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You didn’t think we were going let Christmas come and go without hearing from us, did you?! Join Michele, James, Brent and Drew as they bring you the Christmas Special the BBC decided we could do without!

Have a lovely Christmas and join us in the campervan in the New Year for our regular programme of geeky Whoness, silliness and of course, highly professional and insightful analysis (ahem!) of the show we all love so much!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, the Real Keith Dunn and Steven Clare review Doctor Who: Blood on Santa’s Claw (Big Finish) and the 1992 film The Muppet Christmas Carol, find some general news, play a game, pull some crackers and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 01:19 — Welcome!
• 02:37- News:
• 02:45 — Doctor Who: New Doctor and companion given clothes.
• 06:17 — Doctor Who: Three anniversary specials confirmed.
• 08:37 — Ghosts: Fifth series coming to the BBC.
• 09:57 — Quantum Leap: Second season confirmed.
• 11:22 — Chris Boucher: DEAD!
• 12:35 — Shirley Coward: DEAD!
• 13:54 — Jane Sherwin: DEAD!
• 14:21 — Henry Cavill: Super no more.
• 21:18 – Christmas Crackers.
• 26:53 – The Muppet Christmas Carol.
• 44:06 – Doctor Who Audio Quiz: Name the Moaner.
• 49:38 – Doctor Who: Blood on Santa’s Claw (Big Finish).
• 63:52 – Emails and listener feedback.
• 71:54 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 72:55 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Wikipedia: Ghosts (2019 TV series).
• Wikipedia: Quantum Leap.
• Wikipedia: Chris Boucher (writer).
• TARDIS Data Core: Shirley Coward.
• Wikipedia: Jane Sherwin.
• Wikipedia: Henry Cavill.
• Wikipedia: DC Extended Universe.
• Wikipedia: Christmas Crackers.
• Wikipedia: The Muppet Christmas Carol.
• TARDIS Data Core: Blood on Santa’s Claw.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

And, incidentally, a happy Christmas, to all of you at home!

For this Yule themed (and 7th-day-of-Hanukkah themed) episode of Doctor Who Literature, we feature K-9 singing holiday classics.

There are two guest interviews this week. Delighted to have Michael Stevens, editor of the Target Audiobooks range, which featured a new novelization of this week's story, "The Androids of Tara".

And we have frequent Doctor Who Literature guest Pete Lambert (@Prof_Quiteamess) reading the Terrance Dicks adaptation of "Androids of Tara" for the first time!

Don't forget to listen to the Trap One discussion of the David Fisher novelization.

"Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.
Doctor Who Literature is now 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://anchor.fm/doctorwholit.

Doctor, listen to me. You can’t die, you’re too — you’re too nice, too brave, too kind and far, far too silly. You’re like Father Christmas, the Wizard of Oz, Scooby Doo. And I love you very much. And we all need you, and you simply cannot die.

While Clara undergoes a gruelling Christmas lunch with her family, on Trenzalore, in a town called Christmas, the Doctor is doing what he has always done — protecting, defending and being far, far too silly. Goodbye, Matt Smith — it’s The Time of the Doctor.

Notes and links

The Doctor’s longest running companion, faithful Cyberhead Handles, is voiced by Kayvan Novak, an English comedian who plays ancient vampire Nandor the Relentless in What We Do in the Shadows. Worth a watch.

Even before the fiftieth anniversary, it was widely reported that Matt Smith would be wearing a wig in his final episode as the Doctor. Here’s an article from September 2013 on Digital Spy.

Steven Moffat’s exact quote was that Matt Smith is like “Patrick Moore in the body of an underwear model”.

And finally, it’s Matt Smith’s Doctor who tells Clyde Langer that Time Lords can regenerate 507 times in the Sarah Jane Adventures story Death of the Doctor.

Follow us

Nathan is on Twitter as @nathanbottomley, Todd is @ToddBeilby, and James is @ohjamessellwood. The Flight Through Entirety theme was arranged by Cameron Lam. You can follow the podcast on Twitter at @FTEpodcast.

We’re also on Facebook, and you can check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com. Please consider rating or reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, or we’ll turn up naked at your next Christmas lunch and distract your grandma while she’s pouring the custard.

And more

You can find Jodie into Terror, our flashcast on the Whittaker Era of Doctor Who, at jodieintoterror.com, at @JodieIntoTerror on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and wherever podcasts can be found. We’ll be back with a new flashcast on the second Russell T Davies era in November 2023.

Our James Bond commentary podcast is called Bondfinger, and you can find that at bondfinger.com, at @bondfingercast on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else as well.

We can also be heard on the Blakes 7 podcast Maximum Power, which is currently covering Series B of the show. In this week’s episode, we find ourselves staring lovingly into the eyes of our cousins in Hostage.

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 tackle Star Trek’s only Christmas movie ever, Star Trek: Generations.

When PRIMARY SOURCES ended, earlier in 2022, a promise was made that it would come back 'from time to time' as a series of specials. Today, Rob makes good on that promise, with the PRIMARY SOURCES CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2022.

Featuring input from Anthony Carroll (squared), Chris March, Richard Smith, Terry Hayward, Jeremy Bonwick, and Neilers C, a team of Doctor Who fans weigh in on a letter to Doctor Who Magazine #238 from May, 1996 on the topic of...

SEX!

Yes, hanky panky, coitus, relations, lovemaking... whatever you want to call it. Does it ruin Doctor Who? Fans certainly thought so with the TV movie hurtling at them back in 1996. Have our attitudes changed, or is it still a bit... icky?

Wishing you all the compliments of the season, and we'll be back in the new year to do it all again.

Email us anytime! hello@theDWshow.net

MERRY CHRISTMAS! We didn't originally plan to do this episode, but the opportunity arose, to bring you some special presents on Christmas Day.

Firstly, we've a present for you, dear listener. We've married up Gordon Tipple's original opening narration for the TV Movie, with the soundtrack, to hear how it may originally have sounded.

Secondly, we've a present for Becca, as we're joined by a special Christmas Day guest!

And finally, we've another present for you all, as we have a reading of the Short Trip Evergreen, which is performed by its original author.

We're DEFINITELY finished for this year now - this is our 70th episode of 2022!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! We didn't originally plan to do this episode, but the opportunity arose, to bring you some special presents on Christmas Day.

Firstly, we've a present for you, dear listener. We've married up Gordon Tipple's original opening narration for the TV Movie, with the soundtrack, to hear how it may originally have sounded.

Secondly, we've a present for Becca, as we're joined by a special Christmas Day guest!

And finally, we've another present for you all, as we have a reading of the Short Trip Evergreen, which is performed by its original author.

We're DEFINITELY finished for this year now - this is our 70th episode of 2022!

Doctor, listen to me. You can’t die, you’re too — you’re too nice, too brave, too kind and far, far too silly. You’re like Father Christmas, the Wizard of Oz, Scooby Doo. And I love you very much. And we all need you, and you simply cannot die.

While Clara undergoes a gruelling Christmas lunch with her family, on Trenzalore, in a town called Christmas, the Doctor is doing what he has always done — protecting, defending and being far, far too silly. Goodbye, Matt Smith — it’s The Time of the Doctor.

Notes and links

The Doctor’s longest running companion, faithful Cyberhead Handles, is voiced by Kayvan Novak, an English comedian who plays ancient vampire Nandor the Relentless in What We Do in the Shadows. Worth a watch.

Even before the fiftieth anniversary, it was widely reported that Matt Smith would be wearing a wig in his final episode as the Doctor. Here’s an article from September 2013 on Digital Spy.

Steven Moffat’s exact quote was that Matt Smith is like “Patrick Moore in the body of an underwear model”.

And finally, it’s Matt Smith’s Doctor who tells Clyde Langer that Time Lords can regenerate 507 times in the Sarah Jane Adventures story Death of the Doctor.

Follow us

Nathan is on Twitter as @nathanbottomley, Todd is @ToddBeilby, and James is @ohjamessellwood. The Flight Through Entirety theme was arranged by Cameron Lam. You can follow the podcast on Twitter at @FTEpodcast.

We’re also on Facebook, and you can check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com. Please consider rating or reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, or we’ll turn up naked at your next Christmas lunch and distract your grandma while she’s pouring the custard.

And more

You can find Jodie into Terror, our flashcast on the Whittaker Era of Doctor Who, at jodieintoterror.com, at @JodieIntoTerror on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and wherever podcasts can be found. We’ll be back with a new flashcast on the second Russell T Davies era in November 2023.

Our James Bond commentary podcast is called Bondfinger, and you can find that at bondfinger.com, at @bondfingercast on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else as well. In our most recent episode we watched a very silly film called Bullseye!, starring Roger Moore and Michael Cain.

We can also be heard on the Blakes 7 podcast Maximum Power, which is currently covering Series B of the show. In this week’s episode, we find ourselves staring lovingly into the eyes of our cousins in Hostage.

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 tackle Star Trek’s only Christmas movie ever, Star Trek: Generations.

This holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 24.

This holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 24.

Hear the story of how Jez "almost" got Peter Wyngarde to work for Big Finish, what it was like in the green room when working with different Doctors, and from which one of them he once won a fiver. 

These are deleted scenes are from an interview Jez did recently with us for our recent Sarah Jane Smith retrospective. 

We're glad we can now share these stories with you. 

And thank YOU for sharing them with us Jez! 

Email: sirensofaudio@gmail.com

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Clips and music are copyright BBC and Big Finish. No infringement is intended.

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast....

The News

Phil and Scott discuss the Doctor Who news that they have missed over the last few weeks, in which Disney has the streaming rights for Doctor Who and how Britbox has the opposite and the new costume for Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor is revealed.

Phil & Scott's Favourite Christmas Specials

For this years Christmas podcast, Phil and Scott select their favourite Doctor Who Christmas Special. After much mulling over and research (yeah, right!) Scott goes for The Christmas Invasion from 2005 and forgets to put his teeth in and Phil selects the 2012 Christmas special The Snowmen and discusses why the Victorian era Clara Oswald would have made a better companion than modern era Clara!

We would like to wish all of our listeners a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast....

The News

Phil and Scott discuss the Doctor Who news that they have missed over the last few weeks, in which Disney has the streaming rights for Doctor Who and how Britbox has the opposite and the new costume for Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor is revealed.

Phil & Scott's Favourite Christmas Specials

For this years Christmas podcast, Phil and Scott select their favourite Doctor Who Christmas Special. After much mulling over and research (yeah, right!) Scott goes for The Christmas Invasion from 2005 and forgets to put his teeth in and Phil selects the 2012 Christmas special The Snowmen and discusses why the Victorian era Clara Oswald would have made a better companion than modern era Clara!

We would like to wish all of our listeners a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

Can it be? Pa rum pum pum pum... Podcast fun, pa rum pum pum pummmm!

Join Stace and Barry as they get into scrapes with Cockney geezers in Pennyworth, review the incredibly un-festive movie The Banshees of Inisherin, rag on Willow a little bit, and geek out about the Indy 5 trailer!

Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and a wonderful New Year to you all. See you in 2023!

The festive season is upon us so David and Matt are here to review the appropriately festive Big Finish story 'The Chimes Of Midnight'

Doctor Who theme by Ron Grainer, arranged by Alexander Erben.

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Twitter: @timenorspacepod

"CHRISTMAS wouldn't be Christmas without my plum pudding!"

So Mrs Baddeley tells us throughout The Chimes of Midnight, and now, for many Doctor Who / Big Finish fans, Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without The Chimes of Midnight.

This Christmas Eve, we're joined by our friends all over the world, as we celebrate the story regarded by many as the greatest Doctor Who audio story, if not the greatest Doctor Who story of all, in Robert Shearman's tale from 2002. 

This holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 23.

This holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 23.

This week my new series re-watch reaches Doctor Who: Amy’s Choice, bit of a modern classic featuring a memorable guest appearance by Toby Jones as The Dream Lord.

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IT'S CHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISTMAS! We're continuing our countdown to the festive season with the Eighth Doctor, as we take a look at one of his Christmas specials.

We're looking at Better Watch Out and Fairytale of Salzburg, from Ravenous 2, as the Krampus rises and nothing stands in its way as it looks to destroy the world... only once man can stop him, and it's not the man you were expecting...

Writer John Dorney joins us for a natter, as does Robert Whitelock, who plays the Krampus and a host of other parts in this adventure. Benji Clifford tells us about how he sound designed the story, and composer Jamie Robertson talks us through his creative process, in a bumper episode. 

Waffle On about Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer

Hello and welcome to our Christmas edition and its a bumper bonus episode full of fun and Waffles. On this episode Meds and Kell chat away about two of their favourite comedians (and light entertainers) Vic and Bob. They hit our screens back in the late 80's and our two Wafflers were in sixth form at school at the time (and nothing seems to have changed in their childish minds) so it left a lasting impression. 

Along with the main topic of chat the lads talk about the new Avatar film, some recent movie news and they read an email from our resident man in the asylum Rob K. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all. 

Jim and Martin spring a festive surprise with some new Krynoid PodCast material!

They scan the snowless Snowdonian slopes for monstrous myths and find the Doctor giving an old friend a bell, Victoria repeating herself and Jamie threatening everyone with a bagpipe recital.

But did The Abominable Snowmen thaw their cockles or give them the cold shoulder. Listen to find out! 

00:00 Intro and context

07:38 A walkthrough of the story

1:15:15 A review of the story

2:08:18 A discussion of the animation

2:13:46 Summing up and scores

This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter.

Merry Christmas and have a wonderful 2023!

This holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 22.

This holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 22.

The Diddly Dummers gather for their traditional Christmas podcast and, having looked at the latest news, they begin the fun and games.

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SHOWNOTES

(00:07:15) Paul Darrow’s most extreme overacting can be seen here.

(00:10:15) The appearance of The Stranglers on the Dutch Show “Top Pop” in 1977 can be seen here.

(00:32:21) Our Penny Mordaunt quiz question on Twitter can be found here.

(00:37:58) Our podcast’s new Mastodon account can be found here.

(01:10:15) The longest standing tradition of the Diddly Dum Podcast is our Christmas Blockbusters Gold Run – a quiz on the previous year’s podcast in the style of TV’s “Blockbusters”. The game board for this year’s Gold Run can be found at the top of this blog entry.

(01:24:10) All the references to Advent Crowns and Blue Peter and the Chalk Farm Salvation Army Band are inspired of course by the traditional “Blue Peter” show nearest to Christmas of which examples can be seen here.

The Diddly Dum Podcast acknowledges the copyright of anyone we’ve pinched anything from.

IT PROBABLY hasn't escaped your notice, but we're just three days away from Christmas, so it's time we got into the festive spirit.

Today, we bring you a reading of a complete Christmas Short Trip, Decorative Purposes. It was the twenty-first short story in the Big Finish printed anthology Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas, published in 5 December 2007. It was written by Eddie Robson and featured the Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller (Kenny's so excited!).

After our reading, Eddie joins us for a chat, so sit back, get those chestnuts roasting on an open fire, and enjoy...

Richard's on a mission from Dodd to bring back the original Something Who team for a chat about a couple of stories set on giant spaceships: 5th Doctor story Four to Doomsday, from Season 19, and 11th Doctor caper Dinosaurs on a Spaceship from Series 7A. As per recent convention, this episode is the first half of that conversation, featuring Four to Doomsday.

Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com

Giles' book A History of the Universe in 21 Stars: (and 3 Imposters) can be found in all good bookshops and also here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Universe-21-Stars-Imposters/dp/1787394654/

Head over to https://www.bigfinish.com/, where we all love Paul's stories.

Richard has another podcast with co-host Emily, called "If It's Hurting, It's not Working" and it's a fun and informative look at work - why we work, how we work, and what makes a great job. And also what makes a great workplace, how to turn things round when we're not enjoying our work and, in the end, how we can all make our work better. Go to https://ifhurtnotwork.podbean.com/ and https://ifhurtnot.work for more.

Our cover art was designed for us by Bea Garrido. She's a really talented artist, who you can find on Twitter using @BeaGarrido00, where, among other artworks, you can get hold of the prints of some remarkable paintings of characters from Doctor Who.

This holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 21.

This holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 21.

With Tennant and Tate back next year, we thought it was time to revisit Donna's last appearance. Join Deb, Erika, and Kat as we discuss our feelings about this story and how they've changed over the years.

How do you feel about "Journey's End" (and "The Stolen Earth") in particular, Donna's fate? Drop us a tweet or let us know in the comments!

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Happy Things

• Deb encourages everyone to "shop small" and find fan creators to patronize!
• Kat & Erika love this year's Radio Free Skaro Fluid Links Advent Calendar!

Extra-special thanks to this week's editor, Steven Schapansky of Castria! Support Verity! on Patreon

Monts and Nuge bring your their last foray into the world of geekdom for 2022. Buckle up fellow geeks!

News

• The boys take a look at what's going on with the DC Extended Universe

Week that Was

• Attak on Titan
• Once and Future
• Our Final Halloween
• Star Trek: Prodigy
• Warrior Nun

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Here it is folks the entire collection of all the A-Z segments of the show from earlier in the year. In this episode David & Matt cover the letters A-H from episodes 165 to 191.

Doctor Who theme by Ron Grainer, arranged by Alexander Erben.

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TODAY we have our final Short Trip, as we look at The Queen of Eros from Short Trips and Sidesteps.

We bring you a full reading of the story, with sound design, followed by a chat with author Trevor Baxendale, and, of course, editor Steve Cole.

And that it - the complete run of Sam and the Eighth Doctor on their own!

This holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 20.