Stories From The Vortex: A Doctor Who Audio Adventures Podcast

Just in time for Halloween, Matthew Kresal and Mary Lang are reviewing Big Finish's hotly anticapted and recently released Phillip Hinchcliffe Presents box-set. With its promise of recreating an era (in)famous for its “tea-time horror”, topics discussed in looking at the two stories that make up the box-set (The Ghosts of Gralstead and The Devil's Armada) include each story's extended length, calls back to the Hinchcliffe era, Tom Baker's performance and more.
You can find the podcast via our website storiesfromthevortex.blogspot.com or on iTunes. If you'd like to send in feedback to the podcast you can do so at [email protected] and you can join the podcasts's Facebook group. We're a proud member of the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
Stories From The Vortex is an unofficial and unlicensed Doctor Who podcast and is not affiliated to the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), AudioGo or Big Finish Productions in any way. Doctor Who is a registered trademark of the BBC. No copyright infringement intended.

Marking the podcast's first sojourn into non-Big Finish Doctor Who territory, Matthew Kresal and Mary Lang are reviewing the controversial 2001-02 seventh Doctor webcast Death Comes To Time. Topics discussed include its large cast, the epic nature of its plot and the ever shifting nature of it as a result. Plus they ask the ultimate question: is it canon and does it really matter one way or another?
You can find the podcast via our website storiesfromthevortex.blogspot.com or on iTunes. If you'd like to send in feedback to the podcast you can do so at [email protected] and you can join the podcasts's Facebook group. We're a proud member of the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
Stories From The Vortex is an unofficial and unlicensed Doctor Who podcast and is not affiliated to the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), AudioGo or Big Finish Productions in any way. Doctor Who is a registered trademark of the BBC. No copyright infringement intended.

This episode finds Matthew Kresal, Mary Lang and Robert Haynes (along with his bird!) engaging in the podcast's second foray into Big Finish's output of another iconic British science fiction series: Terry Nation's Blake's 7. Reviewing The Liberator Chronicles Volume 5, topics discussed include universe building in the stories, getting a full cast feeling with a limited cast, toying with listeners emotions and more.
You can find the podcast via our website storiesfromthevortex.blogspot.com or on iTunes. If you'd like to send in feedback to the podcast you can do so at [email protected] and you can join the podcasts's Facebook group. We're a proud member of the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
Stories From The Vortex is an unofficial and unlicensed Doctor Who podcast and is not affiliated to the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), AudioGo or Big Finish Productions in any way. Doctor Who is a registered trademark of the BBC. No copyright infringement intended.

In the first episode of the podcast since our controversial Tenth Doctor Adventures reviews Matthew Kresal, Mary Lang and Robert Haynes get back together for the first time since that recording. After sorting through some feedback and further thoughts about the episode, they move onto the main topic of conversation: Big Finish's adaptation of HG Wells' classic novel The Invisible Man starring the late, great Sir John Hurt.
You can find the podcast via our website storiesfromthevortex.blogspot.com or on iTunes. If you'd like to send in feedback to the podcast you can do so at [email protected] and you can join the podcasts's Facebook group. You can also leave us a review on iTunes. We're a proud member of the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
Stories From The Vortex is an unofficial and unlicensed Doctor Who podcast and is not affiliated to the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), AudioGo or Big Finish Productions in any way. Doctor Who is a registered trademark of the BBC. No copyright infringement intended.

In the conclusion of our two part look at the stories that introduced one of the most unique companions to ever travel with the Doctor: time traveling Nazi scientist Elizabeth Klein (played by Tracey Childs). In looking at the seventh Doctor audios Survival Of The Fittest (which also features the single episode Klein's Story) and The Architects Of History, Matthew Kresal, Mary Lang and Robert Haynes look at the chemistry between the Doctor and Klein, the fleshing out of Klein's backstory, alien races on audio. the time altering shenanigans in the finale story and more.
Note: Part of the delay in the episode's release has been due to a series of unexpected technical issues that were not noticed during the original recording. Attempts have been made to fix these issues in the editing stage. We apologize for the inconvenience. Also, this episode does contain spoilers for the stories being reviewed. We advise listening to the stories before listening to the episode. You have been warned...
You can find the podcast via our website storiesfromthevortex.blogspot.com or on iTunes. If you'd like to send in feedback to the podcast you can do so at [email protected] and you can join the podcasts's Facebook group. We're a proud member of the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
Stories From The Vortex is an unofficial and unlicensed Doctor Who podcast and is not affiliated to the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), AudioGo or Big Finish Productions in any way. Doctor Who is a registered trademark of the BBC. No copyright infringement intended.