They say "when in Rome, do as the Romans do".  But Barbara wants no part of what Nero wants to do and Ian has had a belly full of orders from the expansionist Italians. The Doctor and Vicki, meanwhile, have a great time lying about lyres and nearly poisoning a despot but it's no surprise when it all goes up in flames. This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify,  Audible and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

They say "when in Rome, do as the Romans do". But Barbara wants no part of what Nero wants to do and Ian has had a belly full of orders from the expansionist Italians. The Doctor and Vicki, meanwhile, have a great time lying about lyres and nearly poisoning a despot but it's no surprise when it all goes up in flames. This episode can also be found at <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doctor-who-the-krynoid-podcast/id338863438" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes/Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4t4QstXwQ0LJH3Doxmh7CY" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Doctor-Who-The-Krynoid-PodCast-Podcast/B08K5VD2BC?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&amp;share_location=pdp&amp;shareTest=TestShare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Audible</a> and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

030: The Romans

The Doctor and Romana find themselves slumming it in a pocket-sized parallel universe.  Worse still, they land on the home world of - loathe him or hate him - that Alzarian irritant, Adric. Chuck in a few indecisive Deciders, some evolving arachnids and a bunch of amphibian Gumbies, and it's another trying jaunt for our two intrepid Time Lords. This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify,  Audible and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

The Doctor and Romana find themselves slumming it in a pocket-sized parallel universe. Worse still, they land on the home world of - loathe him or hate him - that Alzarian irritant, Adric. Chuck in a few indecisive Deciders, some evolving arachnids and a bunch of amphibian Gumbies, and it's another trying jaunt for our two intrepid Time Lords. This episode can also be found at <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doctor-who-the-krynoid-podcast/id338863438" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes/Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4t4QstXwQ0LJH3Doxmh7CY" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Doctor-Who-The-Krynoid-PodCast-Podcast/B08K5VD2BC?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&amp;share_location=pdp&amp;shareTest=TestShare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Audible</a> and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

029: Full Circle

The Doctor is still on trial with the Time Lords and this is his dubious evidence for the defence.  Finding himself in a garden centre canteen in space with an unintroduced companion, the Doctor meets an old acquaintance, an elderly Avenger and some arboreal enemies. Warning: this episode ends with two over-refreshed old farts moaning (at some length). This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify,  Audible and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

The Doctor is still on trial with the Time Lords and this is his dubious evidence for the defence. Finding himself in a garden centre canteen in space with an unintroduced companion, the Doctor meets an old acquaintance, an elderly Avenger and some arboreal enemies. Warning: this episode ends with two over-refreshed old farts moaning (at some length). This episode can also be found at <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doctor-who-the-krynoid-podcast/id338863438" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes/Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4t4QstXwQ0LJH3Doxmh7CY" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Doctor-Who-The-Krynoid-PodCast-Podcast/B08K5VD2BC?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&amp;share_location=pdp&amp;shareTest=TestShare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Audible</a> and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

028: Terror of the Vervoids

The Doctor takes Tegan back to see some of her history with the usual unwelcome results.  Is King John quite himself? Why is he so keen on meeting Demons? And, more to the point, why does he employ a barely disguised renegade Time Lord with an outrageous accent? This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify,  Audible and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

The Doctor takes Tegan back to see some of her history with the usual unwelcome results. Is King John quite himself? Why is he so keen on meeting Demons? And, more to the point, why does he employ a barely disguised renegade Time Lord with an outrageous accent? This episode can also be found at <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doctor-who-the-krynoid-podcast/id338863438" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes/Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4t4QstXwQ0LJH3Doxmh7CY" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Doctor-Who-The-Krynoid-PodCast-Podcast/B08K5VD2BC?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&amp;share_location=pdp&amp;shareTest=TestShare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Audible</a> and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

027: The King's Demons

The Doctor saves Jo Grant from a date with Mike Yates but at what cost?  The intrepid pair find themselves in a medieval mise en scene and encounter several forms of green galactico, including Ice Warriors, Arcturus and phallic fraidy cat, Alpha Centauri. But who is the real villain? This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify,  Audible and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

The Doctor saves Jo Grant from a date with Mike Yates but at what cost? The intrepid pair find themselves in a medieval mise en scene and encounter several forms of green galactico, including Ice Warriors, Arcturus and phallic fraidy cat, Alpha Centauri. But who is the real villain? This episode can also be found at <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doctor-who-the-krynoid-podcast/id338863438" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes/Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4t4QstXwQ0LJH3Doxmh7CY" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Doctor-Who-The-Krynoid-PodCast-Podcast/B08K5VD2BC?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&amp;share_location=pdp&amp;shareTest=TestShare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Audible</a> and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

026: The Curse of Peladon

The Doctor and K9 have a Time Lady forced upon them and are sent on a quest for some lumps of perspex.  They find the first on a parky planet but, before they can get their hands on it, they have to contend with a couple of conmen, a whack job warlord, a rubbery reptile and a mad old dear with antlers. This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify,  Audible and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

The Doctor and K9 have a Time Lady forced upon them and are sent on a quest for some lumps of perspex. They find the first on a parky planet but, before they can get their hands on it, they have to contend with a couple of conmen, a whack job warlord, a rubbery reptile and a mad old dear with antlers. This episode can also be found at <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doctor-who-the-krynoid-podcast/id338863438" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes/Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4t4QstXwQ0LJH3Doxmh7CY" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Doctor-Who-The-Krynoid-PodCast-Podcast/B08K5VD2BC?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&amp;share_location=pdp&amp;shareTest=TestShare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Audible</a> and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

025: The Ribos Operation

The Universe's least favourite motorised dustbins are back and this time they've come to papa.  They're hoping devious daddy, Davros, will cure their lurgy but Ol' One Eye, with the questionable help of Dirty Den, has other plans. It's up to the Doctor and co to bat off Bob Ferris and save the day. But not everyone will make it back to the TARDIS... This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify,  Audible and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

The Universe's least favourite motorised dustbins are back and this time they've come to papa. They're hoping devious daddy, Davros, will cure their lurgy but Ol' One Eye, with the questionable help of Dirty Den, has other plans. It's up to the Doctor and co to bat off Bob Ferris and save the day. But not everyone will make it back to the TARDIS... This episode can also be found at <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doctor-who-the-krynoid-podcast/id338863438" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes/Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4t4QstXwQ0LJH3Doxmh7CY" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Doctor-Who-The-Krynoid-PodCast-Podcast/B08K5VD2BC?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&amp;share_location=pdp&amp;shareTest=TestShare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Audible</a> and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

024: Resurrection of the Daleks

The Doctor and Leela's day trip turns into a nightmare when they wind up at a wave-lashed Edwardian lighthouse.  Throw in a selfish toff, an hysterical harridan and a homicidal Brussels sprout and you have the perfect recipe for a sleepless night. This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify,  Audible and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

The Doctor and Leela's day trip turns into a nightmare when they wind up at a wave-lashed Edwardian lighthouse. Throw in a selfish toff, an hysterical harridan and a homicidal Brussels sprout and you have the perfect recipe for a sleepless night. This episode can also be found at <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doctor-who-the-krynoid-podcast/id338863438" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes/Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4t4QstXwQ0LJH3Doxmh7CY" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Doctor-Who-The-Krynoid-PodCast-Podcast/B08K5VD2BC?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&amp;share_location=pdp&amp;shareTest=TestShare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Audible</a> and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

023: Horror of Fang Rock

In a future world where men (almost) wear their y-fronts outside their jump suits, T-Mat is the mode of travel du jour.  But when a troop of myopic Martians mince into a moon base, it's time for the Earthmen to polish their rockets and get ready for a foam party that'll put Ibiza to shame. This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify,  Audible and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

In a future world where men (almost) wear their y-fronts outside their jump suits, T-Mat is the mode of travel du jour. But when a troop of myopic Martians mince into a moon base, it's time for the Earthmen to polish their rockets and get ready for a foam party that'll put Ibiza to shame. This episode can also be found at <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doctor-who-the-krynoid-podcast/id338863438" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes/Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4t4QstXwQ0LJH3Doxmh7CY" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Doctor-Who-The-Krynoid-PodCast-Podcast/B08K5VD2BC?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&amp;share_location=pdp&amp;shareTest=TestShare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Audible</a> and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

022: The Seeds of Death

We're back with another batch of legacy episodes from the dusty depths of the Krynoid PodCast archive.  This time it's all change as Sylvester McCoy with a wig regenerates into Sylvester McCoy without a wig. The Rani cosplays as Mel Bush while the Doctor plays the spoons (and the fool) and the whole thing can only be described as batfood crazy. This episode can also be found at iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify,  Audible and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

We're back with another batch of legacy episodes from the dusty depths of the Krynoid PodCast archive. This time it's all change as Sylvester McCoy with a wig regenerates into Sylvester McCoy without a wig. The Rani cosplays as Mel Bush while the Doctor plays the spoons (and the fool) and the whole thing can only be described as batfood crazy. This episode can also be found at <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doctor-who-the-krynoid-podcast/id338863438" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes/Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4t4QstXwQ0LJH3Doxmh7CY" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Doctor-Who-The-Krynoid-PodCast-Podcast/B08K5VD2BC?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&amp;share_location=pdp&amp;shareTest=TestShare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Audible</a> and all other podcatchers (as far as we know).

021: Time And The Rani

Podcast reviewing televised Doctor Who stories

A fantastic podcast from two very smart, very funny guys who REALLY know classic Doctor Who. The show takes a realistic, very detailed look at each episode, considering all aspects of production as well as the final product--but the love and appreciation Jim &amp; Martin have for Doctor Who is also clear. Their work is fabulously well-researched, detailed, and quite often laugh-out-loud funny. My most favorite classic Doctor Who podcast!

Simply the best

There are a lot of Doctor Who review podcasts, but for Classic Who this is definitely THE podcast. The definite article you might say. Jim and Martin go in depth on all the classic episodes, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Their opinions might surprise you and the best part is that even with an episode that their not overly fond of they always manage to find some bright spots to point out. Just like Doctor Who their podcasts can be gone back to for repeated listens. Fantastic!

Hitting Classic Who with a review...IN THE FACE!!

Doctor Who: The Krynoid PodCast

"I shouldn't be down here at all, really. Driver, I am. See?" Yes, perhaps it would be better if you were absent, Evans. You certainly drive everyone up the wall. But the Welsh wimp is not the only peril in the London Underground in 1968's The Web of Fear. The slimmer-line Yeti now sling more web than Spidey, Professor Travers is now an old duffer cum Yeti whisperer, Harold Chorley is the obsequious and unacceptable face of the gutter press and somewhere a filthy traitor is at work... Luckily, Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart is at hand, with his ever-shrinking batallion, while Ann Travers proves adept at rebuffing both amorous advances and unwelcome interviews and, somehow, finds time to smile at a rampaging Yeti. Meanwhile, the Doctor is delighted by one of his balls, Jamie hides in a bin and Victoria drops an unidentified lanyarded object. So is the return of this once-lost story a cause for celebration or should it have been left in the cobwebs? Listen here to find out what Jim and Martin think.

"I shouldn't be down here at all, really. Driver, I am. See?" Yes, perhaps it would be better if you were absent, Evans. You certainly drive everyone up the wall. But the Welsh wimp is not the only peril in the London Underground in 1968's The Web of Fear. The slimmer-line Yeti now sling more web than Spidey, Professor Travers is now an old duffer cum Yeti whisperer, Harold Chorley is the obsequious and unacceptable face of the gutter press and somewhere a filthy traitor is at work... Luckily, Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart is at hand, with his ever-shrinking batallion, while Ann Travers proves adept at rebuffing both amorous advances and unwelcome interviews and, somehow, finds time to smile at a rampaging Yeti. Meanwhile, the Doctor is delighted by one of his balls, Jamie hides in a bin and Victoria drops an unidentified lanyarded object. So is the return of this once-lost story a cause for celebration or should it have been left in the cobwebs? Listen here to find out what Jim and Martin think.

085: The Web of Fear

"Take them to the Security Kitchen!"  Perhaps the Universe's only combined containment and mass catering facility can be found on The Ark, the location of the 1966 Hartnell space opera of the same name.  Jim and Martin walk its corridors to find humans in their underwear and the Fab Four (along with the Groovy One, the Trendy Two and the Gear Three), all suffering horrendously bad hair days.  The Doctor gets an invisible friend, Steven fails to notice a potential girlfriend and Dodo is unlikely to make any new friends, bearing as she does a vile infection and a variable accent.  Is the future of Mankind in safe hands or should the weirdly affable Boris Karloff and the Richard III wannabe keep one eye on the Monoids? Find out here...

"Take them to the Security Kitchen!" Perhaps the Universe's only combined containment and mass catering facility can be found on The Ark, the location of the 1966 Hartnell space opera of the same name. Jim and Martin walk its corridors to find humans in their underwear and the Fab Four (along with the Groovy One, the Trendy Two and the Gear Three), all suffering horrendously bad hair days. The Doctor gets an invisible friend, Steven fails to notice a potential girlfriend and Dodo is unlikely to make any new friends, bearing as she does a vile infection and a variable accent. Is the future of Mankind in safe hands or should the weirdly affable Boris Karloff and the Richard III wannabe keep one eye on the Monoids? Find out here...

036: The Ark

Feeling trapped in your home with limited entertainment and an uncertain world outside?  Well maybe you can sympathise with the residents of Paradise Towers – a horrible high-rise housing low-rent war machines, an apparently tin Hitler, omnivorous OAPs and TV’s most amateur and least dramatic junior AmDram group. The Doctor wants answers, Mel wants a dip and Kroagnon wants a mass eviction order. Familiarly, it’s reds versus blues with the yellows invisible (robot crabs included). So did Paradise Towers build Jim and Martin’s happiness high or did they feel unalive by the end of it all? Listen to find out! Also available on Spotify

Feeling trapped in your home with limited entertainment and an uncertain world outside? Well maybe you can sympathise with the residents of Paradise Towers – a horrible high-rise housing low-rent war machines, an apparently tin Hitler, omnivorous OAPs and TV’s most amateur and least dramatic junior AmDram group. The Doctor wants answers, Mel wants a dip and Kroagnon wants a mass eviction order. Familiarly, it’s reds versus blues with the yellows invisible (robot crabs included). So did Paradise Towers build Jim and Martin’s happiness high or did they feel unalive by the end of it all? Listen to find out! Also available on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4t4QstXwQ0LJH3Doxmh7CY" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>

129: Paradise Towers

"I sense the vicious doctrine of egalitarianism." Not our words, the words of financially-motivated, fish-blooded fungus, The Collector. One of The Sun Makers, this blob of seaweed with ideas above its station loves a healthy balance sheet and an unhealthy executionee but meets his match when the 4th Doctor, Leela and K9 visit plutocratic Pluto. It's a miserable world of wooden tables, cardboard control panels, unappetising curries and clown's-pocket-sized credit cards. The Doctor moos like a cow, Leela fights like a wildcat and K9 acts like a dog - much to Martin's incandescent rage. But is the story as saleable as a tray of hot cakes or a bucket of cold sick? Listen and find out.

"I sense the vicious doctrine of egalitarianism." Not our words, the words of financially-motivated, fish-blooded fungus, The Collector. One of The Sun Makers, this blob of seaweed with ideas above its station loves a healthy balance sheet and an unhealthy executionee but meets his match when the 4th Doctor, Leela and K9 visit plutocratic Pluto. It's a miserable world of wooden tables, cardboard control panels, unappetising curries and clown's-pocket-sized credit cards. The Doctor moos like a cow, Leela fights like a wildcat and K9 acts like a dog - much to Martin's incandescent rage. But is the story as saleable as a tray of hot cakes or a bucket of cold sick? Listen and find out.

060: The Sun Makers

"It's the end… but the moment has been prepared for."   The final words of the boggle-eyed mentalist octogenarian Tom Baker, just prior to being trampled by a crusty ballet dancer and so triggering his metamorphosis into the world's wettest vet.   Jim and Martin start this episode by skewering The Time of the Doctor but then evaluate another regeneration story, 1981's Logopolis.   The fourth Doctor is old and grumpy and the Master is new and campy, while Adric "wunts" to help, Tegan wants to fly and Nyssa just wants to have fun, despite losing her step mother, father and planet in short order.   Can Noel Edmonds keep the fabric of the Universe together? Can the Doctor's plan to literally flush out the Master be any more ludicrous? And can Anthony Ainley make any more of a meal of pressing a button?    Listen here to find out.

"It's the end… but the moment has been prepared for." The final words of the boggle-eyed mentalist octogenarian Tom Baker, just prior to being trampled by a crusty ballet dancer and so triggering his metamorphosis into the world's wettest vet. Jim and Martin start this episode by skewering The Time of the Doctor but then evaluate another regeneration story, 1981's Logopolis. The fourth Doctor is old and grumpy and the Master is new and campy, while Adric "wunts" to help, Tegan wants to fly and Nyssa just wants to have fun, despite losing her step mother, father and planet in short order. Can Noel Edmonds keep the fabric of the Universe together? Can the Doctor's plan to literally flush out the Master be any more ludicrous? And can Anthony Ainley make any more of a meal of pressing a button? Listen here to find out.

052: Logopolis

"It's not exactly dull travelling with the Doctor." Not normally, Tegan. Not normally... But this is the season 19 closer, Time-Flight, in which the Doctor seems to be under heavy sedation, OmNyssia knows all the answers, Tegan remains an air hostess (not that she ever hints at this) and Adric is still dead (mercifully). The Master is at large too, coercing a plane-full of extras into caressing an inner sanctum, wherein lies a battery crammed full of blokes and an orang-utan's family jewels. He also finds time to co-ordinate a platoon of turd men, all while nursing a projectile cold. But which passenger is Victor Foxtrot? Why is Concorde's progress monitored from a broom cupboard? And why on (prehistoric) Earth is the Master cosplaying as the last Widow Twankey in the job centre, even when he's on his Jack Jones? Listen in to hear Jim, Martin and special guest Ian Atkins pick through the wreckage.

"It's not exactly dull travelling with the Doctor." Not normally, Tegan. Not normally... But this is the season 19 closer, Time-Flight, in which the Doctor seems to be under heavy sedation, OmNyssia knows all the answers, Tegan remains an air hostess (not that she ever hints at this) and Adric is still dead (mercifully). The Master is at large too, coercing a plane-full of extras into caressing an inner sanctum, wherein lies a battery crammed full of blokes and an orang-utan's family jewels. He also finds time to co-ordinate a platoon of turd men, all while nursing a projectile cold. But which passenger is Victor Foxtrot? Why is Concorde's progress monitored from a broom cupboard? And why on (prehistoric) Earth is the Master cosplaying as the last Widow Twankey in the job centre, even when he's on his Jack Jones? Listen in to hear Jim, Martin and special guest Ian Atkins pick through the wreckage.

076: Time-Flight

“No, I shan’t… you shan’t take him!” Jenny Laird crashes out of the running for her own award in the arachnophobe’s nightmare that is Planet of the Spiders.  It’s a tale of a tweedy traitor, yogic flying, mind-altering jewellery and more creepy crawlies than you can shake a rolled-up newspaper at. The Brig blushes, Sarah rushes (between two stories) and Mike Yates saves face while the Doctor loses his. Would you buy a used watch from the Brigadier? Was Mike Yates already doing exotic dancer exercises? Can anyone free Lupton’s mandala? And do Jim and Martin think this story is a Great One or in need of regeneration? Listen to find out!

“No, I shan’t… you shan’t take him!” Jenny Laird crashes out of the running for her own award in the arachnophobe’s nightmare that is Planet of the Spiders. It’s a tale of a tweedy traitor, yogic flying, mind-altering jewellery and more creepy crawlies than you can shake a rolled-up newspaper at. The Brig blushes, Sarah rushes (between two stories) and Mike Yates saves face while the Doctor loses his. Would you buy a used watch from the Brigadier? Was Mike Yates already doing exotic dancer exercises? Can anyone free Lupton’s mandala? And do Jim and Martin think this story is a Great One or in need of regeneration? Listen to find out!

123: Planet of the Spiders

"What are you concealing from me, boy?" Not enough, some might say, for this is Castrovalva - where Master Waterhouse introduces the innocent and unsuspecting viewer to "Little Matthew" . But that's not the only harrowing element of the Fifth Doctor's first outing. The Time Lord himself is made incompetent (and incontinent?) by his regeneration but still gets to go on a self-propelling wheelchair and pulls off decent impressions of his former selves - and Basil Fawlty (the War Hotelier). Tegan gets hot and bothered, Nyssa gets moist and, of course, Adric has a semi on, before they all meet Chardonnay Shardovan and his sheep-in-wolf's-clothing chums. There's a fly in the ointment, of course, and this one has a risible, raisable platform, a double-decker perspex top hat and a penchant for looking at boys on the dark web. But does the new Doctor bowl Jim and Martin over? Or is he out first ball? Find out here.

"What are you concealing from me, boy?" Not enough, some might say, for this is Castrovalva - where Master Waterhouse introduces the innocent and unsuspecting viewer to "Little Matthew" . But that's not the only harrowing element of the Fifth Doctor's first outing. The Time Lord himself is made incompetent (and incontinent?) by his regeneration but still gets to go on a self-propelling wheelchair and pulls off decent impressions of his former selves - and Basil Fawlty (the War Hotelier). Tegan gets hot and bothered, Nyssa gets moist and, of course, Adric has a semi on, before they all meet Chardonnay Shardovan and his sheep-in-wolf's-clothing chums. There's a fly in the ointment, of course, and this one has a risible, raisable platform, a double-decker perspex top hat and a penchant for looking at boys on the dark web. But does the new Doctor bowl Jim and Martin over? Or is he out first ball? Find out here.

091: Castrovalva

"Never trust a man with dirty fingernails." ...Or a face like a Shar Pei's nether regions.  Especially if he exacerbates London's rodent problem, takes advantage of young scrubbers and test-drives prototype orgasmatrons. Yes, this is The Talons of Weng-Chiang - a strange (Robert) Holmesian melodrama where people pop poison pills, ventriloquist dummies are hands-free and Birmingham has cornered the Chinese firearms market. Leela takes some clothes, the Doctor takes a boat trip, Jago takes fright and Litefoot takes delivery of a surprise hamper, while Chang prestidigitates, Mr Sin recidivates and a mad old crone expectorates. So do Jim and Martin think this is a superlative specimen of Seventies sci-fi or do they smell a rat? Find out here.

"Never trust a man with dirty fingernails." ...Or a face like a Shar Pei's nether regions. Especially if he exacerbates London's rodent problem, takes advantage of young scrubbers and test-drives prototype orgasmatrons. Yes, this is The Talons of Weng-Chiang - a strange (Robert) Holmesian melodrama where people pop poison pills, ventriloquist dummies are hands-free and Birmingham has cornered the Chinese firearms market. Leela takes some clothes, the Doctor takes a boat trip, Jago takes fright and Litefoot takes delivery of a surprise hamper, while Chang prestidigitates, Mr Sin recidivates and a mad old crone expectorates. So do Jim and Martin think this is a superlative specimen of Seventies sci-fi or do they smell a rat? Find out here.

103: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

"If anything happens, let me know." What do you get if you have two episodes to fill with no guest actors and no new sets? Well in the weird world of Lime Grove 1964, you get The Edge of Destruction - a veritable cryptic crossword with clues from another, different cryptic crossword. This is, of course, the one where Susan turns sinister scissor sister, Ian seems to have been at the TARDIS brown ale, the Doctor - even with a head wound - still wins Gallifrey's Fastest Butler, and poor old Babs has to hold it all together, despite her pathological fear of Salvador Dali. Even the Fornicator can't help them as they try to discover what the heck is going on (and what the writer has been smoking) until, finally, the solution springs to mind. So can Jim and Martin make sense of the sentient ship's clues or will the story leave them on the edge of nervous destruction? Find out here.

"If anything happens, let me know." What do you get if you have two episodes to fill with no guest actors and no new sets? Well in the weird world of Lime Grove 1964, you get The Edge of Destruction - a veritable cryptic crossword with clues from another, different cryptic crossword. This is, of course, the one where Susan turns sinister scissor sister, Ian seems to have been at the TARDIS brown ale, the Doctor - even with a head wound - still wins Gallifrey's Fastest Butler, and poor old Babs has to hold it all together, despite her pathological fear of Salvador Dali. Even the Fornicator can't help them as they try to discover what the heck is going on (and what the writer has been smoking) until, finally, the solution springs to mind. So can Jim and Martin make sense of the sentient ship's clues or will the story leave them on the edge of nervous destruction? Find out here.

089: The Edge of Destruction

"I am the Doctor... whether you like it or not." Ahem... awkward!  Yes, this is Colin Baker's debut debacle as the Doctor, The Twin Dilemma. A tale of a Hurndall understudy in a dress, two bratty bowl-cut brain-boxes, pestilent parrot people and a hairy slug with an inter-species libido. And, at its centre, we have our 'hero' who tries to bluster, cower, whine and strangle his way into our hearts, and his poor sidekick, who has probably never felt quite so sidelined - or quite so kicked. Blood bubbles, slugs slime, sartorial atrocities are committed with impunity and a thieving magpie is fed to the starving masses (tastes like chicken, apparently). Loathe it or hate it, it's perennially at the bottom of the sort of polls its lead actor despises. But do Jim and Martin think it lives down to its reputation? Listen in to find out.

"I am the Doctor... whether you like it or not." Ahem... awkward! Yes, this is Colin Baker's debut debacle as the Doctor, The Twin Dilemma. A tale of a Hurndall understudy in a dress, two bratty bowl-cut brain-boxes, pestilent parrot people and a hairy slug with an inter-species libido. And, at its centre, we have our 'hero' who tries to bluster, cower, whine and strangle his way into our hearts, and his poor sidekick, who has probably never felt quite so sidelined - or quite so kicked. Blood bubbles, slugs slime, sartorial atrocities are committed with impunity and a thieving magpie is fed to the starving masses (tastes like chicken, apparently). Loathe it or hate it, it's perennially at the bottom of the sort of polls its lead actor despises. But do Jim and Martin think it lives down to its reputation? Listen in to find out.

094: The Twin Dilemma

"No complications." That infamous moment when the first Ogron on the left accidentally reveals his MENSA potential to his masters but no-one bats a shiny eyelid.  Yes, this is Day of the Daleks in which our intrepid TARDIS twosome wine, dine and enjoy a ride, while Yates pulls rank, Benton pulls out of a minor skirmish and the Brig pulls his hair out as he defends world peace from humans and aliens alike while, no doubt, also taking in washing and doing a paper round. Will the Jeep Pronto ever make it to market? Why do people keep giving the Controller dirty looks? Is it his personal hygiene? Or is it because the only kid he ever charges for his sweets is poverty-stricken Charlie Bucket? And why are the Daleks wasting resources on their minions' make-up when their vital attack force wouldn't fill a football team? Jim and Martin ponder these questions and try to decide whether this is a red-letter day or 24 hours of ennui. Listen in for their verdict.

"No complications." That infamous moment when the first Ogron on the left accidentally reveals his MENSA potential to his masters but no-one bats a shiny eyelid. Yes, this is Day of the Daleks in which our intrepid TARDIS twosome wine, dine and enjoy a ride, while Yates pulls rank, Benton pulls out of a minor skirmish and the Brig pulls his hair out as he defends world peace from humans and aliens alike while, no doubt, also taking in washing and doing a paper round. Will the Jeep Pronto ever make it to market? Why do people keep giving the Controller dirty looks? Is it his personal hygiene? Or is it because the only kid he ever charges for his sweets is poverty-stricken Charlie Bucket? And why are the Daleks wasting resources on their minions' make-up when their vital attack force wouldn't fill a football team? Jim and Martin ponder these questions and try to decide whether this is a red-letter day or 24 hours of ennui. Listen in for their verdict.

105: Day of the Daleks

“I had to do what I did. It was my moral duty. You do understand, don't you?” Naughty General Carrington tries to justify his nefarious programme of kidnap, murder and the pursuit of pregnant women in the 1970 astronaut caper, The Ambassadors of Death. Jim and Martin discuss displaced Frenchie faces, play spot the unborn head and debate the nutritional value of an isotope breakfast. Who is the coolest guest character? Can UNIT sentries really come back from the dead? And which dried-fruit-in-a-prophylactic does Jon Pertwee resemble most? The answers to all these questions can only be found here (well, the last one at least... maybe).

“I had to do what I did. It was my moral duty. You do understand, don't you?” Naughty General Carrington tries to justify his nefarious programme of kidnap, murder and the pursuit of pregnant women in the 1970 astronaut caper, The Ambassadors of Death. Jim and Martin discuss displaced Frenchie faces, play spot the unborn head and debate the nutritional value of an isotope breakfast. Who is the coolest guest character? Can UNIT sentries really come back from the dead? And which dried-fruit-in-a-prophylactic does Jon Pertwee resemble most? The answers to all these questions can only be found here (well, the last one at least... maybe).

037: The Ambassadors of Death

"Chap with the wings there… five rounds rapid!"   And lo… animated gargoyle, Bok, was treated to several speedy ales at Ye Olde Cloven Hoofe tavern, a far preferable fate than a dance with Mike Yates.   Yes, it's the 1971 occult classic, The Daemons – a satanic saga of a renegade reverend, a vile verger, tiresome TV chaps and a reticule-swinging spinster.   Yates and Benton are wearing civvies, Jo's wearing a sacrificial robe and the Doctor's just wearing.   Who is the Brig's bedfellow? Just what does Garvin get up to with ferrets? And has there ever been a valid justification for Morris Dancing?   You'll burn up with excitement. You'll freeze in terror. And you'll believe a sprightly yellow roadster can drive itself.    Open up the podcast and bring death and destruction to your mental faculties…

"Chap with the wings there… five rounds rapid!" And lo… animated gargoyle, Bok, was treated to several speedy ales at Ye Olde Cloven Hoofe tavern, a far preferable fate than a dance with Mike Yates. Yes, it's the 1971 occult classic, The Daemons – a satanic saga of a renegade reverend, a vile verger, tiresome TV chaps and a reticule-swinging spinster. Yates and Benton are wearing civvies, Jo's wearing a sacrificial robe and the Doctor's just wearing. Who is the Brig's bedfellow? Just what does Garvin get up to with ferrets? And has there ever been a valid justification for Morris Dancing? You'll burn up with excitement. You'll freeze in terror. And you'll believe a sprightly yellow roadster can drive itself. Open up the podcast and bring death and destruction to your mental faculties…

053: The Daemons

"You can't mend people!" Well tell that to a doctor – Who or otherwise. And the Kinda can mend doolally folk too, turning them from sociopaths to simpletons by simply opening a box. A bit like Deal or No Deal in reverse. But is Kinda a box of delights or one of Pandora's old cast-offs? Well, Nyssa's barely in it so that's a promising start but Adric's face freaks Martin out, the presence of both Nerys Hughes and multiple Tegans sends Jim into a priapic frenzy and a moccasin-faced local keeps spouting spiritual riddles. The Doctor is an idiot, Tegan has narcolepsy and Adric keeps trying to twok the TSS. Couple that with a jester who badly needs his puppet (and more) stamped on, an effete bloke from That's Life roaring like a frightened vole and the Universe's least enticing bouncy castle and you have something of a mixed bag. But, when it comes to Kinda fans, are Jim and Martin among the We or the Not-We? Listen and find out.

"You can't mend people!" Well tell that to a doctor – Who or otherwise. And the Kinda can mend doolally folk too, turning them from sociopaths to simpletons by simply opening a box. A bit like Deal or No Deal in reverse. But is Kinda a box of delights or one of Pandora's old cast-offs? Well, Nyssa's barely in it so that's a promising start but Adric's face freaks Martin out, the presence of both Nerys Hughes and multiple Tegans sends Jim into a priapic frenzy and a moccasin-faced local keeps spouting spiritual riddles. The Doctor is an idiot, Tegan has narcolepsy and Adric keeps trying to twok the TSS. Couple that with a jester who badly needs his puppet (and more) stamped on, an effete bloke from That's Life roaring like a frightened vole and the Universe's least enticing bouncy castle and you have something of a mixed bag. But, when it comes to Kinda fans, are Jim and Martin among the We or the Not-We? Listen and find out.

055: Kinda

"This fellow's bright green apparently. And dead."   What's that you say? Green? And, more importantly, dead? This must be the 1973 Jon Pertwee quorn-clogged classic, The Green Death, then.   Wherein the Doctor escapes from Metebelis III and seeks comfort in some cosplay while Jo finds love, the Brig finds a dinner suit at the bottom of his overnight bag and Mike Yates finds the true inner peace that only BOSS's brainwashing can bring.   The miners display the survival instincts of lemmings, Dai and Fell fulfill their nominal destinies and Stevens reveals the new staff perk for Global Chemicals employees – a fully equipped S&amp;M dungeon.   Throw in some horrific maggots and some horrifically bad special effects and you have something of a great big melting pot – of "delicious" fungus soup.     So is this a case of "there's lovely"? Listen in and find out.

"This fellow's bright green apparently. And dead." What's that you say? Green? And, more importantly, dead? This must be the 1973 Jon Pertwee quorn-clogged classic, The Green Death, then. Wherein the Doctor escapes from Metebelis III and seeks comfort in some cosplay while Jo finds love, the Brig finds a dinner suit at the bottom of his overnight bag and Mike Yates finds the true inner peace that only BOSS's brainwashing can bring. The miners display the survival instincts of lemmings, Dai and Fell fulfill their nominal destinies and Stevens reveals the new staff perk for Global Chemicals employees – a fully equipped S&amp;M dungeon. Throw in some horrific maggots and some horrifically bad special effects and you have something of a great big melting pot – of "delicious" fungus soup. So is this a case of "there's lovely"? Listen in and find out.

057: The Green Death

"Lord Niiiimon… it is I, Soldeed…" Words to strike terror into every self-respecting Doctor Who fan. Yes, Jim and Martin scrape the very bottom of the cavernous Who barrel this time and confront The Horns of Nimon. The budget is low but the camp is oh-so-very high. Tom Baker and Graham Crowden compete to bite the biggest chunks out of the unimpressive scenery, accompanied by the wrong Romana and the incorrect K9, while Janet Ellis longs desperately for her Blue Peter job offer to come through the post. Marvel as trained dancers balance enormous bull masks on their heads and themselves on their ludicrous platform shoes. Gasp as the co-pilot flaps his jowls like a demented bloodhound. Consider suicide as Crowden and Baker have the time of their lives, at the expense of the production and its tormented viewers. But is it so bad it's good? Or is it so bad that it'll split your trousers?   Listen in for Jim and Martin's verdicts on this pseudo-mythical mess.

"Lord Niiiimon… it is I, Soldeed…" Words to strike terror into every self-respecting Doctor Who fan. Yes, Jim and Martin scrape the very bottom of the cavernous Who barrel this time and confront The Horns of Nimon. The budget is low but the camp is oh-so-very high. Tom Baker and Graham Crowden compete to bite the biggest chunks out of the unimpressive scenery, accompanied by the wrong Romana and the incorrect K9, while Janet Ellis longs desperately for her Blue Peter job offer to come through the post. Marvel as trained dancers balance enormous bull masks on their heads and themselves on their ludicrous platform shoes. Gasp as the co-pilot flaps his jowls like a demented bloodhound. Consider suicide as Crowden and Baker have the time of their lives, at the expense of the production and its tormented viewers. But is it so bad it's good? Or is it so bad that it'll split your trousers? Listen in for Jim and Martin's verdicts on this pseudo-mythical mess.

056: The Horns of Nimon

"A delightfully unexpected afternoon." Well it won't take up much of your afternoon and there's very little that's unexpected here.  For this is Black Orchid - a ripping yarn of bronchial brothers, lippy bookworms, smutty absentees and a child bride who's passed around like a gold ball at a Telosian rugby match. The Doctor plays the clown, Tegan cuts a rug, Nyssa finds her double and Adric eats double his body weight in finger food.  But who is the tweed-trousered killer who's friends with an Amazonian Indian? Could he possibly have any connection with  Charles "not one of the Worcester Woosters" Cranleigh whose brother disappeared on an Amazonian expedition? And who is the piratical prat with the badge for mathematical excellence? Listen to find out...

"A delightfully unexpected afternoon." Well it won't take up much of your afternoon and there's very little that's unexpected here. For this is Black Orchid - a ripping yarn of bronchial brothers, lippy bookworms, smutty absentees and a child bride who's passed around like a gold ball at a Telosian rugby match. The Doctor plays the clown, Tegan cuts a rug, Nyssa finds her double and Adric eats double his body weight in finger food.  But who is the tweed-trousered killer who's friends with an Amazonian Indian? Could he possibly have any connection with  Charles "not one of the Worcester Woosters" Cranleigh whose brother disappeared on an Amazonian expedition? And who is the piratical prat with the badge for mathematical excellence? Listen to find out...

099: Black Orchid

"Is that finger loaded?" A good question because nothing is as it seems in Devesham-on-Oseidon.  The horse-brasses are plastic, the dartboard has a functional bullseye and the ginger beer may not be The Real Thing (but its supply is inexhaustible). Then there's Guy Crayford, who has a spacesuit of vacuum-resistant denim, incomplete underpants and an eye-patch which is purely cosmetic. And, behind the scenes, the horny Kraals are eager to spread their infection and have been using fake UNIT personnel for practice. But did Jim and Martin find The Android Invasion to be the real McCoy or as phoney as a Devesham publican? Find out here.

"Is that finger loaded?" A good question because nothing is as it seems in Devesham-on-Oseidon. The horse-brasses are plastic, the dartboard has a functional bullseye and the ginger beer may not be The Real Thing (but its supply is inexhaustible). Then there's Guy Crayford, who has a spacesuit of vacuum-resistant denim, incomplete underpants and an eye-patch which is purely cosmetic. And, behind the scenes, the horny Kraals are eager to spread their infection and have been using fake UNIT personnel for practice. But did Jim and Martin find The Android Invasion to be the real McCoy or as phoney as a Devesham publican? Find out here.

108: The Android Invasion

“There’s your monster maker… Caught in the act.” And lo… Barry Letts did advance upon him, spitting tacks and brandishing a rubber T-Rex, with insertion on his mind. Yes, this is yer actual Invasion of the Dinosaurs – a tale of double talk, double-crosses and double denim.  The Doctor drives stuff, Sarah discovers stuff and Yates says “Stuff you!” to his UNIT family (and to everyone outside the central London elite bubble). Have the cast been selectively aged and rejuvenated by Whitaker’s time experiments? Is the science as shaky as the Whitehall walls? And is it worth gambling your house on? Will Lis Sladen ever get the underwear she doesn’t need? And where will Jim and Martin place the story on a scale of Jurassic Park to The Goodies? To find out the answers to some or none of these questions, listen here.

“There’s your monster maker… Caught in the act.” And lo… Barry Letts did advance upon him, spitting tacks and brandishing a rubber T-Rex, with insertion on his mind. Yes, this is yer actual Invasion of the Dinosaurs – a tale of double talk, double-crosses and double denim. The Doctor drives stuff, Sarah discovers stuff and Yates says “Stuff you!” to his UNIT family (and to everyone outside the central London elite bubble). Have the cast been selectively aged and rejuvenated by Whitaker’s time experiments? Is the science as shaky as the Whitehall walls? And is it worth gambling your house on? Will Lis Sladen ever get the underwear she doesn’t need? And where will Jim and Martin place the story on a scale of Jurassic Park to The Goodies? To find out the answers to some or none of these questions, listen here.

112: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

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