Synopsis
The Top Rated Doctor Who Podcast. One fan, One mic and an opinion. What more does anyone need? Daleks, TARDIS, Cybermen, Sontarans, Ood, Classic Series. Home of Whostrology and the Big Finish Retrospective.
Episodes
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TDP 1318: For Your Consideration Episode 10 - Howl's Moving Castle
15/10/2024 Duration: 45minContinuing the animated theme from last month, Michael’s pick is Howl’s Moving Castle. T-shirts can be found here – Follow us on twitter Like us on Review us on Email the show –
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TDP 1304: God Wants You To Be An Atheist - Chapter 4
14/10/2024 Duration: 07minGod Wants You To Be An Atheist - Chapter 4 free audio book
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TDP 1317: Torchwood 88 from @Bigfinish Widdershins by Guy Adams
09/10/2024 Duration: 08minThis title was released in October 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 December 2024, and on general sale after this date. One night long ago, Iain tried to raise the Devil. He walked the wrong way round an ancient stone in the village graveyard. He didn't think anything would happen, not really. But something did. Something far worse than the Devil came to Llandyth. And now, many years later, Iain's trying to work out what really happened that night. Did Torchwood ruin his life?
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TDP 1303: God Wants You To Be An Atheist - Chapter 3
08/10/2024 Duration: 14minGod Wants You To Be An Atheist - Chapter 3 Physical version avaliable from amazon - world wide
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TDP 1316: #DoctorWho The Last Day Part 2 from #Bigfinish review
02/10/2024 Duration: 07minTDP 1316: #DoctorWho The Last Day Part 2 from #Bigfinish review There is always injustice to fight. There is always a new danger for the universe. But what if the Doctor found a way to put things right, once and for all? Would it really be so terrible to take a stand? Would the end justify the means? And would his friends agree? The Seventh Doctor's last day is coming... This release will have a limited CD pressing of 1500 copies. This release includes a bonus audiobook: Fond Memories by Alison Lawson.
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TDP 1302: God Wants You To Be An Atheist Chapter Two - Why would God want you to give up on them?
01/10/2024 Duration: 08minChapter Two - Why would God want you to gve up on them? book avaliable world wide on amazon just search the title God Wants YOU to be an Atheist by Milnrow Shaw
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TDP 1315: #Torchwood 87: The Hollow Choir - REVIEW (Trigger warning contains me singing)
27/09/2024 Duration: 08minTDP 1315: #Torchwood 87: The Hollow Choir - REVIEW (Trigger warning contains me singing) This title was released in September 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 30 November 2024, and on general sale after this date. There's always been something in the caves. Over the years people have gone in and not come out. But that was a long time ago. They've been sealed for the best part of a century. Eight hours ago, something changed. Three students somehow found their way in. Now time's running out to rescue them. Their one hope is a man called Rhys Williams. Because somehow, he has a map.
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God Wants You To Be An Atheist Intro and Chapter 1 FREE AUDIO BOOK
24/09/2024 Duration: 07minGod Wants You To Be An Atheist Intro and Chapter 1 FREE AUDIO BOOK UK LINK USA LINK
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TDP 1294: Worlds of #DoctorWho #Bigfinish Review Susan's War 2 family Ties
20/09/2024 Duration: 12minThis title was released in August 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 October 2024, and on general sale after this date. No Gallifreyan was safe from the Time War. While the Doctor resisted the call, his granddaughter Susan did her duty and signed up to fight the growing Dalek threat. 2.1 The Lost Son by Sarah Cassidy Still reeling from meeting her Grandfather back on Earth, Susan is assigned to assist a mother in search of her son. Priestess Vesselina is the new ruler of her world, and someone Gallifrey is keen to recruit as an ally. But strange forces are at work on Materos, and Susan's empathy becomes a weapon to be used against her... 2.2 The Golden Child by Peter Anghelides A key ally to Gallifrey has winked out of existence. When Susan investigates the disappearance of this gifted politician and strategist, she finds someone else is also interested in the changed timeline. The interloper is her grandfather. But this version of the Doctor is from the future
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TDP 1294: #DoctorWho - The Lost Stories 8.1. Doctor Who: Deathworld
17/09/2024 Duration: 10minThe Doctor was dead, to begin with. Killed alongside his beloved Jo Grant in an explosion in the UNIT labs. But Time Lords are notoriously hard to kill. Because with UNIT under siege, the Brigadier is rescued by two familiar faces... the Doctor he first encountered, fighting the Yeti, and Jamie McCrimmon. With yet one more waiting in the wings. They are all pawns in a deadly game of chess played by a being more powerful than any they’ve ever encountered before. And when you battle Death himself... can anyone even win? Adapted from the original treatment by Bob Baker and Dave Martin for what later became the TV episode The Three Doctors. **This title is strictly limited to 2,000 copies** Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart © Haisman & Lincoln and used under licence. With thanks to Hannah Haisman and Candy Jar.
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TDP 1290: #DoctorWho - The Novel Adaptations 12: Goth Opera REVIEW
14/09/2024 Duration: 09minManchester, 1993. The Time Lady Ruath, an old friend of the Doctor's, arrives on the planet to inform Earth's vampires that the arrival of their legendary messiah is imminent. His rising will herald an age of endless night where the undead reign supreme. All that is needed is the blood of a Time Lord. In Tasmania, the Doctor, Tegan, and Nyssa are enjoying the sun and plenty of cricket. When they are attacked by vampires, they escape unscathed, except for Nyssa who suffers two small puncture wounds to her neck. Compelled by her attacker to remain silent, she can tell no-one what she's turning into. Why is Ruath so determined to see the descendants of the Great Vampire rise to power? If only the Doctor knew the truth, she's certain he would turn to her side, and help to secure the future of Vampire kind, no matter how much humanity must suffer. Based on the 1994 Missing Adventures novel by Paul Cornell.
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TDP 1300: Can you help me decide which project to do next???
12/09/2024 Duration: 04minMichael Gilroy-Sinclair's books are available on Amazon.co.uk, including: A Villain in Venice: JANE OF THE AIR BOOK ONE: This book is available as a Kindle edition or paperback. That is NOT my Cthulhu Will H.P Lovecraft find his friend? This children's book is available as a Kindle edition and is free with a Kindle Unlimited membership. Schrödingers Puppy - Raining Cats and Dogs Short Story: This short story is available as an eBook on the Kindle Store. Whostrology: A Time Traveller's Almanac: Unofficial and Unauthorised: This book is available on Amazon's Book Store.
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TDP 1291: For Your Consideration A Grand Day Out and Aardman
09/09/2024 Duration: 58minAn animation inspired geek out. This episode is as much about Luke and Michael talking about their shared background in animation as it is about the first three Wallace and Gromit films. T-shirts can be found here – Follow us on twitter Like us on Review us on Email the show –
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TDP 1291: #Torchwood Endgame from @Bigfinish Review
06/09/2024 Duration: 05minThis title was released in August 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 October 2024, and on general sale after this date. You have been brought to Secure Control Room B to respond to a simulated emergency. You will be able to issue orders and make real time decisions in a disaster scenario. Welcome to the end of the world. Shall we begin?
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TDP 1287: 2.1. Dark Gallifrey: The War Master Part 1 Podcast review
27/08/2024 Duration: 09minThis title was released in July 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 August 2024, and on general sale after this date. Many have sought the legendary Dark Gallifrey over the millennia... but most have been lucky enough to fail. There is another who has his eyes on that glittering prize, however; one who knows how such power could be wielded - the Master himself! Intrigued by rumours of a hidden Gallifrey - the Dark Gallifrey of Time Lord myth - Bernice Summerfield resolves to find it. But as the Doctor points out, some things should never be found, and some doors should never be opened. Especially ones that want to be...
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TDP 1280: 3.4. Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Star-Crossed PODCAST REVIEW
23/08/2024 Duration: 14minThis title was released in May 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 July 2024, and on general sale after this date. The Doctor and River Song. Their lives are tangled, complex, intertwined. But this Doctor doesn't do domestics, and for once, River might have her work cut out. With time and space against them, these lovers are star-crossed in more ways than most. 4.1 Swipe Right by John Dorney There are strange rumours about the planet Crell. People have been vanishing. The mysterious Matchmaker is keen to get the populace paired up via his special dating app… but rejecting too many suitors can have fatal consequences. It’s precisely the sort of thing the Doctor would want to investigate. But unfortunately it’s also precisely the sort of thing River Song would want to investigate too. The Doctor and River are on a collision course - but this time it might not be a match made in heaven. 4.2 Face of the Apocalypse by Lizzie Hopley After locking onto an unusual algo
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TDP 1283: THE WORLDS OF BLAKE'S 7 Tarrant PODCAST REVIEW
20/08/2024 Duration: 13minThis title was released in June 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 July 2024, and on general sale after this date. Soldier, Federation Space Commander, smuggler, freedom fighter. Del Tarrant has challenged convention throughout his many careers in a hostile galaxy. These are the stories of his choices and challenges, his friends and family and foes, on an unpredictable journey to the Liberator and beyond. 1. The Authorised Version by James Goss Gamblers, lovers, presidents. All have sought out the Dream-Makers demanding they decide their future. Del Tarrant has come to ask them to help decide his past. 2. Behemoth by Andy Lane When hunting down Blake and the Liberator, Commander Del Tarrant’s Federation pursuit ship encounters a vast abandoned space vessel. What dark secrets does it contain about the Federation and alien life? And can Tarrant save his crew and himself before it’s too late? 3. Bomb by Gary Russell Tarrant and Dayna’s rendezvous in an abandoned
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TDP 1273: 1.3. Dark Gallifrey: Morbius Part 3 worlds of #DoctorWho PODCAST
16/08/2024 Duration: 10minThis title was released in June 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 July 2024, and on general sale after this date. Morbius has been brought back to life on the Isle of the Dead. But a desperate Captain Argento has called for help and received an unlikely ally. Here is a stranger who knows the tyrant of old and is the only one who can put his plans on ice. But perhaps even the Doctor cannot stop the threat of Dark Gallifrey... Recorded on: 4 November 2023 Recorded at: The Soundhouse Writer Tim Foley said: "Dark Gallifrey: Morbius was always going to have an appearance from the Doctor and I was absolutely delighted that Tom Baker was up for facing Morbius again. He's not the Doctor that we know, not quite, but he's ready and willing to take on one of the biggest enemies that Gallifrey has ever seen." (Morbius / Interface / Morbius Beast) (The Doctor) (Rolko) (Captain Argento) (The Shimmering Man) (Veritas) (Narrata) (Gilda)
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TDP 1289: For Your Consideration 8 - Blake's 7
12/08/2024 Duration: 01h14minMichael has picked Blake’s 7 for August’s podcast. We’re looking specifically at the first two episodes, The Way Back and Space Fall. T-shirts can be found here – Follow us on twitter Like us on Review us on Email the show –
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TDP 1271: Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Echoes #Doctorwho #PODCAST
08/08/2024 Duration: 10minAs the Doctor, Liv and Helen explore the universe, they come across lost souls, troubled minds and long-kept secrets. From a lonely world with birdsong but no birds, to an English university whose undergraduates tell ghostly tales, and a distant galaxy where a utopian society lives in the shadow of enormous creatures, the TARDIS crew are haunted by echoes of past, present and future... Birdsong by Tim Foley The TARDIS arrives on an empty world where two scouts await the rest of their colony. Except this world may not be as empty as everybody thinks. There's a figure in the woods - and a strangely familiar sound... As the Doctor and his friends learn more about the planet's inhabitants, the birdsong they hear becomes a deadly chorus. Lost Hearts by Lauren Mooney and Stewart Pringle Michaelmas term, 1903. In one of England's ancient universities, strange apparitions float between quads and cloisters. While Liv and Helen protect a naive undergraduate from a sinister society, the Doctor finds a ghost-hunting ally