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Ben, Mark and the Degsestial Funmaker return for a very special On the Time Lash miniseries focused on 2023's Tennant and Tate specials. Up first is The Star Beast, which Ben and Mark pair with the original Doctor Who and the Star Beast comic and its 2019 Big Finish adaptation. Which Beast is Best? And is there such a thing as too much Star Beast?

Also: Mark learns watercolours with Peter Davison, Ben reminisces about Frazer Hines' fridge freezer and we ask the questions - 

Is RTD a hard-left agitator or centrist dad apologist? 

What separates Miriam Margoyles from John Barrowman?

And what Doctor Who related clothing item can Ben guess in just 2 questions?

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Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review the Big Finish play Doctor Who: Embrace the Darkness and the 1993 Disney film Hocus Pocus, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 00:56 — Welcome!
• 01:52 – News:
• 02:00 — Doctor Who: Gatwa back for thirds?
• 04:05 — Star Trek: Section 31 dated and Academy gets seconds.
• 06:49 — Lord of the Rings: More ring action.
• 09:53 — David Tennant: Macbeth hitting the cinema.
• 13:29 — Ghosts: Button House open for Halloween tours.
• 15:42 — Peter Capaldi: Difficult second album.
• 16:37 — Mike Flanagan: New Carrie TV series for Amazon.
• 19:35 — Stranger Things: Tie in comics and special screening.
• 20:50 — Doctor Who: Jago and Litefoot are back!
• 22:20 – Hocus Pocus (1993 Disney film).
• 35:53 – Doctor Who: Embrace the Darkness (Big Finish).
• 46:09 – Skelebob Tales.
• 49:39 – Emails and listener feedback.
• 52:46 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 53:37 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Star Trek.
• Wikipedia: The Lord of the Rings (film series).
• David Tennant.
• Wikipedia: Macbeth.
• Wikipedia: Ghosts (2019 TV series).
• West Horsley Place (the real Button House).
• Wikipedia: Peter Capaldi.
• Wikipedia: Mike Flanagan (filmmaker).
• Wikipedia: Stranger Things.
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Lord of Misrule.
• Wikipedia: Hocus Pocus (1993 film).
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Lord of Misrule.
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Night Thoughts.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Send us a text

Ben, Mark and the Degsestial Funmaker return for a very special On the Time Lash miniseries focused on 2023's Tennant and Tate specials. Up first is The Star Beast, which Ben and Mark pair with the original Doctor Who and the Star Beast comic and its 2019 Big Finish adaptation. Which Beast is Best? And is there such a thing as too much Star Beast?

Also: Mark learns watercolours with Peter Davison, Ben reminisces about Frazer Hines' fridge freezer and we ask the questions - 

Is RTD a hard-left agitator or centrist dad apologist? 

What separates Miriam Margoyles from John Barrowman?

And what Doctor Who related clothing item can Ben guess in just 2 questions?

Support the show

Follow us on Twitter
Like us on Facebook
Buy us a pint

Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review the Big Finish play Doctor Who: Embrace the Darkness and the 1993 Disney film Hocus Pocus, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 00:56 — Welcome!
• 01:52 – News:
• 02:00 — Doctor Who: Gatwa back for thirds?
• 04:05 — Star Trek: Section 31 dated and Academy gets seconds.
• 06:49 — Lord of the Rings: More ring action.
• 09:53 — David Tennant: Macbeth hitting the cinema.
• 13:29 — Ghosts: Button House open for Halloween tours.
• 15:42 — Peter Capaldi: Difficult second album.
• 16:37 — Mike Flanagan: New Carrie TV series for Amazon.
• 19:35 — Stranger Things: Tie in comics and special screening.
• 20:50 — Doctor Who: Jago and Litefoot are back!
• 22:20 – Hocus Pocus (1993 Disney film).
• 35:53 – Doctor Who: Embrace the Darkness (Big Finish).
• 46:09 – Skelebob Tales.
• 49:39 – Emails and listener feedback.
• 52:46 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 53:37 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Star Trek.
• Wikipedia: The Lord of the Rings (film series).
• David Tennant.
• Wikipedia: Macbeth.
• Wikipedia: Ghosts (2019 TV series).
• West Horsley Place (the real Button House).
• Wikipedia: Peter Capaldi.
• Wikipedia: Mike Flanagan (filmmaker).
• Wikipedia: Stranger Things.
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Lord of Misrule.
• Wikipedia: Hocus Pocus (1993 film).
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Lord of Misrule.
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Night Thoughts.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review the Big Finish play Doctor Who: Embrace the Darkness and the 1993 Disney film Hocus Pocus, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 00:56 — Welcome!
• 01:52 – News:
• 02:00 — Doctor Who: Gatwa back for thirds?
• 04:05 — Star Trek: Section 31 dated and Academy gets seconds.
• 06:49 — Lord of the Rings: More ring action.
• 09:53 — David Tennant: Macbeth hitting the cinema.
• 13:29 — Ghosts: Button House open for Halloween tours.
• 15:42 — Peter Capaldi: Difficult second album.
• 16:37 — Mike Flanagan: New Carrie TV series for Amazon.
• 19:35 — Stranger Things: Tie in comics and special screening.
• 20:50 — Doctor Who: Jago and Litefoot are back!
• 22:20 – Hocus Pocus (1993 Disney film).
• 35:53 – Doctor Who: Embrace the Darkness (Big Finish).
• 46:09 – Skelebob Tales.
• 49:39 – Emails and listener feedback.
• 52:46 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 53:37 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Star Trek.
• Wikipedia: The Lord of the Rings (film series).
• David Tennant.
• Wikipedia: Macbeth.
• Wikipedia: Ghosts (2019 TV series).
• West Horsley Place (the real Button House).
• Wikipedia: Peter Capaldi.
• Wikipedia: Mike Flanagan (filmmaker).
• Wikipedia: Stranger Things.
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Lord of Misrule.
• Wikipedia: Hocus Pocus (1993 film).
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Lord of Misrule.
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Night Thoughts.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review the Big Finish play Doctor Who: Embrace the Darkness and the 1993 Disney film Hocus Pocus, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 00:56 — Welcome!
• 01:52 – News:
• 02:00 — Doctor Who: Gatwa back for thirds?
• 04:05 — Star Trek: Section 31 dated and Academy gets seconds.
• 06:49 — Lord of the Rings: More ring action.
• 09:53 — David Tennant: Macbeth hitting the cinema.
• 13:29 — Ghosts: Button House open for Halloween tours.
• 15:42 — Peter Capaldi: Difficult second album.
• 16:37 — Mike Flanagan: New Carrie TV series for Amazon.
• 19:35 — Stranger Things: Tie in comics and special screening.
• 20:50 — Doctor Who: Jago and Litefoot are back!
• 22:20 – Hocus Pocus (1993 Disney film).
• 35:53 – Doctor Who: Embrace the Darkness (Big Finish).
• 46:09 – Skelebob Tales.
• 49:39 – Emails and listener feedback.
• 52:46 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 53:37 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Star Trek.
• Wikipedia: The Lord of the Rings (film series).
• David Tennant.
• Wikipedia: Macbeth.
• Wikipedia: Ghosts (2019 TV series).
• West Horsley Place (the real Button House).
• Wikipedia: Peter Capaldi.
• Wikipedia: Mike Flanagan (filmmaker).
• Wikipedia: Stranger Things.
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Lord of Misrule.
• Wikipedia: Hocus Pocus (1993 film).
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Lord of Misrule.
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Night Thoughts.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Send us a text

Ben, Mark and the Degsestial Funmaker return for a very special On the Time Lash miniseries focused on 2023's Tennant and Tate specials. Up first is The Star Beast, which Ben and Mark pair with the original Doctor Who and the Star Beast comic and its 2019 Big Finish adaptation. Which Beast is Best? And is there such a thing as too much Star Beast?

Also: Mark learns watercolours with Peter Davison, Ben reminisces about Frazer Hines' fridge freezer and we ask the questions - 

Is RTD a hard-left agitator or centrist dad apologist? 

What separates Miriam Margoyles from John Barrowman?

And what Doctor Who related clothing item can Ben guess in just 2 questions?

Support the show

Follow us on Twitter
Like us on Facebook
Buy us a pint

Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review the Big Finish play Doctor Who: Embrace the Darkness and the 1993 Disney film Hocus Pocus, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 00:56 — Welcome!
• 01:52 – News:
• 02:00 — Doctor Who: Gatwa back for thirds?
• 04:05 — Star Trek: Section 31 dated and Academy gets seconds.
• 06:49 — Lord of the Rings: More ring action.
• 09:53 — David Tennant: Macbeth hitting the cinema.
• 13:29 — Ghosts: Button House open for Halloween tours.
• 15:42 — Peter Capaldi: Difficult second album.
• 16:37 — Mike Flanagan: New Carrie TV series for Amazon.
• 19:35 — Stranger Things: Tie in comics and special screening.
• 20:50 — Doctor Who: Jago and Litefoot are back!
• 22:20 – Hocus Pocus (1993 Disney film).
• 35:53 – Doctor Who: Embrace the Darkness (Big Finish).
• 46:09 – Skelebob Tales.
• 49:39 – Emails and listener feedback.
• 52:46 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 53:37 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Star Trek.
• Wikipedia: The Lord of the Rings (film series).
• David Tennant.
• Wikipedia: Macbeth.
• Wikipedia: Ghosts (2019 TV series).
• West Horsley Place (the real Button House).
• Wikipedia: Peter Capaldi.
• Wikipedia: Mike Flanagan (filmmaker).
• Wikipedia: Stranger Things.
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Lord of Misrule.
• Wikipedia: Hocus Pocus (1993 film).
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Lord of Misrule.
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Night Thoughts.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Send us a text

Ben, Mark and the Degsestial Funmaker return for a very special On the Time Lash miniseries focused on 2023's Tennant and Tate specials. Up first is The Star Beast, which Ben and Mark pair with the original Doctor Who and the Star Beast comic and its 2019 Big Finish adaptation. Which Beast is Best? And is there such a thing as too much Star Beast?

Also: Mark learns watercolours with Peter Davison, Ben reminisces about Frazer Hines' fridge freezer and we ask the questions - 

Is RTD a hard-left agitator or centrist dad apologist? 

What separates Miriam Margoyles from John Barrowman?

And what Doctor Who related clothing item can Ben guess in just 2 questions?

Support the show

Follow us on Twitter
Like us on Facebook
Buy us a pint

Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review the Big Finish play Doctor Who: Embrace the Darkness and the 1993 Disney film Hocus Pocus, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 00:56 — Welcome!
• 01:52 – News:
• 02:00 — Doctor Who: Gatwa back for thirds?
• 04:05 — Star Trek: Section 31 dated and Academy gets seconds.
• 06:49 — Lord of the Rings: More ring action.
• 09:53 — David Tennant: Macbeth hitting the cinema.
• 13:29 — Ghosts: Button House open for Halloween tours.
• 15:42 — Peter Capaldi: Difficult second album.
• 16:37 — Mike Flanagan: New Carrie TV series for Amazon.
• 19:35 — Stranger Things: Tie in comics and special screening.
• 20:50 — Doctor Who: Jago and Litefoot are back!
• 22:20 – Hocus Pocus (1993 Disney film).
• 35:53 – Doctor Who: Embrace the Darkness (Big Finish).
• 46:09 – Skelebob Tales.
• 49:39 – Emails and listener feedback.
• 52:46 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 53:37 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Star Trek.
• Wikipedia: The Lord of the Rings (film series).
• David Tennant.
• Wikipedia: Macbeth.
• Wikipedia: Ghosts (2019 TV series).
• West Horsley Place (the real Button House).
• Wikipedia: Peter Capaldi.
• Wikipedia: Mike Flanagan (filmmaker).
• Wikipedia: Stranger Things.
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Lord of Misrule.
• Wikipedia: Hocus Pocus (1993 film).
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Lord of Misrule.
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Night Thoughts.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review the Big Finish play Doctor Who: Embrace the Darkness and the 1993 Disney film Hocus Pocus, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 00:56 — Welcome!
• 01:52 – News:
• 02:00 — Doctor Who: Gatwa back for thirds?
• 04:05 — Star Trek: Section 31 dated and Academy gets seconds.
• 06:49 — Lord of the Rings: More ring action.
• 09:53 — David Tennant: Macbeth hitting the cinema.
• 13:29 — Ghosts: Button House open for Halloween tours.
• 15:42 — Peter Capaldi: Difficult second album.
• 16:37 — Mike Flanagan: New Carrie TV series for Amazon.
• 19:35 — Stranger Things: Tie in comics and special screening.
• 20:50 — Doctor Who: Jago and Litefoot are back!
• 22:20 – Hocus Pocus (1993 Disney film).
• 35:53 – Doctor Who: Embrace the Darkness (Big Finish).
• 46:09 – Skelebob Tales.
• 49:39 – Emails and listener feedback.
• 52:46 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 53:37 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Star Trek.
• Wikipedia: The Lord of the Rings (film series).
• David Tennant.
• Wikipedia: Macbeth.
• Wikipedia: Ghosts (2019 TV series).
• West Horsley Place (the real Button House).
• Wikipedia: Peter Capaldi.
• Wikipedia: Mike Flanagan (filmmaker).
• Wikipedia: Stranger Things.
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Lord of Misrule.
• Wikipedia: Hocus Pocus (1993 film).
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Lord of Misrule.
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Night Thoughts.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review the Big Finish play Doctor Who: Embrace the Darkness and the 1993 Disney film Hocus Pocus, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 00:56 — Welcome!
• 01:52 – News:
• 02:00 — Doctor Who: Gatwa back for thirds?
• 04:05 — Star Trek: Section 31 dated and Academy gets seconds.
• 06:49 — Lord of the Rings: More ring action.
• 09:53 — David Tennant: Macbeth hitting the cinema.
• 13:29 — Ghosts: Button House open for Halloween tours.
• 15:42 — Peter Capaldi: Difficult second album.
• 16:37 — Mike Flanagan: New Carrie TV series for Amazon.
• 19:35 — Stranger Things: Tie in comics and special screening.
• 20:50 — Doctor Who: Jago and Litefoot are back!
• 22:20 – Hocus Pocus (1993 Disney film).
• 35:53 – Doctor Who: Embrace the Darkness (Big Finish).
• 46:09 – Skelebob Tales.
• 49:39 – Emails and listener feedback.
• 52:46 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 53:37 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Star Trek.
• Wikipedia: The Lord of the Rings (film series).
• David Tennant.
• Wikipedia: Macbeth.
• Wikipedia: Ghosts (2019 TV series).
• West Horsley Place (the real Button House).
• Wikipedia: Peter Capaldi.
• Wikipedia: Mike Flanagan (filmmaker).
• Wikipedia: Stranger Things.
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Lord of Misrule.
• Wikipedia: Hocus Pocus (1993 film).
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Lord of Misrule.
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Night Thoughts.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

We remain off the boards for one more week, to discuss not a Target Doctor Who novelization, but rather a new publication from ⁠Panini Comics⁠. It's The Return of the Daleks (purchase link: ⁠here⁠), a compilation of the Doctor-less backup strips from the earliest days of Doctor Who Weekly/Doctor Who Monthly/DWM. The compilation features commentary from Paul Scoones -- who joins us this week to discuss not only this new book, but also ⁠the TSV novelizations⁠, high-quality fan-made novelizations of five 1970s/'80s Doctor Who TV serials which, for rights reasons, were never novelized by Target during the line's original run.

If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, subscribe, and rate us!

Find Doctor Who Literature at ⁠https://linktr.ee/DrWhoNovels⁠.

Watch this episode and all previous episodes on YouTube at ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@drwhonovels⁠.

Doctor Who Literature is a member of the ⁠Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network⁠.

Please e-mail the pod at ⁠DrWhoLiterature@gmail.com⁠.

You can catch all past episodes at ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doctorwholit⁠.

We remain off the boards for one more week, to discuss not a Target Doctor Who novelization, but rather a new publication from ⁠Panini Comics⁠. It's The Return of the Daleks (purchase link: ⁠here⁠), a compilation of the Doctor-less backup strips from the earliest days of Doctor Who Weekly/Doctor Who Monthly/DWM. The compilation features commentary from Paul Scoones -- who joins us this week to discuss not only this new book, but also ⁠the TSV novelizations⁠, high-quality fan-made novelizations of five 1970s/'80s Doctor Who TV serials which, for rights reasons, were never novelized by Target during the line's original run.

If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, subscribe, and rate us!

Find Doctor Who Literature at ⁠https://linktr.ee/DrWhoNovels⁠.

Watch this episode and all previous episodes on YouTube at ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@drwhonovels⁠.

Doctor Who Literature is a member of the ⁠Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network⁠.

Please e-mail the pod at ⁠DrWhoLiterature@gmail.com⁠.

You can catch all past episodes at ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doctorwholit⁠.

We remain off the boards for one more week, to discuss not a Target Doctor Who novelization, but rather a new publication from ⁠Panini Comics⁠. It's The Return of the Daleks (purchase link: ⁠here⁠), a compilation of the Doctor-less backup strips from the earliest days of Doctor Who Weekly/Doctor Who Monthly/DWM. The compilation features commentary from Paul Scoones -- who joins us this week to discuss not only this new book, but also ⁠the TSV novelizations⁠, high-quality fan-made novelizations of five 1970s/'80s Doctor Who TV serials which, for rights reasons, were never novelized by Target during the line's original run.

If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, subscribe, and rate us!

Find Doctor Who Literature at ⁠https://linktr.ee/DrWhoNovels⁠.

Watch this episode and all previous episodes on YouTube at ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@drwhonovels⁠.

Doctor Who Literature is a member of the ⁠Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network⁠.

Please e-mail the pod at ⁠DrWhoLiterature@gmail.com⁠.

You can catch all past episodes at ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doctorwholit⁠.

We remain off the boards for one more week, to discuss not a Target Doctor Who novelization, but rather a new publication from ⁠Panini Comics⁠. It's The Return of the Daleks (purchase link: ⁠here⁠), a compilation of the Doctor-less backup strips from the earliest days of Doctor Who Weekly/Doctor Who Monthly/DWM. The compilation features commentary from Paul Scoones -- who joins us this week to discuss not only this new book, but also ⁠the TSV novelizations⁠, high-quality fan-made novelizations of five 1970s/'80s Doctor Who TV serials which, for rights reasons, were never novelized by Target during the line's original run.

If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, subscribe, and rate us!

Find Doctor Who Literature at ⁠https://linktr.ee/DrWhoNovels⁠.

Watch this episode and all previous episodes on YouTube at ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@drwhonovels⁠.

Doctor Who Literature is a member of the ⁠Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network⁠.

Please e-mail the pod at ⁠DrWhoLiterature@gmail.com⁠.

You can catch all past episodes at ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doctorwholit⁠.

We remain off the boards for one more week, to discuss not a Target Doctor Who novelization, but rather a new publication from ⁠Panini Comics⁠. It's The Return of the Daleks (purchase link: ⁠here⁠), a compilation of the Doctor-less backup strips from the earliest days of Doctor Who Weekly/Doctor Who Monthly/DWM. The compilation features commentary from Paul Scoones -- who joins us this week to discuss not only this new book, but also ⁠the TSV novelizations⁠, high-quality fan-made novelizations of five 1970s/'80s Doctor Who TV serials which, for rights reasons, were never novelized by Target during the line's original run.

If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, subscribe, and rate us!

Find Doctor Who Literature at ⁠https://linktr.ee/DrWhoNovels⁠.

Watch this episode and all previous episodes on YouTube at ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@drwhonovels⁠.

Doctor Who Literature is a member of the ⁠Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network⁠.

Please e-mail the pod at ⁠DrWhoLiterature@gmail.com⁠.

You can catch all past episodes at ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doctorwholit⁠.

We remain off the boards for one more week, to discuss not a Target Doctor Who novelization, but rather a new publication from ⁠Panini Comics⁠. It's The Return of the Daleks (purchase link: ⁠here⁠), a compilation of the Doctor-less backup strips from the earliest days of Doctor Who Weekly/Doctor Who Monthly/DWM. The compilation features commentary from Paul Scoones -- who joins us this week to discuss not only this new book, but also ⁠the TSV novelizations⁠, high-quality fan-made novelizations of five 1970s/'80s Doctor Who TV serials which, for rights reasons, were never novelized by Target during the line's original run.

If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, subscribe, and rate us!

Find Doctor Who Literature at ⁠https://linktr.ee/DrWhoNovels⁠.

Watch this episode and all previous episodes on YouTube at ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@drwhonovels⁠.

Doctor Who Literature is a member of the ⁠Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network⁠.

Please e-mail the pod at ⁠DrWhoLiterature@gmail.com⁠.

You can catch all past episodes at ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doctorwholit⁠.

We remain off the boards for one more week, to discuss not a Target Doctor Who novelization, but rather a new publication from ⁠Panini Comics⁠. It's The Return of the Daleks (purchase link: ⁠here⁠), a compilation of the Doctor-less backup strips from the earliest days of Doctor Who Weekly/Doctor Who Monthly/DWM. The compilation features commentary from Paul Scoones -- who joins us this week to discuss not only this new book, but also ⁠the TSV novelizations⁠, high-quality fan-made novelizations of five 1970s/'80s Doctor Who TV serials which, for rights reasons, were never novelized by Target during the line's original run.

If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, subscribe, and rate us!

Find Doctor Who Literature at ⁠https://linktr.ee/DrWhoNovels⁠.

Watch this episode and all previous episodes on YouTube at ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@drwhonovels⁠.

Doctor Who Literature is a member of the ⁠Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network⁠.

Please e-mail the pod at ⁠DrWhoLiterature@gmail.com⁠.

You can catch all past episodes at ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doctorwholit⁠.

We threw a vote on X for which classic Doctor Who season you would like us to discuss on the next episode, from a list of four options. The results were:

Season 24 (MCCOY) 39.6%
Season 9 (PERTWEE) 29.7%
Series 3 (TENNANT) 18.9%
2013 Specials (SMITH) 11.7%

So here we are, tonight, to discuss Season 24, comprising:

Time and the Rani
Paradise Towers
Delta and the Bannermen
Dragonfire

Before then, of course, we also talk some recent Doctor Who news, and Dave takes us on his recent Big Finish journeys.

Tune in, drop out, and contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

We threw a vote on X for which classic Doctor Who season you would like us to discuss on the next episode, from a list of four options. The results were:

Season 24 (MCCOY) 39.6%
Season 9 (PERTWEE) 29.7%
Series 3 (TENNANT) 18.9%
2013 Specials (SMITH) 11.7%

So here we are, tonight, to discuss Season 24, comprising:

Time and the Rani
Paradise Towers
Delta and the Bannermen
Dragonfire

Before then, of course, we also talk some recent Doctor Who news, and Dave takes us on his recent Big Finish journeys.

Tune in, drop out, and contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

We remain off the boards for one more week, to discuss not a Target Doctor Who novelization, but rather a new publication from ⁠Panini Comics⁠. It's The Return of the Daleks (purchase link: ⁠here⁠), a compilation of the Doctor-less backup strips from the earliest days of Doctor Who Weekly/Doctor Who Monthly/DWM. The compilation features commentary from Paul Scoones -- who joins us this week to discuss not only this new book, but also ⁠the TSV novelizations⁠, high-quality fan-made novelizations of five 1970s/'80s Doctor Who TV serials which, for rights reasons, were never novelized by Target during the line's original run.

If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, subscribe, and rate us!

Find Doctor Who Literature at ⁠https://linktr.ee/DrWhoNovels⁠.

Watch this episode and all previous episodes on YouTube at ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@drwhonovels⁠.

Doctor Who Literature is a member of the ⁠Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network⁠.

Please e-mail the pod at ⁠DrWhoLiterature@gmail.com⁠.

You can catch all past episodes at ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doctorwholit⁠.

We threw a vote on X for which classic Doctor Who season you would like us to discuss on the next episode, from a list of four options. The results were:

Season 24 (MCCOY) 39.6%
Season 9 (PERTWEE) 29.7%
Series 3 (TENNANT) 18.9%
2013 Specials (SMITH) 11.7%

So here we are, tonight, to discuss Season 24, comprising:

Time and the Rani
Paradise Towers
Delta and the Bannermen
Dragonfire

Before then, of course, we also talk some recent Doctor Who news, and Dave takes us on his recent Big Finish journeys.

Tune in, drop out, and contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

We threw a vote on X for which classic Doctor Who season you would like us to discuss on the next episode, from a list of four options. The results were:

Season 24 (MCCOY) 39.6%
Season 9 (PERTWEE) 29.7%
Series 3 (TENNANT) 18.9%
2013 Specials (SMITH) 11.7%

So here we are, tonight, to discuss Season 24, comprising:

Time and the Rani
Paradise Towers
Delta and the Bannermen
Dragonfire

Before then, of course, we also talk some recent Doctor Who news, and Dave takes us on his recent Big Finish journeys.

Tune in, drop out, and contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

We remain off the boards for one more week, to discuss not a Target Doctor Who novelization, but rather a new publication from ⁠Panini Comics⁠. It's The Return of the Daleks (purchase link: ⁠here⁠), a compilation of the Doctor-less backup strips from the earliest days of Doctor Who Weekly/Doctor Who Monthly/DWM. The compilation features commentary from Paul Scoones -- who joins us this week to discuss not only this new book, but also ⁠the TSV novelizations⁠, high-quality fan-made novelizations of five 1970s/'80s Doctor Who TV serials which, for rights reasons, were never novelized by Target during the line's original run.

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Find Doctor Who Literature at ⁠https://linktr.ee/DrWhoNovels⁠.

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Doctor Who Literature is a member of the ⁠Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network⁠.

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We threw a vote on X for which classic Doctor Who season you would like us to discuss on the next episode, from a list of four options. The results were:

Season 24 (MCCOY) 39.6%
Season 9 (PERTWEE) 29.7%
Series 3 (TENNANT) 18.9%
2013 Specials (SMITH) 11.7%

So here we are, tonight, to discuss Season 24, comprising:

Time and the Rani
Paradise Towers
Delta and the Bannermen
Dragonfire

Before then, of course, we also talk some recent Doctor Who news, and Dave takes us on his recent Big Finish journeys.

Tune in, drop out, and contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

We threw a vote on X for which classic Doctor Who season you would like us to discuss on the next episode, from a list of four options. The results were:

Season 24 (MCCOY) 39.6%
Season 9 (PERTWEE) 29.7%
Series 3 (TENNANT) 18.9%
2013 Specials (SMITH) 11.7%

So here we are, tonight, to discuss Season 24, comprising:

Time and the Rani
Paradise Towers
Delta and the Bannermen
Dragonfire

Before then, of course, we also talk some recent Doctor Who news, and Dave takes us on his recent Big Finish journeys.

Tune in, drop out, and contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

We remain off the boards for one more week, to discuss not a Target Doctor Who novelization, but rather a new publication from ⁠Panini Comics⁠. It's The Return of the Daleks (purchase link: ⁠here⁠), a compilation of the Doctor-less backup strips from the earliest days of Doctor Who Weekly/Doctor Who Monthly/DWM. The compilation features commentary from Paul Scoones -- who joins us this week to discuss not only this new book, but also ⁠the TSV novelizations⁠, high-quality fan-made novelizations of five 1970s/'80s Doctor Who TV serials which, for rights reasons, were never novelized by Target during the line's original run.

If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, subscribe, and rate us!

Find Doctor Who Literature at ⁠https://linktr.ee/DrWhoNovels⁠.

Watch this episode and all previous episodes on YouTube at ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@drwhonovels⁠.

Doctor Who Literature is a member of the ⁠Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network⁠.

Please e-mail the pod at ⁠DrWhoLiterature@gmail.com⁠.

You can catch all past episodes at ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doctorwholit⁠.

We threw a vote on X for which classic Doctor Who season you would like us to discuss on the next episode, from a list of four options. The results were:

Season 24 (MCCOY) 39.6%
Season 9 (PERTWEE) 29.7%
Series 3 (TENNANT) 18.9%
2013 Specials (SMITH) 11.7%

So here we are, tonight, to discuss Season 24, comprising:

Time and the Rani
Paradise Towers
Delta and the Bannermen
Dragonfire

Before then, of course, we also talk some recent Doctor Who news, and Dave takes us on his recent Big Finish journeys.

Tune in, drop out, and contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

We threw a vote on X for which classic Doctor Who season you would like us to discuss on the next episode, from a list of four options. The results were:

Season 24 (MCCOY) 39.6%
Season 9 (PERTWEE) 29.7%
Series 3 (TENNANT) 18.9%
2013 Specials (SMITH) 11.7%

So here we are, tonight, to discuss Season 24, comprising:

Time and the Rani
Paradise Towers
Delta and the Bannermen
Dragonfire

Before then, of course, we also talk some recent Doctor Who news, and Dave takes us on his recent Big Finish journeys.

Tune in, drop out, and contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

We threw a vote on X for which classic Doctor Who season you would like us to discuss on the next episode, from a list of four options. The results were:

Season 24 (MCCOY) 39.6%
Season 9 (PERTWEE) 29.7%
Series 3 (TENNANT) 18.9%
2013 Specials (SMITH) 11.7%

So here we are, tonight, to discuss Season 24, comprising:

Time and the Rani
Paradise Towers
Delta and the Bannermen
Dragonfire

Before then, of course, we also talk some recent Doctor Who news, and Dave takes us on his recent Big Finish journeys.

Tune in, drop out, and contact us anytime, hello@theDWshow.net

This week, Tom Salinsky joins us for a World War III–adjacent chat in Madeupistan, while a global apocalypse is self-organising somewhere in Yorkshire. Also, some scary people keep trying to invite us to a free Bible study. It’s The Pyramid at the End of the World.

Notes and links

Brendan compares Extremis to Star Trek: Voyager’s Course: Oblivion, which also kills its entire regular cast. Nathan and Joe were not kind to this episode when they watched if for Untitled Star Trek Project.

Tom refers to his own less-than-enthusiastic review of Extremis in a blog post from way back in 2017.

Joe 90 was a Gerry and Sylvia Anderson supermarionation show from 1968–69, which stars a nine-year-old super spy who wears special glasses which contain the brain patterns of expert adults and enable him to do all of his spy stuff.

James refers to Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Commander William T Riker as someone who, like the monks, has a real fetish for consent. This deep cut is a reference to the Star Trek podcast The Greatest Generation, which you are only allowed to listen to after you’ve finished all of Untitled Star Trek Project.

The Andromeda Strain is a 1969 book by Michael Crichton and a 1971 film directed by Robert Wise (The Sound of Music, Star Trek: The Motion Picture). In it, an extraterrestrial microbe gets loose in a research station and the staff need to prevent the station’s nuclear self-destruct system from releasing an irradiated version of the the microbe into the environment.

The Tralfamadorians are time-aware aliens who appear in a couple of Kurt Vonnegut’s novels, most notably Slaughterhouse-Five (1969).

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Nathan is on Bluesky at @nathanbottomley.bsky.social, Brendan is at @retrobrendo.bsky.social, and James is at @ohjamessellwood.bsky.social. The Flight Through Entirety theme was arranged by Cameron Lam.

Tom Salinsky’s blog includes his reviews of Doctor Who from Season 5 onwards, as well as his reviews of all the 60s and 90s Star Trek series. His most recent book, Star Trek: Discovering the TV Series, covers The Original Series, The Animated Series and The Next Generation, and is available in all good book stores, as well as on Amazon. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK) (Amazon AU)

You can follow Flight Through Entirety on Mastodon and Bluesky, as well as on X and Facebook. Our website is at flightthroughentirety.com. Please consider rating or reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, or we’ll save you from a crisis we created and demand your eternal adoration in return.

At the time that this episode was released, the Doomsday Clock was at 90 seconds to midnight, mostly thanks to the climate disaster and the involvement of nuclear powers in wars in Ukraine and Gaza. So sleep well, everyone.

And more

You can find links to all of the podcasts we’re involved in on our podcasts page. But here’s a summary of where we’re up to right now.

500 Year Diary is our latest new Doctor Who podcast, going back through the history of the show and examining new themes and ideas. Its first season came out early this year, under the title New Beginnings. Check it out. It will be back for a second season early in 2025.

The Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire has broadcast our hot takes on every new episode of Doctor Who since November last year, and it will be back again in 2025 for Season 2.

Brendan and Bjay’s gaming podcast The Bjay BJ Game Show has just released a new episode today, in which they discuss Lost in Play (2022), a point-and-click adventure set in the imagination of two young children.

Brendan, Richard and Steven have also just released another episode of their Avengers podcast The Three Handed Game. It’s the first episode of their triptych The Pop Explosion, covering a monochrome Emma Peel episode called Death at Bargain Prices, in which Steed and Mrs Peel go undercover in a London department store and discover a plot to blow up much of the city.

And finally there’s our Star Trek commentary podcast, Untitled Star Trek Project, featuring Nathan and friend-of-the-podcast Joe Ford. This week, we laughed and clapped as the crew of the USS Protostar saved the Federation in the two-part Season 1 finale of Star Trek: Prodigy.