Doctor Who: We're All Stories in the End

Coming to you live from a Saudi gaol, Iain and Mark get to grips with Interference. Part I of II. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One last journey into the doobie-dimension with Kevin Stoner and Amy Pot. This time, the brief is very simple: a quick discussion of 1993's Children in Need Doctor Who/Eastenders 3D crossover Dimensions in Time. Easy. And we don't do too badly, all things considered. To a level. If you're not expecting very much. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A risible attempt at recording an audio commentary for the 2012 Christmas episode The Snowmen... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Back again! Here we are trying our damnedest to review Time and Relative by Kim Newman, with a global premiere for the new single 'Where Is My Mind (Probe)?' by Lady Dodo. Not big, not clever, not safe for work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Cheech and Chong of Doctor Who podcasting return to listen to a Benny. Iain has fond memories of Bernice Summerfield, while Ryan has got the munchies, a criminal conviction, and tiny hands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 80's. Corn-based snacks. Graphic novels. Astrolabus, Frobisher, Poly the Glot. Why it must be time for Voyager! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time to get High with the Council (Lord President Kevin Stoner and Castellan Ryan Spandrell) who, despite being self-evidently in no fit state to press record, are going to do their best to provide a coherent, engaging and informative commentary for The Five Doctors. You know Flight Through Entirety? This is not that. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Iain and Ryan are back to talk about Party Like It's 1998 from Obverse Books. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's tiyyum fo' sum proppa geordie magic, aye pet. It's only Frazer Gregory!Frazer joined me to talk about the novelisation of The Giggle one Saturday night in May of 2024. A momentous night, especially if you're Billie Piper...And for my best work, subscribe to The Flaneur, a new literary and cultural magazine type thing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, I'm joined by Ryan to discuss this recent short story by John "Timewyrm" Peel in the excellent collection Party Like It's 1998 which we URGE YOU TO BUY.......and then we go off on a bit of a tangent about pets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phractons conquer and destroy! Join Luke Sims-Jenkins and me as we confront the terrible prospect of the infinite requiem... Luke is the host of The Maran Chess Club.Email us at [email protected] beer by Saints Row Brewing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryan and I discuss the opening story in a new anthology called Party Like it's 1998 - a book devoted to stories from the worlds of the EDA range! How cool is that? I always knew that gum we liked was going to come back into style...Talk to us! We really want your feedback, correspondence and involvement. You can email the show at [email protected], or bloot me on Bluesky: @theiainmartin.bsky.social. I'd love to have your messages and mails on the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm joined live from Alastair and Doris' sunny English garden to discuss the Target novelisation of Battlefield, written by the guy who wrote Ghost Light. Confused? Good. And welcome back! XxEmail the show at [email protected] for my best work, subscribe to The Flaneur, a new literary and cultural magazine type thing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's all over. The presents are already broken, the turkey is on a plate in the fridge, and your hangover is throbbing like a well-tuned Harley. Welcome to Boxing Day. The brilliant Kenny Smith joins me to talk all about the Cybermen, and David Banks, Glasgow, Linsey Dawn McKenzie, Dunoon, Bono, the board-game Mousetrap, The Wizard of Oz, Lady Gaga, and Kenny's podcast The Power of Three, and particularly his episode interviewing the author of this New Adventure from 1993.And for my best work, subscribe to The Flaneur, a new literary and cultural magazine type thing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time to look at the all-time most loved Virgin New Adventure novel, Paul Cornell's Human Nature. Along the way, Lucy McCaul and I discuss covid, knitting, crime novels, book clubs, Looms, masculinity, Bruce Willis, "The Latin Invasion", Wolsey, the "Tenth Doctor", Nathan Bottomley (swoon), Bernie Winters and Schnorbitz, tender romance, the N-word, dormitory hangings, magic, John Levene and Benton & Hawthorne Investigate.And for my best work, subscribe to The Flaneur, a new literary and cultural magazine type thing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the Festive Special you definitely didn't know you wanted! If you enjoy this, please check out The Flaneur for more stuff I've written. Happy Christmas everybody! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this month's edition of Bookfaced, Iain and Michael discuss David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, Yann Martel's Life of Pi, Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard, and that absolute belter, Doctor Who: Hope by Mark Clapham. Happy Thanksgiving!email: [email protected] for my best work, subscribe to The Flaneur, a new literary and cultural magazine type thing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A very happy Doctor Who Day to all of you at home. In association with Doctor Who: Too Hot For TV and A Hamster With A Blunt Penknife, (two of the very best in the business) I present a November 23rd Special to celebrate 62 -can you believe that?- 62 years of Doctor Who. The pod-crash continues on Doctor Who: Too Hot For TV and concludes with a motherlovin' chunker of an audio commentary on A Hamster With A Blunt Penknife. Now do us a favour in return? I go on, I work me arse off for you. Cheers. Could you donate two pounds to these guys over here?JF, DR: Love you boys XxIn the Citadel of Dreams, I go walking in my sleep, through the valley of Doubt, to the river so deep... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Hallowe'en! To terrify you all to within an inch of your lives, I'm joined by the nicest man in podcasting, Mr Dan Pinn, Mr. Kevin Jordan our tame book reviewer, and a surprise guest, to discuss that time when The Doctor, Fitz and Anji joined George Orwell to witness the Spanish Civil War. Will it be the winning side who write the history books? The losers? Or... someone else?And for my best work, subscribe to The Flaneur, a new literary and cultural magazine type thing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Flight Through Entirety pin-up Nathan Bottomley joins me to be nine kinds of clever about the BBC Books 35th anniversary novel, 1998's The Infinity Doctors. The dreamy hunk Bottomley is always a joy to speak with and I hope y'all enjoy this little chat. I know today's not special for any of you, but it's special for me. Just don't ask me how old I am now.email: [email protected] for my best work, subscribe to The Flaneur, a new literary and cultural magazine type thing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for one last episode of The High Council, as Ryan and I battle it out once and for all, to see who is truly the higher.This has grave, but oddly entertaining implications for our chat about Jim Mortimore's unpublished Past Doctors novel Burning Artemis, which crept out into the world in the year 2000 as Campaign.Stay tuned at the end for the VORLD-VIDE PREMIER of the new single "That's Mortimore" by THE VALEYARDBIRDS...And for my best work, subscribe to The Flaneur, a new literary and cultural magazine type thing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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It's another mega-extended director's cut of a chat this month, as I sit down with Alex Wilcock (a self-confessed Virgin New Adventures supergeek) who even owns a t-shirt with all 61 NA covers proudly on display. We're talking about the 1995 New Adventure Head Games, by Steve Lyons, whose previous book in the range, 1994's Conundrum, is held in the highest regard by virtually everyone who's read it. While we discuss the return of Bonnie Langford's ebullient Bush, a genocide on Detrios, and a fight to the death between Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy (always bet on wiry strength, ferocity and speed over size or waistline) we also learn a lot about Alex's life, his wedding, his childhood and, erm, Liz Truss.This is a really fun chat, and that's before we find out where Kev's calling from this time. Enjoy the show, and come and say hi on Bluesky; I'm @theiainmartin.bsky.socialemail the show at: [email protected] for my best work, subscribe to The Flaneur, a new literary and cultural magazine type thing.Or, if you happen to be in the United States of America, join me on alternate Saturday evenings at Saints Row Brewery in Gaithersburg, MD. (A long-shot, of course, but you never know...) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What connects cricket, The Mary Whitehouse Experience and November Rain? It can only be the 50th Virgin New Adventure Happy Endings, a uniquely divisive book but a uniquely welcome celebration. Welcome, welcome, and do try not to shag the groom.email: [email protected] for my best work, subscribe to The Flaneur, a new literary and cultural magazine type thing.Ryan Blake is a behavioural therapist, English and Philosophy teacher, and unapologetic science fiction fan. By day he helps people make sense of their lives, by night he transforms into a French cabaret chanteuse — and whenever there’s a spare moment, you’ll find him time-travelling through the Whoniverse. He stars on the Power To Live Foundation's podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More incoherent ass-casting from two exceedingly high gentlemen who want, despite their extreme limitations, to tell you all about 1993's aborted 30th anniversary special written by Adrian Rigelsford, for Tom Baker and Rik Mayall.And stay tuned for the world premiere of "Let's Kill the Doctor Again" by... Vervoid Revolver.And subscribe to The Flaneur, a new literary and cultural magazine type thing. It is, literally, my best work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Ryan myself at the secret intersection of Big Finish and the EDA's: The Company of Friends - Fitz's Story. Once again we battle extreme vertigo to bring you a focused, serious and insightful review. Once again, we fail. but stay tuned for the WORLD PREMIERE of the new single 'Velvet Paradox' by UBtype40.And for my best work, subscribe to The Flaneur, a new literary and cultural magazine type thing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This time we are once again veering off-course and looking at a different Doctor in fiction, this time the fourth Doctor who appears in a tale written by...the fourth Doctor, Tom Baker. I'm joined by the potty-mouthed irreverent scamp Harry from a famous 80's prog band to discuss this bizarre entry into the world of written Who. This is very much NSFW, for which I'm very sorry. It's all Harry's fault. He leads me astray, as you'll hear...Follow us at:email: [email protected]@theiainmartin.bsky.social on [email protected] just come and hang out on alternate Saturdays at Saint's Row Brewery in Old Town Gaithersburg, MD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Strap yourselves in, we're flying to Sarn. In this episode, the High Council meet to discuss the Twelfth Doctor story Sleep No More. It seemed poor in 2015, but has time been kind to this Mark Gatiss script? Plus, stay tuned at the end for the WORLD PREMIERE of the single "Morpheus Crisis" by 90's funk-rock band Faith No Morlock. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Star of the podcast Doctor Who: Too Hot For TV, Dylan "I'm not wanking off Sergeant Benton" Rees goes cheek to cheek with me to explore an old Doctor Who novel in all our smart and manly ways.This episode is sponsored by Saint's Row Brewery in Gaithersburg MD, and by the pop star Kate Nash's divine derriere.With our correspondent Kevin Jordan joining us from the hard shoulder of the M11.email: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Iain and Ryan discuss BBCi's 2003 animated webcast The Scream of the Shalka with all the nonsense, tangents and factual inaccuracies we're coming to know and love in... The High Council. And stay tuned at the end for the WORLD PREMIERE of SHALKA POLICE by RADIOHEDIN. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Deep in the enchanted forest the ugly sisters are tormenting Anji, Fitz accompanies two princes on a magical quest, and Doctor Know-it-all has Giant problems of his own.Sergeant-Major Ryan Blake of UNIT joins me to pick the bones out of this one.Follow us at:email: [email protected]@theiainmartin.bsky.social on BlueskyOr just come and hang out on alternate Saturdays at Saint's Row Brewery in Old Town Gaithersburg, MD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

email: [email protected] the Christ, Iain and Joe return quite unexpectedly to carry on where they left off. This episode goes a little bit NSFW, but let's hope no-one nails me to a tree over it, eh?Follow us at:@theiainmartin.bsky.social on Blueskyemail: [email protected] just come and hang out on alternate Saturdays at Saint's Row Brewery in Old Town Gaithersburg, MD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The start of a new mini-series devoted to Doctor Who stories which aren't exclusively prose-based. The High Council, (Lord President Ryan Blake and me, Castellan Scoundrel) discuss TV stories, audios, animations, graphic novels, anything really. We hope you will join us up here at our elevated vantage point, way way up in the sky in geostationary orbit, to chew the fat about the final Fourth Doctor adventure.Features the WORLD PREMIERE of the single "Logopolis Rain" by Guns N' Rodan.Email us at: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

email us at allstoriespod@icloud We are back, and so is the simply adorable Joe Ford, for this even-handed and fair-minded critique of a novel (perhaps unfairly) regarded as one of the very worst Doctor Who: New Adventures. Happy Easter, peeps.Follow us at:@Seaoftranquilitylane on [email protected] on Blueskyemail: [email protected] just come and hang out on alternate Saturdays at Saint's Row Brewery in Old Town Gaithersburg, MD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends, unless I live to be twice as long as too long, in which case kill me now. This may seem like an utterly redundant trailer. In some ways it is. But it does three very important things. Take care. Be kind to yourself. Come say hi. Email: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's St. Patrick's Day, so let's all raise a glass to a man who has quietly worked on various Doctor Who publishing projects over the last twenty years plus, it's Paul Simpson! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Breaking the format SOMEWHAT this time around, we're celebrating Lent by discussing the AWARD-WINNING novel Lost in the Garden with its author, podcasting's Adam S. Leslie.To enjoy my best work, please consider becoming a patron of the arts by subscribing to The Flaneur, my new literary/cultural magazine type thing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Surprise! We're back for the first episode of our new, occasional side-step into Doctor Who books featuring other Doctors, and where better to start than at the very beginning, with Slipback, the very first Doctor Who novel *not* based on a BBC TV story.Joining me is long-term Saward stan JR Southall.WE WILL BE BACK AT EASTER!Follow us at:@Seaoftranquilitylane on [email protected] on BlueskyOr just come and hang out on alternate Saturdays at Saint's Row Brewery in Old Town Gaithersburg, MD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy New Year! To mark the dawning of 2025, we're back with a winter special to keep your cockles warm until we return for series four. In this jam-packed, bumper, fun-filled special episode Mikey Smith and I have a lovely natter about all kinds of Doctor Who factual things. Some of which are even true. We'll be back soon! BIG LOVE xFollow us at:@Seaoftranquilitylane on [email protected] on BlueskyOr just come and hang out on alternate Saturdays at Saint's Row Brewery in Old Town Gaithersburg, MD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The fourth book published in the Eighth Doctor Adventures was the unloved Genocide by Paul Leonard. Kevin, Iain, and our tame Scotsman Mark Donaldson poke about under the bonnet to try to work out exactly what the problem is. This is the last in the current series of We're All Stories in the End. Follow @seaoftranquillitylane on Threads and Insta to join in the conversation.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings to anyone who bothers to read these show-notes, and welcome to our listeners in Taiwan, Bosnia and New Zealand, France and Greece. It's nice to see Doctor Who fans (a) who are from other countries and continents or (b) listening to my podcast while they're on holibobs. Either way. This month I'm joined once again by Jon Arnold from Strangers in Space to look at the last BBC Doctor Who adventure of the 20th Century, and discuss topics as diverse as Frank Sinatra, IBM, the Right. Hon. Dominic Raab MP and the Terry Nation Naming Convention. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's jet off to the red clay and sandy plains of Billy the Kid territory, the sublime state of New Mexico, in this episode filled with Alien invasions, Air Force bases, and some rather baffling Kreer advice (see what I did there?) from a familiar foe... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Iain and Si as they travel back to the 80's for a look at the EDA "Father Time" by Lance Parkin, and discuss 80's cartoons, Guns N' Roses, the secret of the Klade, and the TV episode "The Doctor's Daughter". Amongst other things... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To discuss 1995's gargantuan New Adventure Falls the Shadow, I'm joined from UNIT HQ by Corporal Blake, who had as hard a time with the novel as I did, and of course by our resident reader Kevin, who gives a second opinion that pretty much matches our own. The book remains a challenging and at times unpleasant read, at the farthest edges of what Doctor Who novels can set out to do, without actually being Transit.Email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the return of Jon Arnold this month, as we discuss Eternity Weeps by Jim Mortimore, the fourth-from-final New Adventure published by Virgin in 1997. And now I've just realised this range even predates the Blair era and now I feel so old I could cry. In fact, I shall. But while I'm doing that, you can listen to this most excellent of episodes, and you can follow me on the increasingly pointless social media platform Threads, where I'm @seaoftranquillitylane, Jon is @jonarnold9 and Kevin -our tame Doctor Who fan- is @livewire122. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After spending a hundred years tooling about with no memories or TARDISes, Iain and Mark Cockram from All of Time and Space meet in St. Louis for a long-awaited reunion and a bit of a chat about Colin Brake's Eighth Doctor Adventure Escape Velocity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join myself and Dylan "Goddam" Rees from Too Hot For TV to pick the bones out of this cold-war spy thriller from the pen of Doctor Who's greatest noveliser, Terrance Dicks. On the way, we also touch upon the related topics of whiskey, Justin Richards' careful padding, Axl Rose, 'Allo 'Allo! and Terrance's best-ever Doctor Who story. Hint: it isn't this one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Iain and friend-of-the-show D.K. for a freewheeling conversation about the Eighth Doctor Adventure Emotional Chemistry, written by Simon A. Forward and published by BBC Books in the year of our lord 2003. We ramble over a wide conversational area with unexpected mentions of Terrahawks, Star Fleet and the actress Eva Green, and we have our first meeting with the last companion to join the EDA range, the enigmatic Trix... All kinds of snow, time travel and intrigue await us in this novel, set shortly after the Battle of Reykjavik. Welcome, my people. Welcome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back to continue our journey through all things Virgin New Adventure and Eighth Doctor Adventures. This month, we're going back in time to a quiet village overrun with killer wasps and sentient nuclear bombs (a bit like Professor Bracewell in Victory of the Daleks, odd that...) Join Iain and Kevin to talk about this novel, and how Kevin is coping with all this reading he's undertaking... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Iain and Harry (along with his former partner-in-nonsense Luke, just a homeless ex-podcaster now that WCCY is no more) as they discuss the four recent new episodes of television's Doctor Who: The Star Beast, Wild Blue Yonder, The Giggle, and The Church on Ruby Road, to prove a theory: that Doctor Who is divisive, that not everyone needs to enjoy every single story, and that none of our individual opinions matter much in the grand scheme of things and no-one should ever feel threatened or triggered just because someone else holds a different opinion concerning an episode, a book, an audio or an action figure from a daft old kids TV show.Get in touch! I'm @seaoftranquillitylane on Threads and @theiainmartin.bsky.social on Bluesky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.