Traveling the Vortex

We begin our wrap up of the Time Lord Victorious event in this episode. First, we review Tales of the Dark Times Episodes 4 and 5 found in the Doctor Who Comic Maker app.

Then, what promised to be the climax of the main story thread, All Flesh is Grass the novel by By Una McCormack.

Find out what we thought of these stories.

Also, we look at some news of the week.

Enjoy!

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We return to our adventures in the Dark Times with two more Time Lord Victorious Tales.

First, it’s the final story for the Daleks in the Eaglemoss, Hero Collector magazine short story, Exit Strategy which comes with the Dalek Executioner & Dalek Strategist figures.

Then we join the Fourth Doctor on the Starship Future for the Big Finish audio, Genetics of the Daleks,

Find out what we thought of these stories,

Also, some novelization news.

Enjoy!

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Happy New Year!

It’s finally here. After months of waiting, new Who graced out television sets again. This week we examine the New Year’s Day special, Revolution of the Daleks as we say goodbye to companions past and welcome companions anew.

Enjoy!

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This week we return to more Time Lord Victorious. This time we look at two short stories that are packaged with the Eaglemoss / Hero Collector figurines. First, it’s The Last Message with comes with the Dalek Emperor and Dalek Drone, then Mission to the Known, which comes with the Dalek Commander and Dalek Scientist set. Hear what we liked about these,

Then we review the Big Finish audio, Mutually Assured Destruction featuring the Eighth Doctor and the Daleks.

No news this week so we get right to it.

Enjoy!

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In this episode we go way back to the beginning, No, we’re not talking An Unearthly Child, The First Doctor, or even the beginning of Doctor Who itself.

We go back to our beginnings and revisit the very first Doctor Who material that we ever reviewed, Ten years ago, and way back in Episode 1 we gave you our thoughts on A Christmas Carol featuring the Eleventh Doctor.

And now we tell you what we think of the story all these years later.

Enjoy!

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This week we continue our travels with the Time Lord Victorious through the Dark Times with two more reviews.

First, it’s the finale of the Daleks! webcast with Episode 5: Day of Reckoning.

Then we join the Tenth Doctor and Brian the Ood for the audiobook, The Minds of Magnox, written by Darren Jones and read by the very talented Jacob Dudman.

Find out what we thought of these two installments in the epic crossover event.

Plus, news about a new trading card game for Doctor Who

Enjoy!

Links mentioned in the show: Doctor Who – Worlds Apart digital trading card game

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In this week’s show, we continue our reviews of the Daleks! animated series on BBC’s YouTube channel. This time it’s Planet of the Mechanoids and The Deadly Ally.

Plus we look at a special short story included on the Time Lord Victorious website called, What the TARDIS thought of ‘Time Lord Victorious’ written by James Goss.

Also, RadioTimes dominates our news section this week. (I wonder if they have an issue coming out soon?)

Enjoy!

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In this week’s episode, we feature more TIme Lord Victorious goodies.

First is a review of Escape Hunt’s print and play game, The Hollow Planet.

Then we take a look at the first two episodes of Daleks!, the YouTube webcast series from BBC Studios and Studio Liddel, We review The Archive of Islos and The Sentinel of the Fifth Galaxy.

We also examine the Time Lord Victorious trailer that was released many months back and speculate on how it might also tie into the overall story arc.

Plus, we look at lots of news this week.

Enjoy!

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In this episode, we head back to the Dark Times, back when the universe was young, and we explore three new offerings from the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ story arc. We start with another Big Finish offering, Paul McGann starring as the Eighth Doctor, and teaming up with his most iconic enemy for The Enemy of My Enemy.

Then, we join the Eighth Doctor and the Daleks again for another installment from the Doctor Who Comic Maker called Tales of the Dark Times Episode Three.

Then we rejoin the Ninth Doctor in the final installment of his ongoing Doctor Who Magazine comic, Monstrous Beauty Part 3.

Plus we react to some of the news that came out this past week.

Enjoy!

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This week we take another break from the Time Lord Victorious event… well, sort of. In this episode, we review the recently released book The Wintertime Paradox, by Dave Rudden. Find out what we thought of this festive collection of stories about Doctor Who at Christmastime.

We also, take a look at the short story, Canaries, also written by Rudden and released on the Doctor Who website as a tie-in with the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ Event.

Plus, we examine some news of the week, including some insights into when we might expect the next series of Doctor Who to release.

Enjoy!

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