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This episode we are joined by Joy Piedmont of multiple other Doctor Who podcasts (such as Reality Bomb and Five Years Rapid) to discuss K9 Episode 8, "Jaws of Orthrus", originally broadcast on 1 March 2010. "Jaws of Orthrus" was written by "Lindsay James" (a pseudonym for writer Keith Shaw) and directed by James Bogle.
Listeners can follow the podcast on Twitter at @K9BingeQuake or email feedback and comments to us at [email protected].
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Credits:
Hosts - Tom Marshall (he/him) & Kevin Burnard (he/him)
Guest - Joy Piedmont (she/her)
Editing - Kevin Burnard
Theme music - Jack Guidera (he/him)
Logo/Artwork - Christy Burnard (she/her)
Episode recorded 25 February 2023.
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Sources:
The Black Mirror episode Arkangel was written by Charlie Brooker and directed by Jodie Foster and released by Netflix on 29 December 2017.
Among other sources, and allowing for various spellings, the name 'Orthrus' to refer to a mythological hound comes from the Bibliotheca conventionally but falsely ascribed to Apollodorus of Athens (1st or 2nd century AD, trans. James George Frazer, 1921, Harvard University Press/William Heinemann Ltd), Book 2, Chapter 5.
On the target audience for K9 being (supposedly) 11-15 year olds - "K9: Who's a good dog?", Stewart & Wall Entertainment, archived from the original on 12 August 2014. This is contradicted by the claim that the show is aimed at 8-12 year olds in Blum, Jonathan, "K9", Doctor Who Magazine #409 (24 June 2009), p. 8.
The IMDb profile for Keith Shaw/"Lindsay James", including more information on Avalanche Sharks, can be found here. The classic series stories written under pseudonyms are The Dominators, The Daemons, Pyramids of Mars, The Brain of Morbius, The Invasion of Time, City of Death and Attack of the Cybermen, as listed by Sullivan, Shannon Patrick, A Brief History of Time (Travel), last updated 13 July 2020, 8 August 2020, 21 December 2020, 27 December 2020, 12 February 2021, 10 May 2021 and 25 June 2021 respectively.
The childhood series Joy refers to are Saved by the Bell (1989-93), Batman: The Animated Series (1992-5), Barney & Friends (1992-2010), Animaniacs (1993-8),
By K9 BingeQuakeThis episode we are joined by Joy Piedmont of multiple other Doctor Who podcasts (such as Reality Bomb and Five Years Rapid) to discuss K9 Episode 8, "Jaws of Orthrus", originally broadcast on 1 March 2010. "Jaws of Orthrus" was written by "Lindsay James" (a pseudonym for writer Keith Shaw) and directed by James Bogle.
Listeners can follow the podcast on Twitter at @K9BingeQuake or email feedback and comments to us at [email protected].
**
Credits:
Hosts - Tom Marshall (he/him) & Kevin Burnard (he/him)
Guest - Joy Piedmont (she/her)
Editing - Kevin Burnard
Theme music - Jack Guidera (he/him)
Logo/Artwork - Christy Burnard (she/her)
Episode recorded 25 February 2023.
**
Sources:
The Black Mirror episode Arkangel was written by Charlie Brooker and directed by Jodie Foster and released by Netflix on 29 December 2017.
Among other sources, and allowing for various spellings, the name 'Orthrus' to refer to a mythological hound comes from the Bibliotheca conventionally but falsely ascribed to Apollodorus of Athens (1st or 2nd century AD, trans. James George Frazer, 1921, Harvard University Press/William Heinemann Ltd), Book 2, Chapter 5.
On the target audience for K9 being (supposedly) 11-15 year olds - "K9: Who's a good dog?", Stewart & Wall Entertainment, archived from the original on 12 August 2014. This is contradicted by the claim that the show is aimed at 8-12 year olds in Blum, Jonathan, "K9", Doctor Who Magazine #409 (24 June 2009), p. 8.
The IMDb profile for Keith Shaw/"Lindsay James", including more information on Avalanche Sharks, can be found here. The classic series stories written under pseudonyms are The Dominators, The Daemons, Pyramids of Mars, The Brain of Morbius, The Invasion of Time, City of Death and Attack of the Cybermen, as listed by Sullivan, Shannon Patrick, A Brief History of Time (Travel), last updated 13 July 2020, 8 August 2020, 21 December 2020, 27 December 2020, 12 February 2021, 10 May 2021 and 25 June 2021 respectively.
The childhood series Joy refers to are Saved by the Bell (1989-93), Batman: The Animated Series (1992-5), Barney & Friends (1992-2010), Animaniacs (1993-8),