Thursday, December 17, 2020

Episode 37 - Writer LIZBETH MILES on The Grey Man of the Mountain and More

Our guest is the very talented Lizbeth Miles, author of one of the December 2020 Big Finish monthly range releases, The Grey Man of the Mountain, and co-host of the Verity! and Hammer House of Podcast podcasts. 

Liz chats about her love of classic Who, her history with Big Finish, and how she feels about writing the last ever 7th Doctor audio play in the monthly range. 

She apologizes in advance. 


Big Finish trailers featured in this episode were for the following audio plays, available to purchase from the Big Finish website:

Doctor Who: The Grey Man of the Mountain by Lizbeth Miles

Doctor Who: The Plight of the Pimpernel by Chris Chapman



Recommendations

Liz recommends Doctor Who: The Chimes of Midnight and the Verity! podcast episode that contains a review of said story but does not contain Liz. 

Dwayne recommends King Ghost by Steven Wilson (music)

Philip recommends Toby Hadoke's Time Travels - Indefinable Magic (podcast)


Cover art by Ryan Aplin.


Philip Edney on Twitter

Dwayne Bunney on Twitter

Theme music by Husky by the Geek.

Email: sirensofaudio@gmail.com

Website: sirensofaudio.com

Twitter: @AudioSirens

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Clips and music are copyright BBC and Big Finish. No infringement is intended.

Thursday, December 10, 2020

Episode 36 - The Tenth Doctor & River Song and Time Lord Victorious: The Minds of Magnox


This time we look in depth at two recent releases in the Doctor Who audio universe:

The Tenth Doctor and River Song (Big Finish) &

Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious - The Minds of Magnox (BBC Audio)



Philip recommends Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey (audiobook)

Dwayne recommends the music of Cobra Kai (Spotify Playlist)



Philip Edney on Twitter

Dwayne Bunney on Twitter

Theme music by Husky by the Geek.

Email: sirensofaudio@gmail.com

Website: sirensofaudio.com

Twitter: @AudioSirens

Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/sirensofaudio/


Clips and music are copyright BBC and Big Finish. No infringement is intended.

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Episode 35 - Interview with JANET FIELDING


This time we are joined by the lovely Janet Fielding to discuss bringing Tegan Jovanka back for an audio audience, the ongoing antics between Peter Davison, herself and other cast members, her forthcoming new book and her charity work for Project MotorHouse.


To learn more about Janet's work with Project MotorHouse and to make a donation, please visit https://www.projectmotorhouse.org.uk/
We played trailers for the following audio plays:


Recommendations
Janet recommends Les Norton (TV series)
Dwayne recommends Scaredy Kat and Gallifrey's Most Wanted (podcasts)
Philip recommends PEP with Chas & Dr Dave (podcast)



Philip Edney on Twitter
Dwayne Bunney on Twitter
Theme music by Husky by the Geek.
Twitter: @AudioSirens
Clips and music are copyright BBC and Big Finish. No infringement is intended.

Thursday, November 26, 2020

Episode 34 - Jago & Litefoot Writer PAUL MORRIS on Writing For Big Finish, Cancel Culture and Other Galactic Funk


In this episode we are joined by Big Finish author and fellow Who Podcaster, Paul Morris. 

Paul has written for many Big Finish ranges including Doctor Who, Jago & Litefoot, The Adventures of Bernice Summerfield, The Scarifyers, Tales From New Earth, The Avengers & The Paternoster Gang to name a few. 

Before we get to his writing, we discuss the controversial contents of The Talons of Weng-Chiang and the broader topic of cancel culture. 

During our chat, we played the trailers for the following audio adventures (please click of the titles to check out more detail about them):

The Diary of River Song Volume 6 (which includes Paul's Talons of Weng-Chiang prequel, The Talents of Greel)

Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles: Council of War 

Doctor Who: Tales From New Earth (which includes Paul's story, The Skies of New Earth)

Jago & Litefoot Series 13 (which includes Paul's story, The Stuff of Nightmares)

Jago & Litefoot Forever

The Avengers: The Comic Strip Adaptations Volume 02: Steed & Mrs Peel (which includes The Antagoniser by by Paul Morris and SImon Barnard)

The Paternoster Gang: Heritage Volume 4 (which includes Paul's episode entitled Merry Christmas, Mr Jago)

Doctor Who: Aquitaine #BringBackHargreaves 



Recommendations

Paul recommends Guided By Voices (Music)

Philip recommends The War Master: Hearts of Darkness

Dwayne recommends Kaleidoscope Ears with Guest Programmer Nicholas Pegg - Author Of "The Complete David Bowie" - David Bowie Obscurities (Radio Special)

Paul Morris on Twitter 

Paul currently appears on the Doctor Who: Missing Episodes and Something Who podcasts. 


Philip Edney on Twitter

Dwayne Bunney on Twitter

Theme music by Husky by the Geek.

Email: sirensofaudio@gmail.com

Website: sirensofaudio.com

Twitter: @AudioSirens

Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/sirensofaudio/

Clips and music are copyright BBC and Big Finish. No infringement is intended.

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Episode 33 - Scary Stories and Super Creepies (Night Thoughts & The Red Lady)

 
We discuss two of Big Finish's scariest stories according to our opinion and the popular vote.

They are:


Night Thoughts &

The Red Lady


Philip recommends Something Who (podcast)

Dwayne recommends The Album Years (podcast)



Philip Edney on Twitter

Dwayne Bunney on Twitter


Theme music by Husky by the Geek.

Email: sirensofaudio@gmail.com

Website: sirensofaudio.com

Twitter: @AudioSirens

Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/sirensofaudio/


Clips and music are copyright BBC and Big Finish. No infringement is intended.

Friday, November 13, 2020

Episode 32 - JANE SLAVIN on Tom Baker, Writing, Saying Yes to Everything and Making Accidental Friends


Tom Baker and Jane Slavin 
recording for Big Finish

Our guest this time is the multi-talented Jane Slavin, actor, writer, and oft wardrobe-dweller. 

Jane has starred in tv shows such as Coronation Street and The Bill, and has worked in audio with Doctors Jon Pertwee, the Bakers Tom and Colin, Peter Davision and David Tennant. 

On top of her acting Jane has written some incredible plays for Big Finish, particularly in their Big Finish Originals range and Survivors. 

We discuss it all. 

Thanks so much Jane! 



Dwayne recommends Fair Warning by Van Halen (album) Here is a link to the opening track, Mean Street.

Philip recommends Callan Series 1 & 2 (Big Finish) and Survivors Series 8 (Big Finish).


Philip Edney on Twitter

Dwayne Bunney on Twitter

Theme music by Husky by the Geek.

Email: sirensofaudio@gmail.com

Website: sirensofaudio.com

Twitter: @AudioSirens

Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/sirensofaudio/


Clips and music are copyright BBC and Big Finish. No infringement is intended.