Podcast appearances and mentions of Graham Williams

Send us a textOn the latest episode of Too Hot For TV, Dylan is joined by Mark Donaldson to look at 3 obscurities from the Whoniverse. First up it's the text based adventure game 'Doctor Who and the Warlord', then it's the book 'Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who: Mission to Venus' and finally its the Big Finish audio play 'You Are the Doctor' And as always, they answer the burning questions:Is it Dr Who better on VHS? What doesn't William Emms want you to do?Who was an evil bitch ?

(Chapters below intro)In this episode, we sit down with Graham Williams, founder of Resound Presents — the legendary indie promoter behind over 600 shows a year across Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas. We dive into the macroeconomics of the live music industry, surviving today's challenging business environment, and the pros and cons of having a massive venue like The Moody Center in town.Graham shares what makes Resound's brand stand out and reflects on how booking in Austin has evolved over the last 30 years. We explore his festival era, from Fun Fun Fun Fest through Sound on Sound, including magical moments, clashes with corporate culture, and the hard lessons learned organizing festivals through unpredictable weather and city bureaucracy.We also talk about the risk involved in booking shows and the innovative solution Prism launched called Insights, which is now helping promoters save tens of thousands of dollars every month.Finally, Graham answers a series of fastball questions covering the art of building an iconic indie brand, fostering a melting pot of genres, sustaining success for three decades, putting on shows at haunted western towns and laser tag arenas, staying connected to new bands, and a nod to the classic comedy Blazing Saddles.(00:11) The story of Resound Presents, a legendary indie promoter that books over 600 shows a year in Austin, San Antonio, and other Central Texas markets(10:51) Macroeconomics of the industry, surviving the current business environment, and dealing with competition — the pros and cons of having a massive venue like The Moody Center in town(21:41) What makes Resound's brand special, and how booking in Austin has evolved over the last 30 years(36:56) Graham's festival era, from Fun Fun Fun Fest through Sound on Sound — reflecting on magical moments, clashes with corporate culture, challenges managing the city parks department, inclement weather, and other hard lessons in organizing festivals(59:38) Reflecting on the risk of booking shows, and the innovative solution Prism launched called Insights, which is helping promoters save tens of thousands of dollars monthly on offers(01:12:53) Fastball questions: what goes into curating an iconic indie brand, the melting pot of genres covered by Resound, keys to success after 30 years of putting on concerts, building a scene by hosting shows at haunted western towns and laser tag arenas, keeping up with new bands, and a nod to Blazing SaddlesPlease share this with anyone that might be interested in the topics, links below to subscribe and stay in the loop with the podcast and Prism:Subscribe ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More on ⁠ResoundMore on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Prism⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on Instagram (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@prismfm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)Follow us on LinkedIn (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)Meet the Podcast Host/CEO of Prism -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Matt Ford⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Opening Music -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Banana Bread - Layton.rx⁠⁠ (Prism engineer!)

In some alternate universe, the BBC had complete confidence in Colin Baker; Season 23 was produced and premiered right on schedule; and Graham Williams wrote the first of what would be a long line of excellent scripts for the show he once produced. None of those things happened in our universe, of course – but we still got the excellent Graham Williams story. Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and Alyson Fitch-Safreed talk about the first of three stories that were never produced (and one which was) as we do the first of several agonizingly short seasons, beginning with Season 22B and THE NIGHTMARE FAIR. We are 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! Also, feel free to follow us on the social media accounts listed below, or subscribe to us via the podcast provider of your choice. 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/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dwtargetbc.bsky.social 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/

It's time for us to discuss what was unexpectedly the season finale of Season 17. The last contributions to the show of Graham Williams, Douglas Adams, Dudley Simpson, and Anthony Read. It also has the reputation of being one of the worst Doctor Who stories of all time. It's The Horns of Nimon. But will the Watchers find it to be as absolutely terrible as fandom would have it?   Join us as we discuss the weakness of the kids (are they actually WEAKLING SCUM!?), the OTT portrayal of Soldeed, whether or not the Nimon were effective, where all the women are, and whether the Production Team were simply taking the piss with this story. Also, don't miss out on Anthony's outstanding Soldeed impression!   If you would like to watch along with us, you can find this story available for streaming on Britbox in the USA (http://www.britbox.com) and BBC iPlayer in the UK (https://bbc.in/48GSaCB). If you're a little old fashioned and prefer physical media (like our very own Anthony), you can find the entirety of Season 17 on Blu Ray from Amazon US (https://amzn.to/4cnZioD) and Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/3yvWfg9)   Other media mentioned in this episode*: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3G6YCoH | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3m0qOSc) Doctor Who and the Sensorites audiobook (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3TV65zw | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3XWmwg2) Fireball XL5 (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3ByWubt | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/47VOaP5) The Young Ones (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3Zl66OM | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3LsOiLP) The Omega Factor (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4cnZcNN | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3YFKyxX) David Lynch's Dune (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3pvxKIU | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3EabR6c) Flash Gordon (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3BVj895 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3AXEzoB) Rick and Morty – Seasons 1-4 (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3lAWSLv | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/31pNymB) Heroides, by Ovid (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4gUdFEA | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3NdA9mo) The Witcher (Netflix: https://www.netflix.com) Big Finish: Seasons of Fear (BigFinish.com: https://bit.ly/3XPPY7H) Brintey Spears – Baby One More Time (YouTube: https://youtu.be/C-u5WLJ9Yk4 ) Sophie Ellis Bextor – Murder on the Dance Floor (YouTube: https://youtu.be/hAx6mYeC6pY)   Finally, you can also follow us and interact with us on various forms of social media - Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. You can also e-mail us at watchers4d@gmail.com. If you're enjoying this podcast, please subscribe to the show, and leave us a rating or review.   *Support Watchers in the Fourth Dimension! We are an Amazon affiliate and earn a small commission from purchases through Amazon links. This goes towards the running costs of the podcast.

This special programme is devoted to just one player, Graham Williams, who joined Albion 70 years ago this month, in September 1954, and went onto to be the only player in Albion's history to captain winning sides in the finals of both the FA Cup and League Cup.

Doctor Who decamps to the provinces for the production of Graham Williams' first story as its newly installed producer, but how would that go? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ben Verth

Grab your foghorns and stoke your boilers, people! Draw the curtains and lock your doors as a mysterious, freezing fog creeps from the dark sea to nestle around the dangerous, jagged shores of deepest Mummerset.Safe indoors with their MAGNIFICENT Season 15 Collection boxsets in hand, Geoff and Paul fire up the genny and settle in to watch the Fourth Doctor classic serial, Horror of Fang Rock!Will they make it to the morning? Or have they inadvertantly locked themselves in with the monster?Listen in to find out who is the mysterious, deadly Rutan, and who is going to be its next victim!Support the show Subscribe to Who Corner to Corner on your podcast app to make sure you don't miss an episode! Now available to watch on YouTube! Join the Doctor Who chat with us and other fans on Twitter and Facebook! Visit the Who Corner to Corner website and see our back catalogue of episodes! Enjoying what we do? Consider joining our Explorers Subscription plan for more content! Who Corner to Corner: Great guests and 100% positive Doctor Who chat!

Tread Perilously continues to celebrate 90 years of Tom Baker with the Doctor Who story called "The Invisible Enemy." When the Virus of the Nucleus of the Swarm makes contact with human astronauts on a relief mission to Titan in the year 5000, The Doctor and Leela are also caught up in events. Soon, The Doctor is infected with the Nucleus itself while Leela is strangely immune. The pair arrive on a medical asteroid. The Doctor asks renowned scientist Dr. Marius to clone him and miniaturize the clone so The Doctor can take a fantastic voyage inside his own body. Will it stop the Swarm or will Leela prove to have the best solution? Erik and Justin are surprised to see actor Michael Sheard twice in two weeks and go on about his time as both Admiral Ozzel in The Empire Strikes Back and Hitler in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Louise Jameson and Leela prove to be standouts even as the script constantly mentions how dumb the character is meant to be. Erik discusses the work of producer Graham Williams while Justin determines Baker's mental health during the recording of the story. The dodgy (and occasionally great) special effects examined, K-9 makes his debut in Doctor Who continuity, and Marius proves to have too much character.

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Horror of Fang Rock - Review This episode Phil and Scott settled down to watch the new and shiny version of Horror of Fang Rock from the recent Season 15 blu-ray collection. New effects, screaming ladies and plenty of fog is the order of the day with Tom Baker and Louise Jameson on fine form. They also go through the number of changes made to the special effects (spoilers ahoy!) and Phil takes Scott through a quick potted history of producer Graham Williams and touches upon how awkward Tom Baker was towards him. But what's this? The BBC also release a new trailer for the upcoming series of Doctor Who, along with all 8 episode titles. Of course, the lads talk about that as well. You can find us on X and Facebook, you can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, Google Podcasts plus many other podcatchers and don't forget to subscribe to our Youtube Channel. #doctorwho #whoniverse  

After a long and punishing era of North America tapping its toes and drumming its fingers waiting for the adventures of Doctor Who on their televisual devices, Disney+ has upended the universe with a global release on its streaming service with the result that North Americans will see the show Friday afternoon and the UK will suffer the INDIGNITY of having their beloved Gallifreyan arrive at midnight, a crime as monumental as the United States seceding from the Commonwealth. We also have Steven Moffat allegedly writing the 2024 Xmas special, man about town and Nerdist scribe Kyle Anderson's look at regenerations, and an interview with Chris Chapman about his Graham Williams documentary on said collection,”Darkness and Light: The Life of Graham Williams”! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who Returns May 10/11, Premiering on iPlayer/Disney+ at Midnight UK Time BBC Press Release on Doctor Who Premiere Radio Times: Doctor Who's Steven Moffat ‘returns to write 2024 Christmas special' Alison Sterling's CV said Steven Moffat is writing the 2024 Christmas Special (directed by Alex Pillai) From Nerdist: Doctor Who's Regeneration Has NEVER Made Sense w/Kyle Anderson Philip Hinchcliffe – the DNA of Doctor Who Vol 1 due June 1 Doctor Who The Adventures Before due Oct 3 Doctor Who: In Wonderland Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Star-Crossed due May 2024 Titan Comics reveals artwork for Fifteenth Doctor's debut issue Season 15 Collection Launch Trailer Richard Bignell's List of PDF archive material on the Season 15 Collection Interview: Chris Chapman Graham Williams documentary on the Season 15 Collection

Not long to go now, until Season 15 starts arriving through our letterboxes, and on shelves in shops. Steevie and Kenny continue their look at the stories in this series, as they discuss Underworld and The Invasion of Time, with the thoughts of Tom and John via the Space-Time Telegraph. This week, our guests are documentary producer Chris Chapman, discussing the Making of Horror of Fang Rock, as well as his Graham Williams documentary, and Toby Hadoke, who features in the making of feature, as well as chatting with Tom Baker on episode commentaries, and goes Behind the Sofa too!

Albion fan Rex Edwards remembers when Graham Williams became an emergency goalkeeper at Southampton in February 1968.

It's the calm before the (Gallifrey One) storm….except when it comes to action dollies! Warren has received his Fugitive Doctor dolly and if you watch the Youtube version, you'll see her in all her gun-toting, Pre-Hartnell-ing glory, as well as enjoy our banter about American vs. UK The Thick of It(s), Gallifrey One Kaffeelatsches, Doctor Who Magazine's stunning 600th issue cover, and s surfeit of Big Finish news! The mind reels! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One update Doctor Who added to RTÉ Player in Ireland Consolidated 28-day ratings for 60th Anniversary specials Doctor Who Magazine #600 Doctor Who Magazine #600 – Behind The Cover Shoot Season 15 Graham Williams documentary at the BFI Feb 4 The Quiz of Rassilon at the BFI bar Feb 4 Big Finish The Twelfth Doctor Chronicles: You Only Die Twice coming Mar 2024 Big Finish Doctor Who: Born To Die coming Mar 2024 Big Finish The Sixth Doctor Adventures: The Quin Dilemma coming Mar 2024 Big Finish The Dream Team due Apr 2024 Big Finish Torchwood “Ianthology” due March, April, and May 2024

We kick off a brave new era as Graham Williams takes the reins of the show with the Season 15 opener, Horror of Fang Rock. This story features our only ever sighting of a Rutan – the mortal enemy of the Sontarans. It also features… rich people? Ugh. Ok, whatever, guys.   Join us as we discuss Leela's bloodlust, Terrance Dicks' love of the green, whether this story suffered from overspending at the end of the previous season, the absolutely terrible rich people that find their way into this story (and if they're really necessary), and the disappointing lack of a “Best of Fang Rock” story from Big Finish! Anthony finds himself longing for the coming of the revolution, while Reilly finds himself getting very upset about some news regarding the end of the season.   If you would like to watch along with us, you can find this story available for streaming on Britbox in the USA (http://www.britbox.com) and BBC iPlayer in the UK (https://bbc.in/48GSaCB). If you prefer physical media, you can find the story on DVD at both Amazon US (https://amzn.to/3Sz58fV) and Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/47TWyNs), or you can find the entirety of the season on Blu Ray from both Amazon US (https://amzn.to/3UjxV9S) and Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/42jXklM).   Other media mentioned in this episode*: Space: 1999: The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3pbTv08 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3p7W43u) Callan: The Colour Years (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3OlZawq | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/48RSkHg) Count Dracula (1977 BBC adaptation) (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/47QtjuY | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3vT43H8) Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3jtKa0j | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3EdmvZX) Looney Tunes – The Platinum Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3Aov8z7 | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3nRkM7w) Bowie Legacy (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3HV6VWR | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3Uh7vFq) Flannan Isle, by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (Poetry-Archive.com: https://bit.ly/3OjNVVu)   Finally, you can also follow us and interact with us on various forms of social media - Facebook, Instagram, and X. You can also e-mail us at watchers4d@gmail.com. If you're enjoying this podcast, please subscribe to the show, and leave us a rating or review.   *Support Watchers in the Fourth Dimension! We are an Amazon affiliate and earn a small commission from purchases through Amazon links. This goes towards the running costs of the podcast.

For the third straight week on Doctor Who Literature, we are examining the novelization of a Bob Baker & Dave Martin TV episode. Made at the very beginning of the Graham Williams era, the first story produced as part of Season 15, this proves to be a somewhat rocky maiden voyage for Doctor Who's incoming producer, and the scripts that Williams was handed... probably did not help matters. There are some terrific ideas on the page and some terrific visual effects on screen, especially in Part One, but, this week's guest (the inaugural member of the Doctor Who Literature Five-Timers club), Si Hart (@Si_Hart) and I, sure have a lot of fun breaking down what went wrong. Jason and Si also apply our Retrospective Script Editor hats to try and improve several Classic Doctor Who stories, such as "The Time Monster", and we revisit a COVID-inspired trip through the Jon Pertwee era. Among the many other places you can catch Si is on the Maximum Power Podcast, which is about to launch its second season. And catch Jason on the most recent episode of the Trap One Podcast discussing the Power of the Doctor trailer. "Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy" features cover art by Roy Knipe. Doctor Who Literature is now 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.

For a brief five or so years, the BBC broadcast an omnibus version of Doctor Who in the middle of the Christmas week holiday, usually on 27 December. We talk about how Barry Letts got this viewing tradition underway and ruminate on why by the time Graham Williams became producer that the omnibus specials had ceased to be. We then discuss the relevance of omnibus repeats for audiences in the 21st century in a television landscape dominated by streaming and in-home video. Opening music is from The Sea Devils, composed by Malcolm Clarke. Closing music is from Genesis of the Daleks, composed by Dudley Simpson and recreated by Benji Clifford. We recorded this episode on 23 December 2021.

Jabra shares their perspective on the last 18 months and the future as we continue in hybrid working. Patrick Watson from Cavell and Graham Williams, Strategic Alliances at Jabra chat through the last 18 months' effect on market development, focusing on the rise in requirement for headsets as softphone solutions and working between home and office become more common. They also talk through the result of the sustained popularity of video calls and about how many services converging changes the integration and support requirements of previously simple hardware. Explore Jabra: https://www.jabra.com/Explore Cavell Group https://cavellgroup.com/  

The long awaited discussion about Classic Season 17. Ross and Jeff have arrived at the big day. We discuss the final season of the Graham Williams and the penultimate chapter of the Tom Baker years. We may shock you with our insights and opinion. 

WE go inside what it's like living in Gastown these days. Hear from Gastown resident, Graham Williams

Joe & Si & Frazer; plus guest stars the Black Guardian, Merak and Shapp! Why does Frazer tell Joe to 'stop it' this week? Does the Graham Williams era score better at imaginative conclusions? What was Si's part in The Two Romanas? Who doesn't Lalla Ward like? Why is Frazer horny this week? How thin is the novelisation? Huge Drax love. 'Peter Sigma!'

Joe & Frazer & Si; both agreeing and disagreeing. Cold War allusions, effective budget saving devices, Tom Baker versus Graham Williams, a protracted K.9 suspense sequence, and cliffhangers that don't hang.

Governor Greg Abbott signs a new law forbidding Texas businesses from asking their customers to prove they've been vaccinated against COVID-19. Experts speculate that upcoming redistricting could result in the de-gerrymandering of Austin. Several Austin City Council members want more details on pending plans to spend eight figures of Federal money on homeless services. Activist groups want Travis County to abandon plans for a new women's jail facility. Williamson County health officials detect West Nile virus in mosquitoes near Granger. Freebirds World Burrito announces a big expansion of locations. Eater Austin ranks Austin's current "essential" BBQ joints. Graham Williams of Margin Walker and Transmission Events announces a new live music promotion company. And Texas Baseball will face South Florida at Disch-Falk Field this weekend in the NCAA Super Regional.

Dave Murphy asks the questions to author and regular host Wayne Barton in anticipation of Wayne's book True Genius, a biography of George Best, which is published on Thursday, April 8. Dave asks number of listener questions about the process of writing the book, and the podcast also features exclusive clips from just a handful of interviews undertaken for the book. Included are memories of Eddie Harrop, John Fitzpatrick and Jimmy Rimmer who played with George in the youth, reserve and, in John and Jimmy's case, the first team; as well as the recollections of Graham Williams, who played against George on his debut, Mike England, who had many famous encounters with the United legend, and Antonio Simoes, who suffered twice at the hands of George in 1966 and 1968. Remember me for the football was George Best's last wish before his untimely death, aged just 59. True Genius is the definitive family-backed account of his remarkable career published to coincide with what would have been his 75th birthday. The games, the goals, the glory. This is the untold story. This biography goes into unparalleled depth to tell the complete story for the first time of how the lad from Cregagh, Northern Ireland, became the game's first superstar. Barton has trawled the archives and spoken to a host of former team-mates, managers, friends and close family to tell his story. While there have been many books on George Best, with a foreword by the Best family and supplemented with rare images from the Daily Mirror archives this is the ultimate portrait of a pure football genius. Order True Genius now : https://www.amazon.co.uk/True-Genius-George-Wayne-Barton/dp/1914197003/

Recently, Apple released an iOS update with an important patch for a security update. If, like many of us, you're reluctant to update your phone's operating system right away, you'll want to tune into this week's show. Graham Williams joins hosts Mike and John to discuss why it's important to update your smartphone's operating system as soon as updates are released.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seems like crime and disorder is spreading throughout Vancouver, no matter what part of it you are in. Graham Williams is a resident, trying to make things a little bit safer. 

Top stories today: Brace yourself, new restrictions This on the heels of an upward spike of COVID cases. Well, what did the Province announce this time?  AstraZeneca put on hold, again This time it's for anyone under 55. At this point, why would anyone want the vaccine?  Weird happenings at Strathcona It was a weird and wild weekend at Strathcona Park.  Much more in the full episode! _____________ NAVIGATE THE PODCAST:  Chapter 1 Restaurants now required to shutdown  It's temporary but bad news for lots of restaurants. Why aren't bars closing? Lots of questions remain. We talk to David Hawksworth, Chef and owner of Nightingale, Hawksworth, and Bel Cafe. Chapter 2 Whistler at the centre of restrictions  Whistler Blackcomb will be shut down until April 19th. In our previous segment, David Hawksworth suggested a lot of people are coming to visit Whistler from out of Province.  We check in with Whistler Mayor, Jack Crompton Chapter 3 EYE ON OTTAWA: A dime bag and a Zuckerberg  In this edition with Tom Korski, managing editor of blacklocks reporter, the conversation is around some major penalties if you're caught crossing the border with Cannabis. Even the legal kind! Also, Facebook is in hot water.  Chapter 4 AstraZeneca concerns explained Jason Tetro is host of the super awesome science show, and a germ expert! We talk to him about the concerns raised around the AstraZeneca vaccine.  Chapter 5 A check-in with the Mayor of Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart joins the show.  Chapter 6 Strathcona Park, what the hell happens next? This weekend was a very weird time in Strathcona Park. In recent weeks there have been fires, injuries, and more. We talk to a fired up Strathcona Business Owner in Dave Pasin. Chapter 7 Gastown dealing with safety issues now Seems like crime and disorder is spreading throughout Vancouver, no matter what part of it you are in. Graham Williams is a resident, trying to make things a little bit safer.  Chapter 8 North van stabbing, the grief, and how to deal with it  You undoubtedly heard the news that transpired over this weekend. A random violent situation involving someone going on a stabbing spree, resulting in one death.  Chapter 9 How BC got into this messy COVID situation Dr. Marc Romney, Medical Leader for Medical Microbiology and Virology at St. Paul's Hospital, gives us some insight into this.  _____________ Remember to wash your hands, practice physical distancing, and stay home at all costs if you are sick. We're not out of the woods yet!    The Lynda Steele Full Show podcast includes all the individual segments that can be found on the Lynda Steele Show page, digitally stitched together for your convenience.    Listen live online at globalnews.ca/radio/cknw/ 3-6 PM!

Keith has assembled Pete Mele, Clive Ashenden and Graham Williams to discuss the most recent addition to the MCU!  Will it soar? Will it be a drag? Will it just be meh? Listen and then share your thoughts on the Home Media Minefield youtube page and join our next live stream!    Find more of Keith Eyles here.  Find more of Pete Mele here.  Graham W is in the shadows Clive Ashenden is on Vimeo      

Apple's Find My feature has offered users a convenient way to find their lost and stolen devices, but the feature has been known to exploited to track and unsuspecting users. This week, Graham Williams joins us as we discuss a new safety feature that may be coming to Apple devices to prevent users from being tracked.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Canadians pay some of the highest wireless service rates in the world. The Liberal government has promised a reduction in of 25% over two years, but are plans really becoming more affordable? Graham Williams joins us to discuss.  Later in the show, we recommend alternatives to LastPass as reports of privacy concerns surface about the popular password manager. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Graham Williams, the founder of Margin Walker, discusses his journey in the Austin music scene and explains why nine months into the pandemic he decided to close Texas’s largest independent concert promoter for good. Music in this episode by Sailor Poon

Apple released its ‘Best of 2020’ App Store winners and most downloaded apps of the year Graham Williams of The App Show discusses more! For children who celebrate Christmas, writing letters to Santa is an important part of the year. What about children who use braille? Karen Magee tells us about an accessible initiative to write letters to Santa. A massive deal has been reached between two juggernauts in the audiobook world. What does this mean for the book industry? Ryan Hooey explains more! We discuss events and happenings that occurred this day in history.

Apple released its ‘Best of 2020’ App Store winners and most downloaded apps of the year Graham Williams of The App Show discusses more!

Join Jack & Joe & Nathan (from Flight Through Entirety) as they wax lyrical about their three favourite stories from the Graham Williams stories. Jack chooses The Pirate Planet and loves its skilful plotting, social commentary and sly wit. Nathan chooses City of Death and he's beguiled by the romance of the story, the blissful guest characters and the smart and intelligent narrative. Joe favours Shada for its charm, its pricking at Time Lord pomposity and its beautiful new completed animated form. This is a huge happy love-in discussing some of the sunniest, smartest, wittiest Doctor Who stories. The perfect antidote to the 2020 blues. There are a few pauses, as this was three separate calls coming together and forgive us for all being so ridiculously polite and trying encourage each other to talk when interrupting

This edition of the Top Landing Gear podcast has an appropriately seasonal feel as we approach winter, its theme being the Cold War, which lasted from 1947 until 1991. The Cold War saw the rapid development of aviation beginning with concepts such as new wing designs and powerplants and ending with digitalised avionics and stealth technology. All this to gain the upper hand in the event of a hot war.Our guest was an RAF fast jet pilot during the height of the Cold War, and was also a test pilot, as a result of which he has flown almost every western cold war jet imaginable. He is Air Vice Marshal (retired) Graham Williamson, the most senior person by rank that we’ve ever had on the pod.His is a fascinating story, which he reflects on with great humour here and in his wonderfully entertaining and enlightening book ‘Rhapsody In Blue, An RAF Fighter Pilot’s Life During The Cold War’. Graham tells us the aircraft for which he has most affection is the Harrier, which he was one of the first RAF pilots to fly. In fact along with Sqn Ldr Tom Lecky, he flew the brand new Harrier in the 1969 Daily Mail Air Race, linking us to our previous most recent episodes. Again his story of that adventure needs to be heard to be believed. Another legend of aviation to whom we are enormously grateful for gracing our podcast. His Autobiography is simply brilliant and available HERE #aviation #avgeek #coldwar #hawkerharrier #hawkerhunter #aviationpodcast #grahamwilliams #dailymailairrace 

We talk Lifestyle with Margrett Weldon, who is filling in for Jeff Ryman. Millions of Americans took to the skiesl ahead of Thanksgiving weekend despite warnings from public health officials. Was it worth the risk?. The “Almost Live” series of Described Theatre from Vocaleye invites you, for Shakespeare’s classic Romeo and Juliet, from the iconic stage of the Globe Theatre in London; Sylvi Fekete has the details. Bill Shackleton joins us for the Friday Buzz with Bill. We speak with author, Michelle Cederberg about her book, The Success-Energy Equation: How to Regain Focus, Recharge Your Life + Really Get Sh!t Done. We reach into the archives and listen back to an Artist Corner musical performance by Jay Moonah.

This edition of the Top Landing Gear podcast has an appropriately seasonal feel as we approach winter, its theme being the Cold War, which lasted from 1947 until 1991. The Cold War saw the rapid development of aviation beginning with concepts such as new wing designs and powerplants and ending with digitalised avionics and stealth technology. All this to gain the upper hand in the event of a hot war.Our guest was an RAF fast jet pilot during the height of the Cold War, and was also a test pilot, as a result of which he has flown almost every western cold war jet imaginable. He is Air Vice Marshal (retired) Graham Williamson, the most senior person by rank that we’ve ever had on the pod. His is a fascinating story, which he reflects on with great humour here and in his wonderfully entertaining and enlightening book ‘Rhapsody In Blue, An RAF Fighter Pilot’s Life During The Cold War’. Graham tells us the aircraft for which he has most affection is the Harrier, which he was one of the first RAF pilots to fly. In fact along with Sqn Ldr Tom Lecky-Thompson, he flew the brand new Harrier in the 1969 Daily Mail Air Race, linking us to our previous most recent episodes. Again his story of that adventure needs to be heard to be believed. Another legend of aviation to whom we are enormously grateful for gracing our podcast.   You can buy his book HERE! And we heartily, heartily recommend you do so... Perfect Xmas gift for any aviation fan. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01EYSQFIE/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Wondering if you should update your Apple Mac computer to Big Sur? You're not alone! The hosts, joined by Graham Williams, discuss the new operating system and whether or not it's worth updating your system.  Later on the show, do you know how your winter tires work to keep you safe? We speak to Michelin to learn about the fascinating technology that's used in winter tires.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Live and learn." Sometimes, we just have to do that. But other times, we can avoid some major hassles and a lot of pain if we learned from others who have been there, done that, and learned a better way. What started as a way for Colorado dad, Graham Williams, to gather wisdom from others as his son entered middle school, became a full-fledged business, Impart. Find out what Impart is all about and how it can help a lot of people in your life - and even yourself.

With promises of faster network speeds and improved reliability, 5G has been a hot topic lately. But is being on a 5G network really that different? Mike and John share about their experience with 5G. Graham Williams also joins us to talk about HomeBridge, the solution that runs on any computer and bridges the gap between Apple HomeKit and other hardware devices. If you're looking for hardware support for your smart home devices and you have an Apple ecosystem set up at home, you won't want to miss this! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's highlights:  A council meeting set for today to look at homelessness How many council meetings will it take to move forward and take action? Without Federal involvement, likely a lot more.  Stanley Park Traffic - horse carriages - limited access are just some of the problems in Stanley Park, we chat about it with a commissioner.  911 - COVID - 19  Are there connections between these two events in terms of their impacts on our society?  NAVIGATE THE PODCAST:  Chapter 1 Revisiting a Gastown resident concerned with safety We spoke to Graham Williams a few days ago about bad experiences in Gastown when it came to street crime.  He shares his thoughts on homelessness in Vancouver.  Chapter 2 Formerly homeless, now treats people with substance abuse His name is Mike Pond, and he has some insight from his work in substance abuse on the issues Vancouver faces today.  Chapter 3 Jamie Bacon verdict, and the impact it will have Jamie Bacon will essentially be out of prison in five years. We chat with Wayne Redout. Retired RCMP officer formerly in charge of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team - he attended the site of the murders that day Chapter 4 Vancouver council meeting on homelessness Will this be another meeting where nothing comes of it? First, we chat with Sarah Kirby-Yung, City Councillor who is attending.  Fiona York is a community organizer in the downtown eastside, who also spoke in the meeting, who we speak to after.  Chapter 5 Stanley Park fight heating up again We speak with Tricia Barker, Vancouver Park Board liaison for the City of Vancouver Seniors Committee, about the ongoing woes around Stanley Park traffic, and more.  Chapter 6 Where were you on 9/11? We lookback 19 years later - in the era of COVID-19 Where were you 19 years ago, when the world fundamentally changed?  We chat with Peter Lepine, Worked for 35 years in policing, including as Chief Constable of the West Vancouver Police Department. He was the Operations Officer for the RCMP's Halifax Detachment on 9/11 ___________   Remember to wash your hands, practice physical distancing, and stay home at all costs if you are sick. We're not out of the woods yet!    The Lynda Steele Full Show podcast includes all the individual segments that can be found on the Lynda Steele Show page, digitally stitched together for your convenience.    Listen live online at globalnews.ca/radio/cknw/ 3-6 PM! Connect with us on Twitter: Lynda Steele - @steeletalk Alan Regan - @Alan_Regan Eric Chapman - @Chapappay Amir Ali - @AmirsDoingItAll

We spoke to Graham Williams a few days ago about bad experiences in Gastown when it came to street crime.  He shares his thoughts on homelessness in Vancouver. 

The homeless situation combined with mental health and addiction issues in Vancouver are overflowing into neighbourhoods, and affecting innocent people. Graham Williams is one of those people, and he tells us about his experience.

Graham Williams was born in Australia. A concert pianist and teacher, he graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Ph.D. and Grad. Dip. Ed. and taught there for 20 years. While studying in Paris he realised that music was one of the few living traditions of meditation in the West. This led him to over ten years' training as a teacher in both the Burmese and Tibetan meditation traditions, and six years in intensive retreat. He has concentrated on bringing the advanced techniques of these incredibly rich traditions into an easily accessible form. Graham has created a uniquely Australian form of meditation which embraces the rich natural environment and Australian art and music. He is founder and director of the Lifeflow Meditation Centre and has been teaching meditation for over 25 years. He has trained a team of nine teachers who now work together in the Centre, which has taught thousands of people how to meditate and trained hundreds in the more advanced practices. Graham is also an Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Medicine at Flinders University and a consultant to a national company of corporate psychologists and still teaches piano. How to find Graham. www.lifeflow.com Grahams Book -  In the Flow: https://lifeflow.com.au/shop/ Andy Pudicombe TedTalk https://www.ted.com/talks/andy_puddicombe_all_it_takes_is_10_mindful_minutes?language=en Whole Health Life - Shannon Harvey: https://www.booktopia.com.au/whole-health-life-shannon-harvey/book/9780994646606.html?source=pla&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIt-qjv_fA5AIVVgwrCh0_xAm6EAQYASABEgLr2vD_BwE

In this week’s episode, we take a look at the Classic Doctor Who story, City of Death starring the Fourth Doctor and Romana II. We give our reviews on this David Fisher, Douglas Adams and Graham Williams collaboration. Also, a report on The 11th Hour, the three day convention this past weekend in Birmingham, England. Plus, a look at some other news, and of course your feedback! And stick around after our review as Dr....Read more The post Episode 77 – What a Wonderful Butler, He’s So Violent! appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.

The Sun Makers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 095 – The Sun Makers serial "An ongoing insurrectionary situation would not be acceptable to my management." Cast () () (Voice of ) Others — — — — Cordo — Bisham — Mandrel — Veet — Goudry — Nurse — Synge — Commander — Guard Production Writer Director Script editor Robert Holmes and (both uncredited) Producer Executive producer(s) None Production code 4W Series Length 4 episodes, 25 minutes each Originally broadcast 26 November–17 December 1977 Chronology ← Preceded by Followed by → The Sun Makers is a in the series , which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 26 November to 17 December 1977. Contents [] [] Synopsis In the far future, the planet is habitable, heated by several miniature suns. However, the heat is available only to the ruling classes, the working population being oppressed by the ruthless, bureaucratic and omnipresent Company. When the and arrive, they help to initiate a rebellion from the Undercity, and stop the evil company's plans once and for all. [] Plot The inhabitants of Pluto in the far future are taxed to desperation, not least the Cordo, who is so overwhelmed by the size of his tax bill that he decides to take his own life by jumping from the roof of one of the vast Megropolis tower blocks. He is interrupted by the arrival of the Doctor and Leela from the , who save him from his chosen fate, and discover that false suns have been created around Pluto to provide the ability for some of mankind to live. However, the Company which owns the suns and all the buildings on Pluto is using its economic stranglehold over mankind to extort ever growing taxes through an extreme form of usury. The Doctor is concerned at this economic and social structure, where each Megropolis is ruled by a taxation , and the entire operation on the planet reports to a malevolent . Some citizens have rejected this social order and choose to live in the dark tunnels of the Undercity. The Doctor, Leela and Cordo venture there and encounter the renegades of the undercity, a vicious bunch of thieves and drop-outs led by the brutal Mandrel. He tells the Doctor that he must use a stolen consume-card to obtain money from a cashpoint or else Leela will be killed. The Gatherer of Megropolis One, Hade, has been alerted to the arrival of the TARDIS. He uses an electronic tracker to follow K9, who has now departed the craft in search of his master. K9 finds the Doctor and Cordo at a cashpoint where the Gatherer sees them and suspects they must be arms dealers. He orders his private guard, the Inner Retinue, to deal with them. When the Doctor tries the stolen card he is overpowered by a cloud of noxious gas and falls unconscious. When the Doctor awakes he finds himself restrained in a Correction Centre alongside a similarly incarcerated man named Bisham. They are likely to be tortured, but the Doctor is as concerned for Leela, whom Mandrel threatened to kill if the Doctor did not return. Leela has defended herself though, and Cordo, who evaded capture, returns to the Undercity with news of the Doctor's capture. This serves to increase Leela's standing with the thieves and the threat over her life diminishes. The Doctor's lot improves too when he is released for questioning by Gatherer Hade, but Hade is playing a game of double bluff. He has the Doctor released but orders his movements tracked, believing the Doctor will lead him to the heart of a conspiracy against the Company. Not knowing about this change in fortunes, Leela, Cordo and K9 attack the Correction Centre to try and rescue the Doctor. He has left, but they do succeed in freeing Bisham. As they depart the Centre they find all their possible travel routes blocked by Inner Retinue troopers. Leela leads her friends in an attack on the guards, but she alone is injured in a skirmish and falls from a troop transporter they have commandeered. The Doctor has returned to the Undercity to find a very agitated Mandrel, who refuses to believe he could have been simply released after such a crime. Once more Cordo returns, this time with Bisham and K9, and defuses the situation when he explains what has happened to Leela. He also uses a stolen blaster to force Mandrel to stop threatening the Doctor. He asserts control and persuades the Undercity dwellers to start a revolution against the Company. Their first target will be the main control area where the Company engineers that PCM, a pacifying drug which helps keep the population servile, is being added to the air supply. Mandrel and his gang are also persuaded to start destroying the monitors throughout the Megropolis and to start spreading the message of revolt. Leela is now presented to the Collector himself, an odious humanoid in a life-support wheelchair who is even more obsessed with money than Gatherer Hade, who fawns all over him. The Collector deduces from interrogating Leela that Hade's conspiracy theory was unfounded and orders that Leela will be steamed to death in a public execution. He is especially pleased at a public steaming and arranges immediate publicity, unaware of the revolt spreading through the Megropolis. The Doctor heads off to rescue Leela from the steamer, but is running out of time. The Doctor manages to save Leela in the nick of time, but the microphones set up to relay her death screams instead relay the sound of Mandrel warning the Doctor of how little time he has left to rescue her. The Collector is incensed and even more troubled when the revolution starts spreading even more quickly. Gatherer Hade is thrown to his death from the top of his Megropolis, and his normally dutiful underling, , joins the revolution. Leela and the Doctor head for the Collector's Palace, and there he sabotages the computer system. The Collector arrives and is challenged by the Doctor, who discovers the being is a from the planet . He is really a seaweedlike being like a sentient poisonous fungus. The Doctor denounces his operation on Pluto, which consumed Mars as well as the population were moved from Earth. Before the Collector can implement a plan to gas the population of Pluto, Cordo and the lead rebels arrive and help the Doctor defeat the remaining members of the Inner Retinue. The Collector checks his computer to find the Doctor's input has resulted in projected bankruptcy, and the shock of this causes the Collector to revert to his natural state in a compartment at the base of his wheelchair. The Doctor seals him in to be sure the threat is over, and he and Leela depart with K9, leaving Cordo, Mandrel and the others to contemplate recolonising the Earth. [] Continuity Part Two contains a rare false cliffhanger, where Cordo, Bisham, Leela and K-9 spot an oncoming guard vehicle and Cordo says, "It's no good, they've seen us." The reprise at the beginning of Part Three omits Cordo's remark, and continues with Leela ordering K-9 to hide, allowing it to easily disable the guards. Leela refers to her tribe, the Sevateem, seen in . The Company computer correctly guesses the etymology of the name. The Usurians are aware of the and , having graded the former as "Grade 3" in their "latest market survey." [] Production Serial details by episode EpisodeBroadcast dateRun timeViewership (in millions) "Part One" 26 November 1977 24:59 8.5 "Part Two" 3 December 1977 24:57 9.5 "Part Three" 10 December 1977 24:57 8.9 "Part Four" 17 December 1977 24:57 8.4 [] Cast notes Michael Keating also appeared in the audio play as Major Koth and in as Inspector Chardalot. See also . Louise Jameson stated in the of the story and on the commentary for that The Sun Makers was her favourite serial. [] Outside references Robert Holmes intended the serial to be a satire of his own experiences with the services. However, much of the political content was toned down by order of producer Graham Williams, who feared it would be controversial among viewers. Many of the letters and numbers used to denote the labyrinth of corridors in the city, for example , allude to well-known tax and Governmental forms. The actor who played the Gatherer had deep bushy eyebrows, very reminiscent of the then-, . However, Holmes presented the villains of the piece as working for a private corporation rather than a government. Near the end of Part Two, when prompted by Mandrel for a story, the Doctor begins, "Once upon a time, there were three sisters ..." mirroring the same story he started telling Sarah Jane Smith near the end of Part Three in . The Doctor refers to in passing, saying "Galileo will be pleased." When one of the rebels rhetorically asks the Doctor, "What have we got to lose?" he replies, "Only your claims!" This is a playful paraphrase of the derived from the last lines of . K-9 refers to as "the ninth ." It was regarded as such at the time the programme was written and broadcast; in 2006, Pluto lost that distinction when it was downgraded to the status of . In this episode, Leela and the Doctor are identified as "terrorists." In real life, Leela's character was partially based on Palestinian terrorist . [] In print A novelisation of this serial, written by , was published by in November 1982. Dicks chose to tone down the scene in which revolutionaries cheer as they hurl one of their former oppressors from a roof, reducing the apparent horror so that the rebels concerned feel that their actions have gone "a bit too far". book Doctor Who and the Sunmakers Series Release number 60 Writer Publisher Cover artist ISBN Release date 18 November 1982 [] VHS and DVD releases This story was released on in July 2001. The Sun Makers was released on region 2 DVD 1 on August 2011. [] References 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. Sullivan, Shannon Patrick. . A Brief History of Time (Travel). Retrieved 2007-03-18. Viner, Katharine (2001-10-26). . . Retrieved 2007-03-18. . 28 January 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011. [] External links at at at the [] Reviews reviews at reviews at [] Target novelisation

•  "The Doctor's Daughter" The Doctor, Donna, Jenny and Martha find the "Source", a device, being both the source of life, and the war between humans and the Hath on Messaline. Cast () () () Guest stars – – Cobb – Cline – Hath PeckRuari Mears – Hath GableAkin Gazi – CarterOlalekan Lawal Jr. – Soldier Production Writer Director Script editor Lindsey Alford Producer Executive producer(s) Production code 4.6 Series Length 45 mins Originally broadcast Chronology ← Preceded by Followed by → "" "" "The Doctor's Daughter" is the sixth episode of the of series . It was broadcast on on . / Synopsis Following on from the end of "", the takes the () and his () and () to the planet in the midst of a generations-long war between humans and the Hath, fish-like humanoids. Upon leaving the TARDIS, armed men working for General Cobb () force the Doctor's hand in a , which uses his DNA to create an adult soldier within moments — (), the episode's titular character. Martha is subsequently captured by the Hath, whereas the Doctor, Donna, and Jenny are imprisoned by the humans because of the Doctor's attitude. Each of the primary characters learns about the war from its belligerents; the Hath and humans were initially meant to live on a peaceful colony, but were divided over a dispute about "the Source", believed by each side to be the breath of their . When the Doctor unwittingly reveals the location of the Source, the two sides race to claim it first. The Doctor is initially dismissive of Jenny, his biological daughter, but becomes enamoured as the episode progresses. Donna is also distracted from the war by a series of numbered plaques on their journey. When they reach the location of the Source, a colonising , Donna and the Doctor discover that the plaques represent the date building was completed, which was a mere seven days previous; the humans and Hath have bred so many generations through the progenation machines that their own history degraded into myth. The original was a power vacuum caused by the death of the mission commander. Both the human and Hath forces converge at the Source concurrently. The Doctor declares the war to be over, and releases the terraforming agent; everyone present releases their weapons, with the exception of Cobb, who tries to shoot the Doctor but Jenny steps in the way. Dying in the Doctor' arms, he finally tells her she is his daughter and that they have only got started. He tells her that they can go anywhere, if she holds on. She dies in his arms. Enraged, the Doctor holds Cobb at gunpoint, but refuses to shoot, asking the colonists to create a pacifist society. At the end of the episode, the Doctor takes Martha home. Martha warns Donna that life with the Doctor can be dangerous, but Donna nevertheless resolves to stay with the Doctor indefinitely. Concurrently, on Messaline, Jenny revives in front of Cline and a Hath. She escapes Messaline, resolving to follow in her father's footsteps by resolving disputes and fighting villains. Continuity In "" the Doctor mentioned to Rose he "was a dad once". The only other member of the Doctor's family seen in the series has been , the Doctor's granddaughter, whose last appearance in the television series was in . Just prior to Jenny's reanimation she exhales a golden-green mist reminiscent of similar expirations the Doctor displayed shortly after his regeneration in and ""; this mist also resembles the terraforming gas seen earlier in the episode. Production Writing Russell T. Davies has stated that this episode "", although at least one reviewer has stated that Moffett's character is not a daughter in the usual sense. Having Jenny come back to life at the end of the episode was 's idea. [] Casting Jenny shortly after emerging from the . , who plays Jenny, is the real-life daughter of actor and star . described the episode by saying "We get to see the Doctor's daughter, played by the Doctor's daughter." Moffett had previously auditioned for the role of in 2004 and a role in "" in 2007. Her role as Jenny was not chosen because of her father; it was entirely coincidental but nevertheless a "great PR coup" for the series. Moffett previously appeared alongside her father in the Big Finish audio story and drama series . In Doctor Who Confidential, Peter Davison stated that after he finished filming "", he said to Georgia "[now] it's your turn". Broadcast and reception Unofficial figures show that "The Doctor's Daughter" was watched by 6.6 million viewers, giving it a 38.4% share of the total television audience. While most programmes received lower figures than the previous week, Doctor Who had increased its audience to bring it back over the 6 million mark. The top rated programme was still ITV1's although its audience was down by a million at 7.5 million. Doctor Who was the highest rated programme on BBC1 for the day and had the biggest share of any programme on Saturday. The episode receieved an score of 88 (considered "Excellent"). "The Doctor's Daughter" has received mixed reviews. Martin Anderson of Den of Geek! stated that it was "rather good - though badly plot-holed". He noted that it was yet another episode of Doctor Who "undermined by incessant music". He also described the episode as "quite redolent of -era Who, with plenty of dark and cheap corridors to run down and two under-manned warring factions for the Doctor to bring peace to". For Ian Berriman, the running up and down corridors was reminiscent of 's featured on . Berriman described the episode as "underwhelming", citing that because one "always suspect[s] she's a " it is difficult to care for Jenny. Although "reasonably diverting", Berriman argues that budgetary constraints make "the story feel so enclosed" and that the episode's plot, likened to "", seems too similar to that of the immediately prior to this adventure because both involve militarism and cloning. 's also notes the similarities with "" and "". Mzimba asserts that the episode's "biggest problem" is that it tries "to cram an enormous amount into 45 minutes" with most of the "interesting" and new ideas not getting "the attention they deserve" resulting in the audience not caring about either the human fighters or the Hath and thereby limiting a "sense of danger or menace". Mzimba observes that since her return in "The Sontaran Stratagem", Martha shares little onscreen time with the Doctor therefore reducing the emotional impact of her departure in this episode. He describes Moffett as "superb", with Berriman calling her "cute as a button". Berriman praises Tennant's performance, but Anderson suggests that Tennant shouts too much. Anderson asserts that "Donna's role as the Doctor's conscience is beginning to take shape" describing this as "refreshing" in a and noting that "Tate has toned down the grating voice a tad". The Invasion of Time  The Invasion of Time DVD The Sontarans invade the Citadel of the Time Lords Cast () () () Production Writer "" ( and ) Director Script editor Anthony Read Producer Graham Williams Executive producer(s) None Production code 4Z Series Length 6 episodes, 25 mins each Originally broadcast –, Chronology ← Preceded by Followed by → The Invasion of Time is a in the series , which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from to , . This serial features the final appearances of as the  // Synopsis The Doctor returns to Gallifrey, having claimed the Presidency. His behaviour is unusual and has Leela thrown in jail and then expelled from the Capitol Citadel. However, the Doctor is doing this to prevent a instigated disaster. Plot The returns to after meeting a group of aliens in space, bringing and K9 with him. He is behaving very strangely and when the Chancellory Guard under their Commander, Andred, arrive at the Panopticon Chamber to interrogate him, the Doctor demands to be taken to Chancellor , who is now in charge of the Time Lords. The Doctor claims the vacant Presidency of Gallifrey having previously been a candidate and, , is now automatically elected. Under law this request cannot be refused. The Doctor then chooses a Presidential chamber and asks it be decorated with lead lining throughout. Shortly afterward a ceremony is held to swear him in as President of Gallifrey and he is presented with the various trappings of office. However, when the circlet connecting him to the Matrix, repository of all Time Lord knowledge, is placed on his head, the Doctor collapses in pain. The Doctor is taken to the Chancellor to rest and recover. When he regains consciousness he reminds the Time Lords that no aliens are allowed on Gallifrey and instructs that Leela be expelled from the Capitol Citadel, where she will have to fend in the wastelands. She tries to avoid banishment, but the Doctor is serious about this banishment. The Doctor now retreats to the TARDIS where he shares a secret plan with K9, but is obviously very concerned about the situation he has found himself in. He is planning to aid an invasion of Gallifrey itself and to this end sets about destroying the induction barrier that defends the planet from external threat. K9 sets about this task while the Doctor returns to the Panopticon, the great hall of the Time Lords, and laughs cruelly as three alien beings start to materialise. The invading beings are known as Vardans. They appear as shimmering manifestations who made an alliance with the Doctor some time ago, and the Doctor advises the Time Lords, including the stubborn Borusa, to submit to their new and powerful masters. The Doctor then asks Borusa to meet him in his office, and when this happens the Doctor explains he has had the lead walls installed to prevent the Vardans entering the room on thought waves and reading his mind. He sent Leela away to protect her, he explains, and is now able to work with Borusa to defeat the Vardan threat. A new problem has emerged, however, with the ascendancy of the obsequious and compliant Castellan Kelner, who is being far too co-operative with the Vardan occupation. The toadying yet ambitious Castellan soon has Borusa placed under house arrest and starts a process of expelling trouble-making Time Lords from the safety of the Capitol. Leela has meanwhile kept her faith in the Doctor and reasons that if he wishes her to leave the Capitol it is with good reason, so she departs for the wastelands. She is accompanied by Rodan, a Time Lady who previously maintained the transduction barrier. Theyare welcomed warily by a tribe of outsiders who have rejected Time Lord society and live in the wastelands. Their leader, Nesbin, explains some of the background to his tribe. Back in the Capitol, however, things are looking grim for the Doctor when Andred corners him and decides to execute him in the name of liberty. K9 helps the Doctor overpower Andred, and then explains the danger and abilities of the Vardans to Andred, with his TARDIS providing a shield to his thoughts. The Doctor is hoping to persuade the Vardans to reveal their true form so that he can time loop their planet. Leela has also organised her own resistance movement in the wastelands, comprising Nesbin's people and the exiled Time Lords, all of whom are drilled into a fighting force which soon launches an assault on the Capitol. The aliens and Kelner have meanwhile decided the Doctor is behaving in an untrustworthy manner. The Doctor reaffirms his loyalty to them by agreeing to dismantle the final force field protecting Gallifrey from attack. He does not fully disable it, but rather places a large hole in it. The Vardans use the hole to properly invade Gallifrey and appear as humanoid warriors. Their manifestation enables K9 to track down their home planet and supply the Doctor with the correct co-ordinates. He uses this to beam the Vardans back to their home world and then traps it in a time loop. At about the same time Leela and her warriors reach the Panopticon, but celebrations are shortlived when a Sontaran warrior appears in the chamber. Gallifrey has now been invaded by the Sontarans, led by Commander Stor, who finds Kelner ever ready to pledge support, even if the other Time Lords remain resistant. The Doctor and his party escape and the Doctor uses his freedom to try and pressure Borusa into revealing to him the location of the , a missing item of the Presidential regalia. They then regroup at the TARDIS where Rodan is put to work using the TARDIS' controls to repair the hole in the forcefield. However, Kelner imperils their resistance when he manipulates the stabiliser banks of the Doctor's TARDIS to try and destroy the resistance force within by hurling them to the heart of a Black Star. The Doctor manages to override the threat, so their enemies change tack. The Sontarans, assisted by Castellan Kelner, gain access to the Doctor's TARDIS and try to hunt down the President and his friends, pursuing them through the labyrinthine corridors. Stor is after the Great Key too, knowing the Doctor has now persuaded Borusa to yield it to him. The Doctor uses distractions to buy time while he kills the remaining Sontaran troopers. On the Doctor's instruction, a hypnotised Rodan and K9 construct a special forbidden Time Lord weapon: the Demat Gun. Powered by the Great Key itself, the Demat Gun erases its victims from time itself. The Doctor takes the Gun and confronts Stor in the Panopticon. Stor intends to destroy the with a bomb, but the blast is cancelled out by the Doctor with the Demat Gun which obliterates Stor, wipes the Doctor's mind of recent events, and also destroys itself. Kelner is arrested and Borusa begins the process of rebuilding Gallifrey. The Doctor is ready to leave, but Leela decides to stay on Gallifrey because she has fallen in love with Commander Andred, leader of the Chancellory Guards. K-9 decides to stay behind to look after Leela. The TARDIS dematerializes and the Doctor reveals he is not alone: he pulls out a box labeled K-9 Mk II and, breaking the , looks directly at the camera and grins mischievously. Cast — — Voice of — Chancellor — Castellan Kelner — Commander Andred — Gold Usher — Rodan — Lord Gomer — Lord Savar — Bodyguard — Castellan Guard — Guard — Nesbin — Ablif — Jasko — Presta — Vardans — , Stor — — Cast notes Gai Smith, now Gai Waterhouse, who played Presta, is now an extremely successful thoroughbred horse trainer based in , . Continuity Though Leela and K9 Mark I left the Doctor in this story, their characters would return in the novel by Marc Platt, and encounter the . Louise Jameson and John Leeson also returned to play Leela and K9 in the 'Gallifrey' series of audio plays by .In addition, in his next on-screen , the is heard to ask after her: "Tell me, what of my former companion Leela?" He is informed that she is "well and happy". However, in the , we learn that Gallifrey has been destroyed and the Doctor thereafter makes many references to all his family and friends having being killed.The Vardans also appeared in the Virgin New Adventures novel by , in which refers to this story by dismissing them as "the only race in history to be outwitted by the intellectual might of the Sontarans".This story is one of the few to contain an extended sequence inside the TARDIS (1964's notwithstanding). The majority of the final episode comprises a chase inside the TARDIS, which appears to have extensive brick-walled areas beyond the more familiar roundells-on-white look, plus the spa/pool area ('bathroom') and art gallery. The Doctor had been seen in an artist's smock, apparently 'redecorating'.In one of the few times in the series that the Doctor directly kills anyone, he uses the de-mat gun to disintegrate the Sontaran warriors. This is unusual given that the Fourth Doctor has a particular and stated aversion to firearms.In the Virgin New Adventures novel, , it is revealed that during the events of the episode the Doctor uses the Matrix to send a message to his future self about the Timewyrm, a recurring villain from the novels. Production The script is credited to , a pseudonym often used by the for work produced "in house" by contracted production team members. On this occasion it masks the authors Anthony Read (the series' ) and Graham Williams (series ).This story was written as a replacement for another story, The Killers of the Dark by , which was considered too expensive and complex to shoot. The script was written in just two weeks, with four days for rewrites. Additionally, when asked about the unused script at a convention, Graham Williams, having forgotten the exact title, made up the name "Gin Sengh", as in The Killer Cats of Geng Singh (or Geng Singh — the spelling being indeterminate), resulting in the fan myth that this was the original title.An industrial strike, which was eventually resolved before production, forced the studio sets to be constructed within St Anne's Hospital as BBC's Christmas holiday specials were given priority in the regular studios.As a result of the industrial strike, Graham Williams was given the option of not producing the final six episodes of the season and have the money rollover into the next season. Williams rejected this because of the additional problem of inflation that year and didn't want the budgeted money to depreciate even further.Louise Jameson, who had already announced her departure from the show, reportedly wished for her character, Leela, to be killed at the end of the series, and was disappointed that Leela instead opted to stay behind on Gallifrey with Andred, even though nothing in the script suggests a romance between the two characters. The producers decided that killing off her character would be too traumatic for younger viewers.The Sontaran costumes were cumbersome and limited the field of vision of the actors wearing them, so much so that they are often seen tripping through and over props. At one point, a Sontaran (ironically played by the actor Stuart Fell) nearly takes a fall after missing a short jump and landing on a pool chair. As the aliens originate on a planet of notably high gravity, however, their clumsiness is easily explainedIt was who suggested to Graham Williams that this story be split into two segments, the first four episodes being based around the Vardans and the final two episodes being based around the Sontarans who come into the story at the end of episode 4. In print book Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time Series Release number 35 Writer Publisher Cover artist ISBN 0 426 20093 4 Release date 21 February 1980 Preceded by Followed by A novelisation of this serial, written by , was published by in February 1980. Broadcast, VHS and DVD release This story was released on a two tape set in March of 2000It was released onto on with special features; The Rise & Fall of Gallifrey, The Elusive David Agnew, Out of Time; a making of mini documentry, Photo Gallery, Trails and Continuity, new CGI effects and a Coming Soon to DVD Trailer of The K9 boxset featuring and . It has also has been released in a boxset Bred for War (The Sontaran Collection) along with , and .