Galactic Yo-yo

This week I chatted to Joel Hopton, the Sixth Who Fan, about the World Cup teaser trailer and why he has a soft spot for The Two Doctors.

Timecodes:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:18:02 - World Cup teaser

00:32:31 - The Two Doctors

Joel on Twitter - @JoelHopton

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Promotional artwork by Molly Lester (@mollypukes).

Theme music written and performed by Aleks Podraza.

This week I called up Lizbeth Myles, writer and podcaster, to talk about this list she made in 2013: https://lmmyles.com/2013/11/22/every-single-doctor-who-story-correctly-ranked-from-best-to-worst/, as well as why she thinks The Mark of the Rani is a brilliant story.

Timecodes:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:18:12 - The List

00:58:57 - The Mark of the Rani

Verity! Podcast - https://veritypodcast.wordpress.com/

Lizbeth on Twitter - @lmmyles

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Promotional artwork by Molly Lester (@mollypukes).

Theme music written and performed by Aleks Podraza.

This week I chatted to writer Emma Jones about her experiences of watching the latest regeneration and the controversial Series 9 finale, Hell Bent.

Timecodes:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:14:02 - Hell Bent

Emma on Twitter - @milkwithginseng

Emma's Time Ladies article - https://t.co/PgVy54lErh

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Promotional artwork by Molly Lester (@mollypukes).

Theme music written and performed by Aleks Podraza.

Presented by Dylan Marsh.

This week I spoke to Steven from the New to Who podcast about the thinking behind their show, the idea of a Doctor Who "canon", and his theory that everything went downhill post-Earthshock.

Timecodes:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:26:42 - Canon

00:45:59 - All downhill from Earthshock

Listen to New to Who - http://newtowho.com

New to Who on Twitter - @NewtoWhoPodcast

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Promotional artwork by Molly Lester (@mollypukes).

Theme music written and performed by Aleks Podraza.

Presented by Dylan Marsh.

NB: I forgot to mention in my intro that at about the 56th minute we have about a minute-long conversation with ADULT THEMES.

This week I spoke to Christian Erickson, whose band The Sevateem have just released their album "The Caves", a synth pop concept album about The Caves of Androzani. We spoke about the album, as well as about Snakedance and the Peter Davison years.

Timecodes:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:38:41 - Snakedance

The Sevateem on Twitter - @TheSevateem

Buy "The Caves" - https://thesevateem.bandcamp.com/

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Promotional artwork by Molly Lester (@mollypukes).

The songs used in this week's podcast are "Anywhere in the Universe" and "Stotzy", both taken from The Caves.

Presented by Dylan Marsh.

This week I popped in to see Will Carlisle aka Trilbee aka MrTARDIS, to have an extended chat about the directors of Doctor Who. Since he works in the TV industry, Will was able to share some of his expertise about the many directors of both the classic series and modern Who.

Timecodes:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:13:31 - The Directors of Doctor Who

Will on Twitter - @TrilbeeReviews

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Promotional artwork by Molly Lester (@mollypukes).

Theme music written and performed by Aleks Podraza.

Presented by Dylan Marsh.

This week I chat to former Doctor Who brand manager, Edward Russell. We talk about his work on the show from 2006-2017, and we delve into the connotations of the word "whovian".

Timecodes:

00:00:00 - Intro/Edward's work

00:36:26 - Whovians

Edward on Twitter - @edwardrussell

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Promotional artwork by Molly Lester (@mollypukes).

Theme music written and performed by Aleks Podraza.

Presented by Dylan Marsh.

This week Sarah Garnham, former BBC Books publicist, joined me for a chat about how she often prefers Doctor Who stories retold in books to the original TV versions. We also had a startling conversation about why she thinks Hartnell was a bit creepy and unsettling.

Timecodes:

00:00:00 - Intro/New Target books

00:18:46 - Preferring the books

00:42:54 - Hartnell

Sarah on Twitter - @sarah_garnham

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Promotional artwork by Molly Lester (@mollypukes).

Theme music written and performed by Aleks Podraza.

Presented by Dylan Marsh.

This week I was lucky enough to chat to Andrew Cartmel, script editor for the Sylvester McCoy era of the show. We talked about his feelings about New Who, his thoughts on the politics of Doctor Who, and his new Vinyl Detective novel. Many thanks to Andrew for the interview.

Timecodes:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:07:29 - Andrew Cartmel Interview

Andrew on Twitter - @AndrewCartmel

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Promotional artwork by Molly Lester (@mollypukes).

Theme music written and performed by Aleks Podraza.

This week I spoke to Jon Arnold, author of some of the Black Archive series, about 2003 webcast Scream of the Shalka and underrated 2010 story The Beast Below.

Timecodes:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:23:06 - Shalka

00:47:05 - The Beast Below

Jon on Twitter - @the_arn

The Black Archive website - http://obversebooks.co.uk/theblackarchive/

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Promotional artwork by Molly Lester (@mollypukes).

Theme music written and performed by Aleks Podraza.

Presented by Dylan Marsh.