We're back with Something Who podcast Episode 89, where this time we're looking at two stories in big houses with spooky goings on. And this time we're joined by a new guest, Rick. We check out 4th Doctor story Image of the Fendahl from Season 15, and then we examine 11th Doctor outing Hide from Series 7. This episode consists of the first half of that conversation, featuring Image of the Fendahl. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base h...
Jan 28, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 107
(Note: If you tried to listen to this episode and it cut out suddenly around the 50 minute mark, it seems like something went wrong with the upload to the server. Sorry about that. Anyway, please try again now. Seems to be working properly following a reload) Once again, it's time to share a few highlights from the past year of Something Who as we bring you a compilation from our episodes in 2023. And there's a lot to choose from. In addition to our regular presenting team of Richard, Paul, Gile...
Dec 27, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 106
What says Christmas more than looking at a couple of Doctor Who stories that happened to air in Christmas week? And, since regeneration is in the air, why not feature that too? OK, so the first one is a bit of a cheat, 3rd Doctor finale Planet of the Spiders from Season 11 was repeated during the Christmas holidays in 1974, but after that we'll examine the 11th Doctor's swansong The Time of the Doctor which was the Christmas special in the anniversary year of 2013. This episode consists of the s...
Dec 22, 2023•52 min•Ep. 105
What says Christmas more than looking at a couple of Doctor Who stories that happened to air in Christmas week? And, since regeneration is in the air, why not feature that too? OK, so the first one is a bit of a cheat, 3rd Doctor finale Planet of the Spiders from Season 11 was repeated during the Christmas holidays in 1974, but after that we'll examine the 11th Doctor's swansong The Time of the Doctor which was the Christmas special in the anniversary year of 2013. This episode consists of the f...
Dec 21, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 104
You know how when you've been waiting months for a new episode of Something Who and then 3 turn up close together? Just over a week ago on 23rd November 2023, Doctor Who's 60th anniversary, the highlight on BBC TV was The Daleks in Colour - a 75 minute reimagining of the first Dalek story specially colourised to help bring the story to life for a new generation. And less than a week later I had the good fortune to chat with 3 of the team responsible for making it - Benjamin Cook, the Editor, Ric...
Dec 02, 2023•53 min•Ep. 103
I noticed on listening this morning that I'd somehow truncated the opening sketch from episode 83, which would be less of a problem if it was my usual hackery, but since it was contributed by our guest, Simon Guerrier, I thought I should give you the chance to hear it in all its glory. It wasn't much of a cut, but at least it has a proper beginning now. Richard
Nov 26, 2023•2 min•Ep. 102
As our guest, we've got author Simon Guerrier and this time we're looking at two stories that introduce new companions - 1st Doctor story The Rescue from Season 2, and the 11th Doctor's debut in The Eleventh Hour from Series 5. This episode consists of the second half of that conversation, primarily featuring The Eleventh Hour. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podcha...
Nov 22, 2023•52 min•Ep. 101
In our sketch this time, when author Simon Guerrier agrees to guest on Something Who, Richard spots the chance to make double the impact for the same money. We're looking at two stories that introduce new companions - 1st Doctor story The Rescue from Season 2, and the 11th Doctor's debut in The Eleventh Hour from Series 5. This episode consists of the first half of that conversation, featuring The Rescue. Next time we'll move onto The Eleventh Hour. Please like or share our podcast with people w...
Nov 19, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 100
We're back with part two of our look at how journalist and companion Sarah Jane Smith was introduced in both the original and new series. Last time we looked at 3rd Doctor story The Time Warrior from Season 11, and this time we examine 10th Doctor outing School Reunion from Series 2. We also spend some time chewing over what makes Sarah special, even among companions. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rat...
Sep 21, 2023•49 min•Ep. 99
The larder in the Something Who bunker is a bit bare and it all looks bleak until the stars start falling and there may be a chance to boost our Apple Podcasts rating. This time we're looking at how journalist and companion Sarah Jane Smith was introduced in both the original and new series. First we'll look at 3rd Doctor story The Time Warrior from Season 11, and after that we'll examine 10th Doctor outing School Reunion from Series 2. This episode consists of the first half of that conversatio...
Sep 07, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 98
In a slight departure for Something Who, here's an interview with Elizabeth Morton - actor and writer of historical fiction. Elizabeth talks to Richard about writing, and her most recent book. We chat about her life and career, having a northern heritage, and what it's been like for Elizabeth to be the odd one out in a family that just can't get away from Doctor Who. Elizabeth's latest novel, written as Eliza Morton, is The Orphans from Liverpool Lane, a Pan paperback described as "A warm yet gr...
Aug 22, 2023•40 min•Ep. 97
Doctor Who Podcast Day might be thing of the past, but it gave us the impetus to get the podcast back out there and here's the second part of our Rona Munro story pairing - 7th Doctor story Survival from Season 26, and, mostly this time, 12th Doctor outing The Eaters of Light from Series 10. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com Giles' book A History of the ...
Aug 11, 2023•54 min•Ep. 96
It's been a long old wait, but mainly because it took Richard so long to edit. And, excitingly, our first new episode for a couple of months arrives on Doctor Who Podcast Day #DWPD After we've survived a story about film collectors, we chat about a couple of stories with the same writer - unique across the original and new series. First we'll look at 7th Doctor story Survival from Season 26, and after that we'll examine 12th Doctor outing The Eaters of Light from Series 10. This episode consists...
Aug 09, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 95
Just a week after we gave you the first half, here's the original Something Who team chatting again about a couple of stories that are capitalist allegories. We finish off our look at 4th Doctor story The Sunmakers from Season 15, and then move onto 12th Doctor outing Oxygen from Series 10. As ever, keep listening to the end for our outtakes. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Pod...
May 12, 2023•52 min•Ep. 94
After an interlude for several special episodes, we've brought back the original Something Who team, and after a close encounter with an AI bot we chat about a couple of stories that are capitalist allegories. First we'll look at 4th Doctor story The Sunmakers from Season 15, and after that we'll examine 12th Doctor outing Oxygen from Series 10. This episode consists the first half of that conversation, featuring The Sumakers. Next time we'll have more to say on The Sunmakers, then move onto Oxy...
May 07, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 93
Here's part 2 of our Omnirumour 10th Anniversary Special. On 29th March 2013, the DWO fan site said that 'a classic series related announcement' was coming and hinted that it was missing episodes related. In June of that year, the Bleeding Cool website ran a story suggesting that a large number of missing Doctor Who episodes had been found. Then Ian Levine tweeted about “three tons of evidence”. An e-mail, purportedly from a Radio Wiltshire DJ, but showing signs of mixed authorship was being pas...
Apr 04, 2023•57 min•Ep. 92
On 29th March 2013, the DWO fan site said that 'a classic series related announcement' was coming and hinted that it was missing episodes related. In June of that year, the Bleeding Cool website ran a story suggesting that a large number of missing Doctor Who episodes had been found. Then Ian Levine tweeted about “three tons of evidence”. An e-mail, purportedly from a Radio Wiltshire DJ, but showing signs of mixed authorship was being passed between fans and excitement on the forums reached feve...
Apr 02, 2023•56 min•Ep. 91
Here's another of our special episodes. Over a year ago our podcast Twitter account was followed by Matthew Jacobs, the writer of the TV Movie. This was both exciting and terrifying in equal measure, as we'd just made an episode that featured the TV Movie, that had not been entirely complimentary. We became aware that Matthew was promoting an independent film called Doctor Who Am I? And recently Richard took the chance to watch it on DVD, though it's now widely available in the UK on a variety o...
Mar 10, 2023•48 min•Ep. 90
After our chat last time about the story The Doctor's Wife, we were contacted by long time fan and sometime Something Who listener Steve Manfred, who had something of a hand in the genesis of the story. Steve discusses his friendship with the author Neil Gaiman, how that led to him having a consultancy role on Neil Gaiman's two Doctor Who stories, and he corrects some of more egregious mistakes, as well as answering some of the questions we had posed. Thanks to Steve for sharing his stories and ...
Mar 06, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 89
Here's the second half of our chat about a couple of stories that question whether the TARDIS is sentient: 1st Doctor story The Edge of Destruction (or Inside The Spaceship or even Beyond the Sun if you prefer), from Season 1, and 11th Doctor outing The Doctor's Wife from Series 6. This episode primarily features The Doctor's Wife. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Po...
Jan 28, 2023•50 min•Ep. 88
Richard's brought the Something Who team back together again quite quickly, but is it too fast a return? We settle in for a chat about a couple of stories that question whether the TARDIS is sentient: 1st Doctor story The Edge of Destruction (or Inside The Spaceship or even Beyond the Sun if you prefer), from Season 1, and 11th Doctor outing The Doctor's Wife from Series 6. As per recent convention, this episode is the first half of that conversation, featuring The Edge of Destruction. Please li...
Jan 22, 2023•51 min•Ep. 87
Here's a compilation of some of the highlights of Something Who from 2022. We had a range of great guests to join the regular team of Richard, Paul and Giles, including Gav Rymill, Tim Burrows, Ellie (Tardis Monkey), Gary Gillatt, Toby Hadoke and Anthony Lamb. And listen to our most recent episodes for a reunion with former co-host Simon. We chatted about pirates, isolated villages, singing, impersonators and returning to previous haunts. But mostly about Doctor Who. Peruse our back catalogue fo...
Dec 29, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 86
It's the second half of the original Something Who team chatting about a couple of stories set on giant spaceships: 5th Doctor story Four to Doomsday, from Season 19, and 11th Doctor caper Dinosaurs on a Spaceship from Series 7A. This episode largely features the latter story. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com Giles' book A History of the Universe in 21 ...
Dec 28, 2022•44 min•Ep. 85
Richard's on a mission from Dodd to bring back the original Something Who team for a chat about a couple of stories set on giant spaceships: 5th Doctor story Four to Doomsday, from Season 19, and 11th Doctor caper Dinosaurs on a Spaceship from Series 7A. As per recent convention, this episode is the first half of that conversation, featuring Four to Doomsday. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us dire...
Dec 21, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 84
Gav's back for Something Who Episode 66 and he's brought along a guest, Anthony Lamb, for a chat about a couple of stories where we return to the scene of a previous adventure: 6th Doctor story Attack of the Cybermen, from Season 22, and the final12th Doctor story Twice Upon a Time from Christmas 2017. This episode is the second half of that conversation, featuring Twice Upon a Time. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happin...
Oct 28, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 83
Gav's back for Something Who Episode 65 and he's brought along a guest, Anthony Lamb, for a chat about a couple of stories where we return to the scene of a previous adventure: 6th Doctor story Attack of the Cybermen, from Season 22, and the final12th Doctor story Twice Upon a Time from Christmas 2017. As per recent convention, this episode is the first half of that conversation, featuring Attack of the Cybermen. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our...
Oct 26, 2022•59 min•Ep. 82
Here's the second half of our chat with actor, stand-up comedian, writer, presenter and podcaster Toby Hadoke about a couple of stories about alien invasions that use duplicates: 4th Doctor story The Android Invasion, from Season 13, and 9th Doctor story Aliens of London and World War Three from Series 1. This episode largely focuses on the latter story. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly ...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 81
Here's a surprise for you - a new episode of Something Who only a month after the previous one. And what an episode. Richard, Giles and Paul welcome their special guest - actor, stand-up comedian, writer, presenter and podcaster Toby Hadoke for a chat about a couple of stories about alien invasions that use duplicates: 4th Doctor story The Android Invasion, from Season 13, and 9th Doctor story Aliens of London and World War Three from Series 1. As per recent convention, this episode is the first...
Sep 15, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 80
And, finally, here's the remainder of a discussion we recorded back in June. Richard, Giles and Paul chat about a couple of stories from the middle of the second millennium: 5th Doctor story The Visitation, from Season 19, and 10th Doctor story The Shakespeare Code from Series 3. This episode is the second half of that conversation and features The Shakespeare Code. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate ...
Aug 05, 2022•55 min•Ep. 79
Somewhat plagued by delays, at last here's a new episode of Something Who. And after a run of episodes brimming with voices, here's a pared down chat from Richard, Giles and Paul about a couple of stories from middle of the second millennium: 5th Doctor story The Visitation, from Season 19, and 10th Doctor story The Shakespeare code from Series 3. As per recent convention, this episode is the first half of that conversation and features The Visitation. Please like or share our podcast with peopl...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 78
