After it turns out that Richard isn't an android after all (who knew?), he welcomes back Paul and Giles to look at a pair of stories that we might describe as historical romps: 4th Doctor story The Androids of Tara, followed by 12th Doctor adventure Robot of Sherwood. Except, of course, that Tara is set in the future. Despite the original conversation lasting over two hours, we've got the edited version down to 90 minutes or so and you can be sure that you've missed absolutely nothing. Please li...
Nov 22, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 47
Here's the audio from our live show, in convenient podcast format. I'm joined by Tim and Paul from The Missing Episodes Podcast to play a quick fire version of our usual Something Who format, with a randomly selected pair of stories from old and new series for a rapid discussion and a link between plucked from the air. This show was originally broadcast on our Something Who YouTube feed on 21st October, and despite the technical difficulties we encountered, we think it was fun and hope you enjoy...
Oct 21, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 46
After his experiment with a podcast labour saving device proves problematic, Richard welcomes back the now famous Paul and Giles to look at a couple of Dalek stories: with the 2nd Doctor's debut in Power of the Daleks, followed by the 11th Doctor's first encounter with them in Victory of the Daleks. This gives us a chance to have a look at the recently re-animated Power and compare it with the story it inspired, Victory. From a story where people will stop at nothing to achieve their goals to an...
Oct 07, 2020•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 45
I know what you're saying. What happened to Episode 30? Rest easy, Something Who fans, it's coming. Rather like Seasons 10, 15, 17 and 19 among others, our episodes are coming out in a different order from how we recorded them. And here's a treat for you. Earlier in the year, Jeremy Bentham joined us on Something Who to chat about his long association with fandom, including his association with the Doctor Who Appreciation Society and his work on Doctor Who Magazine (or Weekly and Monthly as it w...
Oct 01, 2020•56 min•Ep. 44
Autumn has arrived, the nights are drawing in and naturally our thoughts return once more to Doctor Who. At the same time, it's the end of the cricket season and the start of football and this time we're looking at Doctor Who's two great sporting encounters, starting with 5th Doctor's cricketing exploits in Black Orchid, followed by the 11th Doctor's footballing feats in The Lodger. And who better to help us with that than Huw Turbervill. Huw is a sports journalist and the Managing Editor of The...
Sep 13, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 43
After Stevie makes his first non-squeaking appearance on Something Who (or should that be Something Degu?), Paul, Giles and Richard are back for our Giant Animals special. OK, it's a fair cop guv'nor, really it's our Christopher Benjamin appreciation episode. Up first it's Fourth Doctor adventure The Talons of Weng-Chiang, followed by Tenth Doctor outing The Unicorn and the Wasp. We find more to say about the former than the latter, but we seem to have enjoyed both. And while Paul appears to say...
Jul 30, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 42
Richard, Giles and Paul are back for an examination of two Doctor Who stories that need to get to the penthouse suite. First we look at Seventh Doctor adventure Paradise Towers, before we discuss Ninth Doctor outing The Long Game. As ever, it's a wide-ranging chat that finds us in a surprisingly good mood and able to see both good and bad decisions made by both production teams. So put on your Kang fright wig, your rezzie's shawl or your caretaker's peaked cap and order in a Kronkburger with che...
Jul 12, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 41
Richard, Giles and Paul are back and this time we're looking at debuts, and specifically debut stories where the Doctor is not treated as a classical hero. First we look at Sixth Doctor opener The Twin Dilemma and then we examine the Twelfth Doctor's initial story Deep Breath. Along the way we have a surprisingly wide-ranging chat about colonialism, bad science, Crimewatch, TV writers who go a bit mad when given the chance to do Sci-Fi, sexism and historical appropriation. Please like or share o...
Jun 21, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 40
Richard, Paul and Giles are back with our Not Vampire Special, with two stories that threaten to feature vampires, but ultimately don't. First we look at Seventh Doctor story Curse of Fenric and then we examine Eleventh Doctor story Vampires of Venice. Along the way we analyse the different versions of Curse of Fenric, Giles discusses codebreaking in WW2 and Paul plugs a Big Finish story that does indeed feature vampires. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it. You can ra...
May 30, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 39
With the excellent timing you've come to expect from Something Who, we bring you our Britain in Lockdown special just as the UK Government is poised to loosed the yoke. And after Richard tries to work out which link to click, we're looking at Third Doctor story Invasion of the Dinosaurs and Doctor-lite story Turn Left. It's a packed roster this time, with Simon, Paul, Giles and Richard joined by Andrew Ireland, the creator behind the UCLan remake of Mission to the Unknown, back for a second visi...
May 09, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 38
