After three boxsets and several guest appearances in other ranges, we thought it was high time we did a review of Stephen Noonan's First Doctor Adventures.

To help us do that, we are joined once again by the lovely Sarah from Type 40.

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To celebrate 25 years of Doctor Who at Big Finish, Philip and Dwayne take a look back at the first two monthly adventures, The Sirens of Time by Nicholas Briggs, and Phatasmagoria by Mark Gatiss.

We’ll also jump down the rabbit hole and read out a few of our YouTube audience comments, and we’ll share what we’ve been listening too, watching and reading recently.

Our interview with Barnaby Eaton-Jones on Greatest Show in the Galaxy sequel, Children of the Circus, can be found here: ⁠https://www.sirensofaudio.com/2024/09/barnabyeaton-jones.html⁠

Dwayne’s reading of Doctor Who – Short Trips: The Last Days can be found here: ⁠https://youtu.be/bsHG6Ydp17I?si=QX_RuiEsp73rngK5 ⁠

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We take a look back at the outstanding new Doctor Who Big Finish releases for October 2024, dive down the rabbit hole, and talk about some of the other things we have been watching/listening to.

Catch our interview with original writer of The Star Beast, Pat Mills, here - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/2022/09/127.html

Our review of the 60th anniversary series from Big Finish, Once and Future, here - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/2023/12/ep183.html

Hear the latest episode of 42 To Doomsday, featuring discussion on the state of collectables in Australia, Disney season 1 and the state of Disney ratings, here - https://vyb42todoomsday.podbean.com/e/42-to-doomsday-the-death-of-doctor-who/

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It's an unusual installment this time as we devote the episode to talking about the visual aspects of audio drama with Big Finish covert artist, Sean Longmore.

Find out the process involved in cover art, an essential component of the audio experience.

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It is our great pleausre to welcome voice of K9, John Leeson, to the podcast. We'll chat about his career including his time on Doctor Who, Rainbow and Blake's 7, his love of wine and his time as a lay magistrate.

We'll also jump down the rabbit hole with the Melbourne live audience from our recent event with Frazer Hines.

Thanks to Ian Kubiak.

Check out Cygnus Alpha Events - ⁠https://www.cygnusalpha.org/⁠

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In 2023 AUK studios released two CDs related to Doctor Who.

Me & Him & Who is an audio drama that chronicles the life of John Nathan-Turner, written by Stephen Wyatt.

And speaking of Stephen Wyatt, AUK also released a musical sequel to The Greatest Show in the Galaxy called Children of the Circus, which features a reunion of the entire cast including new roles for Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred.

Creative Director for AUK, Barnaby Eaton-Jones, joins us to talk about these releases, as well as how he came to be invoved in audio production.

He also talks about another passion project, Robin of Sherwood on audio, featuring actors from the original tv series.

Find out more about Me & Him & Who here - https://auk.direct/product/me-him-who/

Find out more about Children of the Circus here - https://auk.direct/product/children-of-the-circus/

To find the audiobook version of Dwayne's recommended release, Tweaking the Tail by John Leeson, visit - https://www.fantompublishing.co.uk/product/tweaking-the-tail/

Thanks to Ian Kubiak and Stephen Noonan.

Check out Cygnus Alpha Events - https://www.cygnusalpha.org/

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We focus this time on the Big Finish adaptation of The Prisoner.

Number 6 actor Mark Elstob joins us to talk about his career, Patrick McGoohan Doctor Who, Blake's 7 (specifically, Paul Darrow's Avon), and of course, The Prisoner.

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We take a sidestep from Doctor Who this time and enter the world of The Tripods television series, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this month.

We'll be joined by Chris Jones, author of the forthcoming book "All For Nothing?", which will be released at a special Tripods fan event next week. The event will also feature appearances from all four principal cast members, together for the very first time since the show was filmed, as well as other cast and production crew.

We are also joined by Tripods superfan Will Hadcroft, better known to Doctor Who fans by his audio dramas The Resurrection Plant and Dark Contract.

To "cap" it off, we'll have a special focus on the sensational soundtrack for The Tripods, composed and arranged by Ken Freeman.

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Pamela Salem is an actress who starred in memorable roles in classic Doctor Who stories The Robots of Death and Remembrance of the Daleks.

She reprised her television roles for Big Finish in the spinoff series' Counter-Measures and The Robots.

Pamela passed away in February 2024.

We speak with several people who worked with her on television and audio, Louise Jameson, Sophie Aldred, Karen Gledhill and Ken Bentley.

We also share for the first time, video footage of our 2021 interview with Pamela for The SIrens of Audio Podcast.

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In this episode we review the recent Big Finish releases in the Lost Stories range, the second Doctor adventures Operation Werewolf, and forerunner to The Three Doctors, Deathworld.

Get the releases here:

Operation Werewolf - https://bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-operation-werewolf-2930

Deathworld - https://bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-deathworld-2929

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Michael Herbert is a historian and the writer of the forthcoming biography, "Don't Believe Everything You See" - The Life and Writings of Malcolm Hulke. The book is due to be published by Telos Publishing some time in 2025.

Michael joins us to speak about "Mac's" career including his early television and colaborations, and the importance of his work in Doctor Who on television and in books.

We also take a closer look at Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters audiobook read by Caroline John, during our discussion.

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