Power of 3

It's been a while since we brought you a look at the creation of a 21st century Doctor Who novel. So, today, we go behind the scenes, as it were, of Wishing Well, a Tenth Doctor adventure, with Martha, published on 26 December 2007. We speak to author Trevor Baxendale about creating something nasty underground...

We bring your our look at the second new Doctor Who novel to feature the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby. Editor Steve Cole and author Una McCormack share how this book came to be. And we've a clip from the audiobook too, released on 1 August.

We bring you (another) bonus episode of The Power of 3 this week, although it's not strictly a Doctor Who book. We're chatting with Nev Fountain, the acclaimed Big Finish author and the writer of the Mervyn Stone series. He's got a new book out, The Fan Who Knew Too Much, and it's a murder-mystery which will very much appeal to not just Doctor Who fans, but sci-fi fans in general. (Today's guest t...

There's a new Doctor Who biography in town, and it's not the one you were expecting! I, TARDIS tells the life story of our favourite Type 40 TT Capsule, and she's shared her memories with Steve Cole about her travels with the Doctor. Steve tells us about it, and we're also joined by Lizzie Hopley, who chats about the audiobook version! (Today's guest theme: Doctor Who - A Darker Theme by Krix is a...

Our look at the Virgin Missing Adventures concludes (logically!) with an Eighth Doctor Adventure from BBC Books. Well, we couldn't not do another book with a classic Doctor, so here Kenny and Matt discuss this novel. And we have an exclusive chat with author Lloyd Rose, down the phoneline from America!

Stand by for a fascinating insight into the making of one of the most talked-about New Adventures. The Pit will always draw strong opinions from fans, and we take a deep dive into it with author Neil Penswick. There's some amazing insights and reasons revealed, as to why the book wasn't quite as the author intended.

The Missing Adventures provided a real shock with the release of State of Change. Who would have thought that an old TV foe would pop up, completely unannounced, near the end of the book, and had been there all along? We chat with Christopher Bulis about his second Doctor Who novel, with several short excerpts from the book performed by the author himself.

Today's the day - Goth Opera is given a new lease of life as an audio adventure from Big Finish! Kenny is joined by his Pieces of Eighth pal Matt Michael, as they discuss the original Missing Adventure, which kicked off the whole range. And we've two special guests as well - author Paul Cornell shares his memories of writing the book, and Lizbeth Myles discusses adapting it for audio. We recommend...

It's day four of our latest run of episodes looking at Doctor Who novels from Virgin Books. Today, we take a look at the second book in the Missing Adventures range, which featured the Fourth Doctor (lots of numbers in there!). We chat with author John Peel about writing an adventure for the Doctor and Sarah.

We've reached the era of the Third Doctor, and for the first time ever on The Power of 3, we're looking at a Missing Adventure featuring Jon Pertwee's Time Lord. Today, we take a trip to the Middle East with the Doctor, Jo, the Brigadier, Mike Yates and Sergeant Benton. Author Paul Leonard joins us for a chat, as Dave enthuses over the book's meme - which he remembers almost 30 years later!

Our trip through the Virgin Books universe continues as we join the Second Doctor on his travels. We join him, Jamie and Zoe as they explore the hidden terrors of The Menagerie. We speak to author Martin Day, about the first Second Doctor original novel - the tenth Missing Adventure.

So, who saw THIS one coming? It's official - Jodie Whittaker is back as the Doctor, in studio for Big Finish with Manip Gill as Yaz Khan, for a new series of audio adventures. Dave and Kenny discuss the news!

The countdown is on until the audio adaptation release of Missing Adventure Goth Opera by Big Finish. To celebrate, we're taking a look at six novels from the range, and chatting with their authors. We kick off, of course, with the First Doctor, and talk to author Andy Lane about Empire of Glass.

It's official - the next blu-ray release will be Season 25. Kenny and Dave are both very excited, especially as there's new editions of every story on the way. We also tease some of our upcoming guests on the podcast, as well as an action figure that's on the way soon - Emperor Davros!

We're back with another look through the plastic archives of Character Options. Al Dewar is back with us, to discuss the second wave of classic figures, in which he reveals which of the classic monsters he'd probably not have chosen to do, if he were doing them now. But we still love them all! Plus, we learn about how the first wave of classic Daleks came about, and why Character love them so much...

Did you enjoy the recent BBC4 broadcast of Tales from the TARDIS, with Pyramids of Mars? Kenny saw some of it in Lanzarote, Steevie watched it before recording this episode, and John saw it pretty much as live. But how did it all come about? We chat with editor Benjamin Cook, in his first and only podcast chat about it! (Guest theme - Doctor Who: Church Organ Version, by TAM-TAM Music)

We need more adventures with the Doctor and Ruby! So, we've read Ruby Red, the new BBC Book featuring our time travelling heroes. And, in true Unleashed Confidential Work Experience style, we chat with the people who brought the story to life, with editor Steve Cole, and author Georgia Cook.

Have you taken part in an escape room? Or, to be specific, Escape Hunt's fantastic Doctor Who adventure? Kenny has. And he took his daughter Katy to do it. Dave's not played it, so he was VERY keen to find out more. Our guest this week is the game's designer, Dr Bob Rimmington, and Kenny shares just how late he and Katy left it to save 10,000 people and escape the Dalek... or did they? (This week'...

If you listen to this episode on the day it drops, Kenny will still be on holiday in Lanzarote. So you can all feel a part of it, he's invited John and Steevie to discuss the two Doctor Who stories that were partially made there, Planet of Fire and Kill The Moon. Also, standby for some sort of interesting trivia about Lanzarote! (Today's guest theme: Doctor Who Theme - Howell in Modernity by Peter...

Dust to Dust... Memory TARDIS to real TARDIS , what happened to Harriet? Steevie and John discuss the Doctor Who season 1, season 14, season 40 or whatever you want to call it Finale "Empire of Death" with inserts from Kenny and Dave. Did it live up to the epectations all laid out in last weeks episode? Did the big bad defeat all? Did the Doctor Cry...(again) Does Susan make good tea - Some (But n...

We're turning back the clock to 1996, as we find out just Who Killed Kennedy. We have an exclusive chat with author David Bishop - whose new book is out today! - about this often-forgotten gem. Dave and Kenny share their memories, and give their thoughts after re-reading it. And you can read it for free online at https://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/wkk/ (Guest theme: What if Vangelis did a Doctor Who...

Spoiler Alert! Steevie and John discuss and review the big bad revealed in the latest epsiode of Doctor Who with contributions from Kenny (Who is taking a visit to the Planet of Fire) and Dave. Are there two TARDISes visiting the Church on Ruby Road, Mrs Flood the nightmare carer, the values of VHS technology and Susans of many types are just a few of the topics of conversations. Everyone else is...

We'v epreviously featured the Fourteenth Doctor story Under/Into Control, in the run-up for Ncuti Gatwa's first series as the Doctor. Now, we're able to present an extended version of the episode, which features author Steve Cole discussing the inclusion of Destination Skaro as a part of it, for the new compilation of short stories.

We're six weeks in, and that's Doctor Who series 1/14/40 all ready to go for its two-part finale. So, on the eve of The Legend of Ruby Sunday, Kenny is joined by Dave and his pal Joanna Floyd to look back over the first half dozen episodes. And they list their favourites so far too! One has Rogue as their top episode - and another has it as their least favourite!

Two new Doctor Who action figure sets have been released by Character Options this year. Al Dewar pops by to chat with his favourite* podcast, to discuss the creation of the Movellas and the Fugitive Doctor sets. And, he reveals just which figures the Fugitive Doctor and Movellans were used as starting points.