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Jump aboard the Tardis for episode 40 while we break down the news for you, announce the winner of our book giveaway then join us for our review of Black Orchid.

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The News

As always we hate kicking the news off with sad times but we do also like to celebrate the lives of people who have appeared in Doctor Who. Nigel Terry, who played the firm and naive General Cobb in the 10th Doctor story The Doctor's Daughter has sadly passed away aged 69. After a long career in both movies and television it's his performance in 2008 along side David Tennant that will stick with Who fans.

Big Finish have now secured the rights to Torchwood and we'll be getting six brand new audio plays starting this September. After years of fans asking for a new Torchwood TV show this is the best we're going to get until then but in some ways this is potentially better as Big Finish have a very high success rate within the Who universe and its many spectacular stories. John Barrowman will return along with new characters to continue Captain Jack's adventures.

It seems we may not have seen the last of River Song. Alex Kingston has been speaking at Mega-Con in the US she says "All I can say is... spoilers!". She then goes onto say that she hasn't been told her character is done so, take from that what you will.

Competition - winner announced

Thank you all for tweeting in for our latest competition. The winner of Cameron K McEwan's new book The Unofficial Doctor Who Big Book of Lists is - Thomas Evans. Congratulations and enjoy. Thank you to Race Point Publishing for giving us a copy of the book for the competition. For those of you who didn't win, we highly recommend the book which can be picked up in all good bookshops or at Amazon.

"Black Orchid" Review

We love Classic Who week and we pick out a fairly quiet story that hardly ever gets talked about or reviewed. It's a short two-parter featuring 5th Doctor Peter Davison with the trio of Tegan, Nyssa and Adric who get pulled into a lively social gathering but there's a sinister figure responsible for murder. Is this short and sweet or does it shrivel and die like un-watered flowers?

It's been a great week inside the Tardis. Thank you for your thoughts on Black Orchid and thank you for pushing us over 500 Likes on Facebook, that's awesome! Next week we're reviewing Eccleston's Father's Day. Until next week - Allons-y!

We here at The Oncoming Storm are big fans of the Sportsball! Indeed, there's nothing more that we like to do than sit back with out favorite cocktail, watch the players take to the pitch, throw around the basesball, and score lots of touchdowns! That's why we couldn't be more excited to talk about The Game, by Darin Henry. It's all about the Doctor getting involved in the sport of Naxy, the national sport of the world of Cray. I'm sure it will be a bracing time! There's also some sort of war and William Russell is involved somehow. So throw on your cleats, and let's get down to it! The Oncoming Storm... This time, we've got the original story River Song was pilfered from. Again.

We here at The Oncoming Storm are big fans of the Sportsball! Indeed, there's nothing more that we like to do than sit back with out favorite cocktail, watch the players take to the pitch, throw around the basesball, and score lots of touchdowns! That's why we couldn't be more excited to talk about The Game, by Darin Henry. It's all about the Doctor getting involved in the sport of Naxy, the national sport of the world of Cray. I'm sure it will be a bracing time! There's also some sort of war and William Russell is involved somehow. So throw on your cleats, and let's get down to it! The Oncoming Storm... This time, we've got the original story River Song was pilfered from. Again.

We here at The Oncoming Storm are big fans of the Sportsball! Indeed, there's nothing more that we like to do than sit back with out favorite cocktail, watch the players take to the pitch, throw around the basesball, and score lots of touchdowns! That's why we couldn't be more excited to talk about The Game, by Darin Henry. It's all about the Doctor getting involved in the sport of Naxy, the national sport of the world of Cray. I'm sure it will be a bracing time! There's also some sort of war and William Russell is involved somehow. So throw on your cleats, and let's get down to it! The Oncoming Storm... This time, we've got the original story River Song was pilfered from. Again.

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

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Steven and Erika record a podcast on location! They talk about the first two episodes of “The Daleks”, Doctor Who’s second serial, from 1964.

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

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Steven and Erika record a podcast on location! They talk about the first two episodes of “The Daleks”, Doctor Who’s second serial, from 1964.

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

Hayden flies the podcast solo this week as he speaks to four guests about their memories of attending Doctor Who’s 20th anniversary celebrations at Longleat in 1983.

Hear about camping overnight (in April!) to beat the queues. Learn how Jon Pertwee single-handedly thwarted Ian Levine’s auction. Gasp as you hear how Lis Sladen and Carole Ann Ford secretly ditched their dodgy autograph photos. And simply enjoy as the Marquess of Bath lets it all hang out.

Listen/download on iTunes

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We can also be found on the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance

All artwork for the Diddly Dum Podcast by our own The Rev can be found collected here on Pinterest.

THE DIDDLY DUM WHOSEUM CAN BE VISITED HERE.

Email us at diddlydumpodcast@yahoo.co.uk

Direct MP3 Download link = DDPC033 – Longleat Memories

SHOWNOTES

Lots of memories of Longleat 1983 can be found on the splendid “O.L.G. Doctor Who Pages” here and here and here.

Hayden’s first guest is Lee Rawlings, he of the Blue Box Podcast and tormentor of JR Southall.

Lee mentions his “Doctor Who at Longleat” Facebook page which you can find here and to which he encourages anyone with memories/mementoes of Longleat to contribute.

Lee is one of the eminences grise(s)? behind the revival of the Cygnus Alpha fanzine. But the original incarnation (iteration?) of the fanzine was alive and well in 1983 and reporting on Longleat as can be seen from these pieces. They are also reproduced on the “Doctor Who at Longleat” Facebook page.

“Seasons of War” is the unofficial Doctor Who charity anthology.

Hayden’s second guest is Jamie Wells.

Hayden’s third guest is Phil Newman. Phil is currently directing this production of “Saint/Jeanne” at Chelsea Theatre.

Here are two of Phil photos from the day he starred in “Dimensions in Time”, the 1993 Doctor Who/Eastenders crossover special which marked the show’s 30th anniversary. And here is Phil himself in costume sitting on a bin.

Here is surviving footage of the auction and here is captured the moment that Jon Pertwee thwarted Ian Levine’s auction plans.

“Breakfast Time” interview with Pat Troughton and Peter Davison.

Hayden’s fourth guest is Tony Jordan.

On 23 July 2014, Waris Hussein unveils the Doctor Who Appreciation Society’s plaque commemorating Verity Lambert at Riverside Studios.

Tom Baker’s panel at Longleat.

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

Hayden flies the podcast solo this week as he speaks to four guests about their memories of attending Doctor Who’s 20th anniversary celebrations at Longleat in 1983.

Hear about camping overnight (in April!) to beat the queues. Learn how Jon Pertwee single-handedly thwarted Ian Levine’s auction. Gasp as you hear how Lis Sladen and Carole Ann Ford secretly ditched their dodgy autograph photos. And simply enjoy as the Marquess of Bath lets it all hang out.

Listen/download on iTunes

Audioboo

Stitcher.com

Find us on Facebook

We can also be found on the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance

All artwork for the Diddly Dum Podcast by our own The Rev can be found collected here on Pinterest.

THE DIDDLY DUM WHOSEUM CAN BE VISITED HERE.

Email us at diddlydumpodcast@yahoo.co.uk

Direct MP3 Download link = DDPC033 – Longleat Memories

SHOWNOTES

Lots of memories of Longleat 1983 can be found on the splendid “O.L.G. Doctor Who Pages” here and here and here.

Hayden’s first guest is Lee Rawlings, he of the Blue Box Podcast and tormentor of JR Southall.

Lee mentions his “Doctor Who at Longleat” Facebook page which you can find here and to which he encourages anyone with memories/mementoes of Longleat to contribute.

Lee is one of the eminences grise(s)? behind the revival of the Cygnus Alpha fanzine. But the original incarnation (iteration?) of the fanzine was alive and well in 1983 and reporting on Longleat as can be seen from these pieces. They are also reproduced on the “Doctor Who at Longleat” Facebook page.

“Seasons of War” is the unofficial Doctor Who charity anthology.

Hayden’s second guest is Jamie Wells.

Hayden’s third guest is Phil Newman. Phil is currently set designing this production of “Saint/Jeanne” at Chelsea Theatre.

Here are two of Phil photos from the day he starred in “Dimensions in Time”, the 1993 Doctor Who/Eastenders crossover special which marked the show’s 30th anniversary. And here is Phil himself in costume sitting on a bin.

Here is surviving footage of the auction and here is captured the moment that Jon Pertwee thwarted Ian Levine’s auction plans.

“Breakfast Time” interview with Pat Troughton and Peter Davison.

Hayden’s fourth guest is Tony Jordan.

On 23 July 2014, Waris Hussein unveils the Doctor Who Appreciation Society’s plaque commemorating Verity Lambert at Riverside Studios.

Tom Baker’s panel at Longleat.

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

In which we are the least safe for work. So.

It's an all Craig episode this round, as Brandon and Danica celebrate the grand opening of their comic shop (Variant Edition in Edmonton, Alberta) by drinking way too much and reading Doctor Who slash fic. Oh, and they also watch the two Craig episodes - The Lodger (Series 5, Episode 11) and Closing Time (Series 6, Episode 12).

But seriously folks, maybe don't listen to this one around people. For reasons.

Outro music is "Closing Time" by Supersonic

Podcast picture is by GIRL NAMED SHIRL PHOTOGRAPHY

In which we are the least safe for work. So.

It's an all Craig episode this round, as Brandon and Danica celebrate the grand opening of their comic shop (Variant Edition in Edmonton, Alberta) by drinking way too much and reading Doctor Who slash fic. Oh, and they also watch the two Craig episodes - The Lodger (Series 5, Episode 11) and Closing Time (Series 6, Episode 12).

But seriously folks, maybe don't listen to this one around people. For reasons.

Outro music is "Closing Time" by Supersonic

Podcast picture is by GIRL NAMED SHIRL PHOTOGRAPHY

After an hiatus in the early months of 2015, Tom and Louis return to The Cloister Room! From here on out, new episodes will be posted weekly. This week we continue our random journey through Doctor Who by discussing The King's Demons! Topics of discussion include musical kings and Adric's ghost.

After an hiatus in the early months of 2015, Tom and Louis return to The Cloister Room! From here on out, new episodes will be posted weekly. This week we continue our random journey through Doctor Who by discussing The King's Demons! Topics of discussion include musical kings and Adric's ghost.

After an hiatus in the early months of 2015, Tom and Louis return to The Cloister Room! From here on out, new episodes will be posted weekly. This week we continue our random journey through Doctor Who by discussing The King's Demons! Topics of discussion include musical kings and Adric's ghost.

In this special mini-episode of Radio Free Skaro, Steven interviews writer Robert Shearman about his recent trip to New York to watch a production of his 1992 play "Easy Laughter", as performed by Dirt [contained]! Rob and Steven also talk about Series 8 of Doctor Who, and Rob gives an update on the soon-to-be-released Running Through Corridors Volume 2.

Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

In this special mini-episode of Radio Free Skaro, Steven interviews writer Robert Shearman about his recent trip to New York to watch a production of his 1992 play "Easy Laughter", as performed by Dirt [contained]! Rob and Steven also talk about Series 8 of Doctor Who, and Rob gives an update on the soon-to-be-released Running Through Corridors Volume 2.

Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

This week we cover Jon Pertwee's introductory story #51, Spearhead from Space! The Doctor finds himself stranded on Earth as the advance force for an invasion is just arriving and must help the Brigadier prevent catastrophe!

For this episode, we're joined by special guest co-host Connor!

Question of the Week/Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "Spearhead from Space" (Trevor 8, Charlie 9, David 8, Connor 8)

Bonus Viewing: The Avengers episode "From Venus With Love"

Discussion of Big Finish audio adventure "The Rosemariners" (Trevor 8.75, Charlie 8, David 6)

Hosts:

• Trevor
  • Twitter: @WhovianTrev
  • Tumblr: http://trevsplace.tumblr.com/

• Charlie
  • Twitter: @insanityinchaos
  • Infinite Longbox Podcast
  • Comic Conspiracy Podcast
• David
  • Twitter: @gwythinn
  • WWW: http://www.davidsafar.com/
  • Tumblr: http://maroonedwhovian.tumblr.com/
• Connor

Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #52, Doctor Who and the Silurians! You can stream the serial from Hulu Plus, rent the DVD from Netflix, or buy the DVD from Amazon.com or many other fine retailers. This serial is also available as part of the Beneath the Surface three serial pack, which is available from Amazon or the BBC Doctor Who Shop.

This week we cover Jon Pertwee's introductory story #51, Spearhead from Space! The Doctor finds himself stranded on Earth as the advance force for an invasion is just arriving and must help the Brigadier prevent catastrophe!

For this episode, we're joined by special guest co-host Connor!

Question of the Week/Listener Mailbag

Discussion of "Spearhead from Space" (Trevor 8, Charlie 9, David 8, Connor 8)

Bonus Viewing: The Avengers episode "From Venus With Love"

Discussion of Big Finish audio adventure "The Rosemariners" (Trevor 8.75, Charlie 8, David 6)

Hosts:

• Trevor
  • Twitter: @WhovianTrev
  • Tumblr: http://trevsplace.tumblr.com/

• Charlie
  • Twitter: @insanityinchaos
  • Infinite Longbox Podcast
  • Comic Conspiracy Podcast
• David
  • Twitter: @gwythinn
  • WWW: http://www.davidsafar.com/
  • Tumblr: http://maroonedwhovian.tumblr.com/
• Connor

Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #52, Doctor Who and the Silurians! You can stream the serial from Hulu Plus, rent the DVD from Netflix, or buy the DVD from Amazon.com or many other fine retailers. This serial is also available as part of the Beneath the Surface three serial pack, which is available from Amazon or the BBC Doctor Who Shop.

Gallifrey Stands can be found at on twitter @DoctorSquee, by email GallifreyStandsPodcast@gmail.com, on stitcher, iTunes & http://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com & on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1481026762176392/

You can buy the GallifreyStands lipbalm @ https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/209093664/gallifrey-stands-geek-stix-inspired-by?ref=shop_home_active_12

In this special edition of the show Doctor Squee, Dottie Who, & guest host Esty Juncal introduce a live session from Colum Sanson-Regan (David Tennants double / Doctor Donna) & his band Goose, with a brief interview from Colum & the band in the interval. Recorded live at O'Neills Cardiff, Saturday 25th April 2015.

Please check out more of Colums music here: https://soundcloud.com/colum-regan, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Colum-Regan-Music/10097206154

Gallifrey Stands is sponsored by www.DottiesCharms.co.uk. Check out the Doctor Who range today.

Gallifrey Stands can be found at on twitter @DoctorSquee, by email GallifreyStandsPodcast@gmail.com, on stitcher, iTunes & http://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com & on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1481026762176392/

You can buy the GallifreyStands lipbalm @ https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/209093664/gallifrey-stands-geek-stix-inspired-by?ref=shop_home_active_12

In this special edition of the show Doctor Squee, Dottie Who, & guest host Esty Juncal introduce a live session from Colum Sanson-Regan (David Tennants double / Doctor Donna) & his band Goose, with a brief interview from Colum & the band in the interval. Recorded live at O'Neills Cardiff, Saturday 25th April 2015.

Please check out more of Colums music here: https://soundcloud.com/colum-regan, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Colum-Regan-Music/10097206154

Gallifrey Stands is sponsored by www.DottiesCharms.co.uk. Check out the Doctor Who range today.

Gallifrey Stands can be found at on twitter @DoctorSquee, by email GallifreyStandsPodcast@gmail.com, on stitcher, iTunes & http://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com & on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1481026762176392/

You can buy the GallifreyStands lipbalm @ https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/209093664/gallifrey-stands-geek-stix-inspired-by?ref=shop_home_active_12

It was big news, even for Big Finish: Torchwood and Captain Jack Harkness are back. The producers are holding their cards close, so you know what that means: rampant speculation and bucket-listing from your humble host!

As the premiere of Series 9 gets closer, we're here with our monthly update on filming news, episode speculation, and more! Back by popular demand: the Doctor Who themed music guessing game - wow, so fun.

The DWO WhoCast continues its celebration of the 10th anniversary of New Who. Cameron K McEwan and Sami Kelsh look back at episodes two and three of Doctor Who Series One, Dalek and The Long Game.

PLUS! There's the first part of an interview with Doctor Who DVD documentarians Ed Stradling and Chris Chapman who discuss working on the Doctor Who Celebration in 2013 and the BBC Three After Show Party...

Email your thoughts and opinions to: feedback@dwowhocast.com

The DWO WhoCast continues its celebration of the 10th anniversary of New Who. Cameron K McEwan and Sami Kelsh look back at episodes two and three of Doctor Who Series One, Dalek and The Long Game.

PLUS! There's the first part of an interview with Doctor Who DVD documentarians Ed Stradling and Chris Chapman who discuss working on the Doctor Who Celebration in 2013 and the BBC Three After Show Party...

Email your thoughts and opinions to: feedback@dwowhocast.com

The DWO WhoCast continues its celebration of the 10th anniversary of New Who. Cameron K McEwan and Sami Kelsh look back at episodes two and three of Doctor Who Series One, Dalek and The Long Game.

PLUS! There's the first part of an interview with Doctor Who DVD documentarians Ed Stradling and Chris Chapman who discuss working on the Doctor Who Celebration in 2013 and the BBC Three After Show Party...

Email your thoughts and opinions to: feedback@dwowhocast.com

Time for another silly bit of fun for the Verities! Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Liz as we delve into Doctor Who: Who-ology, a book of Doctor Who miscellany by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright. Deb puts us through our paces with a bunch of DW questions that are tricksy as can be.

Play along or laugh at our incompetence--it's up to you! Let us know what you think in the comments!

^E

Time for another silly bit of fun for the Verities! Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Liz as we delve into Doctor Who: Who-ology, a book of Doctor Who miscellany by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright. Deb puts us through our paces with a bunch of DW questions that are tricksy as can be.

Play along or laugh at our incompetence--it's up to you! Let us know what you think in the comments!

^E

Time for another silly bit of fun for the Verities! Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Liz as we delve into Doctor Who: Who-ology, a book of Doctor Who miscellany by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright. Deb puts us through our paces with a bunch of DW questions that are tricksy as can be.

Play along or laugh at our incompetence--it's up to you! Let us know what you think in the comments!

^E

In this week’s show we flip last week’s topic on its ear and discuss the question: Is Davros better of without the Daleks?

We try to answer that by exploring what we know of the creator of the Daleks.

But leading into that discussion, we review the Big Finish Productions story, Davros, produced during the 40th anniversary year of Doctor Who. We’ll give our impression of that story.

And, per usual, we’ll discuss some news of the week, but not before we provide our reviews of the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the recently released, Avengers: Age of Ultron. We should warn you however, we get into some HEAVY SPOILERS about the film. So, if you have yet to see it, you may want to skip ahead in the podcast to about the 41 or 42 minute mark.

Plus, another Doctor Who: Legacy – Tip of the Week.

And, of course, your feedback.

Enjoy!

Welcome to episode 74 of The Next Level. In this month's episode Ant uses his paternity leave to play lots of games, Amaechi gets back on the gaming horse with a couple of indie games and James dust off his surprisingly still working Gameboy Advance for some retro gaming.

In the news

* New Legends of Gaming event coming to the UK

* Call of Duty Blacks Ops 3 and Star Wars Battlefront trailers released

* New Guitar Hero Live and Rock Band 4 games announced

* The Order 1886 gets some body parts censoring in Japan of all places

* The National Video Game Arcade/Museum in Nottingham host special gaming events

* Telltale announce they are working with Marvel on a new games series

* The Witcher 3 is a very big game.....prepare to lose nearly 200 hours of your life. So when are long games too much?