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The Vibes are Abzorbal-Off as Joe 'n' Toni discuss Dead, Deadd, & Deaddy, a Time Loop Called Marriage, and the Doctor Who episode Love and Monsters.

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It's Doctor Who vs the pus-y worms!

We chat with Trevor Baxendale about his second EDA, as the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Compassion encounter the Spulver worms.

Editor Steve Cole pops by too, and we have our usual three readings from the novel.

If watching Eccleston's penultimate episode this week has taught us anything, it's that even the deep future of humanity is going to still be fixated on late 20th and early 21st century pop culture! Your guess as to why is just as good as ours! But it is a trope amongst others that we discuss this time...a long with why the heck the Daleks decided to play a long game with humanity instead of just barging into the place and breaking all the good china like they normally do!

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This week, David & Matt sit down to discuss the Tom Baker classic story: 'Pyramids of Mars'

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On this week’s show, Archie Panjabi is playing a new Doctor Who villain (probably not The Rani) next season, plus Russell T Davies and Disney+ teasing a TARDIS set pic (and potential Season 3 renewal?) on Instagram, but the key to this whole endeavour is the flights of fancy on our latest Fluid Links where we invent not one but two imaginary Doctor Who media properties! Lights, camera, nonsense! 

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• RTD posts (cryptic?) photo on the TARDIS set; Disney responds with (cryptic?) eyes emoji
• Archie Panjabi Set To Play ‘Doctor Who’ Villain In New Season
• Big Finish The War Doctor Rises: Unknown Soldiers, due Dec 2024
• Big Finish Most Wanted due Jan 2025
• Film is Fabulous GoFundMe: Help restore a missing episode of b&w television
• Geoff Hinsliff died
• David Graham, voice of the Daleks, died

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

Review - The Iron Legion

Phil and Scott dip their toes into a Big Finish comic adaptation of The Iron Legion, starring Tom Baker as the Doctor. Phil has distant memories of reading this story in Doctor Who Weekly over 40 years ago, so he was looking forward to how this story fared but as Scott had no preconceptions, what did he think?

And in the news, they pay tribute to one the original voices of the Daleks, David Graham, who sadly passed away. They also provide an update on the near future of the Who's He? Podcast.

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This week Jim bids a sad farewell to the legendary David Graham, contributor of voices (and two live-action roles) to Doctor Who, and who did voice work for almost every other British series that mattered, up to and including "Peppa Pig".

Stacey Smith? rejoins Jason for a look at the first Trial of a Time Lord story, The Mysterious Planet. It's Robert Holmes' final completed Doctor Who serial, and -- in story order -- Terrance Dicks' final Doctor Who novelization.

Stacey also digs deep into the rec.arts.drwho archives and finds a Jason comedy post from 1996... which Jim narrates and performs.

This week's episode's got it all.

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In a distant future where all life has been destroyed by technology, Brendan, James and Nathan sit down with their friend Bjay from The Bjay BJ Game Show to record a podcast about a Doctor Who episode called Smile.

Notes and links

Anticipating with relish the final demise of X, we have decided to preserve here for posterity the Twitter exchange between Nathan and Mina Anwar that he mentions early this episode.

Nathan suggests taking a look at this — an aerial view of the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia in Spain.

Brendan admits that he is a regular reader of Lance Parkin’s AHistory: An Unauthorised History of the Doctor Who Universe, which is an impressively quixotic attempt to harmonise all the televised stories, spinoffs and deuterocanonical material into one vast, sprawling ridiculous chronology. We thank him for his service.

James mentions how the phenomenon of social contagion was observed in a large-scale study conducted on Facebook in 2012. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published an article describing the results of the experiment in 2014, which makes it a plausible influence on this episode. Here’s a contemporary news article discussing the ethical problems with this experiment.

Grey goo is a kind of technical term for the possibility that everything on Earth might be consumed by rogue nanotechnology. The term was first coined in 1986 by Kim Eric Drexler in his book Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology. It’s also the basis of Michael Crichton’s 2002 novel Prey.

Erewhon: or, Over the Range (1872) by Samuel Butler is a satirical description of a utopian society, which bans machines for fear that they might become conscious and self-replicating.

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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. It’s 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.

This week’s guest on Flight Through Entirety is Bjay Hobbs, who can be heard regularly discussing indie games with our very own Brendan Jones on The Bjay BJ Game Show. In their most recent episode, they discuss The Talos Principle (2014), a puzzle-based game that raises questions about identity, consciousness and religion. The episode Brendan mentions on Lost in Play will actually be out in a couple of weeks.

Brendan, Richard and Steven have just released another episode of their Avengers podcast The Three Handed Game. It’s the third episode of their triptych The Cool War, covering an early Season 2 episode called The Decapod, featuring Julie Stevens as Venus Smith, with a guest appearance by Philip Madoc, (probably) not in fishnets.

The Blakes 7 podcast Maximum Power started recording its Series D coverage yesterday; new episodes will be released in December.

And finally there’s our Star Trek commentary podcast, Untitled Star Trek Project, featuring Nathan and friend-of-the-podcast Joe Ford. Last week, they paid a visit to an idyllic bird person planet with deranged exocomp Peanut Hamper in an episode of Lower Decks called A Mathematically Perfect Redemption.

We’re back! As the summer drifts into history, the Campervan takes one last nostalgic scenic drive around Season 1/14/40. Join us as we travel back three months and see whether our memories of Ncuti Gatwa’s debut series have changed!

James, Michele and Drew also talk about Big Finish’s live performance of The Stuff of Legend and Michele’s one accurate Kooky Theory of the Week! Well, it had to happen sooner or later!

Enjoy the show.

We’re back! As the summer drifts into history, the Campervan takes one last nostalgic scenic drive around Season 1/14/40. Join us as we travel back three months and see whether our memories of Ncuti Gatwa’s debut series have changed!

James, Michele and Drew also talk about Big Finish’s live performance of The Stuff of Legend and Michele’s one accurate Kooky Theory of the Week! Well, it had to happen sooner or later!

Enjoy the show.

We’re back! As the summer drifts into history, the Campervan takes one last nostalgic scenic drive around Season 1/14/40. Join us as we travel back three months and see whether our memories of Ncuti Gatwa’s debut series have changed!

James, Michele and Drew also talk about Big Finish’s live performance of The Stuff of Legend and Michele’s one accurate Kooky Theory of the Week! Well, it had to happen sooner or later!

Enjoy the show.

In 2023 AUK studios released two CDs related to Doctor Who.

Me & Him & Who is an audio drama that chronicles the life of John Nathan-Turner, written by Stephen Wyatt.

And speaking of Stephen Wyatt, AUK also released a musical sequel to The Greatest Show in the Galaxy called Children of the Circus, which features a reunion of the entire cast including new roles for Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred.

Creative Director for AUK, Barnaby Eaton-Jones, joins us to talk about these releases, as well as how he came to be invoved in audio production.

He also talks about another passion project, Robin of Sherwood on audio, featuring actors from the original tv series.

Find out more about Me & Him & Who here - https://auk.direct/product/me-him-who/

Find out more about Children of the Circus here - https://auk.direct/product/children-of-the-circus/

To find the audiobook version of Dwayne's recommended release, Tweaking the Tail by John Leeson, visit - https://www.fantompublishing.co.uk/product/tweaking-the-tail/

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On the brand new Trap One Podcast US Jason, Hannah (@MrsSimonTemplar), James (@Jikster2009) and Mark (@QuarkMcMalus) have a ball as they discuss the Target novelisation of Rogue.

You can order the book here.

Find out more about Philip Hinchcliffe: The DNA of Doctor Who here.

After much thought, our old chum Suky Khakh chooses 4th Doctor story “Invasion of Time” for us to review.

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SHOW NOTES

(00:01:09) Our guest is Suky Khakh of the “Around the Console” podcast, the “Trek This Out” podcast and the “Take Your Seats” podcast.

(00:04:52) The helpful Erika Ensign (a.k.a. @hollygodarkly) is a denizen of the famed Verity podcast.

(00:09:24) Pictures of Mark’s action figure of Grand Mofff Tarkin can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

(00:15:17) Mark’s new-found friend on Twitter is @daemonsmatt.

(00:19:18) “Campion” is a British television mystery drama broadcast on the BBC in 1989 and 1990 and adapted from the Albert Campion mystery novels written by Margery Allingham. The series starred Peter Davison as Albert Campion, Brian Glover as his manservant Magersfontein Lugg.

(00:20:12) “Butterflies” is a British sitcom written by Carla Lane that aired on BBC2 from 1978 to 1983.

(00:26:57) The Whoovers are a group of Doctor Who fans based in Derby UK, who meet twice monthly alternating between in-person gatherings and online meetings via Zoomville. They also organise the annual Whooverville convention and, since 2018, have hosted Big Finish Day.

(00:28:47) The “Vision On Sound” podcast takes a nostalgic journey through the television vaults, and Martin Holmes and his guests investigate, discover, enjoy, and chat about a whole world of televisual delights, with some occasional nonsense thrown in from time-to-time.

(00:29:22) “Shelley” is a British sitcom made by Thames Television and originally broadcast on ITV from 1979 to 1984 and from 1988 to 1992. It stars Hywel Bennett as Dr James Shelley, a sardonic, perpetually unemployed anti-establishment ‘freelance layabout’ with a doctoral degree.

(00:35:44) “Screen Test” is a children’s game show that aired on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. It was first hosted by Michael Rodd from 1970 to 1979, then by Brian Trueman from 1979 to 1983 and finally by Mark Curry in 1984. It involved its contestants seeing clips from films, and then being asked questions about the films to test their memories of them.

(00:36:25) “Chorlton and the Wheelies” is an animated children’s television series created by Cosgrove Hall Productions which ran from 1976 until 1978 on ITV. 40 episodes were produced. The show followed the adventures of Chorlton, an anthropomorphic “happiness dragon”, in “Wheelie World” (where people moved on wheels instead of legs). The eponymous lead character gets his name from the suburb of Manchester in which the Cosgrove Hall studio was based.

(00:36:59) Brian Keith “Herbie” Flowers (19 May 1938 – 5 September 2024) was an English musician specialising in bass guitar, double bass and tuba. He was a member of groups including Blue Mink, T. Rex and Sky and was also a prolific session musician. Flowers contributed to recordings by Elton John, Camel, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Roy Harper, David Essex, Al Kooper, Bryan Ferry, Harry Nilsson, Cat Stevens, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. He also played bass on “Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds”.

(00:39:05) “The Water Margin” is a Japanese television series based on the 14th-century book Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Made in two seasons of 13 episodes each by Nippon Television it was shown in Japan in 1973 and 1974 as “Suikoden”. For an English-language version, it was adapted by David Weir without translations, using only brief plot synopses. The dubbed version, narrated by Burt Kwouk, was shown by the BBC from 1976 to 1978.

(01:18:18) “Shardlake” is a series of historical mystery novels by C. J. Sansom, set in 16th century Tudor England. The series features barrister Matthew Shardlake, who, while navigating the religious reforms of Henry VIII, solves crime and tries to avoid getting caught up in political intrigue. The first six books are set during the reign of Henry VIII, while the seventh, Tombland, takes place two years after the king’s demise. Sansom said before his death that he planned to write further Shardlake novels taking the lawyer into the reign of Elizabeth I.

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

This week on the show more Whooverville 15 coverage, an interview with Katy Manning.

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This title was released in August 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 October 2024, and on general sale after this date. No Gallifreyan was safe from the Time War. While the Doctor resisted the call, his granddaughter Susan did her duty and signed up to fight the growing Dalek threat. 2.1 The Lost Son by Sarah Cassidy Still reeling from meeting her Grandfather back on Earth, Susan is assigned to assist a mother in search of her son. Priestess Vesselina is the new ruler of her world, and someone Gallifrey is keen to recruit as an ally. But strange forces are at work on Materos, and Susan's empathy becomes a weapon to be used against her... 2.2 The Golden Child by Peter Anghelides A key ally to Gallifrey has winked out of existence. When Susan investigates the disappearance of this gifted politician and strategist, she finds someone else is also interested in the changed timeline. The interloper is her grandfather. But this version of the Doctor is from the future of the Time War, and he's not the man Susan remembers...  

On Septembers's Wanderers - Crossing the Void podcast, we review and discuss:

• The Thanos Wars - Infinity Origin and Monstress
• Star Trek Prodigy Season 2 and Stardust
• Tomorrowland (the movie) and Plan 9 from Outer Space

...and much (much) more!

Hosts:

• Trevor  Trevsplace
• Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Comic Conspiracy
• David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian   Twitch DraconianProgeny
• Connor YouTube: The Deadly Emerald

• Join us the first week of October for And Now For The Big Finish, as we review the Ravenous 4 boxed set!  As always, you can send us feedback on Facebook at Wanderers in the 4th Dimension or on Twitter @Wanderin4d.

 

Here's the second part of our landmark 100th episode.

It having been recorded altogether on the same evening, Paul, Giles, Rick and Richard are back with our chat about 12th Doctor story Under The Lake / Before The Flood from Series 9.

Then we discuss links with 4th Doctor story The Stones of Blood from Season 16, which we talked about in the first half. 

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

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

Rick posts on social media as @brickpandorica, where you can find fantastic pictures of his Lego models of Doctor Who moments, such as the one forming our cover art this episode.

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/

Richard has another podcast with co-hosts Emily & Nicola, 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. Go to https://ifhurtnotwork.podbean.com/ and https://ifhurtnot.work for more.

The Something Who logo, which features prominently on all our cover art was designed for us by Bea Garrido. She's a really talented artist, who you can find by following this link: https://linktr.ee/beagarrido, where, among other artworks, you can buy prints of some remarkable paintings of characters from Doctor Who.

Seven Percent Solution XIII

• Doctor Who: Prognosis Negative proudly presents the Seven Percent Solution, the preeminent Sherlock Holmes commentary podcast covering all 14 of the Basil Rathbone films, featuring Josh, Eric, and Sean.

 

• Listen in as they discuss the eleventh of twelve films produced by Universal Pictures, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. 

 

WARNING:

• This discussion contains miscellaneous SPOILERS pertaining to the film(s) discussed and more! If you are 100% spoilerphobic to films not yet seen, do not complain to us.
• The commentary is littered with EXPLICIT terms, concepts, and as always expect strokes of innuendo throughout.

LINKS:

• Find your Trio of Hosts on their other Podcast Ventures.
• The 1001 Movies Podcast: https://1001moviespodcast.libsyn.com/
• Mostly Harmless Cutaway: guidetothewhoverse.libsyn.com
• The Cabot Cove Confab Podcast: https://thecabotcoveconfab.libsyn.com/
• The Best Picture Podcast: The Best Picture Podcast | Libsyn Directory
• Romulans Bearing Gifts: Romulans Bearing Gifts: The Star Trek Podcast | Libsyn Directory
• The Novice Elitists Film Podcast: https://thenoviceelitists.podbean.com/

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• This episode was recorded on Oct. 27th, 2023. 
• COMING SOON: SPS #14 Dressed to Kill

 

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  The Doctor was dead, to begin with. Killed alongside his beloved Jo Grant in an explosion in the UNIT labs. But Time Lords are notoriously hard to kill. Because with UNIT under siege, the Brigadier is rescued by two familiar faces... the Doctor he first encountered, fighting the Yeti, and Jamie McCrimmon. With yet one more waiting in the wings. They are all pawns in a deadly game of chess played by a being more powerful than any they’ve ever encountered before. And when you battle Death himself... can anyone even win? Adapted from the original treatment by Bob Baker and Dave Martin for what later became the TV episode The Three Doctors. **This title is strictly limited to 2,000 copies** Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart © Haisman & Lincoln and used under licence. With thanks to Hannah Haisman and Candy Jar.  

Paul McGann and India Fisher have played the Doctor and Charley Pollard, live, on stage, in front of four theatre audiences.

Of course, Pieces of Eighth was there to cover this - with unprecented access before, during and after the production.

We bring you exclusive chats with author Robert Valentine, director Barnaby Edwards, and Alex Macqueen, the Master himself.

And Kenny and Matt are joined by other fans to share their thoughts on the production, mostly live, outside the Cadogan Hall.

Despite a dearth of real news, and because of one glorious piece of fake news from the Onion, the Three Who Rule faff on less than usual this week, with a look at various Blu-Ray controversies, David Banks in Doctor Who magazine, a Classic Who event at the cool-name-having Electric Palace movie theatre. Plus our Classic Series Commentary for the final episode of “Planet of the Spiders”!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• The Onion: Moscow Expels 6 British Diplomats Who Would Not Shut Up About ‘Doctor Who’
• Doctor Who Magazine #608
• Doctor Who Series 1-4 Blu-ray due October 24
• Blake’s 7 Series 1 collection available for pre-order (Amazon US)
• Classic Doctor Who night on September 19 at the Electric Palace
• Doctor Who Limited Edition Tankard

Commentary:

• Planet of the Spiders Episode 6

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

Empire of Death - Audio Commentary

We have reached the end of this series of audio commentaries for Ncuti Gatwa's first season of Doctor Who with Empire of Death. And joining Phil once again is James Rockliffe of the Doctor Who Podcast to chat, moan and whinge through this season finale.

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Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith and the Real Keith Dunn review the 1988 film Beetlejuice, the 2024 Doctor Who Prom and the recent Whooverville Doctor Who convention, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 01:19 — Welcome!
• 02:50 – News:
• 02:54 — James Earl Jones: DEAD!
• 05:01 — Dead Boy Detectives: Netflixed.
• 07:33 — Big Finish: More Jenny and Doctor Who Movie writer returns.
• 10:28 — John Cassaday: DEAD!
• 10:57 — Good Omens: Third season production paused.
• 11:39 — Star Trek: Most series first episodes free to watch.
• 13:05 — Game of Thrones: Props go up for auction.
• 15:20 — James Darren: DEAD!
• 16:25 — Tron: Third film dated.
• 18:16 – Beetlejuice (1988 film).
• 40:46 – Doctor Who: Prom 2024.
• 51:20 – Doctor Who Convention: Whooverville 15.
• 59:56 – Emails and listener feedback.
• 60:07 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 60:55 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• • Staggering Stories.
  • Wikipedia: James Earl Jones.
  • Wikipedia: Dead Boys Detectives (TV series).
  • Big Finish.
  • BBC: Doctor Who.
  • Wikipedia: John Cassaday.
  • Wikipedia: Good Omens (miniseries).
  • Star Trek.
  • Wikipedia: Game of the Thrones.
  • Wikipedia: James Darren.
  • Wikipedia: Tron.
  • Derby Quad: Whooverville 15.
  • Wikipedia: Beetlejuice.

• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

The Time Meddler is a seminal moment in Doctor Who history. No Doctor Who podcast can be complete without acknowledging it, and no podcast about Doctor Who Literature can be complete without discussing its novelization.

Frazer Gregory, one of my most frequent and popular guests, rejoins me for the first time since Episode 100. We have a lot to say about this story, including a discussion of its geography -- where in Northumbria does it take place, and on what precise day does it take place? Frazer has a theory, and it involves, perhaps, the very week that we're talking to you.

There are also games to be played, not just the one that I have for Frazer, but the one that he has for me ...

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About a year ago we looked at our top overrated DOCTOR WHO stories. It caused quite a stir with some of you! Today's episode is the flipside of the same coin where we look at the opposite. What have been the most underrated stories in Doctor Who's long and storied history? Come at us!

You can also follow us on X @theDWshow and write to us about anything you like at: hello@theDWshow.net

We’re back for the first episode of Peter Capaldi’s final year — a simple, well-told tale of Girl Meets Girl, Girl Becomes Puddle, Girl Loses Girl and, finally, Girl Goes off with Her Tutor on a Series of Adventures in Time and Space. Welcome aboard, Bill Potts. It’s The Pilot.

Notes and links

Friend from the Future was a promotional short designed to introduce Bill Potts first broadcast during Match of the Day on 23 April 2016, nearly a year before this episode aired. You can see the entire short here.

Peter mentions the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Skin of Evil as another TV episode containing a high-concept puddle. It’s famously not very good, as Joe and Nathan discovered in this episode of Untitled Star Trek Project.

You’ll be relieved and probably unsurprised to learn that Nathan is wrong: John Peel doesn’t claim that Genesis of the Daleks took place in 1831. However, TARDIS Wikia dates it as set in the 15th or 16th centuries, probably because in The Daleks, one of the Daleks claims that there were two races on Skaro 500 years ago. But the whole idea is absolutely enervating, don’t you think?

The squishy thing Todd mentions as a possible companion for the Doctor is, of course, Mr Huffle from The Return of Doctor Mysterio. The Doctor does apparently take it with him at the end of the story.

And Pearl Mackie married her wife Kam Chhokar on 4 May this year. Here’s a wedding photo from Tumblr.

Douglas is Cancelled is Steven Moffat’s most recent TV show — a four-part miniseries starring Hugh Bonneville, Karen Gillan and Alex Kingston, about a middle-aged male TV personality who is overheard making a sexist joke at a friend’s wedding. Worth a look.

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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. It’s 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.

There’s also Startling Barbara Bain, our Space: 1999 commentary podcast. We’ve covered the first six episodes of Series 1; Episode 7 should be out some times in the next couple of weeks.

The Blakes 7 podcast Maximum Power has been on hiatus for a while, but arrangements for the recording of Series D are well underway, and we will definitely have some new episodes for your before the end of the year.

And finally there’s our Star Trek commentary podcast, Untitled Star Trek Project, featuring Nathan and friend-of-the-podcast Joe Ford. Last week, they took a trip with Kirk, Spock and McCoy to the Planet of Space Ancient Rome in Bread and Circuses.

We focus this time on the Big Finish adaptation of The Prisoner.

Number 6 actor Mark Elstob joins us to talk about his career, Patrick McGoohan Doctor Who, Blake's 7 (specifically, Paul Darrow's Avon), and of course, The Prisoner.

Theme music by Joe Kraemer and Jamie Robertson.

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  Manchester, 1993. The Time Lady Ruath, an old friend of the Doctor's, arrives on the planet to inform Earth's vampires that the arrival of their legendary messiah is imminent. His rising will herald an age of endless night where the undead reign supreme. All that is needed is the blood of a Time Lord. In Tasmania, the Doctor, Tegan, and Nyssa are enjoying the sun and plenty of cricket. When they are attacked by vampires, they escape unscathed, except for Nyssa who suffers two small puncture wounds to her neck. Compelled by her attacker to remain silent, she can tell no-one what she's turning into. Why is Ruath so determined to see the descendants of the Great Vampire rise to power? If only the Doctor knew the truth, she's certain he would turn to her side, and help to secure the future of Vampire kind, no matter how much humanity must suffer. Based on the 1994 Missing Adventures novel by Paul Cornell.

On the brand new Trap One Podcast Jo (@thebrainofspock), Mark (@Mark_Dodyk) and Mark (@QuarkMcMalus) go through the looking glass with Doctor Who in Wonderland by Paul Magrs.

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This week more Whooverville 15 coverage with a panel featuring Phillip Hinchcliffe, Roger Murray Leach and Gary Russell.

 

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In this special episode, after some news, the lads celebrate the life of the artist John Cassaday, who sadly died this week. They are joined by John's good friend Jimmy Aquino, the host of Comic News Insider.

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Almost One Month Later, Trap, The Rings of Power, The Aliens, Collectormania Milton Keynes, The Jetty, Sherwood, One Foot in the Grave, Roy's Post-Punk, Goth, Etc. Mixtape, Journal, Follow Up, Green Explosion

The Doctor and Fitz are on the run, in Compassion, their new TARDIS.

She reacts badly when the Doctor tries to fit a randomiser into her, and throws her friends out onto an alien world.

Editor Steve Cole and author Nick Walters discuss this book, as well as Matt and Kenny's thoughts on it - plus the reviews from DWM and I, Who 2!

We continue with our Ian Marter discussion with a brief conversation about the debut of Harry Sullivan in "Robot"! But, before we get underway, we pick up where we left off with new details about Marter's time at St. Edmund Hall at Oxford University with the discovery that there is a recording on vinyl of Marter singing in You Can't Do Much Without a Screwdriver, an original musical staged by the Oxford University Experimental Theatre Club at the Oxford Playhouse in May 1965. Marter played the lead character, Guy Ffolkes, an Amnesian nationalist, and sings "Bang On" with Jack and Harry, described as two villains in the playbill. There's a photograph of Ian with Adèle Geras née Weston on stage during the production. We also uncovered a photograph of young Ian with fellow Oxford students, Tamara Ustinov, John Dodgson, Anne Bibby, and Nick Elliott rehearsing for another play. Plus a photograph of Marter with actor Richard Burton in a local pub. Opening and closing music is "Mysterious Robots," composed by Dudley Simpson. We recorded this episode on 26 August 2024.

He wouldn't have gotten away with it, too! If it wasn't for those meddling kids and their crotchety old Time Lord! Yes, this week we watched The Sensorites! Honestly, a pretty good six-parter that wasn't exactly fast-paced and full of action, but also didn't really have pacing problems either. What it did have was one really crazy Sensorite who did not want humans (or their Time Lord) anywhere near their planet and he did some pretty Scooby villain stuff to stop them. Well, try and stop them at least. Anyway! Grab some Scooby Snacks and let's dive in!

Revisit

  An animation inspired geek out. This episode is as much about Luke and Michael talking about their shared background in animation as it is about the first three Wallace and Gromit films. T-shirts can be found here –  Follow us on twitter  Like us on  Review us on  Email the show –     

A Gallifrey One guest announcement tops the RFS headlines as Jenna Coleman aka Clara Oswald is set to arrive in Los Angeles this upcoming February! Plus Russell T Davies is in the latest SFX to explain how TV works to you nerds, so what better time for the Three Who Rule to add their uninformed insights to the pile? An Emperor Davros dolly is on the way from B&M, Ncuti Gatwa’s theatrical spectacular The Importance of Being Earnest heads for cinema screens and more, before a Classic Series Commentary on the penultimate episode of both “Planet of the Spiders” and the Jon Pertwee era! 

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Jenna Coleman announced as guest of Gallifrey One
• RTD says Season 3 renewal won’t come until after Season 2 airs
• BFI redux screening of The Happiness Patrol on September 29
• B&M 2024 Remembrance of the Daleks – Emperor Davros
• B&M 2024 The History of the Daleks #18
• Ncuti Gatwa’s The Importance of Being Earnest getting UK cinema release
• Doctor Who finalists for five BAFTA Cymru Awards (aka The Welshies)
• Breakdown of the first scene of The Power of the Daleks

Commentary:

• Planet of the Spiders Episode 5

Heaven Sent: Adam, Kirby and Mary chat about Peter Capaldi's virtually solo episode. We also have news and feedback.

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

The Legend of Ruby Sunday - Audio Commentary

This week Phil is joined by his cohort James Rockliffe from the Doctor Who Podcast to take part in an audio commentary for The Legend of Ruby Sunday. The pair of them quite enjoyed this episode on original transmission, so are they still strutting like Susan Twist or is watching this like waiting for Sutekh's gift of a sandy demise?

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Guest what? Jeff is back to talk one of his favorite episodes.  Ross likes it a bunch too, It's Jodie's 2nd episode and the fam has ended up on the planet Desolation.  The guys have fun time chatting about this story.

 

 

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It's taken us a few years, but here's Something Who podcast bringing up the ton - yes, it's our landmark 100th episode!

And to mark the occasion, rumours of his demise having been greatly exaggerated, we also have the triumphant return of podcast regular Paul., alongside fellow regular Giles, returning guest Rick and the ever present Richard.

In this episode, we chat briefly about what we can readily recall about the first 100 episodes of the podcast and what it's meant to us. Then we look at 4th Doctor story The Stones of Blood from Season 16, which in the next episode we'll pair with 12th Doctor story Under The Lake / Before The Flood from Series 9.

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

Rick posts on social media as @brickpandorica, where you can find fantastic pictures of his Lego models of Doctor Who moments, such as the one forming our cover art this episode.

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/

Richard has another podcast with co-hosts Emily & Nicola, 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. Go to https://ifhurtnotwork.podbean.com/ and https://ifhurtnot.work for more.

The Something Who logo, which features prominently on all our cover art was designed for us by Bea Garrido. She's a really talented artist, who you can find by following this link: https://linktr.ee/beagarrido, where, among other artworks, you can buy prints of some remarkable paintings of characters from Doctor Who.

In this bonus interview, Eric Grissom (@egrissom) talks with Conrad (@hairofthehound_ ) about podcasting on The Old Doctor Who Show (@TODWShow), writing and designing comics, choose-your-own-adventure and roleplaying games, and takes us behind the scenes on his new graphic novel Goblin: The Wolf and the Well.    Eric's website: ericgrissom.com The Goblin graphic novels: realmofgoblin.com Follow The Old Doctor Who Show: theolddoctorwhoshow.com & youtube.com/@theolddoctorwhoshow   Eric also guests on the Trap One review of The Return of the Daleks Back-up Strips. iTunes http://rb.gy/dwv0xv Podbean http://rb.gy/qr97cg Spotify http://rb.gy/dwv0xvx

Cor blimey, guvnas, it's only another tip top installment of Stace & Barry In The Morning!

This episode, Stacey gets caught up in a Trap, Barry loves Friday, and our dynamic duo share their thoughts on the Sonic 3 trailer. (Spoiler alert: Stace is excited). All this, plus a truly baffling rewatch of Mission Impossible movies, and everybody loves The Bear. 

Grab a nice hot bevvy and start your day the Stace & Barry way!

Welcome to Part One of our intermittent ongoing look at The Trial of a Time Lord, a single 14-part Doctor Who serial that comprised the whole of Season 23, televised between September and December 1986, but broken up into four separate novelizations. Confusingly released out of order and non-consecutively.

Jim Sangster, Doctor Who Literature's multi-talented co-producer, logo designer, and in-house band, adapted and performed this week's introductory number, appeared as a talking head on the Trial of a Time Lord DVDs (recorded 16 years prior to the production of this episode), and is this week's guest. We'll about about Liverpool and its many connections to Doctor Who, and speculate just when does Trial take place relevant to the Sixth Doctor's own timeline?

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On the Trap One Bumper Backstrip Summer Special, Conrad (@HairoftheHound_) enlists the graphic and novel talents of Jeff Goddard (@CityOf_Jeff), Andy Lambert (@Zygon71) and Eric Grissom (@egrissom) to review the 'Return of the Daleks: The Complete Doctor Who Back-up Tales Volume 1'.   Bonus interview with Eric Grissom released Sunday 8th September 2024 Competition winner announced on Trap One Saturday 14th September 2024.   Check out Andy Lambert's art: www.deviantart.com/andy-lambert-art Check out Eric Grissom's work on www.ericgrissom.com & www.realmofgoblin.com Check out Jeff Goddard's (latest!) review of The Rescue: Dr Who Literature   Return of the Daleks Vol 1: available via Panini or Hive   Chicken Man (Grange Hill theme) by Alan Hawkshaw Left Bank Two (Gallery theme) by The Noveltones Doctor Who Metal Theme by inertia666