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This week Trap One ventures into The City to bring you an animated post-Savagery field report from the BFI with @Prof_Quiteamess @Si_Hart @MrsSimonTemplar @dhollingsworth & his birthday twin @BenCJolly, @chrisphnx, @matt04896 and @jamiebate.

This week more Who’s at the Playhouse coverage with a panel featuring Carole Anne Ford, Peter Purves and Anneke Wills.

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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 418.

Hey, Who fans! It's been a minute since we last put an episode out and this one is a Garry-solo, news-focused episode with an update on the latest Doctor Who news and how the weekly episodes here at The Big Blue Box will work moving forward.

Firstly, the main episodes that you've enjoyed for over a decade on a (nearly) weekly basis will now change to a seasonal format. Yep, we are no longer going to try and put episodes out every week. The two main reasons for this are: we've reviewed nearly everything apart from a couple of animated stories, and when there's no new Who going out and not much news, Doctor Who is a bit light on stuff these days. Secondly, Adam and I, when our schedules allow, don't want to force putting content out as you guys will notice it and drift off. I've seen it happen on other podcasts and it's the last thing I want for The Big Blue Box.

So in a nutshell - we aren't going away, we're not going on hiatus and we're not locking the doors to the TARDIS. We're sensibly putting the show on a seasonal format so when we do put content out, we're enthusiastic and have stuff to talk about. You'll next hear from us in April for our first proper season with our reviews for Season 2, then for the spin-off and our next season etc. Lastly, the monthly Round Table episodes will continue as normal, as the writing team have such interesting and entertaining views on all things Doctor Who.

Who fans, thank you, it's been amazing and a privilege for Adam and me to waffle to you all (again, nearly) every week for the last 10+ years and we hope you stick with us as we transition into a different format.

Also as a reminder - we set up the Cosmic Echoes podcast network this year, and although the amount of content for this podcast will be scaled back, we're bringing you more content overall! Our first new podcast - Federation Strike: A Journey Through Blake's 7 - has gone down a treat so check that out if you're a Blake's 7 fan or you've heard of the show but not dived in.

Phew, with that being said, the rest of the episode is rounding up the latest Who news including the start date for Season 2, a casting announcement for Season 2, The Sun newspaper progressing their "the show is being axed" story with the Christmas Special now under threat, a ton of money raised at auction for Children in Need, Chris Eccleston and Billie Piper back together for more 9 and Rose stories at Big Finish, and you can still grab the Season 7 blu ray collection from a couple of online retailers.

Links to the stuff we mentioned:

• Season 7 blu ray collection at Amazon and Zavvi.
• 9th Doctor and Rose adventures from Big Finish

This is The Big Blue Box Podcast

Join us each week for a new episode every Friday from your hosts Garry and Adam. We talk news, reviews, commentaries and general chat on everything Doctor Who PLUS listen to our monthly Round Table episodes with the whole team. Check out our website where you can also listen to all of our episodes for free along with the amazing reviews and articles from our writing team.

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Come and get involved and chat Who between episodes on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. We also have a free Discord server for you to hop in and chat with other like-minded Who fans.

Thank you for listening to this episode and remember to follow the podcast on your fav podcast app so you don't miss an episode when they drop every Friday (or pop over here for links to all the popular podcast platforms).

Have a fantastic week and until next time remember... Aaaaaaaaaaallons-y!

Monts and Nuge, the terrible two of geekdom, are back once again to bring news, reviews and a healthy dose of sass for your decerning listening pleasure.

Shoutouts

Cy Dethan turns author with 'Bad Sector'

News

Big Finish brings back The Ninth Doctor and Rose 

Buffy gets a reboot

Week that was

The Fugitive Doctor lands at Big Finish with her first box set

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Spiderman

Back in Action

The Creator

Jacques and the Great Art Theft

Nuge checks out the Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer

The lads head for the bear pit for their random thoughts on Celebirty Bear Hunt

Waffle On about Krull

Hello and welocme to a brand new Waffle On episode in which Meds and Kell chat away about the 1983 fantasy sci fi film Krull.

As always there are strong opinions, some theme music and a cheeky suprise at the end. If you would like to buy the film, you can by clicking this link. 

https://amzn.to/43g19uy

As always please come and join us on our Facebook group page just search for waffle on podcast and you will be accepted, well as long as you answer the question.

Hey, Who fans and welcome to the [Month] Round Table!

In this month's RT, Garry is joined by Harry, Maria and Matt for a Valentine's Month special. Yep, love is in the air as we talk about the best Doctor Who episodes for the romantics out there and what companion would be the best date? Join us now for this and more!

This is The Big Blue Box Podcast

Join us each week for a new episode every Friday from your hosts Garry and Adam. We talk news, reviews, commentaries and general chat on everything Doctor Who PLUS listen to our monthly Round Table episodes with the whole team. Check out our website where you can also listen to all of our episodes for free along with the amazing reviews and articles from our writing team.

Follow us on the socials

Come and get involved and chat Who between episodes on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. We also have a free Discord server for you to hop in and chat with other like-minded Who fans.

Thank you for listening to this episode and remember to follow the podcast on your fav podcast app so you don't miss an episode when they drop every Friday (or pop over here for links to all the popular podcast platforms).

Have a fantastic week and until next time remember... Aaaaaaaaaaallons-y!

Toni and Joe discuss a Rose by any other name (Martha) and what can only be described as a jig in the Doctor Who episode The Shakespeare Code.

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Toni and Joe discuss a Rose by any other name (Martha) and what can only be described as a jig in the Doctor Who episode The Shakespeare Code.

If you're interested in being a Friend of Rassilon, click here.

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Meanwhile is a Twin Peaks re-watch podcast hosted by Eric Grissom and Dan Johnson from The Old Doctor Who Show. Dan and Eric will go scene-by-scene, episode-by-episode, from the Pilot through The Return. They’ll also dive into Fire Walk With Me, The Missing Pieces, the Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, and more.

Give yourself a present. Don’t plan it. Don’t wait for it. Just let it happen.

We discuss the First Doctor historical “The Aztecs”. Along the way, we look at Monster Munch packet colours, Cadbury’s attempt at making a Mars bar and the death of sit-com anti-authoritarianism.

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SHOW NOTES

(00:03:02) The Tony Slattery documentary mentioned can be found here.

(00:07:00) The relevant episode of BBC Radio Four’s “Last Word” can be found here. The Barbara Clegg obituary begins at (14:39).

(00:09:07) Julian Holloway.

(00:09:53) The dinner party scene from “Carry On Up the Khyber” can be found here.

(00:10:38) Brian Murphy.

(00:13:47) Monster Munch are a British baked corn snack created by Smiths in 1977 and manufactured by Walkers. They are aimed at children and widely consumed in the UK. Flavours include Roast Beef, Pickled Onion and Sweet and Spicy Flamin’ Hot. A selection of Monster Munch TV averts can be found here.

(00:19:09) This reference is to Doc’s “Namechecking” project of some years ago where he went through the entire Ian Chesterton era and recorded every was that the First Doctor addressed him. This was in the hope of identifying any thawing in their relationship. The project can be found under the “Name Dropping” category on Doc’s personal blog here.

(00:32:56) “Aztec” was a chocolate bar produced by Cadbury’s from 1967. It was made of nougat and caramel covered with milk chocolate and was sold in a deep purple wrapper. The Aztec was created by Cadbury’s to compete with the Mars Bar, but it was discontinued in 1978.

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

CRIME:

• It's Prognosis Negative Episode Four Nine, featuring Sean, Isaac, and Eric. Join us as we take a look at the 1952 crime film, The Turning Point. Dive in and discover if we go type O Neg or Pos!

• This is a Non-canonical ProgNeg. 

• This discussion was recorded on Jan. 29th, 2025.

WARNING:

• This discussion contains miscellaneous SPOILERS pertaining to the film(s) discussed and possibly Doctor Who! If you are 100% spoilerphobic to films not yet seen, do not complain to us. This episode is mostly negative (though often that is a misnomer) and contains EXPLICIT terms, concepts, and as always expect strokes of innuendo throughout.

THE BALCONY IS YOURS

Host/Producer: Eric @BullittWHO Prognosis Negative Movie Reviews Podcast Star Trek: Romulans Bearing Gifts Podcast

Co-host: Sean @HomrigSean The Cabot Cove Confab: A Murder, She Wrote Podcast The Best Picture Podcast

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Co-host/Producer: Caleb @CalebAlexader The Novice Elitists Film Podcast Bending the Elements: An Avatar Podcast

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It’s the week after Gallifrey One which means two things: post-Gally malaise AND a giant pile of news, including a release date of April 12 for Season 2 on iPlayer (and also theoretically Disney Plus), speculation on the future of Doctor Who as per usual, a boatload of Big Finish, new books, a new RTD-penned series called “Tip-Toe” coming next year to Channel 4, and endless Youtube cogitation mostly revolving around Steven reacting to things. Take a listen if you dare!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Doctor Who returns April 12
• “Doctor Who has not been shelved” – BBC responds to rumours
• Russell T Davies writing Tip Toe, a new 5-part series on Channel 4 debuting in 2026
• Juno Dawson’s Season 2 episode “the most ridiculous episode they’ve ever done… and the most expensive”
• Doctor Who season 2 – Christopher Chung joins the Whoniverse
• Re-edited “Fear Her” back on iPlayer
• Doctor Who Collection: Jon Pertwee Season 1 coming June 3 (US link)
• Missing Doctor Who story ‘The Savages’ returns as animation
• Classic Doctor Who YouTube channel now has multiple complete stories (US only)
• New Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda Chandra novels due May 29
• Black Archives Silver Nemesis book by James Cooray Smith released
• Script Doctor 20th anniversary edition due Mar 7
• Doctor Who: The Moon Cruise Hardcover due Nov 13
• Radiophonic Workshop Archive now available for online purchase
• Spitfire Audio – BBC Radiophonic Workshop [Walkthrough]
• Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper reunite for Big Finish in August
• Big Finish UNIT – Brave New World: Fractures and Knightfall starts June 2025
• Big Finish The War Doctor Rises: Fallen Heroes due May 2025
• Big Finish Third Doctor Adventures: Operation: Vengeance due Oct 2025
• Big Finish Doctor Who – The Audio Novels: Mirror Matter due July 2025
• Doctor Who: What Still Remains: 7th Doctor Audio Original Audio CD due Aug 7
• Doctor Who: Counterstrike: 15th Doctor Audio Original Audio CD due Oct 2
• Doctor Who: Firefall: 15th Doctor Audio Original Audio CD due Oct 2
• Survival’s Julian Holloway dies, aged 80

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

Who's He? On The TV | Spike Milligan - Part 1

Phil is joined by Tyler Adams of Goonpod to talk about Phil's all time hero, Spike Milligan. In the first part of a two part conversation, Tyler and Phil chat about Spike's TV output from the 1950's through to the early 70's, even including Cucumber Castle starring The Bee Gees! Along the way, they discuss the perils of meeting your heroes and obsessive fans doing impressions.

To listen to Tylers excellent podcast, Goonpod, click on the link below:

Goonpod Podcast

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Join Phil and James as they look back at the week Doctor Who crashed back into the headlines. The Sun ran a two-page feature about the show’s future (or alleged lack of it) which was picked up by other national newspapers and radio stations in the UK. How seriously should we take it?!

In much more upbeat news, Big Finish Productions announced that Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper are pairing up in some some brand new Ninth Doctor and Rose audio stories which is of course, FANTASTIC!

We are also very proud to bring you coverage of the latest Doctor Who proms! As the most musically gifted members of the DWP team, Michele and Brent review what can only be described as wonderful production that was performed at the Royal Albert Hall in Summer 2024 and televised just a couple of months ago over Christmas.

As always, please do get in touch and let us know what you think! Email feedback@thedoctorwhopodcast.com, Tweet @thedrwhopodcast or find us on Facebook.

Enjoy!

Hello dear listener! Here we are, tonight taking a deep dive into the 1975 classic Tom Baker episode, THE SEEDS OF DOOM.

Before then, all the usual news and short topics you’ve come to expect - including Chris and Billie re-uniting for Big Finish, unsubstantiated rumours about Doctor Who's future and we take a moment to discuss the TOLKIEN biopic on the back of us doing the Lord of the Rings trilogy in our Alternate Galaxies stream at the close of 2024. Later, after the Seeds of Doom section, we have a ton of listener feedback and what we’ve been watching this past month. An absolutely jam-packed episode, you'll agree! Tune in!

Contact us any time at: hello@theDWshow.net

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Following the recent announcement that Juno Dawson is writing an episode of the second series of Doctor Who for the Fifteenth Doctor, this episode is a special encore presentation of our look at her book The Good Doctor.

This episode was recorded by US Jason and Mark back in 2019 and the recording quality reflects the technology we had at the time.

We also covered both series of Redacted and you can find our episodes on series one and two.

The Good Doctor is available to buy here.

This week more Who’s at the Playhouse coverage, an interview with Andrew Cartmel.

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

• Geiger comic (1st hardcover)
• Persona 5 Strikers
• Star Wars: The Acolyte
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

...and much (much) more!

Hosts:

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

Join us the first week of March for our review of Doctor Who: The Fugitive Doctor: Most Wanted from Big Finish!

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In part two of OTTL's celebration of 40 years of EastEnders, Mark, Lee and Mark H discuss some classic crossovers with Doctor Who....and Dimensions in Time. They take a trip to an emotionally charged Doctor Who exhibition with Bradley and Stacey in an episode of EastEnders from 15th February 2008. Then it's off to Albert Square with the Eleventh Doctor and Dermot O'Leary, before settling down for a pint in the Queen Vic with Lytton. 

Also: We choose which EastEnders stars we'd have liked to have played the Doctor and their companions, and Lee challenges the Marks to A Square Go.

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"Oh my dear Princess, you have been naive..."

To celebrate 40 years of EastEnders, Mark convenes Mark Harrison and Lee McMenemy from The Polis Box in the Queen Vic to discuss whether or not Doctor Who is "too soapy". Beyond their statuses as institutions which rely heavily on cliffhangers, what else ties Doctor Who to EastEnders and other soaps like Coronation Street?

Under discussion: The Great EastEnders Slide Disaster of 2004, Phil Mitchell as Mickey Mouse, and a succession of William Hartnell lookalikes.

You can watch Corrie's tram crash (directed by Graeme Harper) here.

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It’s a bittersweet podcast today as we wrap up what has been a fantastic weekend at Gallifrey One, our home away from home. But it’s even more sad as it’s been announced that Gallifrey One will end its unprecedented run of conventions in 2028. It will take a while for the Three Who Rule to process this (probably more than the three years the convention has left), but fun is still had with Doctor Who writer Andrew Smith joining the Three for a recap of the convention, Big Finish secrets, and naturally, talk of The Sandbaggers.

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• Andrew Smith at Big Finish

 This week, David & Matt fail to recognise their 250th episode and instead just have a chat about the fifth serial from series 22 - 'Timelash'.

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

Talk to us! Email: timenorspacepod@gmail.com

An unscripted word of thanks to my friends at Radio Free Skaro.

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

Who's He? At The Movies | The Howling

This time, Phil returns once again to the horror genre with 1981's The Howling. With this being one of three werewolf movies released in 1981, Phil revisits a film he watched some considerable time ago and discovers that he has changed as well.

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Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review Doctor Who: Jago and Litefoot: The Mahogany Murderers and Star Trek: Section 31, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 01:05 — Welcome!
• 02:28 – News:
• 02:34 — Doctor Who: New writers and potential return date.
• 04:33 — Doctor Who: reshoot rumours suggest a Gatwa exit?.
• 05:23 — Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New series in the works.
• 07:32 — Sandman: Cancelled!
• 11:02 — Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet in vinyl.
• 13:32 – Star Trek: Section 31.
• 30:47 – Doctor Who: Jago & Lightfoot: The Mahogany Murderers.
• 42:42 – Emails and listener feedback.
• 55:56 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 57:55 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Wikipedia: Ncuti Gatwa.
• Wikipedia: Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
• Wikipedia: The Sandman (Vertigo).
• Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Tenth Planet.
• Wikipedia: .
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles: The Mahogany Murderers.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

It’s Gallifrey One, it’s the start of a mammoth weekend for Doctor Who fans, and it is a milestone for the Three Who Rule – their ONE THOUSANDTH episode! And what better way to pass the one thousand barrier than a full length interview with Doctor Who writer and former show runner Steven Moffat, and current Doctor Who executive producer Julie Gardner! Thanks to Shaun Lyon, Graham Kibble-White, Jack Kibble-White, Ken Deep, and special thanks to Paul McGann for narrating our opening video!

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Not be left out of the party, Ian and Phil got together recently to share their predictions in terms of what will happen in the world of Doctor Who this year. Will they go for a low-bar, easy forecast, or will they push the boat (or Campervan) out this year? Tune into this minisode to find out!

Good morning, you lovely lot, and welcome to another bit of Stace & Barry shenaniganery!

This episode, Stace contemplates the benefits of Severance, Barry gets into some Squid Games, and we share some candlelight concert memories. All this, plus some excellent tunes from Joe Hisaishi & Micheal Kamen.

Grab a breakfast of your choice and enjoy some Stace & Barry as part of a healthy morning routine!

This week more Who’s at the Playhouse coverage with a panel featuring Colin Baker, Silvester McCoy, Nichola Bryant and Terry Molloy.

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Erika and Steven complete the Pertwee era, and it’s a bittersweet farewell! Against all odds, Erika is genuinely sad to see ol’ Pert go!

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Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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Erika and Steven complete the Pertwee era, and it’s a bittersweet farewell! Against all odds, Erika is genuinely sad to see ol’ Pert go!

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Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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Steven and Erika continue podcasting from the Gallifrey One hotel and approach the end of both the Pertwee era and the new-to-Erika era of Doctor Who. It’s bittersweet!

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Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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Steven and Erika continue podcasting from the Gallifrey One hotel and approach the end of both the Pertwee era and the new-to-Erika era of Doctor Who. It’s bittersweet!

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Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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