The Doctor Who Podcast

Join Phil as he takes over the driving and takes the Campervan for a spin around the newly returned episodes of The Dalek Master Plan, this time with his teenage son Scott, for whom the episodes are the first recovered episodes in his lifetime! Will he care?! How to they hold up in his view? Jump on board to find out. Enjoy!

It’s Dalek Master Plan Day! This morning, the two recently recovered episodes of the 1965 story, The Dalek Master Plan, were made available on BBC iPlayer in the UK and the Doctor Who Classic You Tube Channel in the United States. Michele and James have watched them both – jump on board the campervan to hear their initial reaction!

Join James and Phil in the as they take the DWP Campervan out for its latest spin. A quick update on the latest on the recovery of the two previously missing episodes of The Dalek Masterplan, the release of Season 21 on Blu Ray and a review of The Violet Hour, the fifth in Big Finish‘s Thirteen Doctor and Yaz series in the latest instalment of Whittaker’s Dozen. All this – and more Doctor Who Predictions for 2026 from Drew and Michele too! What more could you possibly ask for?! Witty Doctor Who songs you say? Well okay then! Musical contributions from the rather wonderful Mr Ashley Frieze. Enjoy!

Join James, Drew and Phil at the DWP Campervan Breaking News Desk as the cover today’s fantastic news that two previously missing Episodes of The Daleks Master Plan HAVE BEEN RECOVERED! How amazing is this?! Jump on board to join the celebrations. 🙂 Enjoy!

Join us for a detour from our usual Doctor Who highway as we steer the Campervan into new(ish) territory and talk once again about our love of movies! Doctor Who is still at the heart of our conversation, and Drew, Ian and Phil make a point of (or couldn’t avoid) drawing parallels between their selected films and Doctor Who stories. But first, they just can’t resist talking about the recent news that is the end for Ianto’s Shrine in Cardiff Bay is sadly, nigh. Drop us a line at the Campervan by emailing [email protected], Tweeting us @thedrwhopodcast or find us on Facebook. Enjoy!

In this edition of the The Echo Chamber, James and Ashley talk about Colditz, by Steve Lyons, released in October 2001 – the twenty fifth in Big Finish’s Main Range! Listening instructions are very straightforward – Buy Colditz 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!

In this edition of the The Echo Chamber, James and Ashley talk about The Eye of the Scorpion, by Ian McLaughlin, released in September 2001 – the twenty fourth in Big Finish’s Main Range! Listening instructions are very straightforward – Buy The Eye of the Scorpion 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!

In this edition of the The Echo Chamber, James and….a very special guest talk about Project Twilight by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright, released in August 2001 – the twenty third in Big Finish’s Main Range! Listening instructions are very straightforward – Buy Project Twilight 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!

It’s here! Finally! And a belated Happy New Year to all our wonderful listeners. It’s that time of year again where we relax and give ourselves permission to be completely wrong. Join us for our annual predictions episode as Brent, James, Ian and Phil dig out the Campervan’s oh-so-reliable crystal ball and make carefully calculated predictions about what will come to pass in the Whoniverse in 2026. But that’s not before the team turn the clock back twelve months and review the predictions Michele, Brent, Drew and James made in Episode 388 in 2024! Just how many (few) did they get right? Tune in to find out! Don’t forget to let us know what YOU think will happen in 2026 – will the TARDIS turn into a turnip? Will the Doctor finally travel the universe with a cabbage as a companion?! And just what is it about vegetables in this post?! I must be hungry. What are you having for dinner? Email [email protected], Tweet @thedrwhopodcast or find us on Facebook to let us know!

Join James and Ian for a quick check-in on the Big Finish news coming out of the latest Gallifrey One convention that took place over the weekend – and then straight into another edition of Nine Lives to catch up on the most recent Ninth Doctor and Rose story, Cloud Eight from Lauren Mooney and Stewart Pringle. DWP 418 will be online this coming Sunday – and yes, it really is our 2026 predictions episode! We promise! Enjoy the show.

In this edition of the The Echo Chamber, James and Michele talk about Bloodtide by Jonathan Morris, released in July 2001 – the twenty second in Big Finish’s Main Range! Listening instructions are very straightforward – Buy Bloodtide 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!

It’s that time of year once again when the ol’ DWP Campervan occupies the same time/spatial coordinates as the snazzy new Who & Company RV. Join Drew and Brent as they invite Michele and James into their more sedate world of Doctor Who fandom where companionship and camaraderie are celebrated! As is usual for January, the team take a look at the most recent animation of a missing story. This year, The Savages is put under the microscope and the team go all deep-divey. So sit back and enjoy an hour of irreverent banter as the four amigos fire up the blu-ray player and revisit this often forgotten classic Fist Doctor story. Enjoy the show.

Welcome to Series 5 of The DWP Echo Chamber!! We are back with a new series of episodes, coming your way each Wednesday for the next five weeks! In this edition in this series of The Echo Chamber, James and Michele talk about Dust Breeding by Mike Tucker, released in June 2001 – the twenty first story in Big Finish’s Main Range! Listening instructions are very straightforward – Buy Dust Breeding 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!

Jump on board the Campervan to join Michele, Brent and Ian as they return with Whittaker’s Dozen – and review Ride of Die, the latest Thirteenth Doctor and Yaz story by Rochana’s Patel for Big Finish Productions. That’s after they take a quick spin around the Whoniverse and cover the latest Who-News (or gossip)! As always, you can reach the Campervan by emailing us at [email protected], Tweeting or Xing us, or jump on our Facebook Page or Group. Oh, and our 2026 Predictions?! Coming in DWP 417! They’ll be worth the wait. Probably. Enjoy!

Jump on board the Campervan for our first drive of 2026 – Happy New Year to all our lovely listeners. Join Michele, Ian and Drew as they present the return of Nine Lives and review Dare You, the third (and latest) Ninth Doctor and Rose story from Big Finish by Lisa McMullin. Then join Phil and his son Scott as they take a look at the 2025 re-edit of The Sea Devils, the latest classic story to be given the Benjamin Cook treatment and aired on BBC4 last month alongside the transmission of The War Between the Land and the Sea in the UK. Enjoy!

Jump on board the DWP Campervan for it’s final spin of 2025. Michele returns and instantly takes over the driving, giving James plenty of time to navigate the (very loose) review of Doctor Who in 2025. In reality, it’s more of a Who-related geekout as Michele and James catch up! Many thanks to everyone who everyone who has listened to us this year – or indeed at any time in our long history. We wish you a very Happy New Year and a wonderful 2026! We’ll be back in early 2026 with our annual Who & Company crossover, this time focussing on the latest animated story, The Savages. See you next year!

MERRY CHRISTMAS one and all! Or should that be…..Merry Quizmas?! Join the DWP team in the Campervan on this MOST festive of days! Singing, cracker jokes, burnt turkeys and festive goodness is the order of the day – as well of course, as our Doctor Who trivia showdown! Who will be victorious?! You’ll have to tune in to find out. 🙂 Have a wonderful Christmas and join us again next week when we’ll be back with our review of the year. Once again, Merry Christmas to everyone at home!

Join Ian and James as they share their instant reaction to the climax of The War Between The Land and the Sea!

It’s only a week to Christmas!! Here in the DWP Campervan, we are getting into the Christmas spirit – by watching films that remind us of this wonderful time of year. However, given its impossible for us to sustain conversation about films (or indeed ANY subject) without refencing Doctor Who, James, Brent and Phil draw parallels between the films they’ve selected with Doctor Who stories! Can you guess the Who connection before they do?! It won’t be hard….! We’ll be back on Sunday with our review of the Finale to The War Between The Land and the Sea, and then again in just a few days time ON CHRISTMAS DAY – with our own very Christmas Special! If the BBC can’t provide a Doctor Who Christmas celebration, then we will! Hooray! Enjoy the madness! 🙂

Join the multi-talented Ashley in the Campervan for our take on Episodes 3 and 4 of The War Between the Land and the Sea!

Join Ashley and James for their (almost) instant reactions to Episodes 1 and 2 of the highly anticipated Doctor Who spin-off, The War Between The Land and The Sea!

Jump on board the Campervan with James, Phil, and very special guest Steven for part three of our mini-series, Talkin Bout Regeneration. Those of you familiar with the iconic Radio Free Skaro podcast will recognise Steven’s silky voice and he waxes lyrical about his favourite regeneration story….nay, Doctor Who favourite story of all time! That’s right after they catch up on the news that came out of the premier of the War Between the Land and the Sea that took place earlier this week. Many thanks to Steven for joining the madness this week – we’ll be back after episodes one and two of The War Between airs next Sunday. Enjoy the show.

Join James and Brent as they catch up on the latest broadcast news from the BBC – The War Between the Land and the Sea will be on your tellyboxes in December! Or at least it will be if you’re in the UK. Also, did you catch the latest blink-and-you-miss-it Children In Need Who-short? Well, Brent did – tune in for the details! The guys then discuss the latest 13th Doctor and Yaz story by Lisa McMullin and Big Finish, Lionesses in Winter. Which to be clear, has nothing to do with the national English women’s soccer team. Enjoy!

Yes, jump on board the DWP Campervan and join Ian, Drew and Ashley as they talk not only about regeneration, but about Carole Ann Ford’s comments about Susan’s role (or lack of it) in The Reality War at The Sirens of Audio convention in Melbourne earlier this month – and also about Rob Shearman’s DWM interview and Jane Tranter’s response! Don’t forget to let us know which regeneration story you’d like us to discuss on the next Talking Bout Regeneration DWP – [email protected] is the email address you need – or you can Tweet/X us @thedrwhopodcast.com, or find us on our Facebook Page and Group. Enjoy the show!

Well, until Christmas 2026 anyway! Join Ian and James for a special Breaking News edition of The Doctor Who Podcast!

In the final edition in this series of The Echo Chamber, James and Michele talk about Loups Garoux by Marc Platt, released in May 2001 – the twentieth story in Big Finish’s Main Range! Listening instructions are very straightforward – Buy Loup Garoux 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!

In this edition of The Echo Chamber, James and Michele talk about Minuet in Hell by Alan W Lear and Gary Russell, released in April 2001 – the seventeenth story in Big Finish’s Main Range! Listening instructions are very straightforward – Buy Minuet in Hell 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 back – and we’re talkin’ bout regeneration! Regeneration has always been an integral part of the show we all love, so join James, Phil and Brent as they talk though three of the Campervan’s favourite regen stories. Ian joins in the fun by reviewing the latest Ninth Doctor and Rose audio adventure from Big Finish, The Last Days of the Powell Estate with James, in Nine Lives. As always, you can reach us the Campervan by emailing us at [email protected], Tweeting or Xing us, or jump on our Facebook Page or Group. Enjoy the show!

In this edition of The Echo Chamber, James and Michele talk about The Stones of Venice by Paul Magrs, released in March 2001 – the eighteenth story in Big Finish’s Main Range! Listening instructions are very straightforward – Buy The Stones of Venice 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!

In this edition of The Echo Chamber, James and Michele talk about Sword of Orion by Nicholas Briggs, released in February 2001 – the seventeenth story in Big Finish’s Main Range but the first to feature the return of the Cybermen! Listening instructions are very straightforward – Buy Sword of Orion 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!

Welcome to another series of The Doctor Who Podcast – The Echo Chamber! Series Four, to be precise. In this edition, James and Michele talk about Storm Warning by Alan Barnes, released in January 2001 – the Sixteenth story in Big Finish’s Main Range – and Paul McGann’s very first Big Finish story! Listening instructions are very straightforward – Buy Storm Warning 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!