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Staggering Stories Podcast #229: When Charley Met the Doctor

  on January 31st, 2016

When Charley Met the DoctorSummary:

Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith and the Real Keith Dunn have a retrospective on early Big Finish Eighth Doctor audio plays, play a game, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

  • 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
  • 01:08 — Welcome!
  • 01:51 – News:
  • 02:01 — Doctor Who: Moffat prepares to go as Chris Chibnall prepares to come.
  • 03:36 — Jessica Jones: Netflix announces second season.
  • 04:25 — Robert Banks Stewart: DEAD!
  • 05:10 — Doctor Who RPG: Eleventh Doctor sourcebook out in digital form.
  • 06:25 — Doctor Who LEGO: Stop motion animated fan short.
  • 07:17 – Doctor Who: Big Finish’s Eighth Doctor audio plays (Charley Pollard era).
  • 21:18 – Game: Things in Five Words.
  • 30:06 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at
  • 44:41 – Farewell for this podcast!
  • 45:18 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

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Staggering Stories Commentary #168: Doctor Who – Hell Bent

  on January 24th, 2016

Staggering Stories Commentary: Doctor Who - Hell BentSummary:

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

The Doctor isn’t going to take anymore, the General feels the change coming on and the President has lost more than his hair. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Hell Bent…

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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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