Christian Cawley and James McLean are back with a new show. This time, we look at the redesign of the Daleks for Revolution of the Daleks, the New Year’s Day 2021 episode of Doctor Who. Comparing the design with earlier Dalek props, it’s remote control/unmanned quality, and how the DalekRead More →
The Daleks are back! Doctor Who is back! On New Years’ Day, a new episode, Revolution of the Daleks will screen on BBC TV and around the world. With John Barrowman returning as Captain Jack Harkness, Chris Noth as Jack Robertson (last seen in Arachnids in the UK) and markingRead More →
We’re back for our first post-lockdown Doctor Who podcast! This time, James McLean and Christian Cawley discuss the best “worst” Doctor Who stories, and there’s also news of a new website project, Sol3. Our Best Worst Doctor Who Stories An Unearthly Child/100,000 BC Love & Monsters Delta and the BannermenRead More →
This week’s Kasterborous podKast features a fascinating discussion with Gareth Kavanagh about the second Doctor Who Magazine love-in that is Vworp Vworp! #2! Long-term readers of Kasterborous will recall that the first issue of Vworp Vworp! featured a couple of contributions from this very site, not least in the shapeRead More →
It seems funny that five years after the show’s sweet return in 2005 that the sonic screwdriver, a once proud iconic bastion of Doctor Who’s nostalgic gadgets, would have become such an unpopular and contentious article among the older fan groups. After 25 years of semi-retirement, the sonic’s return hasRead More →
Following the release of fun lockdown Doctor Who short Isolation, here’s the making of video, with Brian Terranova and Ian Cummins.Read More →
One day, I was at Brian’s place, and we talked about making a Doctor Who fan film. It seemed like a great idea, so we got right on it. Ten years later, “Doctor Who: Isolation” was born! The short delay was due to life stuff, work stuff, family stuff, andRead More →
Doctor Who is thriving in lockdown, with global rewatches of nuWho episodes with Twitter commentaries from RTD and Steven Moffat, and classic episodes on Britbox!Read More →
Back in 1981, James McLean and Brian Terranova were both 6. Which means that they would have seen Castrovalva aged 5 or 6 (ignoring the fact that Brian is American and didn’t see Castrovalva for several years…). Join us as we look back on the opening episode of the FifthRead More →
Doctor Who Series 12 has finished – but what did we make of The Timeless Children? Despite leaks and spoilers aplenty, it managed to surprise. But does it offer a brand new direction for Doctor Who beyond the hodge-podge of ideas? Christian Cawley and James McLean work it out. ShownotesRead More →
We review Ascension of the Cybermen, Doctor Who Series 12 episode 11. Hosts this week are Christian Cawley, Brian Terranova, and James McLean.Read More →
Doctor Who rumbles towards the end of Series 12 with this “base under siege” type episode – but this time, it seems the base itself, Villa Diodati on the bank of Lake Geneva, is the enemy! Hear James McLean and Brian Terranova’s thoughts, feelings, and reactions to The Haunting ofRead More →
