Saturday, November 4, 2023

177. The Star Beast - The Comic Strip Adaptations - Review


As the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who comes ever closer, we review the Big Finish audio adaptation of the comic strip that is also being adapted for the first episode of the RDT2 era, The Star Beast.

And we ask the question, why does Russell T. Davies love to adapt stories from other Doctor Who media such as comics, books and audio?




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Saturday, October 28, 2023

176. GARY RUSSELL - Zagreus - The 40th Anniversary Doctor Who Special


Our 60th Anniversary series continues with a look back at the Doctor Who 40th Anniversary special, Zagreus. Joining us to talk about it in depth is producer, director and co-writer, Gary Russell.

We'll also be jumping down the rabbit hole with the live Sydney audience from our recent event with Katy Manning.

And for those who loved our recent interview with Conrad Westmaas, he returns here to give us his special experience of working on Zagreus.




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Saturday, October 21, 2023

175. The Villains Trilogy - Looking Back at the Doctor Who 40th Anniversary - with Ian Kubiak and Gary Russell


Continuing our Doctor Who 60th anniversary season, we take a look back to the 40th anniversary and The Villains Trilogy, featuring Omega, Davros and The Master.

We are privileged to be joined by Cygnus Alpha events organiser, Ian Kubiak. For information on his upcoming events, visit https://www.cygnusalpha.org/

We also have some memories from the man behind Big Finish at the time, producer and director, Gary Russell.





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Saturday, October 14, 2023

174. CONRAD WESTMAAS - How To Be Invisible


Our Doctor Who 60th Anniversary season continues with our special guest for this episode, Conrad Westmaas.

Conrad is a lifelong Doctor Who fan and actor who played Eighth Doctor companion C'Rizz, a chameleonic alien from the Divergent Universe.

And since it's anniversary time, it will have been 20 years in January 2024 since C'Rizz made his first appearance in Philip Martin's "The Creed of the Kromon".

Conrad speaks frankly about his love of sci-fi and fantasy, what let him to being an actor, and how he felt about his time as a Doctor Who companion, including how he dealt with the negative fan reaction at the time.

Thanks so much for being with us Conrad!!





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Saturday, October 7, 2023

173. BRIAN CROUCHER - The Travis of Death


We continue our anniversary themed episodes with a celebration of 10 years of full cast Blake's 7 audio drama from Big Finish.

Brian Croucher has appeared in both Blake's 7 (as Space Commander Travis) and Doctor Who (as Borg in The Robots of Death), and he joins us to talk about his career and his views on life, as well as his time recording audio drama for Big Finish and Magic Bullet Productions.


Our thanks go to Ian Kubiak at Cygnus Alpha Events - https://www.cygnusalpha.org/




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Saturday, September 30, 2023

172. NICHOLAS PEGG, TIM SUTTON, HELEN GOLDWYN and COLIN BAKER - The 20th Anniversary of Doctor Who and the Pirates



We are pleased to bring to you this special 20th anniversary celebration of Philip's favourite Big Finish adventure, Doctor Who and the Pirates, starring Colin Baker, Maggie Stables and Bill Oddie (The Goodies).

This feature includes brand new interviews with Nicholas Pegg, Tim Sutton and Helen Goldwyn, with archive Sirens of Audio material from Colin Baker and archive clips of Bill Oddie and Maggie Stables thanks to Big Finish Magazine.



Closing theme by Tim Sutton.


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Saturday, September 23, 2023