We are joined by actor and writer David Gooderson, who played Davros in 1979's Doctor Who season opener, Destiny of the Daleks. He also appeared on several Big Finish audio dramas in the Sarah Jane Smith range. The Killing of Mr Toad by David Gooderson - https://youtu.be/yQntUWUgbUk?si=nO80k25bhhZb9CXw Theme music by Joe Kraemer. Website - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/ Follow us on Instagram - https://...
Jul 10, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 240
This time we explore one of the stories in the incredible opening two seasons of 8th Doctor audio adventures, Embrance the Darkness, written by Nicholas Briggs. We ask the question, does this story contain one of the most electrifying cliffhangers in Doctor Who audio history? We'll let you decide when you hear it. An actor who joined Big Finish during this time was Ian Brooker, who went on to perform in many Big Finish productions, including Dalek Empire, Cyberman and Pathfinder Legends. Ian joi...
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 239
This time we examine the two Big Finish Rani releases... The Rani Elite featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri, and Planet of the Rani featuring the Sixth Doctor once again, but with audio companion Constance Clarke. Due to the untimely death of Kate O'Mara, the role of the Rani went to Siobahn Redmond. So for those who love the classic era Rani or the recent bi-generated iteration, here is a Rani that you may never even knew existed. Will these Doctor Who stories stack up and finally give the Rani...
Jun 18, 2025•58 min•Ep. 238
This time we are thrilled to be joined by Dominic G. Martin. Dom discusses his Doctor Who fan and cosplayer to Big Finish producer. We take a focussed look at the latest release in The Companion Chronicles catalogue, entitled "Families". And joining us also is voice artist and First Doctor actor Stephen Noonan, who will speak with us about portaying not only the Doctor in two stories in "Families", but his process in voicing the other characters too. Theme music by Joe Kraemer. Website - ...
Jun 06, 2025•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 237
We are joined by Aron from Aron's Collectables, to talk about his personal fandom, collecting Doctor Who, and the opportunities he has in discovering missing Doctor Who episodes. On the audio front, we discuss some of the rare Doctor Who vinyl from the 60's, as well as his favourite Big Finish story of all time. We highly recommend you listen to ALL podcasts (it's riveting stuff!) relating to The Hoarder Tapes discovery, by visiting the 42 to Doomsday podcast website - https://42todoomsday.wordp...
May 25, 2025•2 hr 14 min•Ep. 236
We are thrilled to be joined this episode by Australian Whotuber Josh Snares to talk about his fandom, his love of Doctor Who from classic to new, including Big Finish, and his Big Finish animations. While Josh has animated in whole or in part, four different Big Finish Audio adventures, the two we will be focussing on today are: The Genocide Machine (7th Doctor, Ace) and Phantoms of the Deep (4th Doctor, Romana I) Check out Josh's Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/JoshSnares Theme music...
May 15, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 235
We take a look at six Doctor Who releases from Big Finish from recent months including: Call Me Master - Inner Demons Doctor Who and the Brain Drain The Life and Death of River Song - Ace and Tegan The Lost Stories - Genesis of the Cybermen Hooklight - Part 1 Planet Krynoid - Nightfall Theme music by Joe Kraemer. Website - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/ Follow us on Instagram - https://instagram.com/audiosirens...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 234
Jean Marsh passed away on the 13th April 2025 at the age of 90. She was a reknowned actress both in the UK and abroad, having worked in TV, film and theatre. For Doctor Who fans, she is best remembered for her roles as Johanna in The Crusade, Sara Kingdom in The Daleks' Masterplan, and Morgaine in Battlefield. She reprised the role of Sara on audio for Big Finish in The Companion Chronicles and Early Adventures ranges. Writer Simon Guerrier joins us for this episode of the podcast, and shares so...
Apr 20, 2025•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 233
Our special guest for this episode is actress Jessica Martin, known in Doctor Who for playing Mags in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy on television, and in a trilogy of stories for the Big Finish Doctor Who monthly range. We'll talk about her career, her time in Doctor Who, conventions, mimicry and art. Dwayne and Philip also cover some of the positive feedback from the latest Sirens of Audio live events with Matthew Waterhouse, and they discuss the reason why those live events don't always go t...
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 232
We invite a couple of regular attendees of our live events to give us their feedback on the weekend that was Matthew Waterhouse Live in Melbourne last weekend. Matthew regailed us with stories from his time on Doctor Who with Tom Baker and Peter Davision. Other special surprises on the day were Innes Lloyd performing part of their improv show. But the big surprise was an appearance on new series writer and Executive Producer, Pete McTighe. You never know what you're going to get at a Sirens of A...
Mar 26, 2025•29 min•Ep. 231
Has it really taken us this long to review the first two releases from Big Finish? Oh yes it has! Would Big Finish have acquired the Doctor Who license from the BBC without these recordings? Oh no they wouldn't! Oh No It Isn't by Paul Cornell and adapted by Jacqueline Raynor, and Beyond the Sun, written and adapted by Matt Jones, were released way back in 1998... and the rest is history! Gary Russell joins us to talk about those very early days and specifically, the production of these original ...
Mar 16, 2025•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 230
We talk about the January 2025 Big Finish releases, with a focus on Jo Martin's The Fugitive Doctor and a chat with script editor of the series, Rob Valentine. For those in Australia, grab your tickets to our forthcoming events with Matthew Waterhouse from https://www.sirensofaudio.com/p/live-events.html Theme music by Joe Kraemer. Website - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/ Follow us on Instagram - https://instagram.com/audiosir...
Mar 09, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 229
Join us as we take a look at some of the highlights of our five-city tour with Sylvester McCoy in November 2024. What better way to spend the anniversary month than with one of the stars of Doctor Who. For those in Australia, grab your tickets to our forthcoming events with Matthew Waterhouse from https://www.sirensofaudio.com/p/live-events.html Theme music by Joe Kraemer. Website - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/ Follow us on Instagram - ...
Mar 02, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 228
We celebrate the 5th anniversary of the podcast and give you our selection of favourite releases from Big Finish in 2024. Once again we are joined by Vortex editor and podcaster, Kenny Smith. 00:00 Intro 06:33 January Releases 17:24 February Releases 27:11 March Releases 36:04 April Releases 45:36 May Releases 53:29 June Releases 1:03:41 July Releases 1:12:56 August Releases 1:19:46 September Releases 1:27:22 October Releases 1:34:47 November Releases 1:42:42 December Releases 1:50:43 Dwayne's T...
Feb 07, 2025•2 hr 17 min•Ep. 227
As we continue our exploration of the Big Finish Doctor Who Monthly range, we are thrilled to be joined by Conrad Westmaas, who played Eighth Doctor companion C’Rizz. C’Rizz left the TARDIS crew in Absolution, and Conrad discusses his final story with us, and we also engage in some other tasty Doctor Who chat. We take a look at the Fifth Doctor, Peri and Erimem release, The Mind’s Eye, which also contains the single-part adventure, Mission of the Viyrans. For those in Australia, grab your ticket...
Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 226
Philip and Dwayne give their reviews of the Doctor Who related releases from Big Finish released in December 2024. They also share their thoughts on the recently released Doctor Who at the Proms, The War Games in Colour and Joy to the World. Theme music by Joe Kraemer. Website - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/ Follow us on Instagram - https://instagram.com/audiosirens Follow us on Facebook - https://www.faceboo...
Jan 17, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 225
We get the inside scoop from Dalek voice, Executive Producer and Creative Director, Nicholas Briggs, on the special Big Finish live show, Doctor Who - The Stuff of Legend. We also chat with our friend Todd from the Flight Through Entirety podcast, who was in the audience for one of the performances. Theme music by Joe Kraemer. Website - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/ Follow us on Instagram - https://instagram.com/audiosirens Follow...
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 224
It's 2025 and to kick off the year we are thrilled to present to you our recent chat with Matthew Waterhouse, who played Adric in Doctor Who from 1981-1982. For those in Australia, this is a taste of what is to come at Matthew's live appearances with us in March in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Theme music by Joe Kraemer. Website - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/ Follow us on Instagram - https://instagram.com/audiosirens Follow us on ...
Jan 03, 2025•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 223
In our final episode of 2024, Chris, Philip and Dwayne look back at the first episode of Doctor Who from it's triumphant return to TV screens in 2005, namely, Rose. We hope you enjoy the commentary. Theme music by Joe Kraemer. Website - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/ Follow us on Instagram - https://instagram.com/audiosirens Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/audiosirens Follow us on X - ...
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 222
In our penultimate episode of 2024, we take a look back at two classics from the Big Finish Doctor Who range, The Wormery by Paul Magrs and Steve Cole, and The Natural History of Fear by Jim Mortimore. To top it off, we are joined by director and producer Gary Russell, who provides his memories of both stories, and Katy Manning drops in to talk with us about that temporial adventuress, Iris Wildthyme. You can find our interview with Rob Shearman here - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/2022/06/ep111...
Dec 21, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 221
We take a look back at the Big Finish Doctor Who related releases for the month of November 2024. https://bigfinish.com/whats_new/month/11/2024 We are priviledged once again to be joined by two of the most important figures in Big Finish history, Gary Russell and Nicholas Briggs. They talk about their own releases for the month, Nick's Redux version of The Sirens of Time, and Gary's contribution to Gallifrey: Echoes Through Eternity, celebrating 20 years of Gallifrey. Theme music by Joe Kraemer....
Dec 14, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 220
In this episode we are joined by Kenny Smith, editor of Big Finish Vortex Magazine and host of the Pieces of Eighth and Power of Three podcasts to talk about our memories and stand out moments from Big Finish Doctor Who over the last 25 years! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/power-of-3/id1479619282 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doctor-who-pieces-of-eighth/id1568889213 Thanks to our friends from The 50% Doctor Who Podcast for the clips from our Brisbane event with Sylvester...
Dec 07, 2024•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 219
This time we go right back to the original Big Finish spinoff that started them all, Dalek Empire. We'll share our thoughts on the four individual episodes and chat with creator Nicholas Briggs about the evolution of the story. We'll also take a look back at our most recent series of live events featuring Janet Fielding and Sylvester McCoy, and reflect on whether we were totally insane to attempt to take on five cities around Australia in three weeks. Theme music by Joe Kraemer. Website - ...
Nov 30, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 218
After three boxsets and several guest appearances in other ranges, we thought it was high time we did a review of Stephen Noonan's First Doctor Adventures. To help us do that, we are joined once again by the lovely Sarah from Type 40. Theme music by Joe Kraemer. Website - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/ Follow us on Instagram - https://instagram.com/audiosirens Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/audiosirens Follow us on X...
Nov 16, 2024•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 217
To celebrate 25 years of Doctor Who at Big Finish, Philip and Dwayne take a look back at the first two monthly adventures, The Sirens of Time by Nicholas Briggs, and Phatasmagoria by Mark Gatiss. We’ll also jump down the rabbit hole and read out a few of our YouTube audience comments, and we’ll share what we’ve been listening too, watching and reading recently. Our interview with Barnaby Eaton-Jones on Greatest Show in the Galaxy sequel, Children of the Circus, can be found here: https://www.si...
Nov 09, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 216
We take a look back at the outstanding new Doctor Who Big Finish releases for October 2024, dive down the rabbit hole, and talk about some of the other things we have been watching/listening to. Catch our interview with original writer of The Star Beast, Pat Mills, here - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/2022/09/127.html Our review of the 60th anniversary series from Big Finish, Once and Future, here - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/2023/12/ep183.html Hear the latest episode of 42 To Doomsday, featu...
Nov 02, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 215
It's an unusual installment this time as we devote the episode to talking about the visual aspects of audio drama with Big Finish covert artist, Sean Longmore. Find out the process involved in cover art, an essential component of the audio experience. Theme music by Joe Kraemer. Website - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/ Follow us on Instagram - https://instagram.com/audiosirens Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/audiosirens Fol...
Oct 27, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 214
It is our great pleausre to welcome voice of K9, John Leeson, to the podcast. We'll chat about his career including his time on Doctor Who, Rainbow and Blake's 7, his love of wine and his time as a lay magistrate. We'll also jump down the rabbit hole with the Melbourne live audience from our recent event with Frazer Hines. Thanks to Ian Kubiak. Check out Cygnus Alpha Events - https://www.cygnusalpha.org/ Theme music by Joe Kraemer. Website - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/ Foll...
Sep 28, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 213
In 2023 AUK studios released two CDs related to Doctor Who. Me & Him & Who is an audio drama that chronicles the life of John Nathan-Turner, written by Stephen Wyatt. And speaking of Stephen Wyatt, AUK also released a musical sequel to The Greatest Show in the Galaxy called Children of the Circus, which features a reunion of the entire cast including new roles for Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred. Creative Director for AUK, Barnaby Eaton-Jones, joins us to talk about these releases, as ...
Sep 21, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 214
We focus this time on the Big Finish adaptation of The Prisoner. Number 6 actor Mark Elstob joins us to talk about his career, Patrick McGoohan Doctor Who, Blake's 7 (specifically, Paul Darrow's Avon), and of course, The Prisoner. Theme music by Joe Kraemer and Jamie Robertson. Website - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/ Follow us on Instagram - https://instagram.com/audiosirens Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/audiosirens Follow us on X - ...
Sep 14, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 211
