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You can see why Dorney is such a good writer, he really thinks about tone, character and theme. He's full of such good writing advice, and I can imagine his script feedback would be terrific.

Time to give this one another spin!

this video is awesome in billions of ways

I always have said had Brian Croucher been given the role of an entirely new character in series 2 of B7, as a new henchman to arch-enemy Servalan who was by far a more interesting villain and character than Travis good as Stephen Greif was as Travis Servalan was by far more interesting than Travis. I say Colin Baker who played the villain Bayban the Butcher in series C episode of B7 City at the Edge of the World went to drama school with Brian Croucher and they are great mates they did a convention in Bedford which I sadly did not get to and also at the convention was David Banks the Cyberleader from 80s Dr Who also Sophie Aldred and Terry Molloy .The fact travis was killed off in the series B finale of b7 was no loss if he had died in series A finale when Stephen Greif was in the role it would have been much better than continuing with an established character played by another actor had Croucher been a completely new character altogether he would have been much better served in billions of ways and series B would have been better as well.

Into The Labyrinth was a lot of fun! Did you get that in Oz?

Sorry for hogging the comments! We don't get much Tripods material like this to react to. Thanks, Dwayne & co. 😊

I wish I'd known about the convention. I would've loved to have gone.

Anybody know if the comic strips from BBC 'Beeb' magazine will ever see the light of day again? The art was by John M. Burns.

Thank God for people like Chris Jones! THANK YOU for putting in the work, Chris! I've pre-ordered the book and can't wait to read it!

Fascinating that Ken Freeman based the theme on Holst's Mars The War-bringer. The same piece influenced Dudley Simpson's creation of the Blake's 7 theme. Ken Freeman also created the original theme for Casualty in 1986. Quite a different proposition altogether.

I was 14 too back in 84. Great series overall. Agree with Will, series 1 is better as 50 minute chunks. Inevitably Michael Grade didn't like it. So stupid to cancel a trilogy two thirds of the way in! Better to have taken a punt and given us that last series, which if well promoted could have found an audience. The Saturday teatime slot didn't help. Had it been three series of 6x50 minutes, perhaps screened on Saturday or Sunday about 7pm it might just have worked.

It's as much a member of the Doctor Who "family" as Blake's Seven.

In Tom Baker's Autobiography, "Who is Tom Baker", he wrote about once acting with Pamela Salem in a theatre production. He remarked that she was so beautiful, that when she came on stage, there was such an intake of breath from the audience that all the oxygen was sucked off the stage and all the actors passed out. Such a funny story, yet a testament to the high esteem with which her peers held her. The book is a brilliant read if you haven't already done so.

I can't for the life of me understand why Big Finish hasn't made the missing Series 3. Or adapted the books. Rights issues?

RIP Pamela. She always brought a bit of class and cool to her parts and actors like her are often what made Classic Cult TV so good. Nice work, doing a tribute episode to her chaps.

I would like the story mark Gatiss was going to write with the Daleks and Nazis I’m a museum .

Bookmark 1:26:06

55:43 Music and sound design

I have a confession to make-I had a little crush on one of the girls from the Tripods. One of the wine pressing sisters in Series 1

How did I miss this earlier? I LOVE the Tripods! Such a shame they didn't do series 3! I love the books too-actually I was thinking of rereading them-I think I will start tonight

Now can Big Finish do a version of Dimensions in Time that makes sense?

Lovely lady, takes time for fans. As beautiful today as she was in the show.

That's brilliant. That's amazing, he's caught Roger Delgado and Anthony Ainley really well...its just a shame those two are gone. But never forgotten.

“What’s this?” “A microphone” Instantly invested! 😂 You’ve got yourself a new subscriber. Hey! 👋🏻

Really enjoyed these , the Lost Stories can be hot and miss for me, but not these. Had low expectations of Operation Werewolf because of the title I'm not into stuff with Werewolves so it was a nice surprise to find it was actually a sort of Historical , reminded me a little of the NA book Just War . Deathworld was fun , a look into a version of The Three Doctors where Hartnell would have been more active. Really into the recast 2nd and 3rd Doctors, I don't dislike the new 1st, he's a good actor , just can't see The 1st Doctor, so in my minds eye he's more like a 'sideways' version from another dimension, like the one in The Five Doctors .

Apologies for the long comments, new subscriber here , hello from Newcastle UK . I believe it was WH Smiths who complained about the blood on the cover of Goth Opera. Back when it still had some respect as a store. It's where I always bought my New and Missing Adventures. Most of which I was a bit too young for!

I also have started to try and avoid all behind the scenes or promo chat and I think that has def helped me enjoy it more, I avoided trailers, all sorts . Used to like listening to RTD wax lyrical on anything but now I try to tune it all out. With my favs 73 Yards and Dot and Bubble I didn't know a single thing about what I was getting into and I loved that . I think RTD means well but is too off the cuff in how he talks about certain things and I say this as a gay man who came of age with Queer as Folk and I've sometimes been joyed at his uncompromising takes on stuff but things like the Davros statement (not the actual minisode itself) got my back up a bit. He speaks on behalf of groups he isn't part of, has back projected racism into the actual character of The Celestial Toymaker , none of which I agree with. Though I still find myself less despondent about the current state of things than your guest bottom right square! Maybe I'm more 'Right On' than I think !

I'll fight for 73 Yards being the best bit of TV Who and tv in general for years , the most recent series had one of my all time least liked episodes, but it also had Dot and Bubble which I really like and as I said, 72 Yards which I think was an astonishing watch. I'm 43 and in Who fandom and life in general find myself torn between the younger so called Woke take, and the older more critical position and I think both broad groups can be intolerant and too quick to judge or make their minds up.

I enjoyed Goth Opera, it wasn't one of my fav M.A's books, but I enjoyed the adaptation. Just a pity its had some production mistakes at the same time as BF's website problems . They are going to release a 'fixed' version this month (Aug) ..I think. The incorrect end titles music and door sounds really threw me off in the moment which was a pity. It's quite funny though, I seem to have really been into the NA and MA books which are least likely to ever be adapted, as they were either too weird or not popular enough! (I have a 'auto-read' audio book of The Man in the Velvet Mask! Makes me wish we could maybe get more full readings in liue of BF adaptations like they did with Human Nature )

He's my fav Communist writer for the show ! People go on about the show being too political now ,(I think the issue is the style it's done in myself) but the classic series made no bones about it esp Hulke!

A great show! Thanks Dwayne, Philip, Stephen and Chris. Type 40 brought me here. Always a delight to see Stephen. Especially in John Franklin-Robbins mode! Loved the intro and an engaging and engrossing watchalong. Great channel, Dwayne and Philip. I have subscribed. Will be watching the Malcolm Hulke retrospective next.

Lovely Carol Anne... enjoyed hearing her stories... thank you for sharing!!

Sylvester always makes me happy.

John Dorney is my favorite BF writer… I also love his work on Omega Factor, I continually relisten to those… would love to see him given a crack at writing for DW on the Telly!

A fun listen lads 👍 the 3rd Doctor does actually talk to some Delphons in the first Tim Treloar boxset from Big Finish, the story is the Havoc of Empires by Andy Lane.

I remember wondering at the time why "American" Peri was pronouncing some words like she was English...only then to read a bit later that she wasn't really American. Lol - Chris

10:56 - Princess Anne married Captain Mark Philips in 1973 - NOT Anthony Armstrong Jones, who was married to Princess Margaret.

Man, Mr. Culshaw's great at impersonating them both!

why?

I can't believe NONE of you noticed Prentis Hancock as the second reporter at the hospital!

great introduction!

I am willing to write a book in which the 3rd and 4th Doctor's have to fight alongside the Brigadier against the two major classic series masters...on the condition that this guy does the audio-book.

I remember seeing Bonnie in the musical Cats in 1982. I also saw her in the musical Old Friends last year. She was fantastic in both shows. I just remembered I also saw her as Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance in 1990 and she had a wonderful soprano voice.

I'm not a fan of just Nyssa and Tegan audio adventures. I feel like they need Adric. It's not like just those two were alone in many episodes. Maybe three which weren't that great. LOL!!! Nor were they with Turlough long either. Big Finish just doesn't want to pay for it.

How the hell did you create the voice modifiers for those Cybermen voices? That's perfectly done!!! I would love a how to tutorial on how to do that!

Pertwee is still worsel to me.

Nicola Bryant is always a pleasure to see (and hear) perform as well as her interviews and convention appearances. I just saw her in The Wilds and she was absolutely brilliant and quite hilarious. Growing up in the 80's I assumed she was American. I love hearing her story about having to pretend to actually be American through the Doctor Who auditions and then during her stint on the show since her agent was never willing to admit she was British. In her interview with Matthew Sweet she mentions that she started dialing back her accent in some situations such as her first Breakfast Time interview when she had won the part. I think there are even more layers to this story that I hope Nicola will share someday. On the Season 22 and 23 Bluray collections released over the last couple years, I came across two bonus materials on the discs with her speaking in her British accent while she was still working on the show. The first is some studio footage taken during the production of The Two Doctors. It's called Convention Message and it's right after they finish the last scene of the episode. After they wrap the scene they reposition cameras and equipment and Nicola stands on the stairs while everyone is moving things around. You hear her say hello to someone and "alright" and states "I don't know my lines for this". All of this is in her British accent. Then she's joined by Frazer Hines and quietly tells him "no I can't move over, I was told to stand here" in what sounds like it could be her American Peri voice. The two of them then make "apologies" that they won't be at an upcoming convention due to being on holiday. Here Nicola is in full-on American accent while Frazer has dropped his Scottish accent. It's really an adorable clip to watch. In the Season 23 Collection there's another Breakfast Time clip on the Mindwarp disc. It's a short clip when Nicola, John Nathan Turner, and Janet Fielding. The hostess interviews Janet first and she sounds positively British! I had to look her up again to see that she really was an Australian actress. Then they move to John Nathan Turner. Finally they bring on Nicola and show a scene from (the upcoming at that time) Mindwarp stating it will be her last for the show. Nicola makes no attempt to hide her British accent here. It made me wonder, if JNT really didn't know she was British at that point and was sitting on the sofa in total shock. I rather suspect she had dialed her accent back bit by bit over time. I figured she probably could have claimed at the time that she had just picked up a British accent after living in the UK for the 3 years while working on the show. Who knows but I'd love to hear more!

Nicola Bryant is always a pleasure to see (and hear) perform as well as her interviews and convention appearances. I just saw her in The Wilds and she was absolutely brilliant and quite hilarious. Growing up in the 80's I assumed she was American. I love hearing her story about having to pretend to actually be American through the Doctor Who auditions and then during her stint on the show since her agent was never willing to admit she was British. In her interview with Matthew Sweet she mentions that she started dialing back her accent in some situations such as her first Breakfast Time interview when she had won the part. I think there are even more layers to this story that I hope Nicola will share someday. On the Season 22 and 23 Bluray collections released over the last couple years, I came across two bonus materials on the discs with her speaking in her British accent while she was still working on the show. The first is some studio footage taken during the production of The Two Doctors. It's called Convention Message and it's right after they finish the last scene of the episode. After they wrap the scene they reposition cameras and equipment and Nicola stands on the stairs while everyone is moving things around. You hear her say hello to someone and "alright" and states "I don't know my lines for this". All of this is in her British accent. Then she's joined by Frazer Hines and quietly tells him "no I can't move over, I was told to stand here" in what sounds like it could be her American Peri voice. The two of them then make "apologies" that they won't be at an upcoming convention due to being on holiday. Here Nicola is in full-on American accent while Frazer has dropped his Scottish accent. It's really an adorable clip to watch. In the Season 23 Collection there's another Breakfast Time clip on the Mindwarp disc. It's a short clip when Nicola, John Nathan Turner, and Janet Fielding. The hostess interviews Janet first and she sounds positively British! I had to look her up again to see that she really was an Australian actress. Then they move to John Nathan Turner. Finally they bring on Nicola and show a scene from (the upcoming at that time) Mindwarp stating it will be her last for the show. Nicola makes no attempt to hide her British accent here. It made me wonder, if JNT really didn't know she was British at that point and was sitting on the sofa in total shock. I rather suspect she had dialed her accent back bit by bit over time. I figured she probably could have claimed at the time that she had just picked up a British accent after living in the UK for the 3 years while working on the show. Who knows but I'd love to hear more!

Thoroughly enjoyed revisiting this conversation as a viewer (even though I'm in it!). I am deeply humbled to have had the old Rabbit Hole music reinstated for one time only just for me. 😂 Thank you for inviting me back to discuss Dark Contract. I appreciate it.

Not a that I listened to it but I herd there have been big finish stories covering Covid and I guess I lived through it like a lot of people in this time.Also remember trump got referenced in a doctor who story which we all lived through unfortunately 😅