The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #202: Interview with Louise Jameson

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It’s another interview special!  This time, James was fortunate enough to interview Louise Jameson on stage at the recent Big Blue Box 2 convention held in Tunbridge Wells.  As many of you will know, Louise appeared as Leela in forty episodes of Doctor Who with Tom Baker back in the seventies. Louise was an absolute joy to speak to and fondly reminisced about her time on Doctor Who.   Join her and James as she discusses Leela, Big Finish, Tom Baker, directing Katy Manning and her forays into writing and directing.

Thanks to Stephen Elsden, the Commander-in-Chief of the Big Blue Box conventions which are run in aid of Compaid – a charity providing services to disabled people in the South East of England.

The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #200: Interviews with Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks

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Two hundred!  Two hundred episodes of THE Doctor Who podcast!  One hundred and ninety-nine episodes since that review of The Eleventh Hour all the way back in 2010! Woo-hoo!

How then, should we celebrate such a landmark? What would be appropriate?!  Hmmm.  We at The DWP thought long and hard on this.  There could be so many ways to celebrate this historic occasion and say thank you to our devoted listeners.  We came up with a couple of ideas:

  • humming the Doctor Who theme for five straight hours
  • reviewing Delta and the Bannermen and Unicorn and the Wasp whilst inhaling helium
  • perform an entire podcast in morse code
  • doing a commentary track for Planet of the Dead.

We rejected these plainly insane ideas, and after much discussion finally made a decision.  How about a never-before-heard interview with an iconic Who writer who sadly is no longer with us?  A writer who assisted in giving us War Lords, Draconians, Silurians and Sea Devils?!  Yes.  Yes indeed.   That might be just the way to go!

It is therefore with immense pride that The Doctor Who Podcast presents an interview with none other than Mr Malcolm Hulke!

But why stop there?! Mac, as he preferred to be called struck up a collaborative writing relationship with a man who also went on to become a Who legend in his own right.  Why not interview him too and ask him about his memories of Mac?  We therefore also bring you a brand new interview with Mr Terrance Dicks!

So, sit back and enjoy an hour in the company of Messrs Dicks and Hulke as they talk about the show they help immortalise, all in one juicy, celebratory edition of The Doctor Who Podcast.

Happy 200 everyone.  You may now provide cake.

The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #193: News, News and more news… and some Seventh Doctor

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Its been ages since we have talked just news, news and more news on the Doctor Who Podcast.  In this jam packed episode we talk about the latest news in the Doctor Who universe.

In this episode James and Trevor talk news.  And more news.  And then once they have talked about that, they talk about some more news.

Also James has a chat to Stephen Elsden, organiser of Big Blue Box 2, who for some reason has never viewed a single 7th Doctor story. James is on a mission to set that right, and you can listen to the first instalment of his quest in this episode.

The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #187: Burning Issues 3 – How Far Can Sacred Cows be Pushed?

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The last in our current series of Burning Issues here at the DWP – the thorny subject of “How Far Can Sacred Cows be Pushed?”  How much that we hold dear about our beloved program is open to reinterpretation, reimagining and redesign and how much about the history of the show do we need to consider when creating more of it?

In the Campervan alongsideJames and Trevor is a special guest to help get to the bottom of this complex issue – the host of A Mad Man with a Box Podcast, Stephen Prescott.

 

The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #184: Burning Issues 1 – Genesis of the Daleks – All Time Classic or All Time Dud?

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This week the first in our series of Burning Issues – unresolved questions posed on the Doctor Who Podcast in previous episodes that we hope to be able to provide answers for.

The first of these is in response to a statement Tom made on a previous DWP – that the classic series story Genesis of the Daleks should be “put in a box and buried”, further stating it was the worst story of the first twenty years of the program.

Such an assertion could not go unchallenged.  So we have put Tom on trial in this episode – he must answer for his most heinous crime.  The case for the defence and prosecution will be set, then it will be up to you, our wonderful listeners to decide on the verdict.  Let us know at feedback@thedoctorwhopodcast.com“>feedback@thedoctorwhopodcast.com just where Genesis of the Daleks should sit in the history of the show.

The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #182: Interview with Ed Stradling

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We bring you a very special episode of the DWP this week –James spoke to DVD value-added-material producer, Mr Ed Stradling.  Ed is responsible for producing a ridiculously high number of extra features that have been included on Doctor Who DVDs, the first of which saw the likes of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss talk about Earthshock all the way back in 2003!  Ed also talks about Ian Levene’s project to re-construct Planet of the Giants back into the four part-story originally conceived, the results of which appear on the DVD, and discusses rumours about missing stories being found.

So sit down with a  cuppa tea, put your feet up and listen toJames and Ed talk Doctor Who for half an hour!

The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #175: Review of Air Lock, the recovered episode from Galaxy 4, recorded at the BFI’s 2012 Missing Believed Wiped event

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Join our very own roving reporterJames, Luke from The Minute Doctor Who Podcast and friend of the show and long-time DWP listener Tony as they talk about what they thought of Air Lock – episode 3 of the missing story, Galaxy 4.

The British Film Institute screened the restored episode as part of the Missing Belived Wiped event held on Sunday 2nd December 2012.   This was only the second time the episode has been shown in full to an audience in the UK and you can hear the joy asJames, Luke and Tony talk about what can justifiably be described as new Doctor Who, despite it being first transmitted on BBC1 forty-seven years ago!

 

 

The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #170: Geek Out, or why is Attack of the Cybermen so awful?

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A chance for the strange inhabitants of the DWP Campervan, otherwise known as Trevor, Leeson and Ian to let their hair down and talk an even higher level of nonsense than is typical in a podcast.  Yes ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for another world famous DWP Geek Out!

Topics plucked from nowhere this episode include:

(please note not all topics listed may be in the podcast)

Ian and Michele also share with us their review of the first portions of the I Davros series from Big Finish.

No sniggering down the back there!  This is serious!  THIS. IS. PODCASTING!

The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #167: Interview with Anthony Ainley

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Ladies and Gentlemen, we have great pleasure in bringing you an exclusive, never heard before interview with none other than The Master himself, Mr Anthony Ainley.  The interview was recorded by friend of the show Martin Spellacey in 1981 whilst he was being driven across London by Anthony on his way back from a Doctor Who Convention.

Anthony is relaxed and playful as he candidly discusses Doctor Who and his role in it, Tom Baker, Sarah Sutton, Doctor Who Monthly, cricket and girls.  He even breaks into song on a couple of occassions…..!   Sit back and enjoy time-travel in action.  Anthony Ainley speaking to you from across the ages, thirty years ago – it’s a joy to behold.

Thanks go to Martin from Bristol Community Radio who recorded the interview all those years ago and got in touch with us.

The except from the song ‘The Mind of  Evil’ is performed by Billy Davies and used with his kind permission.  Leeson Fischer and Harry Medium come with their own health warning that is not possible to emphasise enough using mere words.

Thanks also to the myriad of Doctor Who Podcasters to feature on this episode of the DWP!

 

The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #160: Interview with classic Doctor Who companion Peter Purves

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A short break from the excitement that is Season 7 of Doctor Who.

James and Leeson bring you a fantastic interview from Whooverville 4, one of the greatest conventions on the planet.

They were lucky enough to sit down with classic Doctor Who companion, Peter Purves.

Peter played Steven Taylor, the fiesty companion to the 1st Doctor, William Hartnell from 1965 to 1966.  He has also been involved with various Big Finish companion chronicles.

Settle back for what is an enjoyable interview with Peter Purves.