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My initial reactions to the 13th Doctor start the show, I've calmed down and warmed to the idea a little now, more The Capitol II coverage this time Daphne Ashbrook and I'll finish with words from two women, Karen and Jean from Staggering Stories podcast on why a female Doctor is a bad idea.   End Theme: 8 Bit Hero   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes...

A trip back to the 1980s this week as we hear from writer Andrew Smith and actors Sarah Sutton and Matthew Waterhouse who all worked on the fifth Doctor era, a good fun panel I hope you enjoy it.   End Theme is Doctor Who_PH by Siobhan Gallichan   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://w...

The first of six visits to The Capitol II convention this week with a panel marking the 40th Anniversary of Panopticon the world's first Doctor Who Convention way back in 1977. Event organizers Keith Barnfather, Kevin Jon Davies and Andrew Beech reminisce about where it all started and reveal their future plans.   End Theme: Doctor Who(Delia 1980 outro)   The show is now on Facebook please join th...

Woah! It's almost impossible to sum up this week's Dr Who in a sentence so I won't. All I say is they went there….they really went there! Everybody brought their A game to this so full credit to Stephen Moffatt, Rachel Talaylay, Ashley Rowe her cinematographer right through to John Simm & Michelle Gomez bringing us the ultimate master battle!   End Theme: Doctor Who(1963_2015)   The show is now on...

The return of Modasian Cybermen, John Simm as the Master and Missy meeting him it was a wealth of riches in Doctor Who: World Enough and Time first of the two part finale of Series 10.   End Theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/gr...

The Doctor, Bill and Nardole end up in Roman Scotland this week in Doctor Who: The Eaters of Light.   End Theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/ If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them...

Team TARDIS end up on Mars in Victorian times this week in Doctor Who: The Empress of Mars, which even boasts a surprise cameo at the end.   End Theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/ If you want to send me c...

The Doctor and Bill face life in a post apocalyptic this week in Doctor Who: The Lie of The Land, a story that appears to have been inspired by modern dictatorships such as North Korea. This is quite pointed when you notice the paralels of complience and brain washing.   End Theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes ins...

An edge of the seat ride for viewers this week as the Doctor, Bill and Nardole visit The Pyramid at The End of The World. Possibly the most epic feeling episode for a few years and certainly an improvement on last week's mystery obsessed plot line. My usual first thoughts review and plenty of comments from the twitterverse.   End Theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook p...

Well, this week's episode Doctor Who: Extremis was a bit of a ride. Missy returned turning out to be the resident of the vault and the Doctor is still blind and will be next week.   End Theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/...

Take a deep breath and enjoy some views on this week's Dr Who: Oxegen in which air and time are both of the essence.   End Theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/ If you want to send me comments or feedback yo...

It's haunted house time as the Doctor comes a Knock Knocking at Bill's student pad in Doctor Who: Knock Knock a wonderfully creepy guest turn by David Suchet and more hints about who's in the vault.   End Theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.f...

This week Bill gets her first trip back in time in Doctor Who: Thin Ice also there's a brief review of the newly released Dr Who Mr Men books.   You can see a Michelle Gomez performed Dr Twelve animation here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSmKk2eCfu0   End Theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of cour...

This week is the Doctor and Bill vs the Emojibots in Doctor Who: Smile, this Frank Cotterell Boyce episode is certainly an improvement on his last effort.   End Theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/ If you w...

Doctor Who is finally back so here's my first thoughts review of Dr Who The Pilot, with as usual a few additional thoughts from the twitterverse.   End Theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/ If you want to se...

A final bit of coverage of this year's The Science of The Timelords event at The National Space Centre in Leicester that took place on 28th January 2017, this time two Doctors and two companions Colin Baker, Nichola Bryant, Silvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred answer questions from the assembled audience.   You can see video of this panel here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGvimSkWPos&t=4s And my p...

Another trip back in time this week to The Science of The Time Lords event at The National Space Centre for some audio of a talk by Dr. Marek Kukula and Simon Guerrier the writers of The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who. This isn't the whole talk, I started recording just after the first clip they showed, also apologies for the audio quality as this is sourced from my video camera.   End Theme is...

An off topic show this week with a final bit of coverage of last year's Nine Worlds convention, an event that doesn't just cater for sci fi fans as this discussion was called The Eurovision Song Contest and it's fandom. Sorry for the far from ideal audio quality this week as this was recorded from the back of a very packed room.   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive beh...

A trip back in time this week with a final bit of Whooverville 8 coverage, Toby Haydoke actor, Comedian and writer talking about working on the Doctor Who classic series DVD range. You can see video of this here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl2lAL-u1Ds and my photos of Whooverville 8 are here https://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/albums/72157672129291800   End Theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thri...

Last week of my classic series re-watch for a few months as I reach Doctor Who: The Mutants not exactly a high point of the era but it contains a few memorable acting performances. Also keep an eye out for costumes that were later borrowed by Blakes 7.   End Theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of cour...

This week my classic series re-watch reaches Doctor Who: The Sea Devils who emerge from the depths to taunt the Doctor and Jo.   End Theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/ If you want to send me comments or f...

This week my classic series re-watch reaches Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon not a story I was looking forward to but it turned out to be much more entertaining than I'd remembered.   End Theme: Dr Who(Gypsy Guitar) by Thrip   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/grou...

Post apocalyptic action this week as my classic series re-watch reaches Doctor Who: Day of The Daleks  which got a special edition reworking back in 2011.   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/ If you want to send me comments or feedback you can...

After the grimmer fare of last week I've been having fun this week watching Doctor Who: The Daemons which rightly holds its classic banner.   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/ If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to...

This week my classic series re-watch reached Doctor Who: Colony in Space also we learned that Peter Capaldi is leaving this show this year so I end with a clip from the interview in which he broke the news.   The show is now on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/...