctor suggest Scorby rig up a bomb so they can all escape while the Krynoid is distracted. Sir Colin gets through to Major Beresford for assistance and sends Amelia home. Scorby throws his improvised bomb out an upstairs window and the Doctor makes a run for it. The Krynoid goes in pursuit, but the Doctor escapes in the limousine, leaving the Krynoid behind. Scorby tries to find Chase at the greenhouse and discovers where he is from Hargreaves. They begin barricading the windows in preparation for the Krynoid’s attack. Chase makes his way through the grounds and confronts the Krynoid. It notices him and he approaches, taking photographs. It moves toward him as Chase claims he doesn’t mean it harm. The Doctor arrives at the Bureau as Major Beresford warns he can’t do anything without evidence. The Doctor warns the Krynoid can channel its power through other plants, turning vegetation against humans. He shows them a series of reports of deaths of people near Chase’s estates being killed by plants. He then calls Sarah Jane and tells them Beresford is preparing to attack the Krynoid with a laser gun, but the Krynoid cuts the phone wires. Chase arrives and tells them that it’s the plants’ world, and humans are only parasites. He goes to the manor to develop his photographs, then begins speaking to the plants in his greenhouse. Scorby, Sarah Jane, and Hargreaves go in to confront Chase and he speaks of how the world will be made perfect. They can’t get through to him as he talks about how he is one with the plants and animals are the enemy. Sarah Jane notices that the plants are closing in on them. The Doctor and a UNIT soldier drive onto the grounds while the plants overwhelm Sarah Jane and the others and start to strangle them. The Doctor and the UNIT soldier, Sgt. Henderson, arrive and brought chemical plant-killer. They dispose of the plants, saving Scorby and Sarah Jane while the older Hargreaves is dead. Chase runs away and the Doctor and the others make their way into the lab and start removing the plants. But once they're outside Chase locks the door behind them and they can only gaze in horror as the now enormous Krynoid towers over them. UNIT soldiers arrive and open fire with their laser gun, distracting the Krynoid so that the Doctor and his group can get to another door. The Doctor believes that Chase is possessed by the Krynoid and determines to find him and eliminate the threat he poses to them from within. After they leave, Chase slips back into the laboratory and destroys the loudspeaker system. Unable to find the millionaire, the others return to the laboratory and the Krynoid tries to break its way in. Scorby starts to panic and wants to run, but the Doctor warns him that every plant on the grounds is under the Krynoid’s control. Meanwhile, Chase puts Henderson in the compost machine and activates it, killing the unconscious soldier. The Doctor works to repair the loudspeaker system as the Krynoid renews its attack, and Scorby panics and runs for it. He tries to make his way across the grounds through fields of hostile plants and makes his way across a shallow pond, but the plants grab and pull him underwater, killing him. The Doctor and Sarah Jane realize that Henderson is gone and Sarah Jane goes to look for the soldier. She makes her way to the compost machine room and Chase confronts her, telling him he’s become part of the plant world thanks to the Krynoid. Chase plans to support the Krynoid and refers to humanity as parasites, then attacks Sarah Jane and knocks her unconscious. Beresford contacts the Doctor, who warns they have 15 minutes until the Krynoid germinates, spreading its seeds across England. The Doctor tells them to launch an air strike before it’s too late, and regardless of the fact he and Sarah Jane are at ground zero. Chase has tied up the unconscious Sarah Jane and starts feeding her into the compost machine. The Doctor arrives, sends Chase flying, and shuts off the machine to untie Sarah Jane. He gets her out but Chase turns the machine back on and throws himself at the Doctor, and the two struggle inside the machine’s bin. The Doctor manages to climb out as Chase is pulled into the machine despite the Doctor’s efforts to save him. The RAF launches a sighting run as Beresford and Sir Colin look for any signs of the Doctor. Sarah Jane and the Doctor can’t get out through the plant life covering the house but the Doctor rigs a steam pipe and they blast their way out. They make their way through the hostile plant life and take refuge in a clearing filled with cut-down trees, as the RAF opens fire and destroys the Krynoid along with the mansion. [edit] Continuity The serial marks the final appearance of UNIT (bar a brief appearance in The Five Doctors) until Battlefield (1989). None of the established UNIT characters are seen in this story, as it was felt that there was too little material to warrant bringing back Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Sergeant Benton.[citation needed] Cuttings of the Krynoid from this story are kept, leading to the events in the Eighth Doctor audio story for Big Finish entitled Hothouse. [edit] Production Serial details by episode Episode Broadcast date Run time Viewership (in millions) "Part One" 31 January 1976 (1976-01-31) 24:10 11.4 "Part Two" 7 February 1976 (1976-02-07) 24:09 11.4 "Part Three" 14 February 1976 (1976-02-14) 24:51 10.3 "Part Four" 21 February 1976 (1976-02-21) 24:26 11.1 "Part Five" 28 February 1976 (1976-02-28) 25:06 9.9 "Part Six" 6 March 1976 (1976-03-06) 21:51 11.5 [1][2][3] Location shooting at Chase's estate took place at Athelhampton House in Athelhampton, Dorset. A few weeks before the serial was due to begin its original transmission, the master tape for the first episode was found to be missing. A brief panic ensued and producer Philip Hinchcliffe began planning a re-edit of the second episode allowing the story to begin at this point, but the tape of the opening episode was eventually located, having been misplaced in the tape storage system (apparently due to having been incorrectly numbered.[citation needed]) After a long association with Doctor Who this story was director Douglas Camfield's last involvement with the show. This is the third serial of the programme to shoot exterior location scenes on Outside Broadcast (OB) videotape rather than film; the previous two were Robot and The Sontaran Experiment. [edit] Outside references This story has parallels with The Quatermass Experiment an alien invader from another planet transforms a human and the giant form of the monster swamps a building; The Thing from Another World where a research base is terrorized by a plant-humanoid and the short story of which the film was based, Who Goes There? (the Antarctic setting); The Day of the Triffids (more killer plants);and The Avengers 1965 episode "Man-Eater of Surrey Green" (rich eccentric English killer; male and female investigators of the paranormal; an extraterrestrial killer plant). The Doctor's dialogue with Amelia Ducat about the car boot and model homages Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.[4] [edit] In print Doctor Who book Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom Series Target novelisations Release number 55 Writer Philip Hinchcliffe Publisher Target Books Cover artist Chris Achilleos ISBN 0-426-11658-5 Release date 17 February 1977 Preceded by Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters Followed by Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth A novelisation of this serial, written by Philip Hinchcliffe, was published by Target Books in February 1977. The book is heavily edited with several screen sequences removed entirely, including Amelia Ducat's visit to Chase's manor in episode four and the final TARDIS sequence in Antarctica. A slightly "Americanized" version of Hinchcliffe's novel was released as #10 in the Pinnacle Book series in March 1980 with a foreword by Harlan Ellison and a cover illustration by David Mann. [edit] Broadcast and commercial release It was planned that this story would be the last of three omnibus editions transmitted over the November/December 1976, the first two, Pyramids of Mars and The Brain of Morbius went out as planned but the Seeds of Doom omnibus was replaced in the schedules by Gerry Anderson's pilot film The Day After Tomorrow (also known as Into Infinity). It is unknown why this occurred, but it is known that although the director, Douglas Camfield, had completed his editing notes, which still exist[citation needed], the serial was not edited into omnibus form until all surviving serials were in the 1980s. This serial was released on VHS in August 1994; the story is planned for release on DVD on 25 October, 2010 and will feature a commentary by Tom Baker, John Challis and producer Phillip Hinchcliffe. Music from this serial was released on the CD Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons. [edit] References ^ Shaun Lyon et al. (2007-03-31). "The Seeds of Doom". Outpost Gallifrey. Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. http://web.archive.org/web/20080731005900/http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=4l. Retrieved 2008-08-30.  ^ "The Seeds of Doom". Doctor Who Reference Guide. http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_4l.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-30.  ^ Sullivan, Shannon (2007-08-07). "The Seeds of Doom". A Brief History of Time Travel. http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/4l.html. Retrieved 2008-08-30.  ^ Cornell, Paul, Martin Day and Keith Topping, Doctor Who: The Discontinuity Guide, Virgin Books, 1995, pp. 191–192. [edit] External links The Seeds of Doom at BBC Online The Seeds of Doom at Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time (Travel) The Seeds of Doom at the Doctor Who Reference Guide BBC Assistant Floor Manager Susan Shearman talks about working on The Seeds of Doom Reviews The Seeds of Doom reviews at Outpost Gallifrey The Seeds of Doom reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide Target novelisation Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide On Target — Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom [hide] v • d • e

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The Series 5 commentary series resumes this week with a look at the latter half of the stellar return of the Weeping Angels, “Flesh and Stone”. Instead of stunned silence, though, which one might expect to occur when watching something as entrancing as this, the Three Who Rule instead descended into heated arguments about Battlestar Galactica and the debatable merits of rock operas. One thing that they could all agree on, though, is that The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone are fine examples of some of the best television ever made.

 

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The Series 5 commentary series resumes this week with a look at the latter half of the stellar return of the Weeping Angels, "Flesh and Stone". Instead of stunned silence, though, which one might expect to occur when watching something as entrancing as this, the Three Who Rule instead descended into heated arguments about Battlestar Galactica and the debatable merits of rock operas. One thing that they could all agree on, though, is that The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone are fine examples of some of the best television ever made.

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Dr Who Top 10 Companions. Check these pages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_companions & http://www.scifiscience.co.uk/doctorwho/companions.html

Dr Who Top 10 Companions. Check these pages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_companions & http://www.scifiscience.co.uk/doctorwho/companions.html

Dr Who Top 10 Companions. Check these pages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_companions & http://www.scifiscience.co.uk/doctorwho/companions.html

The Series 5 commentary series resumes this week with a look at the latter half of the stellar return of the Weeping Angels, “Flesh and Stone”. Instead of stunned silence, though, which one might expect to occur when watching something as entrancing as this, the Three Who Rule instead descended into heated arguments about Battlestar Galactica and the debatable merits of rock operas. One thing that they could all agree on, though, is that The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone are fine examples of some of the best television ever made.

 

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