Traveling the Vortex

The long-awaited Doctor Who: The Legend of the Sea Devils finally arrived on our televisions. Listen to what we thought of this high-seas, swashbuckling adventure.

Plus, we discuss the recently animated episodes of Galaxy 4, finally released on DVD and Blu-Ray in North America.

Enjoy!

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Our travels through the Time War, get slightly side-missioned with this week’s outing. This time we review UNIT: Cyber-Reality from Big Finish with stories by Matt Fitton and Guy Adams. Hear what we thought of this story loosely related to the Time War.

Plus, some brief movie reviews.

Enjoy!

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This time our travels continue to take us through the Time War, this time with another glance at what the Master has been up to. We review The War Master Volume 3: Rage of the Time Lords by Tim Foley and David Llewellyn. Plus a break in the middle for a quick analysis of The Diary of River Song Series 5.4 –  Concealed Weapon by Scott Handcock. (Don’t worry, we’ll return to The Diary of River Song Series 5 at a later time.)

We also react this week to some news about the upcoming television special.

Enjoy!

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In our travels through the history of the Time War, we come to the end of the Prologue as war has come to Gallirey’s doorstep. This week we review Big Finish’s Gallifrey: Time War 1.1 Celestial Intervention by David Llewellyn & 1.2 Soldier Obscura by Tim Foley.

Plus we look at the animated 5th episode of the Web of Fear which was recently released on DVD in North America.

Enjoy!

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We continue our journey through the events leading up to the Time War. This time we review all four parts of Big Finish Productions’ The War Master 2; The Master of Callous. Find out what we thought of our first experience with Derek Jacobi playing his incarnation of The Master in audio.

Plus, we tangent a bit as we discuss The Book of Boba Fett on Disney+

Enjoy!

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This time on Traveling the Vortex… the Vortex Boys continue their journey through the Time War, as they make their way among the prologue. This time, it’s Big Finish’s Ravenous 3.1 – Deeptime Frontier by Matt Fitton and 3.2 Companion Piece by John Dorney, both featuring the Eighth Doctor. We discuss the confusion and connections that the stories have to the greater theme.

Enjoy!

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This week we begin our journey through the Time War as we attempt to listen to all related Big Finish material in a, somewhat chronological order. We’re using the chart below as our guide on this quest. First up in the prologue section is Shadow of the Daleks Volumes 1 and 2 featuring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor.  Come along on the journey and let us know your thoughts on our Listeners Forum on Facebook.

Enjoy!

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We start the new year off with a review of the New Year’s Day special, Eve of the Daleks. Hear what we thought of the story,

Plus, we talk about our Christmas celebrations.

Enjoy!

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A little special Christmas cheer for our listeners. In this special Side Trip, we review the Big Finish Subscriber Short story, The Christmas Dimension featuring the Third Doctor and Liz. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

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In this week’s show, we got around to finally seeing The Evil of the Daleks that was recently released in North America. We discuss the story that’s been lost in time and tell you what we thought of it and the animation that it is presented in.

Enjoy!

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