Something Who

After Stevie makes his first non-squeaking appearance on Something Who (or should that be Something Degu?), Paul, Giles and Richard are back for our Giant Animals special. OK, it's a fair cop guv'nor, really it's our Christopher Benjamin appreciation episode. Up first it's Fourth Doctor adventure The Talons of Weng-Chiang, followed by Tenth Doctor outing The Unicorn and the Wasp. We find more to say about the former than the latter, but we seem to have enjoyed both. And while Paul appears to say nothing remotely controversial about either story, Richard dives straight into the fray with his size 12s.

So put on your best bib and tucker, order up a Hansom cab, or a Rolls, and prepare to hob nob with the top nobs at The Palace Theatre and a country manor house.

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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.

Richard, Giles and Paul are back for an examination of two Doctor Who stories that need to get to the penthouse suite. First we look at Seventh Doctor adventure Paradise Towers, before we discuss Ninth Doctor outing The Long Game. As ever, it's a wide-ranging chat that finds us in a surprisingly good mood and able to see both good and bad decisions made by both production teams.

So put on your Kang fright wig, your rezzie's shawl or your caretaker's peaked cap and order in a Kronkburger with cheese, as we examine the route to the top floor.

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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.

The Sirens of Audio Podcast, which looks at Big Finish audio plays, can be found at https://www.sirensofaudio.com and the specific episode Richard was on is here: https://www.sirensofaudio.com/2020/06/neverland.html

Meanwhile, if you want to support Fantom by buying one of their books or audios, go to: https://www.fantompublishing.co.uk/

Richard, Giles and Paul are back and this time we're looking at debuts, and specifically debut stories where the Doctor is not treated as a classical hero. First we look at Sixth Doctor opener The Twin Dilemma and then we examine the Twelfth Doctor's initial story Deep Breath. Along the way we have a surprisingly wide-ranging chat about colonialism, bad science, Crimewatch, TV writers who go a bit mad when given the chance to do Sci-Fi, sexism and historical appropriation.

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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.

Richard, Paul and Giles are back with our Not Vampire Special, with two stories that threaten to feature vampires, but ultimately don't. First we look at Seventh Doctor story Curse of Fenric and then we examine Eleventh Doctor story Vampires of Venice. Along the way we analyse the different versions of Curse of Fenric, Giles discusses codebreaking in WW2 and Paul plugs a Big Finish story that does indeed feature vampires.

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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.

Jago & Litefoot Series 12 can be found here: https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/jago-litefoot-series-12-1459

With the excellent timing you've come to expect from Something Who, we bring you our Britain in Lockdown special just as the UK Government is poised to loosed the yoke. And after Richard tries to work out which link to click, we're looking at Third Doctor story Invasion of the Dinosaurs and Doctor-lite story Turn Left.

It's a packed roster this time, with Simon, Paul, Giles and Richard joined by Andrew Ireland, the creator behind the UCLan remake of Mission to the Unknown, back for a second visit to the podcast.

The e-mail address for the Early Years book giveaway is [email protected]

If this episode doesn't give you enough Andrew Ireland for your liking, there's a whole hour of him talking about the UCLan Mission to the Unknown remake at this link: https://somethingwho.podbean.com/e/episode-55a-andrew-ireland/

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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.

This time we welcome to Something Who two of the team behind the Doctor Hue colourisation of Episode 2 of The Daleks' Master Plan, Day of Armageddon. 

First up, Rich Tipple, aka Sir Far From, discusses Day of Armageddon,its return, its place in the wider Master Plan story, his enthusiasm for colourising black and white Doctor Who and some of the artistic choices that he and the team made during the project.

Then Kieran Highman discusses the importance of Day of Armageddon in his fan story, how he got into colourising, and his experience of presenting the finished colour episode to a large crowd at the Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles back in February.

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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.

Thanks to Giles, who introduced me to Jeremy Bentham, a very familiar name for Doctor Who fans, particularly of my generation.

Jeremy and I chat about the early days of fandom, his part in the formation of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society, his work as a writer on Doctor Who Weekly and Doctor Who Monthly and his book Doctor Who - The Early Years. We also discuss his involvement in social events, such as conventions, the First Thursday Fitzroy Tavern evenings where Giles introduced us, and the launch party fan events he organised for the New Series.

And I couldn't resist the opportunity for a brief detour into the world of Missing Episodes.

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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.

After a dalliance with Tennant era grandiosity, it's back to the standard Something Who format, comparing the 4th Doctor story The Invisible Enemy from 1977 with 2009's Tenth Doctor story The Waters of Mars. Yes, you guessed it, it's our Virus Special.

Richard is joined by Simon and Giles, and also, moonlighting from his new regular slot on the Missing Episodes podcast, Paul.

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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.

Here's Something Who, Episode 20, and this time Richard talks with Steven Schapansky about Missing Episodes because... well, in the circumstances, it would have been rude not to.

Welcome once more to Something Who, Episode 19, back in our classic format, comparing the newly released animated version of Second Doctor story The Faceless Ones and Tenth Doctor story The Idiot's Lantern, recorded on the exact centenary of Troughton's birth.

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The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.