The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #355 – Spice Up Your Life! Mel B returns!

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Well, that was a surprise! This week saw the announcement that Bonnie Langford will reprise the role of Melanie Bush in the series of Doctor Who alongside Ncuti Gatwa’s 15th Doctor Who! Sadly the news broke too late for us to cover in any great detail, but Phil and James do discuss briefly at the top of the episode.

Michele then joins James to talk about the latest trailer, the titles of the upcoming specials and the latest casting news.

And feedback! We have a brand new Facebook Group (20 years late, we know) so we talk about some of the messages our wonderful listeners have been posting.

Then – it’s soapbox time! James and Michele talk about the Ninth Doctor range from Big Finish Productions. It’s been a while since we had a chinwag about the output from Big Finish without reviewing a specific release. So how has Christopher Eccleston’s return to Doctor Who landed with fans now we have nine box sets?!

Join us later this month for part two of our series, Once and Future Review! Chapter Two is being released on 14 June – our review will be online as soon as possible after that!

Get in touch with the Campervan in the usual ways – feedback@thedoctorwhopodcast.com, on Twitter or via Facebook.

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The Doctor Who Podcast – Once and Future Review #1 – Past Lives

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Doctor Who’s Diamond Whobilee starts here! The wonderful creative powerhouse that is Big Finish Productions have released the first of a new monthly series of Doctor Who stories celebrating Doctor Who’s sixtieth anniversary. The range is called Once and Future, comprises eight parts. Part seven will be released to coincide with the anniversary itself and the final Coda – in November 2024!

Here in the campervan we are incredibly excited to announce we will be reviewing each monthly releases as and when they make it out into wild between now and November.

So why not listen along with us?! Each of our reviews will be as full as possible, so DO NOT LISTEN BEFORE YOU HAVE HEARD THE STORY!!!! You have been warned!

Part One, written by Robert Valentine is called Past Lives – and is available to own right now by visiting Big Finish’s website. As soon as your ears have digested the story, download our review and join in the celebration with Brent, Michele and Drew! Drop an email to us as feedback@thedoctorwhopodcast.com (with “Once and Future” in the subject field) and we’ll read your message and discuss your theories on next month’s review show!

All this as well as regular DWPs too!

Happy Anniversary!

The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #354 – Doctor Who Royalty!

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What’s this?! TWO episodes of DWP goodness in as many weeks?! What’s that saying about busses?! Well, never mind about busses, jump on board the DWP Campervan as we celebrate royalty in our own way!

Off the back of our comprehensive (!) Third Doctor Special, Phil, Michele and James travel forward in time to catch up with all things Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctor-related. Also covered – non-linear cryptic teaser-trailers, Ncuti’s costumes, casting news, photoshoots and possible musical episodes of Doctor Who!

If that wasn’t enough, tune in for an announcement about our coverage of Big Finish‘s 60th Anniversary seven part extravaganza, Once and Future. Yes, you can listen along with us, hear our reviews and let us know what you think over the next seven months or so. Exciting stuff as we get started on the 60th anniversary celebrations already!

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The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #353 – Jon Pertwee IS The Doctor!

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Jumping Jehoshaphat! Ka-Klakk, we’re back! Join the entire DWP team as we remissness about all things Third Doctor. With so many of us in the Campervan loving the Third Doctor, a show dedicated to the era is much overdue.

So join Drew and Michele as they review The Return of Jo Jones, the latest Third Doctor set from Big Finish – Phil and Ian as they head to the DWP’s favourite pub to record their memories of the era and of course, Brent and James as they talk about Jon Pertwee himself, his Doctor Who stories on television, Big Finish tales, Season 9 on blu-ray, the Brigadier, Sarah Jane Smith, Liz Shaw and Jo Grant – and all manner of other stuff in the unstructured DWP style that you have come to love!

So jump on board the Campervan for an hour of Third Doctor goodness!

Enjoy the show.

The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #352 – Russell and the Rumours

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It’s lazy days as we mark time while we wait for Doctor Who to return to our screens. Thankfully there seems to be a steady stream of hints about what’s to come. Join Michele, Ian, and Brent as they talk about the speculation reported in the Mirror and elsewhere about potential spin-off series and writers.

Then we turn from the unknown to the known as we discuss the upcoming Ninth Doctor adventures from Big Finish and a new Third Doctor season on Blu-ray. Finally, we look back at a couple of stand-out stories from Big Finish’s erstwhile Monthly Range. Michele and Ian go ’round and ’round with the 2007 release Circular Time and guest reviewer Adam shares his thoughts on 2012’s Protect and Survive, from his very own fallout shelter.

Don’t forget to check out James on Episode 69 of the Who & Company podcast – a must listen for the millions of fans of Dad’s Army and Doctor Who!

Don’t forget, you can get in touch with the Campervan by emailing us at feedback@thedoctorwhopodcast.com, Tweet @thedrwhopodcast or find us on Facebook.

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The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #351 – 2023 Predictions

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It’s here! And it’s not even March yet! Join us for our annual predictions episode as Drew, James, Michele and Phil gaze into the Campervan’s oh-so-reliable crystal ball and make carefully calculated predictions about what will come to pass in the Whoniverse in 2023. But that’s not before the team dial the clock back twelve months and review the predictions Ian, Brent, Drew and James made in Episode 338 in 2022! Just how many (few) did they get right? Tune in to find out!

Don’t forget to let us know what YOU think will happen in 2023 – will the TARDIS turn into a turnip? Will the Doctor finally travel the universe with a cabbage as a companion?! And just what is it about vegetables in this post?! I must be hungry. What are you having for dinner? Email feedback@thedoctorwhopodcast.com, Tweet @thedrwhopodcast or find us on Facebook to let us know!

Enjoy the show!

The Doctor Who Podcast Special #26 – The Abominable Snowmen with Who and Company

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Happy New Year! Is it too late to say that? Never mind, we’re saying it anyway!

It’s that time of year once again when time streams coalesce, podcast contrails converge and basically, we mix it right up! Yes, Michele and James join forces with Brent and Drew on the first in a new series of Who & Company shows. “Isn’t that basically the same as a regular DWP “, we hear you ask?! Well, take a listen and find out as we discuss Yeti up mountains in Tibet!

The DWP will be back shortly with our annual predictions episode – don’t miss that one, it’s always a bit of a riot!

The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #350 – Merry Christmas!

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You didn’t think we were going let Christmas come and go without hearing from us, did you?! Join Michele, James, Brent and Drew as they bring you the Christmas Special the BBC decided we could do without!

Have a lovely Christmas and join us in the campervan in the New Year for our regular programme of geeky Whoness, silliness and of course, highly professional and insightful analysis (ahem!) of the show we all love so much!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas! But Please Stand By….

Merry Christmas Everyone! Yes it’s been a while since Power of the Doctor aired! We’d intended to take a break after Jodie’s era came to an end, but not two and half months! We have recorded Episode 350 – a Christmas Special to fill the void!

However, sadly we have no way of publishing it due to a significant technical issue we have been desperately trying to fix over that last couple of days. It looks like we are going to have to admit defeat for now – but do keep an eye on your feed, as soon as we are back up and running the special will be online and ready for your ears.

Sorry to be the bearer of such bad news, but have a wonderful Christmas and we’ll be back as soon as we’ve found the cybermat clogging up the workings of the Campervan!

The Doctor Who Podcast Special #25 – The Time Meddler, LIVE from the BFI

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Join Phil, James and Adam (from the wonderful Staggering Stories podcast) from the South Bank of the Thames for a special live episode of the DWP! The trio were lucky enough to attend today’s screening of The Time Meddler at the British Film Institute to mark the upcoming release of Season 2 (the ORIGINAL season two you might say!) on Blu ray!

Enjoy the show!