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This week definitely one of the strangest stories of the 13th Doctor's era Doctor Who: Can You Hear Me?

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Join James and Brent as they catch up on the latest broadcast news from the BBC - The War Between the Land and the Sea will be on your tellyboxes in December! Or at least it will be if you're in the UK. Also, did you catch the latest blink-and-you-miss-it Children In Need Who-short? Well, Brent did - tune in for the details! The guys then discuss the latest 13th Doctor and Yaz story by Lisa McMullin and Big Finish, Lionesses in Winter. Which to be clear, has nothing to do with the national English women's soccer team. Enjoy!

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Ian Winterton of Cutaway Comics joins us to discuss his contribution to Big Finish’s “War Master” range and to look at Tenth Doctor story “Utopia”.

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(00:00:00) We’re joined on this podcast by friend of the show, Ian Winterton of Cutaway Comics fame.

(00:12:36) “The Philip Hinchcliffe Years – The DNA of Doctor Who”. Get ready for the ultimate book on the Philip Hinchcliffe years of Doctor Who! A brand new title spearheading the launch of a new range of beautiful large format books! “It’ll be a different kind of book that’s been written, I think, about Doctor Who” (Philip Hinchcliffe). From Morbius to Krynoids, Eldrad to Wirrn, ROUNDEL PUBLISHING takes an in-depth look with unrivalled access to the architect of some of the most revered years of Doctor Who’s history! Available in softback, hardback or deluxe hardback options including the option to receive signed copies, exclusive art prints and even the chance to get a personal message from Philip himself! The first in a brand-new series of lavish books examining the key creatives behind Doctor Who – THE DNA OF DOCTOR WHO takes a look at the creatives involved in making Doctor Who through the lens of newly-commissioned essays examining key themes, critical responses and reflections on the era in question.

(00:19:53) Ian’s audio drama story “The Worst of All Evils” is now available in the “His Greatest Trick” box-set from Big Finish’s “War Master” range.

(00:44:12) “Mr Pye” is a Channel 4 television series written by Donald Churchill, based on the 1953 short novel “Mr Pye” by Mervyn Peake. Broadcast began on 2 March 1986 in the UK.

(00:46:20) The “Frasier” episode starring Derek Jacobi is “The Show Must Go Off”, S08E12.

(01:16:42) The awkwardly placed ladder in “Utopia” can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

(01:19:08) This clip of Diddly Dum host Al No’s tale of meeting Tom Baker is taken from podcast #009 (18/04/2014). Al’s blogged version of the story can be found here.

(01:34:02) Ian’s quiz will be part of the “Vworp Manchester – Doctor Who 62nd Birthday Bash” at The Seven Oaks, Manchester on 22nd November 2025.

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

Well, here's something new, friends! We're reviewing a comic book Doctor Who story! Well, stories would be more accurate because Prisoners of Time was originally a year-long 12 issue miniseries from IDW to celebrate Doctor Who's 50th anniversary. We read the first four issues (chapters) and talked about what we liked and didn't like.

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• It's Prognosis Negative Episode Five Seven.A, featuring Isaac and Eric. Join us as we take a look at Tron: The Next Day. Dive in and discover if we go type O Neg or Pos!

• This is a Non-canonical ProgNeg.

• This discussion was recorded on Oct. 10th, 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.

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ProgNeg Theme originally compiled by H.B. Lockwood

  Dare you step into the shadows? Terror awaits across time and space. Silent assassins, primordial evils and horrors that defy imagination – the Doctor’s universe has never been more terrifying. 1. Sea Smoke by Jonathan Sims - A First Doctor and Dodo adventure The First Doctor and Dodo arrive on the Scottish isle of Ulfsay during the height of the 19th-century boom in kelp burning. They quickly realise something is wrong as the smoke from the latest batch of 'kelp' begins to cause horrific transformations on the island. 2. Party Favours by Georgia Cook - A Kate Stewart and Osgood adventure All Bev wants to do is host her yearly Halloween party and heal her fractured relationship with her girlfriend, Annika. Unfortunately, her reclusive upstairs neighbours have been invited to the festivities, and all they want to do is feast. 3. Bramble King by Noga Flaishon - An Eighth Doctor and Audacity adventure The Doctor and Audacity encounter a strange vision which leads them to Walpurgis-9, a cargo ship drifting powerless through space. In their attempt to assist the ship's crew, they become entangled in their secrets and encounter the malevolent entity known as 'The Bramble King'. 4. Merlin's Trap by Hannah Kennedy - A Twelfth Doctor adventure When Lainey leads an expedition into the ancient Merlin’s Cave System, the group is warned by Merlin's ghostly voice to explore no further. As Lainey and her team push deeper into the mysterious cave, they encounter things far beyond their comprehension, including Merlin himself.   **THIS TITLE IS NOW OUT OF STOCK ON CD**

The War Between the Land and the Sea is premiering Sunday, December 7! While that throws a wrench in our usually stable release plans, we're certain we can all cope through the first three weeks of December. In other news, the Three Who Rule calm the waters on missing episode rumblings, a follow-up on Tubi disintegrating Classic Doctor Who from its listings, Gallifrey One news, more staircase intrigues, and the Pondcast, a new podcast featuring none other than Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill reminiscing about their time on Doctor Who! But the real highlight is a descent into 2009 with the second part of our re-examination of Torchwood: Children of Earth!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Broadcast dates revealed for 'The War Between the Land and the Sea'
• Special re-edited edition of The Sea Devils heads to BBC iPlayer and BBC Four on 7th December
• Gallifrey One discussion panels now open for sign-up; Paul McGann no longer attending
• Matthew Waterhouse added to Gallifrey One guest list
• Doctor Who Prop Hunt post on the staircase prop
• Tiny Time Lord Trouble Children in Need sketch
• Neil Cross, Toby Whithouse Doctor Who scripts added to BBC Writers Room site
• Coming soon: The Pondcast with Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill
• Doctor Who legend Tom Baker, 91, dons iconic Fourth Doctor costume as he receives MBE in style
• Big Finish: Miles Taylor IS The Eleventh Doctor
• Big Finish: The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Lionesses in Winter out now
• Big Finish: The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Ride or Die due Jan 2026
• Where We Stand, Where We Fall: The politics of Doctor Who by Liz Myles available for pre-order
• First look at Doctor Who star Sophie Aldred in Adrian Tchaikovsky's graphic novel Salvation's Child

Review:

• Torchwood: Children of Earth, Day Two
• Children of Earth scripts on BBC Writer's Room
• Radio Free Skaro Wednesday Cutaway – The Ballad of Jack and Ianto
• Radio Free Skaro presents Bridging the Rift

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

Random Who - The Impossible Astronaut & Day Of The Moon

Phil and Scott switched on the randomiser which selected The Impossible Astronaut and Day Of The Moon, Matt Smith's opening two part story for season 6 of Doctor Who. Scott has never seen this before and Phil wished he hadn't. So will Scott enjoy this and will Phil change his mind?

And in the news:

• The War Between The Land and The Sea gets an UK airdate.
• The Sea Devils is getting the 90 minute treatment.
• Tom Baker recieves an MBE.

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This week, David & Matt sit down to discuss the 3rd Story of series 6 'The Invasion'. Doctor Who theme by Ron Grainer, arranged by Alexander Erben. Talk to us! Email: timenorspacepod@gmail.com Twitter: @timenorspacepod

Welcome to a special episode of Doctor Who Literature. This week we pay tribute to former Doctor Who script editor, TV writer, and novelization author Christopher H. Bidmead, who passed away in August 2025. Joining Jason for a new interview this week is "Full Circle" writer Andrew Smith.

We are also pleased to present three excerpts from our archives:

--An interview with Jonathan Blum from our Logopolis episode.

--An interview with Graeme Burk from our Castrovalva episode.

--Jason's review of the Frontios novelization.

Doctor Who Literature is produced by Jim Sangster and Jason Miller. We will return with the first episode of our final season in November 2025.

Steven and Erika conclude a very good, but very dark story.

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Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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Erika and Steven talk about Davros, mostly. With good reason!

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Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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Join Dave from the Doctor Who Show, Rob from 42 to Doomsday, and Richard from Spacefall: A Blakes 7 Podcast, after knocking back a few gin and tonics at Dave’s place and watching Day of the Daleks.

Day of the Daleks is the first serial of the ninth season of Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 1 to 22 January 1972. It was the first of four Third Doctor serials to feature the Daleks, which returned to the series for the first time since The Evil of the Daleks (1967).

The Doctor and UNIT investigate the attempted assassination of British diplomat Sir Reginald Styles, whose attacker apparently disappeared into thin air.

And yes, there’s a musical number at the end 😉

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Steven and Erika talk about Nazis. I mean Daleks. No, I mean Nazis. But yeah, also Daleks.

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Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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On this episode Si, Frazer and Mark look at the Target novelisation of The Robot Revolution by Una McCormack.

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This week my new series re-watches reaches Doctor Who: Praxeus in which things get global and environmental.

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In this special episode Nuge is joined by Ant and Amy to discuss a small selection of their picks out of the huge list of debuting comics from this year's Thought Bubble Comic Convention.

Comics discussed.

• The Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor - Find at: Comixology Hall D16
• A Garden of Spheres - Find at: Comixology Hall D7-8
• Mr Jones Smoking Bones - Find at: Redshirt Hall A22
• Origins: Against All Odds - Find at: Bubbleboy Hall F8
• Rumble: The Untold, Unpublished and Unfinished comics of the Ultimate Universe - Find at: Redshirt Hall B11a
• Flamevolt #1
• Browse n' Buy - Find at: The 2000 AD Hall C16
• Armoured - Find at: Redshirt Hall D15b
• In Search of Lost Tea - Find at: Bubbleboy Hall C13b
• Camp Faraway: Nightmare in Cabin 5 Issue 2 - Find at: Redshirt Hall D17

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  It’s Luke’s choice this month and to celebrate 60 years since its first broadcast we’re looking at Thunderbirds. The episodes in focus are Move and You’re Dead and The Imposters. T-shirts can be found here –  Follow us on twitter  Like us on  Review us on  Email the show –   

The Three Who Rule take on the big questions this week, including whether or not to call the Sea Devils "Homo Aqua," possible BBC broadcast plans for The War Between the Land and the Sea, the existence of 4K 35mm transfers of telecined old TV shows, and most importantly the spreading media virus known as the Spiral Staircase, which has driven Steven further around the bend than usual! Plus Tubi intrigue regarding the status of Classic Doctor Who, Doctor Who Magazine issuing massive pieces about Carole Ann Ford and Terry Nation, and most importantly, the first of our five-part re-evaluation of Torchwood: Children of Earth!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Mark Strickson announced as guest for Gallifrey One
• Creatures in TWBTLATS to be known as "Homo Aqua"
• UNIT quiz site reveals seven minutes of deleted scenes from Season 2
• Doctor Who Magazine #623
• Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition Doctor Who: Legends released
• Classic Doctor Who leaving US Tubi soon?
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Anniversary – A 2005-2025 Doctors Collection available November 2025
• Pauline Collins 1940-2025

Review:

• Torchwood: Children of Earth – Day One
• Children of Earth scripts on BBC Writer's Room
• Radio Free Skaro Wednesday Cutaway – The Ballad of Jack and Ianto
• Radio Free Skaro presents Bridging the Rift

Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Fake Keith, the Real Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller discuss the Doctor Who Series 13 Collection boxset extras, particularly the Ian Marter documentary and review the 1998 Channel 4 TV Series Ultraviolet, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 01:27 — Welcome!
• 02:29 – News:
• 02:38 — Doctor Who: Disney out.
• 07:59 — Doctor Who: Spin-off comes early.
• 10:09 — Nabil Shaban: DEAD!
• 12:29 — Star Trek: Lego set details.
• 13:37 — Star Wars: Boba Fett’s blaster going to auction.
• 14:55 — Star Trek: Kelvin fourth film is dead again.
• 15:03 — June Lockhart: DEAD!
• 16:05 – Doctor Who: Series 13 boxset extras, Ian Marter documentary.
• 32:42 – Ultraviolet (1998 TV series).
• 45:31 – Crumbly’s Corner
• 50:20 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 50:56 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

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• Staggering Stories.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Wikipedia: Nabil Shaban.
• Star Trek.
• Wikipedia: Lego.
• Star Wars.
• PropStore Auction: Boba Fett Rifle.
• Wikipedia: Star Trek (2009 film).
• Wikipedia: June Lockhart.
• Wikipedia: Ian Marter.
• Wikipedia: Ultraviolet (TV serial).
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

For the 56th episode of THE LIST MAKERS, we discuss which (living) Doctor Who people we'd most like to see on a convention panel. Will this be particularly challenging for Rob, given his total disinterest in such events? Where will Dave take his list? Between them, can they come up with the ultimate convention guest list?

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Join us for a chat with Fifth Doctor companion actor Mark Strickson.

Working with a nude Judi Dench, a trio(n) of job offers on the day he got Doctor Who, wrangling Steve Irwin, Big Finish and more.

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Good morning all, and welcome to the latest episode of Stace & Barry In The Morning!

This month we are joined by a very special guest; extremely lovely lady and award-winning comic creator, Rachael Smith! Rachael joins us for a chat about why she started creating autobiographical comics, tabling at conventions, and running a Kickstarter for her Nap Comix series. All this, plus a bunch of mysterious murders, chair-based cringe comedy, and our speculative thoughts the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic and Avengers Doomsday!

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On this episode Dan, Melvin & Mark look at the first two Big Finish Thirteenth Doctor releases, Vampire Weekend and Return of the Doctor.

You can order the Thirteenth Doctor Adventures from Big Finish.

This week my new series re-watch returns with Doctor Who: Fugitive of the Judoon.

Also this week I was in the studio audience for the Uncanny Podcast which you can hear here https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002lfjz

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Friends, we are firmly entrenched in Fall and it's high time we finally review Riley Silverman's "Dark Watchers of California" from Big Finish! Susie, fleeing a traumatic experience back in San Francisco, heads south to Big Sur (circa 1966...sur-ca, maybe?), but not only is she being pursued by the law, but she's also seeing the legendary Dark Watchers in the woods around her cabin. While on a hike, she crosses paths with The Doctor and Bill. Can our Team TARDIS help Susie fend off Finch and heal herself as well?

We take a look back at 5th Doctor story “Mawdryn Undead” and share our distant memories of our mothers working hard to clothe us for the 1977 Silver Jubilee.

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(01:17:53) Our Silver Jubilee memories, including Doc’s sugar spoon, Mark’s coin and the Rev’s medallion can be seen on our Tumblr page here. As can the Rev’s Silver Jubilee Matchbox double-decker bus.

(01:18:30) Jasper Carrott’s “Magic Roundabout” vinyl record from 1975.

(01:19:55) “Dougal and the Blue Cat”(French: “Pollux et le Chat Bleu”) is a 1970 French animated film based on “The Magic Roundabout” directed by Serge Danot. It was released in France in December 1970 and its English version, narrated by Eric Thompson, like the original series, was released in 1972. The audo clip here is of course Fenella Fielding as The Blue Voice.

(01:25:18) The Kickstarter appeal for “Hellbreaker: Fire in the Blood” can be found here.

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

The moment has arrived! That is, an actual announcement of Doctor Who's future from the BBC (and not the outgoing Disney+) in the form of a last hurrah from Russell T Davies and Bad Wolf by way of a Christmas special in 2026, along with official confirmation of Turf and Surf hitting the iPlayer this Christmas and Disney+ in February. What does this portend for both the present and future of Doctor Who? The Three Who Rule put on their television detective hats and as usual solve nothing, as do many entertainment journalists including friend of the show Kyle Anderson, and lesser lights such as Variety, Deadline, and The Hollywood Reporter. Plus the usual Big Finish cover over-analysis, a smidgen of Can*Con, and the conclusion of our four-part Classic Series Commentary for "The Sun Makers"!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• BBC Confirms future of Doctor Who, splitting from Disney, and a new Christmas special in 2026
• The War Between the Land and the Sea' comes to BBC One and BBC iPlayer in December, Disney+ in 2026
• Deadline: Why Disney Ditched 'Doctor Who'
• Nerdist: Kyle Anderson's take on the separation of Disney and the BBC
• Variety: 'Doctor Who': Disney+ Exits Partnership With the BBC as 2026 Christmas Special Confirmed
• Deadline: Disney+ Officially Exiting 'Doctor Who' Partnership With BBC After Two Seasons
• Hollywood Reporter: Disney+ Ends 'Doctor Who' Partnership, BBC Commits to Continue Series
• Entertainment Weekly: Disney+ drops Doctor Who — here's what that means for the long-running show's future
• The Secrets Behind the SCARIEST Moments of Doctor Who – The Whoniverse Show
• Big Finish Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trips Opportunity 2025 winner announced
• Big Finish Doctor Who: Halloween – Sea Smoke and Other Stories released
• When the Stars Screamed: A Dalek Anthology Charity Book available
• As King of Kensington turns 50, it shows the challenge of keeping classic Canadian TV in circulation
• Nabil Shaban obituary by Toby Hadoke

Commentary:

• The Sun Makers Part Four

Yes, jump on board the DWP Campervan and join Ian, Drew and Ashley as they talk not only about regeneration, but about Carole Ann Ford’s comments about Susan’s role (or lack of it) in The Reality War at The Sirens of Audio convention in Melbourne earlier this month – and also about Rob Shearman’s DWM interview and Jane Tranter’s response!

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Enjoy the show!

It Takes You Away The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, Adam, Kirby and Mary talk about two episodes which show exactly what Doctor Who can do. Weird stuff going on in Norway and away in the universesome where. We also have feedback, news and what we have watched.

CONTROL:

• It's Prognosis Negative Episode Five Six, featuring Isaac and Eric. Join us as we take a look at episodes six to ten of the 2012 series, Tron: Uprising. Dive in and discover if we go type O Neg or Pos!

• This is a Non-canonical ProgNeg.

• This discussion was recorded on Sept. 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

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Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen, New Doctor Who News, Slow Horses, A Murder of Quality

This pairing of stories linked to Mary Shelley's horror story Frankenstein was Richard's idea: in the last episode we looked at the four part 4th Doctor story from early 1976 and Season 13 - The Brain of Morbius, which we've paired this time with 2020's 13th Doctor outing The Haunting of Villa Diodati from Series 12. We'll decide whether these stories have animated us like a bolt of lightning or left us feeling like mouldering corpses. Joining Richard for the discussion are Gav, Giles and Paul.

We recorded this episode in August; the first part came out in September and this part has taken until November; sorry for the wait.

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Gav's excellent YouTube series Terry Nation Army can be found here: https://youtube.com/user/Dalek6388. Also, next time you're in the North West, check out his new venture - West Kirby Escape Room: The Jurassic Factor westkirbyescaperoom.co.uk

Head over to https://www.bigfinish.com/, where we all love Paul's stories. You can find his latest Companion Chronicle The White Ship here as part of the Families box set: https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-companion-chronicles-families-3001

Giles is a published author with many books, primarily related to science and astronomy. check out his work here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Giles-Sparrow/author/B001IXOESC, at all good bookshops, and a few bad ones too.

Richard's other podcast "If It's Hurting, It's not Working" is currently on hiatus, but it's a fun and informative look at work - why we work, how we work, and what makes a great job. And also what makes a great workplace, how to turn things round when we're not enjoying our work and, in the end, how we can all make our work better. For all episodes, go to https://ifhurtnotwork.podbean.com/ and https://ifhurtnot.work.

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://beagarridoart.weebly.com/, where you can buy prints of some remarkable paintings of characters from Doctor Who.

The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.

This week we conclude our Whooverville 16 coverage with a chat to the Fugitive Doctor herself, Jo Martin.

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This week US Jason, Adam, James and Mark open a Time Window to look at the Target novelisation of Empire of Death.

You can order a copy of the book here #ad

Well, until Christmas 2026 anyway! Join Ian and James for a special Breaking News edition of The Doctor Who Podcast!

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

Who's He? At The Movies | The Bride of Frankenstein

To round off Halloween week on the Who's He? Podcast, Phil is joined by an old friend of the show, Joanne Alexander to chat about The Bride of Frankenstein.  Listen as the pair of them marvel at this horror classic from 1935, as they go from camp characters to nudey ladies.

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Dawn of the Dead (1978).

Hello and Happy Halloween to you all and what a cracking episode we have for you. This month Meds and Kell talk about the Argento cut of George A Romeros wonderful Dawn of the Dead. We hope you like it, dont have nightmares.

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  This title was released in October 2025. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 December 2025, and on general sale after this date. South London, 2036. The Doctor and Rose team up with an urban explorer to investigate the case of Mr Fingers, an invisible killer haunting an abandoned corner of the city. If you feel a hand on your shoulder: don't look around... THIS TITLE IS NOW OUT OF PRINT ON CD   Recorded on: 5 and 9 December 2024 Recorded at: The Soundhouse and Fitzrovia Post   Writer Timothy X Atack said: "I've got a book called Abandoned Places and it’s a photographer who travels the world and finds hotels that are slowly rotting away or islands that used to be inhabited but have been left to the elements. These amazing photographs were an inspiration for what might happen with an urban explorer, in more of an influencer space, and from that a frisson with the Doctor and with Rose started to build up in a very natural way. "And I have this deep love of Doctor Who's more eldritch, Lovecraftian villains, especially when you end up not really knowing any more about them at the end than at the beginning. Sometimes you just want something that hates, and that's what Mr Fingers is. He despises life." Director Helen Goldwyn added: "We’re seeing different incarnations of the Powell Estate, this familiar setting from the TV series, and exploring more of what that community might look and feel like. Here, we get to see the future version of the estate, which is a very bleak, dystopian vision. It’s a really cleverly constructed script where you get that picture of the modern flat and the destroyed flat - it creates such a vivid visual image in your mind as you’re listening." Christopher Eccleston said: "I come from an estate like the Powell Estate. Not quite as concreted, but very much like it. And in my childhood, especially in summer, it was quite a magical, mystical place. "I like it when Doctor Who fastens on our folklore and it investigates it. It's often the simplest things like, are you my mummy, or just being tapped on the shoulder... The Doctor's obviously frightened of Mr Fingers!" And Billie Piper reminisced on the now-iconic setting: "It was always one of my favourite locations, being on the Powell Estate. We did so much of the early days there that it holds a special place in my heart, and it was weird filming on a living and working estate - we started to feel like residents!"    (The Doctor)  (Rose Tyler)  (Ellis Coates)  (Jackie Tyler)  (Mr Fingers) (Brainy Betty)     Cover Art by Director Executive Producer Music by Producer Script Editor Sound Design by Written by Senior Producer  

This week, David & Matt sit down to discuss the 3rd Story of series 26 'The Curse Of Fenric'.

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With the wait between THE REALITY WAR and the 2026 DOCTOR WHO CHRISTMAS SPECIAL lasting longer that the 1985 hiatus did (1 year 6 months and 24 days versus 1 year, 5 months, and 24 days), the only logical thing to do was make a pop record. Friend of the show (and sometime co-host) Mike Solko really shouldn't have put this idea in my head. Enjoy - Rob

DOCTOR IN RECESS

(Intro)
Eighteen months is too long to wait,
BBC please, don’t aggravate.

(Verse 1)
The TARDIS doors are shuttered,
The filming lights are dim,
We’re left with endless theories,
And one half-regenerated him.

They promised worlds of wonder,
And merch from here to Mars,
But when the numbers wobbled,
They crash-landed the TARDIS hard.

(Chorus)
Doctor in recess,
Let’s all answer this time stress,
Doctor in recess,
Our fandom’s under real duress!

(Verse 2)
There’s Daleks feeling restless,
The Cybermen look bored,
The Weeping Angels whisper,
“You can blink if we’re ignored!”

The Master’s doing TikToks,
The Ood are serving tea,
And somewhere in Cardiff,
Time stands still on the BBC.

(Bridge)
Bring him back now, we’ll take no less,
The fandom’s losing its consciousness,
The universe is stuck once more,
And waiting till ‘26 is such a chore.

(Verse 3)
We’ve learned to love each Doctor,
Each face that comes and goes,
From Eccleston to Gatwa,
And whoever the next one shows.

The monsters are all waiting,
The Daleks need their cue,
Without a weekly scream to stream,
What’s a poor fan meant to do?

(Final Chorus)
Doctor in recess,
Let’s all answer this time stress,
Doctor in recess,
Our fandom’s under real duress!
Doctor in recess...
The long wait’s causing time distress!

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

Who's He? On The TV | During Barty's Party

In the second of this weeks podcasts celebrating Halloween, Phil looks at During Barty's Party from 1976.  Part of the series Beasts, written by Nigel Kneale, this story sees middle class couple Angela and Roger Truscott under seige from a horde of rats.  But what makes this story so terrifying for Phil to select this for Halloween?

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In the final edition in this series of The Echo Chamber, James and Michele talk about Loups Garoux by Marc Platt, released in May 2001 – the twentieth story in Big Finish’s Main Range!

Listening instructions are very straightforward –

1. Buy Loup Garoux from Big Finish Productions for just a few pounds (if you don’t own it already of course!)
2. Listen to it!
3. Join us in the Echo Chamber, listen to what we thought and join in the discussion!

Enjoy the show!

Toni and Joe discuss fashion, gaming, and news & the Doctor Who episodes The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords.

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The Doctor Who partnership between Disney and the BBC has officially ended, with Disney stepping away from the co-production deal after two seasons. Although Disney will still air the upcoming spin-off The War Between the Land and the Sea, the BBC has affirmed that Doctor Who will continue “with or without Disney,” and has confirmed a Christmas special penned by Russell T Davies for 25 December 2026.

Rob has thoughts.

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

News Roundup

As the news broke today that Disney will not be involved any further with Doctor Who and that we will be getting a Christmas Special in 2026, Phil & Scott decided to record a quick podcast to discuss news that most people had already guessed.

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