{"id":3508,"date":"2025-07-20T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.staggeringstories.net\/?p=3508"},"modified":"2025-07-20T00:08:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T23:08:39","slug":"staggering-stories-podcast-476-love-death-and-thasmin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.staggeringstories.net\/?p=3508","title":{"rendered":"Staggering Stories Podcast #476: Love, Death and Thasmin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_459\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3508-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.staggeringstories.net\/StaggeringPodcast476_21-07-2025.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.staggeringstories.net\/StaggeringPodcast476_21-07-2025.mp3\">https:\/\/www.staggeringstories.net\/StaggeringPodcast476_21-07-2025.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.staggeringstories.net\/StaggeringPodcast476_21-07-2025.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"StaggeringPodcast476_21-07-2025.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 52:14 &#8212; 30.0MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.staggeringstories.net\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.staggeringstories.net\/Podcast476.jpg\" alt=\"60\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" align=\"right\" \/><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Vampire Weekend (Big Finish) and Love, Death and Robots, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>00:00 &#8211; Intro and theme tune.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>00:41 &#8212; Welcome!<\/li>\n<li><strong>01:54 &#8211; News:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>02:01 &#8212; Doctor Who: Tom&#8217;s lucky 13.<\/li>\n<li>04:21 &#8212; Murderbot: Back for more.<\/li>\n<li>05:48 &#8212; Doctor Who: Ancelyn returns for a bit of Bambera.<\/li>\n<li>07:17 &#8212; Mark Snow: DEAD!<\/li>\n<li>09:03 &#8212; Doctor Who: Gatwa&#8217;s reason for leaving?<\/li>\n<li>10:36 &#8212; Doctor Who: Gatwa&#8217;s pulling out of Eurovision reasoned.<\/li>\n<li><strong>13:14 &#8211; Love, Death and Robots.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>28:07 &#8211; Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Vampire Weekend (Big Finish).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>42:30 &#8211; Emails and listener feedback.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>47:59 &#8211; Farewell for this podcast!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>48:51 &#8212; End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Vital Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.staggeringstories.net\/\">Staggering Stories<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/doctorwho\/\">BBC: Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murderbot_(TV_series)\">Wikipedia: Murderbit (TV series)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/unit-brave-new-world-knightfall-3240\">Big Finish: Unit: Brave New World: Knightfall<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Snow\">Wikipedia: Mark Snow<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ncuti_Gatwa\">Wikipedia: Ncuti Gatwa<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Love,_Death_%26_Robots\">Wikipedia: Love, Death and Robots<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/doctor-who-the-thirteenth-doctor-adventures-vampire-weekend-3126\">Big Finish: The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Vampire Weekend<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/26860495434\">Facebook: Staggering Stories Group<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Vampire Weekend (Big Finish) and Love, Death and Robots, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically: 00:00 &#8211; Intro and theme tune. 00:41 &#8212; Welcome! 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