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A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Strictly Come Hamster - Season 21 (featuring David Gillespie-Pratt, Paul Cresser & Steven B)

A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 236:12


Join Joe, David, Paul & Steven as we face murderous reptiles, the menacing Malus, terrifying Tractators, deadly Daleks, cursed Kamelion & toxic Spectrox! But who will suceed?

Time Travelling TeamP
Episode 134 - Planet of Fire

Time Travelling TeamP

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 110:30


As they try to adjust to life without Tegan, The Doctor and Turlough are forced to come to the aid of their friend Kamelion, who is being attacked by a mysterious external entity. Meanwhile, a distant planet is facing it's final hours due to the wrath of a vengeful god. This week, Paddy and Tricia follow The Doctor and his companions as they brought to a planet in the grip of religious turmoil that has potential ties to Turlough. Can they find out who is behind the attack on Kamelion and survive the Planet of Fire?

Doctor Who : Regenerated
Planet of Fire

Doctor Who : Regenerated

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2023 44:46


A strange signal from Earth draws the TARDIS to the island of Lanzarote, where Turlough rescues a young American girl, Peri, from drowning and find amonst her possessions an artefact bearing the same triangular mark that Turlough has branded into his arm. and The mystery deepens when Kamelion falls under the control of a powerful mind, the Doctors oldest enemy this is planet of fire 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

Whocast
Whocast #486 - Telekolleg V Geschichte: Die Magna Carta

Whocast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2023 68:23


“Ich möchte, dass der Master sagt: „Ei Zappalott!“”. Willkommen zu einer neuen Ausgabe von „Telekolleg Geschichte“! In dieser besonderen Episode nehmen wir Sie mit auf eine spannende Zeitreise, begleitet von Ihren Gastgebern Raphael und André. Gemeinsam begeben wir uns auf eine informative Entdeckungsreise in die Vergangenheit und tauchen ein in die Doctor Who-Folge „The King's Demons“, die uns in die Ära von Peter Davison entführt. „The King's Demons“ ist nicht nur ein Stück Unterhaltung, sondern öffnet auch ein Fenster zu historischen Ereignissen und Aspekten, die im Mittelpunkt dieser epischen Erzählung stehen. Ein zentraler Dreh- und Angelpunkt dieser Episode ist die Magna Carta, jene bemerkenswerte Urkunde aus dem 13. Jahrhundert. Erfahren Sie, wie dieses Dokument einen Wendepunkt in der politischen Landschaft des Mittelalters darstellte und wie sie den Grundstein für die Entwicklung moderner Rechtsprinzipien legte. Freuen Sie sich darauf, mehr über die Verbindung zwischen „The King's Demons“, der Magna Carta, dem Master und dem geheimnisvollen Kamelion zu erfahren. Lassen Sie uns gemeinsam in die Tiefen der Vergangenheit eintauchen und die Schleier der Zeit lüften. Bleiben Sie dran und setzen Sie Ihre Bildungsreise mit uns fort, denn „Telekolleg Geschichte“ garantiert eine lehrreiche und unterhaltsame Expedition in die historischen Geheimnisse der Ära JNT. Audio-Player

Doctor Who: The Krynoid PodCast
027: The King's Demons

Doctor Who: The Krynoid PodCast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2023 95:51


The Doctor takes Tegan back to see some of her history with the usual unwelcome results. Is King John quite himself? Why is he so keen on meeting Demons? And, more to the point, why does he employ a barely disguised renegade Time Lord with an outrageous accent? This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

SJP WORLD MEDIA
S4 EP11 THE DR WHO POD - Planet of Fire

SJP WORLD MEDIA

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2023 92:52


So much to dive into with this one!A mini-Master, Silver Howard, Peri arrives as Turlough leaves, what the hell is Kamelion all about, and a Lanzarote quarry? sort of....Peter Davison's penultimate story has a great deal going on!FOLLOW US!@SJPWORLDMEDIA@TheDrWhoPod@DanGriffin21

The Dr Who Pod
S4 EP11 THE DR WHO POD - Planet of Fire

The Dr Who Pod

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2023 92:52


So much to dive into with this one!A mini-Master, Silver Howard, Peri arrives as Turlough leaves, what the hell is Kamelion all about, and a Lanzarote quarry? sort of....Peter Davison's penultimate story has a great deal going on!FOLLOW US!@SJPWORLDMEDIA@TheDrWhoPod@DanGriffin21

Reversing Polarity
Reversed Polarity: Is Kamelion A Lesbian?

Reversing Polarity

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2023 63:36


In this triumphant return (recorded..................... at an undisclosed time), your beloved hosts compete to determine which Classic Who companion is the lesbianest. And as the title implies, Kamelion does not go quietly. Thank you for listening to this very late episode of Reversing Polarity! Rate/review us on your podcatcher of choice, follow us on Twitter @polaritypod or on Tumblr at polaritypod.tumblr.com, send us an email at reversing.polarity.pod@gmail.com, and enjoy the images we have inflicted on your subconscious with our talk of lesbian K9.

Jimmy Akin Podcast
The King's Demons - The Secrets of Doctor Who

Jimmy Akin Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 40:33


Kamelion arrives! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss this 5th Doctor story of King John, the Master, and the infamous animatronic companion, Kamelion, including Magna Carta, Davison's fencing skills, and why Kamelion was such a bad idea.

SQPN: Secrets of Doctor Who
The King's Demons

SQPN: Secrets of Doctor Who

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 40:32


Kamelion arrives! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss this 5th Doctor story of King John, the Master, and the infamous animatronic companion, Kamelion, including Magna Carta, Davison's fencing skills, and why Kamelion was such a bad idea. The post The King’s Demons appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Doctor Who: Diddly Dum Podcast
DIDDLY DUM PODCAST 174 – The Kamelion Circuit

Doctor Who: Diddly Dum Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022


We review “Power of the Doctor” and, along the way, look at new Disney rumours and debate which companions have …Continue reading →

NEOZAZ
Doctor Who Adversaries – Kamelion

NEOZAZ

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2022 67:16


In an unusual turn events, brought on by Eric not actually having seen "The Kings Demons" before, we're discussing a companion rather than an adversary this time.

Doctor Who Adversaries

In an unusual turn events, brought on by Eric not actually having seen "The Kings Demons" before, we're discussing a companion rather than an adversary this time.

Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast

Charles Skaggs & Jesse Jackson discuss "The King's Demons", the sixth serial from Doctor Who Season 20 in 1983, featuring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka, Mark Strickson as Vislor Turlough, and introducing Gerald Flood as the voice of Kamelion! Find us here: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!

Podcastica
Podcastica Episode 254: Planet of Fire OR Logar! Of the Hill People!

Podcastica

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022 70:33


Wowwee wow wow! Friends, before we get into PLANET OF FIRE, we have a ton of Who News to discuss because in the last two weeks we've had the reveal of the 14th Doctor, news that Tennant and Tate are returning for something to coincide with the 60th, and maybe we have a new companion cast? Anyway, we cover all that and then get into the introduction of Peri, the departure of Turlough, and the merciful (to the audience) death of Kamelion all while The Master is try to solve a teensy problem he has! That's right! We nearly get a new benchmark for bonkers with Planet of Fire!

Night of the Living Geeks
Podcastica Episode 254: Planet of Fire OR Logar! Of the Hill People!

Night of the Living Geeks

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022 70:33


Wowwee wow wow! Friends, before we get into PLANET OF FIRE, we have a ton of Who News to discuss because in the last two weeks we've had the reveal of the 14th Doctor, news that Tennant and Tate are returning for something to coincide with the 60th, and maybe we have a new companion cast? Anyway, we cover all that and then get into the introduction of Peri, the departure of Turlough, and the merciful (to the audience) death of Kamelion all while The Master is try to solve a teensy problem he has! That's right! We nearly get a new benchmark for bonkers with Planet of Fire!

Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast
TDP 1047: #DoctorWho @ Bigfinish ShortTrip I, Kamerion

Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 5:57


  The planet Tairot is a haven for technology, dedicated to improving the quality of life for its inhabitants one cerebral implant at a time. And yet with no memory to guide him,  finds himself to now be one of those inhabitants, taken from his self-imposed exile and forced into a human body. A seemingly permanent one. With a new conspiracy unfolding around him, Kamelion begins his quest to find answers. Why have  and  become public enemy number one? What is the truth behind the planet's technology? And most of all…how does an android dream of electric beasts?

Escaping Kasterborous - The WhoCulture Podcast
10 Most Underused Doctor Who Characters - The Trickster! The Meddling Monk! Kamelion! The Paternoster Gang?!

Escaping Kasterborous - The WhoCulture Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2022 12:31


The Lone Cyberman was AWESOME - but he deserved better. Ellie Littlechild presents the 10 Most Underused Doctor Who Characters... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Doctor Who : The Sirens of Audio
81. JON CULSHAW - First Impressions

Doctor Who : The Sirens of Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 79:49


One of the finest impersonators of our time, Jon Culshaw, has for several years now played various roles on audio at Big Finish including the Master, Kamelion, and most recently the Brigadier. Jon joins us this time to chat about his lifelong love of Doctor Who, why he loves impersonating Doctor Who characters so much, what it's like working with his childhood heroes, and his forthcoming.....Christmas single?!! Thanks SO much Jon for taking some time out of your day to chat with us. Philip recommends The Five Doctors read by Jon Culshaw (BBC Audio) Dwayne recommends Porcupine Tree's new single "Harridan" Theme music by The Jackpot Golden Boys | http://www.jackpotgoldenboys.com/ Email: sirensofaudio@gmail.com Website: https://www.sirensofaudio.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/audiosirens Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sirensofaudio Clips and music are copyright BBC and Big Finish. No infringement is intended. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sirensofaudio/message

A Wheezing Groaning Sound
Planet of Fire

A Wheezing Groaning Sound

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021 74:22


Paul takes us Lanzarote, and points to the "no bombing" and "no Kamelion" sign. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Doctor Who: Verity!
We Sing in Praise of The King's Demons

Doctor Who: Verity!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 73:23


It's Tansy's turn in the Comfort Who driver's seat! Join Deb, Erika, Kat, and Tansy as we talk about the ever-delightful "King's Demons". Received fan wisdom is just straight-up wrong once again. (Except maybe about Kamelion. Maybe.) Is this story a comfort for you? Why or why not? Drop us a tweet or let us know in the comments! ^E Happy Things: Tansy- 24Karat Trailer and Sylvester McCoy recants doubts about a female Doctor! Kat - Torchwood Big Finish! Erika and Deb do some Doctor Who Mad Libs!  Companion Piece: Women Celebrate the Humans, Aliens and Tin Dogs of Doctor Who Extra-special thanks to this week's editor, Steven Schapansky of Castria! Support Verity! on Patreon

Pull To Open
A Little More Magna, a Little Less Carta

Pull To Open

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2021 103:09


After "Planet of Fire," the show bounces back to Kamelion's first and only other appearance in Doctor Who, "The King's Demons." What is it about this shapchanging robot from Xeriphas that's inspired the TARDIS Randomizer to make us take stock of Kamelion's onscreen life, but in reverse order? Regardless, Chris and Pete pull out their history books (as well as their Ahistory books) to decode drunk British history and epic hits from the Crusades, not to mention Anthony Ainley's beard. Also: Because you demanded it — we provide the definitive review of the Fifth Doctor's celery in the 13th century. Follow the show! TikTok: @pulltoopen Twitter: @pulltoopen63 Instagram: @pulltoopen63 Outro music: Chronos by Alexander Nakarada

Place to Be Nation POP
It was a Thing on TV: Episode #99 - Kamelion on Doctor Who

Place to Be Nation POP

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 45:02


This Week on It was a Thing on TV we meet maybe one of the worst characters in the history of a popular long running show. Doctor Who has had many memorable characters in it's almost 60-year history on the BBC. However, not every character can be Sarah Jane Smith, Amy Pond or even K-9. Meet Kamelion, a robot who's apparently not a robot. A character so bad he only appeared in two televised Doctor Who serials but has since appeared in many spin-off Doctor Who books and audio dramas in which some of the plots of them will leave you confused. On a serious note, our co-host Mike recently had a serious trip to the hospital which we address in the cold open of the episode. To help out with his medical expenses a GoFundMe has been set-up which you can donate to at tinyurl.com/klaussiestrong.

It was a Thing on TV:  An Anthology on Forgotten Television
Episode 99–Kamelion on Doctor Who

It was a Thing on TV: An Anthology on Forgotten Television

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 44:52


Doctor Who has had many memorable characters in it's almost 60-year history on the BBC. However, not every character can be Sarah Jane Smith, Amy Pond or even K-9. Meet Kamelion, a robot who's apparently not a robot. A character so bad he only appeared in two televised Doctor Who serials but has since appeared in many spin-off Doctor Who books and audio dramas in which some of the plots of them will leave you confused.On a serious note, our co-host Mike recently had a serious trip to the hospital which we address in the cold open of the episode. To help out with his medical expenses a GoFundMe has been set-up which you can donate to at tinyurl.com/klaussiestrong.

Right Side Of The Mic
100720 Wed James Toller & Larry Ward Kammy Kamelion

Right Side Of The Mic

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2020 115:18


Power of 3
35 - Karma Kamelion, Vikings and a Space Lion

Power of 3

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2020 43:21


Kenny and Dave have some Davison hair envy as they look at The King's Demons, and there's a surprise in store when they discuss a Capaldi episode as... shock... one of them isn't totally enamoured with it... But who will it be?

Doctor Who:The 20MB Podcast lovarzi.co.uk

Planet of Fire   Adam, Kirby, Mary and Debbie see in the arrival of Peri and the departure of Turlough and The Master? And definitely Kamelion. We also have news, feedback and You Won't Get This One. This episode was accidentally too long because we were having too much fun.

On the Time Lash
86. King Johnathon

On the Time Lash

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2020 83:26


It's medieval madness as Ben and Mark discuss ROBOT OF SHERWOOD and THE KING'S DEMONS. As they wander through Sherwood forest, the Lash Lads chat about grumpiness, comedy in Doctor Who and take a little detour to look at the rise of internet criticism and clickbait snark. After that, they wander around an old castle whilst singing songs of the Crusades, discussing historical inaccuracies, the mad story of Kamelion's conception, unconvincing beards and the slightly more muted season finales of the classic series. You can read Ben's first "Time Worrier" column at onthetimelash.wordpress.com from Sunday 3rd May! If you enjoy the podcast, and you want to buy us a pint, you can donate to buymeacoffee.com/onthetimelash

Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast
TDP 833: MR 249 - THE KAMELION EMPIRE Empire from @BigFinish

Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 9:33


@TinDogPodcast reviews  Synopsis This title was released in March 2019. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until April 30th 2019, and on general sale after this date. Once upon a time, a people of great artistry and great knowledge ruled the planet Mekalion: the Kamille. For a thousand years, they prospered peacefully. Then came disaster, when their sun set forever. Facing extinction, the Kamille made the Locus, a device to sustain their minds; and fashioned shape-changing machines, to act out their wishes on the physical plane… Servants they called the Kamelion. Written By: Jonathan Morris Directed By: Ken Bentley Cast Peter Davison (The Doctor), Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka), Mark Strickson (Turlough), Jon Culshaw (Kamelion), Christopher Naylor (Alternative Kamelion / Chaos Soldier). Other parts played by members of the cast. Producer Scott Handcock Script Editor Alan Barnes Executive Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs

The Big Finish Podcast
Big Finish News and Kamelion

The Big Finish Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2019 36:12


Nick and Benji are here with all the latest news from Big Finish's exciting world of audio drama and audiobooks. Drama Tease: Doctor Who: The Kamelion Empire .

The Big Finish Podcast
Big Finish News and Peter Davison

The Big Finish Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2019 41:30


Nick and Benji bring all the latest Big Finish audio drama news to you. Plus, pickled onions and ketchup - don't ask! Drama tease: Doctor Who: Black Thursday .

Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast
TDP 822: DEVIL IN THE MIST Doctor Who 247 from @BigFinish

Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2019 9:38


@TinDogPodcast reviews DEVIL IN THE MIST - Doctor Who Monthly Range 247 from @BigFinish     This title was released in January 2019. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until February 28th 2019, and on general sale after this date. The TARDIS deposits the Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and their android ally Kamelion aboard a prison ship. A ship with just one prisoner: Nustanu, last warlord of the Zamglitti – monstrous, mind-bending mimics able to turn themselves into mist. A ship that's in trouble, and about to make a crash-landing... On a planet of mists. Written By: Cavan Scott Directed By: Ken Bentley Cast Peter Davison (The Doctor), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Mark Strickson (Turlough), Jon Culshaw (Kamelion), Anjella Mackintosh (Orna), John Voce (Rako), Simon Slater (Nustanu). Other parts played by members of the cast. Producer Scott Handcock Script Editor Alan Barnes Executive Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs

The Doctor Is In
Writer, engineer and broadcaster Yassmin Abdel-Magied

The Doctor Is In

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2018 27:44


Have you ever wondered how the Doctor is coping with her gender shift? Have you ever wanted someone to stay in an elevator just to aid the comedic potential of an interview? And have you ever wanted to hear the thoughts of prolific Whovian, writer, engineer and broadcaster, Yassmin Abdel-Magied? Then this is the episode for you!We also talk custard creams, look at the debacle that was Kamelion (failed robot companion of the Fifth Doctor), and more! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Doctor Who: Harry Sullivan Is An Imbecile
HSIAI Episode 14: Dr. Who & The Wrong Companions

Doctor Who: Harry Sullivan Is An Imbecile

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2018 60:45


Some call them useless. Others call them underdeveloped. Whatever you call them, there's a certain few companions who have travelled with the Doctor that made fans think... "Why?" In this enthralling episode, Adam and Brian take a special look at four distinctly underwhelming companions: Katarina, Dodo, Kamelion, and Mel (a computer programmer from Pease Pottage). What happened that these four spectacularly failed to grasp the audiences' interest? We're not afraid to ask the tough questions, that's for sure.   GET EPISODES! iTunes: HSIAI Libsyn: imbecilepod.libsyn GET SOCIAL! MeWe: HSIAI Facebook: ImbecilePod  Twitter: ImbecilePod Adam Brian Tumblr: ImbecilePod

All-New Doctor Who Book Club
Episode 17 - The Crystal Bucephalus

All-New Doctor Who Book Club

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2018 88:13


July 2018 Book Club: The 5th Doctor, Tegan, Turlough, and Kamelion invite Chris & Matt to dine out at “The Crystal Bucephalus,” a time-traveling restaurant in the far future.  This Missing Adventure was written by Craig Hinton and was originally published in November 1994.  It was once available wherever fine books were sold, and is now available on the second-hand market.    Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts or the Google Play store - and submit your comments via email.   “Who knows,” we may end up reading your feedback on the podcast! Facebook: http://facebook.com/allnewdoctorwhobookclub Twitter: @ANDWBCPodcast  Email: ANDWBCPodcast@gmail.com

Wanderers in the 4th Dimension: A Journey Through Doctor Who

This week we cover story #134, Planet of Fire!  Turlough's mysterious past is finally revealed on the volcanic world of Sarn, where the fifth Doctor encounters his old enemy the Master and must make a heartbreaking choice regarding his companion Kamelion. QotW: Looking back over her tenure in the TARDIS, what was your favorite Tegan story? Listener Mailbag/So Here's the Thing... Discussion of "Planet of Fire" (David 8, Trevor 8.25, Charlie 8.5) Connor's Corner Big Finish: THE WAR DOCTOR VOLUME 02: INFERNAL DEVICES 2.1 Legion of the Lost (David 8, Trevor 8, Charlie 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 #135, The Caves of Androzani! You can buy a digital copy on iTunes, rent the DVD from Netflix, or buy the DVD from Amazon.com, BarnesAndNoble.com, the BBC Shop, or many other fine retailers. For our audio adventure, we’ll be continuing THE WAR DOCTOR VOLUME 02 boxed set, entitled INFERNAL DEVICES. We’ll cover the second adventure from the set, “A Thing of Guile”. If you’d like to follow along, it’s available from bigfinish.com.

Trust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast
138: Where’s My Pro-War Serial? (Planet of Fire)

Trust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2016 69:38


War is the future. War is our destiny. This week we get two companion write outs! Two! Although I don’t think Kamelion can really be considered a companion so much as a plot device really. Turlough, on the other hand, one of the most fleshed out characters that’s not The Doctor. It’s Planet of Fire,Continue reading →

Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast

Charles Skaggs and Jesse Jackson discuss "Planet of Fire", the fifth serial from Doctor Who Season 21 in 1984, starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Mark Strickson as Vislor Turlough, Anthony Ainley as The Third Master, and introducing Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown! Find us here: Twitter: @NextStopSMG @CharlesSkaggs @JesseJacksonDFW Facebook: Facebook.com/NextStopEverywherePodcast/ Email: NextStopEverywhereSMG@gmail.com

Oi! Spaceman: Adventures in Media Criticism
Classic Doctors and Companions (Classic Doctor Who)

Oi! Spaceman: Adventures in Media Criticism

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2016 107:25


In this episode Daniel and Shana return to Doctor Who and... chat. What was supposed to be a fairly concise look at the experience of looking at all the Classic companions turned into a long and meandering conversation about pretty much everything Who. Shana even says nice things about Steven Moffat! Each Classic Doctor and companion is at least mentioned, although some not for very long.... Main Topic: Classic Doctor and Companion Overview. Ninety. Daniel sucks. Big softie. Looking ahead. Dirty sneaky pirate things. Region coded DVD problems. Positive response. Comprehensive review. Joe. Really cool women. Scrutiny. Learning. History. Unique. Six in the Trial. Shana says something nice about Moffat. Jaws 5000. Test of time. Fallen out of love with Ten. Nine. Powerful and vulnerable. Pearl Mackie. "Let's see how Moffat fucks it up." Capaldi on a family show. Tennant the fanboy. Writer's room. Cautious optimism. Platinum Hartnell. "One day, I shall come back." Grandpa General. Disney reference. Troughton haircut. Cosmic hobo? Cosmic hippie. If Shana were to travel with a Doctor. Meeting Fraser Hines. Only a few companions. Sex symbol Pertwee. Austin Powers. Pumpkinhead from Space. "That's my Doctor." Tom's swag. Big Finish? Understated Davison. Matt Smith. Paired with Tegan. Sixie. McCoy's skill set. Chessmaster Seven. Tennantishness to Shana's fandom. Not going to talk about Matt Smith. Barbara is an inspiration. Manly man Ian. Zapp Brannigan! Oh, Susan. Vicki with her pigtails! "You're gonna have to show me pictures of Steven." No functional memory of Daleks' Master Plan. Or Dodo. Ben and Polly. A bit Aryan Nation. Polly and fashion. Adorable Jamie. Elliot Chapman. "The Piper!" Victoria in the kitchen. Period. Daniel's biggest crush is Zoe. Cosplay. Love letter to Liz Shaw. Our greatest podcast title to date. Shipping the Brig and Liz. Problematic Brig. Shana doesn't care about Yates or Benton. Cute Jo Grant. Fun uncle. Sarah Jane Motherfucking Smith. Fuck him in his stupid fucking face. Racist makeup. K-9 sucks. Romanas in a line. Heartbreaking Adric. Misused Nyssa. Tegan and Nyssa. Tegan and Eleven. Five answers to Tegan. Tegan the anti-Saward. Gay Turlough. Kamelion waste of time. Don't need to hear Shana's Peri rant again. Ace and them dimples and that leather outfit. Coming soon.... Next week: The Happiness Patrol. Oi! Spaceman on Facebook. Find all our future episodes of all our podcasts at oispaceman.com.  

Oi! Spaceman: Adventures in Media Criticism
Turlough and His Short Shorts (Planet of Fire)

Oi! Spaceman: Adventures in Media Criticism

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2016 68:44


Shana and Daniel take a break from the series of guests and actually chat just between themselves about the Fifth Doctor's penultimate adventure, Planet of Fire. Turlough and Kamelion leave, the Master shows up in miniaturized form, and Peri shows off her acting chops. Also, a response to an email from a regular listener who has a problem with Oi! Spaceman's implicit racism.  Main Topic: Planet of Fire. Johnny Cash. No guest! Shana and Jack. The Oi! Spaceman way. Plugging stuff. River Song's lipstick. Racist Oi! Spaceman. Definitely not cowardly. "I check the email and you don't." MLK and me. Turlough and his short shorts. Not too Tina Belcher. "Just queer." Didn't care about the plot. A big happy polyam fam. Turlough's privilege. Subtext. Turlough and River. Shana doesn't engage with fan culture. Very 1985. Hired for her tits. Rock-climbing Peri. Annoyed Shana. Cerebro. Dialed-down Ainley. General Master thoughts. The metaphor of the monster. Kamelion murdered. Missing Tegan. Numismatic versus pneumatic. Religion. Pacing. Next week: Caves of Androzani. Shabcast 16 on the Matrix Trilogy. The Androzani Critic Presents. Never Cruel or Cowardly. Daniel on Pex Lives. 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. 

Oi! Spaceman: Adventures in Media Criticism
Nostalgia Vignettes (The King's Demons and The Five Doctors)

Oi! Spaceman: Adventures in Media Criticism

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2016 48:00


In this slightly delayed episode, Shana and Daniel discuss The King's Demons and The Five Doctors and basically just giggle. King John as a cartoon lion and a proposed Susan Foreman: PI spinoff are both mentioned. Main Topic: The Five Doctors and The King's Demons. In the US first. Magna Carta. A ton of face makeup. Tegan's costume. Turlough's missing backstory. Kamelion. Constipated stare fight. Tegan is cold. King John. Robot of Sherwood. A rollicking good time. Sexist First Doctor? Christmas. Grandfather! Kitchen sink syndrome. Nostalgia vignettes. Emo hair and fucking Queen Elizabeth. Sarah Jane and Pertwee. Fascinating coats. Shada? Classic Who fan-girl. Susan Foreman: PI. Who didn't come back? The price of being an artist. Not truly iconic. Flavia. No reason for trivia. Borusa: the Twat-Lord. Wrapping Up.  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 

The Doctor's Companion: Doctor Who the Long Way Round
The Doctor's Companion Ep. 220 – Robot Companion

The Doctor's Companion: Doctor Who the Long Way Round

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2015 33:50


Kamelion makes his debut as Scott and Cassandra have a short conversation about the Peter Davison 2-part serial “The King’s Demons”. The Doctor and his companions arrive at a medieval joust and are surprised to be greeted warmly by King John, … Continue reading →

Doctor Who: Verity!
Verity! Episode 39 - Turn, Smile, Shapeshift, Repeat

Doctor Who: Verity!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2014 62:13


This week we cover what are some of the trickiest of the villains the Doctor has faced (one who even wears his face)! Join Deb, Erika, Liz, and Lynne as we try to stay on topic talking about shapeshifters. What is it about them that's scary? Do they hold the same appeal for all of us? Is a talking cactus a more or less believable shapeshifter than a mostly-non-functioning robot? ^E Also covered [links on our site]:Liz discovers what might be the most useless Dalek tat ever!Erika tells Macworld magazine how to create your own podcast!Lynne must have K-9 slippers!Deb is (saddened, but also) gladdened by the warmth of the Doctor Who fan community after the passing of Glynn Jones and Derek Martinus. Bonus links [also on our site]:Kamelion touches the TARDIS inappropriatelyFrobisher the shapeshifting penguin

Doctor Who: Verity!
Verity! Episode 12 - The Incredible Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS

Doctor Who: Verity!

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2013 65:04


Not since "Invasion of Time" have we seen so much of the TARDIS interior. What did Deb, Erika, Kat, and Lynne think of it? Join us as we discuss tantalizing glimpses, underdeveloped characters, literal reset buttons, what dresses really mean, and where Kamelion puts his fingers. ^E Also covered [links on our site]: The Doctors Revisited - Fourth Doctor! Radio Free Skaro t-shirts worn at Calgary Expo! Torchwood panel at Calgary Expo! Super-duper awesome-smart Doctor Who fan extraordinaire: Erik Stadnik, co-host of The Doctor Who Book Club Podcast and Doctor Who: The Writers' Room! (w/bonus Chip from Two-minute Time Lord!)

Traveling the Vortex
Episode 115 – Karma Kamelion

Traveling the Vortex

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2013 144:33


In this week’s episode, we flashback to the Fifth Doctor’s era with two stories. First, he’s joined by Tegan and Turlough for an adventure to 13th century England for The King’s Demons. Then we travel even further back, this time with Nyssa as we land on Traken for the Big Finish audio story, Primeval. Also, a look at the second installment in The Doctor’s Revisited series airing this year on BBC America, this time with...Read more The post Episode 115 – Karma Kamelion appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.

Under The Miniscope
Episode #47: "The Planet Kevin"

Under The Miniscope

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2013


We manage to hold it under an hour as Andrew and Sarah tackle the companion departures for Davison, Baker #2, and McCoy. Where will Peri fall? Will the Kamelion rant be trotted out AGAIN? Does anyone even REMEMBER Nyssa's departure? The answers to all this, and more...!

Bigger on the Inside
Episode 77

Bigger on the Inside

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2011 135:28


"Planet of Fire" and "The Caves of Androzani" bring Peter Davison's era to an end with "the best story of the 48 year history of Doctor Who," a truly emotional performance, and a stunning regeneration. Before Davison leaves, however, we also say goodbye to Turlough and Kamelion, and hello to Peri.

Earth-2.net Presents...
Bigger on the Inside - Episode 77

Earth-2.net Presents...

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2011 135:28


"Planet of Fire" and "The Caves of Androzani" bring Peter Davison's era to an end with "the best story of the 48 year history of Doctor Who," a truly emotional performance, and a stunning regeneration. Before Davison leaves, however, we also say goodbye to Turlough and Kamelion, and hello to Peri.

Earth-2.net Presents...
Bigger on the Inside - Episode 77

Earth-2.net Presents...

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2011 135:28


"Planet of Fire" and "The Caves of Androzani" bring Peter Davison's era to an end with "the best story of the 48 year history of Doctor Who," a truly emotional performance, and a stunning regeneration. Before Davison leaves, however, we also say goodbye to Turlough and Kamelion, and hello to Peri.

Drunker Who
Episode 2: Ainley Retentive

Drunker Who

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2011 40:54


Will and Laurie natter about the Kamelion Tales boxed set while ginned up. River Song has asked us to mention that their will be SPOILERS for The King's Demons, Planet of Fire, The Keeper of Traken, Logopolis and Castrovalva. So if you don't want to know who Shardovan is, look away now.

Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast
TDP 183: The Awakening

Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2011 13:28


REPRINTED FROM WIKIPEDIA WITH THANKS AND RESPECT This story features a creature known as the , who is responsible for creating a time link between the year of 1984 and the events from the . must also face the villagers of Little Hodcombe, who have been influenced by the Malus, and save before she is burned as the ill-fated Queen of the May. [] Plot On 13 July , two forces came to the village of Little Hodcombe during the and destroyed each other. As the story begins, a group of are riding horses in the village of Little Hodcombe, with little regard to the villagers around them. Only it is not 1643, it is . A schoolteacher, Jane Hampden, is convinced that her fellow villagers, led by the town's leader, Sir George Hutchinson, have taken their re-enactment of a series of war games too far. Hutchinson attempts to assure her that the games are a harmless event, which are merely to celebrate the English Civil War. When Hampden asks him to stop the games, Hutchinson ignores her. Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor promises to take his companion, Tegan, to 1984 so she could spend some time with her grandfather, Andrew Verney. The Doctor sets the coordinates to Little Hodcombe, where Verney resides. However, the experiences some turbulence and arrives in what appears to be a structurally unstable church. The Doctor, Tegan and Turlough, while watching on the scanner, see a man in 17th Century clothing, fleeing from the church and the Doctor dashes out to help him. However, the man has now vanished. Tegan is convinced that they have landed in the wrong time zone. However, Turlough tells her that he had checked the TARDIS coordinates and they were in 1984. As the and his companions continue pursue the man, smoke starts to billow from a crack in the wall. Eventually, the three travellers are captured by Captain Joseph Willow and taken to Sir George Hutchinson. The Doctor and his companions are first brought before Hampden and Colonel Ben Woolsey, who apologizes for the poor treatment that they received. Hutchinson arrives and explains to the Doctor that the town is celebrating the anniversary of the Battle of Little Hodcombe and then he urges him to join the celebration. Tegan then explains that they have come to this village to see her grandfather, Andrew Verney. She is informed that her grandfather is missing, and runs outside the room, upset. The Doctor follows but loses her. Tegan, still upset, is crying when someone steals her purse. She tries to get it back and she runs into a barn where she finds the ghost of an old man. The Doctor returns to the church and meets a 17th Century peasant, Will Chandler, who emerges from a wall. He has been hidden in a and believes the year to be 1643. Turlough eventually rescues Tegan from the barn and they return to the TARDIS, where they see a sparkly projection on one of the walls. Meanwhile, the Doctor and Will investigate the church. Tegan and Turlough leave the TARDIS and they are re-captured. Turlough is locked in a building with Verney. Willow forces Tegan to change into a 17th century costume. He informs her that she is to become the Queen of the May. The Doctor and Will continue to investigate. Eventually they find a secret passage back to Ben Woolsey's living room under a slab marked with a picture of a creature that Will identifies as the Malus. Coming the other way through the passage, the Doctor and Will meet up with Hampden, who found the passage's other end by accident after being locked in Colonel Wolsey's office. They avoid Hutchinson, who has followed Jane down the passage, and the Doctor finds a small ball of metal. The Doctor identifies the metal as “tinclavic,” a metal “mined by the on the planet Raaga for the almost exclusive use of the people of Hakol,” a planet in the “star system Rifta,” where “psychic energy is a force to be harnessed.” Returning to the church, the Doctor and Hampden are astonished when a massive alien face pushes its way through the crack on the wall, roaring and spewing smoke. They manage to escape from the psychic projection of a cavalier, and head back to the house via the tunnel. The Doctor realises that the Malus in the church was discovered by Verney and Hutchinson. The latter tried to exploit the creature, but instead, the creature began to use him by organizing the war games. He deduces that the psychic energy released by the war games has fed the Malus. The Doctor and Jane again try to persuade Hutchinson to stop the games, as the final battle will be for real. He refuses and orders Woolsey to kill the Doctor. However, once Hutchinson leaves, Woolsey joins forces with the Doctor. The Queen of the May is taken in a horse-drawn cart towards the village green, where she is to be burned. When the cart arrives, Hutchinson suddenly noticed that the Queen is not Tegan, but a straw dummy that has been put in her place by Woolsey. Hutchinson becomes angry and he orders his men to kill Woolsey and the others. Will appears in the nick of time and uses a flame torch to cause a distraction, which allows the Doctor, Hampden, Woolsey and Tegan to escape and get back to the TARDIS. The Doctor locks the signal conversion unit on the frequency of the psychic energy feeding the Malus, hoping to be able to direct it. Willow and a trooper try in vain to break their way into the TARDIS, and Turlough and Verney knock them unconscious with lumps of masonry. The Doctor succeeds in blocking the energy, and the projection of the Malus in the TARDIS dies. The real Malus, in an act of desperation, attempts to drain as much psychic energy from the villagers as possible. He creates a corporeal projection of three roundheads who try to kill the Doctor, Woolsey, Tegan, Turlough, Hampden, Verney and Will. However, the dazed and confused trooper stumbles from the TARDIS and into the main church area, becomes surrounded by the roundheads, and they decapitate him then vanish. Hutchinson arrives and holds them all at gunpoint. When the Doctor tries to talk Hutchinson out of the thrall of the Malus, Willow attacks the group. In the scuffle, Will pushes Hutchinson into the mouth of the Malus, destroying the Malus's medium. Realizing it has failed, the Malus prepares to destroy itself and everything around it. Subsequently the church begins to collapse and the Doctor leads the others, including Willow, into the safety of the TARDIS. Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor's companions are surprised to see Will still among them. The Doctor explains that he must have been wrong in his assumption that Will was a psychic projection. He then says that the Malus must have created a temporal rift, which allowed Will to slip into the future. The Time Lord then says that he will take Will back to 1643. Tegan objects and ask the Doctor to allow her some time to visit her grandfather. The Doctor is initially disgruntled but he is persuaded to stay in Little Hodcombe for a while for a rest. [] Continuity No explanation is given for 's absence from this story. The Doctor mentions the Terileptils mining tinclavic on the planet Raaga. Eric Saward added this in the script to create a reference to his own story (1982). He had planned to write another story featuring the Terileptils, and wanted to make sure the audience remembered who they were. But as events worked out, Saward never wrote their planned return. This was the first story to feature alterations to the Fifth Doctor's costume. The Doctor wears a lighter-coloured frock coat, and a white "v-neck" cricketer's sweater with thick red and black piping around the "v" and the lower waist, as opposed to the costume he wore during the previous two seasons where the "v-neck" piping was thin and coloured red, white and black and there was no piping around the waist. The shirt is also altered with green lining on the collar and where the shirt is buttoned, instead of red. The Doctor disposed of his original costume in episode 2 of the previous story, Warriors of the Deep, in which he disguised himself in the uniform of a Sea Base 4 guard; it is possible he never retrieved his costume from the base before he left. The Fifth Doctor would wear the secondary version of his costume for the remainder of the season, save for most of (1984). The newly would also be seen wearing it during the first episode of his debut story, (1984). The encounters the other half of the Hakolian war machine that became the Malus in the novel . [] Production Serial details by episode EpisodeBroadcast dateRun timeViewership (in millions) "Part One" 19 January 1984 25:18 7.9 "Part Two" 20 January 1984 24:47 6.6 The working titles of this story were War Game and Poltergeist. Pringle had submitted this story in the mid-1970s to then-script editor as a four-part story entitled War Game. In the 1980s he resubmitted his story (as well as a different four-parter, The Darkness, possibly featuring the Daleks) to script editor . Realizing the story did not have enough impact for four episodes, it was later pared down to two, renamed Poltergeist and then finally The Awakening. The story featured extensive location shooting and studio work. Saward wanted to add a TARDIS sequence with Tegan and Kamelion, utilising the prop and played in chameleonic form by Peter Davison and Mark Strickson. However, this scene was cut from the transmitted episode for timing reasons. The recovery of an early edit of episode one on video (in the personal archive of late producer John Nathan Turner) means that this element, previously thought lost, may now be included on a release of the serial. A small part of the scene has appeared in the documentary Kamelion: Metal Man which featured on the DVD release of . The master tape for Part One was found to have some scratch damage when the 1984 compilation version was being mastered, no protection copy was made at that time so the original tx master continued to deteriorate, the tape was checked in the early 90's and the scratch damage found to be far more intrusive than it had been in 84, fortunately the original film sequences were kept and using these, the compilation copy and the reprise from part 2, in 1997 the were able to make a repaired master copy. This was used for the VHS release. The episode will probably have to be restored from scratch when, at some point, it is mastered for DVD. This was officially the final story of the series to consist of two 25-minute episodes. All two parters since then have been 45 minutes long per episode, including most of season 22 and several stories of the revived series. , the concluding segment of , is numbered on screen as Parts Thirteen and Fourteen of the latter title; furthermore, they share the same BBC production code, 7C, with the preceding four-part story arc, , even though they have their own separate novelisation and feature compilation. The production designer for this story, Barry Newbery, had worked on Doctor Who intermittently ever since its very first story. After completing "Awakening", Newbery took early retirement from the BBC, making this story his last professional effort. John Nathan-Turner liked the character of Will Chandler a great deal and seriously considered keeping him on as a companion. However, it was eventually concluded that Chandler's child-like character would quickly wear thin and lacked any clear path of development, so Nathan-Turner dropped the idea. [] In print book The Awakening Series Release number 95 Writer Publisher Cover artist ISBN Release date 13 June 1985 A novelisation of this serial, written by , was published by in February 1985. [] Broadcast and VHS release The story was repeated on BBC One in July 1984 as a 46min compilation (20/07/84) at 6.50pm. This story was released on a double set with in March 1997. It will be released in a box set named Earth Story along with on 20th June 2011. [] References From the series overview, in issue 407 (pp26-29). , which counts the unbroadcast serial , lists this as story number 132. 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. [] External links at at at the on channel [] Reviews reviews at reviews at [] Target novelisation

The Doctor Who Podcast
The Doctor Who Podcast Episode #48: A bit of news and a review of the Kamelion Tales box set

The Doctor Who Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2010 52:08


Took us a while to review this set as the box kept changing shape AfterJames and Trevor discuss a bit of news that took their fancy recently, they switch to review mode and take a...

Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast
TDP 137: Planet of Fire

Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2010 11:12


The Fifth Doctor and Turlough are drawn to the planet Sarn by Kamelion, where they encounter in one of his diabolical plans to tap the power of the Numismaton gas. [] Plot On the desert world of Sarn, robed natives worship the fire god Logar and follow the Chief Elder, Timanov, who demands obedience. Those who dissent are known as Unbelievers, and two of them, Amyand and Roskal, cause unrest when they claim to have ventured to the top of the sacred fire mountain but not found Logar. One of the Sarns, Malkon, is known as the Chosen One because of the unusual double triangle symbol burnt into his skin: he is also unusual for having been found as a baby on the slopes of the fire mountain. The same triangle symbol is found on a metal artefact uncovered in an archaeological dig in overseen by Professor Howard Foster. His stepdaughter Perpugilliam (usually called "Peri") Brown is bored with the dig and wants to go travelling in Morocco and when he seeks to prevent this she steals the strange artefact and tries to swim for freedom. Fortunately for her the has landed nearby – responding to a distress call sent by the strange artefact - and Turlough sees her drowning and rescues her. Going through her possessions as she recovers he finds the artefact and acknowledges the same triangle symbol is burnt into his own flesh. The returns to the TARDIS after attempting to triangulate the source of the signal being emitted by the artefact, and the ship dematerialises, seemingly on its own. It soon arrives on Sarn and the Doctor and Turlough set off to explore. The Doctor's other companion, the android Kamelion, has meanwhile made mental contact with its old controller, , who attempts to assert his control and change Kamelion's appearance from that of Howard. Kamelion tries to warn Peri of the Master but the succeeds in gaining control. She flees the TARDIS with the creature in pursuit as the rumblings of the volcanoes of Sarn gather ferocity. In the Sarn colony Timanov has damned the Unbelievers to be sacrificed to appease Logar and stop the tremors. They flee to a secret base in the mountains which is filled with seismological apparatus and which the Doctor and Turlough stumble across. The Doctor informs the Unbelievers that the tunnels, which have been their refuge are volcanic vents which will soon fill with molten lava. It is also established that Turlough is of the same race as those who colonised the planet, and when the indigenous people see his Misos Triangle, they greet him as a second Chosen One. Turlough realises Malkon may be his brother and becomes even more worried when Peri turns up and mentions the Master. Another important figure in Sarn mythology is the Outsider, a promised prophet, and the Master/Kamelion fulfils this role admirably. He convinces Timanov of the appropriateness of harsh action and when the Doctor arrives with the Unbelievers they are all seized for burning. However, Malkon and Peri arrive shortly afterward and end this assault, though not before Malkon has been injured. Turlough is aghast when he finds his relative has been shot and the Doctor presses him for as much information as he has on the strange circumstances of Sarn. It seems it is a long abandoned Trion colony planet, and that Turlough, a Trion, suspects some of his family were sent here after a revolution against the hereditary leading clans of his homeworld. He supposes his father died in a crash but that Malkon survived, while he himself was sent in exile to Brendan School In England, overseen by a Trion agent masquerading as a solicitor in Chancery Lane. The Master/Kamelion has meanwhile seized Peri and uses her to transport a black box into the control room of his TARDIS. It contains a miniature Master – the real thing – who has been shrunken and transformed by a disastrous experiment with his Tissue Compression Eliminator. The Master thus re-established the psychic link with Kamelion to gain the power of movement and has manoeuvred the robot to Sarn so that he can take advantage of the restorative powers of the Numismaton gas within the fire mountain. Turlough realises the imminent volcano bursts will destroy the Sarn colony so nobly uses a functioning communication unit to get in touch with Trion and plead for a rescue ship to evacuate Sarn. In doing so he abandons his own freedom. When the ship later arrives, the Sarns all depart, along with Turlough and Malkon. They have both been pardoned in an amnesty issued by the new Sarn government. The only one to remain on the planet and face the erupting volcanoes is Timanov, now sure to die, his faith in tatters. The Doctor meanwhile succeeds in weakening the Master's hold of Kamelion, and interrupts the numismaton experiment. He adds calorific gas to the numismaton surge and seemingly burns the Master alive. The Doctor also puts the terminally wounded Kamelion out of its misery. He returns to the TARDIS with a heavy heart, but with a new companion, Peri, for company. [] Cast notes Mark Strickson has also reprised the role of Turlough in the audio plays by and penned the introduction to the novel Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma (1986). Promotional photographs taken during production include a shot of Peter Davison wearing a tuxedo and holding a gun, with Nicola Bryant standing next to him in a bikini, in a parody of . [] Continuity This was the last story to feature Mark Strickson as Turlough. He returned for the Fifth Doctor's scene in . Turlough was the last male companion of the Doctor on screen until joined the TARDIS crew briefly at the end of the episode "" in 2005. Strickson has said that had he realised that the next season would involve stories consisting of two 50-minute episodes, he would not have departed from the series. He felt that Turlough was not receiving enough development because the 25-minute format necessitated more frequent cliffhangers and therefore less character development. This serial was originally intended as the for as the since his contract with the show had come to an end, hence the "death" of the character in the numismaton flames at the story's climax. As a deliberate tease for the audience, the Master's truncated final line is "Won't you even show mercy to your own -", with him apparently being killed by the gas just as he is about to reveal the true nature of his relationship to the Doctor. However, the Master reappeared in the following season's without explanation as to how he survived the flames. Script Editor cut from the explanation for the Master's survival provided by writers but the explanation is in their novelisation of the serial.) It was decided that because of the climate of , where the serial was filmed, the cast would have to alter their usual costumes. Although Peter Davison started the story wearing his cricketer outfit, for the rest of the story, he wore a different pair of trousers with question mark braces and a beige floral waistcoat. Strickson shed his usual school uniform in favour of a blue pin-stripe shirt and tan shorts with a pair of underneath. Nicola Bryant also wore a pink bikini beneath her clothes to which she stripped down for a couple of scenes, the first time a companion had been seen to wear a two-piece swimsuit since in the story . Peri's mother and her friend Mrs Van Gysegham, both mentioned in this story, appear in the 2006 audio drama . Although Kamelion dies in this story, he makes a posthumous reappearance in the audio . This is the only story in the Peter Davison era in which made no appearance as though she is briefly mentioned in episode 1. She left the TARDIS crew in the previous serial , and appears in the Fifth Doctor's regeneration sequence in following adventure, , as a hallucination. [] Production Serial details by episode Episode Broadcast date Run time Viewership (in millions) "Part One" 23 February 1984 (1984-02-23) 24:26 7.4 "Part Two" 24 February 1984 (1984-02-24) 24:20 6.1 "Part Three" 1 March 1984 (1984-03-01) 23:57 7.4 "Part Four" 2 March 1984 (1984-03-02) 24:44 7.0 The working title for this story was The Planet of Fear. The decision to make Peri the daughter of a wealthy American family was inspired by the popularity of the and soap operas. Nicola Bryant was cast in part because she held dual citizenship in the United States - because she was married to an American - and the UK. [] In print book Planet of Fire Series Release number 93 Writer Publisher Cover artist ISBN Release date 14 February 1985 Preceded by Followed by A novelisation of this serial, written by , was published by in October 1984. A prologue juxtaposing the crash of the vessel Professor Foster is salvaging with the crash of the Trion ship carrying Turlough's family to Sarn opens the novelisation. The Master's teasing last line " Won't you save your own..." is removed. [] Broadcast and VHS release This story was released on in September 1998. The DVD was released in June 2010, with commentary by Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, Mark Strickson and Fiona Cumming, as part of the box set Kamelion Tales along with . It also contained a Special Edition edit of the story overseen by director Fiona Cumming. [] References From the series overview, in issue 407 (pp26-29). , which counts the unbroadcast serial , lists this as story number 135. DVD follow The Discontinuity Guide numbering system. Shaun Lyon et al. (2007-03-31). . Outpost Gallifrey. . 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.  at A Brief history of Time (Travel)], [] External links at at at the Reviews reviews at reviews at Target novelisation

Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast
TDP 136: The King's Demons

Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2010 10:19


Synopsis The , and become involved with intrigue at the Court of . [] Plot In , the Court of is at the castle of Sir Ranulf Fitzwilliam to extort more taxes, and when the lord refuses to pay the King insults him. To defend his honour his son Hugh takes on the King's champion, Sir Gilles Estram, in a joust. The latter wins easily, though the joust is disturbed by the arrival of the . The , Tegan, and Turlough are greeted as demons and welcomed by the King. Having established the date, the Doctor concludes the King is not himself - in fact, he is not the King at all, as he is actually in London taking the 's Oath. Sir Geoffrey de Lacy, the cousin of Sir Ranulf, arrives at the castle and confirms he knows the King is in London. Sir Gilles is about to torture him as a liar during a royal banquet when the Doctor intervenes. It seems the King's champion is not who he claims to be, either: Sir Gilles sheds his disguise and reveals himself to be the Doctor's arch nemesis, . He flees in his own TARDIS, which had been disguised as an . The King knights the Doctor as his new champion, and he is given run of the castle. After a series of mishaps, including the death of Sir Geoffrey at the Master's hands, the Doctor confronts the King and the Master and discovers the truth. The monarch is really Kamelion, a war weapon found by the Master on Xeriphas, which can be mentally controlled and used to adopt disguises and personas. Disguised as King John, the Master intends that Kamelion will behave so appallingly so as to provoke a rebellion and topple the real King from his throne, thus robbing the world of , the foundation of . It is a small plan on the Master's usual scale, but nevertheless particularly poisonous to the normal progress of Earth society. The Doctor resolves the situation by testing the Master in a battle of wills for control over Kamelion. He takes control of the robot and steals it away in the TARDIS, thus foiling the Master's scheme. Kamelion reverts to its robot form and thanks the Doctor for his assistance and rescue. [] Continuity For dating of this serial, see . Every story during Season 20 had the Doctor face an enemy from each of his past incarnations. The old enemy for this story was the Master, who faced the third, fourth and fifth incarnations of the Doctor. This story pointedly[] doesn't reveal how the Master escaped the events of his last story (1982). This story marked the first appearance of as voiced by Gerald Flood. Freelance effects designer Richard Gregory and software designer Mike Power gave a demonstration of the robot prototype for Nathan-Turner and Saward. Nathan-Turner was so impressed he commissioned scriptwriter to develop a storyline to introduce Kamelion into the series. However, shortly after filming, Power died in a boating accident and no one was able to continue his work. Subsequently, Kamelion's made only two appearances before being written out of the series. In the story, the Master disguises himself as Sir Gilles Estram; Estram being an of "Master". The Master adopted numerous in the course of the series, usually to be plays on the word "Master". Other examples include "", ," and "", as well as the unfortunate , whose body the Master stole. In order to hide the Master's involvement in the story, the first episode and listed Estram as being played by "James Stoker", an anagram of "Master's Joke". This story marks the last appearance of the console room set which had been in use since . A new console room would debut in the next story , although the console itself would be reused as the 's console in . [] Production Serial details by episode Episode Broadcast date Run time Viewership (in millions) "Part One" 15 March 1983 (1983-03-15) 24:48 5.8 "Part Two" 16 March 1983 (1983-03-16) 24:27 7.2 The working titles for this story were The Android, The Demons, A Knight's Tale and Demons Keeper. Producer John Nathan-Turner originally wanted the Master to appear in two stories every season. However, due to production problems, he was forced to settle for one Master story per season. Part One of this story was billed by the BBC as the six hundredth episode of Doctor Who.[] Some scenes were filmed on location at , which was not built until 1385. [] Outside references The Master's is disguised as an iron maiden. The earliest iron maiden known to historians is the Iron Maiden of Nuremberg, which was built in 1515, 300 years after the setting of this story. The Doctor's claim that King John wanted the as much as his nobles and that he could have defeated the barons easily is historically untrue. John signed the Magna Carta after it became clear that he could not suppress the , and immediately appealed to the pope to release him from his oath to support the Charter's terms. [] In print book The King's Demons Series Release number 108 Writer Publisher Cover artist ISBN Release date February 1986 (Hardback) 10th July 1986 (Paperback) Preceded by Followed by A novelisation of this serial, written by , was published by in February 1986. [] Broadcast and VHS release The serial was repeated on BBC One in July 1984 on consecutive Fridays (06/07/84 & 13/07/84). This story was released on in November 1995 in a box set along with a special edition of the subsequent serial and a postcard book. This story and were released in a Kamelion-themed box set on 14 June 2010. The DVD contained two commentaries, one with Peter Davison, Isla Blair and Eric Saward, and another with Director Tony Virgo on Part One. [] References From the series overview, in issue 407 (pp26-29). , which counts the unbroadcast serial , lists this as story number 129. DVD follow The Discontinuity Guide numbering system. Shaun Lyon et al. (2007-03-31). . Outpost Gallifrey. . 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.

Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast
TDP 25: Fifth Doctor Overview

Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2007 24:46


The Fifth Doctor Peter Davison 1982-1984 Cricketer. Brave heart, Tegan. Pleasant, open face. Wet vet. Kamelion. Celery. Master's cunning disguises.