Race To Finish: A Doctor Who Big Finish Podcast

Apr 20 2021 7

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Join David and Carrick as they venture into Big Finish's Doctor Who main range! From The Sirens of Time to Zagreus, they will discuss it all. The race is on!

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The Shadow Of The Scourge- The power of friendship saves the day

Apr 20 2021 39 mins

We delve into Shadow of the Scourge, and discuss, among other things, why Paul Cornell is such a damn good writer, how much symbolism and theming in this there is, and also, Carrick quotes the release, a lot.

The Fires of Vulcan: "LETS TALK ABOUT THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE LEADS!!!!"

Apr 12 2021 37 mins

We discuss the main range's second pure historical and how it 'improves' on the characterization of Mel Bush as well as how similar (and different) this is from The Fires of Pompeii. Also, David can't pronounce a name. Fun!

The Apocalypse Element: The Technobabble of the Daleks

Apr 05 2021 29 mins

We dive into the Dalek's second appearance in Big Finish alongside the first appearance of Romana, covering how much this connects to other Big Finish spin-offs, how to make Daleks effective, and wonder, what on earth even actually happened in this story and why should an audience care?

Winter For The Adept: "This episode addresses issues of religious extremism"

Mar 29 2021 34 mins

We delve into Winter for the Adept, how to pace a four parter, why Andrew Cartmel isn't comfortable with writing audio, and Carrick pretends to be a crazy scottish lady.

The Spectre of Lanyon Moor: Surprise Villains Galore!

Mar 24 2021 32 mins

In this episode we talk about the return of the Brigadier, what 'traditional stories' even are, and the infestation of twist villains suffered by the Cornish countryside.

Red Dawn: Getting Off Topic Again...And Again...And Again

Mar 15 2021 22 mins

David and Carrick spend 25 minutes talking about everything except for the audio drama they're meant to be talking about because it turns out its really boring!

The Genocide Machine: How to bore an audience in four easy parts

Mar 08 2021 20 mins

Carrick and David tackle the Daleks first appearance on audio and discuss whether they can be successful in the medium, the random appearance of a character who'll be a big deal in the Bernice Summerfield range, and why David doesn't like Daleks that much.

The Marian Conspiracy: "May god have mercy on our souls!!"

Mar 01 2021 44 mins

Carrick and David gush about Evelyn Smythe, how brilliant this is as a pure historical, its deft handling of the Sixth Doctor, and so much more (seriously GO LISTEN TO THIS)

The Fearmonger: A Rarely Talked About Classic

Feb 15 2021 34 mins

David and Carrick talk about the first Seventh Doctor and Ace audio, exploring when humanizing fascists helps to fight them, the failings of centrist shock jock radio, and how fucked up something written in 1999 is still creepily relevant in 2021.

Land of the Dead: Skeleton Dinos go BOOM-BOOM!!!

Feb 01 2021 37 mins

Carrick and David continue there exploration of the Main Range as they discuss the incredibly uncomfortable race politics of Land of the Dead and learn why "DINOSAURS GO BOOM-BOOM!"