{"id":3542,"date":"2025-12-07T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.staggeringstories.net\/?p=3542"},"modified":"2025-12-06T21:22:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T21:22:31","slug":"staggering-stories-podcast-486-the-running-savages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.staggeringstories.net\/?p=3542","title":{"rendered":"Staggering Stories Podcast #486: The Running Savages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2119\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3542-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.staggeringstories.net\/StaggeringPodcast486_08-12-2025.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.staggeringstories.net\/StaggeringPodcast486_08-12-2025.mp3\">https:\/\/www.staggeringstories.net\/StaggeringPodcast486_08-12-2025.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.staggeringstories.net\/StaggeringPodcast486_08-12-2025.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"StaggeringPodcast486_08-12-2025.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 55:07 &#8212; 31.6MB)<\/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\/Podcast486.jpg\" alt=\"60\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" align=\"right\" \/><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Jean Riddler and Keith Dunn review the Doctor Who: The Savages and the 1987 film The Running Man, have a 30 second recommendation, 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>01:04 &#8212; Welcome!<\/li>\n<li><strong>01:36 &#8211; News:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>01:50 &#8212; Doctor Who: Music to be owned.<\/li>\n<li>03:47 &#8212; Game of Thrones: Prequel gets seconds.<\/li>\n<li>05:04 &#8212; Doctor Who: More vinyl fun.<\/li>\n<li>06:14 &#8212; Doctor Who: The art of time travel book finally out.<\/li>\n<li>07:29 &#8212; Star Trek: Lego Enterprise D spotted in the wild.<\/li>\n<li><strong>10:24 &#8211; Doctor Who: The Savages.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>30:36 &#8211; 30 Second Recommendation: The Australian Pink Floyd Show.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>31:35 &#8211; Christmas Card Appeal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>32:22 &#8211; The Running Man (1987 film).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>49:45 &#8211; Emails and listener feedback.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>51:55 &#8211; Farewell for this podcast!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>52:38 &#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\/Game_of_Thrones\">Wikipedia: Game of the Thrones<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.startrek.com\/\">Star Trek<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Savages_(Doctor_Who)\">Wikipedia: The Savages (Doctor Who)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Australian_Pink_Floyd_Show\">Wikipedia: The Australian Pink Floyd Show<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Running_Man_(1987_film)\">Wikipedia: The Running Man (1987 film)<\/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, Jean Riddler and Keith Dunn review the Doctor Who: The Savages and the 1987 film The Running Man, have a 30 second recommendation, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically: 00:00 &#8211; Intro and theme tune. 01:04 &#8212; Welcome! 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