Power of 3

We speak to the writers of two of the latest BBC Audiobooks releases in our latest episode. We're joined by John Peel - the writer of the first original licensed piece of Doctor Who fiction, about The Mind Trap, and newcomer Paul Hayes, about his adventure, Star Flight. And we've got two five minute samples, courtesy of our friends at BBC Audiobooks.

"Physician, heal thyself..." "It's the end, but the moment has been prepared for..." "I don't want to go..." "Carrot juice, carrot juice, carrot juice..." The last one of these, is not the most appropriate final words for any incarnation of the Doctor, and in today's book club, we look at the final Sixth Doctor adventure, in print form. Gary Russell joins us to discuss this novel, and its ending,...

The Doctor Who missing episode count has dropped to 95, thanks to the generous donation of The Daleks' Master Plan parts one and three, from the estate of a deceased film collector. These were returned to the BBC by Film is Fabulous! But do The Nightmare Begins and Devil's Planet live up to the hype and expectations? Can Douglas Camfield's work be as good as we hoped? Kenny, Dave, John and Steevie...

The Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and Kamelion feature in today's book club release, The Crystal Bucephalus. Kenny and guest co-conspirator Si Hart discuss Craig Hinton's first Doctor Who novel, from the Virgin Missing Adventures range. We feature two archive interviews with Craig, which are read for us, plus we're delighted to be joined by Craig's old friend and colleague Peter Anghelides, who sh...

We're all excited - Sophie Aldred is coming to Scotland in a couple of weeks. Sophie's headlining An Ace Afternoon, which is taking place in Dunfermline - the home town of Ncuti Gatwa! She joins us to talk about her love of Scotland and memories of visiting, plus event organiser Chris Cassell and master of monster making Stephen Mansfield talk about what to expect. Ever wanted to meet Fifi or see...

The Fifteenth Doctor's latest original adventure is The Moon Cruise. It's a fun adventure set on a spaceship, which has a VERY dark secret, and possibly goes to areas you may not expect a new series adventure to go to. We feature a brief conversation with editor Steve Cole, and an extract from the BBC Audiobooks release, which is available now. The Moon Cruise is available as a hardback, and also...

The Fourth Doctor and Leela are front and centre in today's episode, as we returned to Chris 'the Bouch' Boucher's Doctor Who novels. The Irredeemable Shag leaves the Fire and Water Podcast Network as he joins Kenny again, as the look at the third of the Bouch's books. We feature the full interview that DWM's David Darlington carried out with the late author for his preview of the book, with huge...

BBC Audio has returned in 2026, with a busy start to the year so far. With original audio adventures, soundtrack releases, Target novelisations and more, there's a feast for your ears. We speak to Michael Stevens about what's coming in the first half of the year - and teases what might be ahead later in 2026!

Given that many Doctor Who fans are working their way through their Doctor Who - The Collection: Season 21 blu-rays, we thought we'd have another book tie-in to the release. The Scale of Injustice, by Gary Russell, introduced concepts such as the Silurian Triad with Icthar, Silurian battle cruisers and the Myrka, into Doctor Who, before Season 21. We find out why Liz Shaw left UNIT, and how Mike Y...

We bring you a bonus episode on the creation of the new content for Doctor Who - The Collection: Season 21. We're delighted to be joined by the brilliant broadcaster that is Dr Matthew Sweet, as we interview him about interviewing and interviewees. It's rather meta, isn't it...?

With Season 21 now out on blu-ray, we take a look at another Doctor Who story that never was. Today, our team of fantastic readers bring us The SCI, a four-part story by William Emms. This was proposed by the writer of Galaxy 4 for Season 21, but was never developed - we bring you another lost story, courtesy of Richard Bignell.

It's a new Doctor Who - The Collection blu-ray release week, and, as ever, we've tied today's book club into it. Today, we're looked at an adventure set during Season 21, and we speak to author Christopher Bulis about Imperial Moon. It starts in a Scottish glen, with the Emperor Queen - and continues on the moon with the Fifth Doctor, Turlough and Kamelion.

A day later than planned (we had to mark the return of missing episodes!), we bring you the second part of our preview of the Doctor Who - The Collection: Season 21. We're delighted to speak to Paul Scoones about writing (and re-writing!) the subtitles for five of the stories in this season, we learn about the new special effects on Warriors of the Deep with Chris Thompson, and finally, the brilli...

It's happened at long last - more missing episodes have been returned to the BBC! Episodes one and three of The Daleks' Master Plan are back in the archives, after being found in the estate of a private film collector. Join us as we share our excitement. And you can find out more about the work of Film is Fabulous at their website - https://filmisfabulous.org.uk/

We're just days away from the 1980s being complete on Blu-ray as part of Doctor Who - The Collection. To celebrate, we're looking at how some of the new content has been brought together, as well as restorations of the episodes themselves. In this episode, we speak to the hero that is Mark Ayres, on his work to restore and remaster the audio, PDF king Richard Bignell shares some of the highlights...

We're heading into UFO territory, as Doctor Who meets The X Files! Today's book club looks at David A McIntee's First Frontier, a novel which has become known for its shock twist in the years which have followed - the return and regeneration of the Anthony Ainley incarnation of the Master! We feature some archive interviews with the author, which have been read for us by Dr John Bollan, plus the u...

We love our Doctor Who animations at the Power of 3. So, we're turning the clock back to 2013, when The Ice Warriors was completed, thanks to the power of animation from Qurios Animation. We speak to the team behind it, Chris Chapman and Niel Bushnell, about their work on it. And Kenny and Dr John discuss their love of the adventure.

Doctor Who goes strange... stranger than ever! Today, we're looking at Simon Messingham's sole entry into the canon of the New Adventures, Strange England. Simon joins us for a discussion on writing the book. As ever, we feature the Doctor Who Magazine prelude and a couple of readings from later in the novel.

The Power of 3 reaches its 500th episode - woohoo! For a podcast that started in 2019, we've done not too badly, with our mix of regular co-conspirators, including Tom Harris, David Steel, Kenny Smith, Dr John Bollan and Steevie Day, plus lots of semi-regulars too. To mark episode 500, we've decided to take a look at an unmade Doctor Who story you've possibly never heard of, featuring the Fifth Do...

Remember the good old days, when one of the first features you'd turn to in Doctor Who Magazine was The Time Team? Oh yes, that group of four fans, Jac Rayner, Peter Ware, Richard Bignell and Clayton Hickman, who went through ever episode of classic Who, and sharing their thoughts on them (plus the Dalek movies too). Those features were accompanied by Adrian Salmon's unique artwork, and now, those...

Terrance Dicks returns to the New Adventures for his second novel featuring the Seventh Doctor, in Blood Harvest. Courtesy of archival interviews with Doctor Who Magazine, and Terrance's biographer Simon Guerrier, and read by Nev Fountain, we bring you the Doctor Who legend's thoughts on his work set in prohibition America. Kenny is joined by James Hadwen-Bennett to discuss this book, which also f...

We heartily encourage you to sing this episode's title to Ian Levine's seminal classic Doctor In Distress, so here's the first two lines for you... Doctor on Display - Let's All Go To The USA! We're joined today by Keith Barnfather from Reeltime Pictures, plus Brandon Peters, to discuss how the latest Doctor on Display release came about. They reveal details about the big truck that left the UK, a...

Putting the Doctor and Sherlock Holmes together? An elementary idea! Join us as Andy Lane returns to the Power of 3, to talk about two of his favourite fictional heroes, and putting them together in one adventure - All-Consuming Fire. We also have a brief chat with cover artist Jeff Cummins, and feature an excerpt from the audio adaption too. Plus, we have the DWM prelude and a reading from the no...

It's not often that a friend of yours becomes the producer of Doctor Who... but that's exactly what happened with Derek Ritchie. From his days in the Glasgow Doctor Who group, to overseeing episodes of Peter Capaldi's Doctor, working on Class, Wizards vs Aliens, working with Idris Elba, and a host of other shows, Derek Ritchie joins us on the Power of 3. And stand by for some fantastic new facts!

Who would have thought that Theatre of War would have had such an impact on the Whoniverse? It's famous for introducing Irving Braxiatel, the Doctor's REDACTED, who would go on to appear in Gallifrey, Bernice Summerfield and a host of other audio ranges from Big Finish, as well as original novels. We have interviews with writer Justin Richards, his son Julian, cover artist Jeff Cummins, and audio...