Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast - Episode 13 - The War Machines

07/16/23 • 118 min

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Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast

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It’s episode 13 of The Missing Episodes Podcast! For the first time proper, the TARDIS is back on contemporary Earth, indeed in contemporary London, and The Doctor and Dod... uhh... the Doctor and new, groovy companions Ben and Polly face down the mechanical menace in the Post Office Tower and The War Machines.

Master podcaster Steven Schapansky (@RadioFreeSkaro) and Doctor Who Historian Jon Preddle (https://broadwcast.org/) join to help analyse this most seminal of stories, as Season 3 draws to a close and Doctor Who marches on in a new format under Innes Lloyd and Gerry Davis.

Then it’s off on a world tour, as Jon talks us through the sales process, censorship in Australia and New Zealand and how and why four prints of The War Machines ended up in Nigeria, to be found by Ian Levine in the 1980’s. This is the deepest of deep dives and summarises years of Jon’s cutting-edge research. We also explore why, perhaps, The Wheel in Space wasn’t in Jos when Enemy and Web were recovered over ten years ago!

So leave your Dodo at home, put on your fab gear and join us as we take a look at The War Machines.

If you enjoy this podcast, we ask that you share it on social media to help us find our audience! Tim is on Twitter @drwhopodcasters, and please do come and like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/drwhoandthepodcasters.

Executive Producer: Rich Tipple

Become a patron and help us cover our fees and keep us in biscuits via https://www.patreon.com/missingepisodes.

Thanks to much to the exceedingly lovely Alex TheSkapes, Andrew Llewellyn, Andy Kitching, Anthony Carroll, Tony Carroll, Anthony Fusco, Anthony Wainer, Ashton Withers, Bedwyr Gullidge, Bluey111, Brendan McKenna-Nicoll, Charles Geers, Chris Arkle, Chris Fone, Colin Brockhurst, Craig Thomson, Darren Howard, David Gillespie-Pratt, David Green, David Matthewman, Dean Poole, Deetz Easterwood, Dominic Jackson, Garry Byrne, Gav Rymill, Harry Townsend, Huw Buchtman, Jack Sharpe, James, James Cluskey, Jamie Bate, JB, Jess Jurkovic, Jim Trenowden, Joe Lewallen, Joe Bloggs, John Geoffrion, John Rivers, John Thomson, Jon, Jon Sheehan, Jonathan Le Targat, Jonathan Potter, Joshua, Marc Cameron, Martin Ramsdin, Matthew, Matthew Purchase, Michael Elison, Neil Smith, Nick Lawton, Nick Mellish, Oliver Wake, Patrick, Paul Cooke, Peter Cuminskey, Philip Stubley, Pierce Carrig, Ray Badrick, Reuben Hergfindahl, Rich Hughes, Richard Byatt, Richard Higson, Richard Smith, Richie Howarth, Rob Fleming, Sara Irving, Sarah Crotzer, Sean Martindill, Sidney Troat, Simon Exton, Simon Whitehead, Sinead Morse, Stephen Hartwell, Stephen Moffatt, Stephen Wolterstorff, Steven Manfred, Steven Quinn, Steven Schapansky, Steven White, Stewart Boyles, Stuart Hargreves, That’s Chroma, Tim Arding, and last but not least, Toby Hadoke.

With thanks the wonderful Bea Garrido https://twitter.com/BeaGarrido00 for her art, assistance and her patience. Check out her brilliant Doctor Who art https://beagarridoart.weebly.com/

This free podcast borrows snippets of music from “Marche, Les Structures Sonores” – Lasry Baschet. We lovingly pilfer original music cues by from the BBC’s original production of The War Machines.

Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/missingepisodes

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So leave your Dodo at home, put on your fab gear and join us as we take a look at The War Machines.

Executive Producer: Rich Tipple

Become a patron and help us cover our fees and keep us in biscuits via https://www.patreon.com/missingepisodes.

With thanks the wonderful Bea Garrido https://twitter.com/BeaGarrido00 for her art, assistance and her patience. Check out her brilliant Doctor Who art https://beagarridoart.weebly.com/

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Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast - Episode 12 - The Savages

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It’s episode 12 of The Missing Episodes Podcast! The Savages is not only missing from the archives, but also seemingly missing from fandom’s thoughts and affections. What makes it so intangible? What is it about and what did it look like? To explore these questions, Tim is joined once again by Gav Rymill (Dalek 63.88, Doctor Who Magazine, Doctor Who: The Collection) and Rhys Williams (Doctor Who Magazine and Doctor Who researcher.)

Ian Stuart-Black’s Doctor Who debut, brings with it a host of firsts as the show begins to reshape itself into the format that would sustain it until, well, now; from the first use of a quarry, to the first proper performance of someone else portraying the Doctor. We also say goodbye to Season 3 stalwart Steven Taylor and Dodo continues to enjoy her character’s resurgence, which began in The Gunfighters. So, thanks to the insights of Gav and Rhys, we find that there’s much to enjoy in this forgotten, cautionary tale of exploitation gone awry. There’s also an in-depth analysis of fur swimwear.

So prime your reacting vibrators, prepare to donate your ‘brain juice’ and join us as we explore the world of The Savages.

Executive Producer: Rich Tipple

Become a patron and help us cover our fees and keep us in biscuits via https://www.patreon.com/missingepisodes. Thanks to much to the exceedingly lovely Alex TheSkapes, Andrew Llewellyn, Andy Kitching, Anthony Carroll, Tony Carroll, Anthony Fusco, Anthony Wainer, Ashton Withers, Bedwyr Gullidge, Bluey111, Brendan McKenna-Nicoll, Charles Geers, Chris Arkle, Chris Fone, Colin Brockhurst, Craig Thomson, Darren Howard, David Gillespie-Pratt, David Green, Jon Green, David Matthewman, Dean Poole, Deetz Easterwood, Dominic Jackson, Garry Byrne, Gav Rymill, Harry Townsend, Huw Buchtman, Jack Sharpe, James, James Cluskey, Jamie Bate, JB, Jess Jurkovic, Jim Trenowden, Joe Lewallen, Joe Bloggs, John Geoffrion, John Rivers, John Thomson, Jon, Jon Sheehan, Jonathan Le Targat, Jonathan Potter, Joshua, Marc Cameron, Martin Ramsdin, Matthew, Matthew Purchase, Michael Elison, Neil Smith, Nick Lawton, Nick Mellish, Patrick, Paul Cooke, Peter Cuminskey, Philip Stubley, Pierce Carrig, Ray Badrick, Reuben Hergfindahl, Rich Hughes, Richard Byatt, Richard Higson, Richard Smith, Rob Fleming, Sara Irving, Sarah Crotzer, Sidney Troat, Simon Exton, Simon Whitehead, Sinead Morse, Stephen Hartwell, Stephen Moffatt, Stephen Wolterstorff, Steven Manfred, Steven Quinn, Steven Schapansky, Steven White, Stewart Boyles, Stuart Hargreves, That’s Chroma, Tim Arding, and last but not least, Toby Hadoke.

With thanks the wonderful Bea Garridohttps://twitter.com/BeaGarrido00 for her art, assistance and her patience. Check out her brilliant Doctor Who art https://beagarridoart.weebly.com/

Also thanks to Paul Vanezis for some useful insights and Jon Preddle for running the best website in the universe: https://www.broadwcast.org

This free podcast borrows snippets of music from “Marche, Les Structures Sonores” – Lasry Baschet, and The Stripper by David Rose. We lovingly pilfer original music cues by from the BBC’s original production of The Savages.

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Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast - Episode 14 - The Smugglers

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It’s episode 14 of The Missing Episodes Podcast! The first story of season 4 sees the Lloyd/Davis soft reboot continue, with a trip to 19th Century Cornwall.

Brian Hayles returns to write the first truly generic historical, which see groovy new companions Ben and Polly embark on their first adventure in time and space.

What more do you need in a 19th Century historical romp than pirates vs smugglers vs revenue men?

Tim is joined by colouriser Rich Tipple https://www.itsfarfrombeingallover.co... and researcher Rhys Williams (Doctor Who Magazine) who are all more accepting of the concept of time travel than Ben.

Together they tackle the questions of why The Smugglers tends to slip from fans’ minds, what The Smugglers might have looked like and how successful (or otherwise) it was. Then it’s off on the usual world tour, as we look at where The Smugglers sold, what the Aussie and New Zealand censors thought and what the chances are of ever seeing some more of it are.

So grab a Smallbeer from the fridge, lay down on a comfortable Gurney, and join us as we crack Deadman’s secret key and take a long, hard look at The Smugglers!

Tim is on Twitter Tim - Missing Episodes Podcast (@drwhopodcasters) / X (twitter.com), and please do come and like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/drwhoandthepodcasters

Executive Producer: Rich Tipple

Become a patron and help us cover our fees and keep us in biscuits via https://www.patreon.com/missingepisodes Thanks to much to the exceedingly lovely Alex TheSkapes, Andrew Llewellyn, Andy Kitching, Anthony Carroll, Tony Carroll, Anthony Fusco, Anthony Wainer, Ashton Withers, Bedwyr Gullidge, Bluey111, Brendan McKenna-Nicoll, Charles Geers, Chris Arkle, Chris Fone, Colin Brockhurst, Comoedia adictus, Craig Thomson, Craig William, Darren Howard, David Gillespie-Pratt, David Green, David Matthewman, Dean Poole, Deetz Easterwood, Dominic Jackson, Garry Byrne, Gav Rymill, Ginger Animator, Harry Townsend, Huw Buchtman, Jack Sharpe, James, James Cluskey, Jamie Bate, JB, Jess Jurkovic, Jim Trenowden, Joe Lewallen, Joe Bloggs, John Geoffrion, John Rivers, John Thomson, Johnathan Molyneux, Jon, Jon Sheehan, Jonathan Le Targat, Jonathan Potter, Joshua, Marc Cameron, Martin Ramsdin, Matthew, Matthew Purchase, Michael Elison, Michael Lang, Neil Smith, Nick Lawton, Nick Mellish, Oliver Wake, Patrick, Paul Cooke, Peter Cuminskey, Philip Stubley, Pierce Carrig, Ray Badrick, Reuben Herfindahl, Rich Hughes, Richard Byatt, Richard Higson, Richard Smith,...