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Strangers in SpaceMalcolm Hulke, Too Hot For Who (Short Trips TV Club 89)We take a look through Malcolm Hulke's lesser known back catalogue in order to help us understand the writer's work on Doctor Who. Including an Armchair Theatre, a Danger Man and a Gideon's Way plus two b-movies (all available to watch on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD7MPHXjCYVW6_yBTNvzdHYj0IX4dm-gM)
Presented by Dylan Rees, with Jon Arnold and J.R. Southall
2026-01-2357 min
VISION ON SOUNDVISION ON SOUND EPISODE 256 - TX OCTOBER 12 2025MICHAEL HERBERT talks about DOCTOR WHO AND THE SILURIANS.First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on October 12th 2025.This week we welcome back MICHAEL HERBERT whose popular recent biography of the television writer MALCOLM HULKE “THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM” has been released into the world for about six months now, but it is still available via Lulu Books.MICHAEL hasn’t lost interest in the life and work of MALCOLM HULKE yet, however, and earlier in the year he suggested that w...
2025-10-1259 min
Power of 3384: Mac Book ProMalcolm Hulke is someone who fandom has been talking about once again after the release of the Season 7 blu-ray.
Looking for Mac put him in focus, and now, a biography of the writer and co-creator of the Time Lords has been release.
Michael Herbert has put finger to keyboard to craft The Writing and Politics of Malcolm Hulke, and we speak to him about it.
2025-05-0742 min
Straight Outta Gallifrey#248 Straight Outta Gallifrey Straight Outta Gallifrey is back to talk about the adventures of Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters! Malcolm Hulke writes a strong story with characters with different motivations, a subterranean foe/friend, an overqualified Doctor Liz Shaw and a driving plot. Let us know your thoughts about Doctor Who & The Silurians. Encourage www.Saracentury.com to continue season 7 and talking to us about Ambassadors of Death! prydonian.post@gmail.com Bluesky: huestone44@gmail.com www.patreon.com/wrightonnetwork
2025-03-1753 min
Doctor Who: The Sirens of AudioGuest: Gary Russell - Oh No It Isn't and Beyond the SunHas it really taken us this long to review the first two releases from Big Finish? Oh yes it has!Would Big Finish have acquired the Doctor Who license from the BBC without these recordings? Oh no they wouldn't! Oh No It Isn't by Paul Cornell and adapted by Jacqueline Raynor, and Beyond the Sun, written and adapted by Matt Jones, were released way back in 1998... and the rest is history!Gary Russell joins us to talk about those very early days and specifically, the production of these original Big Finish classics.
2025-03-161h 36
VISION ON SOUNDVISION ON SOUND EPISODE 230 - TX MARCH 2 2025THE WAR GAMES in BLACK AND WHITEFirst broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on March 2nd 2025.Shortly before Christmas, prior to it being shown in a very different version, Michael Herbert roped in his pal BRENDAN NOBLE from THE SENSE SPHERE PODCAST to talk all about the epic ten-part 1969 DOCTOR WHO story THE WAR GAMES which was written by TERRANCE DICKS and the subject of the biography he’s written, MALCOLM HULKE.PLEASE NOTE - For Copyright reasons, musical content sometimes has to be...
2025-03-0259 min
Doctor Who: Radio Free SkaroRadio Free Skaro #995 - Simply to AmuseThis week Radio Free Skaro gets POLITICAL (not really) as we interview three-time mayor of Calgary and current Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi as he relates his massive love for one Doctor Who! Join us as we wax nostalgic about KSPS, his fondness for a certain scarf-wearing Doctor, and his take on amongst other things the latest Doctor Who Xmas special! Plus a Gallifrey One update, stats and media analysis, praise of Tubi, classic Canadian TV chatter, and more! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One Update, including 2026 and 2027 date changes RFS Gallifrey One Li...
2025-01-121h 04
Doctor Who: The Sirens of AudioThe Incredible HULKE with Biographer Michael HerbertMichael Herbert is a historian and the writer of the forthcoming biography, "Don't Believe Everything You See" - The Life and Writings of Malcolm Hulke. The book is due to be published by Telos Publishing some time in 2025.
Michael joins us to speak about "Mac's" career including his early television and colaborations, and the importance of his work in Doctor Who on television and in books.
We also take a closer look at Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters audiobook read by Caroline John, during our discussion.
Theme music by Joe Kraemer.
2024-08-221h 18
Cult ConnectionsAdventures in Time and Spain: Invasion of the DinosaursIan and Nathan travel to a deserted London to tackle conspiracy, traitors and feeble monsters. Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974). Written by Malcolm Hulke. Directed by Paddy Russell. Starring Jon Peetwee. Elizabeth Sladen and Noel Johnson
2024-07-3049 min
VISION ON SOUNDVISION ON SOUND EPISODE 193 - TX JUNE 16 2024MICHAEL HERBERT on DOOMWATCH.
First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on June 16th 2024.
This week’s returning guest from our ever growing group of returning regulars is MICHAEL HERBERT who, you might remember from some earlier editions of VISION ON SOUND, has spent a lot of the last few years researching the life of MALCOLM HULKE, which, of course, because everything in the world of television is all interconnected somehow, means that he comes across other things that interest him, and he got in touch to see if I...
2024-06-1659 min
500 Year Diary: A Doctor Who PodcastThe Pertwee I Have in My Head (Spearhead from Space)Saturday 3 January 1970
Spearhead from Space
In the first week of the 1970s, Doctor Who is back, with a new Doctor, a new alien threat, new companions and a new earthbound premise. So what makes it the same show?
Notes and links
Jon Pertwee’s Doctor is well known for regularly going into a coma to heal himself. He does that in this story, in The Dæmons, in Planet of the Daleks, in The Monster of Peladon and in Planet of the Spiders. (I’ve probably left some out.) This phenomenon is so...
2024-04-2154 min
Flight Through Entirety: A Doctor Who PodcastEntering a New Phase (The Power of the Daleks)A big week for beginnings this week, with a new Doctor, a new origin story for the Daleks, and a whole new approach to defeating the bad guys. Oh, and a new podcast to discuss them all on. So let’s welcome Patrick Troughton to the studio floor, as we discuss The Power of the Daleks.
Notes and links
The most recent Blu-ray release of The Power of the Daleks was the Special Edition in 2020, which includes a compilation of all the surviving footage, including material shot on an 8mm film camera pointing at a TV...
2024-04-141h 02500 Year Diary: A Doctor Who PodcastEntering a New Phase (The Power of the Daleks)Saturday 5 November 1966
The Power of the Daleks
A big week for beginnings this week, with a new Doctor, a new origin story for the Daleks, and a whole new approach to defeating the bad guys. Oh, and a new podcast to discuss them all on. So let’s welcome Patrick Troughton to the studio floor, as we discuss The Power of the Daleks.
Notes and links
The most recent Blu-ray release of The Power of the Daleks was the Special Edition in 2020, which includes a compilation of all the surviving footage, in...
2024-04-141h 02
Straight Outta GallifreyA State of Temporal Grace: War Games Part 7 Sara Century of www.saracentury.com and A.J. talk about War Games part 7 by Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke. Let us know your thoughts at prydonian.post@gmail.com
2024-04-0742 min
Straight Outta GallifreyCritical Gallifreyan Theory: War Games Part 6 Sara Century of www.saracentury.com returned to Critical Gallifreyan Theory to discuss part 6 of the War Games by Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke. Share your thoughts with us on X @sogallifrey prydonian.post@gmail.com www.patreon.com/wrightonnetwork.com
2024-04-0137 minDoctor Who: Radio Free SkaroRadio Free Skaro #940 - 2024: The Year We Make ContentIt’s 2024! But there are no new episodes of Doctor Who yet this, at least until May 2024. When in May? The Three Who Rule have thoughts and opinions on this scheduling conundrum, as well as updates on the upcoming Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles, semi-confirmation of the upcoming Sea Devil spinoff The War Between The Land and the Sea, some stats of little to no consequence, and more! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One 2024 Early January Update Doctor Who Magazine 599 Amanda Brotchie (Gentleman Jack) is directing for Season 2 of Doctor Who Amanda Br...
2024-01-0753 min
Straight Outta GallifreyCritical Gallifreyan Theory: War Games 4 #DoctorWho Sara Century and A.J. talk about the 4th installment of War Games by Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke. The discussion turns to the dichotomy of the Science Fiction and Historical aspect of the episode, stellar performances and knarly takes. Please join the discussion at www.thehuntresspodcast.com @sogallifrey on Twitter prydonian.post@gmail.com Bluesky or Threads @Huestone44 www.patreon.com/wrightonnetwork
2023-12-0234 min
Straight Outta GallifreyCritical Gallifreyan Theory: War Games 3 #DoctorWho60 A.J. talks to author of A Small Light & Other Stories, Sara Century, about War Games episode 3 by Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks. Let us know your thoughts about episode 3 and our discussion at prydonian.post@gmail.com, www.thehuntresspodcast.com Blue Sky, Threads or Instagram @Huestone44 www.patreon.com/wrightonnetwork.com
2023-11-231h 04
Straight Outta GallifreyCritical Gallifreyan Theory: War Games episode 2 The Critical Gallifreyan Theory Podcast talks about episode 2 of the War Games. Author/Podcaster Sara Century joins A.J. to discuss her first impressions of the 10 part serial by Terrance Dicks & Malcolm Hulke. Reach Sara Century at www.saracentury.com www.patreon.com/wrightonnetwork TwitterX @sogallifrey prydonian.post@gmail.com
2023-11-1636 min
VISION ON SOUNDVISION ON SOUND EPISODE 156 - TX OCTOBER 01 2023A FOR ANDROMEDA & THE ANDROMEDA BREAKTHROUGH.
First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on October 1st 2023
This week, our resident researcher of some of the earliest examples of television science-fiction, MICHAEL HERBERT returns, this time to talk all about the seven-part 1961 BBC television serial A FOR ANDROMEDA, and its six-part sequel from the following year, THE ANDROMEDA BREAKTHROUGH.
Mostly remembered as being a breakthrough role for JULIE CHRISTIE, and possibly as one of the stepping stones towards the creation of DOCTOR WHO in 1963, all...
2023-10-0159 min
A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcastHamster Book Club - The Doomsday Weapon by Malcolm HulkeThis week Joe is joined by Jason Thompson, Ian Winterton & James Lark for a deep dive discussion about The Doomsday Weapon by Malcolm Hulke. What influences do we detect? Is this the most cynical view of the future? Who's book is this? And what do these fine gentlemen recommend?
2023-09-151h 46
Pull To Open: A Random Doctor Who PodcastRage of Empires (Beguiling “Frontier in Space”)If you have two enormous, powerful entities, sure as hell someone will think it’s a great idea to have them fight. If they’re galactic space empires, so much the better for raising the stakes — at least on paper. But what Frontier in Space is really about is fear: fear of the unknown, the unfamiliar, the notion you might be wrong, and how that fear can lead people (and Draconians) to do terrible things. Oh, it’s also about getting captured repeatedly, and the varying ways one can escape from prison cells, particularly if you happen to have the combi...
2023-06-241h 56Pull To Open: A Random Doctor Who PodcastUltimate Fighting Championship (Disarming “The War Games”)The Doctor tends to find himself thrust in the middle of many battles throughout history, but what if he landed in the middle of all of them? That may well have been the inspiration for The War Games, the epic-length finale of the Patrick Troughton era of Doctor Who. By taking the idea of multiple wars — each a live-action board game played for the amusement of powerful aliens — with the soldiers eventually realizing the deception and resisting, the story puts forward one of the most powerful anti-war messages of the series. To top it off, The War Games concludes with...
2023-05-202h 22
VISION ON SOUNDVISION ON SOUND EPISODE 136 - TX MAY 14 2023 - PATHFINDERS IN SPACEFirst broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on May 14th 2023
It’s long been known, at least in archive television circles anyway, that the charismatic Canadian television pioneering producer SYDNEY CECIL NEWMAN was enticed into working for ABC television in Britain in the late 1950s, and was responsible for such high profile dramas such as ARMCHAIR THRILLER, as well as creating the sixties phenomenon known as THE AVENGERS, before his successes led to him joining the BBC in 1962, which eventually led to the creation of the long-running, and much loved, TV cornerstone that is DOCTOR WHO, although th...
2023-05-1459 min
VISION ON SOUNDVISION ON SOUND EPISODE 126 - TX MARCH 5 2023 - MALCOLM HULKEFirst broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on March 5th 2023
A few weeks ago on VISION ON SOUND we celebrated the life of the television writer TERRANCE DICKS and, in passing, we mentioned his writing colleague and mentor MALCOLM HULKE, who co-wrote several television scripts alongside TERRANCE, including contributions to THE AVENGERS and DOCTOR WHO, as well as writing a quarter of the stories (on television) which featured JON PERTWEE as the Doctor from 1970 to 1974, some of which are arguably amongst the most iconic from that era, when TERRANCE DICKS was working as the Script Editor on...
2023-03-0559 min
Who's He? PodcastDoctor Who: Who's He? Podcast 414 Malcolm HulkeIn this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Malcolm Hulke This episode, Phil is joined by Michael Herbert who has contributed a chapter on Malcolm Hulke to the book Survival TV which is dedicated to science fiction TV of the 1970's. They discuss the various contributions that Malcom Hulke made to not just Doctor Who but TV in general and how long Michael has been a fan of Doctor Who. You can purchase Survival TV from Amazon UK by clicking on the link below: Survival TV Link ...
2023-02-1239 min
Collection Protections – Doctor Who Collectors PodcastEpisode 60: Classic Hardcovers of 1981 with Tony WhittIn 1981 there were 12 new hardcovers published with 9 novels, 2 reference books, and one reprint with a new cover. The writers strike is in full force making new books impossible to publish, but why not a few old titles in hardcover? Join me and my guest Tony Whitt (host of the Dr. Who Target Book Club Podcast) on this part of the adventure in collecting classic hardcovers. I also have a most outrageous offer that even River Song can’t fix! See you there! Keep collecting!
See The Video Interview only on Patreon! ($15 level or above).
Creature From the Pit by David Fis...
2023-02-0100 min
The Doctor Who Collectors’s PodcastEpisode 60: Classic Hardcovers of 1981 with Tony WhittIn 1981 there were 12 new hardcovers published with 9 novels, 2 reference books, and one reprint with a new cover. The writers strike is in full force making new books impossible to publish, but why not a few old titles in hardcover? Join me and my guest Tony Whitt (host of the Dr. Who Target Book Club Podcast) on this part of the adventure in collecting classic hardcovers. I also have a most outrageous offer that even River Song can’t fix! See you there! Keep collecting!
See The Video Interview only on Patreon! ($15 level or above).
Creature From the Pit by David Fis...
2023-02-011h 32Chicago Tardis – Doctor Who Collectors PodcastEpisode 60: Classic Hardcovers of 1981 with Tony WhittIn 1981 there were 12 new hardcovers published with 9 novels, 2 reference books, and one reprint with a new cover. The writers strike is in full force making new books impossible to publish, but why not a few old titles in hardcover? Join me and my guest Tony Whitt (host of the Dr. Who Target Book Club Podcast) on this part of the adventure in collecting classic hardcovers. I also have a most outrageous offer that even River Song can’t fix! See you there! Keep collecting!
See The Video Interview only on Patreon! ($15 level or above).
Creature From the Pit by David Fis...
2023-02-0100 minAlien Entertainment – Doctor Who Collectors PodcastEpisode 60: Classic Hardcovers of 1981 with Tony WhittIn 1981 there were 12 new hardcovers published with 9 novels, 2 reference books, and one reprint with a new cover. The writers strike is in full force making new books impossible to publish, but why not a few old titles in hardcover? Join me and my guest Tony Whitt (host of the Dr. Who Target Book Club Podcast) on this part of the adventure in collecting classic hardcovers. I also have a most outrageous offer that even River Song can’t fix! See you there! Keep collecting!
See The Video Interview only on Patreon! ($15 level or above).
Creature From the Pit by David Fis...
2023-02-0100 minTarget Books – Doctor Who Collectors PodcastEpisode 60: Classic Hardcovers of 1981 with Tony WhittIn 1981 there were 12 new hardcovers published with 9 novels, 2 reference books, and one reprint with a new cover. The writers strike is in full force making new books impossible to publish, but why not a few old titles in hardcover? Join me and my guest Tony Whitt (host of the Dr. Who Target Book Club Podcast) on this part of the adventure in collecting classic hardcovers. I also have a most outrageous offer that even River Song can’t fix! See you there! Keep collecting!
See The Video Interview only on Patreon! ($15 level or above).
Creature From the Pit by David Fis...
2023-02-0100 minFlight Through Entirety: A Doctor Who PodcastIt’s No Arc of Infinity (The Day of the Doctor, Panel 2)The original FTE team has already spent an hour discussing The Day of the Doctor, but it wouldn’t be a fiftieth anniversary celebration without James, Peter and Simon on the couch toasting everyone’s health. There will be cocktails, as we convene just one more time to discuss The Day of the Doctor.
Notes and links
You’ve already had your fair share of notes and links today, so we’re just doing one this episode — the 1976 edition of Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke’s book The Making of Doctor Who, which was the source for T...
2022-11-231h 08
Más Grande Por DentroMás Grande Por Dentro - Extra 02 - Frontier In SpaceEn este episodio extra, Dylan comenta el serial clásico "Frontier in Space", por Malcolm Hulke.
¡Más Grande Por Dentro vuelve el lunes 21 de noviembre con los episodios dedicados a la temporada 3 de la serie moderna!
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Temas de intro y de despedida (distribuidos por whomix):
Derbyshire Back in Town, por Joel Schelfhout
Season 34 Theme, por Gwylock1
2022-11-1827 min
Doctor Who LiteratureEpisode 50 - The War Games (with Ross Aitken, and many special guests)50 episodes of Doctor Who Literature, and this episode releases of the first anniversary of my original trailer for the then-forthcoming podcast, November 6. It's been a fun and rewarding year, we've read some great books and interviewed some great guests. Thanks to all of you who have been along for all or part of this journey.
"The War Games" is surely one of Doctor Who's best -- and most groundbreaking -- TV serials. The novelization by Malcolm Hulke has not quite received perhaps quite so much love, but we try to remedy that over the course of this...
2022-11-062h 18
Doctor Who: Too Hot For TVS3 E3 - Let's Make MagicSend us a textIn this episode Dylan is joined by John Isles of the Tripodscast to discuss more Doctor Who extended universe adventures. First up they look at Malcolm Hulke's novelisation of 'The Sea Devils', then it's NJN's making of Silver Nemesis documentary and finally they review BBV Sontaran audio 'Old Soldiers'. And they answer the questions:What made John hand in his Doctor Who fan card?How did Mike Tucker change Dylan's life?How did Jo Grant lose an IQ point?
2022-10-091h 25
Doctor Who LiteratureEpisode 43 - Death to the Daleks (with Paul Simpson)This week in September 2022 saw the announcement of the title of the next Doctor Who episode ("The Power of the Doctor"), although not the release date. This week also saw "Cobra Kai" Season 5 drop on Netflix, though that's of slightly less importance to fandom.
My guest this week is Paul Simpson (@scifibulletin), who has several terrific stories to tell about the early years of the Target Books publishing office and some amazing details about the early writers (Malcolm Hulke and his graph paper!). Paul is currently managing editor of Sci-Fi Bulletin.
Release information and a...
2022-09-181h 45
Doctor Who: Watchers in the Fourth DimensionEpisode 87: Hot Dino on Dino Action (Invasion of the Dinosaurs)Kklak! It’s the Annual Malcolm Hulke Lizard Extravaganza®, as we bang-a-gong for the children of the revolution as we take on T. Rexes in Invasion of the Dinosaurs! The Doctor and Sarah return to London, only to be confronted by a conspiracy to which almost everyone is involved, and some of Ray Harryhausen’s cast-offs. Ah well, you can’t win ‘em all.
Over the course of the episode, Reilly explains his suspicions on how Spielberg may have approached this as the low water mark for the effects of Jurassic Park, Anthony compares the colour and...
2022-06-191h 00
On the Time Lash129. Doctor Who: Banged Up AbroadSend us a textIn many ways, it's all been building to this. The 12th series of On the Time Lash opens with Mark finally coming face to fist with Eric Saward and Ben getting to call people SPIES.In a packed show, Ben and Mark discuss Ben's stag, the DWAS Capitol event, Spyfall, and Frontier in Space. Not to mention bollock monsters, holding a pillow over an elderly screenwriter, and they struggle to remember what the aliens from Spyfall are actually called.ALSO: An appreciation of Sacha Dhawan and Roger Delgado's Masters...
2022-05-211h 37
Doctor Who LiteratureEpisode 25 - The Space War (with Daniel Knight)BREAKING NEWS! Ncuti Gatwa is the new Doctor Who!! ... but this episode was recorded and edited before the announcement, so join me on Trap One later in the week for a deeper analysis.
Welcome to the 25th episode of Doctor Who Literature -- this week is the 49th anniversary of Target's first Doctor Who book releases, and now we're reading their 25th published novelization, "Doctor Who and the Space War", published in September 1976. My guest this week is Daniel Knight, and we discuss the history of TV production in the US, Star Trek, what makes the definitive...
2022-05-081h 45
Doctor Who LiteratureEpisode 20 - The Dinosaur Invasion (with Lewis Baston)This week Jason is joined by Lewis Baston, author of a forthcoming Obverse Books' Black Archive book on the Doctor Who serial "The Sun Makers", to talk about Malcolm Hulke's February 1976 novelization of "Invasion of the Dinosaurs"... but, fear not, we get plenty of talk in about "The Sun Makers", too.
Later on, Jason breaks down all the ways, plot-wise and dialogue-wise, and tone-wise, how the novelization differs so greatly from the TV serial.
Along the way, we also discuss Von Daniken, play a game of 20 Questions, and give a look at the new trailer...
2022-04-031h 36
Doctor Who LiteratureEpisode 15 - The Green Death (with Hannah Long)Welcome to a special recorded-at-Gallifrey-One-in-Los-Angeles edition of Doctor Who Literature. While Jason the Brooklyn boy is somewhat out of his element in this big big city, he's joined long-distance by a fellow Brooklynite to discuss Malcolm Hulke's glorious August 1975 paean to the common man and laborer.
The first half of the book features Jason's breakdown of the text of the book, adapted from a three-part blog post originally published in February 2017.
The second half sees Hannah Long, a freelance writer and commentator, discuss "Doctor Who and the Green Death" from a different perspective to Jason's...
2022-02-201h 45
Around The ConsoleThe Sea Devils ReviewOn this episode we are reviewing The Sea Devils starring Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning and Roger Delgado.
"The Doctor and Jo visit the Master in his high-security prison on an island off the south coast of England. The governor, Colonel Trenchard, says ships have been disappearing mysteriously at sea. The Doctor discovers that Trenchard and the Master are in league to contact the Sea Devils, a race of reptiles in hibernation in a base beneath the sea, who have been awoken by recent work on a nearby sea fort. The Master intends to use his new allies to help him...
2022-02-0248 min
Doctor Who LiteratureEpisode 9 - The Sea-Devils (with Frazer Gregory)It's October 1974, and Malcolm Hulke's third novelization of the year. He'll never have another year this prolific, but what a trilogy of books he's left us. Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils is the shortest of the bunch, but don't let the length fool you; there's some terrific material here in terms of character insights and observational humor. Even if there aren't too many actual Sea-Devils.
In the first half of the episode, I break down Hulke's writing style in the book, and catalogue the many changes from screen to book.
In the second half, I'm...
2022-01-091h 46
Doctor Who LiteratureEpisode 7 - Day of the Daleks (with Tony Whitt)March 1974 saw two Target novelization releases; Episode 6 covered one of those, Malcolm Hulke's Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon. This week we jump back in time from the 30th century to the 22nd and take a long look at Terrance Dicks' Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks. A remarkable book, one of Terrance's longest, this expands greatly on the troubled TV production, adding a prologue and epilogue not seen on TV, and giving us Terrance with some of his most evocative prose ever.
The first half of the episode features Jason's trademark deep dive into...
2021-12-261h 19
Doctor Who LiteratureEpisode 6 - The Doomsday Weapon (with Mark from Trap One)It's March 1974, and the third and fourth Target novelizations of Doctor Who episodes are released in the same month. Once again, the double release features one Malcolm Hulke book and one Terrance Dicks book. This week we're discussing the Hulke entry, the novelization of 1971's "Colony in Space".
In the first half of the episode, we'll break down this long and remarkable book. In the second half, we're joined by Mark (@QuarkMcMalus) from the Trap One Podcast (@trapone_), for a wide-ranging discussion about the book, and a few related topics.
Living on a hostile alien...
2021-12-191h 42
Doctor Who LiteratureEpisode 5 - The Cave Monsters (With Stacey Smith?)For the first time, Jason is joined by a guest, prolific Doctor Who non-fiction writer, longtime fan, epidemiologist, and a former profile subject on Morgan Freeman's "Through The Wormhole", the inimitable Stacey Smith? (the questionmark is part of her name).
In the first part of the episode, Jason goes in-depth on the text, prose, and themes of The Cave Monsters. Then, as Stacey joins in, together, we discuss and debate Malcolm Hulke's first novelization, "Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters". Stacey previous wrote about the parent TV story for the Black Archive series, which she and I...
2021-12-121h 27
Friends Forcing Friends (To Watch Stuff)[E67] Gamb Forces Deer To Watch And Enjoy Doctor Who: Frontier In SpaceThe 70s crew want to do their own massive epic in the style of The Daleks' Master Plan to flex their skills. Can they pull it off? Who are the Draconians and why are they at ends with humanity? Is war inevitable? Malcolm Hulke will tell us!Follow the podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FriendWatchPodPatreon where you can find commentary tracks, notes, early access to next week's Doctor Who episode! https://www.patreon.com/gamblord Get bonus content on Patreon Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-06-1047 min
Friends Forcing Friends (To Watch Stuff)[E63] Gamb Forces Deer To Watch And Enjoy Doctor Who: The MutantsHope you like 70s stories about racism with allegories to South African apartheid and US segregation! Surprisingly this ISN'T written by Malcolm Hulke! The Mutants. Jo and the Doctor are tasked by the timelords to be UPS delivery drivers.Follow the podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FriendWatchPodPatreon where you can find commentary tracks, notes, early access to next week's Doctor Who episode! https://www.patreon.com/gamblord Get bonus content on Patreon Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-05-1350 min
Doctor Who: Five Years RapidInvasion of the DinosaursOur final Malcolm Hulke story is an oft-maligned but undeservedly so. "Invasion of the Dinosaurs" has intrigue, politics, weird sci-fi ideals, Sarah Jane being absolutely awesome, a dramatic turn for Mike Yates, and the Doctor's best jacket. Yes, and some cruddy looking dinosaur puppets too. What're you gonna do?
2021-05-071h 19
Friends Forcing Friends (To Watch Stuff)[E62] Gamb Forces Deer To Watch And Enjoy Doctor Who: The Sea DevilsWhat's this? Not only The Master, but Silurians, AND Malcolm Hulke? The Sea Devils has it all!Follow the podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FriendWatchPodPatreon where you can find commentary tracks, notes, early access to next week's Doctor Who episode! https://www.patreon.com/gamblord Get bonus content on Patreon Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-05-0648 min
Very British FuturesVery British Futures - Pathfinders in SpaceAt the beginning of the space age, a plucky band of scientists and children launch into adventures on the Moon, Mars and Venus. They are - Pathfinders in Space!
UK television has created some of most influential, imaginative and scary science fiction in the medium's short history. Take a journey into some of the lesser known regions with Very British Futures.
We begin with the ABC 1961-62 teatime drama series created by Sydney Newman, the television pioneer who would later devise Doctor Who for the BBC. What is the secret of Gerald Flood's acting? How...
2021-04-081h 03
Friends Forcing Friends (To Watch Stuff)[E58] Gamb Forces Deer To Watch And Enjoy Doctor Who: Colony In SpaceWelcome to the Colony in Space where there's no left wing messaging at all-- OH NO IT'S WRITTEN BY MALCOLM HULKE THERE'S ANTI-CAPITALIST MESSAGING EVERYWHERE OH NO MEGA CORPORATIONS ARE EVIL.Follow Deer on twitter: https://twitter.com/DeerBits_Follow Gamb on twitter: https://twitter.com/DrewGamblordPatreon where you can find commentary tracks, notes, early access to next week's Doctor Who episode! https://www.patreon.com/gamblord Get bonus content on Patreon Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-04-0839 min
BacklistedLocklisted: Children's Books Special, Part OneThis Locklisted special on children's books was recorded in August 2020 and was previously available exclusively to supporters of our Patreon at patreon.com/backlisted. Join us on a journey through time and space as John, Andy and producer Nicky discuss the books they loved as children. The discussion covers the importance of libraries, the Proustian aroma of parquet flooring, the challenges of the display spinner, the significance of the Puffin Club, the utility of book tokens and the joys of early audio books. The books mentioned make for an eclectic mix and include Emil and the Detectives by Erich Käs...
2021-01-1158 min
Doctor Who: Radio Free SkaroRadio Free Skaro #749 - A Flock of PangolsHotelmageddon! Yes, even in this time of the Swarm, the love for Doctor Who and celebration of said televisual program continues unabated as we all hope to see each other at Gallifrey One in February 2021 at the LAX Marriott, the room block for which is now sold out. In the meantime, there’s a great panel with three Doctors Who and friend of the show Riley Silverman, plus the usual Big Finish, Doctor Who Magazine and whatnot, plus a new discussion about noted communist agitator Malcolm Hulke! And if that isn’t enough proletariat agitprop, we have the second half...
2020-06-2800 min
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 71: THE DINOSAUR INVASIONEPISODE 71: THE DINOSAUR INVASION
Warning: Political Content Ahead! In other words, no different from our other episodes - except in addition to our usual gang of Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes, we are joined by Trey Korte to discuss one of the most overtly political novels in the Target range, Malcolm Hulke’s THE DINOSAUR INVASION. If we don’t offend at least one person on BOTH sides of the political divide with this one, we haven’t been doing our jobs properly. And speaking of which, though it shouldn’t even have to be said: BLACK LIVES MATTER...
2020-06-141h 35
Beermat ProductionsDR. WHO - JOURNEY INTO TIMEJourney into Time was the first episode of a Doctor Who Radio series written by Malcolm Hulke from Stanmark Productions that was actually recorded in 1966 but then the tapes have been sadly lost. The Doctor was played by the late Peter Cushing but nobody knows who played the other actors and it’s anyone’s guess as to what it originally sounded like…. So, Bandril Productions have recreated this lost half hour radio classic.
Voiceover announcer played by Jim Moon
Dr. Who played by Jim Moon
Susan played by Tegan Harris
Teacher (Miss Jennings) played...
2020-05-1725 min
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 68: THE GREEN DEATHThe environment is in peril, there’s a food crisis, and a megalomaniac emerges from a corporation to try to take over the world? The only difference between this story and the world of 2020 is we don’t have giant maggots – yet! But we do have our three-person panel of Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes to discuss Malcolm Hulke’s novelization of the tenth season finale!
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of the D...
2020-04-261h 49
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 66: THE SPACE WARWhat’s worse than a sitting President not listening to the truth about a pandemic? A sitting President not listening to the truth about an impending interstellar conflict. (That, and a whole lot of running around. I mean, SO much running around. ENDLESS running around.) All that, and tons of background hum, is what you’ll get from our discussion of Malcolm Hulke’s novelization of the story FRONTIER IN SPACE, THE SPACE WAR, brought to you by your socially distant friends on Zoom, Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes!
If you like what you hear, please check our Patreo...
2020-03-311h 24
Doctor Who: Fifty Years AgoEpisode 6: (Doctor Who) and the Silurians Episode 2: Full of Character and Noise<span style="color: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87); font-family: "roboto" , "noto" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ben, Luke and Nick attempt to explain how good Malcolm Hulke's characterisation and Carey Blyton's music is in this episode of Doctor Who by critiquing the characters and becoming the music itself.</span><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DoctorWhoFiftyYearsAgo/~4/NJIMbyTZXDY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>
2020-02-0738 min
Doctor Who: Five Years RapidThe Ambassadors of DeathThis month, Joy and Kyle get spacey. For the Third Doctor's first foray into the stars (though not in the TARDIS), we've got "The Ambassadors of Death," a pretty stellar (ha) story that has Malcolm Hulke's funk all over it. Plus Liz Shaw looking pretty dark Daphne-from-Scooby-Doo-ish. If you'd like to help out #WhoForSchools, please visit the website here!
2019-11-011h 17
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 61: THE SEA-DEVILSPizza, cocaine, sushi, and petty theft – one of these things doesn’t belong, right? And yet somehow they ALL come up, as Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes discuss Malcolm Hulke’s novelization of his own script for THE SEA-DEVILS (hyphen optional).
If you’d like to hear more of this sort of quality content, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of the DOCTOR WHO novelizations, you'll be able to choose a gift, whether it be a shout-out by our pane...
2019-10-131h 23
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 57: THE DOOMSDAY WEAPON w/Jason A. MillerDystopiana, robber barons, pet coke, and Tinder – what do they all have in common? Somehow this week, our panel (Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes, joined by special guest Jason A. Miller) manages to link them all together and more, during our discussion of Malcolm Hulke’s novelization of THE DOOMSDAY WEAPON. Consider it the perfect way to lift your spirits now that your IMC-chosen wife has left you!
If you’d like to hear more of this sort of quality content, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to suppor...
2019-08-111h 28Doctor Who: Radio Free SkaroRadio Free Skaro #691 – The Reminder RoomDinosaurs! Yes, the CSO sock puppets are back in part two of our Classic Series Commentary of the 1974 story “Invasion of the Dinosaurs”, so join us for Malcolm Hulke’s cutting social commentary, UNIT shooting at things that aren’t there, time being scooped, and more! Plus news from Big Finish, Target-adjacent shenanigans, and the return to theatres of…”The End of Time”?! You do you, Doctor Who. Links: – Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon! – Gallifrey One 2020 tickets still on sale – Doctor Who Magazine 539 released – More “lost” Classic Who stories produced by Big Finish – Peter H...
2019-06-0200 min
Doctor Who Target FilesEpisode 94 Doctor Who & The Cave Monsters ReviewEpisode 94 Doctor Who & The Cave Monsters Review
Lee & Mike discuss a novelisation by Malcolm Hulke for the first time on the Doctor Who Target Files podcast.
It's the 1974 adaptation of the Doctor's first encounter with the Silurians, with the title of Cave Monsters for his novelisation of the 1970 tv story. Our duo also give their thoughts on the Audiobook release, performed by the late actress who played Liz Shaw, Caroline John. We also give our thoughts on other media we have consumed, including the penultimate ever episode of Game Of Thrones and Lucifer Season 4
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2019-05-1500 min
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 51B: THE CAVE MONSTERS - SEMI-NOVICE EDITIONLast time we asked the experts what they thought of Malcolm Hulke’s THE CAVE MONSTERS, and this time our regular panelists Alyson Fitch-Safreed and Dalton Hughes are joined (and hosted) by special guest panelist Jenny Ingersoll to give us their semi-novice opinion…and wow, are they ever different! Also, Jenny tells us what potholing really is – which is worth the entire episode, in our opinion. Hint: NSFW.
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2019-04-281h 28
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 51A: THE CAVE MONSTERS-EXPERT EDITION w/John Peel and Dr. Arnold T. BlumbergSome writers are so good that they have other writers as fans, which is why Target novelist John Peel specifically requested to come on the show to talk about Malcolm Hulke and THE CAVE MONSTERS. (Y’know, those creatures the continuity geeks call “Silurians”?) We’re also joined by fellow podcaster Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg, host of DOCTOR OF THE DEAD, as we try to reproduce the energy we would have had if we’d done the episode live at (Re)Generation WHO 5 as planned. (And I think we succeed!) The novice panel gets their say on the book next time!
If y...
2019-04-141h 09
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 49: THE WAR GAMES w/J.G. McQuarrie of the TALKING WHO TO YOU podcastNOTE: A corrected version of this episode was uploaded at 1:30am CST on Monday, March 11. If you didn't like it the first time because of all those echoes, try it again, won't you? Thank you!
It’s the end of the Troughton era, and the moment has been prepared for, with a special extra large panel to deal with the novelization of the extra long story THE WAR GAMES! (You were expecting a Dicks joke? Too bad, because it’s a Malcolm Hulke novelization. We’ll get one for you next time.) Come join our regular panelists Alyson Fitch-Safreed and Dalton...
2019-03-101h 41
Straight Outta GallifreyEpisode 2 Revisited: The War Games Happy Christmas. The War is over if you want it. Straight Outta Gallifrey is revisiting The War Games by Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks. Joe Dredd and Ashford discuss the epic ten part story with an assist from Robin Hood enthusiast, Allen over at www.Boldoutlaw.com
2018-12-221h 14
Trust Your DoctorEpisode 50: Dalek-flavored Toothpaste Ft. Sgt. Draino (Orbit)Coming soon to a merchandise store near you!
It’s a good thing we were joined by Sgt. Draino this week, so that we can decide which one of us to throw out of the airlock to make sure that this podcast makes it out of orbit. That’s right, we’re recording the final episode in space which means we have to drop one of three people. Who’s it gonna be? It’s Orbit, written by Robert Holmes and aired on December 7, 1981.
Show-notes:
15:10 Malcolm Hulke actually did write for The Avengers. IMDB lists whic...
2018-12-111h 20Decorative VegetableEpisode 50: Dalek-flavored Toothpaste Ft. Sgt. Draino (Orbit)Coming soon to a merchandise store near you!
It’s a good thing we were joined by Sgt. Draino this week, so that we can decide which one of us to throw out of the airlock to make sure that this podcast makes it out of orbit. That’s right, we’re recording the final episode in space which means we have to drop one of three people. Who’s it gonna be? It’s Orbit, written by Robert Holmes and aired on December 7, 1981.
Show-notes:
15:10 Malcolm Hulke actually did write for The Avengers. IMDB lists whic...
2018-12-111h 20
Zenith: A Blake's 7 PodcastEpisode 50: Dalek-flavored Toothpaste Ft. Sgt. Draino (Orbit)Coming soon to a merchandise store near you!
It’s a good thing we were joined by Sgt. Draino this week, so that we can decide which one of us to throw out of the airlock to make sure that this podcast makes it out of orbit. That’s right, we’re recording the final episode in space which means we have to drop one of three people. Who’s it gonna be? It’s Orbit, written by Robert Holmes and aired on December 7, 1981.
Show-notes:
15:10 Malcolm Hulke actually did write for The Avengers. IMDB lists whic...
2018-12-111h 20Trust Your Doctor216: The Most Productive 12 Minutes in Human History (The Hungry Earth & Cold Blood)Da da da da, da da da…. That was supposed to be the A-Team.
Hey look we’re bringing back the Silurians. You all know the Silurians right? They appeared a whole two times! Which is actually less than Sabalom Glitz. And when you really think about that, you have to ask yourself, why are we bringing them back? It’s Hungry Earth & Cold Blood, written by Chris Chibnall and aired on May 22 and 29, 2010.
Show-notes:
4:42 The Kola Superdeep Borehole is over 7 miles deep but only 9 inches across.
12:42 I would hate to be a Predat...
2018-09-091h 06Decorative Vegetable216: The Most Productive 12 Minutes in Human History (The Hungry Earth & Cold Blood)Da da da da, da da da…. That was supposed to be the A-Team.
Hey look we’re bringing back the Silurians. You all know the Silurians right? They appeared a whole two times! Which is actually less than Sabalom Glitz. And when you really think about that, you have to ask yourself, why are we bringing them back? It’s Hungry Earth & Cold Blood, written by Chris Chibnall and aired on May 22 and 29, 2010.
Show-notes:
4:42 The Kola Superdeep Borehole is over 7 miles deep but only 9 inches across.
12:42 I would hate to be a Predat...
2018-09-091h 06Trust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast216: The Most Productive 12 Minutes in Human History (The Hungry Earth & Cold Blood)Da da da da, da da da…. That was supposed to be the A-Team.
Hey look we’re bringing back the Silurians. You all know the Silurians right? They appeared a whole two times! Which is actually less than Sabalom Glitz. And when you really think about that, you have to ask yourself, why are we bringing them back? It’s Hungry Earth & Cold Blood, written by Chris Chibnall and aired on May 22 and 29, 2010.
Show-notes:
4:42 The Kola Superdeep Borehole is over 7 miles deep but only 9 inches across.
12:42 I would hate to be a Predat...
2018-09-091h 06
On the Time Lash60. A Depraved Nicholas LyndhurstSend us a textFree tickets for On the Time Lash LIVE are available from tinyurl.com/OTTLLIVEBen and Mark discuss evil doubles as they reach The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People and pair it up with Enemy of the World. Along the way they discuss pregnancy horror, David Cronenberg, Malcolm Hulke, Donald Trump, Brexit, fictional Mexicans and rapey Captain Kirk. ALSO: Ben sings, Mark rounds up some of the most insane responses to the lack of a S11 trailer, Ben admits to a criminal act and nobody mentions Miami Twice. Support the showFollow...
2018-06-301h 39Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro#629 – Red HulkeWelcome to April! Which means we’re now only about six months until Jodie Whittaker’s debut as the new Doctor Who! Until then, we’ve got #Whoagainstguns final tallies, some sneaky hints from Philip Morris about “The Web of Fear” Part 3, Hugo nominations for Verity! and Doctor Who “Twice Upon a Time”, and a deep dive into Malcolm Hulke’s left wing leanings with “Doctor Who and the Communist” author Michael Herbert in part three of our Malcolm Hulke Miniscope! Ypa, comrades! Links: – Gallifrey One 2019 tickets go on sale April 14, 12:00pm PDT – #WhoAgainstGuns campaign ends – #W...
2018-04-0100 minDoctor Who: Radio Free SkaroHulke Smash!A cranky Chris (Eccleston), a snippet of Steven (Moffat) and a serendipitous Series 11 opening sequence concept are all in the news this week, but let’s be honest, you’re here for the trenchant insights of one Kyle Anderson of Doctor Who: The Writer’s Room podcast and Nerdist fame (and, we suppose, the Three Who Rule’s meagre offerings) as we delve into the second of our three-part Malcolm Hulke Miniscope with a look at “Colony in Space”, “The Sea Devils”, “Frontier in Space”, and “Invasion of the Dinosaurs”! Links: – #WhoAgainstGuns – Eccleston speaks out about his time on Doctor...
2018-03-2500 minDoctor Who: Radio Free SkaroThe Incredible HulkeIt’s another pre-October week of hints and dribbles of Doctor Who news, including loose-lipped thespian Alan Cumming revealing he has a role in Series 11, audio and Target news, Tom Baker Blu-Ray excitement, and more. All mere preamble to the first part of our Malcolm Hulke Miniscope, featuring Nerdist scribbler and noted cineaste Kyle Anderson to help us look at “The Faceless Ones”, “The War Games”, “Doctor Who and the Silurians” and “The Ambassadors…of Death”! Links: – #WhoAgainstGuns – Alan Cumming in Series 11 – Doctor Who audio recordings archived – Final covers for new Target books – Tom Baker Seas...
2018-03-1800 minStraight Outta GallifreyEpisode 3: Doctor Who and the Silurians Straight Outta Gallifrey: A State of Temporal Grace episode 3 features Doctor Who and the Silurians, which is a Malcolm Hulke story. Diane of the Helena Wayne Blog and Jordan the Librarian join Ashford to discuss this Doctor Who story featuring Doctor Liz Shaw played by Caroline John! Special tribute to the late Peter Miles who passed away as we were producing this episode. A song called Can't We Be Friends performed by him and Dusty Springfield are played at the beginning of this podcast. What a great lost. We will miss him. We also h...
2018-03-131h 01
Hark! The 87th Precinct PodcastEd McBain s Give The Boys A Great Big Hand Episode 11 Bonus The Incredible Malcolm Hulke**Hark! It's an 87th Precinct Bonus Episode!**
And what a bonus episode it is! After discussing our copies of the 87th Precinct book, with Paul demonstrating his inability to grasp the relative costs of pre-decimal currency, we get down to some important business.
Imagine a world where Roger Moore appears as himself in a children's crime-fighting story-book written by Doctor Who writer Malcolm Hulke, all set in or around an African Embassy and the BBC in 1977... now, STOP IMAGINING and listen to our reactions as we discuss "The Siege" - the first entry in the Roger Moore and The Crimefighters...
2017-12-1225 minStraight Outta Gallifrey#12 Frontier in Space Yo.mp3Ashford and Josh are back to discuss a Malcolm Hulke story, Frontier in Space. The boys are kind of sad, for this is the last Roger Delgado story on their list of Doctor Who sagas featuring Time Lords other than the Doctor. Yes, the Master is up to no good once again.
Ashford will also discuss the second Big Finish Gallifrey story, Square One.
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2016-04-1900 minStraight Outta GallifreyColony In Space.mp3Josh and Ashford discuss the exiting of Steven Moffat, the temptation of the Doctor, and how it would really work out if humans colonized other worlds. Join us as the duo discuss Malcolm Hulke's story, Colony in Space.
2016-01-3000 minTrust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast74: That’s Making Life Take the Lemons Back (Invasion of the Dinosaurs)And then it’s making life not exist anymore!
This week Kiyan and Dylan dive into Malcolm Hulke’s final serial, Invasion of the Dinosaurs. To their pleasant surprise, this weeks serial featured quite a fair bit of character development for the UNIT crew, with Benton, Yates, and The Brig all getting some time in the spotlight. Invasion of the Dinosaurs was aired in January and February of 1974.
By the way, the reference no one would get was to Shrek the Musical. You’re welcome.
Here’s a link to the first volume of that...
2015-06-211h 09Flight Through Entirety: A Doctor Who PodcastQuentin Crisp Duck Face (Robot)We have a new Doctor, and a new release schedule. In the first weekly episode of Flight Through Entirety, Brendan, Nathan, Richard and Todd, the sort of girls who give motorcars pet names, discuss Tom Baker’s first ever Doctor Who story, Robot. Please do not resist. We do not wish to cause you unnecessary pain.
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Robot was released on DVD in 2007. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK)
Terrance Dicks’s novelisation, Doctor Who and the Giant Robot, is available as an audiobook, read by Tom Baker. (Audible US) (Audible UK)
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2015-06-2034 minTrust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast70: It’s Just A Bunch of Schizophrenics (Frontier in Space)Wait. Did you hear that? It’s telling us that the government knows.
This week Kiyan and Dylan stumbled their way through this weeks serial. Did Kiyan mention that he couldn’t think? Well, you know now. The serial covered this week was Frontier in Space, written by Malcolm Hulke and aired in February and March of 1973.
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2015-05-241h 20
Kasterborous Classic TV: Exploring Doctor Who & Classic Sci-FiPodKast: Terrance Dicks Discusses Doctor Who Writer Malcolm Hulke (Part 2)We've brought you a lot of features recently about one-time communist Malcolm Hulke, the classic #DoctorWho scriptwriter whose career was the subject of a pamphlet, 'Doctor Who and the Communist', and an event, "An Afternoon with Terrance Dicks". Well, this is the last portion. The podKast team takes a break this week so that you can listen to Gareth Kavanagh (occasional podKast guest, spiritual co-host and 'Vworp Vworp!' editor) interview the great Uncle Terrance about his friend and colleague Malcolm Hulke.Without Hulke, Terrance would never have been Doctor Who scriptwriter, then editor, then novelist. He...
2015-05-121h 04Trust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast65: Hard Work and Motivation are Never a Good Thing (The Sea Devils)Seriously, this show has no hard work ever, making it a good idea!
This week Kiyan and Dylan finally succeed in integrating all their discussions into the summary of the serial, rather than just shoving it to the end, as usual. Thank goodness for Malcolm Hulke, his amazing penmanship skills, and his serial, The Sea Devils, which aired between the 26th of February and the 1st of April, 1972.
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2015-04-191h 13Trust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast61: The Doctor Riding a Motorcycle Off a Building (Colony in Space)This title is actually in no way related to the serial at all.
This week Kiyan and Dylan watched Colony in Space. As usual when presented with a mediocre serial, they end up taking a few tangents throughout the whole episode, seemingly with no regard for sticking to explaining the actual serial. Colony in Space was written by Malcolm Hulke and it aired in April and May of 1971.
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2015-03-221h 03Trust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast56: Cardboard Cutout of Hartnell (The Ambassadors of Death)Plot twist: The First Doctor returns! (Just kidding!)
This week Kiyan and Dylan investigate The Ambassadors of Death, which featured hilariously overpowered villains. Also, they take a dive into the themes of Malcolm Hulke, including xenophobia and socialism! And they discuss the Doctor’s characterizations and the start of the reboot! The Ambassadors of Death was credited to David Whitaker, although it was actually mostly written by Trevor Ray for episode 1 and Malcolm Hulke for episodes 2-7. It aired in March and May of 1970.
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2015-02-1559 minTrust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast55: Divergent Species. Line. Thing. (Doctor Who and the Silurians)Divergence is actually a pretty fun word to say.
This week Kiyan and Dylan encounter what is probably the darkest ending so far in Doctor Who and the Silurians. It was written by Malcolm Hulke (co-writer of The War Games) and it aired in January through March of 1970.
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2015-02-0852 minTrust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast53: It’s the Time Lords, Messing With Our Brains! (The War Games 6-10)If I could recognizably type out the rhythm to a sad song, I would.
[This is a Video Episode!]
This week Kiyan and Dylan finish up The War Games, and then take a teary eyed look back at the Second Doctor, and his companions Jamie and Zoe. The War Games was written by Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks and the second half aired in April and June of 1969.
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2015-01-251h 53Trust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast52: History: When Did it Happen? (The War Games 1-5)By my calculations, it happened tomorrow.
Kiyan and Dylan this week explored the first 5 episodes of Troughton’s swan song, The War Games. It was written by Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke. The first 5 episodes aired between April and May of 1969.
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2015-01-181h 24
Get Off My World!Episode 3: Ape Pesticide
In Episode 3: Ape Pesticide, the boys discuss Kelvin’s introduction to Doctor Who – the Third Doctor story Doctor Who and The Silurians, chat about their favorite two part Doctor Who serial, and settle the age old debate: Which is the best Doctor Who Western of all time – The Gunfighters or A Town Called Mercy? Oh, and just to class up the joint, Pat reads his first ever Doctor Who inspired poem!*
As always, if you enjoy this episode, let us know! Email us, write a review on iTunes or like us on Facebook!
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2014-12-011h 02Trust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast36: Time Lords are Grown in Petri Dishes (The Faceless Ones)There is a lot of content and things in this episode.
This week Kiyan and Dylan discuss The Faceless Ones, written by David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke. It aired in April and May of 1967. This episode also features our first email in 5 months, as well as a short mention of the new title theme!
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2014-09-281h 06
Drunken Time Travel7.03 The Ambassadors Of DeathThird Doctor, The Brigadier, and Liz
This week you can find out vaguely how fast something can maybe do something and discover our plans for the world's first Russian Delivery Service. Also Doctor Who,
"Something has gone seriously wrong with Mars Probe 7. With no contact from the astronauts since the rocket started its return journey from Mars, Space Control is now extremely worried about the fate of the crew. A rescue mission recovers something – but whatever it is, it certainly isn’t Human. To find out what has happened to the astronauts, The Doctor must head into space with...
2014-09-0437 min
Drunken Time Travel4.08 The Faceless Ones
This week, find out what aliens get up to when they're not being evil and where kebabs come from really as we talk about one of the best Second Doctor epistories so far.
Second Doctor, Polly, Ben, and Jamie
The TARDIS makes a hazardous return to contemporary Earth - materialising at Gatwick Airport in the path of an oncoming aeroplane! The travellers split up in order to evade airport security, but in doing so they become embroiled in a plot to steal the personalities of young Human Beings.
The Chameleons: faceless aliens who have l...
2013-06-2049 min
The Doctor Who PodcastInterviews with Malcolm Hulke and Terrance DicksTwo hundred! Two hundred episodes of THE Doctor Who podcast! One hundred and ninety-nine episodes since that review of The Eleventh Hour all the way back in 2010! Woo-hoo!
How then, should we celebrate such a landmark? What would be appropriate?! Hmmm. We at The DWP thought long and hard on this. There could be so many ways to celebrate this historic occasion and say thank you to our devoted listeners. We came up with a couple of ideas:
humming the Doctor Who theme for five straight hours
reviewing Delta and the Bannermen and Unicorn and the Wasp w...
2013-04-1757 minThe Doctor Who PodcastInterviews with Malcolm Hulke and Terrance DicksTwo hundred! Two hundred episodes of THE Doctor Who podcast! One hundred and ninety-nine episodes since that review of The Eleventh Hour all the way back in 2010! Woo-hoo!
How then, should we celebrate such a landmark? What would be appropriate?! Hmmm. We at The DWP thought long and hard on this. There could be so many ways to celebrate this historic occasion and say thank you to our devoted listeners. We came up with a couple of ideas:
humming the Doctor Who theme for five straight hours
reviewing Delta and the Bannermen and Unicorn and the Wasp w...
2013-04-1757 min