Doctor Who: The Alhambra Podcast

The Doctor Who Alhambra Podcast would like you to watch the classic Doctor Who story, Warriors of the Deep with us. However, instead of watching the video, we invite you to watch it in the same manner as Liam watches, audio only. We'd love to get your thoughts of watching Warriors Of The Deep without the pictures by using the hashtag #WarriorsOfTheDeep and/or tweeting the podcast @AlhambraPodcast, @djNezumi or @Mavic_Chen. The audio clips for the show came from the Classic Doctor Who DVD from 2Entertain entitled "The Depth" and "They Came from Beneath the Sea." Voices heard in those clips where writer: Johnny Byrne, actor: Peter Davison, script editor: Eric Saward, & visual effects designer: Matt Irvine.

Episode 20 of the Doctor Who: Alhambra Podcast has been recorded and is just awaiting post production to occur. In episode 20 of the podcast we catch up with what each other has been watching and/or listening to since last we recorded. Liam tells of his experiences in America. Next we look at the connections between some of the lost classic Doctor Who serials and a landfill in a New Mexico desert (audio segements came from ATARI: Game Over, a documentary made in 2014). I reference some facts that The Tin-Dog Podcast's host Michael, has made in some of his past podcasts (I don't know which one, but I'm sure they exist). Once we hit the news, Liam shares his frustration with Disney and their lack of consideration towards Star Wars fans for what they'll be doing with the continuity established in the book series once episode VII comes out in December. We discuss the news and future releases from Big Finish regarding Torchwood, Doom Coalistion, The Worlds of Big Finish (extreme crossover release) and it's potiential marketing sceme. When we get to the reviews we first finish discussing The Two Doctors classic story, focusing on audio only, but my explaining of what happened visually to add clarification to the story. Next we discuss the Big Finish releases: The Defectors - by Nick Briggs; Last of the Cybermen - by Alan Barnes; Death Match - by Matt Fitton; Suburban Hell - by Alan Barnes; The Well-Mannered War - by Gareth Roberts, adapted by John Dorney; Damaged Goods - by Russell T. Davies, adapted by Jonathan Morris. During the review of Damaged Goods we get into the a second discussion/debate on Doctor Who "Cannon" or what is and what is not cannon, and then back to Star Wars cannon and not cannon. I make a reference to @DoctorSquee's Gallifrey Stands Podcast interview with Paul Cornell. We finish up the show reviewing Jago & Litefoot sereis 9, Blake's 7 Truth and Lies, and Terrahawks Vol. 1, before a quick Game of Thrones discussion to end episode 20. Please email the show at: [email protected] Tweet the show: @AlhambraPodcast or @djNezumi or @Mavic_Chen Visit our website: AlhambraPodcast.weebly.com Audio clips that accompany this show come from the documentaries - ATARI: Game Over (found on Netflix at least in the U.S.) and Doctor Forever: Love and War from the Classic Doctor Who special features on The Ark in Space DVD. Podcast referenced on this podcast: Gallifrey Stands Podcast and The Tin-Dog Podcast

Episode 20 of the Doctor Who: Alhambra Podcast has been recorded and is just awaiting post production to occur. In episode 20 of the podcast we catch up with what each other has been watching and/or listening to since last we recorded. Liam tells of his experiences in America. Next we look at the connections between some of the lost classic Doctor Who serials and a landfill in a New Mexico desert (audio segements came from ATARI: Game Over, a documentary made in 2014). Once we hit the news, Liam shares his frustration with Disney and their lack of consideration towards Star Wars fans for what they'll be doing with the continuity established in the book series once episode VII comes out in December. We discuss the news and future releases from Big Finish regarding Torchwood, Doom Coalistion, The Worlds of Big Finish (extreme crossover release) and it's potiential marketing sceme. When we get to the reviews we first finish discussing The Two Doctors classic story, focusing on audio only, but my explaining of what happened visually to add clarification to the story. Next we discuss the Big Finish releases: The Defectors - by Nick Briggs; Last of the Cybermen - by Alan Barnes; Death Match - by Matt Fitton; Suburban Hell - by Alan Barnes; The Well-Mannered War - by Gareth Roberts, adapted by John Dorney; Damaged Goods - by Russell T. Davies, adapted by Jonathan Morris. We finish up the show reviewing Jago & Litefoot sereis 9, Blake's 7 Truth and Lies, and Terrahawks Vol. 1, before a quick Game of Thrones discussion to end episode 20. Please email the show at: [email protected] Tweet the show: @AlhambraPodcast or @djNezumi or @Mavic_Chen Visit our website: AlhambraPodcast.weebly.com

As we prepare to release episode 20 of the DoctorWho: Alhambra podcast, we release this mini episode to let you know we are still here! Here are the main points that'll be discussed in Episode 20 of the Doctor Who: Alhambra podcast. The idea of looking in landfills to find missing episodes of the lost Classic Doctor Who series. We look at what's new in the News as well as the up and coming releases for Big Finish. We'll argue about the "greatness" regarding the new Big Finish range set to be released in September 2015. Next, we review and share our thoughts on the April and May releases from Big Finish, featuring: DW Main Range, 4th Doctor Adventures, DW Novel Adaptations, Jago & Litefoot, and Terrahawks. Followed by a long discussion as to why I can't get past episode 2 of Terrahawks, and Liam defends its awesomeness and compares it (wrongly) to Red Dwarf. Finally, we'll finish our look at The Two Doctors, without visuals. Please share this podcast with friends! Email the show at [email protected] Tweet us @AlhambraPodcast, @djNezumi & @Mavic_Chen

Episode 19 of the Doctor Who: Alhambra podcast begins with a quick discussion of what we've been watching or listening to since the last podcast. During the news segment we discuss DWM #285 celebration issue of Ten years of Doctor Who back on TV. Share thoughts of what we like and what we don't like, and Liam argues that perhaps Big Finish's Doctor Who releases were better than some of the TV stuff. Brett argues that it all went down hill when RTD left as it became more of a who's the companion compared to the Doctor's story, also perhaps Matt Smith's departure could have messed with Moffat's overall plan. From there we continue the saga discussion known as The State of Big Finish, as we again vent our frustrations with lack of discounts for the big supporters of many of their ranges, yet do crazy discount price reductions that give random guy a +50% discount on a large portion of their ranges. Liam informs me about an American radio show featuring zombies, where which Brett randomly complains about the zombie genre. We smoothly transition to Survivors Series 2 box set trailer release, to the 8th Doctor Doom Coalition release, as well as the great news of Big Finish retaining their Doctor Who license till the year 2020. As we turn our attention to the releases for the month of March, we discuss the last of the E-Space trilogy for the 5th Doctor main range, probably one of the best releases for this trilogy. We discuss some of the releases you might need to listen to, #136 Cobwebs, #174 Prisoners of Fate also written by Jonathan Morris, who also penned #197 The Entrophy Plague (if you haven't purchased or listened to all of the main range releases once Big Finish reunited the crowded Tardis, these would be the ones you'd need to listen to in order to understand the timeline of Nyssa). Then we get to discuss the 4th Doctor Adventures, and this release, 4.03 Requiem for the Rocket Men by John Dorney, is one of the first releases in which Liam and Brett have a difference of opinion regarding this range (the first one being 3.02 White Ghosts). We finish off the podcast with Liam giving his thoughts on Blake's 7 Ghost Ship (February) and Devil's Advocate (March), and Vienna Series 2. We finish the podcast reviewing the classic Doctor Who episode "The Two Doctors" as we see this show without seeing it. Liam watches it in his normal way, and Brett watches it without the visual as we try to figure out if the story holds up, acting, plot, overall viewing pleasure without visuals. We have some dynomite discussions as I share my frustrations with not being able to visually see it, as Liam asks questions regarding what is something actually like. Although I haven't finished watching it visually or audioly, the Two Doctors is an amazing story, very strong and enjoyable. Give it a watch without watching it and see if what it's like if you were unable to see this story. Please check out our website: AlhambraPodcast.weebly.com Tweet us: @AlhambraPodcast @Mavic_Chen @djNezumi E-mail: [email protected]

Fellow podcaster, Doctor Squee, and his faithful companion Dottie Who from the Gallifrey Stands Podcast, join us in our monthly review of Doctor Who and Big Finish for the month of February 2015. This episode of Doctor Who: Alhambra is part two of a dual podcast crossover. Part one of the podcast can be located on: iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gallifrey-stands/id872044053?mt=2 Website: http://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com The Gallifrey Stands Podcast can be contacted by: Email: [email protected] Twitter:@DoctorSquee You can also like the Facebook page, just look for the logo with Dottie Who and Doctor Squee. In the first ever crossover episode of The Doctor Who: Alhambra podcast, we get to know Doctor Squee and the Gallifrey Stands Podcast and find out what he watches, listens and reads. Next, we look at the news associated with Doctor Who and Big Finish, and think about what could Big Finish produce next, if it wasn't UNIT Extinction. Then we review the Big Finish releases for the month of February with a focus on Doctor Who as we get to know Doctor Squee's background when it comes to Big Finish. Finally, we finish with a spoiler free discussion on March's release of the Eighth Doctor "Dark Eyes 4." Next month we'll be looking at the March 2015 releases from Big Finish, look at the non-Doctor Who releases we skipped from February (Blake's 7, Dark Shadows, and Vienna Series 2). Of course there'll be the occational rant and new news we get in the Whoniverse and other Sci-Fi series. Thanks for the listen, please share this podcast and the Gallifrey Stands Podcast with a friend. @Mavic_Chen & @djNezumi

Episode 17 starts out with us talking about what we've been watching and listening to since last podcast. From there we move on to Doctor Who and Big Finish news. Next, we look at "The State of Big Finish," where we look at their growth from 2013 to present. We do vent some frustration and annoyances with the lack of communication Big Finish has with their subscribers, but we do keep in mind that Big Finish does produce high quality audio dramas and we eagerly anticipate each month's release. Then, we review the Main Range release 195 Mistfall, the first part of the 5th Doctor E-Space Trilogy. From there we move to the Tom Baker release beginning with the 4th Doctor Adventure, The Exxilons, then transition to the Novalizations, The English Way of Death and Romance of Crime. We acknowledge the Short Trips "Flywheel Revolution" and The Avengers Vol 3 release, but have no review at this time. Liam finishes off with his thoughts on Blake's 7 full cast, Mindset, and the last Pathfinders Legend story for series 1. Cam tries to make sense of some of the Pathfinders as well as the Dark Shadows - Bloodlush ranges. The show finishes off with the audio only review of the Sixth Doctor classic story, Mindwarp, and the tie-ins with Antidote of Oblivian, Peri and the Piscon Paradox, The Widow's Assassin, and The Rani's Elite (spoilers may occur if you haven't listened to any of those stories).

In our final podcast for the year of 2014 we finish our first year of podcasting with part 1 of a two part podcast. Part One: We discuss the Doctor Who and Big Finish news from December till early January. We look at the Doctor Who, UNIT and Derrick Sherwin unhappiness, as Liam relates his Whoverville Interview and the DWM interview (DWM #479, p. 54-60). Then a quick discussion of The British Film Institute survey of the Best Sci-Fi characters of all-time, and the DW related names. We then finish off with some of the new Big Finish announcement regarding future releases. Once we get to the reviews, we look at the 2014 releases for Big Finish: The Rani Elite (MR #194), An Ordinary Life (EA. #1.4), The Highest Science (Novel Adaption #2), Blake's 7 Fortuitas (2.2), Survivors Audio Book, The Judgement of Sherlock Holmes (Box Set 4). We then finish off with Doctor Who TV series Christmas Special "Last Christmas." During our discussion we rant, complain, and have an odd discussion regarding what Anglophiles do to Brits in their American neighborhood. References to the Inbetweeners 2 movie, Misfits, and other fun stuff are intertwined in this joyous romp of a podcast Contact us: Twitter: @alhambrapodcas Email: [email protected]

In Episode 15th, Liam and Cam look back at the Doctor Who and Big Finish releases during the 2013. We review and discuss if these BF audio and in the TV new series of Doctor Who properly represent and celebrate 50 years of Doctor Who. We try our best to look at the year as a whole and work hard to not let what we know of 2014 influence our opinions. Rants and off topic conversations occur, but a fun time was had by the both of us during this podcast. Due to some Christmas holiday/family obligations, some of the podcast does have background noise that couldn't be helped. I tried to clean it up as best as I could, apologies for the bits that couldn't be fixed.

Part 2 of the November 2014 Doctor Who Alhambra podcast starts with a review of the Blake's 7 Liberator Chronicles Box Set 10 and the first episode of the second season of the Blake's 7 Full Cast audio. Then we review the last 3 episodes of Series 8 of Doctor Who, go into some of the holes and pitfalls that ended the 8th sereis. Starting off with In the Forest of the Night, Dark Water, and Death of Heaven. Finally we end with Liam's recorders of the Whooverville 6 interviews. These recordings can be found at minute mark 42:00. Next month we will have two podcasts: 1st we'll be reviewing the Doctor Who and Big Finish releases for 2013. 2nd we'll have a review of the Big Finish releases for the month of December 2014.

Episode 14A of the Doctor Who: Alhambra podcast begins with discussing the news associated with Doctor Who and Big Finish. Next, Liam reviews Big Finish's Frankenstein release. We then transition to the main range releases The Widow's Assassin and Masters of Earth. Then we move on to the Early Adventure: The Bounty of Ceres and Dark Eyes 3. We conclude part 1 of the podcast by reviewing Confessions of Dorian Gray Series 3. Stay tuned for part 2 of the Doctor Who: Alhambra podcast, were we will finish reviewing the November Big Finish releases, Blake's 7 Full Cast and Liberator Chronicles Box set 10. Finishing up with our spoiler filled review of Doctor Who Series 8 episodes "In the Forest of the Night," "Dark Water," and "Death in Heaven." Also featured in part 2 of the podcast will contain the interviews Liam obtained during his attendence of the Whoverville convention in October.

The 13th episode of the Doctor Who: Alhambra podcast, we discuss the news of Colin Baker's new companion for the next 6th Doctor main range release. Have a discussion of the new Doctor Who book, Engines of War, which features the War Doctor. Sadly as of the recording of this episode, 25th of October, the Main Range release The Widows Assassin hadn't been release, so no review on that until November. We discuss the Early Adventure story "The Doctor's Tale." Before we get into The Worlds of Doctor Who box set, we get distracted by some on-line community blind allegiance to only the Steven Moffat era of the New Who. We discuss why the Sherlock episode length format could work better in the new series of Doctor Who. Finally, after a rant that could have been go on even longer, but we got railed in (luckily). Next we move on to series 8 of Jago and Litefoot, which I cannot stop talking about one of my least favorite episode ever, and Liam trying to convince me otherwise. It leads to an impromptu ranking of the Doctor Who Big Finish audio musicals (Doctor Who and the Pirates, The Scorchies, and Encoure of the Scorchies). After hitting each of the series 8 Jago and Litefoot stories, we move on to the whole reason why we started this podcast, discussing what Doctor Who is like for those who aren't able to visually watch it. My findings of purely listening to it was interesting and I appreciated Liam's perspective and his understanding of perhaps some insensative wording (I did stumble over my wording a lot during the segment, because I'd hate to offend anyone). We end the podcast by reviewing, with spoilers, the new series of Doctor Who stories: Kill the Moon, Mummy on the Orient Express, and Flatline. Stay tuned for our next audio only story, as we've yet to select one, but it will be determined soon!

Maggie Stables passing, reviewing non-Doctor Who BF releases and series 8 new Who In this episode of the Doctor Who: Alhambra podcast, we discuss the recent passing Maggie Stables, one of the great actresses to be apart of the Big Finish family, playing the part of one of the greatest companion, Evelyn Smythe. We have a quick discussion on the best Maggie Stables Doctor Who releases. Next, Liam reviews episode 4 in the Rise of the Runelords range "Fortress of the Stone Giants." Then we both discuss the Tom Baker at 80 Big Finish interview and move to the Night of the Triffids release with some discussions connecting this release with the original release Day of the Triffids. Finally, we have a quick discussion regarding the audio book release of The Omega Factor, read by Louise Jamieson. We finish the podcast off with a review of series 8 of Doctor Who, focusing on "Time Heist" and "The Caretaker." For the month of October we'll do the Talons of Weng-Chiang review with the additional October Big Finish releases.

In episode 11 of the Doctor Who: Alhambra podcast, we briefly discuss the new Doctor Who book releases before we take a look into the Doctor Who universe. We review the main range releases 190 Mask of Tragedy and 191 Signs and Wonders which is the second and third releases in the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hector trilogy storyline. The Philip Hinchcliffe Presents boxed set stories: The Ghosts of Gralstead (Six episodes) and The Devil's Armada (Four episodes). We finish the Big Finish reviews talking about The Early Adventure story: Domain of the Voord, which we feel was the strongest most enjoyable Doctor Who Big Finish release for the month of September. We throw in some of our silly opinions and some rants with some information Liam obtained from the latest Doctor Who convention. Next we discuss the first 4 episodes from series 8 of the new Doctor Who TV series. We cover our likes and dislikes and provide logical reasons for these opinions regarding Deep Breath, Into the Dalek, Robots of Sherwood, and Listen. We throw in connections between Vincent and the Doctor and Hush to Listen, and complain about Danny Pink needing to be in the series, and the Darkness of the 12th Doctor. Later this month we will be reviewing the rest of the Big Finish, non-Doctor Who releases to close off the month of September. Next month we will review Worlds of Doctor Who, even though it was released in September, it was announced for October, then as there was just a numerous amounts of Big Finish releases in September, we decided to keep it with the October Reviews.

In this month's Doctor Who Alhambra, Liam returns from his two month holiday to review the June and July releases that he missed. We talk and discuss the DWM episode rankings. Throw in some additional sci-fi and fantasy talk, then finish off with reviewing the Big Finish releases from August 2014. Here's a list of the Blake's 7 chronological placement This is my current list of Big Finish B7 (excluding Liberator Chronicles 9, which are presumably set in Season C, given the cast lists). Will update the main file at some point this month (lots to listen too!)SEASON AB7A01 The Way BackB7A02 Space FallB7A03 Cygnus AlphaB7A04 Time SquadB7A05 The WebB7A06 Seek-Locate-DestroyB7A07 Mission To DestinyB7A08 DuelB7A09 Project AvalonB7A09A The Turing TestB7A09B SolitaryB7A09C CounterfeitB7A09D PromisesB7A09E EpitaphB7A09F KerrB7A09G DisorderB7A09H The Hard RoadB7A10 BreakdownB7A11 BountyB7A12 DeliveranceB7A13 Orac SEASON BB7B01 RedemptionB7B01A SpyB7B02 ShadowB7B03 WeaponB7B04 HorizonB7B05 Pressure PointB7B05A WolfB7B06 TrialB7B06A LogicB7B06B Risk ManagementB7B06C ThreeB7B06D PresidentB7B06E The Sea of IronB7B06F SpoilsB7B07 KillerB7B08 HostageB7B09 CountdownB7B09A The Magnificent FourB7B10 Voice From the PastB7B10A False PositiveB7B10B FracturesB7B10C BattlegroundB7B10D DronesB7B10E MirrorB7B10F Cold FuryB7B10G CagedB7B11 GambitB7B12 The KeeperB7B13 Star OneB7B13A Warship SEASON CB7C01 AftermathB7C02 PowerplayB7C03 VolcanoB7C03A IncentiveB7C04 Dawn of the GodsB7C05 The Harvest of KairosB7C06 City at the Edge of the WorldB7C07 Children of AuronB7C08 Rumours of DeathB7C09 SarcophagusB7C10 UltraworldB7C11 MolochB7C12 Death-WatchB7C12A The Armageddon StormB7C13 TerminalSEASON DB7D01 RescueB7D02 PowerB7D03 TraitorB7D04 StardriveB7D05 AnimalsB7D06 HeadhunterB7D07 AssassinB7D08 GamesB7D09 SandB7D10 GoldB7D10A The Sevenfold CrownB7D10B The Syndeton ExperimentB7D10C Jenna's StoryB7D10D Blake's StoryB7D11 OrbitB7D12 WarlordB7D13 Blake SEASON EB7E01 LuciferB7E02 Lucifer: Revelation

This months podcast has us focus on the Big Finish releases for the month of July. However, since we only got through the first 2 stories from Survivors Box Set 1, we finished the third and fourth reviews on this podcast. I take a brief moment to discuss my disappointments I have with the Pathfinders range. Briefly look at the Counter-Measures Box Set 3 release, until we look at the 4ith Doctor Adventure story "The Abandoned" written by Nigel Fairs and Louise Jameson, and the spoof take I had due to the confusion I found with the first part of this story (perhaps I used the oddity that is Number Wang too much in my spoof, but hey, what ever). I finish off be looking at the four short story main range release "Breaking Bubbles and Other Stories."

This month we look at the new news regarding season 8 of the new series of Doctor Who. We discuss the Big Finish releases for June 2014 which include: Blake's 7 Full Cast, Survivors Box Set 1, Doctor Who Main Range, last Companion Chronicle, 4th Doctor Adventure, and The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield. Trying to get further into the Doctor Who univierse, we will reviewing a Doctor Who or Sci-Fi book each month in a segment called "Doc's Books." This month I take a brief look at the Third Doctor book "Harvest of Time" by Alastair Reynolds.