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Staggering Stories Podcast #228: The Abominable Retrospective

  on January 17th, 2016

The Abominable RetrospectiveSummary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Jean Riddler and Keith Dunn have a retrospective on Doctor Who ‘Series 9’, discus the 2016 Sherlock episode ‘The Abominable Bride’, have some more Predictions for 2016, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

  • 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
  • 00:59 — Welcome!
  • 02:02 – News:
  • 02:16 — Dirk Gently: BBC America bringing it back to TV.
  • 04:13 — Jekyll and Hyde: ITV swing the axe of death.
  • 08:10 — Class: Spinning onto our screens in late 2016.
  • 11:52 — Doctor Who RPG: More free fan created sourcebooks.
  • 14:29 — David Bowie: DEAD! (also Lemmy and Ed ‘Stewpot’ Stewart).
  • 16:56 – Predictions: Crumbly adds his prognostications.
  • 21:07 – Doctor Who: Series 9 (2015) retrospective.
  • 56:37 – Sherlock: The Abominable Bride.
  • 68:53 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
  • 90:03 – Farewell for this podcast!
  • 90:40 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

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Staggering Stories Commentary #167: Doctor Who – Heaven Sent

  on January 10th, 2016

Staggering Stories Commentary: Doctor Who - Heaven SentSummary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and Keith Dunn sit down, repeated, in front of the 2015 Doctor Who episode, Heaven Sent, and spout our usual nonsense!

The Doctor’s head is in a spin cycle, the Veil has seen too much Scooby Doo and, well, nobody else is there. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Heaven Sent…

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Staggering Stories Podcast #227: The Force of River Song

  on January 3rd, 2016

The Force of River SongSummary:

Adam J Purcell, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn discuss the 2015 Doctor Who Christmas Special ‘The Husbands of River Song’ and ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’, come up with our Predictions, Hopes and Dreams, and Fears for 2016, see how wrong we were about our Predictions for 2015, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

  • 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
  • 01:25 — Welcome!
  • 01:46 – News:
  • 01:57 — War of the Worlds: New TV miniseries.
  • 03:18 — UK broadcast details: Agent Carter S2 and Legends of Tomorrow.
  • 07:16 — The Man in the High Castle: Season 2 ordered.
  • 09:38 — LEGO Dimensions: Real Keith has a play.
  • 10:26 — Doctor Who RPG: Tenth Doctor sourcebook now out in PDF.
  • 12:51 – Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song.
  • 24:42 – Predictions, Fears and Hopes & Dreams for the future:
  • 25:10 — How wrong we were: Predictions for 2015.
  • 33:46 — Predictions for 2016.
  • 39:33 — How wrong we were: Fears for 2015.
  • 50:25 — Fears for 2016.
  • 54:25 — How wrong we were: Hopes and Dreams for 2015.
  • 63:43 — Hopes and Dreams for 2016.
  • 70:35 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
  • 96:03 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
  • 106:20 – Farewell for this podcast!
  • 106:51 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

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Staggering Stories Commentary #166: Doctor Who – Face the Raven

  on December 27th, 2015

Staggering Stories Commentary: Doctor Who - Face the RavenSummary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, crowing, in front of the 2015 Doctor Who episode, Face the Raven, and spout our usual nonsense!

Rigsy woke up dead, Clara is smugging it up to danger levels and the Doctor misses the clue in the term trap street. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Face the Raven…

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Staggering Stories Podcast #226: Yule Bent

  on December 20th, 2015

Yule BentSummary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn discuss the 2015 Doctor Who episodes ‘Heaven Sent’ and ‘Hell Bent’, play an audio quiz and charades, pull some Christmas Crackers, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

  • 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
  • 01:30 — Welcome!
  • 02:44 – News:
  • 02:55 — Lost in Space: New Netflix series.
  • 04:34 — Neil Gaiman: Developing new Gormenghast film.
  • 07:00 — JMS: Adapting Red Mars for TV.
  • 09:27 — Adam J Purcell: DEAD!
  • 10:57 — Doctor Who RPG: New scenarios book.
  • 11:44 — Doctor Who: Peter Jackson and Peter Capaldi video.
  • 13:36 — Doctor Who: Capaldi, Matt Smith, Eccleston etc. visit or video for sick fan.
  • 16:01 — Star Trek: Beyond trailer out.
  • 16:39 – Christmas Crackers!
  • 21:38 – Charades.
  • 27:07 – Doctor Who: Heaven Sent.
  • 41:46 – Audio Quiz: Doctor Who Series 9.
  • 49:20 – Doctor Who: Hell Bent.
  • 73:36 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
  • 85:51 – Farewell for this podcast!
  • 86:47 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

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