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Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and Keith Dunn sit down, mirrored, in front of the 2018 Doctor Who episode ‘It Takes You Away’, and spout our usual nonsense!

Graham cannot give away a sandwich, Ryan is a reluctant babysitter and the Doctor finds it isn’t easy being green. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy It Takes You Away…

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20 for 20 (Houndsite...)    I will be taking a regular look at 20 releases from 20m years of the Big Finish Doctor Who Monthly range.    ALL from the July release (ie The Birthday...)   they will be   1) THE SIRENS OF TIME RELEASED JULY 1999 2)  10. WINTER FOR THE ADEPT t RELEASED JULY 2000 3)  22. BLOODTIDE  RELEASED JULY 2001 4) 33. NEVERLAND RELEASED JULY 2002   5)  46. FLIP FLOP RELEASED JULY 2003   6)   59. THE ROOF OF THE WORLD  RELEASED JUNE 2004   7)   71. THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA RELEASED JULY 2005   8)  84. THE NOWHERE PLACE RELEASED JULY 2006   9)  97. THE WISHING BEAST RELEASED JULY 2007   10) 110. THE BOY THAT TIME FORGOT  RELEASED JULY 2008 11)   123. THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS  Four one-part stories:   12)   136. COBWEBS  RELEASED JULY 2010   13)    149. ROBOPHOBIA    RELEASED JULY 2011 14)    162. PROTECT AND SURVIVE   RELEASED JULY 2012   15)   175. PERSUASION RELEASED JULY 2013   16)   188. BREAKING BUBBLES AND OTHER STORIES  RELEASED 17)  201. WE ARE THE DALEKS  RELEASED JULY 2015 18)  214. A LIFE OF CRIME RELEASED JULY 2016 19) 227. THE HIGH PRICE OF PARKING  RELEASED JULY 2017   20)    240. HOUR OF THE CYBERMEN   RELEASED JULY 2018   this time i talk about -   From Wikipedia....     The Sirens of TimeAlbum coverBig Finish Productions audio dramaSeries Doctor WhoRelease no. 1Featuring Fifth DoctorSixth DoctorSeventh DoctorWritten by Nicholas BriggsDirected by Nicholas BriggsProduced by Gary Russell Jason Haigh-ElleryExecutive producer(s) Stephen ColeProduction code 7ZLength 2 hrs 5 minsRelease date 19 July 1999Followed by PhantasmagoriaThe Sirens of Time is the first Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The story was written by Nicholas Briggs and stars Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy. It was recorded between 6–7 March 1999. To coincide with the release of this new Doctor Who range, a CD was given away free with Doctor Who Magazine #279. Titled Talking 'Bout My Regeneration, this documentary considered the history of the show in audio and featured behind the scenes interviews with the cast and production crew. Davison's and Baker's interpretation of their respective regeneration of The Doctor was well received, with each having a distinct voice and considerable character development.[1] Contents1 Synopsis2 Plot3 Cast4 Continuity5 References6 External linksSynopsisWhile Gallifrey is threatened by a fleet of hostile warships outfitted with technology surpassing even that of the Time Lords, the Doctor is dealing with a plot to destroy him in his Fifth, Sixth and Seventh incarnations. Each Doctor faces his own trial alone, before coming together in the final episode to confront the Sirens of Time. PlotVansell, a member of the Celestial Intervention Agency, arrives on Gallifrey with an urgent message for the President of the Time Lords – an invasion fleet threatens the planet and Time Lord technology will not be able to repel them. History has somehow been distorted, and the only clue is the artron energy of a Time Lord in the distortion... the energy belongs to the Doctor. The Seventh Doctor hears the cloister bell tolling within the TARDIS and changes the coordinate setting. A message comes through from the Time Lords but is too garbled for the Doctor to make out its content. He then hears a mysterious sound coming from outside the TARDIS, and exits to investigate. He hears a woman, Elenya, drowning in quicksand and rushes to her rescue. He is waylaid by a cackling hag who says both he and Elenya will die. Arriving at the quicksand, the Doctor wonders why the hag had not tried to save Elenya, and takes her back to the TARDIS. The hag, Ruthley, returns to attend to a crippled old man named Sancroft, her prisoner. Over a communicator, she reports to a commandant who questions her over ion trails he has detected in her sector but she denies knowledge of them. At the TARDIS, the Doctor is not able to enter his ship. He asks Elenya how she arrived on the world. Sensing some familiarity about her he asks if they have met before. Elenya says that she crash landed on the planet. They set out to search for the hag's residence, as another space craft crash lands nearby. Hearing the crash, Sancroft asks Ruthley if the planet's shields are failing, but she then taunts him that no one is coming to his rescue. The Doctor and Elenya see a ship that somehow makes it through the shields. Ruthley is heard communicating with an alien voice on the ship, which informs her that bio-assassin cultures will activate on landing. The Doctor and Elenya desperately dive for cover as a further ship makes a landing nearby. They arrive at its crash site as something alive emerges. Elenya thinks she is looking at a dying creature, but the Doctor believes the opposite – it is something being born. Ruthley speaks to a planetary security robot, a Drudger, and commands it to eliminate the Doctor and Elenya, but it tells her that that procedure is not permitted. Ruthley, talking to herself, says that does not matter because all will be dead soon. The Doctor and Elenya come across the robot which commences to do a mind scan which knocks them out. The Doctor awakes to find himself with Sancroft, but Elenya is still unconscious. He is surprised that the Doctor is not afraid of him. The Drudger reports to Ruthley that it has found bio-engineered life forms emerging from the wreck. The robot confronts the life form and commands it to surrender; its reply is to open fire. Ruthley comes to the cell and tells them they cannot escape, as in the distance they hear the Drudgers being destroyed. Ruthley cackles and tells them that "they" will kill all of them. The Doctor asks if there is anywhere in the house they can all hide, and Sancroft suggests Ruthley's bedroom. Thinking she has done a deal with them, Ruthley approaches the bio-assassins and tells them that infamous Sancroft, First Knight of Velyshaa, is there for ready them to kill. However, the bio-assassins eliminate her so there will be no witnesses. The bio-assassin plays a recorded message – Sancroft has been sentenced to death for war crimes against the people of Calfadoria. When the Doctor pleads with the assassin to spare their lives, it tells him that it has no quarrel with anyone but Sancroft. However, there must be no witnesses, and the assassin opens fire... A submarine prepares to attack a British freighter as the TARDIS materialises on board. The Fifth Doctor disembarks searching for some sort of distortion. He hears a voice of Time Lord calling to him to return to the TARDIS because of the "destruction of time". However, he is unable to get back inside his craft. A woman arrives and tells him that she will take him to her Captain, just as the submarine starts its attack. The submarine crew spot two survivors clinging to a box floating in the debris of the remains of the ship. The Doctor and the woman, Helen, are brought on board and a thrown in a cell. The craft submerges as a British destroyer enters the area. The Doctor demands to see Captain Schweiger with vital information for the Kaiser. The Doctor pretends to be a German spy, telling him that proof of his identity is in an airtight crate now floating in the sea. The Captain is unwilling to retrieve the crate because of the British ships in the area. When returned the cell, the Doctor notices evidence of a time distortion. One of the crew, Schmidt, begins to attack the Doctor and the voice of a Time Lord is heard urging on the attack. On Gallifrey, Vansell is reprimanded for his brutish plan by the President. However, Vansell insists that the Doctor must be stopped, whatever the cost. On the submarine, Helen tends to the Doctor's wounds after his fight as the alarms on the craft go off. A vessel, the Aquitania, the Lusitania or the Mauritania, has been sighted, and the submarine prepares to attack it. Vansell telepathically contacts Schmidt and again tells him to kill the Doctor. He goes to the cell with a pistol, and the Doctor tries to reason with him. The observing Time Lords argue over whether to kill the Doctor but Vansell proceeds to give the order to Schmidt to kill, who then shoots. Schweiger hears the shot and rushes to investigate. The Doctor is still alive, and Helen taking Schmidt's gun shoots and kills the German. The Doctor takes the gun from her, he has only suffered a shoulder wound. He threatens to shoot Schweiger unless he turns the submarine around. Schweiger does not believe the Doctor could shoot him, but Helen takes the gun and displays more determination. Schweiger turns the submarine around and it heads towards the last known position of the TARDIS. The Doctor however is still unable to reunite with his companions inside the TARDIS and realises that the Time Lords wish him to be dead... On Gallifrey, Vansell discovers that a female presence exists inhabiting the vortex at each of the nexus points at which the Doctor has been observed. He has found a further incident involving the Sixth Doctor and the legendary time beast, the Temperon, in the Kurgon system. He pleads with the president for more power, but the President announces that the transduction barriers have been breached and the aliens have landed on Gallifrey. They call themselves the Knights of Velyshaa and have demanded an unconditional surrender... The Sixth Doctor finds himself at some kind of conference on a space ship where a waitress seems very familiar to him. The ship, the Edifice, is investigating a spatial anomaly known as the Kurgon Wonder. However, a particle field quickly surrounds the ship – the Doctor identifies it as a shard of time distortion. He hears voice saying "help me", but is unable to identify the source. With the exception of the Doctor, a waitress named Elly and an android pilot, everyone on board is aged to death by the disruption. The Doctor tells Elly he believes the TARDIS has crashed into the Kurgon Wonder. They are attacked by some kind of monster but the pilot arrives and shoots it. Time distortion begins to make the hull of the ship disintegrate. The Doctor realises that the ship is still heading into the Wonder through momentum. Analysis of the monsters reveals that they are created by accelerated evolution of bacteria and viruses. On Gallifrey, the Knights shoot dead the President, their technology inhibiting any further regenerations. Vansell is also shot but manages to send a final message through the pilot's positronic brain: "do not free the Temperon." Elly reveals that she is part of an organisation dedicated to freeing a being they believe is trapped in the Kurgon Wonder. The Doctor deduces from the presences of Temperon particles that the Wonder is in fact the legendary Temperon trapped at the moment of its death. As the pilot is about to relay the Time Lord's message to the Doctor, Elly shoots it. Afterwards, the Doctor finds himself back in the TARDIS at the centre of the Wonder. The Doctor attempts to dematerialise which will also free the Temperon. The Temperon tells the Doctor that he has released the Knights of Velyshaa. As the Doctor is smothered by the Temperon it issues a final warning: "Beware the Sirens of Time..." The Temperon absorbs the Doctor into itself and continues its warning about the Sirens of Time. Deposited on Gallifrey, he finds himself in the Panopticon alongside his fifth and seventh incarnations, also brought by the Temperon. They enter contact to share their experiences. They realise the girl each of them encountered was in fact the same person. One of the Knights of Velyshaa welcomes Knight Commander Lyena to Gallifrey in the name of Sancroff. They detect Time Lord life signs and force the Doctors to flee. Escaping into the lower parts of Capitol, they start to search for the Temperon. The Sixth and Seventh Doctors observe a Knight out of its armour, its flesh is rotted and diseased. Soon they find the restrained Temperon, but are captured by the Knights. All three Doctors are brought before Lyena who reveals that subjugated Time Lords are being used to revitalise the Knights. She proceeds to reveal what happened next at each of the nexus points. The Seventh Doctor rerouted the planetary shields to repel the bio-assassins and save Sancroff. The Knights one day found him to inspire their plans of conquest. The Fifth Doctor's actions prevented the sinking of the Lusitania. Although the outcome of the First World War was not greatly affected, a common criminal on board the ship who should have died went on to murder Alexander Fleming. Penicillin was never discovered and in 1956 a plague devastated the Earth. This in turn prevented future humans from defeating the Knights of Velyshaa in battle. When the Sixth Doctor freed the Temperon, its destruction allowed the Knights to gain the powers of Time Travel. However, Lyena pleads with the Doctor to return in time and reverse all the changes. It seems that the destruction of the Temperon caused a disease which affected all the Knights. The last remaining TARDIS on Gallifrey is too damaged to allow them to use it. When they suggest they should release the Temperon, Lyena immediately refuses and orders the Doctors be arrested. The Temperon warns the Doctors to beware the Sirens of Time, and to beware Lyena. Grabbing a weapon from a Knight guard, they use it to release the Temperon from its restraints. It tells the Doctors that Elenya, Helen, Ellie and Lyena are all the same, manifestations of the Sirens of Time – a race that feeds on the energies of chaos, distortions and disruptions in time. Unable to disrupt directly, they lure others to do so. If the Doctors obey the Sirens call more than once, they will be forever trapped in their thrall, but Lyena threatens to kill the Fifth Doctor if they disobey her. The Temperon tells the Doctors if they free it, it will go back in time and destroy the Sirens at the beginning of time. However, they realise he cannot destroy the Sirens or he would have already done so. The Temperon admits this, but he could contain them. Renewing her threat to kill the Fifth Doctor, the Sixth Doctor uses his pragmatism to see through the threat and releases the Temperon. Sancroff is killed by a bio-assassin, the Lusitania is destroyed by the German submarine. Vansell's TARDIS arrives on Gallifrey but nothing is out of the ordinary, and he departs. The Doctors arrive at the nexus point where the Seventh Doctor met Elenya for the first time, but ignore her cries for help. They see the hag Ruthley but tell her they were never there. The Doctors then depart, each to try to find their own TARDISes... CastThe Seventh Doctor (parts 1 & 4) – Sylvester McCoyThe Fifth Doctor (parts 2 & 4) – Peter DavisonThe Sixth Doctor (parts 3 & 4) – Colin BakerCommander Raldeth – Andrew FettesCoordinator Vansell – Anthony KeetchThe President – Michael WadeElenya/Helen/Ellie/Knight Commander Lyena – Sarah MowatRuthley – Maggie StablesSancroff – Colin McIntyreCommandant – John WadmoreLt Zenther – John WadmoreCaptain Schweiger – Mark GatissSchmidt – Andrew FettesThe Temperon – Nicholas BriggsPilot Azimendah – John WadmoreCaptain – Mark GatissDelegate – Nicholas PeggSub-commander – John WadmoreKnight 2 – Mark GatissContinuityThe Sirens of Time feed off changes in history in the same way as the Timewyrm who featured in the Seventh Doctor novel range The Virgin New Adventures.The Temperon may be related to the Chronovores first introduced in The Time Monster.Co-ordinator Vansell returns in The Apocalypse Element, Neverland and in the Doctor Who Unbound play, He Jests at Scars.... He was also mentioned in the novel Divided Loyalties.The Knights of Velyshaa and Drudgers return in Big Finish's Dalek Empire audio series.The Doctors share a moment of telepathic contact first seen in The Three Doctors, accompanied a sound effect also introduced in that story.These three Doctors team up with the Eighth Doctor to defeat the Daleks in The Four Doctors.These three Doctors, the Eighth and Fourth Doctors, featured in the Big Finish 50th anniversary story, The Light at the End.References      

20 for 20 (Houndsite...)    I will be taking a regular look at 20 releases from 20m years of the Big Finish Doctor Who Monthly range.    ALL from the July release (ie The Birthday...)   they will be   1) THE SIRENS OF TIME RELEASED JULY 1999 2)  10. WINTER FOR THE ADEPT t RELEASED JULY 2000 3)  22. BLOODTIDE  RELEASED JULY 2001 4) 33. NEVERLAND RELEASED JULY 2002   5)  46. FLIP FLOP RELEASED JULY 2003   6)   59. THE ROOF OF THE WORLD  RELEASED JUNE 2004   7)   71. THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA RELEASED JULY 2005   8)  84. THE NOWHERE PLACE RELEASED JULY 2006   9)  97. THE WISHING BEAST RELEASED JULY 2007   10) 110. THE BOY THAT TIME FORGOT  RELEASED JULY 2008 11)   123. THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS  Four one-part stories:   12)   136. COBWEBS  RELEASED JULY 2010   13)    149. ROBOPHOBIA    RELEASED JULY 2011 14)    162. PROTECT AND SURVIVE   RELEASED JULY 2012   15)   175. PERSUASION RELEASED JULY 2013   16)   188. BREAKING BUBBLES AND OTHER STORIES  RELEASED 17)  201. WE ARE THE DALEKS  RELEASED JULY 2015 18)  214. A LIFE OF CRIME RELEASED JULY 2016 19) 227. THE HIGH PRICE OF PARKING  RELEASED JULY 2017   20)    240. HOUR OF THE CYBERMEN   RELEASED JULY 2018   this time i talk about -   From Wikipedia....     The Sirens of TimeAlbum coverBig Finish Productions audio dramaSeries Doctor WhoRelease no. 1Featuring Fifth DoctorSixth DoctorSeventh DoctorWritten by Nicholas BriggsDirected by Nicholas BriggsProduced by Gary Russell Jason Haigh-ElleryExecutive producer(s) Stephen ColeProduction code 7ZLength 2 hrs 5 minsRelease date 19 July 1999Followed by PhantasmagoriaThe Sirens of Time is the first Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The story was written by Nicholas Briggs and stars Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy. It was recorded between 6–7 March 1999. To coincide with the release of this new Doctor Who range, a CD was given away free with Doctor Who Magazine #279. Titled Talking 'Bout My Regeneration, this documentary considered the history of the show in audio and featured behind the scenes interviews with the cast and production crew. Davison's and Baker's interpretation of their respective regeneration of The Doctor was well received, with each having a distinct voice and considerable character development.[1] Contents1 Synopsis2 Plot3 Cast4 Continuity5 References6 External linksSynopsisWhile Gallifrey is threatened by a fleet of hostile warships outfitted with technology surpassing even that of the Time Lords, the Doctor is dealing with a plot to destroy him in his Fifth, Sixth and Seventh incarnations. Each Doctor faces his own trial alone, before coming together in the final episode to confront the Sirens of Time. PlotVansell, a member of the Celestial Intervention Agency, arrives on Gallifrey with an urgent message for the President of the Time Lords – an invasion fleet threatens the planet and Time Lord technology will not be able to repel them. History has somehow been distorted, and the only clue is the artron energy of a Time Lord in the distortion... the energy belongs to the Doctor. The Seventh Doctor hears the cloister bell tolling within the TARDIS and changes the coordinate setting. A message comes through from the Time Lords but is too garbled for the Doctor to make out its content. He then hears a mysterious sound coming from outside the TARDIS, and exits to investigate. He hears a woman, Elenya, drowning in quicksand and rushes to her rescue. He is waylaid by a cackling hag who says both he and Elenya will die. Arriving at the quicksand, the Doctor wonders why the hag had not tried to save Elenya, and takes her back to the TARDIS. The hag, Ruthley, returns to attend to a crippled old man named Sancroft, her prisoner. Over a communicator, she reports to a commandant who questions her over ion trails he has detected in her sector but she denies knowledge of them. At the TARDIS, the Doctor is not able to enter his ship. He asks Elenya how she arrived on the world. Sensing some familiarity about her he asks if they have met before. Elenya says that she crash landed on the planet. They set out to search for the hag's residence, as another space craft crash lands nearby. Hearing the crash, Sancroft asks Ruthley if the planet's shields are failing, but she then taunts him that no one is coming to his rescue. The Doctor and Elenya see a ship that somehow makes it through the shields. Ruthley is heard communicating with an alien voice on the ship, which informs her that bio-assassin cultures will activate on landing. The Doctor and Elenya desperately dive for cover as a further ship makes a landing nearby. They arrive at its crash site as something alive emerges. Elenya thinks she is looking at a dying creature, but the Doctor believes the opposite – it is something being born. Ruthley speaks to a planetary security robot, a Drudger, and commands it to eliminate the Doctor and Elenya, but it tells her that that procedure is not permitted. Ruthley, talking to herself, says that does not matter because all will be dead soon. The Doctor and Elenya come across the robot which commences to do a mind scan which knocks them out. The Doctor awakes to find himself with Sancroft, but Elenya is still unconscious. He is surprised that the Doctor is not afraid of him. The Drudger reports to Ruthley that it has found bio-engineered life forms emerging from the wreck. The robot confronts the life form and commands it to surrender; its reply is to open fire. Ruthley comes to the cell and tells them they cannot escape, as in the distance they hear the Drudgers being destroyed. Ruthley cackles and tells them that "they" will kill all of them. The Doctor asks if there is anywhere in the house they can all hide, and Sancroft suggests Ruthley's bedroom. Thinking she has done a deal with them, Ruthley approaches the bio-assassins and tells them that infamous Sancroft, First Knight of Velyshaa, is there for ready them to kill. However, the bio-assassins eliminate her so there will be no witnesses. The bio-assassin plays a recorded message – Sancroft has been sentenced to death for war crimes against the people of Calfadoria. When the Doctor pleads with the assassin to spare their lives, it tells him that it has no quarrel with anyone but Sancroft. However, there must be no witnesses, and the assassin opens fire... A submarine prepares to attack a British freighter as the TARDIS materialises on board. The Fifth Doctor disembarks searching for some sort of distortion. He hears a voice of Time Lord calling to him to return to the TARDIS because of the "destruction of time". However, he is unable to get back inside his craft. A woman arrives and tells him that she will take him to her Captain, just as the submarine starts its attack. The submarine crew spot two survivors clinging to a box floating in the debris of the remains of the ship. The Doctor and the woman, Helen, are brought on board and a thrown in a cell. The craft submerges as a British destroyer enters the area. The Doctor demands to see Captain Schweiger with vital information for the Kaiser. The Doctor pretends to be a German spy, telling him that proof of his identity is in an airtight crate now floating in the sea. The Captain is unwilling to retrieve the crate because of the British ships in the area. When returned the cell, the Doctor notices evidence of a time distortion. One of the crew, Schmidt, begins to attack the Doctor and the voice of a Time Lord is heard urging on the attack. On Gallifrey, Vansell is reprimanded for his brutish plan by the President. However, Vansell insists that the Doctor must be stopped, whatever the cost. On the submarine, Helen tends to the Doctor's wounds after his fight as the alarms on the craft go off. A vessel, the Aquitania, the Lusitania or the Mauritania, has been sighted, and the submarine prepares to attack it. Vansell telepathically contacts Schmidt and again tells him to kill the Doctor. He goes to the cell with a pistol, and the Doctor tries to reason with him. The observing Time Lords argue over whether to kill the Doctor but Vansell proceeds to give the order to Schmidt to kill, who then shoots. Schweiger hears the shot and rushes to investigate. The Doctor is still alive, and Helen taking Schmidt's gun shoots and kills the German. The Doctor takes the gun from her, he has only suffered a shoulder wound. He threatens to shoot Schweiger unless he turns the submarine around. Schweiger does not believe the Doctor could shoot him, but Helen takes the gun and displays more determination. Schweiger turns the submarine around and it heads towards the last known position of the TARDIS. The Doctor however is still unable to reunite with his companions inside the TARDIS and realises that the Time Lords wish him to be dead... On Gallifrey, Vansell discovers that a female presence exists inhabiting the vortex at each of the nexus points at which the Doctor has been observed. He has found a further incident involving the Sixth Doctor and the legendary time beast, the Temperon, in the Kurgon system. He pleads with the president for more power, but the President announces that the transduction barriers have been breached and the aliens have landed on Gallifrey. They call themselves the Knights of Velyshaa and have demanded an unconditional surrender... The Sixth Doctor finds himself at some kind of conference on a space ship where a waitress seems very familiar to him. The ship, the Edifice, is investigating a spatial anomaly known as the Kurgon Wonder. However, a particle field quickly surrounds the ship – the Doctor identifies it as a shard of time distortion. He hears voice saying "help me", but is unable to identify the source. With the exception of the Doctor, a waitress named Elly and an android pilot, everyone on board is aged to death by the disruption. The Doctor tells Elly he believes the TARDIS has crashed into the Kurgon Wonder. They are attacked by some kind of monster but the pilot arrives and shoots it. Time distortion begins to make the hull of the ship disintegrate. The Doctor realises that the ship is still heading into the Wonder through momentum. Analysis of the monsters reveals that they are created by accelerated evolution of bacteria and viruses. On Gallifrey, the Knights shoot dead the President, their technology inhibiting any further regenerations. Vansell is also shot but manages to send a final message through the pilot's positronic brain: "do not free the Temperon." Elly reveals that she is part of an organisation dedicated to freeing a being they believe is trapped in the Kurgon Wonder. The Doctor deduces from the presences of Temperon particles that the Wonder is in fact the legendary Temperon trapped at the moment of its death. As the pilot is about to relay the Time Lord's message to the Doctor, Elly shoots it. Afterwards, the Doctor finds himself back in the TARDIS at the centre of the Wonder. The Doctor attempts to dematerialise which will also free the Temperon. The Temperon tells the Doctor that he has released the Knights of Velyshaa. As the Doctor is smothered by the Temperon it issues a final warning: "Beware the Sirens of Time..." The Temperon absorbs the Doctor into itself and continues its warning about the Sirens of Time. Deposited on Gallifrey, he finds himself in the Panopticon alongside his fifth and seventh incarnations, also brought by the Temperon. They enter contact to share their experiences. They realise the girl each of them encountered was in fact the same person. One of the Knights of Velyshaa welcomes Knight Commander Lyena to Gallifrey in the name of Sancroff. They detect Time Lord life signs and force the Doctors to flee. Escaping into the lower parts of Capitol, they start to search for the Temperon. The Sixth and Seventh Doctors observe a Knight out of its armour, its flesh is rotted and diseased. Soon they find the restrained Temperon, but are captured by the Knights. All three Doctors are brought before Lyena who reveals that subjugated Time Lords are being used to revitalise the Knights. She proceeds to reveal what happened next at each of the nexus points. The Seventh Doctor rerouted the planetary shields to repel the bio-assassins and save Sancroff. The Knights one day found him to inspire their plans of conquest. The Fifth Doctor's actions prevented the sinking of the Lusitania. Although the outcome of the First World War was not greatly affected, a common criminal on board the ship who should have died went on to murder Alexander Fleming. Penicillin was never discovered and in 1956 a plague devastated the Earth. This in turn prevented future humans from defeating the Knights of Velyshaa in battle. When the Sixth Doctor freed the Temperon, its destruction allowed the Knights to gain the powers of Time Travel. However, Lyena pleads with the Doctor to return in time and reverse all the changes. It seems that the destruction of the Temperon caused a disease which affected all the Knights. The last remaining TARDIS on Gallifrey is too damaged to allow them to use it. When they suggest they should release the Temperon, Lyena immediately refuses and orders the Doctors be arrested. The Temperon warns the Doctors to beware the Sirens of Time, and to beware Lyena. Grabbing a weapon from a Knight guard, they use it to release the Temperon from its restraints. It tells the Doctors that Elenya, Helen, Ellie and Lyena are all the same, manifestations of the Sirens of Time – a race that feeds on the energies of chaos, distortions and disruptions in time. Unable to disrupt directly, they lure others to do so. If the Doctors obey the Sirens call more than once, they will be forever trapped in their thrall, but Lyena threatens to kill the Fifth Doctor if they disobey her. The Temperon tells the Doctors if they free it, it will go back in time and destroy the Sirens at the beginning of time. However, they realise he cannot destroy the Sirens or he would have already done so. The Temperon admits this, but he could contain them. Renewing her threat to kill the Fifth Doctor, the Sixth Doctor uses his pragmatism to see through the threat and releases the Temperon. Sancroff is killed by a bio-assassin, the Lusitania is destroyed by the German submarine. Vansell's TARDIS arrives on Gallifrey but nothing is out of the ordinary, and he departs. The Doctors arrive at the nexus point where the Seventh Doctor met Elenya for the first time, but ignore her cries for help. They see the hag Ruthley but tell her they were never there. The Doctors then depart, each to try to find their own TARDISes... CastThe Seventh Doctor (parts 1 & 4) – Sylvester McCoyThe Fifth Doctor (parts 2 & 4) – Peter DavisonThe Sixth Doctor (parts 3 & 4) – Colin BakerCommander Raldeth – Andrew FettesCoordinator Vansell – Anthony KeetchThe President – Michael WadeElenya/Helen/Ellie/Knight Commander Lyena – Sarah MowatRuthley – Maggie StablesSancroff – Colin McIntyreCommandant – John WadmoreLt Zenther – John WadmoreCaptain Schweiger – Mark GatissSchmidt – Andrew FettesThe Temperon – Nicholas BriggsPilot Azimendah – John WadmoreCaptain – Mark GatissDelegate – Nicholas PeggSub-commander – John WadmoreKnight 2 – Mark GatissContinuityThe Sirens of Time feed off changes in history in the same way as the Timewyrm who featured in the Seventh Doctor novel range The Virgin New Adventures.The Temperon may be related to the Chronovores first introduced in The Time Monster.Co-ordinator Vansell returns in The Apocalypse Element, Neverland and in the Doctor Who Unbound play, He Jests at Scars.... He was also mentioned in the novel Divided Loyalties.The Knights of Velyshaa and Drudgers return in Big Finish's Dalek Empire audio series.The Doctors share a moment of telepathic contact first seen in The Three Doctors, accompanied a sound effect also introduced in that story.These three Doctors team up with the Eighth Doctor to defeat the Daleks in The Four Doctors.These three Doctors, the Eighth and Fourth Doctors, featured in the Big Finish 50th anniversary story, The Light at the End.References      

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The Doctor and Martha Jones find themselves on a ship where time is of the essence.  Does the crew possess a secret or has a member of the crew gone mad?  We recap our trip to Pensacon 2019 and more. This is our review of '42', Doctor Who Series 3 Episode 7.  All this - and more - in episode 143 of Discussing Who.  Hosted by Lee Shackleford, Clarence Brown, and Kyle Jones. 

Let's look at the dos and don't of going to comic and pop culture conventions!

This week David and Matt review, begrudgingly, 'Fear Her' David's defence of Doctor Who reaches it's peak as both he and Matt agree this episode is really, REALLY, poor.

Talk to us! Email: timenorspacepod@gmail.com | Twitter: @timenorspacepod

This week David and Matt review, begrudgingly, 'Fear Her' David's defence of Doctor Who reaches it's peak as both he and Matt agree this episode is really, REALLY, poor.

Talk to us! Email: timenorspacepod@gmail.com | Twitter: @timenorspacepod

This week David and Matt review, begrudgingly, 'Fear Her' David's defence of Doctor Who reaches it's peak as both he and Matt agree this episode is really, REALLY, poor.

Talk to us! Email: timenorspacepod@gmail.com | Twitter: @timenorspacepod

This week David and Matt review, begrudgingly, 'Fear Her' David's defence of Doctor Who reaches it's peak as both he and Matt agree this episode is really, REALLY, poor.

Talk to us! Email: timenorspacepod@gmail.com | Twitter: @timenorspacepod

This week David and Matt review, begrudgingly, 'Fear Her' David's defence of Doctor Who reaches it's peak as both he and Matt agree this episode is really, REALLY, poor.

Talk to us! Email: timenorspacepod@gmail.com | Twitter: @timenorspacepod

YY (5-6) - Erika and Steven finish off their final reconstructed episodes of Doctor Who. What a milestone! Erika bucks received fan wisdom once again and quite enjoys this space story. Now, on to one of the greatest stories in Doctor Who history. Yes, they’re pretty excited about the next one and spend some time looking forward.

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

YY (5-6) - Erika and Steven finish off their final reconstructed episodes of Doctor Who. What a milestone! Erika bucks received fan wisdom once again and quite enjoys this space story. Now, on to one of the greatest stories in Doctor Who history. Yes, they’re pretty excited about the next one and spend some time looking forward.

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

Erika and Steven finish off their final reconstructed episodes of Doctor Who. What a milestone! Erika bucks received fan wisdom once again and quite enjoys this space story. Now, on to one of the greatest stories in Doctor Who history. Yes, they’re pretty excited about the next one and spend some time looking forward.

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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This week my classic series re-watch reaches Doctor Who: The Robots of Death a wonderfully claustrophobic 70s take of a base under siege.

 

End Theme: Doctor Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip

 

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This week my classic series re-watch reaches Doctor Who: The Robots of Death a wonderfully claustrophobic 70s take of a base under siege.

 

End Theme: Doctor Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip

 

The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/ 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 month Steve and Scott kick off with some news and reviews. For our main feature we discuss old TV shows from the 1970s through to the 1990s that we think are worthy of a relaunch, but how would we bring them back with a new twist? We brainstorm a few different ideas and come up with some interesting new developments.   To talk about this episode and any other episode you can visit the Grouchy Old Geeks Facebook Group. If you would like to get in touch you can email us on grouchyoldgeeks[at]gmail[dot] com or you could leave a review on iTunes. 

This month Steve and Scott kick off with some news and reviews. For our main feature we discuss old TV shows from the 1970s through to the 1990s that we think are worthy of a relaunch, but how would we bring them back with a new twist? We brainstorm a few different ideas and come up with some interesting new developments.   To talk about this episode and any other episode you can visit the Grouchy Old Geeks Facebook Group. If you would like to get in touch you can email us on grouchyoldgeeks[at]gmail[dot] com or you could leave a review on iTunes. 

Poisoned thorn gripped tightly in hand, and memory failing us ever so slightly, we lunge toward Xoanan in search of missing female character representation.

Poisoned thorn gripped tightly in hand, and memory failing us ever so slightly, we lunge toward Xoanan in search of missing female character representation.

Series 3, Episode 37 of Doctor Who: The Memory Cheats! And the episode we will be reviewing today is...

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Series 3, Episode 37 of Doctor Who: The Memory Cheats! And the episode we will be reviewing today is...

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On this week's podcast, the Wanderers join 10 on a vacation to the planet Midnight, where he gets caught up in a Lord-of-the-Flies-esque struggle against not just an alien foe, but the worst instincts of human nature!

QotW: You're the Doctor and you’ve decided to send three companions of your choice on an all-expenses-paid vacation anywhere in space and time. Whom do you send, and where do you send each one?

So Here's the Thing.../Listener Mailbag/Who News

Discussion of "Midnight" (Charlie 4, Trevor 8.25, David 7.75, Connor 8.5)

Discussion of "First Doctor Adventures, Series 1, #1: The Destination Wars" (Charlie 8.5, Trevor 7.75, David 8)

Hosts:

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

Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #197, Turn Left! Our audio adventure will be First Doctor Adventures, Volume 1, #2: The Great White Hurricane, available from BigFinish.com.

Steven and Erika can’t get enough of “The Space Pirates” so they watch two more episodes. Space machinations! Space plot twists! Space captures! Space pirates!

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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YY (3-4) - Steven and Erika can’t get enough of “The Space Pirates” so they watch two more episodes. Space machinations! Space plot twists! Space captures! Space pirates!

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

YY (3-4) - Steven and Erika can’t get enough of “The Space Pirates” so they watch two more episodes. Space machinations! Space plot twists! Space captures! Space pirates!

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

YY (2) - Erika and Steven watch the only moving-footage episode of “The Space Pirates”, and Erika has a lot to say about it: Robert Holmes has an egg agenda; Milo Clancy’s “old prospector” voice isn’t quite up to Incomparable podcast snuff; and she discovers her favourite Doctor Who spaceship (besides the TARDIS, of course).

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

YY (2) - Erika and Steven watch the only moving-footage episode of “The Space Pirates”, and Erika has a lot to say about it: Robert Holmes has an egg agenda; Milo Clancy’s “old prospector” voice isn’t quite up to Incomparable podcast snuff; and she discovers her favourite Doctor Who spaceship (besides the TARDIS, of course).

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

Erika and Steven watch the only moving-footage episode of “The Space Pirates”, and Erika has a lot to say about it: Robert Holmes has an egg agenda; Milo Clancy’s “old prospector” voice isn’t quite up to Incomparable podcast snuff; and she discovers her favourite Doctor Who spaceship (besides the TARDIS, of course).

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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Dr Cool and Lewis Moon return once again for another edition of their weekly long running podcast as they review the Brain of Morbius, give their verdict on the Hinchliffe era and debate the latest news and views from the last seven days in the doctor who universe. Plus, more series 11 slating. I mean, what did you expect?

The Doctor and her companions work together to survive the museum. Millie flies a building. Travis games on.

Editing and Sound Design: David King.
Theme music arrangement: Drew Krassowski.
Additional music: Luke Baldridge.
Producers: Melinda-Catherine Gross, Michael Nixon, and Ben Paddon.

This episode also features the piece “Hot Pursuit” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Creepy clowns, check. Aliens, check. The 7th Doctor & Ace, check and check! An early 80s rap, check... wait what? A Mad Max character, uh what's happening? A werewolf and a 19th Century Explorer, oh boy we're in for an episode aren't we? It's the Greatest Show in the Galaxy and we got one heck of a discussion for you this week.

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Creepy clowns, check. Aliens, check. The 7th Doctor & Ace, check and check! An early 80s rap, check... wait what? A Mad Max character, uh what's happening? A werewolf and a 19th Century Explorer, oh boy we're in for an episode aren't we? It's the Greatest Show in the Galaxy and we got one heck of a discussion for you this week.

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

We want to hear from you!  Find us at your favorite social media outlets:

Facebook - facebook.com/wdwnpod Twitter - @wdwnpod Website - wdwnpod.com

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

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What better way to come down after Gallifrey One than plot how to take over planets/galaxies/universes/etc.? Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Lizbeth as we strategize and scheme about which seven villainous/monstrous armies from Doctor Who would we each want to lead.

What about you? Let us know what armies you'd use to take over the world(s) in the comments!

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Toni and Joe are joined by The Unseen World co-creator Matt Golden to discuss Thanksgiving Turkey Glitter, Gallifriends, and a very noisy curtain in the Classic Doctor Who serial The Invasion of Time.

This episode is brought to you by Friend of Rassilon, Matt Golden. If you're interested in being a Friend of Rassilon, click here.

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Toni and Joe are joined by The Unseen World co-creator Matt Golden to discuss Thanksgiving Turkey Glitter, Gallifriends, and a very noisy curtain in the Classic Doctor Who serial The Invasion of Time.

This episode is brought to you by Friend of Rassilon, Matt Golden. If you're interested in being a Friend of Rassilon, click here.

Download • YouTube • RSS • Patreon • iTunes • Stitcher • Google Play • ESO Network

Toni and Joe are joined by The Unseen World co-creator Matt Golden to discuss Thanksgiving Turkey Glitter, Gallifriends, and a very noisy curtain in the Classic Doctor Who serial The Invasion of Time.

This episode is brought to you by Friend of Rassilon, Matt Golden. If you're interested in being a Friend of Rassilon, click here.

Download • YouTube • RSS • Patreon • iTunes • Stitcher • Google Play • ESO Network

Steven and Erika embark upon their final reconstructed story, despite Steven’s continuing bout of con crud. What will Erika think of this generally derided piece of Doctor Who history? Well, she really likes beginnings, so it’s a fairly decent start! But will that opinion hold? Who knows?

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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YY (1) - Steven and Erika embark upon their final reconstructed story, despite Steven’s continuing bout of con crud. What will Erika think of this generally derided piece of Doctor Who history? Well, she really likes beginnings, so it’s a fairly decent start! But will that opinion hold? Who knows?

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

YY (1) - Steven and Erika embark upon their final reconstructed story, despite Steven’s continuing bout of con crud. What will Erika think of this generally derided piece of Doctor Who history? Well, she really likes beginnings, so it’s a fairly decent start! But will that opinion hold? Who knows?

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

This week we return to the world of Torchwood with Titan Comics Torchwood Volume 2: Station Zero, by John Barrowman and Carole Barrowman. Plus we review Big Finish Torchwood: Fall to Earth written by James Goss.

Also, we look at some news of the week.

And Jamie sends more feedback from more of his trip through our back catalog of episodes.

Enjoy!

 

 

This week we return to the world of Torchwood with Titan Comics Torchwood Volume 2: Station Zero, by John Barrowman and Carole Barrowman. Plus we review Big Finish Torchwood: Fall to Earth written by James Goss.

Also, we look at some news of the week.

And Jamie sends more feedback from more of his trip through our back catalog of episodes.

Enjoy!

 

 

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