Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 143: With Christopher Jones There’ve been Doctor Who comic strips for almost as long as there’s been Doctor Who! The Doctor’s have rarely been out of British comics since 1964. In recent decades the international comic book market also published a succession of titles in the Marvel or DC format, employing some of the industry's most exciting talents to write...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 142: Whoniversal – 60 Years of Doctor Who Special Finally we’re arrived at the desired co-ordinates: after the longest countdown in Doctor Who’s long history. There are three all-new diamond anniversary specials about to materialise and a great deal to look forward to over the coming months, as the series is reborn once again… Here we offer our fellow fans, f...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 141: TARDIS – Design Classic Marking the Diamond anniversary of the world’s longest running, best loved Sci-Fi & Fantasy Television series, Doctor Who now here at Type 40: A Doctor Who Podcast… Though our recent 60th birthday year shows concentrated on our leading men: those Doctor’s themselves. The series leading lady gets the spotlight all to herself th...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 138: Father’s Day – Ninth Doctor Diamond Series Review The 60th anniversary pf Doctor Who and the series All-New rebirth is close at hand! Time to set co-ordinates for the earliest days of the last restart this time on Type 40, with another entry in our Diamond Series of reviews! Christopher Eccleston’s take on the Time Lord was arresting, afflicted and yes:...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 137: Dr. Who Rides Again! We bring you coverage of an exciting new, unofficial project recently announced and out filming at locations throughout Wales, this time on Type 40. “Dr. Who Meets the Scorpion” is described as “a 60-minute fan film based on the popular BBC TV serial – currently in production”. Bringing us a brand new incarnation of the Doctor, his n...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 136: Whooverville 14 with Stephen Hatcher Nearly time for one of the most keenly anticipated occasions of the year in calendars of British based Doctor Who fans: 2023’s Whooverville convention takes place in Derby on 2nd September! This year with a festival of Doctors and other fantastic guests from the Whoniverse, joining in the fun with eager fans. Conventi...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 135: Image of the Fendahl – Fourth Doctor Diamond Series Review Later this year the 14th Doctor will thrill us in three brand new specials to mark Doctor Who’s 60th birthday. November can’t come fast enough! Best way to enjoy these last few months of an excruciating wait must be revisiting incarnations and adventures past: On this biggest ever edition of Type...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 134: Trips of Our Lifetimes – For Doctor Who Podcast Day 2023 Beginning our sixth year covering the Whoniverse on the threshold of an exciting, All-new era for our favourite television series, Doctor Who here on Type 40. Timed to coincide with Doctor Who Podcast Day… What better time to re-introduce our regular panellists: longtime podcaster Sarah Graham and...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 133: Death to the Daleks – Third Doctor Diamond Series Review As the 14th Doctor waits to take us on brand new adventures later in 2023 on television, with a further incarnation to follow shortly afterwards. This is an exciting time to be a Doctor Who fan! Here on Type 40, we’re passing the months until the Time Lord’s story resumes by revisiting times &...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 132: The State of 2023 – 5th Birthday News Catch-Up! For this fifth birthday edition of Type 40: your Doctor Who Podcast on the Fandom Podcast Network, regular host Dan Hadley reconnects with co-founder and co-host Kyle Wagner in the console room… Together the transatlantic two compare notes about recent happenings from the Whoniverse: the casting calls, the...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 132: Longing for Longleat The pair of eBooks looking at the original Blackpool Doctor Who Exhibition proved immensely popular with fans young and not so young! Now the team behind them return to Type 40 with the inside story of a third title, due to massive demand… Designer and artist Alex Collier and historian John Collier have compiled Longing for Longleat,...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 130: Double Feature – Daleks Invasion Earth 2150AD Six decades worth history of the world’s longest running Sci-Fi & Fantasy television series is rich with time warps and cultural events. Some impacted away from the sofa altogether! The Daleks had filled cinemas and stormed the silver screen once. Could they do it again a year later? “Daleks Invasion Earth 21...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 129: With Jeff Cummins Continuing our series of conversations with the biggest artists in Doctor Who’s long print history, Type 40 is thrilled to bring you a brand-new interview with master painter, illustrator and designer Jeff Cummins. Known for his evocative imagery for both the Target and New Adventures books, from the 70’s through to the 90’s, Jeff speak...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 128: Nowhere to Ride – Planet of the Dead Review With a Fourteenth Doctor leading the charge, whilst a further incarnation waits in the wings, 2023 is going to make for a tumultuous 60th anniversary year. There’s still several months to wait until the story of the Time Lord continues. In the meantime, here on our Doctor Who podcast let us revisit times & spac...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 127: With Tasha Achilléos Welcome to Type 40 and this latest conversation in the 60th anniversary year of our favourite television series. Of course, we don’t just celebrate the onscreen Whoniverse, but everything surrounding it too! The lives and contributions of the people that helped build and expand the modern mythology of the man in the blue box and what...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 126: Making a Drama w/Me & Him & Who Whoever said real-life time travel is impossible? Thanks to the combined talents of a creative and industrious producer, two superb character actors and a writer with masses of drama credits to his name, listeners of the new audio play “Me & Him & Who” can be transported back a few decades in time! To one particular place...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 125: Screentime Lord With more high-concept, high-momentum, big budget and hyped-up television than ever, fighting for the attention of even the most steadfast and true Doctor Who fan? How does one find the time to revisit our favourite adventures in space & time past! Let alone seriously consider mounting a rewatch of the entire canon… Regular hosts Dan & Si...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 124: With Dalek 6388 Let Type 40 help you EXTERMINATE a little of your day, here with the latest edition of our Doctor Who podcast. Where we help tell the story behind a one-of-a-kind website that’s served fans with unprecedented amounts of information and creativity for over two decades now… Jon Green created the website Dalek 6388 in 2002. It’s a domain tha...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 123: The Masked Stinger – The Unicorn and the Wasp Review Our very own Randomiser has coughed up just the choice for our Doctor Who story review panel, as we count the weeks to Springtime here on Type 40! It features the returning cast of the 60th anniversary specials too: Catherine Tate and David Tennant in a monster-murder-mystery-romp from the ever popular...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 122: Time Zone Travels Our favourite TV series Doctor Who is fantastic at bringing people together! Whether it’s talking about last Saturday’s episode in the playground or at the water cooler or to someone on the other side of the world, through the modern miracles of technology. Entire friendships, sometimes with those whom we’ve never met are common thanks...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 121: With Colin Howard With the 60th anniversary year up and running, lots of us will be looking back over our time as fans of the world’s best loved Sci-Fi & Fantasy series: Doctor Who. For artist & illustrator Colin Howard, it’s manifest as Timeslides! A generous collection of his distinctive and imaginative artwork, we’ve seen on everything from books cove...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 120: The Power of the Doctor Reviewed For one final time, our Doctor Who podcast which began with the beginnings of Chris Chibnall’s time as showrunner, reviews an episode of the 13th Doctor era: Original reviewers Kyle and Dan reunite for this bumper edition of Type 40, closing the book on Jodie Whittaker’s time in the lead role. Joining them are Charlotte S...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 119: With Who North America If you've got some shelves need filling up with more Doctor Who merchandise, then our podcast is happy to continue to inspire and point you in the right directions: this time to a family owned retail store started by a lifelong fan over two decades ago. One that's become home to workshops, game nights and even conventions over in t...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 118: Supply & Demand - The Unquiet Dead Review Our Type 40 review panel are back together again to round off their looks at the very beginnings of Russell T Davies first stint as Doctor Who showrunner, back in 2005. It's perhaps the series first proper Christmas story and an encounter not just with the walking dead but one of yesterday's most celebrated write...

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 117: Millie Gibson is Ruby! The regeneration of the world’s longest running, and best loved Science Fiction & Fantasy TV series continues with the casting of Millie Gibson as the Doctor’s brand-new travelling companion. And our Doctor Who podcast went LIVE to respond to the latest breaking news story! Regular voices Charlotte and Sarah join host Dan Hadley, t...