Podcasts about Frontios

We're taking a couple of weeks off recording, but to tide you over, here's a little treat from the vaults for you - a previously unreleased review of Frontios from a missing-presumed-wiped recording we made back in 2019. Along the way we consider where the vibe shift between Peter Davison and Colin Baker actually took place, why Tegan continues to have very little faith in the Doctor, and what you need to effectively convey trauma in Doctor Who.Watch this episode on YoutubeEmail usFind us on Bluesky & Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the far edge of the galaxy, one of humanity's last outposts is struggling to survive but an unseen enemy is hampering them at every turn. This week, Paddy and Tricia follow The Doctor and his companions as they are unexpectedly forced to land at the outpost in the midst of a leadership crisis. Will they be able avoid the tense situation long enough to discover the mystery of the hungry earth of Frontios?

The 5th Doctor encounters psychic snails and a human colony on the edge of extinction. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin discuss Turlough's evolution from whiny traitor to capable companion; the destruction of the Tardis; and the Doctor's moral stance on intervening in human history.

The 5th Doctor encounters psychic snails and a human colony on the edge of extinction. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin discuss Turlough's evolution from whiny traitor to capable companion; the destruction of the Tardis; and the Doctor's moral stance on intervening in human history. The post Frontios appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Fan TC Con 4 Q&A Special; in case you didn't know, Adam is show runner of Fan TC Con - The Isle of Wight's Own Comic Con. The event was held on Saturday 19th October 2024 and the Q&A sessions were hosted by 'Daddy of the podcast', Paul Wilson. This bumper episode features full interviews with Star Wars actor, Ross Sambridge, Star Trek actor, Rosalyn Landor, the movie Barbara, Jennie Linden, Zoe Heriot actress Wendy Padbury, local comic publishers Caulkhead Comics, Peri from Doctor Who, Nicola Bryant, Plantagenet from Frontios, Jeff Rawle (better known as Amos Diggory from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), Sophia Myles, Lady Penelope in Jonathan Frakes' version of Thunderbirds, Darcy in Transformers: Age of Extinction, Madame de Pompadour in Doctor Who, The Girl in the Fireplace, and the ever entertaining Sylvester McCoy. Adam and Debbie also make a brief appearance on stage before the winner of the Best Doctor Who Cosplay is announced.

Charles Skaggs and Jesse Jackson discuss "Frontios", the third serial from Doctor Who Season 21 in 1984, featuring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka, Mark Strickson as Vislor Turlough, and Lesley Dunlop as Norna! Find us here:X/Twitter: @NextStopWho, @CharlesSkaggs, @JesseJacksonDFW Instagram: @nextstopeverywherepodcast Facebook: Facebook.com/Nextstopeverywherepodcast Email: NextStopWho@gmail.com Listen and subscribe to us in Apple Podcasts and leave us a review!

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TRACTATORS: Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway One Seven Two featuring Cat, Carl, Sean, Josh and Eric. Join us as we dive into Season 21 Episode 3, Frontios. Let the banter begin! LINKS: @SciFiPartyLine: scifipartyline.com @ProgNeg: prognosisnegative.libsyn.com @StarTrekRBG: startrekrbg.libsyn.com Mostly Harmless Cutaway Patreon: patreon.com/MHC WARNING: This discussion contains miscellaneous K-9 and Company, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, Sherlock, Class, new WHO, and/or classic SPOILERS pertaining to Doctor Who. If you are 100% spoilerphobic to new & classic episodes not yet seen, do NOT complain to us. This episode is MOSTLY HARMLESS & contains EXPLICIT ideas, and as always expect strokes of innuendo throughout.  DISCLAIMER: This episode was recorded Sept. 26th, 2023.   DON'T PANIC Host/Producer: Eric @BullittWHO Prognosis Negative Movie Reviews Podcast Star Trek: Romulans Bearing Gifts Podcast Co-host: Josh @whomeJZ Co-hostess: Cat @fancyfembot Sci-Fi Party Line Podcast Co-host: Sean @HomrigSean The Cabot Cove Confab: A Murder, She Wrote Podcast The Best Picture Podcast Co-host: Carl @robominister Co-host/Editor: Caleb @CalebAlexader The Novice Elitists Film Podcast Bending the Elements: An Avatar Podcast   Mostly Harmless Cutaway @DoctorWhoMHC Email: Guidetothewhoverse ~at~ gmail ~dot~com Website: guidetothewhoverse.libsyn.com/site Patreon: patreon.com/MHC Tumblr: doctorwhomhc.tumblr.com  Facebook: facebook.com/DoctorWhoMHC  Art: H.B. Lockwood @hayleyglyphs Eponymous opening by Emily K. @emilyooo MHCTheme created by E.A. Escamilla

What could be worse than being sucked through the earth? Having our panelists make dirty jokes about it. (Heh. “Dirty” jokes.) Come join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, Dalton Hughes, and special guest J.G. McQuarrie as they discuss Christopher H. Bidmead's novelization of FRONTIOS. We are now a proud part of the Direction Point Podcast Network, including such fine shows as THE DOCTOR WHO COLLECTORS PODCAST, THE POLICE BOX IN A JUNKYARD PODCAST, and TIMESTREAMS. You can check out these and other podcasts in the network at http://www.directionpoint.org! If you like what you hear, 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! Contributing at any level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details! We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. 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, 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)! You can also email us at the email address given at the end of the episode with the phrase “Target Book Club” in the subject line! Thanks as always to Ron Schiding for our podcast logo and artwork, and to Dalton Hughes for the editing! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWhoTargetBookClubPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctorwhotargetbc/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/doctor-who-target-book-club-podcast/id1195364046?see-all=reviews SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/doctorwhotargetbc TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Fantasy--Science-Fiction-Podc/Doctor-Who-Target-Book-Club-Podcast-p957128/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/710804-doctor-who-target-book-club-podcast The DIRECTION POINT Doctor Who Podcast Network: https://directionpoint.org/

The Earth is hungry and so are we for some character development for Turlough.

It's Frontios week on Doctor Who Literature. This is one of the underrated gems of the Peter Davison story, but Si Hart (@Si_Hart) and I are here to spread the word. The new 60th Anniversary mini-season trailer dropped on the day that this episode releases. Jason gives his instant reaction to the trailer -- perhaps too instant, as Jason had not seen the concurrent BBC tweet identifying Neil Patrick Harris' character! If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, subscribe, and rate us! "Doctor Who – Frontios" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter. Doctor Who Literature is a member of the Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network. Please e-mail the pod at DrWhoLiterature@gmail.com. You can catch all past episodes at https://anchor.fm/doctorwholit. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doctorwholit/message

The Doctor, Turlough and Tegan are forced into landing on the remote planet of Frontios, which is Under constant threat from lethal meteorite bombardments, and a few of the doomed colony members realise that the ground of Frontios itself opens up and devours the unwary. but the the doctor is Not permitted to assist, when he attempts to leave the unimaginable occurs: the TARDIS is destroyed. can the doctor figure out who is behind the bombardments before it is to late this is Frontios welcome to regenerated why not take a look at our social media and give us a review on Apple Podcasts merchandise -https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/regenerated facebook - www.facebook.com/regenerateddoctorwhopodcast/ twitter - twitter.com/Regenerated1963

We're travelling to the far future in this episode, to the planet of Frontios, where some of the last humans are trying to survive. Trouble is, people keep getting sucked into the ground! That can't be good!

Billy and Matt head back to 1984 to discuss Frontios from Season 21, starring Peter Davison as the 5th Doctor up against the rather wobbly Tractators! Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio Follow The Review of Death on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReviewofDeath Review of Death Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thereviewofdeath?fbclid=IwAR3d1em61_nl0E10tkNbND5SCX2tpfLI0vYR7S6fuqe71QY_ayA2vSKWilY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 374.Adam gives us the low-down on the recent Fantom Event, Russell T Davies wants the whole Doctor Who back catalogue on iPlayer and we review the Fifth Doctor story - Frontios.Links to the stuff we mentioned:Russell T Davies hints every episode of Doctor Who could go on iPlayerThis is The Big Blue Box PodcastJoin us each week for a new episode every Friday from your hosts Garry and Adam. We talk news, reviews, commentaries and general chat on everything Doctor Who PLUS listen to our monthly Round Table episodes with the whole team. Check out our website where you can also listen to all of our episodes for free along with the amazing reviews and articles from our writing team.Follow us on the socialsCome and get involved and chat Who between episodes on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. We also have a free Discord server for you to hop in and chat with other like-minded Who fans.Thank you for listening to this episode and remember to follow the podcast on your fav podcast app so you don't miss an episode when they drop every Friday (or pop over here for links to all the popular podcast platforms). Have a fantastic week and until next time remember... Aaaaaaaaaaallons-y!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Andy and Alex are still together in Auckland so in a 'High Cockalorum' mood. Will 1983's Frontios prove to be downer? After sharing their new Myers-Briggs types and a story titles quiz that quite frankly stumps them, the pair get into it. They find much to enjoy here, especially Janet's pleather mini and the opening TARDIS scene, but it's not long before gender inequality, script and direction and a sudden obsession with the non-interference of Timelords start to colour their view. They have lots of important questions too... - Is the Doctor's relationship with Tegan abusive? - Why is the story so intent on portraying Turlough's bravery? - And why is there exposed soil in every single room on Frontios? And some less important ones... - How much soil did Tegan get in her knickers when being dragged along? - How did the guy playing Cockerill get cast? - And who the hell is the woman who shouts 'Mr Range'? Who is she? Who is she? Where did you find her?! All this and so much more in your fabulous fun-filled frolicsome February World Enough and Time! Next Episode: The Ark in Space

When a meteor shower takes out the TARDIS on a colony planet, the Doctor and company have to face the "gravity" of the situation. The post Classic Rewatch: Frontios first appeared on Gallifrey Public Radio.

When Doctor Who takes us to the far future, it's often with a dystopian view. That's certainly the case with Frontios, which isn't content to simply plunge a scrappy group of refugees from a doomed Earth into a harrowing fight for survival. It also adds to the mix the twin horrors of giant insects bent on recreating the ugliest parts of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and some of the worst spiked hair the universe has ever seen. (One of those things was powerful enough to destroy the TARDIS, but the jury's still out on which.) Let's not leave any stone unturned as we excavate the true meaning of this one, if only to make sure we don't lose our hat rack. Plus: A new theory on TARDIS translation, an update on whether Chris has seen Legend of the Sea Devils, and — oh yeah! — there's a new Doctor. Welcome to the family, Ncuti Gatwa! We talk about it all. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Follow us on: TikTok! @pulltoopen Instagram: @pulltoopen63 Twitter: @pulltoopen63 Story Essentials Season 21, Serial 3 Story number: 131, per the The Pull To Open Codex Production Code 6N Writer: Christopher H. Bidmead Producer: Nathan-Turner Aired 26 January - 3 February 1984 Pull To Open: Frontios Season 3 Episode 17

Doc discovers a grave situation below the surface, Tegan is a defective android and Turlough exhibits some OTT PTSD. It's great!

Doc discovers a grave situation below the surface, Tegan is a defective android and Turlough exhibits some OTT PTSD. It's great!

This week, Nathan and James are joined by Steven B and Dan from the New to Who podcast for an episode made up of the scavenged parts of other episodes. It's time to meet the first character from the first shot of the first ever Doctor Who episode. Say hello, everyone, to The Doctor's Wife. Notes and links Suranne Jones appeared in a story from Series 3 of The Sarah Jane Adventures called Mona Lisa's Revenge, in which she played the painting itself, which came to life for space reasons and started running around an art gallery with a big space gun, accompanied by her curator sidekick, played by Jeff Rawle (Plantagenet in Frontios). We mention a couple of works by Neil Gaiman's, including The Graveyard Book a strangely funny, elegiac and occasionally terrifying children's book, and The Sandman, a best-selling comic book series, which is about to be released on Netflix. James is right: the word petrichor was coined in 1964 by Australian researched Dick Thomas, to describe a phenomenon that had previously been called argillaceous odour. So thanks for enriching the language, Dick. Neil Gaiman wrote a Doctor Who mini-episode called Rain Gods starring Matt Smith and Alex Kingston. It was included on the Series 7 DVD and Blu-ray box set. After the closing credits — you do keep listening after the credits, don't you? — Steven mentions an interview with Neil Gaiman and Stephen Fry from the Hay Festival in 2017 in which he talks about writing for Doctor Who. Follow us Nathan is on Twitter as @nathanbottomley, and James is @ohjamessellwood. The Flight Through Entirety theme was arranged by Cameron Lam. You can follow the podcast on Twitter at @FTEpodcast. Steven and Dan are two of the hosts of the New to Who podcast, which discusses Classic Doctor Who stories which might be of interest to New Series fans. You can follow New to Who on Twitter at @NewToWhoPodcast, and you should immediately subscribe to the podcast in your podcatcher of choice. We're also on Facebook, and you can check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com. Please consider rating or reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, or we'll bite you. That's how we win. And more You can find Jodie into Terror, our flashcast on the Whittaker Era of Doctor Who, at jodieintoterror.com, at @JodieIntoTerror on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and wherever podcasts can be found. We'll be back to cover Series 13 sometime later in the year. Our James Bond commentary podcast is called Bondfinger, and you can find that at bondfinger.com, at @bondfingercast on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else as well. Today we released Episode 3 of Maximum Power, a new Blakes 7 podcast featuring some of our regulars and guests and some of the regulars from the Trap One podcast. We'll be covering Series A of Blakes 7 every week over the next few months.

This week, Nathan and James are joined by Steven B and Dan from the New to Who podcast for an episode made up of the scavenged parts of other episodes. It's time to meet the first character from the first shot of the first ever Doctor Who episode. Say hello, everyone, to The Doctor's Wife. Notes and links Suranne Jones appeared in a story from Series 3 of The Sarah Jane Adventures called Mona Lisa's Revenge, in which she played the painting itself, which came to life for space reasons and started running around an art gallery with a big space gun, accompanied by her curator sidekick, played by Jeff Rawle (Plantagenet in Frontios). We mention a couple of works by Neil Gaiman's, including The Graveyard Book a strangely funny, elegiac and occasionally terrifying children's book, and The Sandman, a best-selling comic book series, which is about to be released on Netflix. James is right: the word petrichor was coined in 1964 by Australian researched Dick Thomas, to describe a phenomenon that had previously been called argillaceous odour. So thanks for enriching the language, Dick. Neil Gaiman wrote a Doctor Who mini-episode called Rain Gods starring Matt Smith and Alex Kingston. It was included on the Series 7 DVD and Blu-ray box set. After the closing credits — you do keep listening after the credits, don't you? — Steven mentions an interview with Neil Gaiman and Stephen Fry from the Hay Festival in 2017 in which he talks about writing for Doctor Who. Follow us Nathan is on Twitter as @nathanbottomley, and James is @ohjamessellwood. The Flight Through Entirety theme was arranged by Cameron Lam. You can follow the podcast on Twitter at @FTEpodcast. Steven and Dan are two of the hosts of the New to Who podcast, which discusses Classic Doctor Who stories which might be of interest to New Series fans. You can follow New to Who on Twitter at @NewToWhoPodcast, and you should immediately subscribe to the podcast in your podcatcher of choice. We're also on Facebook, and you can check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com. Please consider rating or reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, or we'll bite you. That's how we win. And more You can find Jodie into Terror, our flashcast on the Whittaker Era of Doctor Who, at jodieintoterror.com, at @JodieIntoTerror on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and wherever podcasts can be found. We'll be back to cover Series 13 sometime later in the year. Our James Bond commentary podcast is called Bondfinger, and you can find that at bondfinger.com, at @bondfingercast on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else as well. Today we released Episode 3 of Maximum Power, a new Blakes 7 podcast featuring some of our regulars and guests and some of the regulars from the Trap One podcast. We'll be covering Series A of Blakes 7 every week over the next few months.

This week, Nathan and James are joined by Steven B and Dan from the New to Who podcast for an episode made up of the scavenged parts of other episodes. It's time to meet the first character from the first shot of the first ever Doctor Who episode. Say hello, everyone, to The Doctor's Wife. Notes and links Suranne Jones appeared in a story from Series 3 of The Sarah Jane Adventures called Mona Lisa's Revenge, in which she played the painting itself, which came to life for space reasons and started running around an art gallery with a big space gun, accompanied by her curator sidekick, played by Jeff Rawle (Plantagenet in Frontios). We mention a couple of works by Neil Gaiman's, including The Graveyard Book a strangely funny, elegiac and occasionally terrifying children's book, and The Sandman, a best-selling comic book series, which is about to be released on Netflix. James is right: the word petrichor was coined in 1964 by Australian researched Dick Thomas, to describe a phenomenon that had previously been called argillaceous odour. So thanks for enriching the language, Dick. Neil Gaiman wrote a Doctor Who mini-episode called Rain Gods starring Matt Smith and Alex Kingston. It was included on the Series 7 DVD and Blu-ray box set. After the closing credits — you do keep listening after the credits, don't you? — Steven mentions an interview with Neil Gaiman and Stephen Fry from the Hay Festival in 2017 in which he talks about writing for Doctor Who. Follow us Nathan is on Twitter as @nathanbottomley, and James is @ohjamessellwood. The Flight Through Entirety theme was arranged by Cameron Lam. You can follow the podcast on Twitter at @FTEpodcast. Steven and Dan are two of the hosts of the New to Who podcast, which discusses Classic Doctor Who stories which might be of interest to New Series fans. You can follow New to Who on Twitter at @NewToWhoPodcast, and you should immediately subscribe to the podcast in your podcatcher of choice. We're also on Facebook, and you can check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com. Please consider rating or reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, or we'll bite you. That's how we win. And more You can find Jodie into Terror, our flashcast on the Whittaker Era of Doctor Who, at jodieintoterror.com, at @JodieIntoTerror on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and wherever podcasts can be found. We'll be back to cover Series 13 sometime later in the year. Our James Bond commentary podcast is called Bondfinger, and you can find that at bondfinger.com, at @bondfingercast on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else as well. Today we released Episode 3 of Maximum Power, a new Blakes 7 podcast featuring some of our regulars and guests and some of the regulars from the Trap One podcast. We'll be covering Series A of Blakes 7 every week over the next few months.

Joe & Toby; on Kolkakron with the Gravis. We spend some time talking about interviewing Doctor Who stars, why we enjoy all Doctor Who (good and bad), CHB's obsession with the TARDIS and why this story is unfairly ignored.

Joe & Toby; decapitated in the excavation machine! We talk about characters who are referred to off screen, the most egregious exposition in Doctor Who, the lack of humour in the discussion of the show, and how by celebrating not liking something doesn't mean you're winning.

Joe & Toby; one of us came to this episode late! Who's Round comes under the microscope. What's the best kind of Doctor Who performance? What is the cheapest resource in a TV production? What's the best acting trick for pulling focus?

Joe & Toby; eaten by the earth! Part interview, part commentary. What could be a more exciting title than Escargot? Who is giving the best performance? Why does Toby prefer to enjoy Doctor Who in retrospect?

This month, we’re off to Geneva to rescue the handsome Captain Munro from Spearhead from Space, who has been abducted and held captive in the Romanian Embassy by some people who are apparently doing the accent. It’s a jolly old heist, involving Patrick McGoohan, the lovely Jane Merrow, Mr Range from Frontios and, in the true spirit of the Kate O’Marathon, Kate O’Mara herself. For a few minutes.

Joe and Toni discuss Fronty-Oh's, equal opportunity shushing, and taking a (hat) stand in the Classic Doctor Who serial Frontios. This episode is brought to you by Friend of Rassilon Matt Golden. If you're interested in being a Friend of Rassilon, click here. Download • YouTube • RSS • Patreon • iTunes • Stitcher • Google Play • ESO Network

Joe and Toni discuss Fronty-Oh’s, equal opportunity shushing, and taking a (hat) stand in the Classic Doctor Who serial Frontios. This episode is brought to you by Friend of Rassilon Matt Golden. If you’re interested in being a Friend of Rassilon, click here. Download • YouTube • RSS • Patreon • iTunes • Stitcher • Google Play • ESO Network The post The Watch-A-Thon of Rassilon: Episode 133: Frontios (Joe Mispronounces Plantagenet) appeared first on The ESO Network.

It's Election Day 2020. Please go vote! Seriously, stop the podcast if you need to and go vote! All done? Good! This time, John & Taylor sit down to discuss the 5th Doctor story FRONTIOS! It's a classic tale of a far-flung human outpost besieged by giant crawdads who can control gravity and are planning to use the planet to start an intergalactic Uber! Can The Doctor, Tegan, and a fairly catatonic Turlough help save the day? You'll have to listen to find out!

It's Election Day 2020. Please go vote! Seriously, stop the podcast if you need to and go vote! All done? Good! This time, John & Taylor sit down to discuss the 5th Doctor story FRONTIOS! It's a classic tale of a far-flung human outpost besieged by giant crawdads who can control gravity and are planning to use the planet to start an intergalactic Uber! Can The Doctor, Tegan, and a fairly catatonic Turlough help save the day? You'll have to listen to find out!

This week my classic series re-watch reaches Doctor Who: Frontios a story I’ve not seen many times over the years.   You may wish to contribute to the show’s running costs, it’s Patreon is here https://www.patreon.com/tdrury or buy me a coffee here https://ko-fi.com/timdrury   The show is also on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/   If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.  

Lewis Moon and Dr Cool are back once again for an episode which they claim is almost a natural conversation which has somehow been recorded, but do not let that deter you from listening, as they grant us a Peter Davison era related programme featuring redeeming the Irredeemable on his post regeneration story Castrovalva and a review of Frontios. (Next Week-Redeeming the Irredeemable hits Closing Time while the Sixth Doctor gets his last review on the podcast with his first episode, the Twin Dilemma.)

Lewis Moon and Dr Cool are back for the usual array of distraction filled, sweet eating, childish humoured chat over the course of a forty minute period, where they share their views on Tom Baker era story Revenge of the Cybermen and Redeeming the Irredeemable reaches the often slated Capaldi story Sleep No more. (Next Week-It's a Davison focus show as Frontios gets a review and Castrovalva gets redeemed)

On this episode the crew covers Frontios with a rearrange of a hat rack, a crucial moment in history, a annoying leader, the hat rack has other uses, Turlough gets to shine, and a blocking of signal saves the day. On this episode the crew covers Frontios To find previous episodes go to: tscn.tv/gtw To … Continue reading Going Through Who 9.4: Frontios →

The Doctor (Peter Davison) travels to Frontios and meets perhaps his greatest challenge, the Tractators!! This is bad enough but is the TARDIS actually destroyed? Find out in this spoiler-ful review of this 1984 story. Notes Music by PJM25595/Dalekium https://soundcloud.com/pjm25595 Podcast and Blog at http://kotwg.blogspot.com/p/podcast.html

Ahh the 1980s... Ben and David pick five cliffhangers each that are the best, or at least representative of the John Nathan-Turner era of Doctor Who. From continuity errors from being away at school to the pitiful telephone calls of a fanboy wondering when the Romana and K9 in E-Space series was going to start, the Metebelis 2 lads explore j'tangers. Opening music is an excerpt from the "Earthshock" score by Malcom Clarke and closing music is an excerpt from the "Frontios" score by Paddy Kingsland.

Hello! With a regeneration looming in December, Rob and Dave return here in our November 2017 episode to discuss each and every regeneration in Classic and Nu Who. But before they do, there's a ton of news to work through. Some relating to Series 11 (potential spoilers) and some relating to Classic Who - like the new Five Doctors CD. Dave's also watched The Dominators and gives some thoughts, while Rob responds to his Frontios challenge and, for bonus points, also watched The Green Death this month. Feedback arrives for our Babylon 5 episode of 'Alternate Galaxies' (have you listened to that one yet?) and the guys skip through what else they're currently watching on TV. Let them know your thoughts on the show at hello@theDWshow.net

Dan and Eric set down on a people-eating planet for their review of the Peter Davison Doctor Who story FRONTIOS. Some talk about Miami, Sketchy Uber drivers, and dirty airport pizza. Have at it! ### Outro Music: Funky Worm by the Ohio Players

Please join Marc, Bob and Craig for PROGTOR WHO : Where WHO and PROG collide… Bob is hosting this time and we review the series 21, 1984, Peter Davison adventure, FRONTIOS. We also discuss the latest news, read out our brilliant listener’s feedback to the story and the quiz is back (joy). As always we play 3 songs to give you a break from our nattering. Please enjoy us coming in your ears with the latest episode of, Progtor Who x P.S. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a review on iTunes and spread the word. Thank you x 

Two terrible serials in a row did not leave us with high hopes for Frontios, but thankfully we were positively surprised. Enquire within to hear the derring-do tales of The Doctor and his two visible and one invisible companions! Show notes and links: Frontios - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) The Whisperer in Darkness - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)

Hello! The musical episode promised last month has arrived. And no, that doesn't mean Dave's singing (as much as he'd like to)! After the usual wrap up of the previous month in Doctor Who, Rob and Dave work their way through 50 years-plus of Doctor Who incidental music, with clips, and a little help from some fantastic listeners. In more detail, today's episode covers: – Listener feedback asking, "Was Pearl Mackie announced too early?" – The return of Mondasian Cybermen. - Class. Will it return in a second series? - The ABC releases Series 10 trailer early. - The Last Leg comments on the Series 10 trailer. - John Barrowman still wants to meet the 12th Doctor on TV. - David attends an old school sci-fi convention in Melbourne, "Con 80 - The Ultimate 1980s Sci-Fi Experience". - New Doctor Who novels out soon featuring the 12th Doctor; The Shining Man (Cavan Scott), Diamond Dogs (Mike Tucker) & Plague City (Jonathan Morris). - The Come-Uppance of Captain Katt by Peter Grimwade. - Doctor Who incidental music, featuring comments from listeners Jim Cameron, Mark Smith, Kenny Davidson, John Hole, Jeff Waddell, Alastair Thomson-Mills, I'll Explain Later, Kathleen Cruikshank and music from stories including: The Daleks, Tomb of the Cybermen, The Web of Fear, The Invasion, The Sea Devils, Terror of the Zygons, The Sunmakers, The Leisure Hive, Logopolis, Enlightenment, The Five Doctors, Frontios, The Mysterious Planet, Dragonfire, The Happiness Patrol, Survival, The Movie, Doomsday, The Eleventh Hour, The Rings of Akhaten, The Wedding of River Song and more. Thanks everyone, as always, for listening. We greatly appreciate your ears and your emails and tweets and, if you really want to make our day, why not leave us an iTunes review? See you next month...!

This week we cover story #132, Frontios!  The Doctor and his companions find themselves in the colony of Frontios where mysterious meteorite bombardments and people vanishing into the earth are the norm.  What strange secret lies behind these odd occurrences? QotW: The villains in Frontios can manipulate gravity. What unusual power would you like to see a Doctor Who villain wield? Listener Mailbag/So Here's the Thing... Discussion of "Frontios" (Trevor 7.75, Charlie 8, David 7.75) Connor's Corner Big Finish: THE WAR DOCTOR VOLUME 01 - 1.2 The Thousand Worlds (Trevor 8.75, Charlie 9, David 8) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Infinite Longbox    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #133, Resurrection of the Daleks! You can buy the DVD from Amazon.com, and, umm… that’s about it, really.

This week we cover story #131, The Awakening!  The Doctor and his companions go to the village of Little Hodcombe in 1984 to visit Tegan's grandfather -- but find that he is missing, and an ancient evil sleeps beneath the church! Last week's QotW: What is your favorite terribly cheesy-looking Doctor Who monster? This week's QotW: If you could choose another time period to bleed into this one, what time period would you choose and why? Listener Mailbag/So Here's the Thing... Discussion of "The Awakening" (David 6.75, Trevor 6, Charlie 5) Connor's Corner Big Finish: THE WAR DOCTOR VOLUME 01 - 1.1 The Innocent (David 9.5, Trevor 9.75, Charlie 9.5) Hosts: Trevor  @WhovianTrev    Trevsplace Charlie  @insanityinchaos    The Infinite Longbox    The Comic Conspiracy David http://www.davidsafar.com/    @gwythinn    MaroonedWhovian Join us next week for our review of Doctor Who story #132, Frontios! You can buy a digital copy on iTunes, rent the DVD from Netflix, or buy the DVD from Amazon.com or many other fine retailers.

Patron of the podcast, Christopher Hamilton Bidmead, returns for a victory lap in what might be the best story of Pete’s final season. Raid at the ready, chums, it’s time to defend the last of humanity against an onslaught of fibreglass woodlice, in Frontios.

French fries are potatoes so potatoes have to be good right? A grey quarry. Bland spaceship sets. Poor concept execution. The question is, am I describing Underworld or Frontios? It’s Frontios. Sorry. Frontios was written by Christopher H. Bidmead and aired in January and February of 1984. Doctor Who © The BBC Any other referencesContinue reading →

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Fake Keith, Heather Allen, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review the 1984 Doctor Who story ‘Frontios’ and the 2016 film ‘Star Trek Beyond’, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. 01:12 — Welcome! 02:25 – News: 02:30 — Doctor […]

At the end of the universe the most powerful monster is the one with a nose, good thing Peter Davison is around to help out the locals and Pete and Tim are around to make up some nonsense too!

Happy May, everybody! Hope you're ready for block transfer computation and charged vacuum emboitments, because this month Erik and Kyle are going to be talking about the Doctor Who stories written by Christopher Hamilton Bidmead, a writer and script editor who ushered in a whole year of hard science mathematics (deserving a badge for excellence, maybe?), with his three stories "Logopolis," "Castrovalva," and "Frontios." How do they fare under the scrutiny of the DWTWR pair? WE'LL SEE!!

In what is sure to be the single most controversial episode of Oi! Spaceman to date, Shana doesn't much care for The Caves of Androzani. Basically for predictable gender politics reasons, but it's broader than that. They are joined by their podcast boyfriend Jack Graham once again to discuss the story, Holmes's legacy, Withnail and I, and other off-topic things.  Main Topic: The Caves of Androzani. Mamet. Gender politics. "Super gay and Jack." Podcast boyfriends. One thing about Castrovalva. Frontios and the tractators. Nostalgia. A query to Shana. The greatest? Fourth Doctor as performed by Davison. "You had to be there." Snarky and caustic. Sympathy for Matt Smith. Jek and Davros and Vaughn and Chen. Costuming. Out-Sawarding Saward. Suffocating. "Killing the Fifth Doctor." Fibro fog. Best ever? Androzani and Ribos. Cocktail party Jek. Empathy. Shakespeare. Rapey Jek and damseled Peri. "She does not have big tits!" One-note Peri. Adorable bunny. Opposite ends. Holmes and the marginalization of women. Timmin and Diana Goddard. "Adric." "I can hear Shana's eyes rolling from here." American. The politics of Caves. Thatcher's eighties looks like utopia. Cynicism. Holmes' navel. Chain reaction. Androzani lacks a Binro. Expecting better of the eighties. Withnail and I. The sound of a man getting old. Hugo-nominated Jack. Shabogan Graffiti Conglomerate. Next week: The Mysterious Planet. Shana on Shabcast 17 talking about Labyrinth and the Dark Crystal. Jack's Shabogan Graffiti blog can be found at Eruditorum Press and his Twitter is here. Find Our Stuff!  Find us on iTunes! Or Facebook! We love email (oispacemanpodcast@gmail.com)! And all our episodes are on oispaceman.libsyn.com. You can also find a text blog associated with this podcast at oispacemanblog.wordpress,com. Our theme song is "Doctor Who Theme on Minimoog" by James Bragg. Find his Youtube channel at youtube.com/hyperdust7 and his band page at phoenix-flare.com.  Daniel's Tumblr Twitter Shana's Tumblr Twitter   

In this week's podcast we travel with the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Turlough for the Season 21 story, Frontios. The post Episode 271 – Exercising Our Gravitational Skills appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.

Actor, comedian and TV raconteur Toby Hadoke spent 2013 travelling the country to track down people associated with the first 50 TV years of Doctor Who. Each resulting interview is presented here as a free podcast or download, with this one being one of the very last of his 2013 mission...

Actor, comedian and TV historian Toby Hadoke ticks off another story in his epic quest to interview someone connected with each televisual adventure of Doctor Who, and present the end result as a free podcast and download for Big Finish Listeners...

In this episode of Doctor Who: Whos On Target we find ourselves in a foreboding, dark and anxiety-ridden place - yes, the mind of Christopher H. Bidmead! Sorry, that was a bit cheap - but we review our first story by the former script-editer himself - and it causes a huge rumpus at the Whos On Target team's HQ - wildly varying opinions on this one...

Ben and Mark make a much more successful second attempt to discuss Utopia and Frontios after previous technical and geographical difficulties. The return of the Master and Captain Jack, the destruction of the TARDIS, rubber skirts and spittle flecked deliveries all come under discussion. Also this month: Ben and Mark discuss Doctor Who celebrities they haven't met, Christopher H Bidmead tries to flog us some merchandise and Mark proposes an X-rated remake of Mawdryn Undead.

“The earth is hungry. It waits to eat. I can see them. They are the appetite beneath the ground.” Mark Strickson now regrets snacking on Daz before shooting his key scenes in the 1984 comedy-woodlice fest, Frontios. And these unrealistic bugs are not the only threat to our bespectacled cricketer, rabid schoolboy and Australian android from the Ministry of Silly Walks. No, there's a meagre monarch, his gruff 'no man', an oaken Orderly and his whiskery chum from the Village People. But help is at hand in the form of Mr Raaaaaange (science officer and prophet of doom), his comely daughter and, inadvertently, the chief snot-encrusted Tractator - a creature with a nose for a nonsensical plan. But how offensive is a chicken* vol-au-vent (*other fillings are available)? More or less than an exploding hat-stand? And what is the colony leader doing in Joe 90's egg whisk? Jim and Martin struggle to answer these questions, while trying not to come to blows over the usage of fingers and tools. Listen here for the whole sorry saga.

The randomizer, it has been noted, can be a harsh mistress. Bear that in mind when you cast an ear to our commentary to "Frontios", the somewhat maligned but still intriguing apocalyptic Fifth Doctor tale of hunger, strife, fascism and….giant snails. And if slimy Tractators aren’t your thing, tune in for news, debunking of missing episode non-rumours, and as always, talk of LEGO!   Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

Join Christian Cawley, Brian Terranova and James McLean as they disassemble #DoctorWho and put it back together again - much like the TARDIS in the Mind Robber, or Frontios if you prefer. This week, we mull the lack of a real part 3 in rediscovered serial The Web of Fear, the evolution of the Cybermen and how this was influenced by design teams before it became a running theme in the show, and our usual recommendations.

On the review front for this episode Trevor and James look at two classic era DVD releases from 2Entertain – The Awakening and Frontios.  These oft neglected stories from Peter Davison's final season as the...

Frontios is a in the series , which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from January 26 to February 3, 1984. Contents [] [] Synopsis Its inhabitants having fled a dying Earth, the Frontios is mankind's last colony and the location of hidden dangers. [] Plot The lands in the far future, on the planet Frontios, where some of the last vestiges of humanity are struggling for survival. The planet is being attacked by meteorite showers orchestrated by an unknown enemy responsible for the disappearance of several prominent colonists, including the colony's leader, Captain Revere. After witnessing Revere being “eaten by the ground,” Security Chief Brazen engages in a cover up. To the public, Captain Revere died of natural causes. After a state funeral, Revere's son, Plantaganet, assumes the leadership of the colony. The TARDIS is mysteriously affected by a meteorite storm and dragged down to the planet by gravity. , and emerge, in the middle of the bombardment, to investigate. Despite his earlier reservations about getting involved, the Doctor violates the cardinal rule of the by helping the colonists who were injured by the meteorite bombardment and by providing medical assistance. Needing better light in the medical facility, the Doctor sends Tegan and Turlough to fetch a portable mu-field activator and five argon discharge globes from the TARDIS. However, once they arrive, they find that the ship's inner door is stuck, preventing them from getting beyond the console room. Norna, Tegan and Turlough obtain an acid-battery from the research room to power the lights. On their way back, however, they are forced to render the Warnsman unconscious to avoid capture. Another bombardment occurs and, in the Warnsman's absence, catches the colony unawares. When the skies clear, the TARDIS has gone, seemingly destroyed; all that is left is the Doctor's hat stand. Plantaganet orders the execution of the Doctor, but Turlough intercedes, using the TARDIS hat stand as a weapon. Plantaganet tries to attack the Doctor with a crowbar but suffers a heart attack. The Time Lord manages to save his life using the battery, but Plantaganet is later dragged into the ground by some mysterious force. The Doctor, Tegan and Turlough discover that the culprits are the Gravis and his Tractators, giant insects with incredible powers over gravity. Turlough briefly undergoes a sort of nervous breakdown due to the fact that the Tractators once attempted to invade his home world long ago; his mind contains a deep, horrific "race memory" of the event. The disappearing colonists were being used by the Tractators to run their mining machines. Plantaganet was kidnapped to replace Captain Revere, the current driver who is now brain dead. The Gravis intends to transform Frontios into an enormous spaceship. Once successful, he would be able to spread the terror of the Tractators across the galaxy. The Doctor, Turlough, Brazen and his guards rescue Plantaganet by knocking out the Gravis. However, Brazen gets caught by one of the mining machines and is killed while the others escape. Tegan wanders around in the tunnels and comes across bits of the TARDIS's inner walls. She is chased by the Gravis, who has now regained consciousness, and two of his Tractators. She inadvertently comes upon one of the TARDIS's inner doors and she opens it to find herself in the TARDIS console room, which has bits of rock wall mixed in with its normal walls. She also finds the Doctor, Turlough and Plantaganet hovering around the console. The Doctor ushers the Gravis in and then tricks him into reassembling the TARDIS by using his power over gravity. The Gravis pulls the TARDIS back into its normal dimension. Once fully assembled, the Gravis is effectively cut off from his fellow Tractators, which revert to a harmless state. The Doctor and Tegan deposit the now-dormant Gravis on the uninhabited planet of Kolkokron. Returning to Frontios, the Doctor gives Plantaganet the hat stand as a farewell token and asks that his own involvement in the affair not be mentioned to anyone, especially the Time Lords. Once the TARDIS has left Frontios, its engines start making a worrisome noise. The Doctor appears to be helpless as the ship is being pulled towards the centre of the universe. [] Cast notes The part of Mr. Range was originally to be played by actor , but he was murdered at his home prior to the start of recording. later played Mr. Harding in , an episode of . later played Susan Q in . [] Continuity No explanation is given for 's absence from this story. This story remains, to date, the sole appearance of the Tractators in the television series. However, on , 1984, then Doctor Who script editor wrote to Bidmead a request that he write a sequel to Frontios, which would have featured the return of the Tractators and the Doctor's arch nemesis, . This lost story is brought back to life (minus the Master) in the audio . The short story Life After Queth featured in details an adventure the Doctor, Tegan and the Gravis had on the way to Kolkokron. The Big Finish audio story details an adventure the Doctor had on the way back to Frontios. [] Production Serial details by episode EpisodeBroadcast dateRun timeViewership (in millions) "Part One" 26 January 1984 24:39 8.0 "Part Two" 27 January 1984 24:35 5.8 "Part Three" 2 February 1984 24:30 7.8 "Part Four" 3 February 1984 24:26 5.6 The story's working title was The Wanderers. This story was the final televised story written by former Doctor Who script editor, . The actors who played the Tractators were all trained dancers, as the script called for the actors to curl around their victims like . In the event, the Tractator costumes produced were too inflexible for this to be done. It is unstated what happens to , who has been inside the TARDIS since . The writers of theorise that he is disguised as the hatstand. The final episode ends on a cliffhanger, with the TARDIS dragged into a time corridor. The episode was followed by a trailer of clips for the following serial, , which continued the story. In addition to the death of Peter Arne, production designer Barrie Dobbins committed suicide after finishing most of the preparations for the story. His assistant had to complete Dobbins' work. [] In print book Frontios Series Release number 91 Writer Publisher Cover artist ISBN Release date 10 December 1984 The story was novelised by Bidmead and published by in December 1984.Bidmead includes many gruesome images of the Tractators technology including a hovering translation device. The cliffhanger that led into Resurrection of the Daleks is removed. [] Broadcast and VHS release This story was released on a double set with in March 1997. It is due to be released on DVD in May 2011. [] References From the series overview, in issue 407 (pp26-29). , which counts the unbroadcast serial , lists this as story number 133. DVD follow The Discontinuity Guide numbering system. Shaun Lyon et al. (2007-03-31). . Outpost Gallifrey. Archived from on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-08-30. . Doctor Who Reference Guide. Retrieved 2008-08-30. Sullivan, Shannon (2007-08-07). . A Brief History of Time Travel. Retrieved 2008-08-30. ; ; (1995). (reprinted on BBC Doctor Who website). . London: . p. 299.  . Retrieved 20 April 2009. [] External links at at at the in [] Reviews reviews at reviews at in [] Target novelisation reviews at [] · · season 21  •  • Frontios •  •  •  •