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Doctor Who: We're All Stories in the End
Beltempest by Jim Mortimore
Season 1, Ep. 7
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Jim Mortimore was, for my money at least, one of the best writers to contribute to the Virgin New Adventures, but let's be honest, his only Eighth Doctor Adventure, Beltempest, is a flawed diamond at best. It seems as if everyone has problems with it, and as you'll hear, they are usually the same problems. But I'm not here to summarise my own show, and you'll just have to listen to it.
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9.6. Professor Howe and the Minty Merchant
34:19||Season 5, Ep. 9.6Here for a very enjoyable adventure not entirely dissimilar to 1964's Marco Polo, we speak to the author, Chris Stone. There's also Purviswatch, for any Doctor Who fans who need to keep on top of all Peter Purvis-related developments.Support Children in Need and enjoy a Doctor Who spoof. You can buy Professor Howe and the Minty Merchant here, and find the full series of titles here.
9.5. The Clash of Cultures
19:46||Season 5, Ep. 9.5Simon Bucher-Jones might be making a very interesting point about class, here, but we generally miss any such point and instead talk about Four Corners in New Mexico, The 90's, and so on. Join us then as we dissect another Doctor Who short story. Email us at allstoriespod@cloud.me or find me on Bluesky at @theiainmartin.bsky.social. You can usually find Ryan sleeping beneath a hedge along the A4 because he just can't handle himself, you know?
9. The Changing Face of Doctor Who: Royal Blood by Una McCormack
53:24||Season 5, Ep. 9This month I've been reading a Doctor Who novel with Michael Mills. There's an alien artefact, a quest for the Grail, and a very fetching necklace. Fun times, then, for the Twelfth Doctor and Clara.Subscribe to The Flaneur.
8.5. The Besheshra Bash
37:36||Season 5, Ep. 8.5It's time for another Eighth Doctor story! In one of the most egregious displays of naked hypocrisy, Iain and Ryan take offence at some childish, scatological humour while discussing Nick Walter's short story "The Besheshra Bash", which is available in Obverse Books' excellent collection Party Like It's 1998. I guess it wasn't for us, but other people will really enjoy this one. So read it and judge it for yourself. There's lots of stuff in here about poo and following through, so if you aren't up for toilet humour, maybe skip this episode? I dunno, you do you.gonna
8. Just War by Lance Parkin
01:37:20||Season 5, Ep. 8One of the very best Virgin-era Doctor Who novels comes under the microscope this episode. I'm joined by Alex Wilcock, with thoughts from Kevin at the end of this long, enthusiastic celebration of brilliance.Do me a favour: read my stuff!
7.5. Do I Have To Do This All Over Again? by Jonathan Blum
26:13||Season 5, Ep. 7.5Iain and Ryan get poitical with this Eighth Doctor story that is literally ripped from today's headlines. Well, not literally. At least I assume not. I don't know how Blum operates...
7. The Changing Face of Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death by Terrance Dicks
01:12:40||Season 5, Ep. 7Myself and Harry try, but largely fail, to find anything new to say about uncle Terrance's excellent novelisation of The Ambassadors of Death.
6.5. Knocky Nine Doors
26:46||Season 5, Ep. 6.5What childishness is this? Iain and Ryan bang on your door then run away giggling. Also there's a discussion of the lovely Ian Hayles' short story Knocky Nine Doors from Obverse Books' Party Like it's 1998. Why not buy a copy, for a very good cause.
6. Interference Book II: The Hour of the Geek by Lawrence Miles
01:14:31||Season 5, Ep. 6A bit of an important one, this one. Brace yourselves, because nothing will be the same after this EDA...