• Happy Times and Places Omnibus - Attack of the Cybermen
    Jul 21 2024

    Robin Bunce, Cambridge academic and writer, whose father Roger was a legnedary BBC cameraman who worked with most of the classic Doctors, has chosen Attack of the Cybermen to celebrate in this positively inclined podcast series. What will he choose to celebrate about this contiunuity rich and somewhat violent story? And will host Toby Hadoke choose the same things... or will he be left out in the cold?

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    2 hrs and 28 mins
  • Happy Times and Places Omnibus - Marco Polo
    Jul 19 2024

    One of the longest Doctor Who stories - both episodes-wise and in terms of real time within the fiction - gets one of the longest podcasts. This really is a trek - and one without a compass because there are no moving pictures at all from Marco Polo. But we have a reliable guide : J Jeremy Bentham, surely the elder stateman of Doctor Who fandom. He brings erudition and wit to his observations about this story: and a good job too, as your rambling host frequently brings neither. Here's a very long podcast - come for it.

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    Please support these podcasts on Patreon, where you will get advance releases, exclusive content (including a patron-only podcast - Far Too Much Information), regular AMAs and more. Tiers start from as little as £3 per month: patreon.com/tobyhadoke

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    5 hrs and 51 mins
  • Too Much Information 5.2 - The Velvet Web
    Jul 14 2024

    The TARDIS team embark upon their quest for the Keys of Marinus and land in a place where everything seems to be perfect. An inventive, if slight, episode, this one features some interesting techniques employed by the prodcution team to pull off the unusual demands of the script. It is also notable because we never actually saw the original, 1964 version of this episode until the DVD release in 2009 - due to some unusual gaps discovered almost by mistake. And The Who in this edition shows that every contributor to the cast list is worth our time - our subjects this week became, respectively, a key theatrical figure in Canada and a celebrated author in the USA... not bad for a couple of fellows who gathered at Lime Grove Studio D in March 1964 to mess about - in motheaten clothes - with brains in jars.

    Please support these podcasts on Patreon -patreon.com/tobyhadoke - where you will get advance releases, exclusive content (including a patron-only podcast - Far Too Much Information), regular AMAs and more. Tiers start from as little as £3 per month.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Happy Times and Places 82.4 - The Stones of Blood 4
    Jul 11 2024

    And so we get stoned for one last time. So stoned we go on a trip to hyperspace for a complete change in style and content from the Hammer Horror of the early instalmnents. Often seen as the weaker part of the story, what will Steve Cranford like about it, and will he be able to convince host Toby Hadoke (and indeed, you)?

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    54 mins
  • Happy Times and Places 82.3 - The Stones of Blood 3
    Jul 7 2024

    It's cold outside but there's plenty of atmosphere as The Stones of Blood enters what is commonly known as its hyperspace phase. The story takes an odd turn but there's much to talk about - from matador hi-jinks to imprisoned Wirrn via, of course, the doomed campers. Will Steve Cranford and your host go for the obvious choice of favorite thing here? Well, pitch your tent and find out.

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    51 mins
  • Happy Times and Places 82.2 - The Stones of Blood 2
    Jul 4 2024

    Pack your sausage sandwiches and your thermos - but don't forget your truncheon as we might need it if we want to get to Plymouth. Photo ID? Well, there are a load of pictures to choose from in the priest hole - that's if we don't end up getting stoned before we start. It's all go in this skull smashing instalment : but will Steve Cranford choose the same thing as your host as the highlight of this blood-curdling episode?

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    59 mins
  • Happy Times and Places 82.1 - The Stones of Blood 1
    Jun 30 2024

    The 100th Doctor Who story - maybe we should have held out and had it as the 100th Happy Times and Places! Gah - there's always clarity after the event! Anyway, this has been one that has never quite done it for yoiur host, Toby Hadoke: and he is open about this at the start... but of course, the whole point of the podcast is to get a special guest (in this case presenter and beefcake Stephen Cranford) to be so enthusiastic that Toby can't help but feel the love. So draw your curtains, summon your raven and prepare to sacrfice the next hour or so on the Stones of Blood.

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    52 mins
  • Too Much Information 5.1 - The Sea of Death
    Jun 23 2024

    So, after the epic journey through Marco Polo let's fire the starting pistol on Doctor Who's next quest. We've gone from historical back to science-fiction, with the return of the writer who has proved himself a boon to the prodcution team. But it's fair to say it's an episode during which quite a lot goes wrong, and there were a few hiccups on the way to it too. But there are new monsters, a well known guest star who has a couple of unique Doctor Who claims to fame, and some press interest. So zip up your wet suits and don't trip on your flippers, and let's dive into The Sea of Death.

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    1 hr and 29 mins