Staggering Stories Podcast

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, the Real Keith Dunn and Steven Clare review Big Finish’s Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures – Ravagers and the 2021 film The Mitchells vs. the Machines, discuss the Ninth Doctor’s best TV moments, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 00:58 — Welcome! * 02:20 – News: * 02:29 — Attack the Block: Boyega back for seconds. * 04:07 — Enola Holmes: Brown and Cavill prepare to sequel. * 05:34 — Batman: Reanimated series. * 09:30 — Army of the Dead: Recasting after the fact. * 11:14 — Tom Baker: Still not dead. * 11:22 — Star Trek: Strange New Worlds bringing back Discovery characters? * 12:37 – Staggering Stories Presents: Subliminal Messages. * 13:34 – Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures – Ravagers (Big Finish boxset). * 32:32 – Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor’s best TV moments. * 52:29 – 30 Second Recommendations: Colonising Cyberspace and Artrageous: Cyberpunk. * 54:18 – The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021 film). * 65:51 – Crumbly’s Corner * 70:43 – Emails and listener feedback. * 72:16 – Farewell for this podcast! * 72:57 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * Wikipedia: Attack the Block. * Wikipedia: Enola Holmes (film). * Wikipedia: Batman – The Animated Series. * Wikipedia: Army of the Dead. * Tom Baker. * Wikipedia: Star Trek – Strange New Worlds. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Big Finish: The Ninth Doctor Adventures – Ravagers. * YouTube: Artrageous – Cyberpunk. * YouTube: Horizon – Colonizing Cyberspace part 1/5. * Wikipedia: The Mitchells vs. the Machines. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review Big Finish’s Doctor Who: The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller and the 2020 film Palm Springs, talk about media we’ve been consuming, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 00:59 — Welcome! * 02:51 – News: * 03:03 — Doctor Who: Bradley and Barrowman’s immersive action (at the time of recording!) * 04:29 — TV Renewals: Invincible flies but The Irregulars crashes. * 07:24 — Star Wars: Lightsabers. * 09:52 — Dark Universe: Not quite dead? * 11:40 — David Tennant: Amazing Maurice. * 14:48 – Doctor Who: The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller (Big Finish boxset). * 35:33 – Flotsam and Jetsam * 46:22 – Palm Springs (2020 film). * 58:17 – Emails and listener feedback. * 59:42 – Farewell for this podcast! * 60:55 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Star Wars. * Wikipedia: Invincible (TV series). * Wikipedia: The Irregulars. * Big Finish. * Wikipedia: Lucie Miller. * Wikipedia: Palm Springs (2020 film). * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith and the Real Keith Dunn review Big Finish’s Doctor Who: Stranded 2 and the 1988 film John Carpenter’s They Live, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:39 — Welcome! * 02:28 – News: * 02:41 — Big Finish: Record breakers. * 04:26 — Star Trek: New film finally happening? * 06:16 — Capaldi Zooms in. * 07:10 — Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge art book. * 08:09 — Alien: New board game. * 10:03 — Alien: Kinky apparel. * 12:46 – They Live (1988 film). * 27:56 – Doctor Who: Stranded 2 (Big Finish boxset). * 43:49 – Emails and listener feedback. * 44:52 – Farewell for this podcast! * 45:30 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Big Finish. * Star Trek. * Wikipedia: Peter Capaldi. * Star Wars. * Wikipedia: Alien (franchise). * Wikipedia: They Live. * Big Finish: Stranded 2. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Crumbly, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review Doctor Who: Crimson Horror and Netflix’s first season of The Irregulars, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:08 — Welcome! * 04:04 – News: * 04:17 — Blake’s 7: Not finished yet. * 05:59 — Indiana Jones: New film gets real. * 08:38 — Noel Clarke: BAFTA achievement award. * 09:27 — Star Trek: Trailers ahoy and Q returns. * 11:36 – Doctor Who: The Crimson Horror. * 29:48 – The Irregulars (Netflix season 1). * 52:25 – Emails and listener feedback. * 71:46 – Farewell for this podcast! * 72:29 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * Wikipedia: Blake’s 7. * Indiana Jones. * Noel Clarke. * Star Trek. * BBC: Doctor Who. * BBC: Doctor Who – The Crimson Horror. * Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Crimson Horror. * Wikipedia: The Irregulars. * Wikipedia: Cyberpunk 2077. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review Doctor Who: The Time Warrior and 1979’s Quatermass series, talk about media we’ve been consuming, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:00 — Welcome! * 01:52 – News: * 02:03 — Doctor Who – Blu-rays for all. * 04:26 — Hitchhiker’s Guide: Crowd funding DNA book. * 06:37 — The Suicide Squad: First trailer. * 11:43 – Quatermass and Quatermass Conclusion (1979). * 31:33 – Flotsam and Jetsam: * 31:42 — Babylon 5. * 43:05 — Other stuff. * 43:51 – 30 Second Recommendation: The Irregulars. * 45:01 – 30 Second Recommendation: The Flight Attendant. * 47:26 – Doctor Who: The Time Warrior. * 66:36 – Crumbly’s Corner * 71:20 – Emails and listener feedback. * 72:35 – Farewell for this podcast! * 73:08 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Kickstarter: 42 – The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams. * Wikipedia: the Suicide Squad (film). * Wikipedia: Quatermass (TV serial). * Wikipedia: Babylon 5. * Wikipedia: The Irregulars. * Wikipedia: The Flight Attendant (TV series). * Wikipedia: The Time Warrior. * BBC: Doctor Who – The Time Warrior. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and Jean Riddler review K9 and Company and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:16 — Welcome! * 02:04 – News: * 02:16 — Star Trek: Strange New Cast. * 04:58 — Doctor Who: Big Finish Main Range no more. * 08:25 — James Follett: DEAD! * 08:55 — Cliff Simon: DEAD! * 11:43 – K9 and Company: A Girl’s Best Friend. * 28:02 – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. * 45:53 – Emails and listener feedback. * 46:24 – Farewell for this podcast! * 47:08 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Star Trek. * Big Finish. * Wikipedia: James Follett. * Wikipedia: Cliff Simon. * Wikipedia: K-9 and Company. * Wikipedia: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review Big Finish’s The Diary of River Song: Series 8 boxset and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:52 — Welcome! * 02:48 – News: * 02:56 — Doctor Who: Eleventh Doctor goes furry. * 05:14 — Disney+: The Bad Batch and Loki dated. * 07:04 — Ronald Pickup: DEAD! * 08:54 — Moffat: Time Traveler’s Wife main cast announced. * 11:13 – Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. * 30:46 – The Diary of River Song, Series 8: River and the Robots. * 42:20 – Jean’s birthday! * 45:40 – Emails and listener feedback. * 48:13 – Farewell for this podcast! * 48:51 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Build-a-Bear: Doctor Who. * Wikipedia: Disney+. * Wikipedia: Ronald Pickup. * Wikipedia: Steven Moffat. * Wikipedia: The Time Traveler’s Wife. * Wikipedia: Star Trek IV – The Voyage Home. * Big Finish: The Diary of River Song, Series 8. * Wikipedia: River Song (Doctor Who). * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review Doctor Who: Robot and the first three episodes of Resident Alien, talk about media we’ve been consuming, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:38 — Welcome! * 02:15 – News: * 02:25 — Doctor Who: River Song’s Novel Adventures. * 04:30 — The Last of Us: TV series recruits actors. * 06:53 — His Dark Materials: Scorsby flashes back? * 07:45 — The Mandalorian: Gina Carano fired. * 11:02 – Doctor Who: Robot. * 32:38 – Flotsam and Jetsam. * 46:41 – Resident Alien (first three episodes). * 57:42 – Emails and listener feedback. * 64:18 – Farewell for this podcast! * 64:54 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Wikipedia: River Song (Doctor Who). * Wikipedia: The Last of Us. * Wikipedia: His Dark Materials (TV series). * Wikipedia: The Mandalorian. * YouTube: Toby Hadoke. * Wikipedia: Robot (Doctor Who). * BBC: Doctor Who – Robot. * Wikipedia: Wonder Woman 1984. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani and Wonder Woman 1984, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:02 — Welcome! * 02:03 – News: * 02:10 — Doctor Who: Season 24 goes blu. * 05:05 — Big Finish: RTD’s lost script and Avengers return. * 08:23 — Mira Furlan: DEAD! * 11:25 — Buck Rogers: New series on the way? * 13:01 — Doctor Who: KLAKK! Chris Achilleos artbook. * 13:37 — James Bond: Product placement reshoots? * 15:23 – Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani. * 44:31 – Wonder Woman 1984. * 65:50 – Emails and listener feedback. * 66:38 – Crumbly’s Corner * 71:17 – Farewell for this podcast! * 71:56 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Wikipedia: Doctor Who (seaosn 24). * Wikipedia: Russell T Davies. * Wikipedia: The Avengers (TV programme). * Wikipedia: Linda Thorson. * Wikipedia: Mira Furlan. * Wikipedia: Buck Rogers. * Wikipedia: Chris Achilleos. * Candy Jar Books: Klakk – The Art of Chris Achilleos. * Wikipedia: James Bond. * Wikipedia: The Caves of Androzani. * BBC: Doctor Who – The Caves of Androzani. * Wikipedia: Wonder Woman 1984. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review Big Finish’s Masterful boxset, discuss Doctor Who’s character The Master, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:07 — Welcome! * 02:01 – News: * 02:10 — Doctor Who: Stay on Target. * 04:43 — Star Wars: LucasFilm Games Us. * 08:14 — Staged: Season 2 plug. * 09:44 – Doctor Who: The Master at 50. * 39:53 – Doctor Who: Masterful (Big Finish). * 63:30 – Emails and listener feedback. * 76:18 – Crumbly’s Corner * 80:07 – Farewell for this podcast! * 80:49 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Wikipedia: Target Books. * Wikipedia: LucasArts. * BBC iPlayer: Staged. * Wikipedia: The Master (Doctor Who). * Big Finish: Masterful, Limited Edition. * Wikipedia: The Umbrella Academy (TV series). * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks, play a game, come up with our Predictions, Hopes and Dreams, and Fears for 2021, see how wrong we were about our Predictions for 2020, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:33 — Welcome! * 02:04 – News: * 02:12 — Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor and Captain Jack Big Finished. * 03:37 — His Dark Materials: Final season confirmed. * 05:42 — Doctor Who: New companion incoming. * 08:31 — Philip Martin: DEAD! * 10:04 — Mark Eden: DEAD! * 11:45 — Doctor Who: Whittaker leaving rumour. * 18:17 — Tanya Roberts: DEAD! * 18:38 — Whooverville: Ian Parkes dead. * 19:51 – Annual Predictions: * 19:57 — 2020 Predictions. * 25:51 — 2021 Predictions. * 36:01 – Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks. * 55:09 – Fears, Hopes and Dreams: * 55:17 — 2020 Fears. * 58:50 — 2021 Fears. * 62:38 — 2021 Hopes and Dreams. * 67:22 – 2020 News Quiz. * 76:21 – Emails and listener feedback. * 100:40 – Farewell for this podcast! * 101:16 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Wikipedia: His Dark Materials (TV series). * Wikipedia: Philip Martin (screenwriter). * Wikipedia: Mark Eden. * Wikipedia: Jodie Whittaker. * Wikipedia: Tanya Roberts. * Whoovers. * YouTube: Boston Dynamics – Do You Love Me? * Wikipedia: Revolution of the Daleks. * BBC: Doctor Who – Revolution of the Daleks. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review His Dark Materials Series 2 and The Mandalorian Season 2, play some games, have some festive stories, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 03:11 — Welcome! * 03:51 – News: * 09:34 — Disney: Streaming all the way. * 11:29 — Game of Thrones: Matt Smith joins prequel. * 13:58 — Star Trek Lower Decks: Finally coming to the UK. * 15:41 — Star Wars: The Mandalorian’s NERF gun. * 16:34 — Jeremy Bulloch: DEAD! * 17:07 — Henry Cavill: Survives Witcher accident. * 17:54 – Christmas Crackers. * 22:07 – The Mandalorian Season 2. * 40:50 – Christmas story: Doctor Who – Befuddled in Bethlehem. * 54:42 – Quiz: Doctor Who Christmas Specials. * 58:41 – Quiz: Game of Thrones. * 61:03 – His Dark Materials Season 2. * 80:36 – Star Trek: A Christmas Poem. * 85:15 – 30 Second Recommendation: The Chronicles of St. Mary’s. * 86:51 – Hello Head of Pertwee! * 87:26 – Emails and listener feedback. * 91:26 – Farewell for this podcast! * 92:25 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * Wikipedia: Disney+. * Wikipedia: Game of the Thrones. * Wikipedia: Star Trek: Lower Decks. * Hasbro: NERF The Mandalorian Amban Phase Pulse Blaster. * Wikipedia: Jeremy Bulloch. * Wikipedia: Henry Cavill. * Wikipedia: Christmas Crackers. * Wikipedia: The Mandalorian. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Wikipedia: His Dark Materials (TV series). * Star Trek. * The Chronicles of St. Mary’s Wiki. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen and 1984’s BBC TV adaptation of The Box of Delights, play a game, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:05 — Welcome! * 03:10 – News: * 03:22 — Doctor Who: New Year Special Dated. * 05:24 — Warner Brothers: HBO to the Max. * 09:48 — Doctor Who: New classic series boxset incoming. * 12:14 — Star Wars: Kenobi to start filming. * 14:10 – Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen. * 28:03 – Game: Things in Five Words. * 36:28 – The Box of Delights (1984 TV series). * 58:43 – Emails and listener feedback. * 66:20 – Crumbly’s Corner * 69:47 – Farewell for this podcast! * 70:48 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Wikipedia: HBO Max. * Wikipedia: Doctor Who (season 8). * Wikipedia: List of Star Wars TV series – Obi-Wan Kenobi. * Wikipedia: The Abominable Snowmen. * BBC: Doctor Who – The Abominable Snowmen. * Wikipedia: The Box of Delights (TV series). * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review Big Finish’s Doctor Who: He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not and episodes one to three of His Dark Materials season two, talk about media we’ve been consuming, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:13 — Welcome! * 02:05 – News: * 02:14 — Doctor Who: Filming starts on shortened season. * 06:39 — Wonder Woman: 1984 finally arriving. * 10:12 — Doctor Who: The Web of Fear re-release with animated episode. * 11:08 — DuckTales: With added Mistress * 12:31 — Radiophonic Workshop: Live online concert. * 13:02 — Doctor Who: Lockdown tweetalongs return. * 13:56 – Doctor Who: He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not (Big Finish). * 23:32 – Flotsam and Jetsam. * 30:34 – His Dark Materials (season two, episodes 1-3). * 46:55 – Emails and listener feedback. * 57:47 – Christmas Card Appeal. * 61:14 – Crumbly’s Corner * 65:39 – Farewell for this podcast! * 66:22 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Wikipedia: Wonder Woman 1984. * Wikipedia: . * Wikipedia: DuckTales. * Youtube: Radiophonic Workshop ‘Latency’. * Doctor Who Lockdown. * Big Finish: Doctor Who – He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not. * Wikipedia: His Dark Materials (TV series). * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review Doctor Who: Creature from the Pit and the 1980 film Battle Beyond the Stars, discuss a couple of recent episodes of The Mandalorian, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:21 — Welcome! * 02:05 – News: * 02:13 — Torchwood: Fifteenth anniversary at Big Finish. * 04:24 — Fantastic Beasts: Johnny Depp now longer welcome. * 06:29 — Geoffrey Palmer: DEAD! * 08:34 — John Fraser: DEAD! * 09:20 — Doctor Who RPG: Updated unofficial source books. * 09:20 – Battle Beyond the Stars. * 28:53 – The Mandalorian: Season 2 episodes 1 and 2. * 39:28 – Doctor Who: Creature from the Pit. * 53:58 – Christmas Card Appeal. * 55:15 – Emails and listener feedback. * 66:09 – Farewell for this podcast! * 66:43 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * BBC: Doctor Who. * BBC: Torchwood. * Wikipedia: Fantastic Beasts films. * Wikipedia: Geoffrey Palmer (actor). * Wikipedia: John Fraser (actor). * Siskoid: Doctor Who RPG Expanded Universe Sourcebooks. * Wikipedia: Battle Beyond the Stars. * Wikipedia: The Mandalorian. * Wikipedia: The Creature from the Pit. * BBC: Doctor Who – The Creature from the Pit. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.