As a warm-up for our forthcoming discussion on Walter Hill, I put Gallifrey's Most Wanted's Ross Aitken through his paces with fifty-nine seconds each on a variety of randomly chosen film directors. Gallifrey's Most Wanted Podcast
Apr 26, 2021•14 min
There have been thirteen Doctors Who - give or take - and each has brought their own unique interpretation to the character. But what is the Doctor's character across all thirteen interpretations - and what are the differences?
Apr 19, 2021•1 hr 38 min
Yet another short bonus round of the game in which Doctor Who story titles are run through the synonym-o-meter and the co-hosts have to guess what the stories really are
Apr 15, 2021•23 min
It's fifteen years since Torchwood (dis)graced our screens; what are our memories of watching it, what were our favourite (and least favourite) bits, and would we like to have seen more?
Apr 12, 2021•1 hr 27 min
In which J.R., while recording his recent appearance on the Who Can Convince You podcast, surprises host Harry Whitley with a round of Doctor WhoSaurus - and things don't quite go as expected. Happily, Harry gave his blessing for the results to be published... so here they are. The Who Can Convince You Link Tree
Apr 08, 2021•14 min
It's back in time to 1974 and Jon Pertwee's final go-round as the Doctor, as our journey through the history of Doctor Who arrives at Season Eleven Original artwork by Huw
Apr 05, 2021•1 hr 33 min
A short bonus episode in which we send a bunch of Doctor Who story titles through the anagram generator, and then try and decipher which stories they belong to
Apr 01, 2021•13 min
Forty years ago the werewolf movie got a nip in the neck when three examples were released into cinemas with months of one another. But which has survived best, Wolfen, The Howling or An American Werewolf in London?
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Should Doctor Who start remaking itself? And if so, which stories should it remake? More to the point, what is a remake anyway?
Mar 25, 2021•1 hr 30 min
A discussion of the adaptations of Geoffrey Household's 1939 novel Rogue Male, both official and unofficial, including the 1976 TV movie, Fritz Lang's film Man Hunt, and First Blood.
Mar 22, 2021•55 min
It's another round of Doctor WhoSaurus - only this time with a difference: it's the substitute review team who got together to talk about The Stand who face the questions instead. But who will win, Tim Allman, Iain Martin or James Wheildon...?
Mar 18, 2021•13 min
It's time to take a look at Patrick Troughton's middle year, the "monster season", in our random journey through the history of Doctor Who Artwork 'borrowed' from Jeremy Bonwick
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr 26 min
Another short bonus round of the game in which Doctor Who story titles are run through the synonym-o-meter and the co-hosts have to guess what the stories really are
Mar 11, 2021•15 min
During modeller Millie's recent visit to Strangers HQ, these are the challenges we forced her to undergo before she was allowed to record her Desert Planet Picks appearance... Millie's Twitter Millie's Instagram
Mar 08, 2021•20 min
A review of WandaVision, the Disney+ satire-cum-sitcom (let's call it a satcom) that kicks off Phase IV of the MCU.
Mar 06, 2021•37 min
What if the actors who played Doctor Who hadn't left when they did? What if, for example, Colin Baker had stayed on to become Andrew Cartmel's Doctor Who...? Or Matt Smith's Doctor had met Missy...
Mar 04, 2021•1 hr 32 min
Author and playwright - and former television script editor - Andrew Cartmel chooses the ten items he would take with him, in this fiftieth edition of Desert Planet Picks, if he was about to be marooned in outer space... Andrew on Twitter Andrew's Facebook The Vinyl Detective
Mar 01, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Stacey Smith?, pandemic modeller and co-author of OutsideIn and Who is the Doctor, chooses the eight items she would take with her, if she was about to be marooned on a desert planet Stacey's website The Doctor Who Ratings Guide The Cloister Library
Feb 25, 2021•1 hr 34 min
A discussion of the two cinema adaptations of Anthony Schaffer's play Sleuth, in 1972 and, latterly written by Harold Pinter and directed by Kenneth Branagh, in 2007, and the 'spiritual remake' Deathtrap ten years after the first which was directed by Sidney Lumet from Ira Levin's play. All three of which starred Michael Caine.
Feb 22, 2021•1 hr 21 min
Our journey through the Doctor Who back catalogue reaches 2012 and the run-up to the series' fiftieth anniversary, and the content we will be discussing is Series Seven. Buckle in, there's a lot of it
Feb 18, 2021•1 hr 42 min
A mildly spoilery (stop when we get to the 'elephant in the room' if you don't want to hear about the new ending) look at Stephen King's The Stand and its television adaptations, in which J.R. is joined by Iain Martin, James Wheildon and Tim Allman Iain on Twitter James' The Movie Lighthouse on Twitter Tim on Twitter
Feb 15, 2021•1 hr 20 min
Millie McKenzie, the crazy cat lady with the love of polymer clay, chooses the eight items she would take with her, if she was about to be marooned on a desert planet Millie on Twitter Millie on Instagram
Feb 11, 2021•45 min
BBC news reporter Tim Allman chooses the eight items he would take with him, if he was about to be marooned on a desert planet Tim's Twitter Tim on YouTube Opening theme: Jesus Couldn't Drum
Feb 08, 2021•57 min
Another new game to while away a dull fifteen minutes, in this short bonus episode in which we guess the Doctor Who story from three clues
Feb 04, 2021•13 min
A conversation about the various writers who only have one Doctor Who story to their credit Original photo: Tim Drury
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 26 min
This short bonus episode introduces a new quiz format in which Doctor Who story titles are run through the synonym-o-meter and the co-hosts have to guess what the stories really are
Jan 28, 2021•17 min
Film Club celebrates a changeover between American Presidents by travelling back in time to the late 1990s, and watching three films that sent up American politics during Bill Clinton's term in the Oval Office: Wag the Dog, Bulworth and Primary Colors
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Actor, comedian and film-maker Richard Sandling stops by to talk about his ten Film Club Favourite choices, his new movie Phase and all sorts of other film and comedy related stuff Phase on Vimeo Richard's website Richard's Twitter
Jan 22, 2021•1 hr 26 min
Our randomly-ordered season-by-season discussion of the history of Doctor Who arrives at Tom Baker's final year as the fourth Doctor, and it's a conversation that's not for the faint-hearted
Jan 18, 2021•1 hr 42 min
Iain and Mark of the All of Time and Space podcast get put through their paces in the usual series of not-quite challenges All of Time and Space on Twitter All of Time and Space home
Jan 14, 2021•28 min
