Podcast appearances and mentions of Brian Hayles

Ian and Nathan kick off a new series looking back at the world favourite Timelord through the ages. We go back to 1966 to view one quarter of a mysterious character who made their return to the show only a few weeks ago. Its the ToymakerThe Celestial Toymaker, Episode 4 "The Final Test". Directed by Bill Sellars. Written by Brian Hayles and Donald Tosh.Starring William Hartnell, Peter Purves, Jackie Lane, Michael Gough and Peter Stephens.

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It's March 1976, and, it's not the first Target novelization to feature The Ice Warriors, but it is the novelization of their very first TV adventure. It's Brian Hayles' second, and, sadly, final, Target novelization. After a discussion of the news this week in New York City-based Doctor Who fandom, Jason welcomes back to the show Frazer Gregory, to discuss the Ice Warriors novelization. The two of us exchange dramatic readings of favorite passages, discuss how well Hayles captured the 2nd Doctor in print, along with all the other supporting characters and monsters. We come at this book from different perspectives, having discovered it at very different times in our lives. And Frazer makes a run at becoming the King of 20 Questions on Doctor Who Literature... can he do it? Jason concludes with his review of the Ice Warriors novelization. And we'll see you next week!

All Of Time And Space is the subject of a Midlands takeover! Mark and Iain are joined by Suky Khakh from Around The Console and Trek This Out, and Jeff Goddard from The Runcible Report to tackle Brian Hayles' "The Celestial Toymaker". AOTAS Home Page Mark on Twitter Iain on Twitter Jeff on Twitter Suky on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alloftimeandspace/message

We're up to the 1975 Target Doctor Who novelization releases. Up first, the first novelization (of two) by Brian Hayles, featuring the first novelization (of four) to feature the Ice Warriors. Stand by... for news. A lot happened in the Doctor Who universe this week. We learned the identity of the next five Target novelizations: three New Series adventures, and new takes on two Classic Series tales. We learned which Classic Series season is getting the Blu-ray treatment, via another canon-worthy Pete McTighe-scripted trailer, and with a tantalizing set of new Chris Chapman documentaries, Matthew Sweet interviews, and all the other usual Behind the Sofa-type goodness. And, lastly, happy birthday to Doctor Who's reigning elder statesman. Once we get to the book, the first half of the episode is Jason and his trademark breakdown Brian Hayles' prose style and narrative choices. In the last half of the episode, I'm delighted to be joined by Ross from Gallifrey's Most Wanted, who provides a different take on Hayles' prose style. We thoroughly explore the politics of this story, and what those politics look like today, both in the UK, where the Peladon adventures were written, and here in the States, where similar issues continue to drive the political narrative. This is a can't-miss conversation.

In this Bonus episode Dylan is joined by blogger and author Sam Maleski, where they discuss Sam's top 5 underrated stories from the Big Finish range.  

  You know what they say - life begins at 30. This is of course nonsense, but Episode 30 of The Shed brings us some new blood in the form of our first guest host, Doree! We're very pleased to have had her in the Shed and we hope you are too. In this episode we look at two of the highest budget horror films of all times, adapted from two classic novels. We also bring a classic audio horror up from the vaults, and Doree shares her passion for horror in audio format.   One From The Vaults: Lord Dracula (1974) written by Brian Hayles

EPISODE THIRTY-EIGHT: THE ICE WARRIORS Hayles? Hayles! The gang’s all here! And by “gang,” we mean our three-person discussion panel, featuring Alyson Fitch-Safreed and Dalton Hughes, ready to discuss one of only two novelizations the late Brian Hayles did, THE ICE WARRIORS. Get out your parkas, ‘cuz it’s about to get chilly! If you’d like to hear more of this sort of quality content, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of the DOCTOR WHO novelizations, you'll be able to choose a gift, whether it be a shout-out by our panel, a card signed by all of us, or a BBC Book of your choosing! Contributing at any level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details! We now have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at https://tinyurl.com/y7kmaspr. If you want to have your question, discussion, or review of a given book read aloud by us, simply join the group, post your response to the group by the given deadline, and we will see it! If you really like us or feel the exact opposite, feel free to comment on our Facebook page or our Subreddit, follow us on Twitter (we’re @DWTARGETBC), or subscribe to us via the podcast provider of your choice (we can be found on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and TuneIn, amongst many others)! Videos to accompany our first ten episodes can still be found on YouTube! You can also email us at DWTARGETBC@gmail.com. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWhoTargetBookClubPodcast/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DWTargetBC/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/doctor-who-target-book-club-podcast/id1195364046?mt=2 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/doctorwhotargetbookclubpodcast Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/doctor-who-target-book-club-podcast TuneIn: http://tunein.com/radio/Doctor-Who-Target-Book-Club-Podcast-p957128/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DWTARGETBC Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/710804-doctor-who-target-book-club-podcast

Last month we looked at the two stories that began the 1980s, and this month we're looking at the two stories that began Season 4...but that also means they're the two stories that saw the end of the First Doctor, "The Smugglers" by Brian Hayles and "The Tenth Planet" by Kit Pedler (and Gerry Davis). These two stories couldn't be more different from each other, and it definitely doesn't feel like the same Doctor. But we also get the Cybermen, who--spoilers--we'll see a whole lot more of in the coming months on this podcast.

Well, after the lads had finished recording, the news broke that Peter Capaldi announced that he was leaving the role of the Doctor. Despite being caught on the hop, this not entirely unexpected turn of events never the less shocked certain fans but also there was the earth shattering news that Sir John Hurt sadly passed away and we also lost Philip Bond. But once the news is discussed, it's down to business with their review of the Target novelisation of The Curse of Peladon by Brian Hayles. This is story is held in high regard by both Phil and Paul and never more relevant than it has ever been, so it was with some trepidation that Paul approached this story as he didn't want to get caught out by an appearance of King Peladon's thigh boots!

Can you discuss a story called "The Ice Warriors" and barely talk about the Ice Warriors? When there's a fascinating underlying sociopolitical context you can. Also: Jamie likes short skirts and yet another Arnold Rimmer reference. Main Topic: The Ice Warriors. An abbreviated introduction. Jack didn't like our discussion last week. Bad fan Daniel. A shoutout to Pex Lives. The Ice Warriors not so generic. The Abdominable Snowmen is unlistenable. Season 5. Political Troughton. Brian Hayles. Well-rounded characters in The Ice Warriors. Competent Arnold Rimmer. "Miss Garrett." Unspecified far future. "Snowball Earth." The Day After Tomorrow. The politics of global ecology. Ecological thrillers. Comparison to "In the Forest of the Night." Twelve weeks of ice. "Fake Buddhism and Robot Yeti." Claustrophobic. Production. Malthusian Caves of Steel. Oligarchy. Africa. Daniel the Ice Warrior. Design, direction, and purpose. Klingons. Shana falls into a pit of Moffat-Hate. A battle of ideologies. Compuerization. The ruling class. Skepticism. Penley and responsibility. Smartass Troughton. Raising, not answering, questions. Consequences. Artistic expression of science. Radically individualistic science. Being right is enough. Victoria. Wrapping Up. Next week: The Ribos Operation.  Find Our Stuff!  Find us on iTunes! Or Facebook! We love email (oispacemanpodcast@gmail.com)! And all our episodes are on oispaceman.libsyn.com. Daniel's Tumblr Twitter Shana's Tumblr Twitter 

That way more exciting serial with a way less exciting podcast episode! Welcome to 2015, TYD fans! This week Kiyan and Dylan take a journey into The Seeds of Death, not the be confused with the later 4th doctor serial, The Seeds of Doom. The Seeds of Death was written by Brian Hayles and airedContinue reading →

Season 4 starts with what can be better classified as a fizzle rather than a bang. Kiyan and Dylan experience the start of season 4 with The Smugglers, written by Brian Hayles and aired in September and October of 1966. Doctor Who © The BBC Any other references belong to their respective owners, no copyrightContinue reading →

Willy Wonka… is not in this serial. This week featured The Celestial Toymaker, a favorite of Steven Taylor’s actor, Peter Purves. It was aired in April 1966 and was written by Brian Hayles. Doctor Who © The BBC Any other references belong to their respective owners, no copyright infringement is intended by this podcast. TheContinue reading →

On the show this week, it's a return to Target books with a look the novelisation of The Ice Warriors by Brian Hayles.  As usual Phil and Phil make comparisions to the televised version of the story and while dissecting the differences, Phil admits to reading some of the book in the style of Wallace and Gromit while Paul just shakes his head in despair (which doesn't really work on audio). And in a very slow news week, they bring you the news that The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot is getting a DVD release, Doctor Who guided tours recommencing in Cardiff and a discussion about recent articles suggesting that Doctor Who should take a break.  But all the while, the memory of Steven Moffats eyes still lingers which leads them to accuse the Moff of sleeping with the BBC.

Bewildered by the vast array of 1963-89 era Doctor Who stories? Not sure where to start? Herewith, men and gentleladies, Lawrence and I present our choices of good episodes to jump on with for each of the first seven Doctors. There is probably swearing. There usually is. Sorry about that. "Brian Hayles", "Dodo" and "Peter Strickland" are just several of the things you may wish to shout as our basic inability to remember things manifests itself yet again.

With less than a week to go until New! Doctor! Who! The Three Who Rule delved into the distant past via the works of Brian Hayles, creator of the Ice Warriors, Luddite, and gentleman scholar, in what will likely be the last Miniscope for quite some time. Of course it wouldn’t be RFS without the latest news, analysis, and off-color banter about Rory in a Roman outfit, all of which were copiously present. Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com