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Staggering Stories Commentary #77: Babylon 5 – The Fall of Night

  on December 30th, 2012

Staggering Stories Commentary: Babylon 5 - The Fall of NightSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and Keith Dunn sit down, exposed, in front of the Babylon 5 second season finale, ‘The Fall of Night’, and spout our usual nonsense!

Sheridan is sending a crew straight to hell, Minipax is making moves on Ivanova and Keffer is feeling the heat. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Babylon 5: The Fall of Night…

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Staggering Stories Podcast #148: A Solstice Game

  on December 23rd, 2012

A Solstice GameSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn ‘write’ their own Doctor Who Christmas Special, discuss The Hobbit and Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds, play some festive games of Name That Sci-Fi Tune, Swanee-Kazoo and Pass the Parcel, pull some Christmas Crackers, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

  • 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
  • 02:15 — Welcome!
  • 04:18 – News:
  • 04:26 — Doctor Who: Anniversary audios, books and Christmas Special tie-in eBook.
  • 06:46 — Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell: BBC TV adaptation.
  • 08:17 — Tron 3: New writer and returning star.
  • 12:09 — Lapcat: Design stolen from Thunderbirds?
  • 13:04 — Daily Mail: Where’s the Pond-like outrage?
  • 14:02 — Huffington Post: Explaining Doctor Who.
  • 14:53 — The Big Bang Theory: Carnal activities in a Police Box.
  • 16:00 – Name That Sci-Fi Tune.
  • 25:04 – Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: The New Generation.
  • 33:54 – Christmas Crackers!
  • 45:41 – Doctor Who: Our Staggering Christmas story.
  • 51:30 – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
  • 65:37 – Swanee-Kazoo: Christmas Carols.
  • 67:21 – Pass the Parcel: Christmas Sci-Fi Quiz.
  • 75:20 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at show@StaggeringStories.net
  • 83:35 – Farewell for this podcast!
  • 84:59 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

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The Secret Log of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, episode 1

  on December 23rd, 2012

The Secret Log of Captain Jean-Luc PicardAt long last, Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s most private thoughts, his memoirs if you will, have been committed to audio.

Staggering Stories and the Flashing Blade Podcast are proud to bring you  Tim Munro and Nick Cooper’s The Secret Log of Captain Jean-Luc Picard:

Episode 1: Stardate 41799.7
For too long, the world has been deceived. Through the series Star Trek – The Next Generation, we have all been led to believe that life in the 24th Century will be one long round of adventure in a disciplined and civilized Universe. However, we at Star Begotten are now in possession of documents which shoot to pieces the cosy image of life aboard the USS Enterprise. These documents, transported from the 24th Century via the now fabled SB office time warp, cast new light on the crew’s relationships and day-to-day life…

Originally appearing the the fanzine Star Begotten, in October 1989, then migrating to Private Lives, as run by a certain Siobhan Gallichan and then finally reprinted on the Staggering Stories website. Later episodes will be committed to audio in time but if you’d wish to read the other episodes now then they can be found at: http://www.StaggeringStories.net/secretlog.html.

A big thank you to Siobhan Gallichan for performing the narration and production and, of course,  Tim Munro and Nick Cooper for allowing us to bring this to you.

 


 

Staggering Stories Commentary #76: Doctor Who – The Satan Pit

  on December 16th, 2012

Staggering Stories Commentary: Doctor Who - The Satan PitSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and Keith Dunn sit down, bestially, in front of the 2006 Doctor Who story, The Satan Pit, and spout our usual nonsense!

The Ood are rampant, the Beast has entered Toby and the Doctor is feeling tiny. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy The Satan Pit…

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Staggering Stories Commentary #75: Doctor Who – The Impossible Planet

  on December 16th, 2012

Staggering Stories Commentary: Doctor Who - The Impossible PlanetSummary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and Keith Dunn sit down, sanctuaried, in front of the 2006 Doctor Who episode, The Impossible Planet, and spout our usual nonsense!

Rose feels abandoned, the Doctor is feeling trapped and the Beast is coming. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy The Impossible Planet…

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