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It's new Doctor Who time! Steven, Warren, and special guest Heather Berberet of the Free the Squee fame have thoughts to share about The Robot Revolution, the first episode of Season 2 and the debut of new companion Belinda Chandra as played by Varada Sethu! Robots! Roommates! Rebels! Plus Doctor Who Unleashed talk, Graham Norton appearing in the show as himself, RTD being cryptic about the future of Doctor Who on CBCC Newsround, the debut of World of Telly from the House of Tachyon, and more! Next week, Mr. Ring-a-Ding terrorizes 1952 Miami! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who S2E01 “The Robot Revolution” Doctor Who Unleashed S2E01 Behind the Scenes: The Robot Revolution Graham Norton to Appear In “The Interstellar Song Contest” Ncuti Gatwa presents answers on Jeopardy! Russell T Davies on CBBC Newsround “73 Yards” and “Dot & Bubble” Named Finalists for the Hugo Awards History of Doctor Who on The Front Row on Radio 4 Extra on April 14 Murray Gold to appear on In Tune on Radio 3 on April 17 Doctor Who: 20 Secrets From 20 Years on BBC Radio 2 on April 20 Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Space Security Service: The Voord in London coming June 2025 Big Finish: Special edition Robert Shearman novelisations due October 2025 World of Telly Episode 1: Moonbase 3 Jess Jurkovic: Reuniting Roman Theme (from The War Games) The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic by Toby Hadoke coming May 12 Next Week: Lux, airing April 19 at 715pm on BBC One Guest: Heather Berberet on Free The Squee
Welcome to Episode 14 The Echo Chamber! In this edition, James and Michele talk about The Holy Terror by Robert Shearman, released in October 2000 - the thirteenth story in Big Finish's Main Range and first to feature Robert Jezek as Frobisher! Listening instructions are very straightforward - Buy The Holy Terror from Big Finish Productions for just a few pounds (if you don't own it already of course!) Listen to it! Join us in the Echo Chamber, listen to what we thought and join in the discussion! Enjoy the show!
We're putting The Story of Martha under the microscope today. This was an unusual release at the time from BBC Books, as it was an anthology, with a framing device written by Dan Abnett. David Roden, Steve Lockley and Paul Lewis, Robert Shearman and Simon Jowett write the stories presented. Featuring the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones, we today speak to Dan, Steve, Paul and Simon about their work on this book.
This week Radio Free Skaro gets POLITICAL (not really) as we interview three-time mayor of Calgary and current Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi as he relates his massive love for one Doctor Who! Join us as we wax nostalgic about KSPS, his fondness for a certain scarf-wearing Doctor, and his take on amongst other things the latest Doctor Who Xmas special! Plus a Gallifrey One update, stats and media analysis, praise of Tubi, classic Canadian TV chatter, and more! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One Update, including 2026 and 2027 date changes RFS Gallifrey One Live Show Announcement Doctor Who finished 6th for Christmas Week with 5.911M viewers Classic Doctor Who removed from BritBox UK and ITVX Premium First weekly Dalek 1:2 scale kit is out now The Chimes of Midnight hardcover adaptation by Robert Shearman due Oct 9 Jubliee hardcover adaptation by Robert Shearman due Oct 9 Things Are Not Always What They Seem: The Writings and Politics of Malcolm Hulke by Michael Herbert due later in 2025 from Telos Publishing Barbara Clegg died Jan 7 Interview: Naheed Nenshi
A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Join Rod, Joe, Nathan & Rob as they head to Castrovalva, Doomsday, Deva Loka, the Manor, another Manor, the Freighter and prehistoric Earth! Which story will reign supreme?
Mark and Iain are joined by Seonaid and Caroline from My Adventure In Space and Time for a festive chat about Robert Shearman's classic Christmas tale 'The Chimes Of Midnight'. Seonaid recommends Buffy The Vampire Slayer (see also Joe and Martyn's podcast 'Bite Me') Caroline recommends 'Blackadder's Christmas Carol' and 'The Muppets Christmas Carol' Iain recommends 'Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd' Mark recommends 'Song Poker' on 'The Electric Sodcast' and 'The Turn Of The Screw' --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alloftimeandspace/message
Face aux Daleks pour la première fois depuis la guerre du temps, le Docteur prend une nouvelle dimension. Cette semaine, nous parlons de "Dalek" mais aussi de son scénariste Robert Shearman et des news!
"CHRISTMAS wouldn't be Christmas without my plum pudding!" So Mrs Baddeley tells us throughout The Chimes of Midnight, and now, for many Doctor Who / Big Finish fans, Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without The Chimes of Midnight. This Christmas Eve, we're joined by our friends all over the world, as we celebrate the story regarded by many as the greatest Doctor Who audio story, if not the greatest Doctor Who story of all, in Robert Shearman's tale from 2002.
Aclaimed author Robert Shearman joins us to discuss his long and varied career in writing for theatre, television and books. We dive into his six Big Finish Doctor Who audio adventures, his Sylvester McCoy play, Punchline, and of course, we talk about bringing the Daleks back to television and subsequently writing the novelization of the episode. Thanks so much for chatting with us Rob! To find out more about Rob's Big Finish stories, click here: https://www.bigfinish.com/search_results?search_value_selected=0&search_term=robert+shearman To find out more about the BBV release "Punchline", click here: https://bbvproductions.co.uk/products/The-Professor-&-Ace-10-Punchline-AUDIO-DOWNLOAD-p338682314 Theme music by Joe Kraemer | http://www.joekraemer.com/about/ Email: sirensofaudio@gmail.com Website: https://www.sirensofaudio.com/ Audio Feedback: https://anchor.fm/sirensofaudio Twitter: http://twitter.com/audiosirens Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/audiosirens/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/audiosirens YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrU3MLlOeJTLnAbLl35QgeQ Clips and music are copyright BBC and Big Finish. No infringement is intended. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sirensofaudio/message
Miles below the surface of Utah, a captured alien - a METALTRON - is being tortured on the whim of the world's most powerful and influential man: Henry Van Statten, who has made collecting alien artefacts a lifetime hobby.The Doctor and Rose arrive in Van Statten's museum in response to some kind of distress call. And when the Doctor professes to know a thing or two about alien technology he is thrown in with the Metaltron and ordered to "make it talk".Within seconds, the Doctor realises that the 'Metaltron' is in fact the lone survivor of a race he thought he'd destroyed...So begins a journey of deep, personal discovery for the Doctor, the Dalek and Rose. How far will the Doctor go to ensure the failure of his oldest foes? What dark secrets does Rose learn about the man with whom she's been sharing the adventure of a lifetime? And can a Dalek really change into something better?Join WHO Corner to Corner as our intrepid hosts Paul & Geoff journey all the way back in time to 2005 to ask the question "Is 'DALEK' still good?"Of course, the story itself hasn't changed. But our hosts are now 17 years older and wiser (well, older anyway...). So have their opinions on it changed?Listen to our podcast and let us know what YOU think of this seminal story from Series 1 of Doctor Who.Join the conversation about Doctor Who with us on our Twitter and Facebook @WHOC2C!
Programa 36: Laberinto demente. Grabado el día 25 de febrero de 2022. 03:18 "Piranesi", de Susanna Clarke 01:05:65 "Mientras dan las nueve", de Leo Perutz 02:06:26 "El hijo de la noche - Más oscuro de lo que pensáis - Más tenebroso de lo que piensas", de Jack Williamson 02:30:45 "Cuentos para Algernon: Año IX", con Dale Bailey, Leah Cypess, John Crowley, Robert Shearman y más
February 2022 sees the 20th anniversary of the release of one of the most popular and loved audio dramas to ever come out of Big Finish Productions, The Chimes of Midnight by Robert Shearman. To celebrate, we are joined by guest Todd Beilby from Australian Doctor Who podcast Flight Through Entirety to discuss and reminisce about the story and what it was like to be involved in fandom through the 90's and during the period that the 8th Doctor and Charley adventures were being released as brand new Doctor Who seasons. We also feature the very first Sirens of Audio quiz with Philip and Todd going head to head to claim the inaugural title. Who will claim victory? Then we feature an interview with three members of the guest cast for The Chimes of Midnight, Lennox Greaves, Sue Wallace and Robert Curbishley. What memories will they have from the recording of this classic episode? Finally, we discuss the new release Doctor Who: Charlotte Pollard, The Further Adventuress and compare this special anniversary release to the classic run. Get out of the scullery, grab some plum pudding and join us in celebrating this incredible story and unforgettable TARDIS team. 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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/audiosirens/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/audiosirens YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrU3MLlOeJTLnAbLl35QgeQ Clips and music are copyright BBC and Big Finish. No infringement is intended. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sirensofaudio/message
This week we begin coverage of Whooverville 12, which returned to Derby recently. The first panel of the day was Robert Shearman and Paul Cornell who've both written for the new series. You may wish to contribute to the show's running costs, it's Patreon is here https://www.patreon.com/tdrury or buy me a coffee here https://ko-fi.com/timdrury The show is also on Facebook please join the group for exclusive behind the scenes insights and of course also discuss and feedback on the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/187162411486307/ If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.
This week on Cloister Bell Podcast me and Liam make a fantastic return into the modern era of Doctor Who as we revisit 2005's Ninth Doctor episode Dalek by Robert Shearman. In this one we discuss the story, take a look behind the scenes and read out some listeners opinions including a kind message from Shearman himself. So order yourself a Jubilee Pizza, go upstairs where it's safe, its time to discuss Dalek.
Our special guest is Sadie Miller, who is now recreating the character of Sarah Jane Smith for Big Finish. Sadie speaks about growing up with two actors for parents, her career so far and how she has come to be cast in the role made famous and universally loved by her late mother, Elisabeth Sladen. In a change for the podcast, Philip and Dwayne's latest journey down the rabbit hole see them speaking about some of their guilty pleasures when it comes to the TV series. Recommendations Philip recommends Dalek by Robert Shearman read by Nicholas Briggs (Audiobook) Dwayne recommends The Doomsday Contract by John Lloyd adapted by Nev Fountain (Big Finish Lost Stories) Dwayne Bunney on Twitter The Sirens of Audio on YouTube Theme music by The Jackpot Golden Boys Email: sirensofaudio@gmail.com Website: sirensofaudio.com Twitter: @AudioSirens Facebook: 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
In this episode, Jack and Robin discuss their love for BIG FINISH! We also discuss the recent release from Maze Theory, 'The Lonely Assassins' and Robert Shearman's novelisation of his episode 'Dalek' Robin jumps into his first-ever Big Finish stories, and Jack gives his top picks for Big Finish beginners or Baby's first Big Finish. And as always there are some Canon-busters to mess with your minds!
Join me, Josh Carr, on Who Knew?: A Doctor Who Podcast, where I sit down with wonderful people each week to talk all things Who. This week, I chat to the fantastic Robert Shearman about his brand new Target novelisation, rebuilding the Dalek’s reputation, the highs and lows of adapting your own work and of course, everyone’s fave BF ‘The Chimes of Midnight’! Zavvi Affiliate Link: http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=2549&awinaffid=838281&clickref=&p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zavvi.com%2Fhome.dept Buy the ‘Dalek’ Target novelisation now!: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785945033/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_R148YN419SWJB33R68NW ROBERT’S SOCIALS Robert’s Twitter - @ShearmanRobert PODCAST SOCIAL’S Who Knew? Twitter - @whoknewpodcast Who Knew? Instagram @whoknewdwpod Who Knew? Email - whoknewdwpod@gmail.com CREDITS Theme - ‘The Doctor Who Theme’ as covered by The Sononauts https://youtu.be/teNrxPty9cM Corridor of Fame Theme - ‘Dreamer’ by Hazy https://m.soundcloud.com/hazy_music Music provided by https://www.plugnplaymusic.net/ Daytime TV Theme by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/
This month, Erik and Kyle continue their jaunt into Series 1 of rebooted Doctor Who with the first two stories not written by showrunner Russell T Davies. Those of course are Mark Gatiss' ode to Victorian ghost stories, "The Unquiet Dead," and Robert Shearman's indelible reintroduction of a classic villain, "Dalek." But do they hold up the way our heroes remember? Hmmm.
As an audio finale for Big Bang we present an interview with Robert Shearman, a man of many talents whose stellar writing career spans theatre, television, audio drama, novels and short fiction. We discuss Rob's forthcoming novel, a Doctor Who Target novelisation of 'Dalek', an episode, also written by Rob, that many Whovians will fondly remember from 2005. We also talk about Rob's book We All Hear Stories in the Dark. A titanic triptych weighing in at 3 volumes and nearly 2,000 pages, it is a thing of intricate and labyrinthine beauty, a choose your own adventure which no two readers will ever encounter in the same way. We reflect on how this epic act of love and grief came to be, the joys of reading, literary adaptation, fan culture, and the pleasures and pains of being a writer.
More Doctor Who Unbound this week with 'Deadline' by Robert Shearman and 'Exile' is by Nicholas Briggs
Just like it says on the tin, we discuss the 50th Anniversary special from Big Finish, Masterful by James Goss. We also discuss the limited edition which includes the specially written story, Terror of the Master, performed by the incredibly talented Jon Culshaw. After the end credits, stick around for Doctor Who : Perception Filter, a 7th Doctor short story written and read by Dwayne Bunney. We have just launched our new YouTube channel, so please subscribe to us there if you want to see our ugly mugs from time to time. Recommendations Dwayne recommends Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical by Robert Shearman (audiobook) Philip bucks the audio rule and recommends Years and Years by Russell T. Davies (TV series) Philip Edney on Twitter Dwayne Bunney on Twitter Theme music by Husky by the Geek. Email: sirensofaudio@gmail.com Website: sirensofaudio.com Twitter: @AudioSirens Facebook: 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
No “cocoons” or old people in swimming pools here! A note is left for Fox Mulder at a crime scene in the same style as notes left by a previous suspect Mulder had a hand in arresting. Only that man died in prison in 1989. Or did he? Mulder is convinced the suspect is alive and well, despite a death certificate on file. Scully thinks it might be a copycat or someone hired to do his bidding. Or maybe it’s just aliens… Or both…? Will we ever get the option of both…? References: Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files by Zack Handlen & Emily Todd Vanderwerf The X-Files Declassified by Frank Lovece The Truth is Out There: The Official Guide to the X-Files by Brian Lowry wanting to believe: a critical guide to The X-Files, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen by Robert Shearman (if only because he is also a fan of flirty Agent Henderson and thinks she should be a recurring character) Music: "Dark Science" by David Hilowitz “The Truth Is What We Make of It” by The Agrarians iwanttorewatch.com @iwanttorewatch on Instagram @RewatchXFiles on Twitter iwanttorewatch.tumblr.com iwanttorewatch@gmail.com voicemail @ anchor.fm/iwanttorewatch/message merch @ teespring.com/stores/iwanttorewatch --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
It's our Hallowe'en special ! For this year’s Hallowe’en episode our subject is the Old English poem, Beowulf, composed somewhere in England more than a thousand years ago. The atmospheric tale of supernatural monsters and human heroes has inspired scores of translations over the centuries and we will discuss several, including versions by Seamus Heaney, J.R.R. Tolkien, Michael Morpurgo and the powerful new translation by Maria Dahvana Headley (the 2007 computer-animated film adaptation by Robert Zemeckis and Neil Gaiman also makes an appearance). Andy and John are joined by regular Backlisted Hallowe’en guest Andrew Male, the senior associate editor of MOJO magazine, and Dr Laura Varnam, who first appeared on our last Hallowe’en episode to discuss Daphne Du Maurier’s collection, The Breaking Point. As well as being a Du Maurier expert, Laura is also the Lecturer in Old and Middle English Literature at University College, Oxford and teaches Beowulf to undergraduates. Before that, to put everyone in a suitably spooky mood, we all discuss stories taken from Robert Shearman’s remarkable experiment in storytelling, We All Hear Stories in the Dark.
Things get crunchy with award-winning writer Robert Shearman as we discuss the reason we're lucky we each survived to adulthood, how he almost talked his way out of selling his first short story, the way he starts every story thinking it's funny even as things turn horrific, why some readers find his new collection offensive and others uplifting, how he's following up that three-volume, 2,000-page, 650,000-word, 101-story collection, the way his brush with COVID-19 has affected his writing, and much more.
Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. Today Jonathan sits down to talk with World Fantasy Award-winning writer, poet, and playwright Robert Shearman about the joys and surprises of reading all one hundred and nineteen chapters of The Count of Monte Christo (including the bits with the opera and copious drug-taking); reading Peanuts and especially enjoying the bits before Snoopy becomes a total jerk; dealing with tragedy and grief through fiction; his incredible, quixotic and brilliant new book; and actually surviving in this Great and Terrible Pause. Books mentioned include: We All Hear Stories in the Dark by Robert Shearman The Count of Monte Christo by Alexander Dumas The Complete Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann The Complete Saki
Not only do we review Big Finish release #29 The Chimes of Midnight, we discuss some of Robert Shearman's other writing, including a 5 minute clip from the 1998 BBV audio, Punchline, available from Audible. Also discussed was the 2000 release, The Holy Terror. Our quick tip for this episode is Donna Noble: Kidnapped, released in March 2020. Intro & Outro music by Husky by the Geek. Website - sirensofaudio.com Email - sirensofaudio@gmail.com Twitter - @audiosirens All trailers, clips and cover art copyright to Big Finish & BBC and no infringement is intended. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sirensofaudio/message
We were at the British Fantasy Society’s Fantasycon in Clydebank near Glasgow! We talked to some amazing authors, publishers, magazine editors, and many more. Guests include Noel Chidwick of Shoreline of Infinity, Robert S. Malan, author and editor of Luna Press Publishing, and Robert Shearman. We catch up with author Ryan Summerbell, Ann Landmann of […]
The world of Doctor Who was thrown aback this week with news that beloved television writer and novelist Terrance Dicks passed away at the age of 84. Dicks’ contribution to the show and indeed many of our childhoods can’t be overestimated, from his time working with Barry Letts during the 1970s to his prodigious run on the Target novelizations, “The Five Doctors”, the New Adventures…the mind reels. We also continue our Series 11 commentary series with a look at “The Ghost Monument”, featuring Deeper Cuts host and Head Over Feels Tony Stark consulting expert Shannon Dohar! Links: – Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon! – Gallifrey One 2020 tickets still available – Terrance Dicks died – Robert Shearman writes about Terrance Dicks – Season 26 announced for Blu-Ray release – Season 26 Blu-Ray trailer, by Pete McTighe – Season 26 Blu-Ray clean artwork – BFI Curse of Fenric screening – Season 23 Blu-Ray UK release pushed back 2 weeks – Series 11 nominated for 4 Welsh BAFTAs – NYCC exclusive Tzim Sha Funko Pop – Quiz of Rassilon, with RFS contribution Commentary: – The Ghost Monument – Shannon Dohar
Robert Shearman is the author of numerous books and dramatic pieces for stage, TV, and radio. I met Rob in March and we talked about everything from how he started writing to the process of turning a Doctor Who audio play for adults into a shorter TV show for children, and more. (Warning: spoilers for “Dalek” and “The Chimes of Midnight” within!) Find show notes at fycuriosity.com and join the conversation on Instagram @fycuriosity.
In this weeks podcast David and Matt dissect the two part adventure 'The Empty Child' and 'The Doctor Dances'. Matt addresses the fearful aspects of the episodes whilst David is fearful of having to defend the episodes. Doctor Who theme by Ron Grainer, arranged by Alexander Erben. Talk to us! Email: timenorspacepod@gmail.com | Twitter: @timenorspacepod
In this weeks podcast David and Matt dissect the episode 'Fathers Day'. For once David highlights his issues with the episode whilst Matt tries to find the best use of time travel in film and television. Doctor Who theme by Ron Grainer, arranged by Alexander Erben. Talk to us! Email: timenorspacepod@gmail.com | Twitter: @timenorspacepod
In this weeks podcast David and Matt dissect the episode 'The Long Game'. The good news is they finally agree on an episode, the bad news being the episode itself. Doctor Who theme by Ron Grainer, arranged by Alexander Erben. Talk to us! Email: timenorspacepod@gmail.com | Twitter: @timenorspacepod
Matt and David discuss "Dalek", a fan favourite episode that reintroduces an iconic villain. What's not to love? Well, quite a bit if you ask Matt. Doctor Who theme by Ron Grainer, arranged by Alexander Erben. Talk to us! Email: timenorspacepod@gmail.com | Twitter: @timenorspacepod
This month, we reach the end of our journey through Doctor Who history – for now, at least – by diving into the audio adventures of the series' least well-known but paradoxically most prolific Doctor: Paul McGann, the 8th Doctor, who debuted in a poorly-received TV film in 1996, but went on to star in a broad swath on ancillary material up to and beyond the show's return to BBC in 2005. For this episode, we discuss one of the 8th Doctor's earliest adventures, the 2002 Big Finish audio drama “The Chimes of Midnight,” by Robert Shearman, a haunted house mystery that has a lot more going on than one might expect at first blush. It is undoubtedly one of the boldest, most experimental, and most gripping Doctor Who stories ever produced, and proof that the franchise can work just as well in the form of an audio drama as it does on television. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel! Subscribe for free to 'The Weekly Stuff' in iTunes! Follow Jonathan Lack on Twitter! Follow Sean Chapman on Twitter!
On this special episode of Reality Bomb, Graeme Burk travels to Britain and takes the podcast with him! Graeme checks in with comic book artist Rachael Stott (Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor Adventures, Sex Criminals) about how she's coping with Peter Capaldi's imminent departure and what she's looking forward to with the Christmas special and the new Doctor. Doctor Who writer and World Fantasy Award winning author Robert Shearman discusses Turlough, the Black Guardian and multiple Brigadiers when he brings the timey-wimey-before-it-was-called-that story Mawdryn Undead to the Gallery of the Underrated. And Graeme journeys to Cardiff to visit some Doctor Who and Torchwood locations!
Every single prop is made of PVC. It only took 5 weeks, but this week we’re cashing in on the most popular Doctor Who villain ever created. We probably could have held out longer, but we need people to listen. It’s Dalek, written by Robert Shearman and aired on April 30, 2005. Doctor Who ©Continue reading →
Class has ended! And with the conclusion of Patrick Ness’s adventure in YA Doctor Who-ness, Warren and Steven (Chris has been felled by The Swarm this week) take a look at the finale and the series in total, as well as examining new Big Finish releases, Xmas special related news, and more! We also have an interview with author, playwright, writer of “Dalek”, and co-writer of the newly released Running Through Corridoers one Robert Shearman, from Chicago TARDIS! Listen, if you dare! NOTE: our discussion of Episode 8 of Class occurs from 22:10-34:15. Links: – Class episode 8, “The Lost” – The Return of Doctor Mysterio BBC One Broadcast time! – BBC Christmas 2016 trailer. – Wayne Yip is directing Doctor Who series 10! – Daniel Nettheim directing Doctor Who series 10! – Heaven Sent/Hell Bent screening in Denver with Rachel Talalay – Denver screening in support of the ACLU – New Zealand cinema screening of The Return of Doctor Mysterio – December Big Finish releases. – Ninth Doctor figure from Big Chief now available. – Coventry road to be named after Delia Derbyshire. – Chicago TARDIS Interviews: – Robert Shearman
Apurando fechas de entrega, los VerdHugos os traemos el último episodio de la temporada. Tenemos como invitada a nuestra admirada Aliette de Bodard, con quien hablaremos, entre otras cosas, de su última novela, la fantasía urbana post-apocalíptica The House of Shattered Wings.En la segunda parte del programa dedicaremos la tertulia a valorar lo que ha pasado en el panorama del género fantástico durante el 2015 y, como es habitual, os haremos algunas recomendaciones literarias (¡Aliette también!).Esperamos que disfrutéis del programa tanto como nosotros, sino más.Recomendaciones LiterariasAliette de BodardMaking Wolf, de Tade Thompson.Court of Five, de Kate Elliott.ElíasThe Builders, de Daniel Polansky.Luna, de Ian McDonald.LetiLas tres novellas de The Game House: The Serpent, The Thief & The Master, de Claire Norh.JMTwelve Kings of Sarakai, de Bradley Beaulieu.Homo Homini Lupus, de Robert Shearman.MiquelNido de Pesadillas, de Lisa Tuttle.Stalker (Pícnic en el Camino), de Arkadi y Boris Strugatski.El episodio se puede descargar de archive.org y, en cuanto se propaguen los feeds, de iVoox e iTunes.Música: Back to Adventure, de Butterfly TeaLogotipo: Javier Hansard
In this special mini-episode of Radio Free Skaro, Steven interviews writer Robert Shearman about his recent trip to New York to watch a production of his 1992 play "Easy Laughter", as performed by Dirt [contained]! Rob and Steven also talk about Series 8 of Doctor Who, and Rob gives an update on the soon-to-be-released Running Through Corridors Volume 2. Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com
Shana and Daniel are joined by Dr. Paul Booth of Depaul University in their discussion of "Chimes of Midnight," an Eighth Doctor audio adventure from Big Finish. Lots of general discussion of Big Finish ensues, along with a discussion of why the Doctor can be such a revolutionary figure on other worlds but must let simmering issues like class oppression alone. Main Topic: Chimes of Midnight. Introducing Paul Booth. "Pretend it's midnight and you're stoned, and it will make perfect sense." Daniel's claim to fame: Robert Shearman at least briefly followed him on Twitter. Shana's experience in listening to Chimes. The use of audio as a medium. Paul recommends "Ish." Repetition. Sideways in time. Time travel in Chimes. Downton Abbey as a window to the past. Comparison to Nightmare on Eden. Really. Meta-meandering. Chimes as drawing-room drama. 1920s in fiction. Doctor Who has commentary on genre. Big Finish as Classic Who Updated. The modernized companion. Spilling some love for Charlie and McGann. "The book is better than the movie" syndrome. The fan culture around Big Finish. What is the Doctor's responsibility towards oppressive cultures? The Doctor as a figure who inspires individuals to change the world for themselves. Fannish love for Chimes. Nick Briggs as the next showrunner? We lost Shana. 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. Daniel's Tumblr Twitter Shana's Tumblr Twitter Find Paul! His website is here: http://www.mcsdepaul.com/paul-booth.html Paul's Twitter
In Episode 7: The Weeds of Delta Magna, the boys fantasize about writing their very own Doctor Who special, struggle to stay positive while talking about the Fourth Doctor story The Power of Kroll, answer probing Doctor Who-related questions from Joshua's ten-year-old daughter, and dig deep into Robert Shearman's dual Dalek stories, the Sixth Doctor Big Finish audio Jubilee and […]
This week the first of our series of World Fantasy Convention 2014 podcasts. Award-winning writers Helen Marshall and Robert Shearman sit down with Gary and Jonathan to discuss writing, their careers, their new books and much more. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast!
As part of our 15 Days of Big Finish, celebrating 15 years of Doctor Who audio adventures, Nick Briggs, Sue Cowley and Ian Atkins are chatting to writer Rob Shearman.
The Coode Street Podcast is a full service podcast. While Gary and Jonathan are on vacation, we asked long-time listener Cat Sparks to select some classic episodes that we could send out to entertain and enlighten in their absence. Next up are brilliant short story writer Robert Shearman, and living legend Howard Waldrop, who spoke to Gary and Jonathan in July 2013 live from Readercon 24 in Boston. We hope you enjoy the podcast and our thanks to Cat!
Our 50th Anniversary countdown continues as Scott and Matt discuss Robert Shearman and the Sixth Doctor with the Colin Baker Big Finish Audio story “The Holy Terror”. The TARDIS lands in a castle in the midst of religious upheaval in … Continue reading →
The great Lost Podcasts of 2012 are a part of Coode Street Podcast lore. A sad and painful memory of four wonderful conversations ever lost to perfidious technology. This week one of the participants in those conversations, brilliant short story writer Robert Shearman, and living legend Howard Waldrop, join Gary and Jonathan in a special podcast recorded in Boston at Readercon 24. Much is discussed about the art of the short story, changes in contemporary culture, and more. As always, we hope you enjoy this episode of the podcast!
This month on The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond invite award-winning UK author Robert Shearman to chat about his recent adventures at the Adelaide Writers' Week and the New Zealand International Arts Festival, as well as his ongoing and insanely impressive -- or impressively insane? -- One Hundred Stories project. Hilarity ensues. Highly personal details about Ian's sleeping habits are disclosed. Rob explains why he writes like an uber-caffeinated monkey. Kirstyn edits none of it out. Mwaohahaha. Around the 27:15 mark, the conversation meanders over to Rob's recommended book, Hope: A Tragedy by Shalom Auslander. Despite the fact that it's quite a new book, the trio are relentlessly free and easy with the spoilers, so skip ahead if you'd rather not hear how the book ends. Or begins. Or what happens in the middle. They then move on to discussing the two official podcast books: Houses Without Doors by Peter Straub (beginning at 1:00:30), picked by Kirstyn, and Queenpin by Megan Abbott (1:31:30) which was Ian's recommendation. Yes, it's another looooong episode. You're welcome! Tune back in around the 01:53:45 point for final remarks (and possibly some out-of-tune singing). Next month, Ian has recommended When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger while Kirstyn has picked The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. Read ahead and join in the spoilerific fun! * Vale Paul Haines Paul Haines, a well-known and much-loved member of the Australian spec fic community, passed away on Monday 5th March, 2012. Paul was a generous, funny and all-around amazing human being, as well as being an astonishingly good writer – truly, one of our best. He will be sorely missed by those who knew him and by those who only met him through his words. Paul's work is dark, disturbing, confronting and, more often than not, piss funny to boot. If you've not yet had the pleasure, please track down his collections: The Last Days of Kali Yuga (Brimstone Press, 2011) Slice of Life (The Mayne Press, 2010) Doorways for the Dispossessed (Prime, 2006) Thank you, Paul. Travel safe.
On this episode of The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond proffer a correction from Cheryl Morgan in regards to Hugo Awards eligibility before entangling themselves in more culturally appropriative knots sparked off by some very interesting feedback from Karen Lord. They also announce a list of giveaway novels in order to bribe listeners into recommending original, self-published eBooks for their newly named eBook Extravaganza ... so follow them on Twitter and start recommending! During discussion of The Silver Wind by Nina Allan (beginning at 35:30), Ian mentions this review by Martin Lewis while Kirstyn quotes from this piece by Sofia Samatar. The conversation then turns to The Courier's New Bicycle by Kim Westwood at 59:45 wherein this review by Cheryl Morgan is mentioned. Tune back in around the 01:43:00 point for final remarks. Next month, Ian and Kirstyn invite UK author Robert Shearman onto the podcast. (You may remember a discussion of Rob's most excellent story collection, Everyone's Just So So Special, on Episode 12. If you don't remember, go back and listen to it right now!) Rob has recommended Perfume by Patrick Süskind for everyone to read, while Ian Mond has picked Queenpin by Megan Abbott and Kirstyn has chosen Houses Without Doors by Peter Straub. Read ahead and join in the fun!
A bumper crop of fantastic interviews highlights this week’s episode of Radio Free Skaro! Steven, our man in…er…Chicago managed to talk to Mark Sheppard about his lifelong passion for Doctor Who and his desire to return to the show, Benjamin Cook talks about his experiences writing The Writer’s Tale with Russell T Davies, Nick Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery discuss Tom Baker’s long awaited return to the role of The Doctor (in audio form), as well as say all that they can about the upcoming project to animate the missing episodes of The Reign of Terror, and Robert Shearman mentions Volume 2 of Running Through Corridors in between mouthfuls of pizza and beer. We hope you enjoy these interviews as much as we enjoy bringing them to you! Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com
You and Who is now available to pre-order(with a provisional publishing date of December 12th 2011)from the Hirst Books website:The legend Babelcolour gives a reading on his YouTube channel:It looks like there'll be an 'official launch' at the Hirst Books Christmas Event in Newbury, on Saturday 10th December, where I'll be signing copies of You and Who, hopefully alongside other, more respectable Hirst authors, such as Michael Troughton and John Leeson, potentially - but not Colin Baker, alas, who'll be appearing in panto in Mansfield that day! More news as and when.“It's a wonderful idea, and I'll be sure to buy the book.”Robert Shearman(author The Chimes of Midnight, Dalek, Tiny Deaths, Love Songs For the Shy and Cynical)You and Who is the definitive volume on what it means to be a Doctor Who fan.The book has been written almost entirely by previously unpublished authors, from the ages of six to sixty, and comprises more than sixty-six essays on the subject of how and why it is that we have come to love Doctor Who.Whether it be a tale of meeting the sixth Doctor, building up a huge library of VHS tapes, or discovering the programme through satellite channel repeats, there's a story in here that almost any fan will recognise as their own.Beautifully written, filled with warmth and generosity, witty and delightful, You and Who is a book that no Doctor Who fan should be without.Available 1 12 2011 from Hirst Publishing.The proceeds will be donated to Children in Need.- J.R. Southall So, here is the contents page! I've arranged the order of the submissions into that which I think best serves the material (and the authors), and I've tried to ensure that no essays too similar sit right next to one another in the book - unless I've specifiaclly wanted them to do so (there were a couple of instances of this). Wow! If your name's on this list, this must be pretty exciting stuff...5 Introduction11 Spoilers! by Cameron Sinclair Harris16 Dear Doctor, by Chris Orton19 The Taking of Planet Wilf (Part One), by Andrew Philips24 Teatime and an Open Mind, by Stuart Humphryes28 The Complete History of Doctor Who (1963 – 1989), by Jonathon Lyttle41 The “Matt Smith” Generation, by Abby Dorey44 An Unearthly Show, by J.R. Southall49 I Was a Teenage Time Lord, by Rob Irwin54 Voted Most Quotable Show Ever, by Mike Morgan56 I Am a Doctor Who Fan, by Mark Hevingham61 Loving the Hated, by Matthew Kresal65 A Fireplace and a Rug, by Will Brooks68 The Life and Times of a Whovian, by Daniel J McLaughlin72 The Third Era, by Julio Angel Ortiz76 Still Seeking Susan, by Richard Kirby79 Further Reading, by Stephen Candy81 The Trip of a Lifetime, Indeed! by Larry Mullen84 Good Old Tom-Boy! by Dez Skinn87 The Doctor, Me and Everyone Else, by Adam Ray90 After All, That's How It All Started! by Andrew Clancy97 “Don't Worry, He'll Just Regenerate!” by Daniel Peat100 Getting a First Look Through Repeats, by Joseph Channon102 Every Child Should See a Doctor, by Vince Stadon106 Who On 2 (Or, How I Fell in Love With an Old, Dead Thing), by Nicholas Blake116 The Unconventional Hero, by Rik Moran120 Tears Before Bedtime, by Greg Dunn123 Mission to the Unknown, by Andrew Curnow127 All Thanks to Patrick... by Paul Butler129 Police Public Call Box – Out of Order, by Robert Morrison138 A Prescription for Nostalgia, by Kristan Johnson147 Now Here's a Funny Idea... by Nicholas Peat150 Shaping a Childhood, by Amanda Evans152 A Special Time, by Richard Angell154 Loving Who, by Cindy A. Matthews157 Doctor Who and My Ongoing Quest to Like All Things, by Tom Henry161 Infinite Dimensions in Space and Time: When the TARDIS Landed in Mexico, by Fernanda Boils164 Through the Wilderness, by Dave Workman166 Why Doctor Who is Like Christmas! by Nicola J. Johnson169 “Do You Want to Come With Me?” by Grant Webb172 A Madman With a Box Opens My Box, by Michael Russell176 The Day I Met the Doctor, by Simon Hart179 Who, Where and When, by Alex Storer184 Choices, by Michael M. Gilroy-Sinclair186 An American on Gallifrey, by Nicholas A. Tosoni190 That Battered Blue Box, by Lucy Horn193 Growing Up With the Doctor, by Antony Cox198 The Day the Music Died, by Tony Green202 Time and Again, by John G. Wood206 Stranger in Space, by Greg Walker208 Doctor Who is Responsible for Everything! by Mikael William Barnard214 Why I Like Doctor Who, by Andrew Bowman215 What's Wrong With It, by Eamon Jurdzis218 Me and Who, by Ben Jones223 1993 Was the Year of the Tin, by Lissa Levesque229 A Death in the Family, by Brendan Jones234 Just Vinegar, Please, by Emma Lucy Whitney238 We Walk in Eternity, by Matthew Crossman240 Take Home and Keep, by Michael Bellamy243 The Daisyest Daisy, by Jef Hughes246 Genesis of My Enlightenment, by Neil Thomas252 “I Just Do the Best I Can,” by Andrew Orton256 I Think I'm Rather More Expendable than You Are, by Christopher Bryant260 Whose Time Is It Anyway?, by Paul Driscoll262 The Taking of Planet Wilf (Part Two), by Andrew Philips269 The Doctor's An Alien – So Am I, by Steven Ray270 It's Got Daleks In It! by Andrew Tomlinson274 I Love Doctor Who, by Elizabeth Tomlinson
On this episode of The Writer and the Critic, your hosts, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond, decide to eschew their normal thirty-odd minutes of waffle and plunge straight into a discussion of the two titles at hand, Bluegrass Symphony by Lisa L. Hannett and Everyone's Just So So Special by Robert Shearman. As both books are short story collections and also very new releases, there are no spoilers as such. But here are the time stamps anyway: 03:00 for Bluegrass Symphony (yes, that's three minutes -- they really meant it with the eschewing) and 33:00 for Everyone's Just So So Special. Final remarks kick in around 01:21:00. Kirstyn would like to disclaim that she is a judge for both the Australian Shadows and the Aurealis Awards this year, for which Lisa Hannett's stories are eligible, and therefore needs to stress that her opinions of the collection as expressed on this podcast are solely her own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the judging panels for either award. Ian would like to disclaim that he loves Rob Shearman just so so much, and is therefore incapable of holding any objective opinion of his work. So there's that. The Karen Joy Fowler story that is tangentially mentioned can be read online over at Subterranean Press, while Rob Shearman's insane One Hundred Stories project lives here. Next month, Ian and Kirstyn invite John Richards from Boxcutters to be their special podcast guest. John has chosen Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland as for everyone to read, while Ian has selected Room by Emma Donoghue and Kirstyn has recommended The Secret History by Donna Tartt. They will most likely be back to their usual spoilerific form, so read ahead and join in the fun!
Last September, in Melbourne, science fiction fans came from all over the world to hear us interview two of the writers of the new series of Doctor Who, Paul Cornell and Robert Shearman. You can feel like you were actually there by listening to this episode. You will miss all the visual jokes but you’ll […]
T minus 5 days until The Time of Angels. Welcome to this, the 7th Hitchhiker's Guide to the Whoverse: Mostly harmless Cutaway. Today Eric & Megan break down the newest, latest, and greatest Doctor Who. WARNING: This review/discussion contains pure Dalek DNA and SPOILERS! Thanks so much to Katrina (@xanister), 1 of the 'Three who Squee' fan creativity @ the Bridging the Rift podcast for providing this episode's intro. We certainly feel her contribution adds a bit of Canadian charm to our otherwise droll program. Please follow the links and check out their opinions & take on the world of Doctor Who fan art. Disclaimer: At 1 point Eric refers Robert Shearman, author of Dalek & Jubilee as "Ron" Shearman; Please disregard. This Blue Guy literally has a splitting headache therefore these notes will be cut short. All will be fine given time, so sincerely... DON'T PANIC Creator/Producer: Eric EscamillaEmail: bullitt33 ~at~ gmail ~dot~comSkype username: bullitt33Twitter: @Bullitt33Facebook: Bullitt33 Co-host: Megan Hibner Email: meganhibner ~at~ gmail ~dot~comTwitter: @meganhibner YouTube: youtube.com/TheChannelofRassilon HHG2W:Email: guidetothewhoverse ~at~ gmail ~dot~comWebsite: guidetothewhoverse.libsyn.comTwitter: @HHG2WTumblr: guidetothewhoverse.tumblr.com The MHC theme was created by Eric Escamilla.The MHC coverart was created by Cat (@fancyfembot). [Subscribe via iTunes]
So nach einer Woche in London geht dann endlich der nächste Cast online, der bereits vor gut über einer Woche aufgenommen wurde. Annika und Raphael besprechen den Gastauftritt des zehnten Doctors in der Sarah Jane Adventures Folge “The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith”. Außerdem gibt es News, Post und ein, von Annika gesponsertes Gewinspiel, für die Freunde der Arbeiten von “Robert Shearman”.
So nach einer Woche in London geht dann endlich der nächste Cast online, der bereits vor gut über einer Woche aufgenommen wurde. Annika und Raphael besprechen den Gastauftritt des zehnten Doctors in der Sarah Jane Adventures Folge “The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith”. Außerdem gibt es News, Post und ein, von Annika gesponsertes Gewinspiel, für die Freunde der Arbeiten von “Robert Shearman”.