Something Who

Episode 97: Cut to The Chase

After a brush with conspiracy theories, here we are back with Something Who podcast Episode 97 with Doctor Who fandom's own musical maestro, Jess Jurkovic, joining Rick, Giles and Richard.

We look at 1st Doctor story The Chase from the original Season 2, and after that examine 15th Doctor story The Devil's Chord from the new Season 1. This episode consists of the first half of that conversation, featuring The Chase.

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Jess is a brilliant pianist and has an extraordinary YouTube channel on which you can find his amazing The Dudley Simpson IS Doctor Who Project.

Rick posts on social media as @brickpandorica, where you can find fantastic pictures of his Lego models of Doctor Who moments, such as the one forming our cover art this episode.

Giles' book A History of the Universe in 21 Stars: (and 3 Imposters) can be found in all good bookshops and also here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Universe-21-Stars-Imposters/dp/1787394654/

Richard has another podcast with co-hosts Emily & Nicola, called "If It's Hurting, It's not Working" and it's a fun and informative look at work - why we work, how we work, and what makes a great job. Go to https://ifhurtnotwork.podbean.com/ and https://ifhurtnot.work for more.

We mention fairly extensively Gav Rymill's new video where he highlights some of the production errors in episode 6 of the Chase. If you've not seen it yet, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/cKpHYqe4LWM, with several other Chase-related videos on the same feed.

The Something Who logo, which features prominently on all our cover art was designed for us by Bea Garrido. She's a really talented artist, who you can find on Twitter using @BeaGarrido00, where, among other artworks, you can see some remarkable paintings of characters from Doctor Who.

Episood 96: Let The Ood Times Roll

Here's Something Who podcast Episood 96. Still with lots of guests. Rick's back, as, after a long gap, is Gav. And also joining regular hosts Giles and Richard, as he tends to about once a year, is Tim.

We look at 1st Doctor tale The Sensorites from Season 1, and after that examine 10th Doctor story Planet of the Ood from Series 4. This episode consists of the second half of that conversation, mostly featuring Planet of the Ood. And, for some reason, Crackerjack.

Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com

Tim's podcast Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast is essential listening for anyone interested in this topic and can be found here: https://missingepisodes.podbean.com/

Gav's book Doctor Who: Dalek Combat Training Manual can be found here (other retailers are available) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785945327/

Also find his excellent YouTube series Terry Nation Army here: https://youtube.com/user/Dalek6388.

Rick posts on social media as @brickpandorica, where you can find fantastic pictures of his Lego models of Doctor Who moments, such as the one forming our cover art this episode.

Giles' book A History of the Universe in 21 Stars: (and 3 Imposters) can be found in all good bookshops and also here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Universe-21-Stars-Imposters/dp/1787394654/

Richard has another podcast with co-hosts Emily & Nicola, called "If It's Hurting, It's not Working" and it's a fun and informative look at work - why we work, how we work, and what makes a great job. Go to https://ifhurtnotwork.podbean.com/ and https://ifhurtnot.work for more.

The Something Who logo, which features prominently on all our cover art was designed for us by Bea Garrido. She's a really talented artist, who you can find on Twitter using @BeaGarrido00, where, among other artworks, you can see some remarkable paintings of characters from Doctor Who.

Episode 95: Sensitive Kind

After a narrow escape from 2 Oods and a Sensorite, here we are back with Something Who podcast Episode 95. With lots of guests. Rick's back, as, after a long gap, is Gav. And also joining regular hosts Giles and Richard, as he tends to about once a year, is Tim.

We look at 1st Doctor tale The Sensorites from Season 1, and after that examine 10th Doctor story Planet of the Ood from Series 4. This episode consists of the first half of that conversation, featuring The Sensorites.

Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com

Tim's podcast Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast is essential listening for anyone interested in this topic and can be found here: https://missingepisodes.podbean.com/

Gav's book Doctor Who: Dalek Combat Training Manual can be found here (other retailers are available) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785945327/

Also find his excellent YouTube series Terry Nation Army here: https://youtube.com/user/Dalek6388.

Rick posts on social media as @brickpandorica, where you can find fantastic pictures of his Lego models of Doctor Who moments, such as the one forming our cover art this episode.

Giles' book A History of the Universe in 21 Stars: (and 3 Imposters) can be found in all good bookshops and also here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Universe-21-Stars-Imposters/dp/1787394654/

Richard has another podcast with co-hosts Emily & Nicola, called "If It's Hurting, It's not Working" and it's a fun and informative look at work - why we work, how we work, and what makes a great job. Go to https://ifhurtnotwork.podbean.com/ and https://ifhurtnot.work for more.

The Something Who logo, which features prominently on all our cover art was designed for us by Bea Garrido. She's a really talented artist, who you can find on Twitter using @BeaGarrido00, where, among other artworks, you can see some remarkable paintings of characters from Doctor Who.

Episode 94: Ashildr to Cry on

Here's Something Who podcast Episode 94, the second half of our conversation about 5th Doctor tale The King's Demons from Season 20, and, primarily in focus this time, 12th Doctor story The Girl Who Died from Series 9.

Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com

Giles' book A History of the Universe in 21 Stars: (and 3 Imposters) can be found in all good bookshops and also here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Universe-21-Stars-Imposters/dp/1787394654/

Head over to https://www.bigfinish.com/, where we all love Paul's stories.

Richard has another podcast with co-hosts Emily and Nicola, called "If It's Hurting, It's not Working" and it's a fun and informative look at work - why we work, how we work, and what makes a great job. Go to https://ifhurtnotwork.podbean.com/ and https://ifhurtnot.work for more.

Our cover art was designed for us by Bea Garrido. She's a really talented artist, who you can find on Twitter using @BeaGarrido00, where, among other artworks, you can see some remarkable paintings of characters from Doctor Who.

Episode 93: Royally Duped

Here's Something Who podcast Episode 93. And a return to our 3 regulars.

We look at 5th Doctor tale The King's Demons from Season 20, and after that chew over 12th Doctor story The Girl Who Died from Series 9. This episode consists of the first half of that conversation, featuring The King's Demons.

Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com

Giles' book A History of the Universe in 21 Stars: (and 3 Imposters) can be found in all good bookshops and also here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Universe-21-Stars-Imposters/dp/1787394654/

Head over to https://www.bigfinish.com/, where we all love Paul's stories.

Richard has another podcast with co-host Nicola, called "If It's Hurting, It's not Working" and it's a fun and informative look at work - why we work, how we work, and what makes a great job. Go to https://ifhurtnotwork.podbean.com/ and https://ifhurtnot.work for more.

Our cover art was designed for us by Bea Garrido. She's a really talented artist, who you can find on Twitter using @BeaGarrido00, where, among other artworks, you can see some remarkable paintings of characters from Doctor Who.

Episode 92: The Daleks' Manhattan Project

Here's Something Who podcast Episode 92. The second half of our conversation about Daleks, music and many other things with our great New York-based guest Jess Jurkovic.

Having looked in the first half (Episode 91, here: https://somethingwho.podbean.com/e/episode-91-necessary-evil/) at 2nd Doctor story Evil of the Daleks from Season 4, our focus this time turns to 10th Doctor outing Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks from Series 3.

Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com

Jess is a brilliant pianist and has an extraordinary YouTube channel on which you can find his amazing The Dudley Simpson IS Doctor Who Project.

Rick posts on social media as @brickpandorica, where you can find fantastic pictures of his Lego models of Doctor Who moments.

Giles' book A History of the Universe in 21 Stars: (and 3 Imposters) can be found in all good bookshops and also here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Universe-21-Stars-Imposters/dp/1787394654/

The clip at the end comes from Richard's other podcast with co-hosts Emily and Nicola, called "If It's Hurting, It's not Working" which is a fun and informative look at work - why we work, how we work, and what makes a great job. The most recent episode looks at the impact of AI on the workplace with guest Viv Leinster: https://ifhurtnotwork.podbean.com/e/acting-on-intelligence/. Go to https://ifhurtnotwork.podbean.com/ and https://ifhurtnot.work for more.

Our cover art was designed for us by Bea Garrido. She's a really talented artist, who you can find on Twitter using @BeaGarrido00, where, among other artworks, you can see some remarkable paintings of characters from Doctor Who.

Episode 91: Necessary Evil

Here's Something Who podcast Episode 91. And we're delighted to have as our guest the marvellous Jess Jurkovic.

We'll look at 2nd Doctor story Evil of the Daleks from Season 4, and after that we'll examine 10th Doctor outing Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks from Series 3. This episode consists of the first half of that conversation, featuring Evil of the Daleks.

Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com

Jess is a brilliant pianist and has an extraordinary YouTube channel on which you can find his amazing The Dudley Simpson IS Doctor Who Project.

Rick posts on social media as @brickpandorica, where you can find fantastic pictures of his Lego models of Doctor Who moments.

Giles' book A History of the Universe in 21 Stars: (and 3 Imposters) can be found in all good bookshops and also here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Universe-21-Stars-Imposters/dp/1787394654/

Richard has another podcast with co-host Nicola, called "If It's Hurting, It's not Working" and it's a fun and informative look at work - why we work, how we work, and what makes a great job. Go to https://ifhurtnotwork.podbean.com/ and https://ifhurtnot.work for more.

If you want to know more about David Whitaker and his writing, or about this story you should definitely check out these two books by our sometime collaborator Simon Guerrier:

https://tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com/product/david-whitaker-in-an-exciting-adventure-with-television

https://obversebooks.co.uk/product/11-evil-of-the-daleks/

Our cover art was designed for us by Bea Garrido. She's a really talented artist, who you can find on Twitter using @BeaGarrido00, where, among other artworks, you can see some remarkable paintings of characters from Doctor Who.

Episode 90: Hidden in Plain Sight

We're back with Something Who podcast Episode 90, where we're looking at two stories in big houses with spooky goings on. And we're joined by a new guest, Rick.

We check out 4th Doctor story Image of the Fendahl from Season 15, and then we examine 11th Doctor outing Hide from Series 7. This episode consists of the second half of that conversation, featuring Hide and some comparisons of themes.

Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com

Rick posts on social media as @brickpandorica, where you can find fantastic pictures of his Lego models of Doctor Who moments.

Giles' book A History of the Universe in 21 Stars: (and 3 Imposters) can be found in all good bookshops and also here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Universe-21-Stars-Imposters/dp/1787394654/

Head over to https://www.bigfinish.com/, where we all love Paul's stories.

Richard has another podcast with co-host Nicola, called "If It's Hurting, It's not Working" and it's a fun and informative look at work - why we work, how we work, and what makes a great job. Go to https://ifhurtnotwork.podbean.com/ and https://ifhurtnot.work for more.

Our cover art was designed for us by Bea Garrido. She's a really talented artist, who you can find on Twitter using @BeaGarrido00, where, among other artworks, you can see some remarkable paintings of characters from Doctor Who.

Episode 89: After Image

 

We're back with Something Who podcast Episode 89, where this time we're looking at two stories in big houses with spooky goings on. And this time we're joined by a new guest, Rick.

We check out 4th Doctor story Image of the Fendahl from Season 15, and then we examine 11th Doctor outing Hide from Series 7. This episode consists of the first half of that conversation, featuring Image of the Fendahl.

Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com

Rick posts on social media as @brickpandorica, where you can find fantastic pictures of his Lego models of Doctor Who moments.

Giles' book A History of the Universe in 21 Stars: (and 3 Imposters) can be found in all good bookshops and also here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Universe-21-Stars-Imposters/dp/1787394654/

Head over to https://www.bigfinish.com/, where we all love Paul's stories.

Richard has another podcast with co-host Nicola, called "If It's Hurting, It's not Working" and it's a fun and informative look at work - why we work, how we work, and what makes a great job. Go to https://ifhurtnotwork.podbean.com/ and https://ifhurtnot.work for more.

Our cover art was designed for us by Bea Garrido. She's a really talented artist, who you can find on Twitter using @BeaGarrido00, where, among other artworks, you can see some remarkable paintings of characters from Doctor Who.

Episode 88: 2023 Drill Down

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Once again, it's time to share a few highlights from the past year of Something Who as we bring you a compilation from our episodes in 2023.

And there's a lot to choose from. In addition to our regular presenting team of Richard, Paul, Giles and Simon, we had a lot of guests this year, including Tim Burrows from The Missing Episodes podcast on our 10th anniversary discussion of the Omnirumour. We chatted to an actual Doctor Who writer in Matthew Jacobs, along with Vanessa Yuille, who together made the wonderful fan film Doctor Who Am I? Both Matthew and Vanessa were almost upstaged by a pneumatic drill, but saw the funny side.

We spoke with Steve Manfred about his friendship and collaboration with writer Neil Gaiman. Elizabeth Morton spoke with us about her family connections to Doctor Who, as well as her writing career. And Benjamin Cook, Rich Tipple and Timothy K Brown discussed their work on colourising the first Dalek story for the 60th anniversary.

Simon Guerrier joined us to chat about The Rescue and The Eleventh Hour, while providing lots of insight from his research into writer and story editor David Whitaker.

We hope you enjoy these clips and, if you do, please peruse our back catalogue for the full versions of all of these items and perhaps you'd like to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or similar platform.

The opening music is Three Guitars Mood 2 and, yes, that is Richard playing the ukulele and kazoo on possibly the worst ever version of the Doctor Who theme tune at the end.

Doctor Who Am I? is widely available in the UK on DVD and Blu-ray https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Am-I-Blu-ray/dp/B0BGPYV3SD/, also on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Am-Daphne-Ashbrook/dp/B0B8Q734H3/, and ITVX https://www.itv.com/.

Tim's podcast Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast is essential listening for anyone interested in this topic and can be found here: https://missingepisodes.podbean.com/

Elizabeth Morton's latest novel, written as Eliza Morton, is The Orphans from Liverpool Lane, a Pan paperback described as "A warm yet gritty saga set in Liverpool in the 1940s from the acclaimed author of Angel of Liverpool." You can get it from your bookseller of choice, or this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Orphans-Liverpool-Lane-heartwarming-emotional-ebook/dp/B0BM9VN5CT 

Simon Guerrier has written a fantastic book about Doctor Who's first Story Editor entitled "David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television" which you'll want to order here: https://tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com/product/david-whitaker-in-an-exciting-adventure-with-television

In the UK you can find The Daleks in Colour on the BBC iPlayer here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001snnz/doctor-who-19631996-season-1-the-daleks-in-colour

The pneumatic drill can be found doing a variety of construction related work in the state of California, while dreaming of an ongoing role in podcasting,

Our cover art was designed for us by Bea Garrido. She's a really talented artist, who you can find on Twitter using @BeaGarrido00, where, among other artworks, you can get hold of the prints of some remarkable paintings of characters from Doctor Who.