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Staggering Stories Commentary #250: Doctor Who – The Star Beast

  on December 17th, 2023

Staggering Stories Commentary: Doctor Who - The Star BeastSummary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and Keith Dunn sit down, duped, in front of 2023 Doctor Who story ‘The Star Beast’, and spout our usual nonsense!

The Meep gets it in the eye, Donna’s in danger of remembering something and the Doctor is playing with his new screwdriver. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy The Star Beast…

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Staggering Stories Podcast #434: Our Arms Are Too Long

  on December 9th, 2023

60Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review Doctor Who: The Star Beast (TV version) and Wild Blue Yonder, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

  • 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
  • 00:55 — Welcome!
  • 01:48 – News:
  • 01:51 — Doctor Who: Sea Devil spin-off on the way?
  • 02:55 — The Sandman: Season two starts filming.
  • 05:44 — STD: The final coming.
  • 07:24 — Doctor Who: Figurines back from the dead.
  • 09:15 — Mark Sheppard: Not dead.
  • 10:40 — Brigit Forsyth: DEAD!
  • 11:29 – Doctor Who: The Star Beast (TV version).
  • 34:15 – Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder.
  • 58:02 – Emails and listener feedback.
  • 65:56 – Farewell for this podcast!
  • 66:36 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

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Staggering Stories Podcast #433: Whoniversal Warm Up

  on November 25th, 2023

60Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Jean Riddler, Keith Dunn and Steven Clare review Doctor Who: Once and Future: The Union (Big Finish) and the Whoniverse content on BBC Sounds and the iPlayer, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

  • 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
  • 00:55 — Welcome!
  • 02:06 – News:
  • 02:15 — Doctor Who: Whoniverse gives aural pleasure.
  • 04:39 — Dune: Part two coming sooner but still later.
  • 05:10 — Star Trek: Strange New Worlds back in production.
  • 05:36 — The Sandman: Gaiman’s dead boys get streamed.
  • 07:29 — Karen Gillan: Reuniting with Moffat.
  • 09:16 — Star Trek: TOS three footer found?
  • 11:55 — Doctor Who: RTD2 wants to bring colour to the world.
  • 16:36 — Doctor Who: Classic Who comes to US and Canada via Tubi.
  • 17:33 — Star Wars: Making of the Holiday Special documentary.
  • 20:03 — Fake Crumbly: On the mend.
  • 20:35 — Gremlins: The Secrets of Mogwai now on BBC iPlayer.
  • 21:13 – Doctor Who: Once and Future: The Union (Big Finish).
  • 37:56 – Doctor Who: The Whoniverse on BBC Sounds and the iPlayer.
  • 60:12 – Emails and listener feedback.
  • 62:24 – Christmas Card Appeal.
  • 62:40 – Farewell for this podcast!
  • 63:21 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

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Staggering Stories Podcast #432: Ancient Time Lord Bodies

  on November 12th, 2023

60Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review Doctor Who: Once and Future: Time Lord Immemorial (Big Finish) and the 2023 Netflix series Bodies, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

  • 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
  • 01:18 — Welcome!
  • 02:14 – Christmas Card Appeal.
  • 02:48 – News:
  • 02:56 — Doctor Who: Anniversary roundup.
  • 07:32 — Doctor Who: Greatest Show non-Who sequel.
  • 09:19 — Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor gets a Last Day.
  • 11:24 — Fallout: Amazon streaming series gets dated.
  • 12:29 — Hollywood Strikes: Actors still on strike.
  • 13:20 — Red Dwarf: Rob Grant plans a prequel.
  • 14:36 — Futurama: Renewed for two more seasons.
  • 16:03 – Bodies (2023 Netflix series).
  • 36:27 – Doctor Who: Once and Future: Time Lord Immemorial (Big Finish).
  • 46:44 – Emails and listener feedback.
  • 63:11 – Farewell for this podcast!
  • 63:55 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

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Staggering Stories Podcast #431: Killer Tomatoes of Death

  on October 29th, 2023

60Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Fake Keith and the Real Keith Dunn review Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death (1969) and the 1978 film Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

  • 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
  • 00:54 — Welcome!
  • 01:59 – News:
  • 02:12 — Doctor Who: Anniversary events.
  • 05:07 — Star Trek: Prodigy gets Netflixed.
  • 07:48 — Doctor Who: Filling the iPlayer with all the footage (almost).
  • 13:00 — Mark Gatiss: Another Christmas ghost story.
  • 14:39 — The Boys: Gen V gets a second season.
  • 15:18 — Doctor Who: Series 15 already filming.
  • 17:23 – Films that Dave Keep Would Watch: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.
  • 29:23 – Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death.
  • 49:09 – Emails and listener feedback.
  • 54:57 – Farewell for this podcast!
  • 55:38 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

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