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Scroll - Chapter 6:Funny Stuff
Geek SyndicateIn which the team tackle the slipperiest of subjects - what makes them laugh in their books. Dark secrets are revealed about Mr Gould, Phil is granted an awooga reprieve, Clover takes her turn calling in from the moon whilst Dion cackles like his mother. A lot. Oh, the shame.
To make up for the wait between episodes this is a directors cut, coming in at just under an hour and a half. We hope it's worth it. The next one will be out a lot quicker, we promise. Sound quality is variable, so any bits you can't hear please just assume that they were funny, relevent and/or intelligent.
Music is provided by Steadman and a bunch of little hairy fellas.
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Scroll - Chapter 6:Funny Stuff
Geek SyndicateIn which the team tackle the slipperiest of subjects - what makes them laugh in their books. Dark secrets are revealed about Mr Gould, Phil is granted an awooga reprieve, Clover takes her turn calling in from the moon whilst Dion cackles like his mother. A lot. Oh, the shame.
To make up for the wait between episodes this is a directors cut, coming in at just under an hour and a half. We hope it's worth it. The next one will be out a lot quicker, we promise. Sound quality is variable, so any bits you can't hear please just assume that they were funny, relevent and/or intelligent.
Music is provided by Steadman and a bunch of little hairy fellas.
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TDP 133: Dominators
Tin Dog PodcastSynopsisAn alien craft bearing the imperious and ruthless Dominators arrives on the peaceful planet of Dulkis. The senior, Navigator Rago, is at odds with Probationer Toba, making for an uneasy partnership. The craft lands on the Island of Death, a nuclear test site that now houses an anti-war museum, and soon absorbs all the radiation on the island. The robotic Quarks are then sent out by the Dominators to prepare bore holes into the planet’s crust, since the Dominators wish to convert the planet into rocket fuel. Toba uses the Quarks to fire on and kill three indolent, rich adventure seekers who stumble across his project. Their pilot Cully, however, survives by hiding himself away, though the craft that brought him to the island is destroyed. Rago is furious that these potential slaves have just been wasted.The TARDIS has arrived on another part of the island and the Second Doctor and his companions Jamie and Zoe begin to look around. The Doctor has been to Dulkis before and is looking forward to a good holiday when they hear the explosion of the craft being destroyed. They take shelter in the museum building where they meet three other newly arrived Dulcians, Educator Balan and his young charges Teel and Kando. All are puzzled that the radiation reading on the Island reads nil, since it should be radioactive after the nuclear explosion 172 years earlier, and since that time the Dulcian civilisation has rejected all weapons. Cully arrives too, and tells them about the murderous Dominators and their robots. Balan does not accept this: he knows the son of the Director of the ruling council is well known as a con artist.The Quarks have meanwhile marked out their drill sites, and begin work on drilling the outer bore holes. However, their power supply seems limited, and Rago is very keen to conserve their energy supplies to vital activities only. This actually saves the Doctor and Jamie when they are captured by a patrol of Quarks rather than killed, and taken to the Dominator ship for questioning and scanning. A scan of Jamie is presumed to apply to them both and to the Dulcian race as a whole, who are thus described as possible but not definite for conversion into a slave force. When it is time for an intelligence test the Doctor feigns stupidity to prove their worthlessness. He also fails to use a weapon from the Dulcian museum, falsely claiming such military technology has been lost to the Dulcians. The Doctor and Jamie are freed as worthless idiots.Cully has contacted his father, Director Senex, who orders him to recharge Balan’s travel capsule and use it to return to the Capital City. He takes Zoe with him on the journey to the Council Chamber, where the discussion lacks focus and purpose. Senex refuses to believe that Cully is telling the truth, despite Zoe’s protests, so Cully steals a travel pod and heads back to the island with Zoe to get proof of their story. At the same time the Doctor and Jamie take Balan’s pod to the Capitol City. They are angry that Cully and Zoe have been allowed to return to danger and have real trouble convincing the Council of the threat which the Dominators pose, with the Dulcians repeatedly demonstrating a totally pacifist stance. The true danger is only revealed when the Council obtains a visual image of the survey station near the museum which the Quarks destroyed on Toba’s instructions – another case of wasted power in the eyes of an increasingly exasperated Rago.The Dominators have meanwhile captured Balan, Teel and Kando, using them for further tests on their species, which the Dominators assume are a higher life-form than the Doctor. They are assigned to work as slaves in the drilling sites under the supervision of the Quarks. Zoe and Cully are soon captured too and added to the slave force, but find Balan and Kando totally opposed to using force against the overseeing Quarks. Over time, however, they all start to falter under the weight of the burden of digging the bore hole, with Balan collapsing first. Cully manages to sneak away back to the museum and capture a laser weapon stored there as an exhibit.The Doctor and Jamie have meanwhile taken control of a travel pod and steer it back to the Island of Death. Jamie links up with Cully at the museum while the Doctor is captured by Quarks and taken with the slave force back to the Dominator ship. Cully uses the gun to destroy a Quark, prompting another of Toba’s rages. The museum is destroyed in retaliation, which once more enfuriates Rago. He orders the Quarks to hold the Doctor and Zoe for further tests while Balan, Kando, and Teel are sent to excavate to the central bore site.Jamie and Cully survived the explosion in the museum and are hiding in a nuclear bunker below the main building. After a struggle they succeed in opening the hatch above them. They survey the area and succeed in crushing a Quark with a boulder. An angry Toba is alerted via an alarm on the ship and heads off to investigate how another Quark has been destroyed, leaving the Doctor and Zoe free to roam the Dominator ship and work out more about its power source. Jamie and Cully remain free and use the opportunity to attack other Quarks in a series of guerrilla raids.The Dulcian Council debates the situation and not even Tensa, Chairman of the Emergencies Committee, can spur them into decisive action. The key moment comes when Rago himself uses the travel pod appropriated by the Doctor to travel to the Capitol with a Quark. The robot kills Tensa on command. Rago says that the fittest Dulcians will now all be converted into a slave force to use on the Dominator homeworld, with the Quarks used there redeployed to the front line of their expanding empire. Those not selected will be left on Dulkis to die, as the planet is doomed. Having finished his ultimatum, Rago stalks away.Toba now returns to the ship, with his slaves in tow, and demands to know who destroyed the Quark. Balan is killed for refusing to answer, and the Doctor is selected to die next. Luckily for him Rago returns and is incensed that Toba has wasted more lives and not even begun work on digging the central bore hole even if the four perimeter ones have been completed. Toba is sent to complete the drilling and prepare the bore rockets, using the Quarks and the Doctor, Zoe, Teel and Kando as slaves; while Rago focuses on a precious seed device that is intended to be dropped down the central bore hole. Rago also hears from the Fleet Leader that no Dulcian slave force is to be assembled: all the Dulcians are now to stay on the planet to die when it is destroyed.The dig proceeds with the Doctor and the other slaves making some progress, but when Toba abandons his watch post Jamie and Cully seize their opportunity and disable another Quark to enable the freedom of their friends. The Doctor has now worked out the Dominator scheme: a nuclear fission seed will be dropped down the bore hole which will convert the entire planet into a radioactive mass ideal for use in powering the Dominator fleet. The four outer bores are for launching rockets through the planet’s crust – which is especially thin at the point of the Island – and will cause volcanoes to erupt; while the seed will then be used to detonate the volcanoes being created and begin a radioactive chain-reaction. Their collective response is to capture the seed and they begin digging a perpendicular tunnel which should reach the central bore hole and enable them to steal the deadly device before it can detonate. However, there is little that can be done to stop the volcano creation. Jamie and Cully support this effort by continuing to attack and destroy Quarks with homemade bombs. This has the desired effect of totally fracturing the relationship between Rago and Toba, as they argue about priorities rather than prioritising the dig, but yet the bore hole is still ultimately completed and the seed primed.The access tunnel scheme is successful and the Doctor intercepts the seed during its descent, telling his friends that it cannot be defused. Cully, Teel and Kando are told to flee in the remaining travel pod, while Jamie and Zoe are sent to the TARDIS to wait. The Doctor runs to the Dominator ship and manages to smuggle the seed on board before the craft lifts off. It soon departs and the Dominators’ last vision is of the seed device rolling on the floor toward them. The Doctor watches the Dominator ship being destroyed and then heads back to the TARDIS where he and his two companions must depart in a hurry to avoid the advancing lava flows from the new volcanoes
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013 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: G Sharp
The Unearthly Child PodcastI've just got for you a quick mini-episode this week, just to keep you up to date, and also to review the recent Doctor Who Adventure Game Blood of the Cybermen. Scary! Please send any comments or feedback to unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com
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Krynoid Podcast 009: The Ark In Space
The Krynoid PodcastWe're back with a real classic! Jim and Martin tread the ancient and downright messy corridors of Classic Who and dust off the 1975 Tom Baker space opera, The Ark In Space. Prepare yourself for in-depth analysis of unsightly alien teats, contagious bubblewrap and the social minefield that is 30th Century pair-bonding. Find out more at http://krynoid.blog.co.uk and Facebook, share your views via krynoid@mail.com and tweet us - we're 'krynoid'!
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Episode #5 : Blood of the Cybermen et The Big Bang (Attention Spoilers !!!)
Gallicast (Francais)Attention !! Dans ce gallicast, Joel et Jonathan parlent du dernier episode cloturant la saison 5, c'est-a-dire The Big Bang. Donc, si vous ne l'avez pas vu, n'ecoutez sous aucun pretexte ce podcast, ou l'episode vous sera a jamais gache. Cependant, en debut d'episode, Joel et Jonathan parlent du second episode du jeu PC, Blood of the cybermen.
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Radio Free Skaro #205 - The Chronic Hysterectomy
Radio Free SkaroWith Series Five done and packed away, and with everyone staring down the barrel of a six month wait for new Who, the Three Who Rule decided to embark upon a summer of commentary episodes on classic, randomly selected stories from Doctor Who's past. Commentarygeddon began with Meglos, the (unfairly) maligned Tom Baker cactusfest. Dodecahedrons, vocoders and Jacqueline Hill, not to mention a young (and fake) Annie Lennox await!
Check out the show notes at www.radiofreeskaro.com.
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Radio Free Skaro #205 - The Chronic Hysterectomy
Radio Free SkaroWith Series Five done and packed away, and with everyone staring down the barrel of a six month wait for new Who, the Three Who Rule decided to embark upon a summer of commentary episodes on classic, randomly selected stories from Doctor Who's past. Commentarygeddon began with Meglos, the (unfairly) maligned Tom Baker cactusfest. Dodecahedrons, vocoders and Jacqueline Hill, not to mention a young (and fake) Annie Lennox await!
Check out the show notes at www.radiofreeskaro.com.
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Episode 22: The Greatest Show in the Galasquee!
The TARDIS TavernThere is no better way to celebrate the Fourth of July than by watching Barack Obama rapping while dressed in a red, white, and blue ringmaster's costume. And so we present you with "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy," our Seventh Doctor installment in our "Eleven Doctors" series (formerly known as our "Ten Doctors" series because bow ties are cool).
Aside from the standard review, we read and respond to feedback - some favorable and some not so favorable - and give a shout out to a couple other podcasts that you may not have heard about.
Once again, we beg you to send us your thoughts at tardistavern@gmail.com, join us on our Facebook page, and follow us on Twitter (Sean is tardistavern and Steve is stevetardistvrn).
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EPISODE16 - Doctor Who: The2ndDoctors Podcast
The2ndDoctors PodcastThe Sixth Doctor Special. With Hopefully a Special Guest, from the Cultdom Collective.
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EPISODE53 - Shows missed whilst watching Dr Who
The Cultdom CollectiveTalking about TV shows you may have missed whilst watching Dr Who this last 3 months. Happy 4th of July!
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The Flashing Blade Podcast 1-56
The Flashing Blade PodcastSo then... The Big Bang, eh? I wonder what we'll make of that, then? On top of an extended summery and 'Ooh, look, did ya see?' stuff, there's feedback, Chinn from the Ministry sends out more forms and theres three mixes of the Doctor Who theme for your enjoyment, by Alistair Lock, Danny Stewart and, er... Tony... Oh dear.
Don't forget the picnic on the 7th of July - pop to the website for details.
All feedback please to show@flashingblade.org.uk
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EPISODE53 - Shows missed whilst watching Dr Who
The Cultdom CollectiveTalking about TV shows you may have missed whilst watching Dr Who this last 3 months. Happy 4th of July!
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EPISODE53 - Shows missed whilst watching Dr Who
The Cultdom CollectiveTalking about TV shows you may have missed whilst watching Dr Who this last 3 months. Happy 4th of July!
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EPISODE53 - Shows missed whilst watching Dr Who
The Cultdom CollectiveTalking about TV shows you may have missed whilst watching Dr Who this last 3 months. Happy 4th of July!
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Staggering Stories Podcast #80: The Monster Department Opens
Staggering Stories PodcastSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn talk about Doctor Who: ‘The Pandorica Opens’, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:- 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
- 00:45 — Welcome!
- 01:32 – News:
- 01:41 — Doctor Who: Neil Gaiman’s story set to be third episode in 2011.
- 02:46 — Transformers: Michael Bay admits Transformers 2 was rubbish.
- 04:42 — Plan 9 From Outerspace Now in 3D!
- 06:52 – Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens.
- 31:57 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself atA show@StaggeringStories.net
- 44:27 – Farewell for this podcast!
- 44:59 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- Neil Gaiman.
- Wikipedia: Transformers.
- Wikipedia: Plan 9 From Outer Space.
- BBC: Doctor Who – The Pandorica Opens.
- Tennantcast.
- Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Twitter: Adam J Purcell.
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212 - Doctor Who: Podshock
Podshock
Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 212
Running time: 1:44:42Doctor Who: 'The Big Bang' reviewed live over the net with live and recorded feedback (2 of 2).
Hosted by Louis Trapani, James Naughton, and Dave Cooper.
Brought to you by the Gallifreyan Embassy and is a production of Art Trap Productions.
This podcast is made possible in part by Podshock Supporting Subscribers and from donations from listeners like you.
Netflix is the world's largest subscription service streaming movies and TV episodes over the Internet and sending DVDs by mail. All for only $8.99 a month. Try it for free. http://arttrap.com/netflix
This episode is brought to you by Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy at http://dlair.net
Do you want the Enhanced Podcast AAC file format? Get our Enhanced Podcast version of this episode using our feed at http://www.gallifreyanembassy.org/podshock/podshock.xml.
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The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #31: Fan reaction to The Big Bang
The Doctor Who PodcastOh no, no new Who! It is hard to believe the season is over, no more weekly Doctor Who fix! Tom and Trevor spend a bit of time in the campervan going over the fan reaction to the season finale, The Big Bang. We see what the forums are saying, play listener feedback and offer [...]
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Tim's Take On:Episode 24(Planet of Fire)
Tim's Take On...As season five/fnarg/one/thirty one is now over I'll be filling the gap between now and when there's something new to review with mini reviews of Dr Who stories out DVD and also a few off topic specials the first of which will be next weekend.
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.
End theme tune is a remix of the Doctor Who Theme by Tony Gallichan of The Flashing Blade Podcast, Tony can be contacted here show@flashingblade.org.uk
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Tim's Take On:Episode 24(Planet of Fire)
Tim's Take On...As season five/fnarg/one/thirty one is now over I'll be filling the gap between now and when there's something new to review with mini reviews of Dr Who stories out DVD and also a few off topic specials the first of which will be next weekend.
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.
End theme tune is a remix of the Doctor Who Theme by Tony Gallichan of The Flashing Blade Podcast, Tony can be contacted here show@flashingblade.org.uk
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The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #31: Fan reaction to The Big Bang
The Doctor Who PodcastOh no, no new Who! It is hard to believe the season is over, no more weekly Doctor Who fix! Tom and Trevor spend a bit of time in the campervan going over the fan reaction to the season finale, The Big Bang. We see what the forums are saying, play listener feedback and offer [...]
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Tim's Take On:Episode 24(Planet of Fire)
Tim's Take On...As season five/fnarg/one/thirty one is now over I'll be filling the gap between now and when there's something new to review with mini reviews of Dr Who stories out DVD and also a few off topic specials the first of which will be next weekend.
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.
End theme tune is a remix of the Doctor Who Theme by Tony Gallichan of The Flashing Blade Podcast, Tony can be contacted here show@flashingblade.org.uk
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The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #31: Fan reaction to The Big Bang
The Doctor Who PodcastOh no, no new Who! It is hard to believe the season is over, no more weekly Doctor Who fix! Tom and Trevor spend a bit of time in the campervan going over the fan reaction to the season finale, The Big Bang. We see what the forums are saying, play listener feedback and offer [...]
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Dissecting Worlds - Series 2, Episode 3 - Phillip K Dick
Geek SyndicateThis episode the curmudgeonly couple of northern nerds roll up their sleeves and get stuck into big screen adaptations of PKD's law & order related writings. With side tracks into platonic ideals of justice, warring apes, Sparta, the wacky world of Hollywood and Leeds second book shops of yesteryear.
No brain tapes were hurt in the course of this recording.
Comments, feedback to dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk and competition entries to the same address by 20 august.
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Dissecting Worlds - Series 2, Episode 3 - Phillip K Dick
Geek SyndicateThis episode the curmudgeonly couple of northern nerds roll up their sleeves and get stuck into big screen adaptations of PKD's law & order related writings. With side tracks into platonic ideals of justice, warring apes, Sparta, the wacky world of Hollywood and Leeds second book shops of yesteryear.
No brain tapes were hurt in the course of this recording.
Comments, feedback to dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk and competition entries to the same address by 20 august.
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The Next Level - Episode 14
Geek SyndicateThis episode features a Next Level look back at some of the reveals from this year's E3 event. The guys discuss Kinect, Move and the Nintendo 3DS as well as looking at some of the titles across all platforms.
We wrap up by answering some questions sent by listeners.
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The Next Level - Episode 14
Geek SyndicateThis episode features a Next Level look back at some of the reveals from this year's E3 event. The guys discuss Kinect, Move and the Nintendo 3DS as well as looking at some of the titles across all platforms.
We wrap up by answering some questions sent by listeners.
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012 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Geronimo!
The Unearthly Child PodcastSeries Fnarg is now over! Whatever shall we do?! Well, first, let's discuss the series finale The Big Bang - the conclusion to both The Pandorica Opens and all of series Fnarg. Absolutely beautiful scenes interspersed this well-written episode, and that's not all that I talk about today. There's also the news regarding The Sarah Jane Adventures, Matt Smith at Glastonbury, and much more! Links: Matt Smith & Orbital at Glastonbury (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CsRspuC-TI) Please send any comments or feedback to unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com
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211 - Doctor Who: Podshock
Podshock
Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 211
Running time: 1:10:41Doctor Who: 'The Big Bang' reviewed live over the net with live feedback (1 of 2). Plus we announce the first pick for the free autographed book, The Mythological Dimensions of Doctor Who.
Hosted by Louis Trapani, James Naughton, and Dave Cooper with Ken Deep.
Brought to you by the Gallifreyan Embassy and is a production of Art Trap Productions.
This podcast is made possible in part by Podshock Supporting Subscribers and from donations from listeners like you.
This episode is brought to you by Audible.com. Visit http://www.audiblepodcast.com/arttrap for your FREE audio-book download with free trial.
This episode is also brought to you by Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy at http://dlair.net
Do you want the Enhanced Podcast AAC file format? Get our Enhanced Podcast version of this episode using our feed at http://www.gallifreyanembassy.org/podshock/podshock.xml.
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2MTL 148: Plan B for Watching Doctor Who Internationally
Two-minute Time LordFor about as long as I've been podcasting, I've been on the warpath seeking the international release of Doctor Who episodes as close to the BBC One airdate as possible. I'm forced to admit that may not be practical most of the time for smaller networks such as BBC America.
So here's my Modest Proposal for Plan B: more-expensive premium downloads of the episodes as soon as they've aired on BBC One, before they hit the international networks. Give a listen for the details, and let me know what you think.
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Erth Station One Episode 14 - I'm now wearing a Fez. Fez's are Cool!
Earth Station OneGrab your mop, stick on your Fez and sit back and relax as Mike, Dan and Monty return this week to discuss the season final of Doctor Who "The Big Bang". Did the Doctor save the universe? Did the TARDIS Explode? Who is River Song? Did Rory really kill Amy? Are Fez’s really cool? Join … Continue reading
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A Waffle On Special. The Martians Are Here, a Interview with Stefan Sawynok
Waffle On Podcast
A Waffle On Special. Simon Interviews Stefan Sawynok.
Hello and welcome to this very special edition of Waffle On. Squeezed in between the normal Waffles is this special, in which Simon interviews Australian author and producer Stefan Sawynok.
Stefan is the main man behind the brilliant science fiction audio drama The Martians Are Here. The story is set in Australia with five very different people who ultimately must work together to figure out what is going on. Not only does Stefan write and produce the main story he also produces the odd specials, one of which is Simon’s story Once a Jolly Swagman, Little Bit of Trouble by Jen Rhodes and Pyramid by Mike Featherstone.
Stefan is accompanied by Rick Moyer who not only writes all the music for The Martians Are Here he also narrates and puts the whole series together.
It was a great honour to talk to Stefan and I hope you all enjoy the conversation we had, its insightful and informative. The Martians Are Here podcast is a brilliant series and I cant recommend it enough. To listen to The Martians Are Here head to www.themartiansarehere.com
Cheers and Thanks for Listening.
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Staggering Stories Commentary #11: Doctor Who - The Lodger
Staggering Stories PodcastSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and Keith Dunn sit down, potatoey, in front of Doctor Who: The Lodger and spout our usual nonsense!Amy’s studio-bound, Craig and Sophie need a room and the Doctor’s quirking it up to 11. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy The Lodgera|
Vital Links:
- Staggering Stories.
- BBC: Doctor Who.
- BBC: Doctor Who a The Lodger.
- Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
- Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
- Twitter: Adam J Purcell.
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Pharos Project 12: The Big Balls
The Pharos Project PodcastThe team attempt to answer some of the questions left over from the final episode of series 5 "The Big Bang". Who is River Song? Who is the mysterious voice? What is the silence? Why do Paul's feet stink so? Has Chris really got fountain shaped bollocks? Most importantly, can Little Pete retain his crown as the Doctor Dolittle of Love?
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TDP 132: Pandorica Opens & The Big Bang
Tin Dog PodcastThe Doctor and Amy Pond travel to the oldest planet in the universe where a legendary message turns out to be another "calling card" of River Song. Following the coordinates from the message, they arrive at Roman Britain in 102 AD and find River posing as Cleopatra. River explains that she has received warning of the destruction of the TARDIS from a painting by Vincent van Gogh ("Vincent and the Doctor") that in 1941 reached Winston Churchill and Professor Bracewell ("Victory of the Daleks"). Churchill had attempted to warn the Doctor himself, but the TARDIS instead connected his call to River; she subsequently escaped from prison and encountered Liz 10 ("The Beast Below"), who had Van Gogh's painting in her collection, and then used a vortex manipulator to transport herself to the oldest planet then to the coordinates in the painting. The Doctor realises the painting and destruction of the TARDIS may be connected to the "Pandorica", a fabled prison for the universe's deadliest being, and rationalises that it must be stored in a memorable location, the site of Stonehenge.At Stonehenge, the Doctor, Amy, and River find a passage to an underground area, which the Doctor terms "the Underhenge". Inside, they find the Pandorica, a room-sized metal box outfitted with every type of lock imaginable. The Doctor and River become concerned when they discover that the Pandorica is opening from inside and transmitting a message across time and space, drawing many of the Doctor's foes to Earth. River warns that "everything that ever hated [the Doctor] is coming tonight". The Doctor refuses to flee and instead asks River to seek help from the nearby Roman legion while he remains with the Pandorica. She finds the legion's commander reluctant, though one mysterious centurion and fifty others do volunteer.Back underground, while Amy questions the Doctor about the engagement ring she has found, the pair are attacked by the debris of a Cyberman's suit trying to find a new host. The Doctor is stunned and Amy sedated with a flechette. She runs away and is rescued by the mysterious centurion, who turns out to be Rory Williams. The revived Doctor is baffled to find Rory alive, since he is supposed to have been erased from history by a crack in the universe ("Cold Blood"). Rory is even more confused and says he simply remembers dying one second and being a Roman soldier the next.As more enemies gather in orbit, the Doctor temporarily delays the aliens and instructs River to bring the TARDIS to Stonehenge. Although shown to be an expert TARDIS pilot ("The Time of Angels"), River now finds the machine impossible to control and gets locked on course for Amy's house on 26 June 2010 - the very date of the time energy explosion that caused the cracks in the universe ("Flesh and Stone"). Whilst she ventures outside, the scanner screen suddenly cracks into the same shape as the other cracks in the universe, while an ominous voice declares "silence will fall". River finds large burn-marks on the lawn, and then begins to explore Amy's bedroom, still full of representations of the Doctor and the TARDIS. She also finds elements such as Pandora's box and the Roman soldiers within Amy's drawings and books. She relays this to the Doctor, who starts to worry they might all be imaginary constructs taken from Amy's mind to entrap him, and believing their own cover story until they are activated.Rory meanwhile has an emotional conversation with Amy as he tries to connect with her using the engagement ring that he had left aboard the TARDIS, but she is still unable to remember him. The TARDIS begins to malfunction dangerously. Upon discovery of the date to which River has been taken, the Doctor orders her to get out of that timezone, but the TARDIS is now controlled remotely. He urges her to get out, as the TARDIS engines are supposed to shut down automatically when no one is on board, but she finds herself locked in.Suddenly, Rory and the 'legionaries' with the Doctor are activated: they are Autons. The Rory Auton remains with Amy, struggling to retain his human consciousness and stop himself from killing her. Shortly after she remembers who he is, he loses control and shoots her. Meanwhile, the other Autons capture the Doctor and take him to the now-open Pandorica, which proves to be empty. Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, and other enemies arrive and reveal that they have formed an alliance and built the Pandorica as a prison for the Doctor, as they believe he is about to destroy the universe. The Doctor pleads that they have made a mistake and the TARDIS, not him, is about to destroy the universe but the aliens refuse to believe that anyone else can pilot the TARDIS.River frantically manages to hot-wire the TARDIS door, but finds her way blocked by a stone surface. She declares, "I'm sorry, my love," as the TARDIS goes critical and explodes. Rory is still cradling the lifeless Amy. The Pandorica closes on the Doctor, and a dramatic reveal shows explosions surrounding the Earth, which slowly fades to black as silence falls.Following from the cliffhanger of the previous episode, the Doctor is sealed in the Pandorica, a prison designed for him by his greatest foes and baited by elements of Amy's childhood imagination, while River Song is trapped in the TARDIS as it explodes, triggering the end of the universe. As the episode begins, the Earth, Moon, and what appears to be the Sun are all that remain in a starless black void. In 102 AD, the Auton replica of Rory, having shot Amy, is still holding her lifeless body when a future version of the Doctor, using a Vortex Manipulator, briefly appears and gives Rory his sonic screwdriver, with instructions to open the Pandorica. Rory releases the imprisoned Doctor, who places Amy inside the Pandorica where she will be revived and held in stasis. Rory, ageless due to his Auton nature, stays with the Pandorica, guarding it through nearly two millennia and creating a mythology around the box that survives to the present day.The Doctor jumps forward in time to 1996, and provides hints to the young Amelia Pond--who has dreams of a star-filled sky--that lead her to the British Museum, where the Pandorica is on display. Amelia's touch opens the Pandorica, releasing her older self. Rory, now a security guard at the museum, arrives just in time to save the Doctor, Amy and Amelia from a fossilized Dalek. After an emotional reunion, the Doctor uses the Vortex Manipulator to pass his screwdriver to Rory in the past and rescue River from the TARDIS. The group flees through the museum, purused by the Dalek, which the Doctor surmises has been re-activated by the light of the Pandorica. They meet a mortally wounded version of the Doctor from twelve minutes in the future, who whispers something to his past self and dies. The Doctor explains that a fragment of the original, star-filled universe is inside the Pandorica, and if they can transfer it to every point of the collapsing universe simultaneously, they may be able to "reboot" reality. He is then shot by the Dalek, and jumps twelve minutes into the past. Rory and Amy escape, while River confronts the Dalek- which uncharacteristically begs for mercy when told her name.After jumping back twelve minutes, the Doctor did not die, but instead directed his earlier self to create a diversion, giving the wounded Doctor the opportunity to program the Pandorica to fly into the Sun-like source of light: the TARDIS, exploding simultaneously at every point in space and time. When his companions return, the Doctor explains that once the universe is rebooted, Amy--having lived near the cracks in the universe all her life--will be able to use her memories to restore people who have been erased, and that he himself will be trapped in the void between universes once the cracks close. The Doctor then pilots the Pandorica into the TARDIS explosion, creating a second Big Bang and returning the universe to normal.The Doctor then finds himself rewinding through his life as an observer. Amy can hear but not see him, and as he passes through the events of "Flesh and Stone", he takes advantage of her closed eyes to tell her to remember what he told her when she was seven years old. Arriving on the day he met Amelia Pond ("The Eleventh Hour"), he finds the young girl asleep outside, waiting for her "raggedy Doctor" to return. The Doctor carries her to bed, and tells her a story about a daft old man who stole--"well, borrowed"--a magic box that was "big and little at the same time. Brand new and ancient. And the bluest blue ever." He then steps into the crack in Amelia's bedroom wall, sealing it completely.Amy wakes up on 26 June 2010, the day of her wedding, to find she has remembered her mother, father and the human Rory back into existence. During the wedding reception, however, she feels as if she is forgetting something. When she sees River Song's diary, its cover fashioned after the TARDIS, she tearfully recalls the Doctor's story of "something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue", causing the Doctor and the TARDIS to be restored. The Doctor joins in the wedding celebration.After the wedding, the Doctor gives River the Vortex Manipulator to return to her time. River sadly warns him he will soon learn who she truly is, and that it will change everything. Aboard the TARDIS, the Doctor explains to Amy and Rory that unanswered questions remain about the destruction of the TARDIS and the nature of "the Silence" that will fall, but before they can contemplate that, the Doctor receives a telephone call alerting him to the presence of an escaped Egyptian goddess on the Orient Express in space. Rory and Amy decide to join him, and the three leave on their next adventure.[edit] ContinuityThe episode revisits several scenes from earlier in the series. The first scene in the episode mirrors the start of "The Eleventh Hour", except this time the Doctor does not crash into Amelia's garden, instead appearing later to direct her to the museum. Upon the TARDIS's restoration Rory tells Amy's parents that "I was plastic" and that the Doctor was "the stripper at my stag do", the latter event having been seen in "The Vampires of Venice".As the Doctor rewinds through his life, he sees events which relate to "The Lodger", but which were not shown in that episode. His conversation with Amy during the events of "Flesh and Stone" appeared in that episode, though it was not clear that this was a Doctor from a different timeline. Finally, he arrives in seven-year-old Amelia's house the night she waited for him in "The Eleventh Hour".Early in the episode, Amy's aunt states that she does not trust Richard Dawkins (who appeared as himself in "The Stolen Earth") due to his support for the existence of stars. When the sonic screwdriver given to Rory and that in the pocket of the Doctor in the Pandorica touch they cause sparks, in a revived-series reference to the Blinovitch Limitation Effect.
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2MTL 147: Revisiting "Vincent and the Doctor"
Two-minute Time LordWhile the U.K. suffers the beginning of the Long Night Without Doctor Who, the U.S. and Canada have only gotten around to "Vincent and the Doctor," very much an outlier among the whole of Series 5. Thoughts about character development, starry nights and Fandom Wars (TM) within!
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The RaT Project 87: Of Mario, The Doctor, and an Alchemist
The RaT Project LiveIn this studio recording, Rand discusses the just-ended MarioMarathon 3, Doctor Who's 2010 series, and the soon-to-end Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.
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The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #30: Review - The Big Bang
The Doctor Who PodcastSo, what do we do now? Trevor, Tom andJames review The Big Bang, the final episode of the first season of Matt Smith's Doctor.
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MHC #19 The 24MTL Cutaway
Mostly Harmless CutawayT minus 179 days until The 2010 Christmas Special.
Welcome to this, the 19th Hitchhiker's Guide to the Whoverse: Mostly Harmless Cutaway. Today Eric flies solo directly into his reaction to Two-Minute Time Lord Podcast episode 144. If you haven't already, please give Chip's Podcast and particularly this episode 144 where Chip postulates why Series 5 was made for the box set. Eric attempts to expand upon this premise of a 'box set series' that in hindsight appears to be greater than the sum of it's parts. He then continues to reflect upon and contrast the differences in character development under the tutelage of both RTD & Steven Moffat.
WARNING: This podcast contains SPOILERS pertinent to Series 5 overall in general.
Disclaimer:We're sorry. So, so sorry. It was our intention for this to be quick 6 minute response, but as you can see bloviation was the order of the day. We promise MHC #20 will be more than double in length so please...
DON'T PANIC
Creator/Producer: Eric Escamilla
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Anonymous cold open was by Emily K. (@emilyooo)
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MHC #19 The 24MTL Cutaway
Mostly Harmless CutawayT minus 179 days until The 2010 Christmas Special.
Welcome to this, the 19th Hitchhiker's Guide to the Whoverse: Mostly Harmless Cutaway. Today Eric flies solo directly into his reaction to Two-Minute Time Lord Podcast episode 144. If you haven't already, please give Chip's Podcast and particularly this episode 144 where Chip postulates why Series 5 was made for the box set. Eric attempts to expand upon this premise of a 'box set series' that in hindsight appears to be greater than the sum of it's parts. He then continues to reflect upon and contrast the differences in character development under the tutelage of both RTD & Steven Moffat.
WARNING: This podcast contains SPOILERS pertinent to Series 5 overall in general.
Disclaimer:We're sorry. So, so sorry. It was our intention for this to be quick 6 minute response, but as you can see bloviation was the order of the day. We promise MHC #20 will be more than double in length so please...
DON'T PANIC
Creator/Producer: Eric Escamilla
Email: bullitt33 ~at~ gmail ~dot~com
Skype username: bullitt33
Twitter: @Bullitt33
Facebook: Bullitt33HHG2W:
Email: guidetothewhoverse ~at~ gmail ~dot~com
Website: guidetothewhoverse.libsyn.com
Twitter: @HHG2W
Tumblr: guidetothewhoverse.tumblr.comMHC theme created by Eric Escamilla.
Anonymous cold open was by Emily K. (@emilyooo)
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The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #30: Review - The Big Bang
The Doctor Who PodcastSo, what do we do now? Trevor, Tom andJames review The Big Bang, the final episode of the first season of Matt Smith's Doctor.
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The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #30: Review - The Big Bang
The Doctor Who PodcastSo, what do we do now? Trevor, Tom and James review The Big Bang, the final episode of the first season of Matt Smith’s Doctor.
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2MTL 146: Uncle Erik Explains "The Big Bang"
Two-minute Time LordAn aggrieved Erik from Bridging the Rift joins me for a lightning round of answers to supposedly unanswered questions that were answered in "The Big Bang."
Did you get that?
Bridging the Rift is a podcast dedicated to Doctor Who fandom, fan culture and creative pursuits.
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The Doctor's Companion Ep. 29 - Old and New, Borrowed and Blue
The Doctor's CompanionSeries 5 is a wrap, and Scott and Randy discuss its timey-wimey conclusion with episode 13, “The Big Bang”. The Doctor must find a way to save Amy, Rory, River, and himself from certain doom and the only person who can help is a little girl who once waited for a mad man in a blue box. How will the Doctor save the day and restore the universe? Does the finale live up to the hype? What’s up with the fez? Find out, in the newest episode of The Doctor’s Companion! And remember, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!
Next Week: Series 5 Wrap-up Special!!
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Bigger on the Inside - Episode 41
Bigger on the InsideClosing out the 10th season, the Daleks invade a planet to learn the secrets of invisibility ("Planet of the Daleks"), and, back on Earth, mutated maggots overrun a small town ("The Green Death"). Also, Jo makes her exit from the program. Did the hosts finally come to admire the companion they've been rather cold on? Click it to find out!
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Commentary: The Big Bang
The Cultdom CollectiveIan, Dave & Mike put on the Fez Of Destiny and sit down for the last commentary in this series of Doctor Who -The Big Bang
