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Another belated Torchwood review! This episode Phil and Paul take a look at episode 2 of Torchwood: Miracle Day and they are not best pleased. While Paul delivers his opinion with his usual level headed and measured approach, Phil let's his temper get the better of him as he vents his anger at what he believes to be an absolute stinker of an episode. They both agree that not much happened in Torchwoods latest installment and they also thumb their noses at a rather shoddy special effect.

Another belated Torchwood review! This episode Phil and Paul take a look at episode 2 of Torchwood: Miracle Day and they are not best pleased. While Paul delivers his opinion with his usual level headed and measured approach, Phil let's his temper get the better of him as he vents his anger at what he believes to be an absolute stinker of an episode. They both agree that not much happened in Torchwoods latest installment and they also thumb their noses at a rather shoddy special effect.

Aww, it's time for a little downtime folks, as our heroes get used to the American air.

The DWO TorchCast - All alone in the night...

It's Jack On A Plane! Phil pulls up the flooring and Mark swears blind that he 'was never confused'...

The DWO TorchCast - It wants it's precious, it does...

What steamy summer read do we have set for July?  We're due for an BBC Eighth Doctor novel, and it's going to be Legacy of the Daleks by John Peel (ISBN: 0-563-40574-0), entry #10 in the Eighth Doctor series.  It features the return of Susan, the Daleks (duh!), and a certain other character from the television series who I shan't mention (spoilers!).  From the back cover:

England in the late 22nd century is slowly recovering from the devastation that followed the Daleks' invasion.  The Doctor's very first traveling companion -- his granddaughter, Susan -- is where he left her, helping to rebuild Earth for the survivors.  But danger still remains all around...

While searching for his lost companion, Sam, the Doctor finds himself in Domain London.  But it seems that Susan is now missing too, and his efforts to find her lead to confrontation with the ambitious Lord Haldoran, who is poised to take control of southern England through all-out war.  With the help of a sinister adviser, Haldoran's plans are already well advanced.  Power cables have been fed down a mineshaft, reactivating a mysterious old device of hideous power.  But has the Dalek presence on Earth really been wiped out?  Or are there still traps set for the unwary?

The Doctor learns to his cost once again that when dealing with the evil of the Daleks, nothing can be taken at face value...

Have you ever noticed that there are very few Dalek novels in the entire range of Doctor Who novels, from the Missing Adventures on?  As they are trademarks of the BBC, authors writing about them were legally obligated to pay a large portion of the book's proceeds to the BBC, so practically no one chose to write them.  John Peel, as a close friend to Terry Nation, elected to pick up the gauntlet and wrote both Legacy of the Daleks and War of the Daleks.  He also penned a number of Target novelizations of Dalek stories.  I also can't help but feel tickled that he wrote novels for the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? series.  (Now good luck getting the theme song from the TV show out of your head.)

Thank you for all of your lovely comments on Twitter and iTunes, and feel free to email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com.  You can also follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast.  Also, follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.

Join hosts Mark and Phil for episode one of the new TorchCast - back after all this time. So, Miracle Day.... in we go....

The DWO TorchCast - It's all growed up now

In which your humble correspondent defends the pacing of Torchwood: Miracle Day thus far, whilst citing Huw Buchtmann's excellent blog, but notes that Miracle Day doesn't perfectly mesh with previous seasons…

In Episode Five, after the Motes of News we find that the Villain Randomizer landed on The Judoon and we look at the 3rd Doctor, played by Jon Pertwee then we discuss the episode: The Daemons.

Big news this week, we have a return date for Series 6.5! In this week's episode well discuss that and the new trailer that was released this weekend at San Diego Comic Con.

Also, our Adversary Archive: The Master, featuring reviews of The Claws of Axos, The Deadly Assassin, Survival, and Scream of the Shalka. And of course, your feed back!

Oh, and Glenn's ONE problem with the Back to the Future trilogy? Listen to find out.

Links mentioned in the show:

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Image by Mark Lee

Martyn, Imran and Pete look at Torchwood: Miracle Day – Rendition.

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Pete: @BeeblePete

Hello all, here is my chat with Adam J Purcell form The Staggering Stories Podcast. In this episode we talk about Doctor Who season 6 part 1, A Good Man Goes To War, Murray Gold's bloody amazing-show-making-magic music, among other things.

Feedback would be very lovely, send it to whoisthemanpodcast@hotmail.com or join the Facebook group.

The first in a series of Radio Rassilon teasers, designed by robots to whet your appitite for the coming of series 4…

In which we step tentatively into the ethereal realm to mull over the function of religion in fictional worlds and how it can mirror our own. Along the way we poke a few holes in the fabric of reality, prod a few demons and deities with sticks to see what thet're made of, make wild and ill-conceived generalisations about how religions begin and, well, generally invite the wrath of the most powerful beings in the universe.

Actually, thinking about it we've already had their wrath reteroactively. Clover is missing for the first bit due to unholy technical difficulties, but there's plenty of waffle(s) to go around. Join us as we hit upon Holy social networking, the most popular reason for time-travel, artistic baby recycling, the function of flab in prehistoric man, alternative uses for disabled toilets and Much, Much more...

(No Gods were harmed in the making of this podcast.)

In which we step tentatively into the ethereal realm to mull over the function of religion in fictional worlds and how it can mirror our own.  Along the way we poke a few holes in the fabric of reality, prod a few demons and deities with sticks to see what thet're made of, make wild and ill-conceived generalisations about how religions begin and, well, generally invite the wrath of the most powerful beings in the universe.  

Actually, thinking about it we've already had their wrath reteroactively.  Clover is missing for the first bit due to unholy technical difficulties, but there's plenty of waffle(s) to go around.  Join us as we hit upon Holy social networking, the most popular reason for time-travel, artistic baby recycling, the function of flab in prehistoric man, alternative uses for disabled toilets and Much, Much more...

(No Gods were harmed in the making of this podcast.)

Have a special episode! Yes, it's our Sylvester McCoy interview. Lots discussed, including Big Finish, The O Men and exploding one's chest. However, we also discuss the new audio drama; The Minister Of Chance - which you can get from http://www.ministerofchance.com. Oh and theres a guest appearence from 'Derek' from 'Survival'

Dave and Tony also review The Minister Of Chance's two episodes that are avaliable so far - I say review... gush and dribble would be a more accurate description

Oh, and thanks to Clare Eden, we have permission to play the Minister of Chance prologue...

The DWO WhoCast - It's decided to kick the TorchCast out into the big, wide world to let it fend for itself - look out for it's new RSS Feed!

(Tony meant APART from the TV Movie!)

Join us as we look at this companionless 4th Doctor adventure. We talk about Tom Baker’s Fabio shirt, the staleness of Timelord society and how you can go home again but it’ll just set the plot template for every other time.

This Whovian Life

Adventure in Time, Space & Music

Immortality! This week the projecteers bring you a seemingly never ending podcast, about seemingly never ending folk. Plenty of news, a frantic and shouty 10 minute Torchwood review and musings on "Mawdryn Undead".

Twats: @natalien @KungFuYoda @beastmasterpete @Doctor_Vendetta & @PharosProject

FriendFace: Pharos Projec or the group page The Pharos Project

shEmail: pharos.project@yahoo.co.uk

The secret word this week is "Shed".

An official statement from The Rassilon Broadcasting Corporation

As we get deeper into the new series of Torchwood, things are starting to heat up! What will our power trio think about this one? Does Miracle Day finally feel like Torchwood, or is it just another episode that promises but doesn't quite deliver? In the area of classic Who, we take a look at the 20th anniversary special "The Five Doctors," or perhaps more accurately titled "The Four Doctors and Some Unused Footage and Only Sort of Four Because William Hartnell Was Dead." Will Uncle Terry's last script for the televised Doctor Who please, or disappoint? And finally, Ian and Matt take a look at the Big Finish audio "A Thousand Tiny Wings," which sees the return of evil Nazi Klein as she and the Doctor deal with some aliens in Kenya in the middle of the Mau Mau Uprising. There's a lot to chat about, and a bit of silliness for good measure!

This week I have reviews of the first two episodes of the brand new series of spin-off series Torchwood, Miracle Day.
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Hello and welcome back! The Whocast crew returns with some all new dirt on the next half of Series 6, straight from the San Diego Comic Con. Brian goes over some of the finer points of the panel (which included Matt Smith and Karen Gillan) while Bobby touches on why Christopher Eccleston left the series after only one year as The Doctor. Meanwhile, Nancy postulates on who might play a female doctor and BJ sells himself on Facebook -- so sit back, relax, and enjoy the only podcast that also travels in time!

Resuming our Throwback Reviews, we go back to the eighth episode of the 2005 revival of Doctor Who, "Father's Day" by Paul Cornell. (It's an interesting time to watch one of Christopher Eccleston's stories, after his recent remarks about his time on the show were repeated by Martyn from the Bad Wilf podcast.)

It's audio commentary time!! And this month, Phil & Paul show Tony the delights of Attack Of The Cybermen. Yes, last month they promised him a glimpse of the future Doctor Who style and they bring him 1985! However, Tony was fairly impressed with Peri's cleavage, camp sarcastic Cybermen and the Cryons drugs factory. As usual, Phil set Tony one or two tasks during the coure of the evening and Tony also had the temerity to ask why there are no gold Cybermen. The fool!!

It's audio commentary time!! And this month, Phil & Paul show Tony the delights of Attack Of The Cybermen. Yes, last month they promised him a glimpse of the future Doctor Who style and they bring him 1985! However, Tony was fairly impressed with Peri's cleavage, camp sarcastic Cybermen and the Cryons drugs factory. As usual, Phil set Tony one or two tasks during the coure of the evening and Tony also had the temerity to ask why there are no gold Cybermen. The fool!!

Welcome to Episode 188 of Geek Syndicate. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom.

News

Geek Syndicate- the weekly podcast to end in Septemner, Marvel annouce Season one, Ukomics working on UK alternative to the Previews Magazine, Empire Presents the Big Screen and the Zombie Shotgun.

Week that was

Human Target, Torchwood: Miracle Day, Alphas, Falling Skies, Limitless, Trailer talk and rants galore!

Welcome to Episode 188 of Geek Syndicate. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom.

News

Geek Syndicate- the weekly podcast to end in Septemner, Marvel annouce Season one, Ukomics working on UK alternative to the Previews Magazine, Empire Presents the Big Screen and the Zombie Shotgun.

Week that was

Human Target, Torchwood: Miracle Day, Alphas, Falling Skies, Limitless, Trailer talk and rants galore!

Summary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith and the Real Keith Dunn talk about Torchwood: Miracle Day episodes one and two, plus the London Film and Comic Con 2011, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 01:19 — Welcome!
• 01:56 – News:
• 02:04 — Jean Riddler: Morris dancing.
• 02:21 — Doctor Who: Beth Willis bails out.
• 05:15 — Torchwood: Miracle Day ratings looking good.
• 07:30 — Doctor Who: T-shirtgate 2 – pulling Qwertwee.
• 09:23 — Crumbly Gripe: Chris Tookey’s Dark Side.
• 10:42 — Doctor Who: BBC Worldwide’s biggest money-spinner.
• 13:35 – Torchwood: Miracle Days episodes 1 and 2.
• 35:20 – London Film and Comic Con 2011.
• 41:35 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself atA show@StaggeringStories.net
• 72:54 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 73:22 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
• Wikipedia: Morris Dance.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• BBC: Torchwood.
• Qwertee.
• Wikipedia: Chris Tookey.
• London Film and Comic Con.
• The Whoovers Doctor Who Group.
• Facebook: Whooverville 3 Event Page.
• Mister M’s feedback link: YouTube’s Masterchef Synesthesia – Swede Mason.
• Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
• Twitter: Adam J Purcell.