Drunken Time Travel

A special return to finish off the classic Doctors, we are joined by AAl and Matt from the Post Atomic Horror podcast. Image (Doctors) BBC

Third Doctor and Sarah Here it is, apologies for the delay for any listeners, The Third Doctor, the last episode. How will he die and pave the way for Tom Baker? "At a Tibetan retreat in England, a group are using meditation rituals to tap into a mysterious alien power. Unwittingly, they create a bridge between Earth and Metebelis 3, a planet where "Two legs" are oppressed by giant spiders.    The creatures are desperate to recover the blue jewel that the doctor gave to jo as a wedding gift. Now The Doctor must risk everything and return to Metebelis 3 to face the power of the great one, who plans to enslave all of Human kind..." Written By: Robert Sloman (and Barry Letts)  Directed By: Barry Letts

Third Doctor and Sarah Jane"The TARDIS lands on Peladon 50 years after its first visit.The Doctor and Sarah discover a troubled planet at the centre of a war - and the galactic federation desperately needs a mineral found in the mines. But why is the ghost of Aggedor killing miners and why can't everyone be trusted? Queen Tharila needs The Doctor's help to find out..."Written By: Brain HaylesDirected By: Lennie Mayne

We're back with our good friends over at the Post Atomic Horror for the annual crossover. Enjoy.

Third Doctor and Sarah Jane"A power failure in the TARDIS draws it off course, and The Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith end up stranded on the bleak planet of Exxilon. They soon meet members of an Earth expedition in a similar situation.  The Humans are searching for a rare mineral, but first they must find out what is draining their power and avoid what’s inside another grounded spaceship – The Doctor’s oldest enemies, the Daleks…"Written By: Terry NationDirected By: Michael Briant

Third Doctor and Sarah Jane"Returning to london The Doctor and Sarah find a city almost completely devoid of life. The civilian population has been evacuated in the wake of an unimaginable event: somehow dinosaurs have returned to terrorise the Earth... As the Brigadier and UNIT fend off increasingly vicious attacks from gigantic prehistoric reptiles, The Doctor investigates just how these monsters are appearing without warning. But when Sarah Jane is kidnapped, The Doctor realises that perhaps even his oldest friends can't be trusted...."Written By: Malcolm HulkeDirected By: Paddy Russell

3rd Doctor and Sarah"The Doctor is called in by unit to investigate when a number of scientists go missing from a top security institute. Following the kidnappings back in time to the middle ages, he is unaware that investigative journalist Sarah Jane has stowed aboard the tardis.  As events unfold, The Doctor discovers a sinister alien, intent on altering the future of mankind..."Written By: Robert HolmesDirected By: Alan Bromly

Third Doctor, Jo, and Brig"UNIT is called to a sleepy mining town in South Wales to investigate the mysterious death of a miner in an inactive pit. The Wholeweal environmental community believe that a local chemical company has something to do with the death, and when the Doctor heads a mission down the mines he discovers thousands of maggots surrounded by poisonous slime. Further investigation at the chemical works reveals the owner to be under the malign influence of a sentient computer, BOSS."Written By: Robert Sloman and Barry LettsDirected By: Michael Briant

Third Doctor and Jo"The TARDIS arrives on Spiridon, an inhospitable planet where the vegetation is hungry and extremely dangerous. The Doctor has been badly hurt and has fallen into a coma, so it's up to his concerned assistant Jo to leave the safety of the tardis to find help. She soon discovers a jungle containing invisible creatures, and that the planet is hiding a terrible secret about The Doctor's oldest enemy, the Daleks..."Written By: Terry NationDirected By: David Maloney

Third Doctor and Jo"It is the year 2450 and a fragile peace exists between the great empires of Earth and Draconia. The TARDIS materialises aboard on Earth cargo ship which comes under attack. Arrested and accused of espionage, The Doctor is sentenced to life imprisonment on the Moon, but salvation arrives in an unexpected form...  Can The Doctor and Jo stop The Master's plans to provoke a galactic war and reveal the deadly enemy waiting for the chance to destroy both empires?"Written By: Malcolm HulkeDirected By: Paul Barnard 

Third Doctor and  Jo"Freed from his exile on Earth, The Doctor takes Jo on a test flight in the TARDIS, landing aboard the SS Bernice, a cargo ship crossing the Indian Ocean in 1926.  As events unfold, it seems that their fate lies in the hands of a travelling showman named Vorg, who has just arrived on inter minor with an inter- galactic peepshow called the miniscope..."Written By: Robert HolmesDirected By: Barry Letts

1st, 2nd, 3rd, Jo, and The Brig"The Time Lords are in crisis. A powerful force is draining their energy into a mysterious black hole - and they must recruit The Doctor to save them. But one Doctor isn’t enough for this mission...  All three of The Doctor's incarnations, aided by Jo Grant and UNIT, must face the wrath of Omega - a fallen Time Lord trapped for millennia in a universe of anti-matter. Driven mad by his exile, Omega now has just one thing on his mind - revenge..."Written By: Bob Baker and Dave MartinDirected By: Lennie Mayne

Third Doctor, and Jo"The Master is back! Assuming the alias of Professor Thascales, he harbours a plot to seize control of time itself. Can The Doctor and Jo thwart his terrible plan?  What secrets does the trident-shaped crystal hold? Why is the ancient city of Atlantis central to the master's plan? And what mythical terror lies at the heart of the maze? With time literally against them, the odds might just be too great for the time travellers..."Written By: Robert Sloman and Barry Letts Directed By: Paul Bernard

Third Doctor and Jo"When a message pod turns up at UNIT HQ, The Doctor and his assistant Jo Grant find themselves with another dangerous mission for the Time Lords.  The TARDIS takes them to Skybase One above the planet Solos. It is the 30th century and the planet is about to achieve independence from Earth's empire, but someone has very different plans and alarmingly, many of the natives are mutating into fierce-looking creatures. The Doctor and Jo must find out why..."Written By: Bob Baker and Dave MartinDirected By: Christopher Barry

3rd Doctor and Jo'Arrested after the events at Devil's End, The Master has been incarcerated at a top-security prison on a remote island off the south coast of England. When The Doctor and Jo Grant pay a visit to their old enemy, they find him a reformed character. But can the spate of mysterious shipping accidents and garbled reports of sea monsters in the local area really be a coincidence? The Doctor soon finds himself pitted against the Sea Devils, an ancient race of reptiles intent on eliminating mankind and reclaiming the earth for themselves...'Written By: Malcolm HulmeDirected By: Michael Bryant

Third Doctor, JoTaking a test flight, the tardis makes an inelegant landing on the planet Peladon.  Mistaken for Earth's representative, The Doctor soon finds himself chairing the committee of alien delegates assessing Peladon's petition to join the Galactic Federation.  When one of the King's advisors is killed, the high priest fears the ancient curse of Aggedor is at work, but The Doctor is sure that his old enemies the Ice Warriors are to blame. Can Jo and The Doctor uncover the identity of the saboteurs before a major diplomatic incident plunges them into war?Written By: Brian HaylesDirected By: Lennie Mayne

Third Doctor, Jo, and BrigadierOn Earth in the 22nd century, Daleks have enslaved the planet and Humans live in fear of their master. Meanwhile, back in the 20th century, a peace conference is urgently needed to prevent World War Three. When reports reach UNIT of a ghost at Auderly House - the site for the conference - The Doctor and Jo decide to investigate. Danger is waiting for them there, including a trip two hundred years into the future without the TARDIS...Written By: Louis MarksDirected By: Paul Bernard

Third Doctor, Jo, and The BrigadierIn the peaceful village of Devil’s End something very strange is happening. A professor is preparing to open a nearby burial mound, and a local white witch foresees death and disaster. Meanwhile, the new vicar looks suspiciously like The Master and he is using black magic to conjure up an ancient dæmon. Can The Doctor, Jo and UNIT stop their old enemy before he succeeds?Written By: Guy Leopold (Barry Letts and Robert Sloman)Directed By: Christopher BarryLinksTardis de-materialisation effect

That's the Christmas Break over with, seems ages ago doesn't it? Now it's time to get back to the regularly scheduled episodes and drinking...lots of drinking. Seriously, we were quite drunk with this one. Enjoy.The Time Lords discover that The Master has stolen secret information about a device called the doomsday weapon and realise they need the exiled Doctor's help. They send the TARDIS, along with The Doctor and his assistant Jo Grant, to the bleak planet Uxarieus in the middle of the 25th century where all is not well. What is attacking the colonists and can the doctor stop his old enemy from finding the dangerous weapon before it is too late?Written By: Malcolm HulkeDirected By: Michael BriantBeer: White Horse - Village Idiot

For those that haven't been over to Post Atomic Horror, here's Part 2 of our crossover.

It's that time of year folks, the annual crossover with Post Atomic Horror. This time we're reviewing the Star Wars Holiday Special. Laughs, beer, confusion, crying, and all the drama you can ask for....maybe.Don't forget to listen to part 2 which you can find at Post Atomic Horror at:-http://postatomichorror.wordpress.com/

Third Doctor, Jo, and The Brigadier"WHEN A DAMAGED SPACESHIP CONTAINING BEAUTIFUL HUMANOID CREATURES CALLED AXONS LANDS ON EARTH, THE DOCTOR, JO AND UNIT ARE SENT TO INVESTIGATE. IN RETURN FOR THEIR HELP, THE AXONS OFFER THE GIFT OF AXONITE, WHICH WOULD END WORLD FAMINE. IT ALL APPEARS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE - SO WHAT SECRETS ARE THE AXONS HIDING ON BOARD THEIR SHIP? AND WHY IS THE DOCTOR'S OLD ENEMY, THE MASTER, INVOLVED?"Written By: Bob Barker & Dave MartinDirected By: Michael FergusonSteve Olding's TumblrEnglish Gav's Movember Page

Third Doctor, Jo, and The Brigadier"Professor Keller has created a machine that can pacify even the most dangerous of criminals. But when The Doctor and Jo arrive at Strangmoor prison for a demonstration, things start to go horribly wrong – especially when they discover that The Doctor’s old enemy The Master is responsible for the machine. What could he possibly want from the criminals? And what connects him with an impending world peace conference?"Written By: Don HoughtonDirected By: Timothy CombCredits: DTT Logo by Steve OldingLinks:TorpedoSteve Olding's Blog

Third Doctor, Brigadier, and JoFinally, The Master is in the house and he's brought his cuddly dolls with him. We also cast judgement on the latest biscuit craze.'The Doctor is still trapped on earth and unable to use the tardis, but the Time Lords are still looking out for him. They send warning that The Master has arrived, and The Doctor soon discovers that the evil Time Lord is working alongside the Nestene and its lethal Autons.  Once again, the Earth is in terrible danger. Can The Doctor and his new assistant Jo Grant save it before it's too late and the terror of the Autons is revealed?'Written By: Robert HolmesDirected By: Barry Letts

Third Doctor, Brigadier, and LizThis week, the Brigadier is homeless and investigates a murder involving a truly unique weapon and we drink an awesome beer."INFERNO IS A TOP-SECRET PROJECT THAT INVOLVES DRILLING DOWN INTO THE CRUST OF THE EARTH TO UNLEASH A NEW ENERGY SOURCE. HOWEVER, THE DOCTOR, ALONG WITH HIS ASSISTANT LIZ SHAW, IS CONCERNED THAT THIS DRILLING WILL HAVE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES FOR THE WHOLE WORLD. HIS CONCERNS ARE SOON CONFIRMED WHEN THE TARDIS THROWS HIM INTO A DANGEROUS PARALLEL UNIVERSE, WHERE PROJECT INFERNO IS ALMOST COMPLETE AND THE END OF THE WORLD IS NEAR..."Written By: Don HoughtonDirected By: Douglas Camfield and Barry LettsBeer: Schnoodlepip by Wild Beer Company

Third Doctor, The Brigadier, and LizThis week you can find out vaguely how fast something can maybe do something and discover our plans for the world's first Russian Delivery Service. Also Doctor Who,"Something has gone seriously wrong with Mars Probe 7. With no contact from the astronauts since the rocket started its return journey from Mars, Space Control is now extremely worried about the fate of the crew. A rescue mission recovers something – but whatever it is, it certainly isn’t Human. To find out what has happened to the astronauts, The Doctor must head into space without the TARDIS..."WRITTEN BY: DAVID WHITAKER(& TREVOR RAY, TERRANCE DICKS & MALCOLM HULKE, ALL UNCREDITED)DIRECTED BY:MICHAEL FERGUSONStone: Arrogant Bastard Ale

Third Doctor, Brigadier, and Liz ShawCome and follow the exploits of Jeff and Reg Silurian where you can find out where they keep their eyes!Exiled to earth and now working for unit as their scientific advisor, the doctor is summoned to an underground research centre at wenley moor to investigate a series of inexplicable power losses. Initially suspecting sabotage, he soon discovers that the nearby cave system conceals a colony of an ancient reptilian race called the silurians. Awaking from a hibernation which has lasted millions of years, they are now intent on reclaiming the earth from mankind..Directed By: Malcolm HulkeWritten By: Timothy CombeBeer: An Gof - Lizard Ales Brewery

Third Doctor, Liz, and The BrigHere we are with the Third Doctor, and kick it off in style we're going HD. No reconstruction, just crisp Blu Ray. But what's in store for you guys? Besides fast zombies, find out the difference between everything and nothing, and our brand new feature - drinking beer. That's new right?.Exile! The time lords have banished the newly-regenerated doctor to earth, but the doctor isn't the only alien to have arrived - a swarm of meteorites have crashed into sleepy english countryside, bringing with them a terrible new threat to mankind. As the nestene plan takes shape, unit, the doctor and his new scientific advisor, liz shaw, race against time to stop humanity being replaced by a terrifying plastic facsimile race...Written By: Robert HolmesDirected By: Derek MartiinusLinks:The James Bond Scale

It's the end of Patrick Troughton's run as The Doctor, so we take a short look back at his run and answer a few listener questions.

In what will be our last Drunken History/Science, we take a look at Hypnosis. 

To celebrate the upcoming first Third Doctor story we've put together some specially made trailers.  Here is trailer #3

To celebrate the upcoming first Third Doctor story we've put together some specially made trailers.  Here is trailer #2

To celebrate the upcoming first Third Doctor story we've put together some specially made trailers.  Here is trailer #1

Second Doctor, Jamie, and ZoeI've completely forgotten what we talk about but I'm pretty sure it covers the last half of this epistory.The TARDIS has Materialised in a world of trench warfare and poison gas: the western front, 1917. In the chaos and paranoia of the First World War, The Doctor and his companions are separated from their ship, captured and court-martialled. The death sentence is swiftly pronounced....and now the conclusion Written By: Terrance Dicks & Martin HulmeDirected By : David Maloney

How do you make something like the Great War, funny? The answer is you probably don't. But hey - learning.Cover: A Postcard from WWI

Second Doctor, Jamie, and ZoeThis week as we start The Second Doctor's last epistory, we pitch a new sitcom, discuss Zoe's contribution in depth, and we consider joining evil school.The TARDIS has Materialised in a world of trench warfare and poison gas: the western front, 1917. In the chaos and paranoia of the First World War, The Doctor and his companions are separated from their ship, captured and court-martialled. The death sentence is swiftly pronounced. Written By: Terrance Dicks & Martin HulmeDirected By : David Maloney

It might not be the super material that is Argonite in The Space Pirates, but it nearly is, it's graphene. Find out what it's all about here.

Second Doctor, Jamie, and ZoeThis week we find another excuse to talk about the Daleks,where the Gav's would like their breath to spend time. Barb Wire, and really anything we can think of that's not talking about Space Pirates. But whatever you do [SPOILERS], don't watch The Space Pirates."The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe become victims of piracy when they materialise on a space beacon, minutes before it is literally blown to pieces. So begins their quest to be reunited with the TARDIS, whilst treading perilously across the paths of the interstellar space corps and a gang of murderous bandits. The eccentric prospector Milo Clancey gives the travellers passage in his ageing spaceship, but the old man is himself the focus of space corps investigations. Could he possibly be behind the destruction and salvage of so many beacons in the sector? What is the position of Madeleine Issigri, who runs her father's mining corporation on the planet Ta  - and how might a locked room provide the answer to this mystery?"Writer: Robert HolmesDirector: Michael HartLinks:

In part two of of the terraforming series, we wonder where part one went as we discover what the concept of Shell Worlds entail and what the Paw Paw Bears have to do with them.Cover Future cities could hang from the inside of a shell world.Credit: Ken Roy/Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop

Second Doctor, Jamie, and ZoeThis week - why you shouldn't join Team Elephant, discover what podcast the Ice Warriors listen to, what all the sexy dancing is about, plus the return of foam. By the late 21st century, mankind has become totally dependent on t-mat to transport people, food and medicines around the world, and when the system breaks down, earth is soon crippled by global shortages. Travelling to the relay station on the moon, the doctor and his companions discover the horrific truth: ice warriors have hijacked t-mat, and intend to claim the planet earth for themselves. Can the doctor defeat the martians before earth is smothered in deadly fungus?Written By: Brian Hayles & Terrance DicksDirected By: Michael FergusonLinks:Bad Seed Brewery

This week we were mostly discovering why Incas keep on insisting on bring their brothers to battle with them.Cover: The Battle of the Maulebetween the Incas (right) and theMapuches (left

Second Doctor, Jamie, and ZoeWhat's that you say? You wish we'd talked more about Enemy Of The World a few months back? Well you're in luck. Plus bonus ponderings on pickled eggs and find out how to play the Gond Game.When the TARDIS arrives on the planet of the gonds, The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe discover a world ruled and enslaved by the Krotons. The brightest Gonds are always chosen to serve as companions of the Krotons and are never seen again. The Doctor and his friends decide to put a stop to their rule - but in doing so, inadvertently unleash the true power of the Krotons instead..Written By: Robert HolmesDirected By: David Maloney

Have you ever wanted to be invisible? Find out how a coat of bees is probably not the way to go. Cover: Artist Liu Bolin, also known as the 'Vanishing Artist,' demonstrates an art installation by blending in with vegetables displayed on the shelves at a supermarket in Beijing

Second Doctor, Jamie, and ZoeFind out this week exactly what it takes to become The Doctor's companion and we review some more beer snacks, this time Guinness Nuts.Investigating the disappearance of an eminent scientist, The Doctor and his companions follow his trail to the London headquarters of International Electromatics, a global supplier of electronic equipment run by the formidable Tobias Vaughan. Teaming up with the newly-formed United Nations Intelligence Taskforce under the command of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, it soon becomes apparent that Vaughan is working to his own sinister agenda. As Cybermen invade in all cities all over the world, can The Doctor convince Vaughan to help him defeat their plan for global domination?Story By: Kit PedlerTeleplay By: Derrick SherwinDirected By: Douglas Camfield

In this edition of Drunken Gaming, we talk about Assassins Creed 4, Black Flag and throw in a little history too.Cover: Hulton Archive

Second Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe.The one in which we discover someone who actually likes Scrappy Doo, the best way of deciding a new Doctor, and is this really Torchwood's first appearance?Escaping from a Volcanic eruption on the planet Dulkis, The Doctor is forced to use the TARDIS's emergency unit, which takes the craft out of normal time and space... and out of reality itself! The time-travellers arrive in a mysterious world peopled by fictional characters  - Gulliver and Rapunzel, D'artagnan and Sir Lancelot - but also by creatures from mankind's worst imaginings...Written By: Derek Sherwin and Peter LingDirected By: David Maloney

Unlike the people in The Dominators, we fired an atomic weapon and thought it was ace and made more of them. Come learn about the history of making big explodey.Cover: After the surrender of Japan, and the disbandment of the project, each of the approximately 132,000 project members received one of these lapel pins.  The one shown here is Sterling silver, which indicated service beyond one year. ~ http://uv201.com/Misc_Pages/manhattan_project.htm

It's a new series and new aliens.  This time with stupid shoulders and ridiculous dresses and find out what Quarks are.  Other than subatomic particles that is.When two rogue Dominators and their robotic servant Quarks land on the peaceful planet Dulkis, planning to drop a radioactive seed into the planet's core to refuel their spaceship, the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe must attempt to inspire the pacifist Dulcians to resist.Written by Norman AshbyDirected by Morris Barry

Come join us for a drunken trip through the solar system as we try to follow comet ISON.Cover photo: NASA, HubbleP.S. Due to a hangover, the next podcast will be a couple of days late and be publishing on Saturday 1st February.

Second Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe Find out why Zarg Burkinshaw changed the name of his business and inadvertently ended up giving The Doctor his name.  Taking drastic measures to escape a TARDIS malfunction, the Doctor and Jamie arrive on a rocket, apparently deserted in space, and soon encounter its aggressive robot guard. When a blow to the head then renders the doctor unconscious, Jamie’s only hope of rescue lies in contacting the wheel space station which is orbiting nearby. In fact the rocket has other occupants, who are sending out mysterious egg-like spheres to penetrate the wheel’s outer surface. What dangerous cargo do the spheres bring to the human crew of the wheel, and what is the intention of those who are sending them?  Written by: David Whitaker and Kit Pedler Directed by: Tristan de Vere Cole

It's time for our second annual crossover with the boys from Post Atomic Horror, and what fun it was again. This time we torture each other with one of  the worst episodes of the series so far.