Thursday, April 28, 2022

105. Randomoid Reviews: The Last Post & Full Fathom Five PLUS Interview with Writer DAVID BISHOP


It’s time for another Randomoid Reviews episode, and the two stories we’ll be looking at this time are:

Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles – The Last Post - https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-companion-chronicles-the-last-post-743

and

Doctor Who Unbound – Full Fathom Five - https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-unbound-full-fathom-five-364 


And joining us for a chat is writer David Bishop to talk about his story Full Fathom Five. 


To find out more about David’s historical mystery novels visit https://dvbishop.com/ 


Listen out for the next two exciting stories chosen at random for our next Randomoid Reviews show. 



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Thursday, April 21, 2022

104. MARK WRIGHT - Outlaw Producer


To start our episode we share a quick review of two recent releases. 

Philip shares his thoughts on Stranded 4 - https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-stranded-4-2172

Dwayne gives his first impressions of The First Doctor Adventures: The Outlaws - https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-first-doctor-adventures-the-outlaws-2513

Then we chat with Mark Wright, producer of The Outlaws. We discuss his career with Big Finish as an actor, writer (along with Cavan Scott) and producer. 


Philip recommends Doctor Who: The Annihilators - https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-third-doctor-adventures-the-annihilators-2515

Dwayne recommends Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen (BBC Audiobook) - https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Doctor-Who-and-the-Revenge-of-the-Cybermen-Audiobook/1529143527



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Thursday, April 14, 2022

103. NIGEL FAIRS - In Conversation With An Audio Drama Makerer


This time we are joined by Nigel Fairs, an actor and writer who has been involved with Dr Who related audio productions from the legendary days of Audio Visuals to today with Big Finish. 

Not only has Nigel been involved with Doctor Who, he has produced The Tomorrow People, Blake’s 7, Sapphire and Steel and his own original productions such as Shilling and Sixpence and In Conversation With An Acid Bath Murderer. 

Join us for a fascinating chat with a fascinating man. 

Find out more about Nigel at his website - https://nigelfairs.com/


Philip recommends Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles – The Time Vampire - https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-companion-chronicles-the-time-vampire-486 

Dwayne recommends Doctor Who: Watchers - https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-watchers-2444 



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Sunday, April 10, 2022

Doctor Who: Short Trips - Mondas Passing by Paul Grice


1986. The Cybermen are about to invade an Antarctic base. 

Ben Jackson had seen it once before. And there was only one person he knew who also knew what was to come.

Her name was Polly. 


This short story was originally published in 1998 in print by BBC Books. 


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Thursday, April 7, 2022

102. Review - Mind of the Hodiac | Interview: SIMON FISHER-BECKER


In this episode we discuss the place of personal politics in our podcast. 

We review the Russell T. Davies penned Doctor Who: Mind of the Hodiac, available from Big Finish Productions. https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-mind-of-the-hodiac-2483

We chat with actor Simon Fisher-Becker about his career, his books and his portrayal of Dorium Maldovar in Doctor Who on TV and audio. For more information about Simon visit his website - https://www.fisherbecker.com/


Philip recommends UNIT: Nemesis - Agents of the Vulpreen - https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/unit-nemesis-2-agents-of-the-vulpreen-2438

Dwayne recommends The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles Volume One - https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-doctor-chronicles-the-eleventh-doctor-volume-01-1630

Dwayne also recommends Omega: Audio Drama starring Brian Blessed - https://www.cutawaycomics.co.uk/publications/omega-vengeance



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Thursday, March 31, 2022

101. The Fourth Doctor Solo Adventures



Kenny is on the team again this time as we examine Doctor Who - The Fourth Doctor Adventures - Season 11 - Solo. The two stories in the boxset are Blood of the Time Lords by Timothy X Atack and The Ravencliff Witch by David Llewellyn. - https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-fourth-doctor-adventures-series-11-solo-2100

Not only do we have Nerys Hughes in her first appearance as new character Margaret Hopwood, we have the final appearance of James Dreyfus as The Master. 

We have a lot to say. 



Philip recommends 42 To Doomsday (Podcast) - https://42todoomsday.wordpress.com/

Dwayne recommends Disgusted, Mary Whitehouse (BBC Radio 4 Documentary) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0015411

Kenny recommends The Doctor Who Show (podcast) - http://thedwshow.net/

Hear Kenny's recent interview with Paul McGann on the Pieces of Eighth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/3-5-paul-mcgann/id1568889213?i=1000555164638


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Sunday, March 27, 2022

An Afternoon with SYLVESTER MCCOY


The celebrations are still going for our 100th episode and for this special bonus episode we share a 2007 interview that Philip did with Sylvester McCoy in Sydney for the Doctor Who Club of Australia event, "An Afternoon with Sylvester McCoy". 

The footage was a recent discovery from Dwayne's vault (shed) as he had also attended the event, but the dynamic duo of Philip and Dwayne was at that time still a long way off. 

We share the trailer for the Big Finish story "Frozen Time" from 2007, featuring James Bond actress Maryam d'Abo. - https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-frozen-time-264


Philip recommends The Delta Flyers (Podcast) - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-delta-flyers/id1511456063

Dwayne recommends his archive interview with Porcupine Tree frontman Steven Wilson - https://youtu.be/IoEyqHbcV8A



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