Kasterborous Classic TV: Exploring Doctor Who & Classic Sci-Fi

Christmas is fast approaching, so in this week's podKast with a K Christian Cawley and James McLean chat about The Return Doctor Mysterio, the 2016 #DoctorWho Christmas Special. We also consider a few other topics, as well as look at how likely you are to contribute to Doctor Who Magazine...

We've been looking forward to sharing our thoughts on the #DoctorWho classic serial Earthshock, from 1982 -- and this week, you've got almost TWO HOURS of commentary and discussion. Join Christian Cawley, James McLean and Brian Terranova as they delve into the Peter Davison classic, which saw the departure of the tragic Adric from the TARDIS, and the return of the Cybermen. EXCELLENT!

Is Chris Chibnall taking out a sweeping brush and completely discarding with the past few years of #DoctorWho when he takes charge? Will #PeterCapaldi be replaced by the star of a popular Sunday evening drama series? And did anyone step up to the plate to defend #Class? Find out more as Christian Cawley and James McLean discuss the past few weeks in the Doctor Who world, plus details of the forthc...

This week we finally get the chance to sit down and talk about #Class, the first Moffat-era #DoctorWho spinoff, written by Patrick Ness, starring Katherine Kelly and features Peter Capaldi in the first episode. Although, it's probably closer to #Buffy than Doctor Who... Christian Cawley, James McLean and Brian A. Terranova have all watched the first episode (Christian has kept up with the show sin...

#Christmas #DoctorWho is coming: but has it overstayed its welcome? Is the appearance of our favourite Time Lord on Christmas Day the televisual equivalent of an unwanted, chain smoking uncle, or even a specially knitted seasonal sweater? While we retain optimism for The Return of Doctor Mysterio, we wonder whether or not it's time to refresh Doctor Who's annual special and move it -- or at least...

This week's podKast with a K looks back at the oft-derided Series 1 episode Boom Town. Set in Cardiff, with a return for Mickey Smith and Margaret Slitheen, this is a low-budget episode that was written when a script by Paul Abbot, "The Void", fell through. Christian Cawley, James McLean and Brian A. Terranova are your hosts. We'd love you to listen to the podKast while watching the episode, too!

We're back for a bonus, early Doctor Who podKast this week as James McLean and Christian Cawley speculate on the recent news of a classic series writer returning to the show. Plus, there's a bit of chat about the recent Class trailer, and Doctor Who's own "first look" at the Christmas episode, The Return of Doctor Mysterio...

This week, Christian Cawley and Brian A Terranova try to decide which Doctor Who stories they've changed their opinions about over the years. Prompted by James McLean's schoolboy spreadsheet of scores from An Unearthly Child through to Survival, we consider how the reputations of various serials and stories have changed over the years.

Christian Cawley, James McLean and the ACTUAL Brian Terranova bring you their latest #DoctorWho commentary, as they rewatch and mull over the 1970 classic Spearhead from Space. Introducing a new Doctor (Jon Pertwee), new format (stranded on earth, UNIT), a new villain (the Autons/Nestene Consciousness) and in colour for the first time, Spearhead is a vital component of the DW pantheon. Get your DV...

We took a week off, but Christian Cawley, James McLean and Brian A Terranova are back to mull over some recent Doctor Who news, from the Moffat/Barrowman Torchwood revival spat to Tom Baker in Star Wars, and standing on a roof naked. No, really. Shownotes Moffat/Barrowman on  Torchwood  revival Eccleston regret BFI  Power of the Daleks TV Movie  upscaling Tom Baker in: Star Wars: Rebels , Baker's...

Just in case you haven't heard, the BBC has confirmed that the rumoured animated reconstruction of Power of the Daleks is heading to DVD, and will be out in November. Christian Cawley and James McLean discuss the news, as well as offer their thoughts on British animation.

It's podKast time! While we're busy working on our various satellite projects for BeyondKasterborous, we've got a #DoctorWho commentary for you, in which Christian Cawley, Brian A. Terranova and James McLean take a look at the oft-maligned, original Doctor-lite episode, Love & Monsters...

Back in 2014, we took the opportunity to speak with Ian Dickerson, a gentleman closely involved with attempts to bring The Saint back to television! Following the news that the pilot episode starring Adam Rayner as Simon Templar that gained attention on YouTube in 2013 had been abandoned in favour of a new pilot written by Chris Lunt (who recently penned the superb ITV serials Prey, the first star...

In this week's PodKast with a K, Christian Cawley, James McLean and Brian A. Terranova reveal the latest stage in the podKast's evolution: BeyondKasterborous, our new home on the web! Familiar name? Well, maybe, but if you want to know why we selected it, and where we're going next, then it's time to hit play. And welcome a new era (which will, no doubt sound exactly the same as the last...)!

Yeh, that's a lineup isn't it? In this week's podKast, we have Susan and Lee Cummings of the #DoctorWho: Legacy mobile game, Nathan Skreslet and Ly Cao of PixelWho, and erstwhile custodian of the War Doctor, George Mann! This immense collection of guests is here to talk about "Bigger on the Inside: Chapter 1", a new addition to Doctor Who: Legacy, with graphics from PixelWho and a story and script...

James McLean and Brian A Terranova steer the podKast with a K back in time this week, as the adventure continues for the TARDIS travellers, fresh from the loss of Adric, as they arrive at Heathrow and find themselves tracking a lost Concorde... Shownotes: Planet Earth (Thomas Yardley Box at the Planet Earth website) http://www.thisplanetearth.co.uk/page84.html Tardisbuilders.com - Thomas Yardley t...

It's a meandering chat this week on the podKast, as James, Brian and Christian give some thought to the quintessential 1980s companion Ace, and her lack of a definitive end within the TV show, and touch upon her various departures in the spin-off fiction. Look out, too, for Brian's thoughts on canon, and our comparisons of Ace's story with those of other companions.

We bring our occasional series of #DoctorWho kommentaries into the 21st century this week with Rose, Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper's first appearance in NuWho's debut episode from March 26th, 2005. Inspired by our recent discussions about the late McCoy era, and with the obvious comparisons with the setting of Survival (another story set in a London suburb), we decided to return to Russel...

Wow. This is a packed podKast, in which we talk about whether the BBC should show compiled, movie-length #DoctorWho specials while the show is off air. PLUS we talk Spider-Verse and Gareth Kavanagh joins us to talk about the forthcoming Starburst International Film Festival.

We have a mammoth #DoctorWho podKast for you this week as Christian Cawley, James McLean and Brian Terranova provide you with a minute-by-minute commentary of 1989 classic The Curse of Fenric ( http://amzn.to/298bpLA ), starring Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred. But we're not watching the standard four-part edit; rather, we're "going to the movies" and instead enjoying the special edition, which...

In a lull between kommentaries (we've a new one for you next week) Brian, James and Christian discuss recent Marvel movies, #DoctorWho's place in the Marvel comics universe, Captain America's Hydra revisionism, and how the producers of Doctor Who could do the same thing with the Doctor -- or have they already? PLUS: Christian and Brian talk 1980s action figures.

We've got a new #DoctorWho commentary for you in this week's show, as Brian Terranova and James McLean bring you their scene-by-scene thoughts of the 1965 classic, The Space Museum. Whether you've got your DVD ready to watch alongside us, or you're listening in the car, enjoy their discussion, which even takes in ways in which Doctor Who might be rebooted or retooled...

You never expect it... then it happens. That's the secret of time travel, and in a weird, timey-wimey episode, Christian Cawley and Brian Terranova this week discovered the world of a 1980s #DoctorWho radio show, as a pair of radio hosts (with our names, bizarrely) chatted about their excitement over new Doctor Who star Colin Baker, and the excellent Caves of Androzani episode 3 that they had just...

Gareth Kavanagh joins Christian Cawley to talk about the latest issue of #DoctorWho Magazine, which celebrates the publication's 500th standard edition (not to mention countless specials!). Meanwhile, James and Brian reflect upon their recent Kommentary, Delta and the Bannermen.

James McLean and Brian A. Terranova talk you through 1987 #DoctorWho serial Delta and the Bannermen on this week's podKast, covering everything from token Americans with bad accents to Brian's secret origins...