The Doctor Who Podcast

Join Leeson, Ian and Michele as they travel back in time to Christmas last year, when the second of the two highly anticpated 2013 Matt Smith episodes aired for the first time.  Has the relatively short period since broadcast had an impact on the Campervan’s occupants opinion of the story? Has the seven months been kind to it?!  Find out in the final instalment of our Regenerations Series! Ian and Michele also dive into a new Big Finish range, the third series of the Fourth Doctor plays.  This time around, The King of Sontar is put under the microscope.

Welcome to a brand new series of mini-DWPs!  In Re-Cutting The Key to Time, good friend of show, Mr Stephen Elsden shares his thoughts about the stories that comprise The Key To Time season. Long term DWP listeners (yes, there are a few!) will remember Stephen from our 7th Heaven and Re-Trial of a Time Lord featurettes where he talked about watching classic episodes of Doctor Who for the very first time many years after their original transmission. In the first episode, he talks to James about The Ribos Operation and Ian about The Pirate Planet. And this is in addition to your regular weekly DWP – we’ll be back next week with Episode 265!

Join James, Stephen, Tom and very special guest Kyle Anderson as they convene to discuss the much maligned tenth Doctor swan-song, The End of Time. This story has is supporters – it finished 82nd in the recent poll by Doctor Who Magazine – higher than A Christmas Carol, higher than The Snowmen and (criminally) higher than The Twin Dilemma; but do this week’s campervan occupants rate it?! If you like sane, sensible and measured anaysis rather than our usual ramblings, Kyle regularly contributes to The Nerdist, usually about Doctor Who but he does dare to go off topic on occasion. He is also a co-host on both the Doctor Who: The Writers Room and WTF Are You Watching?! podcasts – go check out his stuff! Join us next week when we get all Christmassy again (yes, in July) as we take on Time of the Doctor in our penultimate Regenerations review.

Join Leeson and James and they take a look at the first new series non-Doctor regeneration story, Utopia.  Just how wonderful was Derek Jacobi?!  Masterful.  They also go through the tail end of the questions that you wonderful listeners have sent in for us to answer.  And the mystery of where Leeson comes from is cleared up once and for all. Ian and Michele are back as they review the last Big Finish Eighth Doctor and Charley play set in the Divergent Universe, The Next Life. Join us next week for the next in our Regenerations series – it has the word ‘Time’ in it. And ‘of’. Hmmm.

Join James and Trevor as they work their way through the questions you wonderful listeners have sent in! Yes, we take a break from our Regenerations series to deal with the burning issues you’ve asked us to tackle – for example, where precsely *does* Leeson fare from? And how many listeners does the Doctor Who Podcast have?! Oh yes, nothing but the key issues of the day here! The Doctor Who World Tour also gets some airtime – will Trev be making the cross-continental trip to Sydney to hear what Peter Capaldi has to say?  Will James travel one mile into London to hear about Mr Moffat’s Masterplan?! Tune in to find out…..! Enjoy the show.

Join James and Leeson as they sit down to enjoy Colin Baker’s first full outing as Ol’ Sixey, The Twin Dilemma.  Consistently voted the worst Doctor Who story of all time, does the story get any love thrown it’s way at all?  Tune in to fine out! Ian and Michele reach Caerdroia and the end of the fourth series of 8th Doctor and Charley Big Finish stories. Enjoy the show.

Join Trev, Michele and Tony in the DWP Campervan as they talk about the most jolly, happy and positive Doctor Who story of all time. Hooray! Ian and Michele continue their trek though the Eight Doctor and Charley plays from Big Finish, and reach The Last. No, not the last play, the play *called* The Last. Geddit? Good! Enjoy the show.

Join Michele, James and Luke from The Minute Doctor Who Podcast for Part Five of our Regenerations series, our first from the modern era, Bad Wolf and Parting of the Ways. Ian also pops in to join Michele to discuss the first in the fourth series of Eighth Doctor and Charley Big Finish plays, Faith Stealer. Enjoy the show.

Join James, Michele and Ian as they talk about Jon Pertwee’s and the third Doctor’s final story, Planet of the Spiders.  How does this story stand up compared to the other farewell stories? And just who is afraid of spiders anyway?  Along with some listener feedback and the announcement of the winner of the Tenth Planet DVD competition, what more could you ask for? Well okay then, since you insist: Ian and Michele also review the final story in the third series of Eighth Doctor and Charley Big Finish adventures, The Twilight Kingdom.

Join Michele, Ian and Tony for malapropisms, spoons and of course, the Tetrap Rap as they take a nostaligic look back at Time and the Rani. What, you’ve never heard of the Tetrap Rap? Ian and Michele then shunt off into the Divergent universe to review The Natural History of Fear as they approach the end of the third series of Eight Doctor and Charley plays from Big Finish. Join us next week for the listeners choice of Regeneration stories – that might just include arachnids. Brrrr.

Last week Doctor Who lost one of the most happy, vibrant and friendly of fans. Paul Spragg worked for Big Finish and was intrinsic to so much of their work. Big Finish released the news on their website last week. Michele recorded an interview with Paul at Chicago TARDIS in 2012. Join them as they discuss Paul’s career, his fondness for puns and of course his work for Big Finish.

It’s another geek-out in the Campervan this week – well, you seem to like them and we can’t get enough of them either!  This week however there is an underlying theme to the otherwise unplanned banter. Do the stories told though Doctor Who have any deeper meaning than is immediately apparent? Is there an ideology being transmitted though the show? Join Tom and James and they mull this over – and get distracted several times on the way. Ian and Michele reach the mid-point of the third season of Eight Doctor and Charley Big Finish plays and review The Creed of the Kromon. Enjoy the show.

Join Michele as she presents intervews with writers Andrew Smith, John Dorney and Matt Fitton. The trio of writers for Big Finish sit down with Ian and discuss their trade and Doctor Who at Big Finish Day 4 held earlier this year.  Just what does it take to become a writer – and how then do you end up giving words to Gallifrey’s greatest son? Many thanks to Big Finish Productions and to 10th Planet Events. James and Tom will be back next week with Episode 256 to discuss ideology in Doctor Who!  You have been warned. Enjoy the show.

Join Stephen, Ian, Michele and Tom for Part 2 of our Regenerations series, this time focussing on the fourth Doctor’s final story, Logopolis. Nothing controversial there, right. Right? Hello? Anyway, that’s after they Campervan Crew catch up on the plethora of casting announcements for Series 8. Ian and Michele also talk about Big Finish’s Scherzo in their ongoing quest through the Eighth Doctor and Charley plays. Enjoy the show.

Join Michele, Stephen and James for the latest DWP geekout – 30 minutes of Doctor Who chatter without any planning or structure!  The five minutes of planned sanity see Michele and Ian talk about Big Finish‘s 40th Main Range release, the mighty Zagreus. Join us next week for Part 2 of our Regenerations series when Logopolis will be put under the DWP microscope. Enjoy the show!