Doctor Who: 42 To Doomsday

42 to Doomsday - Top 5 Underrated Monsters

Episode 66 - It's another Top 5 from the Doctor Who podcast that always brings you the best and biggest Top 5's! To help us navigate through this minefield we are delighted to welcome back friend of the podcast, Rob Lloyd! Marvel as we wax lyrical about some of the top underrated monsters from our favourite TV show. They may have been unloved at the time and relegated to a dreary backwater by an ignorant fandom, but we love them and list them for your enjoyment. To top off the discussion, we talk about the one's we would love to see resurrected in the new series. All this plus more Ultimate Adventure insights from people who actually saw it and pressed the flesh of the great man (men!) who trod the boards. And what does our self enforced 'embargo' on Series 10 have in common with one of the best Seinfeld episodes of all time? Full details of Rob Lloyd's upcoming tour of Who Me in Canada, USA and Edinburgh can be found at http://www.roblloyd.com.au What in Nimon's name are you waiting for book your tickets now!!!

42 to Doomsday - Computer Games (Who style!)

Episode 65 – Mark and Richard go all retro and set the way back machine to the 80’s, 90’s and today to discuss how our favourite TV show has fared as a computer game or in one case a pinball machine! We start from the 8-bit era’s The First Adventure, Doctor Who and The Warlord and bring it bang up to date with Doctor Who Legacy and Lego Dimensions. We give our verdict on the hits, the misses and try to answer the perennial question that has alluded us all “has there ever been a decent Doctor Who computer game?” Thanks to the immensely talented Doc Whom of the Diddly Dum Podcast for the collage of video game memories and Kevin Jordan for the audio clips from the Deus Ex Machina video game.

42 to Doomsday - Dragged from the Archives - Part Trois

Episode 64 - Rob and Mark are back! With new series discussion still a 'no fly zone' they again delve into the past with another full length Dragged from the Archives extravaganza! Marvel at the build-up and excitement leading into to Season 26. Gasp at the positive reaction to The Ultimate Adventure play and go weak at the knees at news of The Daleks are finally being released on DED (VHS)! All this plus feedback and confirmation that Season 27 is happening and we answer that burning question, what musical splendour is unleashed when a couple of 'Z list' Doctor Who celebrities get together with the shows former continuity adviser?

42 to Doomsday - Revenge of the Cidermen

Episode 63 - Mark and Rob return with podcasting companions, Richard and Dave! and broadcast to you (almost) live from Dave’s Fortress of Solitude. We discuss Dave’s trip to the Mother Country, natter about Peter Capaldi’s departure, dive deep into the Four Phases of Companions(hip) and open up our Target Reading Club with some classic era novelisations. Also, listen for the introduction of our new segment – Devil’s Advocate, where Rob goes off the reservation and sets down a marker for Chris Chibnall to meet. Rob talks sense, will Chibbers meet his expectations? Apologies for the sound quality of the episode Mark pressed the wrong button!!

42 to Doomsday - Alternative Facts

Episode 62 - Rob and Mark are back, ready to launch into 2017 and eager to talk all things Doctor Who! Listen as we blow the cobwebs off our microphones and chat about the recent Christmas episode and then revisit our Opposites Attract segment where we have the face off YOU demanded - Bessie vs. the Whomobile! Then finally the Letter Louts return as we get through some of the correspondence from you, are beloved listeners. Tell your friends the Statler and Waldorf of Doctor Who podcasting are back, and we promise 2017 is a year of taking no prisoners!

42 to Doomsday - New Year’s Eve Special 2016!

Mark and Rob return (briefly) replete with pudding, custard, a whole roast pig and lashing of Christmas cheer to farewell 2016 in the manner it truly deserves with the return of our New Year Eve special! In keeping with the musical theme these episodes are renowned (cough) we go all 'non-canon' and give you a DVD commentary for the video clip of 'The Ballad of Doctor Who' - the song made famous by Australian Country Music Legends Bullamakanka. And no Patreon account required - we've done it for you, for free! All this plus listen to our brazen (and frankly cuckoo) idea of hijacking the Twitter account of the President-Elect in a desperate attempt to gain more followers! KKK-razy! Here is the link to the clip so you can 'read along with us with your book.' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rH4LFVLUg4 Wishing you all a very happy New Year wherever you are listening and 42 to Doomsday will return in 2017!

42 to Doomsday - Staff Xmas Party – Part 2

Episode 61 – Just like around a Xmas Day smorgasbord, Mark and Rob reconvene with special guests Richard and Dave to gorge ourselves on such tasty topics as American politics, Power of the Daleks' animation, our Top 3 Six Part stories that would be better as four parters, the ever changing television landscape and why are some of us a bit nonplussed about the series at the moment. All this plus out hopes and dreams for Series 10 of Doctor Who, Mark unleashes the Target Book Challenge and more importantly will they maintain their record of the only Doctor Who podcast not to review / give an a**e about Class! More information about The Goodies Pirate Podcast can he found at goo.gl/yCcdAZ

42 to Doomsday - Typical..Absolutely Typical?

Episode 60 - Interstate rivalries are (briefly) put on ‘hiatus’ when the curator of the Doctor Who Show Rob Irwin appears on this episode where we discuss the stories we would classify as ‘typical’ examples of particular eras of Doctor Who. Mark is also taken to task about his ‘non-canon’ position on the new incarnation of Peter Cushing’s Doctor Who; we subject Rob to Who Knows where he has to guess the Doctor Who story based on comments left on You Tube and ask the perennial question: which state makes the better coffee - Victoria or New South Wales ?

42 to Doomsday - Top 5 Overrated Stories

Episode 59 - Just like 80's pop duo BROS, Mark and Rob have also (tearfully) reunited and to help us take a look at what we consider to be Doctor Who's most overrated stories we welcome back special guest Rob Lloyd! Which stories do we blaspheme against and which sacred cows are slaughtered in the name of podcasting? The results will surprise you! All this plus what our listener's thoughts on their overrated stories and with the 50th Anniversary of Evil of the Daleks fast approaching will it be next animation release? If you feel suitable outraged about any of our selections don't forget to drop us line - listen to the very end for omni-channel contact details!

42 to Doomsday - Top 5 Doctors in Other Roles

Episode 58 - Rob, Richard and Dave (aka The Three Mouthketeers) assemble sans Mark. We ruminate on the Power animation (note this episode was recorded a few days before the official announcement of the animation of Power of the Daleks) and chew more cud about Phil Morris’s appearance at the Starburst Film Festival. We then move on to talk about our top 5 (plus 1 non-canon) appearances by Doctor Who leads actors in other movies and television. Which Doctors get no votes and who wins?