The Doctor In The TARDIS Podcast #3

Episode 3 of the Doctor In The TARDIS Podcast is here. We have a jam packed edition this time around (without spoilers) and it is our longest podcast yet. In fact, we had so much content that the Members Questions had to be moved to the next edition and loads of it had to be trimmed down so you weren't sat listening for days on end.


Coming up this time...

• The input of fandom on the show
• Snacking for Doctor Who
• The impacts of being too spoiled
• A closer look at Doctor Who Insider (coupled with a moan about Doctor Who Magazine)
• Murray Gold and the music of series 6
• A Debate about canon, and
• How to avoid ending up in an ambulance during the first airing of an episode

Plus a whole heap more. So, without any more waffle from me, check it out by streaming....

Or by downloading it HERE

More Torchwood Casting

On her Twitter feed, Jane Espenson has confirmed that John De Lancie, known to millions as Q from Star Trek The Next Generation, has joined the cast of Torchwood: Miracle Day

@JaneEspenson Yes. Our friend Q from Star Trek: TNG, John De Lancie, is part of the #Torchwood family!

She was, however, quick to point out that he wouldn't be reprising his role as Q for a crossover.

@JaneEspenson He's not playing Q!!! Let's be clear!

John joins what is already a growing cast of well known actors and actresses who are joining the show for its fourth run.

To check out even more casting news and spoilers from Torchwood: Miracle Day, make sure you check out The Doctor In The TARDIS Forum

K9 Series 1 Volume 2

Another DVD release scheduled for today is K9 Series 1 Volume 2, which yesterday started airing again on Channel 5.

Professor Gryffen, the astute teens Starkey, Jorjie Turner and the trouble making errand boy Darius help to defend the Earth from threats beyond the stars and from the dark places in Time.


The Department have called in a new Inspector Thorne , who has an insane hatred of K9 and his friends and he begins a crusade to destroy them all. The Earth is being watched by Alien menaces that are hatching a master plan that involves K9 and they are playing a deadly game with our hero s memory. This volume takes our intrepid Cybernetic hero and his friends to amongst other locations; back in time to the 1960 s, to a crashed Alien starship in the frozen north of Canada and to a Gladiatorial arena with Cyborg menaces battling for survival.

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The Impossible Astronaut Full Cast List

The BBC has revealed a full cast list for the opening episode of series of Doctor Who. The majority of the names on the list were previously known and have been posted about on here already, but some of them are new additions.

•The Doctor: Matt Smith

•Amy Pond: Karen Gillan
•Rory Williams: Arthur Darvill
•River Song: Alex Kingston
•Canton Delaware: Mark Sheppard
•Old Canton Delaware: William Morgan Sheppard
•President Richard Nixon: Stuart Milligan
•Carl: Chukwudi Iwuji
•Phil: Mark Griffin
•The Silent: Marnix Van Den Broeke
•Little Girl: Sydney Wade
•Joy: Nancy Baldwin
•Prison Guard: Kieran O'Connor
•Captain Simmons: Adam Napier
•Matilda: Henrietta Clemett
•Charles: Paul Critoph
•Busboy: Emilio Aquino

Planet Of The Spiders Release

Today sees the release of the Third Doctor story, Planet of the Spiders, so make sure you get your copy. If you don't know what its about, check out the synopsis below.

At a Tibetan retreat in the English countryside, a group of men are using ancient meditation rituals to tap into a mysterious alien power. They unwittingly create a bridgehead between Earth and Metebelis 3, a planet where the ‘Two Legs’ are oppressed by giant spiders. The creatures are desperate to recover the blue jewel that the Doctor gave to Jo Grant as a wedding gift. Now the Doctor must risk everything and return to Metebelis 3 to face the awesome power of The Great One, who plans to use the crystal to enslave all of human kind.

For all the latest merchandise releases, make sure you check out Totters Lane, the Doctor In The TARDIS Forum specialist merchandise section.

Is It Time For New Companions? - Vote Now

As one poll ends, another one starts and this week we want to know if you think that it is time to have a change of faces in the TARDIS.

The amount of time the companions have stayed travelling with the Doctor has varied throughout the years, but since the show returned in 2005 we have become more accustomed to a shorter stint from the sidekick. The current companions, Amy and Rory, are entering their second year of travelling with the Doctor but at the end of series 6 will it be time for them to go and for a new face to come aboard?

The poll is over there to the right of the screen and you have until Friday 22nd April to get those votes in.

More If I Had A Time Machine...

Yesterday we brought to you two videos from Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill telling us what they would do if they had a time machine, and today it is the turn of Steven Moffat. If you want to know what the head writer for Doctor Who would do if he had a time machine of his own, check out the video below.

Which Story Are You Most Excited For? Poll Results

Ok, so you've had days to sit and ponder and put your votes in to let us know which of the 5 upcoming stories you are most looking forward too, and once again you came out in force to make your choices, so without further ado, here is how the voting went down.

Receiving just 3% of the votes and coming in last place is episode 3, The Curse Of The Black Spot. This story will see The Doctor, Amy and Rory aboard a 17th century pirate ship and an ethereal blue sea siren in the form of Lily Cole, but even all that wasn't enough to get you all excited.

Coming only slightly ahead of that is this years second two parter, The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People. Taking place in a monastry full of half finished clones, only 5% of the voters said they were most excited for this story.

Third place on our poll is handed to A Good Man Goes To War. Taking 17% of the vote, the mid series finale will see the reveal of River Songs secret and the return of many old villains, but it still wasn't enough to take the top spot.

Our runner up, with 35% of the total votes in the Neil Gaiman penned episode The Doctor's Wife. The story, rumoured to feature the return of the Time Lords and something not seen since The War Games was in the lead for much of the poll, but was finally beaten by...

The Impossible Astronaut/Day Of The Moon, which took the title of Most Anticipated Upcoming Story with 40% of the final votes. The opening two parter will see the TARDIS Team travelling to Utah in the USA, battling the Silents and the MIB and coming face to face with Nixon himself. And for the 40% of you who made this the winner as the story you are most want to see, the great news is that there is now only 6 days left to wait for it.

Get Caught Up

With the launch of Series 6 just a week away, BBC3 in the UK are showing repeats this evening of The Big Bang and A Christmas Carol to help you get caught up.

You can tune in from 7pm for the rerun of The Big Bang and 8pm for a Christmas Carol. And of course if you aren't in the UK, or even if you are, you could always grab your boxset off the shelf and spend the next few days rewatching previous series in preparation for series 6

If I Had A Time Machine...

BBC America has uploaded two clips featuring Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill telling us what they would do if they had a time machine. If one surfaces of Matt Smith it will be uploaded later, but for now check out what they had to say.

All New Series 6 Images

Of the 8 photos below, 7 are promos from the opening two parter, but the last one is one comes from episode three. Shame they are a little Rory-lite, but they are great nonetheless

Thanks to Owen Rees for emailing them to me