Episode 24 – Series 7, Part I – The UNIT Files – Dudley Simpson’s Arrival at the Ambassadors’ Ball [of Death]
Summary: <br> <br> <br> In this episode we’ll be looking at the music of Dudley Simpson focusing on his music from Series 7 of Doctor Who. In this episode we will look at his work on Serial CCC – Story 53 – The Ambassadors of Death. This discussion with Radio Free Skaro co-host Steven Schapansky and writer, actor and commedian Toby Hadoke was recorded on the 16th of May, 2011.<br> <br> ADVENTURES IN TIME, SPACE AND MUSIC IS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE DOCTOR WHO PODCAST ALLIANCE: <a href="http://www.doctorwhopodcastalliance.org/%20">http://www.doctorwhopodcastalliance.org/</a><br> ABOUT YOUR GUEST CO-HOSTS – STEVEN SCHAPANSKY: Steven Schapansky is one of the hosts of Radio Free Skaro, one of the most popular and longest running Doctor Who podcasts around. As co-host, he has interviewed many luminaries from Doctor Who’s past an present, including Murray Gold, Graeme Harper, Phil Ford, Tracie Simpson, Gary Russell, and many others. He has also memorized every Doctor Who production code from the classic series and can point out on a map and name all 195 countries of the world. And he does it all without eating meat. For more information on Steven’s work on the widely popular Radio Free Skaro, released every Sunday, visit <a href="http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/">http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/</a>.<br> ABOUT YOUR GUEST CO-HOSTS – TOBY HADOKE: Toby Hadoke is an award winning stand up comedian who has compere residencies at XS MALARKEY (serial winner of Best Comedy Club at the Chortle and North West Comedy Awards) and The Comedy Store. He is also an accomplished serious actor with experience on television (Coronation Street, A&E, Casualty 1907, Holby City, The Forsyte Saga, Phoenix Nights, Shameless), the stage, radio and even in an opera! He won the inaugural Les Dawson Award in 2003, a Chortle award in 2008, is a frequent broadcaster on BBC radio, and has written for The Guardian, The Independent, SFX and DWM. His Edinburgh Fringe one man show, Moths Ate My Dr Who Scarf, was a critical and box office success in 2006, ran in the West End in 2008, continues to tour internationally, and spawned a Sony nominated radio series. 2010 saw the premiere of a successful new show Now I Know My BBC and the publication of volume one of Running Through Corridors (a series of books written with Robert Shearman). He is an in demand voice over artist and has moderated a number of commentaries for the classic range of Doctor Who DVDs. For more information on Toby’s work for the written word, television, stage and beyond, visit <a href="http://www.tobyhadoke.com/">http://www.tobyhadoke.com/</a>.<br> <br> ABOUT YOUR HOSTS – DR. LOU: I am an Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Nevada, Reno, where I write about and teach classes on avant-garde and popular music of the post-war era, focusing on musics that bridge the categories of high and low culture in society through media technology. In other words, I write about pretty music made on complicated equipment used in television and radio. Most of my stuff tends to be about music in the UK, although I have also written about American science fiction. My most recent publication is a history of the BBC’s electronic music studio, the Radiophonic Workshop, for Oxford University Press. Before becoming chair of the music department in Reno, I taught classes about television music, film music, music and gender, and popular music, as well as the more standard classical music history courses. After getting my undergraduate degree in singing from the University of Iowa, I spent a few hazy years bartending in nightclubs, listening to lots of dance music, and traveling as much as possible to England. Eventually, I decided I needed a career and did a Masters degree in musicology at the University of Texas at Austin, writing a thesis on music in Doctor Who. After that I moved to Los Angeles and did a PhD at UCLA in musicology,
