Power of 3

We continue our chats with the people who made the stories, that are set for blu-ray release. With Season 25 just a couple of weeks away, our Who influencers Dave Steel and Kenny Smith discuss Graeme Curry's story. They're also joined by Robert Allsopp, who built the Kandy Man, while Stephen Mansfield discusses creating Fifi - and sculpting Ncuti Gatwa for Madame Tussaud's!

Doctor Who's 25th anniversary season is just a couple of weeks away on blu-ray. As we countdown to its release, we've got a host of special episodes ready to mark the occasion, including some chats behind the scenes with people involved in the original stories. We kick off today looking at Silver Nemesis, with writer Kevin Clarke, and the Cyberleader himself - David Banks.

Our look at those sometimes overlooked Eleventh Doctor novels continues today. We put The Good, The Bad and The Alien (the other half of System Wipe, which we featured last week), under the spotlight. We chat with author Colin Brake, and have two readings from the novel - can you spot the influence?!

There's new action figures on the way to B&M... So, as ever, Al Dewar joins the Power of 3 for another exclusive chat about creating these figures. We discuss the new Emperor Dalek and the Resurrection of the Daleks sets.

The Doctor, Amy and Rory are in trouble... again! This time, the Doctor's trapped in a virtual world, which is shutting down, while his companions face trouble with a big, friendly robot, Daryl. Author Oli Smith tells us about this Eleventh Doctor adventure.

Have you ever watched a classic Doctor Who story, seen something on screen and thought... "I wonder if that prop still exists?" If so, then the chances are, you're going to enjoy It Belongs In A Museum. This is the first in a series of books by Neil Cole - curator of the Museum of Classic Science Fiction - looking into that very question, kicking off with the era of the Second Doctor. (Today's gue...

We're continuing to bring you more Eleventh Doctor adventures in print this week - but it's probably not the one you were expecting! We're taking a look at the 2-in-1 novels published by the BBC, featuring the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory. Today, we feature Heart of Stone, and author Trevor Baxendale tells us how he had a part in getting the range off the ground.

An alien world, America in the past, and Sheffield in the present day. It can only mean one thing! John, Steevie and Kenny continue their viewing of the Thirteenth Doctor's adventures, as they look at The Ghost Monument, Rosa and Arachnids in the UK. Do they have a favourite? Did anything surprise them? And the answer is... yes!

Here's a bonus episode of The Power of 3 for you. We love our books, and today, we celebrate Paul Simpson, who has worked behind the scenes on a large number of publications since the 1990s. Paul recently announced he was stepping back from his work on the books for health reasons, and range editor Steve Cole pays tribute to his colleague. (Today's guest theme - Doctor Who: Swing Jazz Version by G...

It's another manic Monday, as we return to the land of Doctor Who publishing. We're looking at another Eleventh Doctor adventure in our latest escapade, as we join him, Amy and Rory in a timey-wimey adventure with a space fox. Author Una McCormack shares her insights into writing the book.

There's a fantastic new text out, kicking off a whole new range, from Roundel Books. Today, we're chatting with editor Gary Russell about The DNA of Doctor Who: The Philip Hinchcliffe Years. Kenny (who's contributed a chapter on Philip's audio stories with Big Finish) and Dave discuss their favourite stories from the era, with special guest cameo appearances from Tom Harris, Steevie Day and John B...

We join the Doctor, Amy and Rory as they crash through time, quite literally, after an encounter with damaged robot. What could be more Steven Moffat, than finding an artificial life form in the Thames, which has been there since the Victorian era, and it then saying: "Doctor"? That's how George Mann's Paradox Lost begins, and he tells us about how this book really helped to kick off his writing c...

Remember when Doctor Who was put on hiatus, back in 1985? To help bridge the gap between Seasons 22 and 23, a six-part radio story was broadback on Pirate Radio 4, featuring Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant as the Doctor and Peri. We take a look at how this story came to be, in exclusive new interviews with Nicola Bryant, writer Eric Saward, and guest star Nick Revell.

We're continuing our adventures with the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory in the Power of 3 book club. Today, we speak with writer Una McCormack (A New York Time best-selling author, we'll have you know!), about The King's Dragon. Find out which story it's based on, and who she would have to play the king, before his house of (golden) cards collapses!

The new Big Finish release, Susan's War, was released yesterday (Wednesday, 28 August, 2024) - and to celebrate, we've gone back into the archives. This time, we bring you Carole Ann Ford, recorded at the Paisley Arts Centre on 31 May, 1992. Dave and Kenny reminisce about her talk - and Dave's memories after 32 years are absolutely bang on... find out how!

The Doctor Who/Puffin classics range of books continues in 2024, with another release. Doctor Who in Wonderland (yes, that's the title, not Doctor Who - Wonderland, or Doctor Who and Wonderland) has been written by Paul Magrs, and has just been released. Paul explains why this book means so much to him, and the joys of sneaking in cameos from other Doctors.

We're returning to the Tenth Doctor for today's Power of 3 book club. We chat with Steve Cole about writing the first of the Tenth Doctor adventures to be set in the present day, featuring Rose, with Mickey and Jackie guest starring. Stand by to find out what the BBC production team told Steve about his book, and why the story changed!

If you lived through the Wilderness Years, the chances are you read at least a couple of Doctor Who novels. Lars Pearson lived through the Wilderness Years. He read several hundred Doctor Who novels - and then wrote about them! This is the story of I, Who, The Unauthorised Guide to Doctor Who Novels and Audios - a book series regularly quoted on the Power of 3 when we look at the original fiction...

We move into the territory of the Eleventh Doctor in today's Power of 3 book club edition. We've tracked down Oli Smith, a prolific writer around the 2009/10 period - who then disappeared. Oli tells us how his Doctor Who career began, and what he's doing now, as well as discussing Nuclear Time in depth.

We're taking a look at a recent release from BBC Audiobooks, with The Edge of Destruction audiobook. The audio version - narrated by Carole Ann Ford - is put under the microscope by Kenny and guest co-conspirator Roy Gill (yes, the Big Finish writer). They discuss how the story works on audio, when stripped of its visuals.

We move into the Twelfth Doctor's era for today's episode, as we take a look at the process of writing The Crawling Terror. Author Mike Tucker joins us for a chat as he reveals how tough it was to get a grip on Peter Capaldi's Doctor, without having seen him in action. We also feature a brief excerpt from the talking book version, still available from BBC Audiobooks.

It's August 9, 2024, and that means it's Doctor Who Podcast Day! To celebrate, we're digging back into Kenny's VHS archive, and retrieving an old video, converting it to DVD, lifting the soundtrack and it's been given a magical digital clean-up by Cameron Robertson. Dave and Kenny discuss Terrance, and present Terrance Dicks, live in Uddingston Library, from the summer of 1992. (Today's guest them...

Al's been suggesting we do this for a while - so here we are! Al Dewar from Character Options answers your questions, which we asked for on Twitter, and we put them straight to the man himself. And here's what he has to say... (Today's guest theme - Dominic Glynn 1986 Rearranged by Young But Retro 2)

Howdy pardners! We're off to the wild west for this episode of the Power of 3. We're taking a look at Peacemaker, James Swallow's 2007 novel featuring the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones. We chat with the author, and, as ever, bring you what DWM had to say about it at the time.

There's no new Doctor Who on our screens until Christmas, so, we're turning back the clock to 2017. We're going to go through the Thirteenth Doctor's era, and give our thoughts on it from start to finish, ahead of her arriving at Big Finish on audio next summer.