Doctor Who - Pieces of Eighth

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Rebecca Chapman and Kenny Smith travel through time, space, comics, audios, books, records and more, as they chat about everything and anything to do with Paul McGann's eighth incarnation of Doctor Who

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Doctor Who - Pieces of Eighth episodes:

06.11.2024
8.5 Unnatural History (EDA 23)
Jonathan Blum and Kate Orman return for their third (and final) Eighth Doctor Adventure. We chat with Jon about writing a story that's a sequel to the TV Movie, and range editor Steve Cole drops by too. And did you know -...
06.04.2024
8.4 Dominion (EDA 22)
This episode of Pieces of Eighth takes us to Sweden... and there's not a Muppet chef in sight. We discuss this 1990s take on UNIT, and are joined by editor Steve Cole and writer Nick Walters, as we discuss the 22nd...
05.26.2024
8.3 Revolution Man (EDA 21)
We're heading back to the 1960s with the Doctor, Sam and Fitz. There's a revolution in the air - and something else that smells a bit funny. We're joined by range editor Steve Cole and author Paul Leonard, to discuss this EDA...
05.21.2024
8.2 Demontage (EDA 20)
The Doctor and Sam have a new friend onboard the TARDIS - his name's Kreiner. Fitz Kreiner. Find out what happens on Space Station Vega, and how it ties in with a host of other books in the expanded Whoniverse. We chat...
05.14.2024
8.1 Doctor Who and the Taint (EDA 19)
We're back - at long last - for a brand new season of episodes. Kenny is joined by Matt Michael for this run of 18 episodes, as we take a look back at the Eighth Doctor novels from BBC Books, starting...
12.24.2023
7.8 Winter of the Demon
And so, we're nearly there - Christmas is just a day away. But we're going back to 21 December for today's episode, as we celebrate Winter of the Demon, Roy Gill's Eighth Doctor adventure with Charley and Audacity, which was released...
12.23.2023
7.7 Tuesday
Christmas Day. It's always easy to remember, as it's on 25 December each year. Except, in 2001, it wasn't - as the Eighth Doctor finds Harry Sullivan doing a crossword outside a cafe. We're looking at 2018 Short Trips subscriber exclusive Tuesday,...
12.22.2023
7.6 The Teeth of Ice
We continue our adventures with the Eighth Doctor and his friend, journalist James Macfarlane, in BBC Audio's series of original adventures. Today, we look at The Teeth of Ice, which is the third outing in the series, which began with The...
12.21.2023
7.5 Christmas Crackers
There's so many Eighth Doctor Christmas stories to choose from. It all began with The Chimes of Midnight in 2002, but since then, there's been so many others, in Big Finish Short Trips collections in print and on audio, in full...
12.20.2023
7.4 Prisoners of Time - The Body Politic
We've returned to the world of Eighth Doctor comics for our episode today. Pieces of Eighth turns back the clock by a decade to mark the Doctor's appearance in a 50th anniversary story, and we're NOT talking Night of the Doctor. We...
12.19.2023
7.3 Short Trips - The Caves of Erith
Christmas is coming, and we're starting to feel very excited about it. Today, we take a look at one of the lesser-known Big Finish Short Trips, as we put The Caves of Erith - a subscriber-only exclusive - under the microscope. We...
12.18.2023
7.2 Phobos
Brrrrrr! It's winter, so we thought we'd tie in with the season and do a story set in the snow. So, brace yourself, get your anti-gravity ski boots on, and prepare for some extreme wintersports on the Martian moon of Phobos....
12.17.2023
7.1 Endgame
We're back - and it's definitely about time! Our seventh season is a shorter run than normal, as we bring you some episodes which tie in with the Doctor Who 60th anniversary, winter and Christmas. We begin with a look at Endgame,...
09.07.2023
6.21 Freaks
IT'S ANOTHER Pieces of Eighth exclusive. This week, we take a look at the 'lost' Eighth Doctor Adventure, Freaks, by Rebecca Levene, which was originally scheduled to be released in June 2000. And now, we take a look at it, as we...
08.31.2023
6.20 Storm Warning
IN THE week of this episode's release, Big Finish were giving away the eighth Doctor's first audio adventure, Storm Warning, for free. So, to celebrate, 16 of our listeners have sent in their thoughts on the story, which saw the Doctor...
08.24.2023
6.19 Patrick Lussier
WE'VE only gone and done it again - we've tracked down someone who worked on the TV Movie, and got an exclusive interview with them! This week, we hear from Patrick Lussier, the man who edited the film, whilst working with...
08.17.2023
6.18 The Little Book of Fate
JUST when you thought there was no more Eighth Doctor to novelise, he pops up in a Fourth Doctor book. Stephen Gallagher recently wrote a new short story featuring Paul McGann's Doctor, which was included as part of his novelisation of...
08.10.2023
6.17 Absolution
IT'S THE end of an era on audio, as the Doctor's friend C'rizz departs in spectacular style. We're talking about Absolution, Big Finish's 101st monthly range release, which was written by Scott Alan Woodard. He joins us to discuss the story,...
08.08.2023
6.16 Dressed To The Eights
PAUL McGann is back in costume! Woohoo! This week we find out how his new Night of the Doctor costume came about, as we speak to Long Island Doctor Who convention organiser Ken Deep, tailor Steven Ricks and prop maker James...
08.04.2023
6.15 Doctor Who and the Time War
REMEMBER when we didn't know what caused the Eighth Doctor to regenerate? And then in 2013 we found out, in The Night of the Doctor? Little did we know that Russell T Davies had also plotted out the end of Paul...
07.27.2023
6.14 Short Trips - Hall of the Ten Thousand
WE MAKE a fast return to the world of Big Finish Short Trips this week, as we explore The Hall of the Ten Thousand. The Ten Thousand represent everything the Doctor admires. Ingenuity, creativity and triumph of peace over war. So,...
07.20.2023
6.13 Immortal Beloved
WHO WANTS to live forever?, asked Queen in their song. We find out the answer to this question in Immortal Beloved, as the Eighth Doctor and Lucie encounter Zeus, Hera and a number of other gods. Today, Kenny and guest co-host...
07.13.2023
6.12 The Forgotten
We've taken a while to enter Eighth Doctor comics territory again, having featured one in our second episode, and now we've featured two in one season! Today, we're taking a look at The Forgotten, a six-part comic series published in 2008/09...
07.06.2023
6.11 Short Trips - Death Will Not Part Us
WE'RE BACK looking at a Big Finish Short Trip, but this time, it's a more recent one. Kenny and guest co-host Matt Michael discuss Death Will Not Part Us, before producer/writer Alfie Shaw explains where the story ideas came from, and...
06.29.2023
6.10 The Dalby Spook
HAD YOU ever heard of Gef the Talking Mongoose before listening to The Dalby Spook? We hadn't! This week, Kenny and guest co-host Dave Steel learn all about the mysterious Gef, a mongoose who apparently spoke, whilst living on the Isle...
06.22.2023
6.9 Shada
SHADA - the incomplete Doctor Who story that's been completed so many times over the years. Today, we're taking a look at the version from 2003, when Big FInish went into studio to record the audio for the story, which was...
06.15.2023
6.8 Short Trips - Letting Go
WE HEAD into new territory for Pieces of Eighth with this week's episode, as we look at a Short Trip from one of Big Finish's early audio collections. We chat with Simon Guerrier about Letting Go, which was commissioned by editor...
06.08.2023
6.7 Albie's Angels
DON'T CRY for me, Weeping Angels! The Doctor, Liv and Helen encounter those blinking assassins again, and it leads to a hugely emotional adventure. It's our biggest episode yet this season, with a fantastic four guests, including writer Roy Gill, Albie...
06.01.2023
6.6 The McGannual
ONE OF the great crimes of the 90s, with regards from Doctor Who (aside from a lack of a TV series for the Eighth Doctor) was the fact that the show never got an annual that year. Something of a British...
05.25.2023
6.5 Interviews in Reeltime
WHO doesn't like a good, in-depth interview? After all, that's what Pieces of Eighth is all about! This week, we take a look at Reeltime Pictures' release of The Doctors: Paul McGann Years, which features a chat with the Eighth Doctor...
05.18.2023
6.4 Short Trips - Museum Peace
IT'S A SHORT Trip that has been released four times, it's THAT good. We're talking about Museum Peace, written by James Swallow, which sees Kalendorf from Big Finish's Dalek Empire series encountering the Eighth Doctor in a museum. And there's a...
05.11.2023
6.3 Doctor Who Am I? - Revisited
It's another one of Kenny's chats in person from Gallifrey, as we welcome back our old pals Matthew Jacobs and Vanessa Yuille. They chat about the impact of their film, Doctor Who Am I?, and find out how Matthew now views...
05.04.2023
6.2 No More Lies
WE'RE back into the territory of the original Lucie Miller adventures, to the delight of one of your co-hosts. We have a chat with Paul Sutton, the writer of No More Lies, the sixth story in the first run of Lucie...
04.27.2023
6.1 Empire of the Wolf
WE'RE BACK - and it's about time we featured another comic featuring the Eighth Doctor. This week, we feature Titan Comics' Empire of the Wolf, in a chat with editor Jake Devine, and writer Jody Houser - recorded by Kenny in...
04.25.2023
Pieces of Eighth extra: Invaders From Mars BBC7 trailers
Ahead of the launch of our sixth season, we're delighted to bring you some rare material, with these trailers for Invaders From Mars, as originally broadcast on Radio 7 in 2005. Here's four short teasers, to get listeners hooked - aren't...
01.01.2023
5.26 The Greightest Show
HAPPY NEW Year! Doctor Who's 60th anniversary year is upon us in 2023. And to kick off the celebrations, we asked our listeners to share with us their favourite Eighth Doctor stories, on TV, audio, books, comics, etc. This episode is dedicated...
12.25.2022
5.25 Short Trips - Evergreen
MERRY CHRISTMAS! We didn't originally plan to do this episode, but the opportunity arose, to bring you some special presents on Christmas Day. Firstly, we've a present for you, dear listener. We've married up Gordon Tipple's original opening narration for the...
12.24.2022
5.24 The Thoughts of Midnight
"CHRISTMAS wouldn't be Christmas without my plum pudding!" So Mrs Baddeley tells us throughout The Chimes of Midnight, and now, for many Doctor Who / Big Finish fans, Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without The Chimes of Midnight. This Christmas Eve, we're joined...
12.23.2022
5.23 We Wish You A Merry Krampus
IT'S CHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISTMAS! We're continuing our countdown to the festive season with the Eighth Doctor, as we take a look at one of his Christmas specials. We're looking at Better Watch Out and Fairytale of Salzburg, from Ravenous 2, as the Krampus...
12.22.2022
5.22 Short Trips - Decorative Purposes
IT PROBABLY hasn't escaped your notice, but we're just three days away from Christmas, so it's time we got into the festive spirit. Today, we bring you a reading of a complete Christmas Short Trip, Decorative Purposes. It was the twenty-first...
12.21.2022
5.21 Short Trips - The Queen of Eros
TODAY we have our final Short Trip, as we look at The Queen of Eros from Short Trips and Sidesteps. We bring you a full reading of the story, with sound design, followed by a chat with author Trevor Baxendale, and,...
12.20.2022
5.20 Short Trips - Femme Fatale
WE MAY have finished our run of episodes looking at the Eighth Doctor and Sam's adventures in full novel form, but we're completists. There's still gaps. We continue our look at the official BBC Short Trips, as we look at Femme...
12.19.2022
5.19 Short Trips - Model Train Set
WE'VE comprehensively covered the first 18 EDAs with the Doctor and Sam... but we don't want to stop there! There's still a few stories featuring this pair to be covered, before Fitz arrives, so we're turning our eye to the world...
12.18.2022
5.18 The Face-Eater (EDA 18)
THE FACE-EATER is the 18th and final novel in our run of episodes looking at the early Eighth Doctor Adventures, and his stories with Sam Jones. We're joined, as ever, by range editor Steve Cole, and writer Simon Messingham talks us...
12.17.2022
5.17 Beltempest (EDA 17)
IT WOULD be fair to say that Beltempest is a Doctor Who novel with a high-concept science fiction idea at its heart. There's no moustache-twirling villains, or bases under siege. Not only is Beltempest a story of note, but this is...
12.16.2022
5.16 The Janus Conjunction (EDA 16)
WE'RE nearing the end of our look at this first phase of novels in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novelatic universe (to make up a phrase). Today, it's The Janus Conjunction, as we look at a fondly-remembered adventure in which the Doctor's...
12.15.2022
5.15 The Scarlet Empress (EDA 15)
SHE'S BACK... and it's about Thyme... Iris Wildthyme! The Doctor Who universe was given a kick up the backside with the arrival of Iris Wildthyme in Paul Magrs' first Who novel, The Scarlet Empress. Get ready for a crazy ride, as Paul,...
12.14.2022
5.14 Vanderdeken's Children (EDA 14)
WE LEAVE no stone unturned in our quest to bring you interviews with as many of the EDA authors as possible - and today, we bring you the elusive Christopher Bulis. Chris gives us a fantastic rare interview, with his memories...
12.13.2022
5.13 Placebo Effect (EDA 13)
AN ICE WARRIOR! Foamasi! Wirrrn (with three 'R's)! And they're all in the one book! Gary Russell's Placebo Effect is the subject of today's episode of Pieces of Eighth, and he tells us which monsters originally featured in the outline for...
12.12.2022
5.12 Seeing I (EDA 12)
THE DOCTOR's been put in prison, and despite his best efforts, can't escape. Sam, meanwhile, spends three years, having a series of relationships, as he friend tries to find freedom. We're joined by Jonathan Blum, co-author of Seeing I (the other...

What's Doctor Who - Pieces of Eighth about?

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Doctor Who - Pieces of Eighth episodes:

8.5 Unnatural History (EDA 23)

8.4 Dominion (EDA 22)

8.3 Revolution Man (EDA 21)

8.2 Demontage (EDA 20)

8.1 Doctor Who and the Taint (EDA 19)

7.8 Winter of the Demon

7.7 Tuesday

7.6 The Teeth of Ice

7.5 Christmas Crackers

7.4 Prisoners of Time - The Body Politic

7.3 Short Trips - The Caves of Erith

7.2 Phobos

7.1 Endgame

6.21 Freaks

6.20 Storm Warning

6.19 Patrick Lussier

6.18 The Little Book of Fate

6.17 Absolution

6.16 Dressed To The Eights

6.15 Doctor Who and the Time War

6.14 Short Trips - Hall of the Ten Thousand

6.13 Immortal Beloved

6.12 The Forgotten

6.11 Short Trips - Death Will Not Part Us

6.10 The Dalby Spook

6.9 Shada

6.8 Short Trips - Letting Go

6.7 Albie's Angels

6.6 The McGannual

6.5 Interviews in Reeltime

6.4 Short Trips - Museum Peace

6.3 Doctor Who Am I? - Revisited

6.2 No More Lies

6.1 Empire of the Wolf

Pieces of Eighth extra: Invaders From Mars BBC7 trailers

5.26 The Greightest Show

5.25 Short Trips - Evergreen

5.24 The Thoughts of Midnight

5.23 We Wish You A Merry Krampus

5.22 Short Trips - Decorative Purposes

5.21 Short Trips - The Queen of Eros

5.20 Short Trips - Femme Fatale

5.19 Short Trips - Model Train Set

5.18 The Face-Eater (EDA 18)

5.17 Beltempest (EDA 17)

5.16 The Janus Conjunction (EDA 16)

5.15 The Scarlet Empress (EDA 15)

5.14 Vanderdeken's Children (EDA 14)

5.13 Placebo Effect (EDA 13)

5.12 Seeing I (EDA 12)

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