Talking Who To You has (Big) finished, but Kev and JG have moved over to new podcast - Talking Trek To You. Join an expert and a noob as they explore the original series episode by episode, helped along with a guest of the week!Website: talkingtrektoyou.podbean.comemail address: talkingtrektoyou@gmail.comTwitter: @talktrekto you

Talking Who To You has (Big) finished, but Kev and JG have moved over to new podcast - Talking Trek To You. Join an expert and a noob as they explore the original series episode by episode, helped along with a guest of the week! Website: <a href="http://talkingtrektoyou.podbean.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">talkingtrektoyou.podbean.com</a> email address: talkingtrektoyou@gmail.com Twitter: @talktrekto you

Talking Trek To You

We reach the final episode of Talking Who To You as JG and Kev reach the monumental "A Death In The Family". But for such a grand occasion a guest is required - and that would be Alasdair Wilkins of Debating Doctor Who, along for the final spin in the Big Finish TARDIS. Is the episode a fitting one to wrap the podcast up on? Does Evelyn get the departure she so richly deserves? And how does Ace and the 7th Doctor's story move on? No Recommendations this time, just a heartfelt thank you from JG and Kev to all our listeners who have been a long for the podcast ride. Thanks everyone!

A Death In The Family

It's the second-last episode of Talking Who To You, and our very last time to chat about Colin Baker with the Sixth Doctor / Evelyn story Assassins In The Limelight. And to help us see the Sixth Doctor on his way we have returning guest Abby Denton! Does this story act as a fitting final Colin Baker story to be covered? How does Leslie Phillips do returning to the series? And how well has the Sixth Doctor fared overall in audio? Plus in Recommendations we have a film, a stage production and - uniquely - an animal.Twitter: @talkingwhotoyouJG's Writing: https://www.jgmcquarrie.scot

It's the second-last episode of Talking Who To You, and our very last time to chat about Colin Baker with the Sixth Doctor / Evelyn story Assassins In The Limelight. And to help us see the Sixth Doctor on his way we have returning guest Abby Denton! Does this story act as a fitting final Colin Baker story to be covered? How does Leslie Phillips do returning to the series? And how well has the Sixth Doctor fared overall in audio? Plus in Recommendations we have a film, a stage production and - uniquely - an animal. Twitter: @talkingwhotoyou JG's Writing: https://www.jgmcquarrie.scot

Episode 183 - Assassins In The Limelight

We reach the final Fifth Doctor story with a reunion of his very first crew of Adric, Nyssa and Tegan and Kev and JG tackle Iterations Of I. Does the old crew recapture the magic of the Fifth Doctor's first season now that Matthew Waterhouse is back as Adric? Does the story work on its own terms? And is this a suitable wrap-up for the Fifth Doctor on audio? Plus in recommendations we have a movie and a book series.Twitter: @talkingwhotoyouJG's Writing: www.jgmcquarrie.scot

We reach the final Fifth Doctor story with a reunion of his very first crew of Adric, Nyssa and Tegan and Kev and JG tackle Iterations Of I. Does the old crew recapture the magic of the Fifth Doctor's first season now that Matthew Waterhouse is back as Adric? Does the story work on its own terms? And is this a suitable wrap-up for the Fifth Doctor on audio? Plus in recommendations we have a movie and a book series. Twitter: @talkingwhotoyou JG's Writing: www.jgmcquarrie.scot

Episode 182 - Iterations Of I

We reach another milestone as the podcasts creeps towards its final episode, as this time we wave goodbye to both the Companion Chronicles range and the redoubtable Ms Perpigillium Brown. How does Peri's last adventure turn out? Can the play manage to balance comedy and drama successfully? And how does the meta humour work out? To answer these questions and more JG and Kev are joined by the equally redoubtable Tony Whitt from the Target Doctor Who Book Club Podcast to lend a hand. Well, ear. You know what we mean!Twitter: @talkingwhotoyouJG's Writing: http://www.jgmcquarrie.scot

We reach another milestone as the podcasts creeps towards its final episode, as this time we wave goodbye to both the Companion Chronicles range and the redoubtable Ms Perpigillium Brown. How does Peri's last adventure turn out? Can the play manage to balance comedy and drama successfully? And how does the meta humour work out? To answer these questions and more JG and Kev are joined by the equally redoubtable Tony Whitt from the Target Doctor Who Book Club Podcast to lend a hand. Well, ear. You know what we mean! Twitter: @talkingwhotoyou JG's Writing: http://www.jgmcquarrie.scot

Epsiode 181 - Companion Chronicles: Peri And The Piscon Paradox

Lucie Miller

We reach both the final episode of the Eighth Doctor Adventures and the final time we will be talking about the Eighth Doctor on the podcast as "Lucie Miller" and "To The Death" are finally reached. Does Susan work as a dramatic character? Do Lucie's final episodes give her the send-off she deserved? And does the dramatic finale stand the test of time? All good questions, and along to help us answer them - also for the last time - is TWTY's good friend Anthony Strand.Twitter: @talkingwhotoyouJG's Writing: www.jgmcquarrie.scot

We reach both the final episode of the Eighth Doctor Adventures and the final time we will be talking about the Eighth Doctor on the podcast as "Lucie Miller" and "To The Death" are finally reached. Does Susan work as a dramatic character? Do Lucie's final episodes give her the send-off she deserved? And does the dramatic finale stand the test of time? All good questions, and along to help us answer them - also for the last time - is TWTY's good friend Anthony Strand. Twitter: @talkingwhotoyou JG's Writing: www.jgmcquarrie.scot

Episode 180 - Lucie Miller / To The Death

It's a visit from the Doctor's family and an outpost in the sun that holds our attention this episode as the Eighth Doctor Adventures continue with Relative Dimensions and Prisoner of The Sun. How does the Doctor reuniting with Susan go? What is the best way to trap the Doctor into doing what you want? And do these stories set up the two-part finale (hint: not really). Plus in Recommendations there's a musician's memoir and a TV show.Twitter: @talkingwhotoyouJG's Writing: www.jgmcquarrie.scot

It's a visit from the Doctor's family and an outpost in the sun that holds our attention this episode as the Eighth Doctor Adventures continue with Relative Dimensions and Prisoner of The Sun. How does the Doctor reuniting with Susan go? What is the best way to trap the Doctor into doing what you want? And do these stories set up the two-part finale (hint: not really). Plus in Recommendations there's a musician's memoir and a TV show. Twitter: @talkingwhotoyou JG's Writing: www.jgmcquarrie.scot

Epsiode 179 - Relative Dimensions / Prisoner Of The Sun

We tackle a functional two-parter this time out as we continue to move through the last season of the Eighth Doctor / Lucie Miller Adventures. What's happening on the little Martian moon of Deimos? How do the Ice Warriors work on audio? And is the Monk's return worth getting excited about? Plus we have a movie and a TV series in our Recommendations, and we pay a brief visit to the post bag.Twitter: @talkingwhotoyouJG's Writing: www.jgmcquarrie.scot

We tackle a functional two-parter this time out as we continue to move through the last season of the Eighth Doctor / Lucie Miller Adventures. What's happening on the little Martian moon of Deimos? How do the Ice Warriors work on audio? And is the Monk's return worth getting excited about? Plus we have a movie and a TV series in our Recommendations, and we pay a brief visit to the post bag. Twitter: @talkingwhotoyou JG's Writing: www.jgmcquarrie.scot

Episode 178 - Deimos / The Resurrection Of Mars

We dive further into the final Eighth Doctor / Lucie Miller season with these two episodes (and, er, without Lucie Miller). How does all that Poe referencing work out in Nevermore? Is the Monk's return something to cheer about in the Book of Kells? And how does Tamzin fare as our companion du jour? Plus we have not one but two animation recommendations (one from Ireland, one from Japan) and a pop in to see how things are going over at the MCU.Twitter: @talkingwhotoyouJG's Writing: www.jgmcquarrie.scot

We dive further into the final Eighth Doctor / Lucie Miller season with these two episodes (and, er, without Lucie Miller). How does all that Poe referencing work out in Nevermore? Is the Monk's return something to cheer about in the Book of Kells? And how does Tamzin fare as our companion du jour? Plus we have not one but two animation recommendations (one from Ireland, one from Japan) and a pop in to see how things are going over at the MCU. Twitter: @talkingwhotoyou JG's Writing: www.jgmcquarrie.scot

Episode 177 - Nevermore / The Book Of Kells

We leave the world of audio adventures behind this time to explore the 13th Doctor's two most recent TV outings, the mini-season Flux and the New Year's Special, Eve Of The Daleks. Can Chris Chibnall pull off the audacious task of doing a fully linked story in Flux? How does Dan work out as a new companion? And can Eve Of The Daleks manage to make the Skarosians actually scary again while also making its time-loop conceit work? No Recommendations this week though - we're going long on this one!twitter: @talkingwhotoyouJG's Writing: www.jgmcquarrie.scot

We leave the world of audio adventures behind this time to explore the 13th Doctor's two most recent TV outings, the mini-season Flux and the New Year's Special, Eve Of The Daleks. Can Chris Chibnall pull off the audacious task of doing a fully linked story in Flux? How does Dan work out as a new companion? And can Eve Of The Daleks manage to make the Skarosians actually scary again while also making its time-loop conceit work? No Recommendations this week though - we're going long on this one! twitter: @talkingwhotoyou JG's Writing: www.jgmcquarrie.scot

Epsiode 176 - Flux / Eve Of The Daleks

Podcast discussing the worlds of Big Finish's Doctor Who audio plays.

About the Doctor’s adventures on Big Finish- great insights.

Great conversations

Talking Who To You

We have a returning guest this week in the shape of Tony Whitt from the Doctor Who Target Book Club podcast, and he's here to discuss The Juggernauts with JG and Kev.  How will the return of the Mechanoids work out? How do they get along with Davros? And is Mel able to carry so much of the emotional content of this play? Plus there's time to dip into the mailbox as the three discuss the always controversial subject of recasting roles when an actor has passed away.

Episode 74 - The Juggernauts

We return to Paul McGann's second season as the Eighth Doctor this week, and his first encounter with the pepperpots in Time Of The Daleks.  With a story that embraces Daleks, Shakespeare, future history, rebellions and time paradoxes there's certainly plenty going on, but will this end up being overstuffed and excessive or action-packed and relentless?  JG and Kevin dive in to see just what's going on in the penultimate episode of this season - come along for the ride!

Episode 27 - Time Of The Daleks

This week we're back with the 10th Doctor as we explore the first two stories in the third volume of the 10th Doctor box set. How do the 10th Doctor and Donna work in a haunted house story? Does Wilf, brought so vividly to life by Bernard Cribbens, work as well here as he did on TV? Are the Judoon a success on audio? Is that old magic there between Tennant and Tate? So many questions - step back into the Davies era with us as we find out!www.jgmcquarrie.scot

This week we're back with the 10th Doctor as we explore the first two stories in the third volume of the 10th Doctor box set. How do the 10th Doctor and Donna work in a haunted house story? Does Wilf, brought so vividly to life by Bernard Cribbens, work as well here as he did on TV? Are the Judoon a success on audio? Is that old magic there between Tennant and Tate? So many questions - step back into the Davies era with us as we find out! www.jgmcquarrie.scot

Episode 90 - 10th Doctor Box Set Vol 3: No Place / One Mile Down

We go back to the 1960's this week with the second First Doctor Box Set, with Kevin and JG this week covering "The Invention Of Death".  Will this episode do a better job of capturing the 1st Doctor era than the last one?  How does the gamble of such a weird setting work?  And now that we're more familiar with them, do the characters seem more genuine this time out?  Join our intrepid reviewers as they venture to a planet that's just not QUITE like any other in Doctor Who...

Episode 52 - 1st Doctor Box Set Vol 2 - The Invention Of Death

Be happy. Happy people love podcasts. Podcast loving people get more podcasts.  Enjoy visiting Light City, with its memories and structures.  Have you been here before?  Have the Doctor, Charley and C'Rizz? What is going on within the city?  Will any of it make sense?  Remember - questions are forbidden.

Episode 56 - The Natural History Of Fear

Returning to the world of the Eighth Doctor, Kevin and JG this week look at Embrace The Darkness.  Can the Eighth Doctor range manage to make it three decent stories in a row?  Or will the darkness be left tragically unembraced?  Plus there's time for a couple of letters from the mailbag, with a further discussion on Chimes of Midnight and some more recommendations beyond Big Finish.

Episode 24 - Embrace The Darkness

We have a returning guest with us this week as Anthony Strand joins to discuss the Eighth Doctor story "Time Works". How will this strange tale of clocks and chronology stand up after so many of its ideas have become familiar? Will Charley and C'Rizz get anything worthwhile to do at all? And do all the clock references actually work or does it simply become annoying?

Episode 104 - Time Works

After visiting the 13th Doctor last week we return to the 8th this week and the Divergent Universe arc with the punishingly average The Twilight Kingdom.  Just how excited can Kevin and JG get about a bunch of caves? How many interchangeable characters will they find it possible to care about? Plus, since there's simply no way to get three-quarters of an hour out of this play, there's time for a discussion of Big Finish at large, focussing on how things are going now and what's working and what's not. There's also a discussion of the writers Big Finish use, and whether they are now simply producing too much material, plus a notional and not-altogheter-convincing attempt to link it back to this week's episode. Yes, why not listen to two people struggling to find anything remotely interesting to say about this play!

Episode 58 - The Twilight Kingdom

We're dealing with Other Lives this week as we pop in to see how the Eighth Doctor, Charley and C'Rizz are getting on. Turns out they've ended up in Victorian London, with all the complexities one might expect. How does someone of C'Rizz's unusual apperance fit into all that Victoriana? Can Charley find her way through while dealing with the Duke Of Wellington? And is the Doctor really just someone's amnesiac husband?www.jgmcquarrie.scot

We're dealing with Other Lives this week as we pop in to see how the Eighth Doctor, Charley and C'Rizz are getting on. Turns out they've ended up in Victorian London, with all the complexities one might expect. How does someone of C'Rizz's unusual apperance fit into all that Victoriana? Can Charley find her way through while dealing with the Duke Of Wellington? And is the Doctor really just someone's amnesiac husband? www.jgmcquarrie.scot

Other Lives

We're time out of joint this week - this discussion was recorded (and announced) a couple of weeks ago but we set it aside to come bang up to date with Missy and The Eighth of March. However, we'd never forget the 4th Doctor, so stepping out of the space/time vortex we this week cover two stories from Tom Baker's third Big Finish Season. With the Eminance becoming a recurring villain will their sort-of debut live up  to their repeated returns? And how surreal will things get as we encounter The Abandoned?Note: Next we will be covering Terror Firma, which was announced at the end of The Eighth Of March. Sorry for the confusing timeline, everyone!

We're time out of joint this week - this discussion was recorded (and announced) a couple of weeks ago but we set it aside to come bang up to date with Missy and The Eighth of March. However, we'd never forget the 4th Doctor, so stepping out of the space/time vortex we this week cover two stories from Tom Baker's third Big Finish Season. With the Eminance becoming a recurring villain will their sort-of debut live up to their repeated returns? And how surreal will things get as we encounter The Abandoned? Note: Next we will be covering Terror Firma, which was announced at the end of The Eighth Of March. Sorry for the confusing timeline, everyone!

Episode 82 - 4th Doctor Adventures: Destroy The Infinite / The Abandoned

And now for something a little different - we leave the world of audio behind this week and take a listener's suggestion to cover two TV episodes instead, in this case the two episodes which re-launched the show back in 2005 "Rose" and "The End Of The World". How do the episodes stand up nearly fifteen years later? Do Eccleston and Piper nail it first time out? And how has Russell T Davies do on scripting duties to get the new show off to a start? Come leave audio behind for this week and join us in a televisual spectacular!

Episode 101 - Rose / The End Of The World

This week we have the last two episodes from the second 10th Doctor Box set, as Kevin and JG cover The Sword Of The Chevalier and Cold Vengeance.  The former sees a trip to Regency England, and the latter sees the 10th Doctor encountering the Ice Warriors for the first time.  But will Regency England prove to be all pomp and circumstance and no substance?  And will the Ice Warriors be able to warm their hearts or will this story leave them out in the cold? (Ok, no more temperature-based puns, I promise)

Episode 26 - 10th Doctor Box Set Vol 2: The Sword Of The Chevalier / Cold Vengeance

We return to the fabulous world of River this week as we cover the final two episodes in the Volume Three box set. How does Peter Davison get on playing a character other than the 5th Doctor? Wll The episodes manage to come together as a cohesive whole? And just how many bad guys does the second story need? Plus there's a broader discussion of the River range. And, once again, apologies for the lateness of this episode - life not only finds a way, it finds a way to get in the way.www.jgmcquarrie.scot

We return to the fabulous world of River this week as we cover the final two episodes in the Volume Three box set. How does Peter Davison get on playing a character other than the 5th Doctor? Wll The episodes manage to come together as a cohesive whole? And just how many bad guys does the second story need? Plus there's a broader discussion of the River range. And, once again, apologies for the lateness of this episode - life not only finds a way, it finds a way to get in the way. www.jgmcquarrie.scot

The Diary Of River Song Vol 3 - My Dinner With Andrew / The Furies

Both a classic episode and a guest star!  This week JG and Kevin welcome Anthony Strand on-board to discuss one of the unalloyed classics of the range, The Chimes Of Midnight.  Discussing class, gender, roles, time travel and paradoxes, all three get stuck into one of the best-regarded of all Big Finish stories.  But will Chimes Of Midnight live up to its critical praise?  And will it prove to be a suitably spooky Christmas adventure?

Episode 21 - The Chimes Of Midnight

For the 8th March 2019 - International Womens Day - Big Finish released a special box set celebrating the women of the Doctor Who universe, written by four (mostly) new writers and that's what we're covering this week. And we have a special guest star to debate the episodes with us in the form of Abby Denton, returning to the podcast after her last visit.  Will the strikingly unusual character pairing of River and Leela work out together? Does the conceit of the box set work with four very different sets of characters? And how do the new writers fare when it comes to embracing the unique requirements of both Doctor Who and Big Finish? It's time to come bang up to date with Big Finish and find out!

Episode 81 - The Eighth Of March Box Set

We flit back to the era of the Sixth Doctor this week with The Wormery, the play that brings Katy Manning's Iris Wildthyme to the Main Range.  How does the former companion manage when faced with Iris's irascible, irrepressible side?  Just how well can Colin Baker (and Colin Baker's Doctor) cope with this one-woman whirlwind of innuendo and alcohol?  And does the "worm" bit of The Wormery make even the slightest sense?  Climb aboard a big red London bus that's just ever-so-slightly smaller on the inside and find out!

Episode 59 - The Wormery

Welcome back listeners, and what a lovely day it is today as you join us in a discussion of Live 34. The debate will be between regulars Kev and JG as they get to grips with a structurally unique piece of Big Finish! That debate coming up soon - how does the structure work, how do these characters fit in, and do the politics land? All this and more, coming up right up after these messages!

Episode 77 - Live 34

This week we get two companions for the price of one as we meet this Sixth Doctor and Mel and Evelyn all wrapped up in one story.  How does this fare as a sequel to Thicker Than Water? How's Evelyn been doing since she stopped travelling with the Doctor? And just what happens when Evelyn and Mel meet?www.jgmcquarrie.scot

This week we get two companions for the price of one as we meet this Sixth Doctor and Mel and Evelyn all wrapped up in one story. How does this fare as a sequel to Thicker Than Water? How's Evelyn been doing since she stopped travelling with the Doctor? And just what happens when Evelyn and Mel meet? www.jgmcquarrie.scot

Episode 84 - Thicker Than Water

After the experimental, challenging nature of last week's episode we come to the second stab at doing something interesting with the Divergent Universe arc, The Creed Of The Kromon. This episode sees new companion C'rizz join the Doctor and Charley on their travels, so how does he work out in his first appearance? Does the more traditional structure of this play work with the more radical concept of the Divergent Universe? And will our intrepid reviewers be able to stay awake dicussing this story? (don't worry, there isn't ten minutes of gentle snoring as they run out of things to say.) Why not listen and find out!

Episode 55 - The Creed Of The Kromon

Returning to the Eighth Doctor this week, Kevin and JG cover the first story of Paul McGann's second season with Invaders From Mars.  How will his Doctor and Charley fit in to 30's New York?  And as a more comedic take on Doctor Who, will any of the jokes here actually land?  Plus more mailbag chat with a couple of letteres commenting on some previously-covered stories and issue, as well as a discussion around line head Nicholas Briggs.

Episode 18 - Invaders From Mars

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