Episode 17 - Time in Office (Review)

Our featured story for review this time is Doctor Who - Time in Office, a 5th Doctor story featuring Tegan, Leela and set on Gallifrey. 

We also take a brief look at the Big Finish releases for July 2020. 

What else have we been listening to...

Philip recommends fellow Aussie podcast The Doctor Who Show.

Dwayne recommends The Five Doctors audiobook, written by Terrance Dicks and read by Jon Culshaw. 

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Background music by Roger Limb, taken from Doctor Who - Arc of Infinity

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Episode 16 - The Wrong Doctors (Review)

Our focus story for this episode is the 2013 monthly release - Doctor Who - The Wrong Doctors, starring Colin Baker as the 6th Doctor and Bonnie Langford and Melanie Bush. 

Philip recommends Torchword - Iceberg starring Burn Gorman. 

Dwayne recommends The Robots Series 1 & Doctor Who - Tartarus. 

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Background music by Tristram Cary, taken from Devils Planets, The Music of Tristram Cary.

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Finding Neverland with guest Richard Smith from the Something Who Podcast

This time we welcome long-time Big Finish fan Philip Edney as the new regular co-host of The Sirens of Audio. 

Also joining us is Richard Smith from the Something Who podcast. 

Richard's pick is from July 2002, the epic finale to the 8th Doctor and Charley second season, Neverland.

Many thanks also to those who responded to the call for feedback.

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14. The Fabulous New Counter-Measures Vs The Fabulous Adam Richard

 

Our special guest is The Fabulous Adam Richard, writer, comedian, podcaster and Big Finish fan.

Adam joins us to talk about the most recent installments in "The New Counter Measures" series:

The Movellan Maneuver &

The Dalek Gambit

We also talk about Adam's career, his time on ABCs Whovians, Hard Quiz, and his podcast Adam Richard Has A Theory.

One of his more recent podcast episodes featured a review of the Big Finish play "Torchwood: The Green Life", starring John Barrowman and Katy Manning. Check it out here. 

Thanks for coming on the show Adam. I sense (and hope) this time may not be the last time. 

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Guest Nicholas Briggs on The Human Frontier

Released at the end of May 2020, The Human Frontier is Nicholas Briggs' epic new original drama spanning the vastness of space and a millennium of time through the eyes of two very different groups of human eyes.  

Nicholas joins us before, during and after phone calls to talk in-depth about the release. 

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The Sirens of Audio: The Story So Far...

The Sirens of Audio is a new podcast that focuses only on the audio universe of Doctor Who.

It features reviews, recommendations and discussion.

Frequent guests include fellow fans, podcasters, and others involved in the production of audio adventures.

It is available from Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor and your favourite podcatcher.

Here is a rundown on the episodes we have put out so far:

Episode 12: Understanding Being Understanding with guest (writer) Chris Chapman - A closer look at the May 2020 Monthly Adventures release, Scorched Earth, with an in-depth discussion with writer Chris Chapman.

Episode 11: A Lesson in Saying Something Nice with guest Brendan Jones - A positive look at some of the least popular Big Finish Adventures, namely, Nekromanteia, The Dark Flame & Dreamtime. Brendan Jones from the Flight Through Entirety podcast and Say Something Nice YouTube series helps us with this one.

Episode 10: Dipping Our Toes Into Tom Baker and the 4th Doctor Adventures - Just what it says on the tin, taking a look at the stories Shadow of the Sun, Purgatory 12, Wave of Destruction & The Justice of Jalxar.

Episode 9: Kaldor City - A Retrospective - A review of this incredible series from Magic Bullet productions, set on the world of The Robots of Death and featuring the political exploits of Commander Uvanov and a character who may or may not be our very own Kerr Avon from Blake's 7....

Episode 8: Special Guest John Ainsworth (Director) on Cry of the Vultriss - Our in-depth review of the April 2020 Monthly Range release and interview with director John Ainsworth, a long-term contributor to Big Finish.

Episode 7: The Kingmaker with Guest Mark Cockram - Mark from the Nerdology podcast is our guest this time and he reviews one of his all time favourites in the Big Finish range and chats about his podcast too.

Episode 6: Subterfuge with Guest Helen Goldwyn (Writer) - A closer look at Big Finish monthly adventure #262 released in March 2020 with writer Helen Goldwyn.

Episode 5: The Chimes of Midnight - In which your host waxes lyrical about his favourite audio play of all time.

Episode 4: Eldrad Must Die! - Featuring a review of this Marc Platt classic and some pretty emotive commentary about the state of some quarters of fandom.

Episode 3: The Reaping with Guest (writer) Joseph Lidster - Always ready for a good chinwag, Joseph talks about The Reaping, how he got into Big Finish, Sapphire and Steel, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Episode 2: The Psychic Circus with Guest (writer) Stephen Wyatt - Our first ever guest on the Sirens of Audio, the lovely Stephen Wyatt, talking about his February 2020 Monthly Adventures release, The Psychic Circus, a prequel to The Greatest Show in the Galaxy.

Episode 1: The Sirens of Time - A look back at the origins of Big Finish and the very first official Big Finish Doctor Who audio drama released in 1999.

Understanding Being Understanding with guest Chris Chapman

It's that time again when we take a closer look at the current Big Finish monthly release.

This time it's #264 released in May 2020 - Doctor Who - Scorched Earth, written by Chris Chapman.

Thanks to Chris for joining us to chat about this 6th Doctor, Constance and Flip adventure.

For an in-depth interview on Chris's work on the blu-ray and dvd extras, visit the Something Who website. 

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