A Doctor Who Podcast
Come celebrate Valentines Day and commiserate with other NOT at 25 Years Of Galifrey One with a story featuring some of the guests, “The Mark of the Rani”
Join @TravelVortex, @VortexKeith & @VortexGlenn (likely not @VortexShaun since he’ll be in LA) at Midnight CST.
And keep an eye out for the hashtags #TheMarkoftheRani & #FridayNightWho
As promised, here’s the upcoming schedule for those of you who like to follow along at home…
Friday Night Who on 1/31 is the Christopher Eccleston two parter, “Aliens In London” / “World War III”.
Saturday February first at 10pm is a special Flicks With Friends. Join us for the original Planet Of The Apes.
TTV #162 has our reviews of the next two Paul McGann Big Finish stories #75 “Scaredy Cat” and #77 “Other Lives”.
FNW 2/7 is 7th Doctor (and recent addition to the Kanas City Planet Comicon guest list) Sylvester McCoy in “Survival”.
Fun and Games are on the docket for TTV #163 as we talk about Doctor Who Legacy, Doctor Who Monopoly, and the Doctor Who Card Game.
A romantic Friday Night Who for Valentine’s Day celebrates the secret love the Doctor and the Rani share. Or is it the clandestine threesome with the Master? Whatever. We’re celebrating Colin Baker being at Gally, so on 2/14 it’s “The Mark Of The Rani”.
Keith and Glenn will tackle some book reviews on TTV #164: Keith is reading the third Doctor story Harvest Of Time by Alistair Reynolds while Glenn tackles the tenth Doctor story The Resurrection Casket by Justin Richards. And while Shaun will be recovering from Gally and enjoying the So Cal Sunshine, he’s committed to trying to read Spiral Scratch by Gary Russell, featuring the sixth Doctor.
Peter Davison (and Adric) returns to FNW on 2/21 for “Earthshock”.
Now of course we’ll have all the updates and side trips from Gally as the weekend progresses, but the full blown story of the 25 Years Of Galifrey One will unfold in episode #165.
And a real treat for Friday Night Who on 2/28 as we watch Patrick Troughton in the soon-to-be-just released in North America “The Moonbase” with completed animation segments!
and for Traveling The Vortex #166 we’ll review “The Moonbase” along with the second in last year’s 50th anniversary E Books, “The Nameless City”.
More goodies on tap for March, including all the awesomeness that is sure to be Kansas City Planet Comicion. Stay tuned!
Tonight’s #FridayNightWho features the sixth Doctor, Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant as Peri in #TheMarkOfTheRani. Please join us on Twitter and check in through GetGlue, we push play at midnight CDT!
Oh, and maybe we should beg @SawbonesHex and @thenicolabryant for a few re-tweets since they’re both on twitter? Be nice!
Greetings from the protectors and defenders of the vortex, with another homework update for those of you following along at home…
Friday Night Who this week on 5/4 is “The Mark Of The Rani” featuring the sixth Doctor, Colin Baker, and Peri.
Show number 71 is a comprehensive review of The Sarah Jane Adventures, Series 2.
5/11 sees Sylvester McCoy’s seventh Doctor return to Friday Night Who in his first story, “Time And The Rani”.
Our show that week (#72) is an Adversary Archive on The Rani, as we cover “The Mark Of The Rani”, “Time And The Rani”, and… sigh… I suppose we’ll feel obligated to mention that “Dimensions In Time” thing… again.
FNW on 5/18 jumps back to the third Doctor Jon Pertwee with “Frontier In Space”, the first story from the “Dalek War” box as it’s billed in North America.
And finally, our true discussion of all these Rogue Time Lords gets underway with Traveling The Vortex #73 as we discuss the life and times of The Meddling Monk, The War Chief, Omega, The Rani, The Master, and the Doctor himself in our adversary archive on Rogues and Renegades.
The last Friday Night Who of May, (5/25) concludes the Dalek War box with Jon Pertwee in “Planet Of The Daleks”.
And of course, what would episode 74 be without a horde of homicidal robots running amok? Our fourth Adversary Archive on the Daleks will cover “Frontier In Space”, “Planet Of The Daleks”, and Big Finish #7 “The Genocide Machine”
And beyond May? Well, if all goes well expect a discussion on all things Shada, the return of Tom Baker to the schedule, our first Doctor Who book reviews, and more…
Okay, as mentioned in this week’s show, here’s the update on your homework assignments if you’d like to follow along…
On 4/20 we’ll finish up the remaining 5 parts (6-10) of “The War Games” with second Doctor Patrick Troughton on Friday Night Who. We push play at midnight if you’d like to join us…
We’ll spend episode #69 covering the epic “The War Games”.
Friday Night Who on 4/27 will see us jump forward to Peter Davison’s fifth Doctor era for “Arc Of Infinity”.
And show number #70 will cover “Arc Of Infinity” and Big Finish #47 “Omega”.
On 5/4 our Friday Night Who will feature sixth Doctor, Colin Baker in “The Mark Of The Rani”
Here’s a milestone to set your clocks for, TTV #71 will be our reviews of series 2 of The Sarah Jane Adventures. This means you have 3 weeks to watch them!
FNW on 5/11 features seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy in “Time And The Rani”
Episode #72 will be an Adversary Archive on The Rani, including our reviews of “Mark Of The Rani” and “Time And The Rani”
On 5/18 we’ll start the Dalek War box set on Friday Night Who with “Frontier In Space” staring third Doctor Jon Pertwee.
And Traveling The Vortex episode #73 brings all of the previous week’s villains back for an encore discussion of Rogues And Renegades in our Adversary Archive.
FNW 5/25 will be the second part of the Dalek War box, “Planet Of The Daleks” also featuring Jon Pertwee
Daleks on Friday Night Who? That can mean only one thing! Episode #74, Adversary Archive: The Daleks IV! Covering “Frontier In Space”, “Planet Of The Daleks”, and Big Finish #7 “The Genocide Machine (Dalek Empire 1)”
and on the horizon? All things Shada…