A Doctor Who Podcast
The end has arrived….for the Third Doctor on this week’s Friday Night Who as we pick up where we left off last week with Jon Pertwee’s regeneration story Planet of the Spiders!
Join @TravelVortex, @VortexShaun, @VortexGlenn & @VortexKeith as we press play on parts 4-6 at Midnight CDT!
And as always keep an eye out for the hashtags #FridayNightWho & #PlanetoftheSpiders
We pick up where we left off last week on Genesis the Daleks!
Join @TravelVortex, @VortexShaun, @VortexKeith & @VortexGlenn as we press play at Midnight CDT on parts 4-6!
And as always keep an eye out for the hashtags #FridayNightWho & #GenesisoftheDaleks
For the first time in nearly 4 years one of what’s considered the best stories in the show’s history returns to Friday Night Who.
That’s right! We’re watching parts 1-3 of Genesis of the Daleks!
Join @TravelVortex, @VortexShaun, @VortexKeith & @VortexGlenn as we press play at Midnight CDT!
And as always keep an eye out for the hashtags #FridayNightWho & #GenesisoftheDaleks
Since we just recently did one Doctor in school teaching for Friday Night Who, and it looks like the 12th Doctor is going to do something simillar we thought “School Reunion” was in order for Friday Night Who this week!
Join @TravelVortex, @VortexShaun, @VortexKeith & @VortexGlenn as we press play at Midnight CDT.
And as always keep an eye out for the hastags #FridayNightWho & #SchoolReunion
Join us tonight as we celebrate in anticipation to tomorrow’s episode “Nightmare In Silver” as we watch “Revenge of the Cybermen” for Friday Night Who!
We press play on the Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane & Harry Sullivan adventure at Midnight CDT.
Follow @VortexKeith, @TravelVortex, @VortexShaun & @VortexGlenn for the live tweet along.
And as always keep an eye out for the hashtags #FridayNightWho & #RevengeoftheCybermen
As we enter into July, a few updates on the vortex schedule for those who like to follow along at home…
Friday Night Who on 7/6 will be eleventh Doctor Matt Smith fighting the weeping angels in the two part “The Time Of Angels” & “Flesh And Stone”.
Since we’ve already reviewed those stories, Traveling The Vortex #80 will cover all things Shada: Shada The Book, Shada The VHS Reconstruction, Shada The Animated Story, Shada The Flash Animation, Shada The Big Finish, Shada The Flame Thrower! (The kids love this one)…
Two new DVDs release on the tenth of July. We’ll cover both of them: On 7/13 Friday Night Who covers second Doctor Patrick Troughton in “The Krotons”. Our show that week (#81) sees our reviews of “The Krotons” and Big Finish #4, “Land Of The Dead”.
And then the following week we’ll cover the second release for July. FNW on 7/20 is “Death To The Daleks” with third Doctor Jon Pertwee and Sarah Jane.
Episode #82 becomes another Dalek archive, with reviews of “Death To The Daleks” and two Big Finish audio adventures, #11 “The Apocalypse Element” and #15 “The Mutant Phase”.
We round out july with a return of some fourth Doctor to our plates, as Friday Night Who on 7/27 is “The Horns Of Nimon” with Tom Baker and Romana II.
TTV #83 is a Nimon archive, with our reviews of “The Horns Of Nimon” and Big Finish #30, “Seasons Of Fear” featuring eighth Doctor Paul McGann.
And in August? more Big Finish audios, more Book Reviews, and in celebration of Keith and Sarah’s wedding, a K9 Companion Archive! As always, thanks for staying with us and we’ll see you in the vortex!
The BBC website confirms that despite reports to the contrary, there will be no new episodes filmed of The Sarah Jane Adventures.
The full statement regarding the future of the series is below:
“Contrary to press reports today we can confirm that no new episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures will be filmed following the tragic death of actress Elisabeth Sladen in April, 2011. As a tribute to Elisabeth the six episodes that were recorded with her last year will be broadcast on CBBC at a date to be confirmed.”
Elisabeth Sladen first played the role of Sarah Jane in Doctor Who in 1973 and following her return to the show in 2006, played the eponymous lead in the award-winning CBBC series, The Sarah Jane Adventures, from 2007 onwards.
While I agree with the decision not to continue the show on without Elisabeth Sladen (and really, how could it even be considered? The absence of Sarah Jane would be a hole to big to fill, and recasting is out of the question), I do think CBBC should look into filming a final episode, giving the show a finale and handling her death “in universe”. Yes we had tributes and dedications, but Sarah Jane has become too much of a fixture with the Whoniverse, and to just drop the show and never reference her again? Seems wrong. While it would be undoubtedly tough to watch and film, her fans deserve at least that.