Traveling the Vortex

This week we look at some more comics as part of our year-long celebration of Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary. This time we review the Fourth Doctor adventure, ‘City of the Damned’. While it may not precisely connect to ‘Star Beast’, which was the first to feather Beep the Meep, it is one of two stories leading into that story.

Also, a comic that does directly link to the 60th anniversary, because it is currently ongoing, we review the first four parts of ‘Liberation of the Daleks’, which is being published in Doctor Who Magazine and features a new adventure for the Fourteenth Doctor.

Plus, a look at the news of the week, including the announcement of a renowned American actor Jonathan Groff.

And we have some news concerning the upcoming Doctoberfest, Who North America’s annual three-day festival celebrating Doctor Who fandom taking place in Hendricks County, Indiana, You’ll have to listen to find out who.

Enjoy!

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We’re back to our adventures in the Time War, with the Big Finish audio, Gallifrey: Time War 3. We rejoin the recently exiled Romana and Narvin as they search the vortex for Leela.

Plus, we discuss the BBC Ident 60th Anniversary teaser.

And, Glenn has a ‘Something New, 2 Minute Review’ of Paradise Towers: Paradise Found,  a sequel to the classic Sylvester McCoy, Seventh Doctor story from Cutaway Comics.

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In this episode, we really delve into Season 6B, the narrative space between the end of The War Games and the beginning of Spearhead from Space.  We kick things off with the recently released Doctor Who: The Second Doctor Adventures: Beyond War Games from Big Finish which features the stories The Final Beginning by Mark Wright and Nicholas Briggs and Wrath of the Ice Warriors by Andrew Smith.

Then we review the short story, Save Yourself written by Terrance Dicks which is found in ‘The Target Storybook’.

And Glenn gives a ‘Something New, 2 Minute Review’ of Rani Takes on the World: Beyond Bannerman Road which was just released by Big Finish.

Plus we discuss some recent news including composer Murray Gold returning to Doctor Who and Titan’s Doom’s Day 2 issue comic story featuring the return of Missy.

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In this week’s show, we are back to Act Three of the Last Great Time War. Again joining the War Doctor for his darkest adventure yet, with the Big Finish audio drama, The War Doctor Begins: He Who Fights With Monsters.

Plus, we talk about some 60th-anniversary tie-in announcements including a graphic novel and some books coming later this year.

And an update from Doctor Who: Wolds Apart, the online TCG.

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This week we take another turn celebrating 60 years of Doctor Who, with something that tangentially connects to the upcoming specials. We are reviewing ‘The Iron Legion’ comic strips featured in Doctor Who Weekly issues 1 through 8, written by Pat Mills, and John Wagner, and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. Then we turn to the Big Finish audio, The Comic Strip Adaptations – “Doctor Who and the Iron Legion”, adapted from the comics by Alan Barnes. Wondering what the connection to the 60th Anniversary is? Listen to the end to find out,

Plus Keith talks about the newly released hidden object mystery game, Doctor Who: An Unlikely Heist. It’s this week’s ‘Something New, 2 Minute Review’

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We’re back in the Time War this week, continuing with act three of the saga. This time with a review of Big Finish’s The War Doctor Begins 3 – Battlegrounds. Hear what we thought about this three-part story.

Plus, Glenn reviews the Doctor Who: William Hartnell – Complete Season Two Blu-Ray set. in this week’s ‘Something New, 2 Minute Review’.

And we talk about some recent casting news.

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This week we begin our exploration of the so-called Season 6B. That’s the fan-derived “missing season” of adventures the Second Doctor embarks on BEFORE he regenerates and is stranded on Earth. We start this series with a setup of the events that lead to Season 6B. We review the novelization of The War Games written by Malcolm Hulke and the short story, War Crimes, from the short story collection, Short Trips.

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This week we return to the Time War. We continue Act Three with the second installment in The War Doctor Begins series with Volume 2, The Warbringer.

Plus, in this week’s ‘Something New, 2 Minute Review’ Glenn reviews the rest of the fourth volume of The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles, All of Time and Space.

We also talk Oscars.

And we discuss the recent announcement for the next multimedia crossover event, Doom’s Day.

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This week we look at the animated version of The Abominable Snowmen which was released with both a Black & White and Color version of the story in the UK in September 2022 and in North America in December 2022. This is our second go-around with the story. We reviewed the reconstruction by Loose Cannon back in Episode 175 – An Intelligent Design.

Plus in our ‘Something New, 2 Minute Review” – Keith gives us a look at the new Doctor Who mobile game, Lost in Time.

And we do get into a spoiler discussion of The Mandalorian Chapter 17: The Apostate. You can skip forward to 00:14:45 to avoid getting spoiled on the episode.

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This week we slide into Act Three of our journey through the Time War. This time we review The War Doctor Begins, Volume 1 – Forged In Fire from Big Finish.

And, we have a new segment we call the “Something New, Two Minute Review”. Glenn does a quick spoiler-free review of the first story in The Doctor Chronicles: The Eleventh Doctor: All of Time and Space boxset, also from Big Finish.

Plus, we take a moment off-topic to talk about the state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe so far.

Enjoy!

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