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

Hey. listener! It's time to become a viewer once again, as the Kasterborous PodKast (with a "K") goes all visual to talk to Nick Robatto of Rubbertoe Replicas. Nick's the guy who makes a lot of the original props for #DoctorWho, from the mini police box in Flatline (it was a prop, not a toy!) to the sonic screwdriver, which we reviewed recently. Unlike most podKasts that feature a lot of James McL...

Well, dear listener, it's been a tough week. Basically, we lost our #DoctorWho Death in Heaven podKast recording on Monday, thanks to the software we usually rely on to record our Skype call crashing without warning or notice. The result is a podKast that didn't happen. But did. So, James McLean and Christian Cawley have this evening put some time aside to record a new, shorter podKast. We can't r...

A two-part #DoctorWho season finale?! It's like the halcyon days of the RTD era, with Cybermen and the Master wandering around, isn't it? Except, of course, the Master has a new name, #Missy, and a brand new look, and the Kasterborous team isn't quite unanimous on the gender switching of the Doctor's Time Lord rival. Join Christian Cawley, Brian Terranova and James McLean as the discuss Dark Water...

We came, we saw, we were slightly befuddled. #DoctorWho Series 8 episode In The Forest Of The Night has left fans a little perplexed (although it has plenty of strong aspects to it) and it's now time to find out exactly what the podKast team of Christian Cawley, Brian A Terranova and James McLean thought of Frank Cottrell Boyce's unusual adventure.

Is Flatline the new Blink ? Was the podKast team wowed, or did bad CGI take them out of the moment? Join Christian Cawley, James McLean and Brian Terranova for a new podKast in which they discuss the latest episode from Doctor Who Series 8 and cover a few recent news items. Look out for their recommendations at the end of the show! Shownotes Numbers stations Doctor Who Figurine Collection LI Who 2...

It's time to set it straight: was Mummy on the Orient Express the best episode of #DoctorWho Series 8, or has everyone just gone mad, seeing things that aren't there and only living for another 66 seconds? Christian Cawley, Brian Terranova and James McLean find out...

n this week’s podKast, we chat about the surprisingly divisive new #DoctorWho episode Kill the Moon. Did Christian Cawley think it nonsense? Was James McLean left spellbound by its magic? Could Brian A. Terranova quit fandom over it? There’s only one way to find out…

What did you think of this week's #DoctorWho, The Caretaker, by Gareth Roberts? We liked it, and you can find out just how much by clicking play on our latest podKast. Christian Cawley, James McLean and Brian A Terranova are your hosts. Look at out some chat about Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, too...

Although not guilty of anything (other than crimes against podcasting), the Kasterborous podKast team (with a K) were forced back together by The Teller to review Time Heist this week. Did they enjoy the new #DoctorWho episode? Or was it a poorly cobbled-together collection of tropes and visuals from Hustle? (Clue: we liked it.) There's only one way you're going to find out: click play.

Instant classic #Listen is the main focus of conversation in this week's #doctorwho podKast, with Christian Cawley, Brian A Terranova and James McLean. We also cover Philip Morris' recent comments on the show's current status and recent overnight audience drop, and the passing of Angus Lennie and Jane Baker.

It's time to sit back and enjoy this week's #DoctorWho podKast, in which Brian Terranova and James McLean consider the events of the past few days in fandom, focusing on the third episode of Series 8, Robot of Sherwood!

#DoctorWho voice artist and actor John Guilor joins the podKast team this week to discuss Into the Dalek, the second episode of Series 8 starring Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor. What did we think of it? What did John think? And just what is Doctor Omega? You'll have to click play to find out, but let me warn you first - there's a pleasing surprise that will make you feel warm and giddy and wa...

Welcome to this week's podKast, which was recorded live on Sunday, 24th August and features an in-depth discussion on #DoctorWho Series 8 opener #DeepBreath and of course #PeterCapaldi's first appearance as the Doctor! As a live podKast, we were able to feature and comments from some of the Doctor Who fans who watched Christian Cawley, Brian A. Terranova and James McLean's various musings on Hango...

Here it is: our final podKast before #DoctorWho Series 8 changes the show forever! Previewing Peter Capaldi's first 12-episode run this week is Christian Cawley, James McLean and Brian Terranova, who are literally chomping at the bit to watch and enjoy Deep Breath on Saturday! So, you know the topic - but what else is in store? Well, we cover the full confirmed list of episode titles and writers,...

This week’s podKast reunites Christian Cawley, Brian Terranova and James McLean as they mull over a whole host of recent news items. We get excited by the enthusiastic press reviews for Deep Breath, have a chinwag about the audacity of the #DoctorWhoWorldTour and celebrate 15 years of #BigFinish producing #DoctorWho adventures (and here’s to another 15!). Meanwhile, we have a think about just how...

On this week's Doctor Who podcast, Christian Cawley and James McLean discuss 10 reasons why new star Peter Capaldi is going to be awesome. The podKast team really think it's time to share the love for a man who is possibly one of the most accomplished performers to take the role (he's got an Oscar, you know!) and in light of the noisy naysayers with their shallow ageist attitude, the fightback sta...

We're back, and my word what a packed podKast we have, brimming with #DoctorWho news from the past week - because, frankly, there has been a lot. From Steven Moffat's unusual comment about the Doctor not referring to himself as the "nth" (no one said he did, did they?!) to the recent Peter Capaldi interview in the Sunday Times Magazine, Christian Cawley, James McLean and Brian Terranova cover a lo...

How excited were we this week to welcome onto the podKast a man with a voice like a god, who also doubled for David Tennant in various RTD-era #DoctorWho episodes including Voyage of the Damned and Journey's End?! Say hello, dear listener, to Colum Regan, musician, extra, double and novelist, who is here to talk about just how he became the Doctor's Double as well as his upcoming book The Fly Guy....

Hey, dear reader, it's podKast time, where we discuss the recent leakgate revelations and chew the fat over the awesome new #DoctorWho Series 8 trailer that cast a Whovian shadow over the #WorldCup Final on Sunday evening. Recently we've learned that the leaked Doctor Who scripts and first episode Deep Breath were possibly stored on an unsecured drive on an open web server - so who is to blame for...

In light of the recent leaked #DoctorWho Series 8 episodes & scripts storm, Christian Cawley, James McLean and Brian A Terranova are here with another podKast in which we cover the shock leak and the impact of spoilers over the next few weeks. This leak is serious stuff. Some Facebook pages and websites are taking the spoilers to heart, sharing them with unsuspecting readers - completely unnec...

Hello, dear listener, and welcome to this week's podKast in which we cover some of the latest #DoctorWho Series 8 news and ask the question: if Doctor Who changed drastically (such as casting a woman Doctor or canning the #TARDIS), would you quit fandom? It's an interesting question, prompted by the actions of a fellow writer recently. As ever, we're looking forward to hearing back from you on thi...

In what can only be described as a warm, fireside chat about #DoctorWho, Brian Terranova and James McLean take their lead from a couple of news and feature articles recently on Kasterborous and take them for a walk. Like a free-form Jazz duet, James and Brian lurch from classic to nuWho, the death of traditional fan meetups vs their modern Internet-driven successors and chat about Philadelphia Wiz...

The podKast is back this week with a spinoff of our hugely popular on-site discussion - thanks to Andy Frankham-Allen - about the inherent issues with #Torchwood, the #DoctorWho spinoff that ran from 2006-2011. Following this we take a look at the issue of colourisation, and whether it should be used on any classic #DoctorWho serials (or indeed whether any of them should be decolourised!). Join Ch...

The podKast trio of Christian Cawley, James McLean and Brian A. Terranova are back this week with a selection of interesting chats about #DoctorWho Series 8 casting, sexism, the missing DVD release of #missingepisode The Underwater Menace and their collection of recommendations.

Kasterborous #DoctorWho podKastWe've a special guest on this week's Doctor Who podKast in the shape of Gareth Kavanagh, who joins us for a full hour (and the rest) of news discussion and fanzine sparring. As well as covering Steven Moffat's recent comments at the Hay Festival, Christian Cawley, James McLean and Brian Terranova also quiz Gareth on this thoughts about the possibility of Doctor Who e...