Episodes
Monday Jul 18, 2022
42 to Doomsday - Dragged from the Archives: 1982 (Part 2)
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Episode 102 – We conclude our look at the Doctor Who news via Celestial Toyroom issues from 1982!
Find out who is on board for the Five / Six Doctors special; the 20th Anniversary documentary that was so good no one can remember it; examine whether Terminus will be terminated; find out who was to return in the ‘The Return’ and what Doctor Who artefacts did those pesky Vandals get their hand on!
All this plus: Which 'Excellent' story topped the season poll, the Doctor Who Gift would we buy, why the producer of Doctor Who issued a ‘cease and desist’ order and Rob’s reaction to a certain ex-Doctor Who composed a theme song for a children’s TV show!!
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
42 to Doomsday - Dragged from the Archives: 1982 (Part 1)
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Episode 101 – We are back and we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the debut of the 5th Doctor Who by dragging through our fanzine collections of yesteryear, looking at all the Doctor Who news from 1982. It’s so chunky we are splitting this over 2 episodes!
Travel back with us to the year where the first computer virus was unleased on the world, the greatest microcomputer designed by man was released and MJ was on top of the charts (Shamone!).
In this episode we see how in Doctor Who Land fans were awaiting ‘Time ---- Flight’ with baited breath! Find out WHO topped the Daily Mail ‘Hero’ awards, there is an in-depth interview with the actress who played the Doctor’s companion Byssa (!) and coverage of the cancellation crisis of 1982 (and was the producer the first to know?)
All this plus our new ‘Battle of Wits segment, listener feedback (both written and verbal), and by unpopular demand Mark unleashes his latest batch of ‘jokes’! #prayforrob
Friday May 13, 2022
42 to Doomsday - Top 5 Master stories and NCUTI GATWA!
Friday May 13, 2022
Friday May 13, 2022
Episode 100 – Australia’s oldest Doctor Who podcast is back and what a way to celebrate our 100th episode by the BBC announcing the newest of new Doctors, NCUTI GATWA!
Mark and (real) Rob gather to discuss the impact and implications of this stunning casting news before Mark and Melbourne’s own Rob Lloyd thrash out (our long delayed Top 5 Master stories - with a dash of real Rob and a whole heap of appalling acting!) as well as the suggestions from our loyal listeners / followers!
So pour yourself and nice glass of TCE, drezzz for the occasion and strap yourselves in, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for sticking with us for the last 100 episodes and here’s to 100 more (at least!)
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
42 to Doomsday - The John Nathan Turner Production Diary 1979-1990
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
Episode 99 - Mark and Rob are (surprised) and delighted to welcome acclaimed Doctor Who researcher and writer Richard Molesworth on to the podcast to discuss his soon to be released book The John Nathan-Turner Production Diary 1979-1990.
Friday Mar 11, 2022
42 to Doomsday - Simply the Worst!
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Episode 98 – In this episode we flip the ‘what is the best story to show a non-Doctor Who fan?’ criteria on its head and discuss with the chaps from the Diddly Dum podcast ‘what would be the worst story you could ever introduce someone to Doctor Who?’
Both the classic and new series are not safe from their ‘suggestions’ including some ‘sacred cows’ (blasphemers!) being slain!
Loads of listeners suggestions culminate in a Top. 10 countdown that surely will be on any Doctor Who fan’s ‘avoid’ list.
All this and how will they ‘fix’ A Fix with a Sontaran on the upcoming Season 22 boxset, our thoughts on cash for conventions and the demise of Australia’s greatest TV export (and no its not Love Thy Neighbour – In Australia!)
Friday Jan 21, 2022
42 to Doomsday Staff Xmas Party – Seventh Heaven!
Friday Jan 21, 2022
Friday Jan 21, 2022
Episode 97 – It's time again for our regular (and slightly delayed) 7th staff Christmas party (or as we are calling it our Summer Special!) where Mark is joined by Dave, Richard and Rob (via time eddy!) in a 2 hour plus extravaganza talking all things Doctor Who!
We digest and regurgitate over Flux, discuss what makes a good TV producer, especially in the context of our favourite program, chat about our Top 3 Deaths in Doctor Who, Target Book Club where we revisit the novels of writers who only had one stab and then....our big one! That's right, the much heralded Fanwank of the Year Awards © where we nominate our ‘highlights’ for 2021. Does Big Finish runaway with all the awards, or do we have bigger fish to fry?
So strap yourselves in as we chat and laugh our way through our topics. Plus, who is the Laura Ashley of Doctor Who and more importantly will Rob’s Time Eddy be able to smash through the Vortex without the power of Patreon funds!!??
Friday Dec 31, 2021
42 to Doomsday - SHADA - A Review (from 1992!)
Friday Dec 31, 2021
Friday Dec 31, 2021
To celebrate the release of Season 17 on Blu-Ray which includes the 235th version of SHADA since it’s untimely(?) demise in 1979, Mark presents a soon to be award winning dramatisation / audio book / poorly impersonated reading of his then contemporary review of the J-N-T cobbled together version, which appeared in issue 73 of the Doctor Who Club of Victoria’s fanzine Sonic Screwdriver. An interesting footnote to this is that J-N-T did actually sell his memoirs to the Cardiff Pravda (a.k.a Doctor Who Magazine) after this ‘review’ was published! 42 TO DOOMSDAY WILL RETURN IN 2022!!
Friday Dec 17, 2021
42 to Doomsday - Fake Views!
Friday Dec 17, 2021
Friday Dec 17, 2021
Episode 96 - We are back (delayed slightly more than anticipated) with our latest podcast where we debut our new ‘Fake Views’ segment where our ‘lovely’ listeners put forward scenarios that they know we are absolutely diametrically opposed to, forcing us to surrender all our morals and values to argue in the affirmative! Listen to us squirm whilst we expound on the musical genius of Keff McCullough, toss relentlessly as we argue that David Bradley is the ‘definitive’ First Doctor and listen aghast as Rob tears out his on entrails arguing that Horror of Fang Rock is not only the worst Tom Baker story ever, but actually predicted Brexit! All this plus our thoughts on the Galaxy 4 (our eyes!) animation, listener feedback and more rumours than a Fleetwood Mac album!! 42 TO DOOMSDAY WILL RETURN IN 2022!!
Monday Sep 27, 2021
42 to Doomsday - Dragged from the Archives:1981 (and RTD2!)
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Episode 95 - Just like RTD and ABBA we have returned, this time dragging our way through the archives for the year 1981! We've plucked the very best from the pages of Celestial Toyroom and TARDIS for your listening pleasure! But before all that we discuss the ‘Lazarus with a triple bypass’ return of RTD to our favourite television series. Using information from our mole burrowed deep into the BBC, we talk about how RTD pitched his new concept to the BBC to regain control in time for the 60th anniversary and beyond and then we discuss what his Five Year Plan means! Then we dig into the fan discussion of Season 18 - Kit Pedlar is dead! Marrying Time Lords! Did Uncle Terry sign on to novelise Evil of the Daleks? And what was the fallout of K9’s doggie bag?
Friday Aug 27, 2021
42 to Doomsday - I’ll Take You To Blackpool!
Friday Aug 27, 2021
Friday Aug 27, 2021
Episode 94 – Doctor Who exhibitions are ‘showcased’ in this episode and helping us walk down the promenade of yesteryear are John Collier and Alex Storer, the team behind 2020’s FANTASTIC ‘Blackpool Remembered’ publication. We discuss the book which celebrates the legacy of the Blackpool Exhibition, and also other exhibitions that followed. We discuss how the publication came together, the sourcing, sifting of the many contributions from fans and exhibition staff alike and the reaction to Blackpool Remembered and what readers can expect from Blackpool Revisited. We chat about our experiences visiting the Blackpool Exhibition, what we bought from the shop, a ‘doppelganger’ Bessie and was it really the 6th Doctor downing a crafty pint at a pub in a small Welsh village? All this plus Rob and Mark’s delayed and muted response to the departure of the Pip and Jane Baker of the new series. Plus, we respond to our overflowing mailbag of listener's comments about their view of the current state of the Omni-Rumour ™ and another ‘What If?’ scenario is posed to us! Visit the Blackpool Revisited Site at: https://blackpoolremembered7485.wordpress.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/Blackpool7485 Who, Where & When: http://sevenzero.net/who_where_when.html Alex Storer's Doctor Who Inspired Art: ortfolio/doctor-who/