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Staggering Stories Podcast #207: Mysterious Planet of Death

  on March 29th, 2015

Mysterious Planet of DeathSummary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith and the Real Keith Dunn review the 1986 Doctor Who story ‘The Mysterious Planet’, discuss the recently deceased Sir Terry Pratchett and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

  • 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
  • 01:43 — Welcome!
  • 02:40 – News:
  • 02:49 — Terry Pratchett: DEAD.
  • 03:45 — Star Wars: First stand-alone film named and filler novel.
  • 06:42 — Tron 3: Filming later this year.
  • 08:49 — Harry Potter: Tom Felton meets the superfans.
  • 10:38 — Karen Gillan: HBO’s The Devil You Know.
  • 12:07 – Terry Pratchett.
  • 25:11 – Quiz: New Who stats.
  • 37:47 – Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet.
  • 54:31 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
  • 58:40 – Farewell for this podcast!
  • 59:29 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

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Staggering Stories Commentary #141: Babylon 5 – Walkabout

  on March 22nd, 2015

Staggering Stories Commentary: Babylon 5 - WalkaboutSummary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, down bellowed, in front of the Babylon 5 third season episode, ‘Walkabout’, and spout our usual nonsense!

Franklin wants to find himself to have a jolly good word, Sheridan is itching for a fight and Lyta has a new master. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Babylon 5: Walkabout…

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Staggering Stories Podcast #206: Mystery Men of the Autons

  on March 15th, 2015

Mystery Men of the AutonsSummary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 1999 film ‘Mystery Men’and the 1971 Doctor Who story ‘Terror of the Autons’, discuss the recently deceased Leonard Nimoy and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

  • 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
  • 01:10 — Welcome!
  • 02:09 – News:
  • 02:22 — Leonard Nimoy: DEAD.
  • 04:21 — Harrison Ford: MAIMED (again!)
  • 07:44 — Community: Back for season 6.
  • 09:05 — Harve Bennett: DEAD.
  • 10:38 — Space: Sarah Brightman goes to the ISS.
  • 13:05 — Doctor Who: Life insurance against extermination by Dalek.
  • 14:35 — Shatner: Shat-app – Shatoetry.
  • 17:18 – Leonard Nimoy.
  • 27:00 – Mystery Men.
  • 40:44 – Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons.
  • 54:45 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
  • 64:49 – Farewell for this podcast!
  • 65:24 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

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Staggering Stories Commentary #140: Doctor Who – Partners in Crime

  on March 8th, 2015

Staggering Stories Commentary: Doctor Who - Partners in CrimeSummary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, fattened, in front of the 2008 Doctor Who première episode, Partners in Crime, and spout our usual nonsense!

The Doctor is on the case, Donna is on the same case and the Adipose are nothing if not fat. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Partners in Crime…

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Staggering Stories Podcast #205: The Quest of Scares

  on March 1st, 2015

The Quest of ScaresSummary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Jean Riddler, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 1999 film ‘Galaxy Quest’, discuss Doctor Who violence and scares over the years, say what we’ve been up to recently, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

  • 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
  • 01:30 — Welcome!
  • 02:18 – News:
  • 02:30 — Doctor Who: New UNIT Big Finish series with Kate Stewart.
  • 05:16 — Alien: New sequel from Neill Blomkamp.
  • 07:14 — Ghostbusters: Reboot and original series sequel?
  • 09:12 — Samuel Anderson: Best male performance!
  • 11:01 — Doctor Who: Titan comics Doctors 10, 11 & 12 crossover series.
  • 13:31 – Galaxy Quest.
  • 27:58 – Flotsum and Jetsam.
  • 45:46 – Doctor Who: Scares and violence in new vs old Doctor Who.
  • 59:31 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
  • 66:28 – Farewell for this podcast!
  • 67:07 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

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