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

Christian Cawley and Brian A. Terranova are James-less this week as they chew the eye snot over Sleep No More, #DoctorWho Series 9's ninth episode (already?! Yes). Surely, with the vast collection of derogatory comments and reviews for this episode, the two podKast founders will be in complete agreement with the received wisdom, right? Well, you'll have to listen to find out. In the meantime, if y...

The team are back to talk about the latest #DoctorWho - The Zygon Inversion! This week's show - with Christian Cawley, James McLean and Brian A Terranova - was live on Google Hangouts, and features some in-depth discussion over the latest episode from Doctor Who Series 9. Later in the show, the chaps move onto discussing some recent news, and discuss guests at the forthcoming LI Who convention (No...

Our reviews of #DoctorWho Series 9 continue with this latest podKast, recorded live on Google Hangouts on Sunday. The Zygon Invasion - hit or miss? Christian Cawley, James McLean and Brian A. Terranova look at the evidence, and come to an unusually mixed conclusion... And did Harry really switch from Genesis of the Daleks survivor to chemical weapons developer? Really? Also, look out for some of t...

As another bonus to our #DoctorWho fans, here's the fifth podKast from 2007, in which Christian and Brian welcome Omega (or was it the other guy?) to the show. We're bringing you this classic podKast to coincide with the annnouncement of a K9 vs Omega feature film, as related in the most recent podKast. (And no, we still can't quite believe it either...)

Christian Cawley and Brian A. Terranova are here for this week's #DoctorWho podKast, in which they are overwhelmed with the news of the K9 vs Omega movie, satisfied with The Woman Who Lived, thrilled by David Tennant and Catherine Tate taking the DoctorDonna to Big Finish, and disappointed with the modern UNIT.

We're back with a live #DoctorWho Series 9 podKast on Google Hangouts! This time, Christian Cawley, Brian A Terranova and James McLean discussed The Girl Who Died on Sunday afternoon, with the help of various viewers contributing their own thoughts about the episode. It was, quite simply, our most enjoyable live podKast yet. The podKast theme tune is by Russell Hugo.

Our very first podKast from 2007, presented here as a treat for our listener. (Note to James McLean fans: he didn't come along until 2011.)

Why is Doctor Who losing 50% of the BBC's Saturday night audience? Along with our review of Before the Flood, that's the main focus of this week's podKast. With 8 million tuning in for Strictly Come Dancing and half this amount hanging around for the following show, has the BBC lost the plot when it comes to Doctor Who and the show's family unfriendly scheduling?

So, that was an odd week. In the midst of some conscious uncoupling from Kasterborous, James McLean and Brian Terranova embark on a discussion of Doctor Who Series 9, episode 3: Under the Lake. Considering elements like direction, theme, and even whether the episode should have a different name, James and Brian also spend a few moments trying to get their heads around Class, the new Doctor Who spi...

This week's #DoctorWho podKast features the revelation of an uncomfortable truth alongside our review of the latest episode of Series 9, The Witch's Familiar.

Just what did the podKast team think of the #DoctorWho Series 9 opener, The Magician’s Apprentice?

#DoctorWho Series 9 is almost upon us, which gives Christian Cawley and James McLean the chance to mull over the recent prologue and look forward to the forthcoming run... We close with our recommendations, and special news about the future of the podKast...

This week, the #DoctorWho podKast team of Christian Cawley, James McLean and Brian A Terranova bring you a range of topics and conversation, ranging from insane rumours concerning the Thirteenth Doctor to why fandom doesn’t seem to like Martha Jones. This is particularly baffling, as we love her! Look out also for talk on TV marathons, some interesting new Doctor Who merchandise, our recollections...

We're back! Following a shock one-week hiatus (we'll explain later), Christian Cawley and James McLean are back for a brand new podKast, as always discussing a variety of topics, with a special brief look at #DoctorWho Series 9's episode structure, as discussed in the recent Doctor Who Magazine.

Gareth Kavanagh joins Christian Cawley for this week's #DoctorWho podKast, discussing everything from #MissionDALEK to the differences between MP3 and FLAC. But on the way, they stop off and spend some time chatting about the current state of the omnirumour, the rather optimistic collection of rumours concerning the discovery (or otherwise) of some (or all) of Doctor Who's missing episodes. Watch...

In a diverse collection of discussions, this week’s podKast swings from Colin Baker’s apparent fall out with #DoctorWho Magazine to #RipperStreet series 3, and largely concludes – thanks to recent comments by Sylvester McCoy – with some in-depth thoughts about what introducing a female Doctor Who would mean to the show and what it might reflect in society. No, really. Christian Cawley and Brian A...

Doctor Who misconceptions can be amusing; they can also be embarrassing. We've all had them, those moments where our internalised canon (also known as "headcanon") betrays logic. But non-fans also have this, such as the notion that the Doctor is actually called "Dr Who", or that the Daleks are in every single episode (which would be slightly dull, right?) Backed up by a useful collection of Doctor...

#DoctorWho chief Steven Moffat thinks Twitter is useless for gaining true audience reaction. Well, of course it is! Plus, the latest Doctor Who and wider news from #comiccon and our weekly recommendations.

Comic-Con might be the jewel in the crown of the international convention scene, but we're more fond of smaller, intimate events. As such, we've invited Gareth Kavanagh, the man behind the #DoctorWho Vworp events (and acclaimed Vworp Vworp! fanzine) and more recent offerings such as An Evening with Waris Hussein and An Afternoon with Terrance Dicks to explain to us just how he produces these frien...

When was the last time a one-off #DoctorWho villain really grabbed you? And is CGI going OTT in the cinema and on TV? These are just two of the topics under discussion in this week's #podcast which also features a one-off very different theme tune...

You know when the Doctor does something immensely clever to solve a problem? It's one of the highlights of #DoctorWho. But what about when things are a little more... lucky? Do you get the same satisfaction from Liz Shaw unplugging and plugging something in to save the Doctor from the Nestene Consciousness, or the Doctor finding that the monstrous-but-susceptible-to-sonics Professor Lazarus has hi...

It's a podKast without a Cawley this week, as James McLean and Brian A Terranova take the reins and discuss the importance of knowing when the next series of ##DoctorWho will air. Has that particular item of hype been sold down the river now? Should we not just accept now that a new series will be along soon, let's find something to do until it airs and not worry? Click play to find out...

Cast your mind back to 1999. There was no new #DoctorWho on TV, save four sketches: three by Mark Gatiss as part of a Doctor Who night on #BBC2 and one by Steven Moffat for Comic Relief, starring Rowan Atkinson, Jonathan Pryce, Hugh Grant, Richard E Grant, Jim Broadbent, Joanna Lumley and Julie Sawalha. These four amusing, affectionate and memorable sketches are thr subject of our podKast this wee...

Wow. After last week's "low-key" podKast with Christian Cawley and James McLean, this week we bring in Gareth Kavanagh and the conversation swings and turns from Doctor Who video games and New Adventures to other podcasts, past podKasts, and Philip Martin's upcoming East of Heysham, which Gareth is producing. All in all this is an eclectic podKast, which also includes an update on Vworp Vworp! iss...

A bit of a low key podKast this week as Christian Cawley and James McLean discuss all manner of topics, from recent casting to stone Cyberman heads, and whether Steven Moffat should really be running #DoctorWho Series 10...