Traveling the Vortex

In this week’s episode of the podcast, we take a journey to another part of a project that almost was. This time we review the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn story, Real Time, which was a BBCi venture along with Big Finish for the web. We discuss the visual story and the audio version that was released shortly after.

Also, some awards news.

And, of course, your feedback.

Enjoy!

Link(s) mentioned in the show:

Doctor Who Fiction: For The Glory Of Unicorns

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In this week’s episode we finish off the 8th Doctor Adventures, Season 3, with our review of #7 The Eight Truths and #8 Worldwide Web. Discover how long Shaun had to keep a secret from Glenn and Keith that goes way back to the early days of this podcast.

Also, we look at some news of the week, including a new film featuring Doctor Who adversary, Sil.

And we have some audio feedback for you in this show,

Enjoy!

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In this week we tackle Shaun’s (and to an extent, Keith’s) fear of clowns as we discuss the newest Lucy Wilson Mysteries novel, Curse of the Mirror Clowns by Chris Lynch. Find out what we thought of this latest offering in the series from Candy Jar Books.

Also, we discuss a few news items from the week.

And, of course, feedback!

Enjoy!

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In this week’s episode we look at a few Seventh Doctor offerings. First it’s the recent Titan Comics mini-series Operation Volcano which includes a story written by Andrew Cartmel and features the Seventh Doctor and Ace as they reunite with Group Captain Ian Gilmore. Also included is in the publication is a story penned by Richard Dinnick called Hill of Beans which features the artwork of Jessica Martin who played Mags in Doctor Who on TV. The character of Mags also features in this story.

Plus we review Big Finish Monthly Range #109 The Death Collectors / Spider’s Shadow which features the Seventh Doctor traveling on his own.

Also, some news of the week.

And, of course, your feedback.

Enjoy!

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We go a little off the rails, well, off the schedule at least, to bring you something different. We examine the recent Radio Times article, 11 changes Doctor Who fans want when the series returns in 2020, We set the record straight and discuss the things we agree and disagree with this article.

Don’t worry, we will resume your regularly scheduled stuff next week, but we wanted to address the topic this week and give it attention it is due.

Plus, we look at some other news of the week.

And, of course, your feedback.

Enjoy!

Links mentioned in the show:

11 changes Doctor Who fans want when the series returns in 2020

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In this week’s delayed episode we look at the long awaited return of a classic Doctor Who monster (maybe?) with our review of the New Year’s Day episode – Resolution. Find out what we thought of the story.

Plus, some news of the week including a classic series find that has us pretty excited.

And, of course, feedback.

Enjoy!

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A special Christmas gift for our listeners, our 2018 Christmas Special! In this year’s special we review two Doctor Who Christmas offerings. First, its the Big Finish Short Trip, The Little Drummer Boy. Then we review another Big Finish Short Trip with O Tannenbaum.

We hope you enjoy!

Cheers, and Merry Christmas to all of our listeners!

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In this week’s show we look at another ‘Lost In Time’ story with the First Doctor, Steven, and Dodo in The Celestial Toymaker. Find out what we think of this classic story.

Also, we have some news this week about another endeavor the Vortex Boys are becoming involved with that we are really excited about.

Enjoy!

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Now that Series 11 has ended, it’s time for us to side step from Doctor Who and revisit the Lethbridge-Stewart series from our good friends at Candy Jar Books. This week we go back to a release from earlier this year, the anthology book, Lethbridge-Stewart: Lineage. Find out what we think of this telling of the history for the Lethbridge-Stewart family.

Also, we look a a bit of news out this week from Big Finish.

Enjoy!

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In this week’s episode we wrap up our review of Series 11 with a look at ‘The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos’. Find out what we think of the last episode of Jodie Whittaker’s first season as the Doctor.

Plus, a look at some news regarding the next series.

And, of course, your feedback

Enjoy!

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