A Doctor Who Podcast
We return to Big Finish audios this week with a review at Main Range story #106 The Dark Husband by David Quantick. Find out what we thought of the next installment of the adventures of the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex.
Also just a bit of news
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Traveling the Vortex - Episode 394 - An On Switch for Stonehenge [ 52:37 | 49.61 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
With 12 parts to this behemoth story, we knew it would take a bit of patience and schedule finagling to figure out how to break it up and review it, and then time to get to it, and we are finally ready. Traveling The Vortex presents… the Master Plan of the Daleks Master Plan!
PART 1 of the plan is revealed in TTV #390:
| 0 | Mission to the Unknown | 22:42 | Only stills and/or fragments exist | Animated (Amateur Production) |
| 1 | The Nightmare Begins | 22:55 | Only stills and/or fragments exist | Reconstruction (Loose Canon) |
| 2 | Day of Armageddon | 24:25:00 | 16mm t/r | Film (Lost In Time) |
(We labeled Mission to the Unknown as part 0 since it’s technically not part of the story proper.)
PART 2 comes in episode #391:
| 3 | The Devil’s Planet | 24:30:00 | Only stills and/or fragments exist | Reconstruction (Loose Canon) |
| 4 | The Traitors | 24:42:00 | Only stills and/or fragments exist | Reconstruction (Loose Canon) |
| 5 | Counter Plot | 24:03:00 | 16mm t/r | Film (Lost In Time) |
PART 3 will happen the last week of July, in TTV #392:
| 6 | Coronas of the Sun | 24:45:00 | Only stills and/or fragments exist | Reconstruction (Loose Canon) |
| 7 | The Feast of Steven | 24:36:00 | Only stills and/or fragments exist | Animated (Amateur Production) |
| 8 | Volcano | 24:42:00 | Only stills and/or fragments exist | Reconstruction (Loose Canon) |
and finally, part 4 opens August, in episode #393:
| 9 | Golden Death | 24:38:00 | Only stills and/or fragments exist | Reconstruction (Loose Canon) |
| 10 | Escape Switch | 23:37 | 16mm t/r | Film (Lost In Time) |
| 11 | The Abandoned Planet | 24:34:00 | Only stills and/or fragments exist | Reconstruction (Loose Canon) |
| 12 | Destruction of Time | 23:31 | Only stills and/or fragments exist | Reconstruction (Loose Canon) |
(Along with the episodes listed above, we will also be reviewing the comic series that was released to tie into the story.)
Episode #394 has us return to Big Finish with a look at mainline story #106 The Dark Husband.
…and the Brigverse returns in Episode #395, with our reviews of Lethbridge-Stewart: The Lost Skin by Andy Frankham-Allen, and Cow Pats and Comfort by Tim Gambrell (short story from the LS Quiz Book)
Easter Saturday is just around the corner (we think) and with it, our run-up to season 11 (we think) which means the schedule from this point out becomes much more fluid to handle sudden changes. We’ll keep you appraised, and as always, thanks for listening…
A quick look at this in “transitional schedule” for those of you that like to follow along with our homework.
If and when Glenn ever gets over being sick, we’ll get together and discuss our thoughts on the Tom Baker story “Planet Of Evil” in TTV #364. (This is also the last televised Sarah Jane Smith story we have yet to review.)
TTV #365 is Big Finish Eighth Doctor Adventures Season 3: #2 “Hothouse” and Titan Comics 9th Doctor #11-15.
More of the same in TTV #366 with Big Finish Eighth Doctor Adventures Season 3: #3 “The Beast of Orlok” and Titan Comics 10th Doctor Year 3 #6-8 & 10 (Notice a slight jump here, we are going to do the Lost Dimension as a separate event.)
Hard to believe it was all the way back in episode 42 that we looked back at seasons 5 and 6 with a Moffat retrospective. Well, a month has passed since the official end of the era, and we thought we’d take another crack at it. TTV #367 Grand Moff Steven – A look back at Seasons 5-10.
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Really excited to get to TTV #368 and our book review of Candy Jar Books Lethbridge-Stewart: Travers And Wells by Robert Mamone.
TTV #369 takes a look at Big Finish #102 “The Mind’s Eye” / “Mission of the Viyrans”
One more 8th Doctor/comics match up in TTV #370 with Big Finish Eighth Doctor Adventures Season 3: #4 “Wirrn Dawn” and Titan Comics 12th Doctor Year 3 #5-7
A bit of fun for TTV #371. We’ll talk about everybody’s favorite Brigadier via the “Liberty Hall” short film interview (this can be found as a bonus feature on “Mawdryn Undead”) and Candy Jar Books The Lethbridge-Stewart Quiz Book by Marc Jones.
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We’ll talk about last year’s huge Titan Comics crossover event “Lost Dimension” with all eight issues in TTV #372.
TTV #373 has a look at Big Finish #106 The Dark Husband
Get Lost In Time with The Highlanders (Novelization & Recon) in TTV #374.
And a bit more Big Finish to round out the month in TTV #375 with mainline range #97 “The Wishing Beast” “The Vanity Box”.
That’s us playing a bit of catch up. On the horizon? We may finally get to the worst kept secret in the Vortex and land on Traken…