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The crew arrives at Space City where Blake seeks contact with the criminal organisation Terra Nostra as possible resistance allies, but their leader Largo may have loyalty to the enemy. Meanwhile, an alien entity takes possession of Orac through his dimensional logic circuits and disrupts Cally's empathic powers driving her to madness. Blake and his crew then rush to the desert planet Zondar to seek out the heavily guarded source of the drug known as "Shadow" which is the basis of Terra Nostra's power and the only help for Cally. Guest Stars: Karl Howman (as Bek), Adrienne Burgess (as Hanna), Derek Smith (as Largo), Archie Tew (as Enforcer),Vernon Dobtcheff (as Chairman)

The crew arrives at Space City where Blake seeks contact with the criminal organisation Terra Nostra as possible resistance allies, but their leader Largo may have loyalty to the enemy. Meanwhile, an alien entity takes possession of Orac through his dimensional logic circuits and disrupts Cally's empathic powers driving her to madness. Blake and his crew then rush to the desert planet Zondar to seek out the heavily guarded source of the drug known as "Shadow" which is the basis of Terra Nostra's power and the only help for Cally. Guest Stars: Karl Howman (as Bek), Adrienne Burgess (as Hanna), Derek Smith (as Largo), Archie Tew (as Enforcer),Vernon Dobtcheff (as Chairman)

The crew arrives at Space City where Blake seeks contact with the criminal organisation Terra Nostra as possible resistance allies, but their leader Largo may have loyalty to the enemy. Meanwhile, an alien entity takes possession of Orac through his dimensional logic circuits and disrupts Cally's empathic powers driving her to madness. Blake and his crew then rush to the desert planet Zondar to seek out the heavily guarded source of the drug known as "Shadow" which is the basis of Terra Nostra's power and the only help for Cally. Guest Stars: Karl Howman (as Bek), Adrienne Burgess (as Hanna), Derek Smith (as Largo), Archie Tew (as Enforcer),Vernon Dobtcheff (as Chairman)

1.08 - Steven and Erika interrupt your regularly unscheduled classic Doctor Who with another dash of series 1 new-Who. This time it's Paul Cornell's Father's Day. So Many Feels! We also plug one of our other efforts: Uncanny Magazine, which is running its Year Three Kickstarter!

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

1.08

Steven and Erika interrupt your regularly unscheduled classic Doctor Who with another dash of series 1 new-Who. This time it’s Paul Cornell’s Father’s Day. So Many Feels!

We also plug one of our other efforts: Uncanny Magazine, which is running its Year Three Kickstarter!

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

One of the original heroes of Marvel Comics met his demise in the pages of Civil War II #3. Kyle Jones and Clarence Brown discuss the latest Star Trek and Doctor Who news and review this INCREDIBLE death. All this and more in the FIRST LIVE episode of Discussing Who.

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It’s the end of another season of Flight Through Entirety, we’ve run out of money and no one really gives a crap anymore. So join us as we listlessly discuss the worst story of the 1980s: it’s Time-Flight.

Don’t buy the story!

Time-Flight was released on DVD in 2007. In the US, it was released on its own (Amazon US), but in the UK and Australia it was released along with Arc of Infinity in an unspeakably horrid box set (Amazon UK).

Notes and links

Brendan has written an essay on Time-Flight in the upcoming anthology Hating to Love: Re-evaluating the 52 worst Doctor Who Stories of All Time, edited by J R Southall of The Blue Box Podcast.

Cornell, Day and Topping are the authors of The Discontinuity Guide, a repository of hilarious facts about the classic series. Here’s their take on Time-Flight.

This French & Saunders sketch tells you everything you need to know about what went wrong with Doctor Who in the 1980s. Sorry about the crappy quality though.

Angela Clifford dragging the TARDIS around the Jurassic tundra, inevitably reminds Brendan of this scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Picks of the week

Brendan

Now that they’ve got rid of Tegan, the Doctor and Nyssa are free to go off on a series of Big Finish adventures. Brendan recommends Creatures of Beauty, but Circular Time and Spare Parts are also available.

Nathan

Two recommendations: @JohnnySpandrell’s brilliant Doctor Who blog, Random Whoness, and the elegiac non-Euclidean puzzler game Monument Valley, availabl on both iOS and Android.

Richard

The children’s books of E. Nesbit, an English children’s author whose books were published in the early twentieth century, including The Railway Children, Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Woodbegoods.

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Brendan is on Twitter as @brandybongos, Nathan is @nathanbottomley, Todd is @toddbeilby, and Richard is @RichardLStone. 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 iTunes, or we’ll beset you with bipedal fibreglass turds and bubbles of Fairy Liquid until you agree to watch Time-Flight again. This side of madness or the other.

Doctor Who in 10 Seconds

While Brendan edits the next episode of Doctor Who in 10 Seconds, in which he speedily summarises the delightfully strange and groundbreaking Doctor Who Series 5, why not take the opportunity to watch all of the previous videos in the series by checking out the playlist on YouTube?

Bondfinger

Next weekend we’ll be recording our commentary on Moonraker (1979) for release the following weekend, so there’s that to look forward to, I guess. While you wait, you can listen to our previous commentaries, including The Spy Who Loved Me, The Man with the Golden Gun and Live and Let Die. You can find all of our commentaries on our website, and you can keep up with all the Bondfinger news on Twitter and Facebook.

We're joined in the marble halls of The Whoseum this week by Marc (for it is he) Atkinson of the Progtor Who Podcast.

Marc arrived driving a forklift as it was the only way he could transport his item for exhibition and discussion - the "Doctor Who: The Vault" book from the 50th anniversary.

We also look at Ed Stradling's trilogy of musical blockbusters, "The Doctor Who Years" tapes.

Along the way, Hayden and Marc chat about music while the Whoseum computer translates for a confused and unmusical Doc. We remember the taste of Dalek Death Ray ice lollies from the 1970s. And Hayden relates yet another jammy anecdote from his life.

 

Direct MP3 Download Link = DDPC061 – Three Marks Out Of Four

 

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SHOWNOTES

Our guest this week is Marc Atkinson of the Progtor Who podcast. Mark first joined Hayden on Diddly Dum episode 051 "Podcasters Assemble 2". Marc's Twitter account can be found here and the Progtor Who Twitter account can be found here. Marc's band is Riversea.

(00:37:40) "Doctor Who: The Vault" by Marcus Hearn was released for Doctor Who's 50th anniversary.

(00:43:55) Our co-host (when he turns up), Matt recently interviewed Louise Jameson (Leela) at the Fab Cafe in Manchester. Footage of his interview can be found on Youtube here (part 1) and here (part 2) and includes in the background at one point the TV commercial for the Denys Fisher Doctor Who toy range from 1977.

(00:49:00) "The Amazing World of Doctor Who" - other pictures on our Tumblr page here.

(00:51:22) "The Doctor Who Years" was a streaming video, charting the history of Doctor Who, which was broadcast on BBCi's official Doctor Who website to coincide with the return of the series to BBC Television screens in 2005, and was intended to present a potted history of the original Doctor Who series, broadcast between 1963-1989. The video was presented in three parts, The Sixties, The Seventies and The Eighties, and featured material from every Doctor Who serial, presented chronologically and accompanied by narrative text and pop music that had featured in the UK Singles Chart at the time the clips were originally broadcast. The Sixties was produced by SVS, The Seventies and The Eighties were produced by Ed Stradling. The videos were commissioned by James Goss, then editor of the BBCi's Doctor Who website.

If you want any advice or where these videos can be found online, email us at diddlydumpodcast@yahoo.co.uk.

(01:03:45) Jon Pertwee arriving in Bessie at Billy Smart's Circus.

(01:08:16) Russell Brand exchanging barbs with Bob Geldof.

(01:22:30) The seminal "Christopher Bidmead's Writing" by the late lamented Tachyon TV podcast can be found on their "Album" (21 Feb 2010) podcast here.

The Diddly Dum Podcast acknowledges the copyright of anyone we've pinched stuff from.

 

We're joined in the marble halls of The Whoseum this week by Marc (for it is he) Atkinson of the Progtor Who Podcast.

Marc arrived driving a forklift as it was the only way he could transport his item for exhibition and discussion - the "Doctor Who: The Vault" book from the 50th anniversary.

We also look at Ed Stradling's trilogy of musical blockbusters, "The Doctor Who Years" tapes.

Along the way, Hayden and Marc chat about music while the Whoseum computer translates for a confused and unmusical Doc. We remember the taste of Dalek Death Ray ice lollies from the 1970s. And Hayden relates yet another jammy anecdote from his life.

 

Direct MP3 Download Link = DDPC061 – Three Marks Out Of Four

 

Listen/download on iTunes

Audioboo

Stitcher.com

Find us on Facebook

We can also be found on the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance

Find Diddly Dum pics on Tumblr.

Visit our new Youtube page.

THE DIDDLY DUM WHOSEUM CAN BE VISITED HERE.

Email us at diddlydumpodcast@yahoo.co.uk

 

SHOWNOTES

Our guest this week is Marc Atkinson of the Progtor Who podcast. Mark first joined Hayden on Diddly Dum episode 051 "Podcasters Assemble 2". Marc's Twitter account can be found here and the Progtor Who Twitter account can be found here. Marc's band is Riversea.

(00:37:40) "Doctor Who: The Vault" by Marcus Hearn was released for Doctor Who's 50th anniversary.

(00:43:55) Our co-host (when he turns up), Matt recently interviewed Louise Jameson (Leela) at the Fab Cafe in Manchester. Footage of his interview can be found on Youtube here (part 1) and here (part 2) and includes in the background at one point the TV commercial for the Denys Fisher Doctor Who toy range from 1977.

(00:49:00) "The Amazing World of Doctor Who" - other pictures on our Tumblr page here.

(00:51:22) "The Doctor Who Years" was a streaming video, charting the history of Doctor Who, which was broadcast on BBCi's official Doctor Who website to coincide with the return of the series to BBC Television screens in 2005, and was intended to present a potted history of the original Doctor Who series, broadcast between 1963-1989. The video was presented in three parts, The Sixties, The Seventies and The Eighties, and featured material from every Doctor Who serial, presented chronologically and accompanied by narrative text and pop music that had featured in the UK Singles Chart at the time the clips were originally broadcast. The Sixties was produced by SVS, The Seventies and The Eighties were produced by Ed Stradling. The videos were commissioned by James Goss, then editor of the BBCi's Doctor Who website.

If you want any advice or where these videos can be found online, email us at diddlydumpodcast@yahoo.co.uk.

(01:03:45) Jon Pertwee arriving in Bessie at Billy Smart's Circus.

(01:08:16) Russell Brand exchanging barbs with Bob Geldof.

(01:22:30) The seminal "Christopher Bidmead's Writing" by the late lamented Tachyon TV podcast can be found on their "Album" (21 Feb 2010) podcast here.

The Diddly Dum Podcast acknowledges the copyright of anyone we've pinched stuff from.

 

We’re joined in the marble halls of The Whoseum this week by Marc (for it is he) Atkinson of the Progtor Who Podcast.

Marc arrived driving a forklift as it was the only way he could transport his item for exhibition and discussion – the “Doctor Who: The Vault” book from the 50th anniversary.

We also look at Ed Stradling’s trilogy of musical blockbusters, “The Doctor Who Years” tapes.

Along the way, Hayden and Marc chat about music while the Whoseum computer translates for a confused and unmusical Doc. We remember the taste of Dalek Death Ray ice lollies from the 1970s. And Hayden relates yet another jammy anecdote from his life.

 

MP3 Direct Download Link = DDPC061 – Three Marks Out Of Four

 

Listen/download on iTunes

Audioboo

Stitcher.com

Find us on Facebook

We can also be found on the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance

Find Diddly Dum pics on Tumblr.

Visit our new Youtube page.

THE DIDDLY DUM WHOSEUM CAN BE VISITED HERE.

Email us at diddlydumpodcast@yahoo.co.uk

 

SHOWNOTES

Our guest this week is Marc Atkinson of the Progtor Who podcast. Mark first joined Hayden on Diddly Dum episode 051 “Podcasters Assemble 2”. Marc’s Twitter account can be found here and the Progtor Who Twitter account can be found here. Marc’s band is Riversea.

(00:37:40) “Doctor Who: The Vault” by Marcus Hearn was released for Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary.

(00:43:55) Our co-host (when he turns up), Matt recently interviewed Louise Jameson (Leela) at the Fab Cafe in Manchester. Footage of his interview can be found on Youtube here (part 1) and here (part 2) and includes in the background at one point the TV commercial for the Denys Fisher Doctor Who toy range from 1977.

(00:49:00) "The Amazing World of Doctor Who" - other pictures on our Tumblr page here.

(00:51:22) “The Doctor Who Years” was a streaming video, charting the history of Doctor Who, which was broadcast on BBCi’s official Doctor Who website to coincide with the return of the series to BBC Television screens in 2005, and was intended to present a potted history of the original Doctor Who series, broadcast between 1963-1989. The video was presented in three parts, The Sixties, The Seventies and The Eighties, and featured material from every Doctor Who serial, presented chronologically and accompanied by narrative text and pop music that had featured in the UK Singles Chart at the time the clips were originally broadcast. The Sixties was produced by SVS, The Seventies and The Eighties were produced by Ed Stradling. The videos were commissioned by James Goss, then editor of the BBCi’s Doctor Who website.

Links to these video clips can be found (gradually because they’re still being uploaded) on our Youtube page here (for as long as they last).

(01:03:45) Jon Pertwee arriving in Bessie at Billy Smart’s Circus.

(01:08:16) Russell Brand exchanging barbs with Bob Geldof.

(01:22:30) The seminal “Christopher Bidmead’s Writing” by the late lamented Tachyon TV podcast can be found on their “Album” (21 Feb 2010) podcast here.

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

 

News: Close, But No Guitar, Sound Quality of Last Podcast, Movies: High-Rise (2015) Addendum to Non-Review in Last Podcast, Star Trek: Beyond (2016), Technology: ARM Bought by Softbank for 24 Billion

News: Close, But No Guitar, Sound Quality of Last Podcast, Movies: High-Rise (2015) Addendum to Non-Review in Last Podcast, Star Trek: Beyond (2016), Technology: ARM Bought by Softbank for 24 Billion

News: Close, But No Guitar, Sound Quality of Last Podcast, Movies: High-Rise (2015) Addendum to Non-Review in Last Podcast, Star Trek: Beyond (2016), Technology: ARM Bought by Softbank for 24 Billion

The first of an occasional series in which Ben and Mark take a look at films with tangential links to Doctor Who. To begin with though, it's a film with an overt link to Doctor Who, 1966's Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150AD to celebrate 50 years since it's UK release. Did the Daleks exterminate British cinema and is there a deeper, cultural reason behind the film's failure at the box office?

The first of an occasional series in which Ben and Mark take a look at films with tangential links to Doctor Who. To begin with though, it's a film with an overt link to Doctor Who, 1966's Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150AD to celebrate 50 years since it's UK release. Did the Daleks exterminate British cinema and is there a deeper, cultural reason behind the film's failure at the box office?

Episode 57 - Mark and Rob again set the way back machine to the late 80’s for a full length episode of Dragged from the Archives. We crack open the fanzine vault and look back at contemporary reaction to Season 25, the recovery of missing episodes, the Ultimate adventure play and the new producer destined to bring the programme into the 90’s!! All this plus we get all high-brow discussing Dr Who’s mention in the Australian Financial Review and the bizarre parallels to the political situation in the UK and the 1985 cancellation crisis!

Episode 57 - Mark and Rob again set the way back machine to the late 80’s for a full length episode of Dragged from the Archives. We crack open the fanzine vault and look back at contemporary reaction to Season 25, the recovery of missing episodes, the Ultimate adventure play and the new producer destined to bring the programme into the 90’s!! All this plus we get all high-brow discussing Dr Who’s mention in the Australian Financial Review and the bizarre parallels to the political situation in the UK and the 1985 cancellation crisis!

Episode 57 - Mark and Rob again set the way back machine to the late 80’s for a full length episode of Dragged from the Archives. We crack open the fanzine vault and look back at contemporary reaction to Season 25, the recovery of missing episodes, the Ultimate adventure play and the new producer destined to bring the programme into the 90’s!! All this plus we get all high-brow discussing Dr Who’s mention in the Australian Financial Review and the bizarre parallels to the political situation in the UK and the 1985 cancellation crisis!

Episode 57 - Mark and Rob again set the way back machine to the late 80’s for a full length episode of Dragged from the Archives. We crack open the fanzine vault and look back at contemporary reaction to Season 25, the recovery of missing episodes, the Ultimate adventure play and the new producer destined to bring the programme into the 90’s!! All this plus we get all high-brow discussing Dr Who’s mention in the Australian Financial Review and the bizarre parallels to the political situation in the UK and the 1985 cancellation crisis!

Episode 57 - Mark and Rob again set the way back machine to the late 80's for a full length episode of Dragged from the Archives. We crack open the fanzine vault and look back at contemporary reaction to Season 25, the recovery of missing episodes, the Ultimate adventure play and the new producer destined to bring the programme into the 90's!! All this plus we get all high-brow discussing Dr Who's mention in the Australian Financial Review and the bizarre parallels to the political situation in the UK and the 1985 cancellation crisis!

Episode 57 - Mark and Rob again set the way back machine to the late 80's for a full length episode of Dragged from the Archives. We crack open the fanzine vault and look back at contemporary reaction to Season 25, the recovery of missing episodes, the Ultimate adventure play and the new producer destined to bring the programme into the 90's!! All this plus we get all high-brow discussing Dr Who's mention in the Australian Financial Review and the bizarre parallels to the political situation in the UK and the 1985 cancellation crisis!

Episode 57 - Mark and Rob again set the way back machine to the late 80's for a full length episode of Dragged from the Archives. We crack open the fanzine vault and look back at contemporary reaction to Season 25, the recovery of missing episodes, the Ultimate adventure play and the new producer destined to bring the programme into the 90's!! All this plus we get all high-brow discussing Dr Who's mention in the Australian Financial Review and the bizarre parallels to the political situation in the UK and the 1985 cancellation crisis!

In which the angels do a thing, again. Ugh.

On this week's show, Danica and Brandon continue to stumble through the River Song timeline with "The Angels Take Manhattan" from Series 7, an episode that seems to crumble the more we watch it. Marvel at the straight up weirdness of the whole thing! Listen carefully as words become less coherent along with the episode!

Outro music is "Good Girls" by Elle King

Podcast picture is by GIRL NAMED SHIRL PHOTOGRAPHY.

In which the angels do a thing, again. Ugh.

On this week's show, Danica and Brandon continue to stumble through the River Song timeline with "The Angels Take Manhattan" from Series 7, an episode that seems to crumble the more we watch it. Marvel at the straight up weirdness of the whole thing! Listen carefully as words become less coherent along with the episode!

Outro music is "Good Girls" by Elle King

Podcast picture is by GIRL NAMED SHIRL PHOTOGRAPHY.

This week our penultimate bit of coverage of DWM 500 day is the artists panel five men (and interestingly it was rather male dominated) who’ve all drawn comic strips for DWM featuring Scott Grey, Martin Geraghty, Roger Landridge, Lee Sullivan and Jamie Lenman. Their discussion was punctuated with visuals so my photos taken on the day may be of help whilst listening. https://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/albums/72157669018850225

 

End theme Doctor Who theme 1963-2015

 

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

This week our penultimate bit of coverage of DWM 500 day is the artists panel five men (and interestingly it was rather male dominated) who've all drawn comic strips for DWM featuring Scott Grey, Martin Geraghty, Roger Landridge, Lee Sullivan and Jamie Lenman. Their discussion was punctuated with visuals so my photos taken on the day may be of help whilst listening. https://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/albums/72157669018850225

End theme Doctor Who theme 1963-2015

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

This week our penultimate bit of coverage of DWM 500 day is the artists panel five men (and interestingly it was rather male dominated) who've all drawn comic strips for DWM featuring Scott Grey, Martin Geraghty, Roger Landridge, Lee Sullivan and Jamie Lenman. Their discussion was punctuated with visuals so my photos taken on the day may be of help whilst listening. https://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/albums/72157669018850225

End theme Doctor Who theme 1963-2015

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

This week we tackle our first of very few two-part classic Who serials, 'The Edge of Destruction', comprised of the episodes "The Edge of Destruction" and "The Brink of Disaster". You, the listening audience, get a whole serial covered in this one thrilling episode! Topics of discussion include: Why a two-part serial?, the brilliance of David Whitaker, creepy Susan is creepy, the Tardis goes nowhere for once, electric shocks, the Doctor/companion tension comes to a head, a nefarious new plot by the Daleks, sabotage, Barbara is best character, the Doctor makes drinks, fault locators, a completely insane ending to a great episode. Join us, won't you?

This week we tackle our first of very few two-part classic Who serials, 'The Edge of Destruction', comprised of the episodes "The Edge of Destruction" and "The Brink of Disaster". You, the listening audience, get a whole serial covered in this one thrilling episode! Topics of discussion include: Why a two-part serial?, the brilliance of David Whitaker, creepy Susan is creepy, the Tardis goes nowhere for once, electric shocks, the Doctor/companion tension comes to a head, a nefarious new plot by the Daleks, sabotage, Barbara is best character, the Doctor makes drinks, fault locators, a completely insane ending to a great episode. Join us, won't you?

Codes, Haemovores and seduction techniques are examined and lied about in this week episode where we go back to the seventh Doctor classic Curse of Fenric

Hey Who fans! We’re at episode 100!!! We have a soppy moment, a giveaway, news & merch then onto our review of The War Games. What a show, let’s get crackin’…

The News

Fancy bidding on a full size replica Dalek in black? You now can as a new show called Sell or Swap films next week. If you can make to Bristol or are interested in putting a bid in please email cleodixey@crookproductions.com.

In a recent interview with Matt Smith he thinks a female Doctor might be too far off. When a young female fan asked if she could be the Doctor he replied that a female lead “could be close” and for her to practice and work hard. Interesting.

Merch

Like your mug of tea in a large size? This new TARDIS design 64-ounce mug could be for you. We’ll let you know when it’s up for order.

Goody Bag Giveaway

To celebrate 100 episodes we’re giving away a bag of Big Blue Box Podcast stuff including a t shirt with our new logo and some other Doctor Who items. To win, tell us what story Garry reviewed in Episode 1. Send your answer on Twitter, Facebook or email. We’ll announce the winner next week. Good luck!

“The War Games” Review

What an epic classic story to review for episode 100. It’s a 10 episode adventure that takes the 2nd Doctor with Jamie and Zoe across war stricken time zones, capture, interrogation, mind control, science and an unlikely encounter with the Time Lords. Hits the mark with us or leaves us feeling like with had a mind reset?

Thank you for listening and a massive thank you for sticking with us for 100 episodes. We’re very proud of our show and how far it’s come and it’s all thanks to you brilliant lot! Next week we’re looking at the 11th Doctor story The Crimson Horror so remember to get your thoughts in. Until than have a great week and remember – Allons-y!!

The bits we cut from the writer's room episode (We're All Stories in the End). You can also watch us do the exact same thing on our YouTube channel (Disused Yeti)! Join the conversation at adisusedyeti.wordpress.com!

Writing: Novel Submission Progress Report, Other Writing, Movies: High-Rise (2015), Technology: DIY Opening Tools for Consumer Electronics, Random: Neil Armstrong, Aftershow: Coming Soon to Roy's Rocket Radio

Writing: Novel Submission Progress Report, Other Writing, Movies: High-Rise (2015), Technology: DIY Opening Tools for Consumer Electronics, Random: Neil Armstrong, Aftershow: Coming Soon to Roy's Rocket Radio

If you were to take on a writing prompt asking you to compose a five-line scene where two well-known literary characters address a mundane event like a car that won’t start, and then asked another writer to do the same, the odds are extremely high that very little of those brief compositions would bear any resemblance other than the components that adhered to the original guideline. Even within such a microcosmic scope, the number of variables that define a fictional story is so large, […]

If you were to take on a writing prompt asking you to compose a five-line scene where two well-known literary characters address a mundane event like a car that won't start, and then asked another writer to do the same, the odds are extremely high that very little of those brief compositions would bear any resemblance other than the components that adhered to the original guideline. Even within such a microcosmic scope, the number of variables that define a fictional story is so large, the possible results are virtually infinite. Scale that variance to the n-th degree, now, and consider the 52-year, multiple-media realm of Doctor Who lore (and dare we say, canon). The breadth of established content is massive, growing larger by the day, and any writer saddled with creating an engaging and entertaining story that remains true to the characters and respectful of that canon is in for a Herculean effort. Add a dash of critical and prolific curative fans on forums and social media, and the analogy of the writer 'under the microscope' (dare we say, miniscope?) intensifies. This week, the GPR staff looks at efforts by Doctor Who writers and producers to adhere to continuity in a program based on time travel, pseudo-science, and identity change. We look at the walls between canon and creative freedom, the perils of paradoxes, and whether or not it's worth worrying about writing your successors into a corner. News Links: Tom Baker Loops Doctor Who Further Into Star Wars Canon (In a Sense) Chibnall Gains Matt Strevens as Co-Executive Producer in Series 11 Bill Anderson Confirmed As Director For Series 10

Writing: Novel Submission Progress Report, Other Writing, Movies: High-Rise (2015), Technology: DIY Opening Tools for Consumer Electronics, Random: Neil Armstrong, Aftershow: Coming Soon to Roy's Rocket Radio

This week we cover story #100, The Stones of Blood! The Doctor and Romana's investigation of a circle of standing stones in Cornwall reveals that they are more than they seem -- and a Celtic deity may have something to say about their snooping around!

QotW: This week's Question of the Week: In The Stones Of Blood the Doctor goes on trial. Who would you like to see tried by a pair of overeager justice machines?

Charlie's Variety Segment/Social Media

Discussion of "The Stones of Blood" (Charlie 6.75, David 7, Trevor 7.5)

Big Finish audio adventure: 4th Doctor Adventures "Energy of the Daleks" (Charlie 8.5, David 7.5, Trevor 7)

Hosts:

• Trevor @WhovianTrev Trevsplace
• Charlie @insanityinchaos The Infinite Longbox The Comic Conspiracy
• David http://www.davidsafar.com/ @gwythinn MaroonedWhovian
• Chad https://chadandvernsstupidmoviepodcast.com/ @ChadVern Chad and Vern's Stupid Movie Podcast

Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #101, The Androids of Tara! You can buy a digital copy on iTunes, rent the DVD of the serial from Netflix, or buy the special edition Key To Time DVD boxed set from Amazon.com, The WB Shop, BarnesAndNoble.com, the BBC Doctor Who Shop, or many other fine retailers.

This week we cover story #100, The Stones of Blood! The Doctor and Romana's investigation of a circle of standing stones in Cornwall reveals that they are more than they seem -- and a Celtic deity may have something to say about their snooping around!

QotW: This week's Question of the Week: In The Stones Of Blood the Doctor goes on trial. Who would you like to see tried by a pair of overeager justice machines?

Charlie's Variety Segment/Social Media

Discussion of "The Stones of Blood" (Charlie 6.75, David 7, Trevor 7.5)

Big Finish audio adventure: 4th Doctor Adventures "Energy of the Daleks" (Charlie 8.5, David 7.5, Trevor 7)

Hosts:

• Trevor @WhovianTrev Trevsplace
• Charlie @insanityinchaos The Infinite Longbox The Comic Conspiracy
• David http://www.davidsafar.com/ @gwythinn MaroonedWhovian
• Chad https://chadandvernsstupidmoviepodcast.com/ @ChadVern Chad and Vern's Stupid Movie Podcast

Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #101, The Androids of Tara! You can buy a digital copy on iTunes, rent the DVD of the serial from Netflix, or buy the special edition Key To Time DVD boxed set from Amazon.com, The WB Shop, BarnesAndNoble.com, the BBC Doctor Who Shop, or many other fine retailers.

It's a sangria-fueled classic-Who-episode of Verity! Join Deb, Erika, and Katrina as we cover a pure historical, "The Aztecs". As usual, we don't all fall in line with received fan wisdom, but for a change, the majority of us do.

Are you a fan of "The Aztecs"? Or are you bored by the lack of sci-fi elements? Let us know in the comments!

^E

Also covered:

• Kat fangirls over The Fangirl Life: A Guide to All the Feels and Learning How to Deal by Kathleen Smith (as well as Kathleen's blog)!
• Erika found Kate McKinnon's character in Ghostbusters as affecting as many female Doctor Who fans found Ace-in-a-tux!
• Deb reminisces over the very first Verity!-related recording, an interview on ep 342 of Radio Free Skaro!

Bonus links: Lazy Doctor Who covers "The Aztecs" Doctor Who: The Writers' Room

It's a sangria-fueled classic-Who-episode of Verity! Join Deb, Erika, and Katrina as we cover a pure historical, "The Aztecs". As usual, we don't all fall in line with received fan wisdom, but for a change, the majority of us do.

Are you a fan of "The Aztecs"? Or are you bored by the lack of sci-fi elements? Let us know in the comments!

^E

Also covered:

• Kat fangirls over The Fangirl Life: A Guide to All the Feels and Learning How to Deal by Kathleen Smith (as well as Kathleen's blog)!
• Erika found Kate McKinnon's character in Ghostbusters as affecting as many female Doctor Who fans found Ace-in-a-tux!
• Deb reminisces over the very first Verity!-related recording, an interview on ep 342 of Radio Free Skaro!

Bonus links:
Lazy Doctor Who covers "The Aztecs"
Doctor Who: The Writers' Room

It's a sangria-fueled classic-Who-episode of Verity! Join Deb, Erika, and Katrina as we cover a pure historical, "The Aztecs". As usual, we don't all fall in line with received fan wisdom, but for a change, the majority of us do.

Are you a fan of "The Aztecs"? Or are you bored by the lack of sci-fi elements? Let us know in the comments!

^E

Also covered:

• Kat fangirls over The Fangirl Life: A Guide to All the Feels and Learning How to Deal by Kathleen Smith (as well as Kathleen's blog)!
• Erika found Kate McKinnon's character in Ghostbusters as affecting as many female Doctor Who fans found Ace-in-a-tux!
• Deb reminisces over the very first Verity!-related recording, an interview on ep 342 of Radio Free Skaro!

Bonus links:
Lazy Doctor Who covers "The Aztecs"
Doctor Who: The Writers' Room

It's a special We Love the 80s edition of Who's Doing What Now.  It was the decade of big hair, big music, and big monsters eating everyone in sight.  We're talking about the 9th Doctor's adventure, Father's Day this week where we finally get to meet Rose's father.

Be sure to rate us on iTunes, Stitcher, and now Podbean!

We have our opinions on this episode, but what do you think?

Find us at your favorite social media outlets: Facebook - facebook.com/wdwnpod Twitter - @wdwnpod

Or email us at wdwnpod@gmail.com

Special Thanks to the Jackpot Golden Boys for our theme.  Find more of their great work on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/jackpot

Or on their website - http://www.jackpotgoldenboys.com

 

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It's a special We Love the 80s edition of Who's Doing What Now. It was the decade of big hair, big music, and big monsters eating everyone in sight. We're talking about the 9th Doctor's adventure, Father's Day this week where we finally get to meet Rose's father.

Be sure to rate us on iTunes, Stitcher, and now Podbean!

We have our opinions on this episode, but what do you think?

Find us at your favorite social media outlets:
Facebook - facebook.com/wdwnpod
Twitter - @wdwnpod

Or email us at wdwnpod@gmail.com

Special Thanks to the Jackpot Golden Boys for our theme. Find more of their great work on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/jackpot

Or on their website - http://www.jackpotgoldenboys.com

35p63c84

It's a special We Love the 80s edition of Who's Doing What Now. It was the decade of big hair, big music, and big monsters eating everyone in sight. We're talking about the 9th Doctor's adventure, Father's Day this week where we finally get to meet Rose's father.

Be sure to rate us on iTunes, Stitcher, and now Podbean!

We have our opinions on this episode, but what do you think?

Find us at your favorite social media outlets:
Facebook - facebook.com/wdwnpod
Twitter - @wdwnpod

Or email us at wdwnpod@gmail.com

Special Thanks to the Jackpot Golden Boys for our theme. Find more of their great work on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/jackpot

Or on their website - http://www.jackpotgoldenboys.com

35p63c84

Rassifans! Old age comes to us all, and - just like the onset of the semi-incontinent mid-sleep wee need - Rassilon must returnereth! Join Harry and Leeson on a typically ramshackle look at The Day of the Doctor; Will Leeson have overthinked...overthunk...overthinkered everything? (Hint: of course he will!) Will Harry immediately dismiss any opinion or fact fired at his tiny faceholes? (Hint: of course he will!) From science fiction to science via two arseholes who love the sound of their own voices and booze, Lady...gentleman...the answer to the life dream you never even knew you had... Please upstand; It's the Radio Rassilon Podcast

Rassifans! Old age comes to us all, and - just like the onset of the semi-incontinent mid-sleep wee need - Rassilon must returnereth! Join Harry and Leeson on a typically ramshackle look at The Day of the Doctor; Will Leeson have overthinked...overthunk...overthinkered everything? (Hint: of course he will!) Will Harry immediately dismiss any opinion or fact fired at his tiny faceholes? (Hint: of course he will!) From science fiction to science via two arseholes who love the sound of their own voices and booze, Lady...gentleman...the answer to the life dream you never even knew you had... Please upstand; It's the Radio Rassilon Podcast