Traveling the Vortex
- Description:
- A podcast dedicated to the show Doctor Who with a perspective from two Midwest United States fans, and one person being introduced to the Doctor for the first time.
Homepage: http://travelingthevortex.com/
RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/travelvortex?format=xml
- Episodes:
- 1436
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:1:12:41
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:3:39:05
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 72 days, 11 hours, 39 minutes and 51 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 6 January 2011 (8:03am GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 12 May 2025 (3:06pm GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 3 days, 15 hours, 34 minutes and 53 seconds
Traveling the Vortex Episodes
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Episode 304 - Honey, We Shrunk the Brig
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 44 seconds
In this week’s podcast, we revisit the world of Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart and review Candy Jar Books’ recently released Lethbridge-Stewart: The HAVOC Files 2. We have cultivated four stories from the anthology collection, as many have been already reviewed here on the podcast. We will turn our focus to House of Giants by Rick Cross, Ashes of the Inferno by Andy Frankham-Allen, Schadengeist's First Love by Jonathan Cooper, and Exodus from Venus by John Peel.Plus, some very exciting news about the return of a Doctor Who convention, a wee bit earlier than once thought.
Enjoy!
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Episode 303 - The Shaw Tank Redemption
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 17 seconds
Sorry for the delay, but our editor took ill earlier this week. But, finally here is this week’s podcast, as promised. Hopefully you didn’t think we just took yet another week off.This time we feature a Companion Archive on the oft forgotten Third Doctor companion, Liz Shaw played by Caroline John. First, we look at the Big Finish Companion Chronicle, The Blue Tooth from season one. Then, a retrospective on Liz’s time on the TV series.
Also, some news-of-the-week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 303 - The Shaw Tank Redemption
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 17 secondsSorry for the delay, but our editor took ill earlier this week. But, finally here is this week’s podcast, as promised. Hopefully you didn’t think we just took yet another week off.This time we feature a Companion Archive on the oft forgotten Third Doctor companion, Liz Shaw played by Caroline John. First, we look at the Big Finish Companion Chronicle, The Blue Tooth from season one. Then, a retrospective on Liz’s time on the TV series.
Also, some news-of-the-week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 302 - Silver & Gold
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 14 minutes and 41 secondsIn this week’s episode we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Cybermen’s first appearance in Doctor Who by offering you another Adversary Archive: The Cybermen IV! We look at two Big Finish Productions offerings. The first is mainline story #86 "The Reaping" featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri. Then, we follow that up with the second part of the story with #87 "The Gathering" with the Fifth Doctor and Tegan.We also look at some convention news, including guest announcements for several upcoming Doctor Who conventions.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 302 - Silver & Gold
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 14 minutes and 41 secondsIn this week’s episode we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Cybermen’s first appearance in Doctor Who by offering you another Adversary Archive: The Cybermen IV! We look at two Big Finish Productions offerings. The first is mainline story #86 "The Reaping" featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri. Then, we follow that up with the second part of the story with #87 "The Gathering" with the Fifth Doctor and Tegan.We also look at some convention news, including guest announcements for several upcoming Doctor Who conventions.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 301 - Head of the Class
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 49 secondsThis week we have another Companion Archive for our show. This time we feature not a person, but a place that is very familiar to the Doctor and some of his companions, Coal Hill School. We’re talking about the first two episodes of the show, Class with a spoiler light review, and reviewing the comic The Monsters Of Coal Hill, and the short story Nothing at the End of the Lane.Plus, well take a look at some news of the week.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 301 - Head of the Class
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 49 secondsThis week we have another Companion Archive for our show. This time we feature not a person, but a place that is very familiar to the Doctor and some of his companions, Coal Hill School. We’re talking about the first two episodes of the show, Class with a spoiler light review, and reviewing the comic The Monsters Of Coal Hill, and the short story Nothing at the End of the Lane.Plus, well take a look at some news of the week.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 300 - Time Eddy II & CCC
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 48 minutes and 44 secondsWell, we’ve made it to episode 300. And there was no better time to make this milestone as this past weekend where we celebrated at Time Eddy II, the Wichita Doctor Who convention right here in our home state of Kansas. We came back exhausted from the event, but with some memories that we will cherish forever.And, we have with us some material that you will only hear, right here on the program.
It’s a long episode this week, the longest we’ve produced in some time, But, we hope it will be worth it as we talk about our weekend adventure at a convention that should be heralded as a premiere event for years to come.
Enjoy!
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Episode 300 - Time Eddy II & CCC
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 48 minutes and 44 secondsWell, we’ve made it to episode 300. And there was no better time to make this milestone as this past weekend where we celebrated at Time Eddy II, the Wichita Doctor Who convention right here in our home state of Kansas. We came back exhausted from the event, but with some memories that we will cherish forever.And, we have with us some material that you will only hear, right here on the program.
It’s a long episode this week, the longest we’ve produced in some time, But, we hope it will be worth it as we talk about our weekend adventure at a convention that should be heralded as a premiere event for years to come.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 24 - Star Trek 201
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 36 minutes and 2 secondsWe’re off again this week as we prepare for Time Eddy II, the Doctor Who Convention this coming weekend in Wichita, Kansas. But we have a special mid-week treat for you.If you remember way back when, Shaun brought you Star Trek 101, a primer guide for the original series. That begat Star Trek 102, his look at the original series movies. Many years later he revisits the idea with the often delayed and now finally available Star Trek 201, looking at Season 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 24 - Star Trek 201
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 36 minutes and 2 secondsWe’re off again this week as we prepare for Time Eddy II, the Doctor Who Convention this coming weekend in Wichita, Kansas. But we have a special mid-week treat for you.If you remember way back when, Shaun brought you Star Trek 101, a primer guide for the original series. That begat Star Trek 102, his look at the original series movies. Many years later he revisits the idea with the often delayed and now finally available Star Trek 201, looking at Season 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Enjoy!
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Episode 299 - Rock Me Amadeus
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 58 secondsIn this week’s show we’ve come to number 100 in the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who range with the aptly named anthology collection, 100. It’s four for the price of one in short segments, including 100 BC by Jacqueline Rayner, My Own Private Wolfgang by Robert Shearman, Bedtime Story by Joseph Lidster and The 100 Days of the Doctor by Paul Cornell. We’ll take each one at a time an give our impressions of each tale.Then it’s our continuing review of Titan Comic’s 10th Doctor Year Two as we look at issues #6 through #10 in the ongoing monthly series.
Also, a look at some news from the week.
Enjoy!
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Episode 299 - Rock Me Amadeus
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 58 secondsIn this week’s show we’ve come to number 100 in the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who range with the aptly named anthology collection, 100. It’s four for the price of one in short segments, including 100 BC by Jacqueline Rayner, My Own Private Wolfgang by Robert Shearman, Bedtime Story by Joseph Lidster and The 100 Days of the Doctor by Paul Cornell. We’ll take each one at a time an give our impressions of each tale.Then it’s our continuing review of Titan Comic’s 10th Doctor Year Two as we look at issues #6 through #10 in the ongoing monthly series.
Also, a look at some news from the week.
Enjoy!
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Spencer Wilding Panel From TopCon Geek Expo
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsWe were privileged to host character actor Spencer Wilding’s Doctor Who panel at TopCon Geek Expo earlier this month, and he and the con were gracious enough to allow us to film it. We present here some excerpts for those that were unable to join us.
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Episode 298 - Medicine Man
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 21 minutes and 2 secondsIn this week’s podcast, we travel back in time to an earlier Big Finish effort with a review of the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex story number 67, Dreamtime. We give our impressions of this audio play.Also, we play catch-up by joining the Doctor and Gabby for the first five issues of Titan Comics’ 2016’s Tenth Doctor line.
Plus, we take a look at some of the news-of-the-week, including our reactions to an exchange between Captain Jack and his creator, The Moff.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 298 - Medicine Man
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 21 minutes and 2 secondsIn this week’s podcast, we travel back in time to an earlier Big Finish effort with a review of the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex story number 67, Dreamtime. We give our impressions of this audio play.Also, we play catch-up by joining the Doctor and Gabby for the first five issues of Titan Comics’ 2016’s Tenth Doctor line.
Plus, we take a look at some of the news-of-the-week, including our reactions to an exchange between Captain Jack and his creator, The Moff.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 23 - TopCon: An Interview with Spencer Wilding
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 42 minutes and 36 secondsWe’re off again this week, this time for con stuff, this time spending the weekend at Topeka’s TopCon Geek Expo. We had a wonderful time at the convention and thought we’d relay some of our journey over the 3 days of the con. Plus, we had a chance to sit down, not once, but twice with Spencer Wilding who acted in three Doctor Who stories during the Matt Smith era of the show. Included in this Side Trip is one of those interviews where he shared with us some stories of his time on the show.Plus, some added news from Candy Jar Books announcing the start to the next series of Lethbridge-Stewart novels.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 23 - TopCon: An Interview with Spencer Wilding
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 42 minutes and 36 secondsWe’re off again this week, this time for con stuff, this time spending the weekend at Topeka’s TopCon Geek Expo. We had a wonderful time at the convention and thought we’d relay some of our journey over the 3 days of the con. Plus, we had a chance to sit down, not once, but twice with Spencer Wilding who acted in three Doctor Who stories during the Matt Smith era of the show. Included in this Side Trip is one of those interviews where he shared with us some stories of his time on the show.Plus, some added news from Candy Jar Books announcing the start to the next series of Lethbridge-Stewart novels.
Enjoy!
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Episode 297 - Plants vs. Zombies
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 19 minutes and 36 secondsIn this week’s show we return with another couple of reviews from Candy Jar’s Lethbridge-Stewart series. First we look at The Grandfather Infestation by John Peel. We follow that with a look at a recent short story, The Playing Dead penned by author Adrian Sherlock. We break down the good and the bad with both of these stories.Also, with a week off, we catch up on some news, including the BBC’s announcement about an animated Power of the Daleks featuring the first appearance of Patrick Troughton’s Doctor.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 297 - Plants vs. Zombies
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 19 minutes and 36 secondsIn this week’s show we return with another couple of reviews from Candy Jar’s Lethbridge-Stewart series. First we look at The Grandfather Infestation by John Peel. We follow that with a look at a recent short story, The Playing Dead penned by author Adrian Sherlock. We break down the good and the bad with both of these stories.Also, with a week off, we catch up on some news, including the BBC’s announcement about an animated Power of the Daleks featuring the first appearance of Patrick Troughton’s Doctor.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 22 - An Interview with Jonathan Cooper
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 39 minutes and 18 secondsWe are off this week, but never fear, we still have a special treat for your podcast feed. We recently had a chance to speak with Jonathan Cooper, the author of the Lethbridge-Stewart novel, The Showstoppers. You can hear about how Jonathan developed the idea for the story and brought its many character to life.Our special thanks to Andy Frankham-Allen and Candy Jar Books for helping us come together with Jonathan to discuss the novel.
You can still order The Showstoppers as well as other books in the Lethbridge-Stewart line of books at Candy Jar’s website, here.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 22 - An Interview with Jonathan Cooper
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 39 minutes and 18 secondsWe are off this week, but never fear, we still have a special treat for your podcast feed. We recently had a chance to speak with Jonathan Cooper, the author of the Lethbridge-Stewart novel, The Showstoppers. You can hear about how Jonathan developed the idea for the story and brought its many character to life.Our special thanks to Andy Frankham-Allen and Candy Jar Books for helping us come together with Jonathan to discuss the novel.
You can still order The Showstoppers as well as other books in the Lethbridge-Stewart line of books at Candy Jar’s website, here.
Enjoy!
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Episode 296 - Difficult, Difficult, Lemon Difficult
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 3 secondsIn this show we feature our final ‘Beyond the Doctor’ for the year, closing the series with Twelfth Doctor actor Peter Capaldi in the film, In the Loop. We give our reviews of the farcical dark comedy and our impressions of Capaldi’s performance as Malcolm Tucker, perhaps his most famous role before stepping into the TARDIS.Also, not much as far as news this week, but lots of your feedback to read out.
So, enjoy!
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Episode 296 - Difficult, Difficult, Lemon Difficult
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 3 secondsIn this show we feature our final ‘Beyond the Doctor’ for the year, closing the series with Twelfth Doctor actor Peter Capaldi in the film, In the Loop. We give our reviews of the farcical dark comedy and our impressions of Capaldi’s performance as Malcolm Tucker, perhaps his most famous role before stepping into the TARDIS.Also, not much as far as news this week, but lots of your feedback to read out.
So, enjoy!
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Episode 295 - Hey Macra-ana!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 41 minutes and 2 secondsRah, rah, rah! We check in this week with a long one, but a good one. This time we look at another Doctor Who story that has been lost in time, with our attention on The Macra Terror. We examine both the Loose Canon reconstruction of the Patrick Troughton, Second Doctor Story and the novelization written by screenwriter, Ian Stuart Black.Also, rumor news involving a leaked animation clip that appeared online and then disappeared shortly after, some convention announcements, and a new limited edition book from our friends over at Candy Jar Books.
And, of course your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 295 - Hey Macra-ana!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 41 minutes and 2 secondsRah, rah, rah! We check in this week with a long one, but a good one. This time we look at another Doctor Who story that has been lost in time, with our attention on The Macra Terror. We examine both the Loose Canon reconstruction of the Patrick Troughton, Second Doctor Story and the novelization written by screenwriter, Ian Stuart Black.Also, rumor news involving a leaked animation clip that appeared online and then disappeared shortly after, some convention announcements, and a new limited edition book from our friends over at Candy Jar Books.
And, of course your feedback.
Enjoy!
UPDATE: We misspoke on this week’s show. The Havoc Files 2 is not included in the 30% discount with the special EPICLS30 code. Sorry for the misunderstanding. This from Candy Jar:
To clear up a bit of confusion: The HAVOC Files 2 is *not* included in the 30% offer. All other LS titles are, tho. https://t.co/Gu5bVOtMOj
-- Lethbridge-Stewart (@LScandyjar) August 24, 2016
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Episode 294 - Franklin, Are There More Scones?
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 55 minutes and 47 secondsWe take another break from Doctor Who this week to look at our 11th installment of our ongoing Beyond the Doctor series. This time it’s Matt Smith’s turn with a look at the film Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. We give our views on the film and the performance by the 11th Doctor actor.Also, some Time Eddy II appearance shake-ups with the announcement of some drop outs and a very big drop in.
Enjoy!
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Episode 294 - Franklin, Are There More Scones?
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 55 minutes and 47 secondsWe take another break from Doctor Who this week to look at our 11th installment of our ongoing Beyond the Doctor series. This time it’s Matt Smith’s turn with a look at the film Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. We give our views on the film and the performance by the 11th Doctor actor.Also, some Time Eddy II appearance shake-ups with the announcement of some drop outs and a very big drop in.
Enjoy!
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Episode 293 - It Tolls for Thee
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 18 secondsIn this week’s episode of the podcast we have two topics to look at.First is a review of the Big Finish Productions audio drama, #84 The Nowhere Place featuring the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe, We give out impressions of the audio from Big Finish’s Doctor Who Main Range.
Then we revisit Titan Comics’ Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor series from 2016 with a look at issues #2.6 - #2.10.
Plus, a little bit of news for another release of Doctor Who: The Movie.
And your… whoops, no feedback this week?
Well, enjoy!
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Episode 293 - It Tolls for Thee
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 18 secondsIn this week’s episode of the podcast we have two topics for discussion.First is a review of the Big Finish Productions audio drama, #84 The Nowhere Place featuring the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe, We give out impressions of the audio from Big Finish’s Doctor Who Main Range.
Then we revisit Titan Comics’ Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor series from 2016 with a look at issues #2.6 - #2.10.
Plus, a little bit of news for another release of Doctor Who: The Movie.
And your… whoops, no feedback this week?
Well, enjoy!
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Episode 292 - Nuzzink in ze Vorld
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes and 45 secondsIn this episode of the podcast we give a hearty review to the latest book in the Lethbridge-Stewart line of novels in Candy Jar Books’ series. This time we review Lethbridge-Stewart: The Showstoppers by Jonathan Cooper. We offer a spoiler-filled review of the novel starring Colonel Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, Anne Travers, Harold Chorley, and newcomer Samson Ware.But first, we look at the latest short story from the range with The Band of Evil written by Shaun Russell and Roger J Simmonds.
Plus, some news-of-the-week with a sad announcement about a cancellation.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 292 - Nuzzink in ze Vorld
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes and 45 secondsIn this episode of the podcast we give a hearty review to the latest book in the Lethbridge-Stewart line of novels in Candy Jar Books’ series. This time we review Lethbridge-Stewart: The Showstoppers by Jonathan Cooper. We offer a spoiler-filled review of the novel starring Colonel Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, Anne Travers, Harold Chorley, and newcomer Samson Ware.But first, we look at the latest short story from the range with The Band of Evil written by Shaun Russell and Roger J Simmonds.
Plus, some news-of-the-week with a sad announcement about a cancellation.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Side Trip 21 - Bat Soup!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 31 minutes and 43 seconds
On this week’s podcast, Episode 291, we discussed some things we did this week. One of those things discussed was that Shaun had finally got around to viewing, Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, or as Shaun calls it “Bat-Supe”, nay Bat Soup. It ended up being a really long discussion of the film and the unfolding DC/Warner Bros. franchise, so we decided to release it as a Side Trip.We hope you enjoy the discussion.
And we will return next week with more Doctor Who discussions in Episode 292, so be sure to watch for that.
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Side Trip 21 - Bat Soup!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 31 minutes and 43 secondsOn this week’s podcast, Episode 291, we discussed some things we did this week. One of those things discussed was that Shaun had finally got around to viewing, Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, or as Shaun calls it “Bat-Supe”, nay Bat Soup. It ended up being a really long discussion of the film and the unfolding DC/Warner Bros. franchise, so we decided to release it as a Side Trip.We hope you enjoy the discussion.
And we will return next week with more Doctor Who discussions in Episode 292, so be sure to watch for that.
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Episode 291 - Abject Dalek Destruction
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 41 secondsWe move sideway once again this week into another universe where our familiar Doctor is not present, but replaced with an old time traveling scientist called Dr. Who. To celebrate the 50th anniversary, we look at Daleks’ Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. We give our impressions of the second outing of Peter Cushing as the lovable old doctor as he encounters some new friends and an old enemy.Also, Glenn does a mini-review of the Traveling the Vortex Book Club book for June, Doctor Who: Royal Blood by Una McCormack, featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara as they first encounter The Glamour.
Plus, some “we told you so” news-of-the-week.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
Links mentioned in the show:
Simon Clark: “Night of the Triffids: on BBC Radio 4
Goodreads Traveling the Vortex Book Club
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Episode 291 - Abject Dalek Destruction
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 41 secondsWe move sideway once again this week into another universe where our familiar Doctor is not present, but replaced with an old time traveling scientist called Dr. Who. To celebrate the 50th anniversary, we look at Daleks’ Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. We give our impressions of the second outing of Peter Cushing as the lovable old doctor as he encounters some new friends and an old enemy.Also, Glenn does a mini-review of the Traveling the Vortex Book Club book for June, Doctor Who: Royal Blood by Una McCormack, featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara as they first encounter The Glamour.
Plus, some “we told you so” news-of-the-week.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
Links mentioned in the show:
Simon Clark: “Night of the Triffids: on BBC Radio 4
Goodreads Traveling the Vortex Book Club
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Episode 290 - A Kitschy Sixties Romp
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes and 21 secondsIn this week’s show we jump into a parallel universe where the good Doctor is an Earthbound scientist, tinkering with his time machine in his back yard with the non-canonical "Dr. Who And The Daleks". We finally get around to seeing this alternative version of Terry Nation’s Daleks story.Also, no news this week, but we have plenty of stuff to talk about with Shaun refreshed from a journey to the great state of Colorado.
And, of course, there’s feedback!
Enjoy!
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Episode 290 - A Kitschy Sixties Romp
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes and 21 secondsIn this week’s show we jump into a parallel universe where the good Doctor is an Earthbound scientist, tinkering with his time machine in his back yard with the non-canonical "Dr. Who And The Daleks". We finally get around to seeing this alternative version of Terry Nation’s Daleks story.Also, no news this week, but we have plenty of stuff to talk about with Shaun refreshed from a journey to the great state of Colorado.
And, of course, there’s feedback!
Enjoy!
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Episode 289 - Misadventures at Church
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 16 minutes and 8 secondsIn this week’s show its an Eighth Doctor extravaganza with two audio reviews and a comics miniseries.First, we explore the midway point of season two of Big Finish’s Eighth Doctor Adventures with the stories, Brave New Town and The Skull Of Sobek. We give our impressions on these two audio stories featuring the Eighth Doctor and Lucy.
Next up, our delayed review of Titan Comics’ Eighth Doctor Miniseries, issues #1-5. Hear our review of the stories individually as well as the story arc put forth in the series.
Plus, news-that’s-not-news.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 289 - Misadventures at Church
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 16 minutes and 8 secondsIn this week’s show its an Eighth Doctor extravaganza with two audio reviews and a comics miniseries.First, we explore the midway point of season two of Big Finish’s Eighth Doctor Adventures with the stories, Brave New Town and The Skull Of Sobek. We give our impressions on these two audio stories featuring the Eighth Doctor and Lucy.
Next up, our delayed review of Titan Comics’ Eighth Doctor Miniseries, issues #1-5. Hear our review of the stories individually as well as the story arc put forth in the series.
Plus, news-that’s-not-news.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 288 - The Ending Stays the Same
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 17 minutes and 37 secondsIn this week’s episode of the podcast we travel back in time with the Fifth Doctor, Peri and Erimem as they visit Richard III in the Big Finish audio story, The Kingmaker. We give our review and perhaps a fractured look at history with this story.Also, some news of the week including some con announcements, and a Doctor Who world record attempt.
And of course your feedback.
Enjoy!
Links mentioned in the show:
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Episode 288 - The Ending Stays the Same
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 17 minutes and 37 secondsIn this week’s episode of the podcast we travel back in time with the Fifth Doctor, Peri and Erimem as they visit Richard III in the Big Finish audio story, The Kingmaker. We give our review and perhaps a fractured look at history with this story.Also, some news of the week including some con announcements, and a Doctor Who world record attempt.
And of course your feedback.
Enjoy!
Links mentioned in the show:
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Episode 287 - The Show of Mandragora
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 42 secondsIn this week’s episode, we feature a small Adversary Archive, this time with a focus on two stories featuring the Mandragora Helix. First, it’s the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith adventure, The Masque of Mandragora. Then a collection of comics once published in Doctor Who magazine which culminate with a sequel to Masque with The Mark of Mandragora featuring the Seventh Doctor and Ace. We’ll give our impressions on these stories.Plus, little news for Doctor Who but we do talk a little about set photos and that filming has begun.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
Be sure to check out our sister podcast, The Five(ish) Fangirls. As we mentioned in the show, we sat in with them to mark a couple of special occasions this week for Five(ish) Fangirls Episode #96: More Tangents In The Vortex.
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Episode 287 - The Show of Mandragora
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 42 secondsIn this week’s episode, we feature a small Adversary Archive, this time with a focus on two stories featuring the Mandragora Helix. First, it’s the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith adventure, The Masque of Mandragora. Then a collection of comics once published in Doctor Who magazine which culminate with a sequel to Masque with The Mark of Mandragora featuring the Seventh Doctor and Ace. We’ll give our impressions on these stories.Plus, little news for Doctor Who but we do talk a little about set photos and that filming has begun.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
Be sure to check out our sister podcast, The Five(ish) Fangirls. As we mentioned in the show, we sat in with them to mark a couple of special occasions this week for Five(ish) Fangirls Episode #96: More Tangents In The Vortex.
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Episode 286 - Full Moon Rising
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 13 secondsIn this week’s show we revisit Candy Jar Books’ Lethbridge-Stewart line and review the latest release, Moon Blink by Sadie Miller. We give our impression on the newest book in the series.Also, we continue our lunar themed show with a look back at Doctor Who in the 1960’s TV Comic series and discuss the First Doctor, John and Gillian adventure, The Moon Landing.
Plus, some news including an announcement regarding Doctor Who Series 10, another announcement about a returning companion in the Big Finish audios, and some exciting and historic news for the show as it may soon be up for a popular American television award.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 286 - Full Moon Rising
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 13 secondsIn this week’s show we revisit Candy Jar Books’ Lethbridge-Stewart line and review the latest release, Moon Blink by Sadie Miller. We give our impression on the newest book in the series.Also, we continue our lunar themed show with a look back at Doctor Who in the 1960’s TV Comic series and discuss the First Doctor, John and Gillian adventure, The Moon Landing.
Plus, some news including an announcement regarding Doctor Who Series 10, another announcement about a returning companion in the Big Finish audios, and some exciting and historic news for the show as it may soon be up for a popular American television award.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 285 - The Crazy Misadventures of the McLeod Family
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 52 minutes and 1 secondHere we are at our 11th “Beyond the Doctor” episode, this time reviewing 10th Doctor actor, David Tennant in the wonderful BBC Films comedy, What We Did on Our Holiday. We step away from Doctor Who to talk a little bit about Tennant’s performance as Doug McLeod, and his dysfunctional family.Also, we’ll talk a bit about an announcement by Peter Capaldi that is making waves, talking about the return of a certain companion actress. If you haven’t heard what he’s saying, you’ll have to listen to find out.
And Spoiler warning for those who haven’t seen X-Men; Apocalypse, we discuss some of the finer points of the plot.
Plus, a prize announcement for our raffle drawing winner, Mich.
And, of course, your feedback.
Enjoy!
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Episode 285 - The Crazy Misadventures of the McLeod Family
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 52 minutes and 1 secondHere we are at our 11th “Beyond the Doctor” episode, this time reviewing 10th Doctor actor, David Tennant in the wonderful BBC Films comedy, What We Did on Our Holiday. We step away from Doctor Who to talk a little bit about Tennant’s performance as Doug McLeod, and his dysfunctional family.Also, we’ll talk a bit about an announcement by Peter Capaldi that is making waves, talking about the return of a certain companion actress. If you haven’t heard what he’s saying, you’ll have to listen to find out.
And Spoiler warning for those who haven’t seen X-Men; Apocalypse, we discuss some of the finer points of the plot.
Plus, a prize announcement for our raffle drawing winner, Mich.
And, of course, your feedback.
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Episode 284 - Unrecord!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes and 57 secondsWe get a little silly this show, but promise lots of fun and a spontaneous contest for everyone, so be sure to listen for that. But, the task at hand is a review of the Seventh Doctor and Mel Big Finish story Unregenerate! We give our impressions of this tale.Also, some news of the week, and we have our first Patreon raffle drawing winner! Yay!
That and feedback as well.
Enjoy!
Links mentioned in the show:
Glenn’s blog – Trapped in the Vortex
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Episode 284 - Unrecord!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes and 57 secondsWe get a little silly this show, but promise lots of fun and a spontaneous contest for everyone, so be sure to listen for that. But, the task at hand is a review of the Seventh Doctor and Mel Big Finish story Unregenerate! We give our impressions of this tale.Also, some news of the week, and we have our first Patreon raffle drawing winner! Yay!
That and feedback as well.
Enjoy!
Links mentioned in the show:
Glenn’s blog – Trapped in the Vortex