We mark Halloween with many horrific tales, a look at the role that shandies have played in our lives and a review of Eleventh Doctor story “Hide”.

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(00:02:31) The Doctor Who Appreciation Society is proud to announce Capitol Cutaway, a one-day event which will take place on Sunday 6th April 2025 at POSK (Polish Social and Cultural Association), 238-246 King Street, Hammersmith, London W6 0RF. Capitol Cutaway will offer a mix of guest panels, autographs, photo studio, merchandise and more besides.

(00:20:00) The action figures of the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday (complete with Fray Bentos land mine) can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

(00:27:37) The story of Babycham’s iconic mascot.

(00:28:35) This example of the “Kenny Everett New Year Show” can be seen here.

(00:30:26) Adrian Chiles’s Guinness Shandy themed article in The Guardian can be seen here.

(00:32:41) The 2007 Channel 4 documentary on The Enfield Poltergeist can be seen here.

(00:46:00) “The Village That Saw Aliens” covers The Broad Haven UFO sightings.

(00:51:39) The Matey TV commercial can be seen here.

(00:59:30) “Enys Men” (Cornish for ‘Stone Island’) is a 2022 British experimental psychological folk horror film shot, composed, written and directed by Mark Jenkin. Shot on 16 mm film, it stars Mary Woodvine, Edward Rowe, Flo Crowe and John Woodvine. The film was shot during the COVID-19 lockdown, and the crew prioritised creating a small carbon footprint during production. Enys Men premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.

(01:10:30) This clip from Charlie Brooker’s “Screenwipe” can be seen here.

(01:28:40) The photo which Johnny Dab sent us which we found reminiscent of “The Invasion of Time” can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

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After half a century, Doc finally completes his full run of Doctor Who stories as we look back on Sixth Doctor debut story “The Twin Dilemma”.

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(00:01:09) The songs which top and tail this podcast are from a “Lady Penelope Investigates” LP produced by Century 21 Records in 1966 and acquired by Doc at a school Bring & Buy sale in the early 1970s. The LP cover can be seen on our Tumblr page here and the songs themselves can be found here.

(00:03:22) Breakaway was a brand of chocolate-covered digestive biscuit from Nestlé, which started production in 1970 in the United Kingdom, manufactured by Rowntree Mackintosh Confectionery. Nestlé acquired the brand in 1988. It was discontinued in February 2024 after 54 years due to falling sales.

(00:28:19) Of the several incarnations of “The Tomorrow People”, the one Mark is referring to here is the British children’s science fiction television series produced by Thames Television for the ITV Network, the series first ran from 1973 to 1979. All incarnations of the show concerned the emergence of the next stage of human evolution (Homo novis) known colloquially as Tomorrow People. Born to human parents, an apparently normal child might at some point between childhood and late adolescence experience a process called ‘breaking out’ and develop special paranormal abilities. These abilities include psionic powers such as telepathy, telekinesis, and teleportation. However, their psychological make-up prevents them from intentionally killing others. The theme music and opening credits were fabulous.

(00:43:30) “Captain Zep – Super Space Detective” s a British television children’s series produced by the BBC between 1983 and 1984. Constructed as part drama and part quiz game, “Captain Zep” featured mysteries that would be solved by the child audience in the studio, along with a write-in competition for viewers. The child audience were dressed in futuristic clothes and had gelled hair. The series was also notable for its combination of live action and animation, where the cast would interact with drawn alien characters amidst drawn backgrounds.

(00:45:56) “The Comeuppance of Captain Katt” was written and directed by Peter Grimwade as part of ITV’s “Dramarama” series.

(00:47:50) “Whizzer and Chips” was a British comics magazine that ran from 1969 to 1990, when it merged with the comic “Buster”. The format of “Whizzer and Chips” presented the comic as being divided into two separate parts — a novel idea at the time. One part was called Whizzer and the other was called Chips, with Chips existing as a separate pull-out section in the middle. The slogan “Two comics in one, double the fun!” was used.

(00:49:07) This audio clip is from “Rough Justice”, episode 18 of “Porridge”, a British sitcom, starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale, written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977. The sitcom focuses on two prison inmates, Norman Fletcher (played by Barker) and Lennie Godber (played by Beckinsale), who are serving time at the fictional HMP Slade in Cumberland. The show’s title is a 1950s British slang term for a prison sentence, derived from the traditional breakfast that used to be served in British prisons.

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After much thought, our old chum Suky Khakh chooses 4th Doctor story “Invasion of Time” for us to review.

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(00:01:09) Our guest is Suky Khakh of the “Around the Console” podcast, the “Trek This Out” podcast and the “Take Your Seats” podcast.

(00:04:52) The helpful Erika Ensign (a.k.a. @hollygodarkly) is a denizen of the famed Verity podcast.

(00:09:24) Pictures of Mark’s action figure of Grand Mofff Tarkin can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

(00:15:17) Mark’s new-found friend on Twitter is @daemonsmatt.

(00:19:18) “Campion” is a British television mystery drama broadcast on the BBC in 1989 and 1990 and adapted from the Albert Campion mystery novels written by Margery Allingham. The series starred Peter Davison as Albert Campion, Brian Glover as his manservant Magersfontein Lugg.

(00:20:12) “Butterflies” is a British sitcom written by Carla Lane that aired on BBC2 from 1978 to 1983.

(00:26:57) The Whoovers are a group of Doctor Who fans based in Derby UK, who meet twice monthly alternating between in-person gatherings and online meetings via Zoomville. They also organise the annual Whooverville convention and, since 2018, have hosted Big Finish Day.

(00:28:47) The “Vision On Sound” podcast takes a nostalgic journey through the television vaults, and Martin Holmes and his guests investigate, discover, enjoy, and chat about a whole world of televisual delights, with some occasional nonsense thrown in from time-to-time.

(00:29:22) “Shelley” is a British sitcom made by Thames Television and originally broadcast on ITV from 1979 to 1984 and from 1988 to 1992. It stars Hywel Bennett as Dr James Shelley, a sardonic, perpetually unemployed anti-establishment ‘freelance layabout’ with a doctoral degree.

(00:35:44) “Screen Test” is a children’s game show that aired on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. It was first hosted by Michael Rodd from 1970 to 1979, then by Brian Trueman from 1979 to 1983 and finally by Mark Curry in 1984. It involved its contestants seeing clips from films, and then being asked questions about the films to test their memories of them.

(00:36:25) “Chorlton and the Wheelies” is an animated children’s television series created by Cosgrove Hall Productions which ran from 1976 until 1978 on ITV. 40 episodes were produced. The show followed the adventures of Chorlton, an anthropomorphic “happiness dragon”, in “Wheelie World” (where people moved on wheels instead of legs). The eponymous lead character gets his name from the suburb of Manchester in which the Cosgrove Hall studio was based.

(00:36:59) Brian Keith “Herbie” Flowers (19 May 1938 – 5 September 2024) was an English musician specialising in bass guitar, double bass and tuba. He was a member of groups including Blue Mink, T. Rex and Sky and was also a prolific session musician. Flowers contributed to recordings by Elton John, Camel, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Roy Harper, David Essex, Al Kooper, Bryan Ferry, Harry Nilsson, Cat Stevens, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. He also played bass on “Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds”.

(00:39:05) “The Water Margin” is a Japanese television series based on the 14th-century book Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Made in two seasons of 13 episodes each by Nippon Television it was shown in Japan in 1973 and 1974 as “Suikoden”. For an English-language version, it was adapted by David Weir without translations, using only brief plot synopses. The dubbed version, narrated by Burt Kwouk, was shown by the BBC from 1976 to 1978.

(01:18:18) “Shardlake” is a series of historical mystery novels by C. J. Sansom, set in 16th century Tudor England. The series features barrister Matthew Shardlake, who, while navigating the religious reforms of Henry VIII, solves crime and tries to avoid getting caught up in political intrigue. The first six books are set during the reign of Henry VIII, while the seventh, Tombland, takes place two years after the king’s demise. Sansom said before his death that he planned to write further Shardlake novels taking the lawyer into the reign of Elizabeth I.

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We pay tribute to William Russell by looking back at First Doctor story “The Chase”.

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(00:02:01) “Sorry!” is a television sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1981 to 1988 starring Ronnie Corbett and centres on Timothy Lumsden who, 41 years old, still lives at home with his domineering mother and henpecked father.

(00:17:10) This reference is from “Phoenix Nights” S01E04 (“Singles night”) and the clip can be seen here.

(00:27:43) The screen test for Ben Hur (1959) between William Russell and George Baker can be found here.

(00:39:14) “Robo-Hunter” is a recurring strip in the British Comic 2000 AD, initially written by John Wagner and illustrated by Ian Gibson. The series stars Sam Slade, a laconic, ageing, cigar-smoking bounty hunter of robots that have gone renegade. In the first storyline, “Verdus” (also known as “The Robot Planet”), published between 1978 and 1979, Slade is dispatched to a distant colony planet to solve the mystery of its vanished colonists.

(00:48:25) This song is from “Lady Penelope Investigates”, a gramophone record released by Century 21 Records in November 1966. It is a compilation LP of their 1966 records F.A.B. and The Stately Homes Robberies.

(00:56:40) In 1928, the young architect Georgii Krutikov, in defending his diploma work at VKhUTEIN, presented a thesis project completely insane for the time, a “City of the Future,” which immediately became a sensation. The concept of a “flying city” was as follows: the architect proposed to leave work, leisure, and tourism on the ground, while living areas would be moved to communes floating in the clouds of the city. The upside-down-Dalek-like picture Doc remembered being on the Rev’s online profile can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

(01:00:12) “Shelley” is a British sitcom made by Thames Television and originally broadcast on ITV from 1979 to 1984 and from 1988 to 1992. It stars Hywel Bennett as Dr James Shelley, a sardonic, perpetually unemployed anti-establishment ‘freelance layabout’ with a doctoral degree.

(01:08:40) Doc’s reviews of the William Russell era, counting the Doctor’s changing modes of address for Ian can be found on his blog here.

(01:14:12) Bridlington Comic Con 2024 will take place on Sunday 15th September 2024 (11am – 4pm) at the Bridlington Spa and will include: Special guests, Cosplay contest with prizes to be won, Photo opportunities, Comic artists and authors, Prop Displays, Virtual reality gaming, Talks, panels, Q&As, quizzes, Drawing workshops with our artists, Creative zone for adults and kids, Movie cars.
And much more to be announced! Tickets for Bridlington Comic Con 2023 are now available and you can also buy in person from the Bridlington Spa box office. These tickets entitle you to  early entry from 11am. Pay on the door beings at midday.

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Here are our 3 interviews from the DWAS Capitol 7 event this year. Having interviewed James Goss and Rich Tipple, we thought we’d never meet anyone else as genuinely lovely. Then Graeme Harper entered the room and Mark and Doc swooned dramatically onto a Louis XV chaise longue.

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(00:03:25) James Goss is a writer and producer, known both for his work in cult TV spin-off media, including tie-in novels and audio stories for Doctor Who and Torchwood, and for his fictional works beyond established universes.

(00:21:06) Rich Tipple is a colourisation artist that specialises in content creation for online, print and broadcast television. He’s best known for his work colourising the 1960’s era of Doctor Who.

(00:42/:49;12:30) Graeme Harper is a television director. He is best known for his work on Doctor Who, for which he is the only person to have directed episodes of both the original run (1963–89) and revived run (2005–) of the programme. Doctor Who Magazine has described him as “the longest-serving crew member on Doctor Who.”

(00:58:03) Our tribute to Douglas Camfield can be found on our Youtube channel here. It was inspired by our own Mark’s eulogising of Dougie at about 01:11:00 into our review of “The Invasion” in podcast #178 which can be found here.

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We mark our 200th podcast (because no-one else could be bothered to) by taking a look at “The Legend of Ruby Sunday” and “Empire of Death”.

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(00:09:50) Dalek Two Zero and Roboman who will be at the Rev’s wedding next year can be found here.

(00:12:30) Our own Doc and Mark can he heard guesting on Mark Cockram and Iain Martin’s “All Of Time And Space” podcast reviewing “The Krotons”.

(00;12:30) The multiple podcast blimps helping us to steal The National Museum of Wales can be heard here on our podcast #194.

(00:35:52) “A butcher’s” is short for “Butcher’s Hook” which is Cockney rhyming slang for “a look”. So “I had a butcher’s at” means “I had a look at”.

(00:38:16) The ICON/CON picture Mark is referring to can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

(00:39:11) Then Prime Minister Theresa May walked onto the stage at the 2018 Conservative Party conference for her keynote speech by boogieing to “Dancing Queen”.

(00:56:46) The site we use to find transcripts of all Doctor Whop episodes ASAP is chakoteya.net.

(01:13:35) “The Frame” was a 24-issue fanzine that ran from February 1987 to Spring 1993. It was different from most other fanzines in that its articles tended to focus on production personnel — especially designers — who had previously been ignored by the fan community. It was further significant because its writers went on to publish professional Doctor Who works, some of which re-used the content of The Frame. It was edited and published by David Howe, Mark Stammers and Stephen James Walker. The cover which the Rev refers to here is that of issue 8 which can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

(01:23:39) The “Television is bad for your eyes” sketch from S03E07 of “Monty Python”.

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As our Mark recuperates in the Whoseum Zero Cabinet, we take a look at “Dot and Bubble” and “Rogue”.

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(00:04:26) Terry Butcher suffered a deep cut to the forehead while playing for England in a crucial World Cup qualifier in Sweden in 1989. The resulting photo (shown on our Tumblr page here) gave hope to all who believe that bravely carrying bloody injuries is more important than winning matches.

(00:04:32) The accident prone “Mr Bump” is one of the “Mr. Men” series of British children’s books written and illustrated by author Roger Hargreaves which began publication in August 1971.

(00:20:35) Parliament-Funkadelic (abbreviated as P-Funk) is an American music collective of rotating musicians headed by George Clinton, primarily consisting of the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic, both active since the 1960s.

(00:24:26) The Jonathan Groff interview in the “Radio Times” can be found here.

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We review “Boom” and “73 Yards”.

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(00:04:12) The introduction to the Monty Python Spanish Inquisition sketch can be seen here.

(00:06:19) Riverside Studios are bringing back Doctor Who with a special presentation of the two part finale, The Legend Of Ruby Sunday and Empire Of Death on Friday 21 June. DWAS followers are entitled to a 15% ticket discount by using code DOCTORWHO15 at checkout.

(00:20:00) This audio clip is from “Casino Royale” and can be seen here.

(00:30:37) For any youngsters listening (i.e. anyone not expecting to start collecting their pension before the Sixteenth Doctor is cast), Mark’s glam joke here is of course a reference to “Tiger Feet” by Mud (1974).

(00:41:14) This BBC One Wales continuity announcement can be seen here.

(00:41:49) Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s “One Leg Too Few” sketch can be seen here.

(00:43:02) Proof that Jon Pertwee owned a burger shop.

(01:01:45) The website for The UK Metric Association, the sinister brainwashing cult which has ensnared the Rev, can be found here.

(01:06:30) The video for “True Faith” by New Order can seen here.

(01:16:36) “Village of the Damned” is a 1960 British sci-fi horror film adapted from the novel “The Midwich Cuckoos” by John Wyndham.

(01:19:21) Aneurin “Nye” Bevan (15 November 1897 – 6 July 1960) was a Welsh Labour Party politician, noted for tenure as Minister of Health in Clement Attlee’s government in which he spearheaded the creation of the British National Health Service. He is also known for his wider contribution to the founding of the British welfare state. He was first elected as MP for Ebbw Vale in 1929, and used his Parliamentary platform to make a number of influential criticisms of Winston Churchill and his government during the Second World War. Before entering Parliament, Bevan was involved in miners’ union politics and was a leading figure in the 1926 general strike. Bevan is widely regarded as one of the most influential left-wing politicians in British history.

(01:29:00) The first episode of the “Guess Who” podcast is now available and links to it can be found here.

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We review “Space Babies” and “The Devil’s Chord” and youngsters Mark and the Rev explain TikTok to oldster Doc.

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(00:20:49) Our discussion of “Robophobia and the Uncanny Valley” starts at around 00:44:20 on our podcast #88 (“Tell-Tale Trews”).

(00:40:20) The Bugs Bunny cartoon “People Are Bunny” can be found here.

(00:46:40) “Interceptor” was a British game show shown on the ITV network during the summer of 1989, with one last episode held back and shown on 1 January 1990 for a New Year special. The show was hosted by former tennis player and Treasure Hunt sky-runner Annabel Croft. The eponymous Interceptor was played by actor Sean O’Kane. Only eight episodes (one series) were made (after an un-aired test pilot). It was re-run on digital TV channel Challenge many times between 2001 and 2015. A public vote on UKGameshows in 2002 saw the series voted the UK’s 13th best game show.

(01:10:09) This audio clip is from “Over to Pam”, an episode of “Victoria Wood Presents” and can be seen here.

(01:19:48) “Subspace Rhapsody” is the ninth episode of the second season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. In this episode, Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) encounter a naturally occurring fold in subspace which, when interacted with, causes the entire crew to start singing their private thoughts and feelings. The episode is a musical, the first in the history of the Star Trek franchise.

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Tony Jordan joins us to look back at the DWAS “Capitol Seven Wonders” convention in April.

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(00:11:00) The cartoon of “Up the Junction” by The Squeeze can be seen on Youtube here.

(00:19:45) The “Guess Who Podcast” will be findable here.

(00:23:10) Photos of the Daleks at the convention can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

(00:29:15) Sophie presenting Sylvester with his DWAS Lifetime Achievement award can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

(00:31:20) Photos of Huw Dennis cosplaying can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

(00:41:22) A photo of Paul Cornell receiving his Terrance Dicks Writers Award can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

(00:48:15) The video of Terrance Dicks appearing in the middle of the Jon Culshaw interview at The Capitol 2 convention in 2017 can be seen on the DWAS Youtube page here.

(00:57:35) The banner made by Connor Adkins can be seen on our Tumblr page here.

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Tony Jordan from the Doctor Who Appreciation Society joins us to look forward to the Capitol Seven Wonders convention on 27/28 April.

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(00:00:00) The DWAS Capitol Seven Wonders convention is on the weekend of 27/28 April 2024 at the Holiday Inn, Birmingham, M6 Jct 7.

(00:21:04) Tony’s interview with Steven Berkoff at Capitol 4 in 2019 can be found on the DWAS Youtube channel here.

(00:36:34) Tom’s Refurbishments.

(00:39:24) Here is Dave Kitchen’s snapped photo of someone in the Jodie autograph queue at SupaNova Melbourne reading our own Hayden’s magnum opus “A Child Out of Time: Growing Up With Doctor Who in the Wilderness Years” can be seen here.

(00:41:29) Glass Crocodile – stained glass suncatchers.

(00:42:56) This year’s Capitol is supporting Blue Cross, a registered animal welfare charity in the UK, founded in 1897. The charity provides veterinary care, offers expert behavioural help, and finds homes for pets in need. Their pet bereavement service supports those who are struggling to cope with the loss of a much-loved pet.

(00:43:08) This year’s Capitol is supporting the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (MAAC) which operates and funds three air ambulances covering six Midlands counties including Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands.

(00:44:04) Cutaway Comics is a British imprint of comics and graphic novels, founded by the alumni of the editorial staff of Vworp Vworp! magaazine.

(00:44:28) Mooncrest Models are makers of limited edition, ready-made display models, model kits, prop parts and costume accessories.

(00:44:38) Fio Threthewey is a writer and artist known for their love of Doctor Who, Arthurian Legend and 80s cult classics. Alongside working for the Lancet as a Deputy Operations Manager he has written a variety of audio dramas and short stories for Big Finish Productions for their Doctor Who box sets, most recently writing for the Gallifrey War Room Series both ‘The Last Days of Phaidon” (2022), and “Transference” (2023).

(00:44:38) Georgia Cook is an illustrator and writer from London, specialising in speculative fiction, horror and fantasy. She is the winner of the 2020 LISP Flash Fiction Award, has work published in Baffling Magazine, Luna Station Quarterly, and Vastarien Lit, and has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and Reflex Fiction Award, among others. She also writes for the Doctor Who range with Big Finish, and regularly writes and narrates for the horror anthology podcasts ‘Creepy’, ‘The Other Stories’, and ‘The Night’s End’.

​(00:44:44) Gale Force Nine (GF9) is a game company focused on making thematic, engaging games and premium gaming accessories.

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