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You get three reviews for the price of one this week, as I get quite excited about the straight to video brit horror Howl, ramble on about Lego dimensions and get rather fan boy like whilst watching Doctor Who: Hell Bent this year’s season finale which brought back the Timelords in style and finally pleased people like me that have been longing for a proper TARDIS interior since the show returned.   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.  

Officially the oddest episode in 52 years of Dr Who was Doctor Who: Hell Bent, 55 mins of The Doctor stuck in his own Chronic Hysterisis aka his own private hell a story that literally took him billions of years for him to experience, some people will really hate this one, I loved how brave it was and only the BBC would have allowed Stephen Moffatt to pull this off it was clearly a writing exercise on Moffatt’s part and an acting one on Capaldi’s. Great television, great Doctor Who? The jury’s out, certainly unforgettable and unexpected so as far as I’m concerned not rubbish. Clearly thought provoking hence the lengthy show notes this week. Feel free to post comments to the facebook group it will be interesting to read listeners thoughts on this one. Love it or hate it folks?   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedba

It was time to bid farewell to Clara in Doctor Who: Face The Raven, Maisie Williams also made a welcome return though some not me don’t seem to like her acting. Possibly a brave decision to kill off Clara but the character had gone beyond mere risk taker into arrogance and may have been heading for a fall.   End Theme: Dr Who Derbyshire 1980 Closing   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.

Mark Gatiss’s contribution to Doctor Who this year is rather different, the story Sleep No More is told entirely through found footage which only adds to it’s claustrophobic atmosphere. I myself enjoyed it, but as you’ll hear it’s splitting others opinions.   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.  

A long day of travelling but you’re tired host does his best to review Doctor Who: The Zygon Inversion, oh and stay tuned for an extra treat after this week’s review.   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.  

The Zygons returned to the show this week with Doctor Who: The Zygon Invasion, Peter Harness somehow managed to write an urban thriller inspired by the current terrorist threat but also by cold war paranoia and Invasion of The Body Snatchers, next week’s show will be at least 24 hours late as I’ll be travelling when Dr Who airs but hopefully if everything goes to plan will include not only a review of The Zygon Inversion but also a brief chat with some visiting fellow Dr Who podcasters.   End Theme Doctor Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-7215762

Maisie Williams returned this week in Doctor Who: The Woman Who Lived a Clara lite episode with an interestingly alternative take on a Dr Who companion, also Rufus Hound was on guest star duties and provided a few laughs, second romp in a row I have a feeling the show will take a dark turn next week.   End Theme Doctor Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.

A review with a difference this week as I’m posting this show from the Dimensions convention so you’ll not only hear my views on Doctor Who: The Girl Who died but also a couple of fellow attendees.   End Theme Doctor Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.  

The Doctor travels Before The Flood this week and this show travels to it’s 300th episode so there’s some feedback from listeners on that landmark, also this week a review of Doctor Who: City of Death audiobook which I’ve been enjoying recently.   End Theme Doctor Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.

A base under siege story from writer Toby Whithouse with the added twist of ghosts and an actor from the later episodes of Whithouse’s BBC Three hit drama Being Human combined to put us on the edge of our seats, my first thoughts review on this thrilling episode with a few additional missives from the Twitterverse.   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.  

An episode so exciting that I forgot to mention that the Doctor gets to drive Davros’s chair, a return to form this week after a so-so start to the series.   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.

In a highly unusual move the “great” british press actully got a plot leak correct for a change and this episode began with the Doctor meeting Davros as a child, it’s enough to drive a timelord into hiding and Stephen Moffat’s epic opening episode certainly gives his friends a task to find him, Missy is back too thankfully a tad less insane and a smidge more scheming.   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.  

Just over a week till Doctor Who returns as I type this but just enough time for a taster of this year’s Whooverville convention. As ever Stephen Hatcher and his team put together a fine event, this time with even more dealers than before so I can home with quite a few target books for the shelf. But as ever there was room for podcasters to talk to the guests I was joined by Jean of The Staggering Stories podcast to talk to Richard Marson(TV Producer and writer of The Life & Scandalous Times of JNT and Drama & Delight: The Life of Verity Lambert), Nicholas Pegg(Dalek Actor), and David Benson(Actor in Dr Who: Robot of Sherwood and Big Finish’s Iris Wildthyme series) with David Benson having recently played London Mayor Boris Johnson the conversion drifted from the BBC to Politics which certainly all three guests had a take on.   Also this week almost while we weren’t looking another trailer was released to promote Dr Who Series 9.   You can watch video of this panel here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v

The sun was up the sky was blue-ish so what better time of year to have another tour of the city centre locations from the sadly unfinished story Doctor Who: Shada, this time I expanded the tour to include a couple of extra sights Garret hostel Lane Bridge where Skagra confronts the Doctor in episode 2 and a non Shada sight Cambridge’s famous mathematical bridge.   You can see a few photos I took during the tour here https://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/albums/72157655590829894   and there’s a video I shot during the tour here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbRouTWOtOk and another of a bike ride recce of the tour here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HugDGULz3hQ   End theme is Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar version) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me o

On this week’s show I recently returned to Cardiff for the first time in two years, so took the opportunity to track down another Dr Who filming location for Amy and Rory’s house seen in The Power of Three and Pond Life. I also visited the new look Dr Who Experience so you’ll hear my thoughts on that too.   You can see my photos of Cardiff here https://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/sets/72157657340182299   I also shot two videos, visiting The Ianto Shrine & Rory and Amy’s house is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-fSKTfRCn8   and a walkthough of the Dr Who Experience is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD_EFquoLi0   End theme is Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar version) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send m

This week I finally met fellow TARDIS builder Yozie whose work has been shown off on the BBC’s Click Online as well as her own You Tube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/YOZcreative   Also my classic series rewatch reached Doctor Who: The Evil of The Daleks, a rare argument between the Doctor and Jamie at one point and also Victoria Waterfield’s first story. It was planned to be the Dalek’s last final appearance.   You can read more about this week’s story here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Evil_of_the_Daleks   and it’s wife in space blog review is here http://wifeinspace.com/2011/07/the-evil-of-the-daleks/ End theme is Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar version) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend re

This week my classic series rewatch reached Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones thankfully only a partly missing story but also this week a surprise bonus because as I was finishing off this week’s episode the BBC released a second trailer for Series 9.   You can read more about the story here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faceless_Ones and the wife in space blog’s verdict is here http://wifeinspace.com/2011/07/the-faceless-ones/   End theme is Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar version) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.  

My classic series rewatch reaches Doctor Who: The Macra Terror, another story that had me relying on CD and recon so my review is rather vague.   You can read more about this story here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Macra_Terror and the wife in space blog’s verdict is here http://wifeinspace.com/2011/07/the-macra-terror/   End theme is Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar version) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.  

My classic series rewatch reaches Doctor Who: The Moonbase thankfully available as a DVD release thanks to it’s two missing episodes having been animated.   You can read more about the story here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moonbase and the wife in space blog’s verdict is here http://wifeinspace.com/2011/07/the-moonbase/   End theme is Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar version) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.

My classic series rewatch reaches Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace, a rather enjoyable story which seems to get a raw deal for it’s odd ball visuals and possible over acting.   You can read more about the story here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Underwater_Menace and the wife in space blog’s review is here http://wifeinspace.com/2011/06/the-underwater-menace/   End theme is Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar version) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.