Tag Archive: Daleks

Episode 537 – One Big Continuity Error

In this week’s episode, we take an unexpected detour back to Act Two of the Time War to pick up the recently released Doctor Who – The Time War 5: Cass from Big Finish.  We decided to switch to this review instead of moving on to The War Doctor Begins series to keep some continuity in our Time War reviews. Please forgive us if you were expecting the latter.

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Episode – 534 – Race Fast Safe Car

In this episode, we continue our journey through the history of the time war, this time with a review of Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventure – Time War, Volume 4 by Big Finish Productions.

We also talk trailer news and new Doctor and companion outfit reveals.

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Episode 531 – Tag, You’re It!

In this episode, we take another brief hiatus from our travels through the Time War.
New Doctor Who has graced our TV screens with the long-awaited Doctor Who: Centenary Special, The Power of the Doctor. Hear what we thought of the culmination of the Whittaker/Chibnall era and celebration of the BBC’s 100th year.
Also, we discuss the new/old logo and the official announcement that Doctor Who will be coming to Disney+ next year.
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Episode 529 – Trying to Avoid the Time War

As the title of this episode hints, we continue our journey through the Time War with the Doctor and his companions, both real and fake. This time we tackle the Big Finish Eighth Doctor box set, Time War 1.

Plus we catch up on some other pop media we took in this week.

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Episode 521 – Anti-Anti-Genesis

We continue our travels through the Time War, this time landing at Big Finish Productions’ audio, The War Master – Anti-Genesis. And if the title of this episode isn’t a giveaway, listen to what we thought of this story.

We also discuss the casting announcement of Ncuti Gatwa who will play the 14th Doctor.

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Episode 513 – Saving Everyone Whether They Deserve It or Not

This week we begin our journey through the Time War as we attempt to listen to all related Big Finish material in a, somewhat chronological order. We’re using the chart below as our guide on this quest. First up in the prologue section is Shadow of the Daleks Volumes 1 and 2 featuring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor.  Come along on the journey and let us know your thoughts on our Listeners Forum on Facebook.

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Episode 485 – Ceremonially Archived

This week we round out our reviews of Big Finish’s Doctor Who Unbound series. First, we look at A Storm of Angels, written by Marc Platt and starring Geoffrey Bayldon and Carole Ann Ford returning to their roles as the Doctor and Susan.

Then we review Masters of War, written by Eddie Robson and starring David Warner and Nicholas Courtney returning as the Doctor and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.

Hear what we have to say about these two stories.

Plus the news of the week.

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Episode 480 – Traveling the Victorious – Part 10 – Frozen in Space

We return to our adventures in the Dark Times with two more Time Lord Victorious Tales.

First, it’s the final story for the Daleks in the Eaglemoss, Hero Collector magazine short story, Exit Strategy which comes with the Dalek Executioner & Dalek Strategist figures.

Then we join the Fourth Doctor on the Starship Future for the Big Finish audio, Genetics of the Daleks,

Find out what we thought of these stories,

Also, some novelization news.

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Episode 478 – Traveling the Victorious – Part 9 – Dancing With Daleks In Zero G’s

This week we return to more Time Lord Victorious. This time we look at two short stories that are packaged with the Eaglemoss / Hero Collector figurines. First, it’s The Last Message with comes with the Dalek Emperor and Dalek Drone, then Mission to the Known, which comes with the Dalek Commander and Dalek Scientist set. Hear what we liked about these,

Then we review the Big Finish audio, Mutually Assured Destruction featuring the Eighth Doctor and the Daleks.

No news this week so we get right to it.

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Episode 476 – Traveling the Victorious – Part 8 – Seeking All the Answers

This week we continue our travels with the Time Lord Victorious through the Dark Times with two more reviews.

First, it’s the finale of the Daleks! webcast with Episode 5: Day of Reckoning.

Then we join the Tenth Doctor and Brian the Ood for the audiobook, The Minds of Magnox, written by Darren Jones and read by the very talented Jacob Dudman.

Find out what we thought of these two installments in the epic crossover event.

Plus, news about a new trading card game for Doctor Who

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Links mentioned in the show: Doctor Who – Worlds Apart digital trading card game

Episode 474 – Traveling the Victorious – Part 6 – Exterminating the Universe

In this week’s episode, we feature more TIme Lord Victorious goodies.

First is a review of Escape Hunt’s print and play game, The Hollow Planet.

Then we take a look at the first two episodes of Daleks!, the YouTube webcast series from BBC Studios and Studio Liddel, We review The Archive of Islos and The Sentinel of the Fifth Galaxy.

We also examine the Time Lord Victorious trailer that was released many months back and speculate on how it might also tie into the overall story arc.

Plus, we look at lots of news this week.

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Scheduling Victorious III

Cpt 3

She crumples the paper into a compact wad and throws for the wastebasket, (both as anachronistic as can be: an Osirian Pyramid ship from the 35th century—one of the most technologically advanced pieces of starcraft ever created—and sitting in its gleaming white, high-tech, fully automated control room, an honest to goodness piece of paper and cylindrical metal can) sending it in a near-perfect arc across the room. The makeshift ball bounced once on the rim and out, skittering across the floor making that noise that was both satisfying and strangely unnerving.

She rolls her eyes. “Really? You couldn’t let me have that one?”

She melts upright off the couch and into a stretch, her lithe body arching beneath her white silk robes. Paradoxes aside, it was getting annoying to have to reschedule things every other week, even if she was just the mouthpiece. Sauntering over to the wastebasket, she nimbly plucks the wad of paper up and unsmooths it, re-reading the characters on the page. She shakes her head, inputs a few sequences on the panel before her, and hits the transmit button.

TTV #473 –Tales of the Dark Times #3 (Comic Maker), The Enemy of My Enemy (Big Finish Audio), Monstrous Beauty #3 (Comic)

Thanksgiving – OFF

TTV #474 – TLV: Daleks! #1 “The Archive of Islos”, #2 (Animated Series)

TTV #475 – TLV: Daleks! #3, #4 (Animated Series)

TTV #476 – TLV: Daleks! #5 (Animated Series), The Minds of Magnox (Audio Book)

That finished, (again), she crumples the paper and drops it without fanfare into the trash.

“You realize this is wrong, right?” She shakes her head. “I mean, you are aware of the inaccuracies here.” She hooks a thumb over her shoulder toward the platform she spoke from not all that long ago. “I mean, aside from the fact that there is a ruined city outside that looks like it barely survived a nuclear blast—and granted, that may just be 2020 doing its thing—there’s a golden Pyramid ship sitting on top of it. Weird, right?”

She begins to pace, waving her hand around the room. “A 35th century Pyramid ship, you described it as. But the Osirians, are from the DARK TIMES. With one or two notable exceptions, they do not still exist today, and they certainly won’t exist in the 35th century to create this technological marvel that I’m currently shooting hoops in.” She moves back to the wastebasket and digs out the printout. “And look at this!” She cries out, holding the page aloft. “It’s ye ol’ green and white striped, tractor fed, DOT MATRIX paper!?! Could you get any more analog? WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!?”

She collapses back on the couch, a sense of genuine worry about her.

“Are you off your game? I mean, I thought something was afoot last week when you named the post ‘Scheduling Victorious II’ and didn’t tag it with ‘Electric Boogaloo’ at the end. I know how you love that joke.” She pauses, the wheels in her sharp mind turning. “Unless… the Time Lord Victorious paradoxes… are they affecting you too? Is that even possible? I mean, you’re the author. The Narrator. You should be outside of these fictional events, but…” Her eyes travel skyward as if looking for god. “Hell, I’m self-aware, so who knows what your game plan is.”

Somewhere, the loud and abrasive grinding of the dot matrix printer started its insecticide chewing noise. It was only one line, and so mercifully short. She rose to pull the just printed page.

AS ALWAYS, THE SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

She re-reads the words several times as if imposing her own will on the text would cause it to change. But of course, it doesn’t. Instead, she wads the paper up and tosses it into the trash, where it makes a perfect basket, (nothing but net) thudding on the bottom of the can with a small echo.

“That isn’t reassuring.” She tells the author.

Scheduling Victorious II

Cpt 2

Deep within the pyramid that sat atop the ruined city, she lounges on a couch of black silk. The couch is in stark contrast to everything else in the room which gleamed white, from the sandblasted marble floors to her own white silk robes. She cradles her head in her hands, long, slender fingers absentmindedly play with an errant lock of her short, spiky blonde hair.

“Don’t do that.” She mutters. “I’m tired and frustrated. It’s been a long year that doesn’t show any signs of improving. I’m in no mood to have you describe my beauty just to make me feel better.”

But she was beautiful, tall and strong, with rounded features and bright eyes that sparkled with the depths of her intelligence.

“Okay, that wasn’t bad.” She admits. “At least my eyes aren’t piercing. What do you want anyway? Shouldn’t you be toppling a regime or sending a starship into a black hole or something?”

A wall panel within the pyramid illuminated suddenly. Words filled the glowing wall, words she barely payed attention to from her perch on the couch.

“Seriously? You’re still doing this? After the last batch was such a disaster?”

The words continued to flow across the wall screen.

“I mean, it’s not like we told people you were going bi-weekly and had to change it. OR that several of the dates were wrong and you had to issue a retraction. A retraction, I might add, that you simply uploaded to the website without calling attention to it. You sneaky bugger.”

The words paused, then in all capital letters spelled out, “AS ALWAYS THE SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE” then went back to their scrolling.

“Ooh, THAT hit a nerve. Look, don’t blame me. If you didn’t want to have these stimulating verbal debates, you wouldn’t have written me as self-aware.” She rises from the couch and considers the writing on the wall. “I’ll make the announcement.”

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TTV #472 – Book Review – The Wintertime Paradox by David Rudden, TLV: Canaries (Short story)

TTV #473 – TLV: The Last Message (Short Story), Tales of the Dark Times #3 (Comic Maker), The Enemy of My Enemy (Big Finish Audio)

TTV #474 – TLV: Mission to the Known (Short Story), Monstrous Beauty #3 (Comic), Daleks! #1 “The Archive of Islos” (Animated Series)

TTV#475 – TLV: Daleks! #2 & #3 (Animated Series)

That taken care of, she returns to her place on the couch to contemplate her part in this mad story.

Episode 439 – Hiatus

In this week’s show, we delve into another Companion Archive, something we haven’t done in some time. This time we look at short-lived companion Sara Kingdom. We examine some rarer appearances of her character, outside of Doctor Who proper, at this point in her past during her time with the Space Security Service. First a couple of nuggets from 1966’s The Dalek Outer Space Book, with the short story, The Outlaw Planet and the comic, Sara Kingdom: Space Security Agent. Then a review of the Terry Nation television script-turned Big Finish lost story, The Destroyers.

And of course, your feedback.

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Episode 413 – Resolution (of the Dalek)

In this week’s delayed episode we look at the long awaited return of a classic Doctor Who monster (maybe?) with our review of the New Year’s Day episode – Resolution. Find out what we thought of the story.

Plus, some news of the week including a classic series find that has us pretty excited.

And, of course, feedback.

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