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Summary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Jean Riddler, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 1973 Doctor Who TV story ‘Carnival of Monsters’, the 1986 film ‘Aliens’, say what we’ve been up to recently and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 01:48 — Welcome!
• 02:49 – News:
• 03:01 — Doctor Who: Second woman to write for New Who S9.
• 04:35 — Honours: Steven Moffat, Benedict Cumberbatch and more get Birthday Honours.
• 07:01 — Doctor Who: Osgood joins Big Finish UNIT series.
• 09:33 — Christopher Lee: DEAD!
• 14:40 — Ron Moody: DEAD!
• 16:01 — Ghostbusters: Chris Hemsworth is new receptionist.
• 17:03 — Prometheus/Alien: Mash-up movie.
• 19:22 – Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters.
• 33:06 – Flotsam and Jetsam.
• 57:04 – Aliens.
• 74:11 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
• 80:26 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 81:10 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Wikipedia: Sarah Dollard.
• Wikipedia: 2015 Birthday Honours.
• Wikipedia: Steven Moffat.
• Wikipedia: Benedict Cumberbatch.
• Big Finish: UNIT – The New Series.
• Wikipedia: Christopher Lee.
• Wikipedia: Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross.
• Wikipedia: Ron Moody.
• Ghostbusters.
• Vimeo: Derelict – Trailer.
• Wikipedia: Carnival of Monsters.
• BBC: Doctor Who – Carnival of Monsters.
• Wikipedia: Aliens (film).
• Buzzfeed: Misha’s link – weird birthday stalking.
• Failbetter Games – Sunless Sea.
• Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
• Google+: Staggering Stories Page.