I joined Trap One to chat about the new Doctor Who Season 15 Collection box set. I hadn’t seen most of Season 15 of Doctor Who before getting this bluray set, so I was really looking forward to getting to chat to everyone afterwards. It was the first opportunity I had had to talk to anyone …
Written by: James Mitchell Directed by: Guy Verney Caroline Fielding (Ann Bell) is the wife of a diplomat with good connections to the US President. She’s being blackmailed by Lord Lindale (Donald Hewlett), a gambler who is threatening to sell compromising photos of her husband to the Russians. Former Section operative Miller (Gerald Flood) has …
In the missing episode But He’s a Lord, Mr Callan, Callan hands over a portion of gambling winnings to his ex-colleague, who says there should be more. Callan tells him, “Fifty quid expenses. I’ve got to look smart when I stay with a lord, haven’t I?” Later, Lonely comes to collect Callan’s things for their …
I joined Trap One to chat about Series 2 of Redacted, the BBC audio drama series set in the Doctor Who universe. Following on from Series 1, Cleo (Charlie Craggs), Abby (Lois Chimimba) and Shawna (Holly Quin-Ankrah) are still hosting their podcast called ‘The Blue Box Files’, about their attempts to track sightings of a mysterious …
Dave and his guests hit the TARDIS randomiser on each episode of A Kettle and Some String for a random trip through time and space with Doctor Who‘s adventures. For my voyage in Kettle‘s ship, I got to visit a classic Third Doctor story. Spearhead from Space is easily one of my most watched Doctor Who stories, …
Maximum Power reaches Series C of Blake’s 7 and I stepped up to discuss all the wonderful weirdness of Sarcophagus. It’s an episode that’s grown on me the more I’ve thought about it and I highly enjoyed rewatching it (multiple times!) in preparation for the podcast. My Blake’s 7 blog posts were all largely …
Bauer (Robert Lang) is to help the Section plant an agent in East Germany. He comes to Hunter with a proposal to tip the East Germans off and send in a decoy – if they find a decoy first they won’t be looking for the real agent. Bauer had a previous run-in with Callan and …
I joined the Trap One podcast to discuss The Tom Baker Record Collection, chatting with Mark, Conrad and Si. Demon Records celebrates Tom Baker’s portrayal of the famous Time Lord with this limited edition 4 LP vinyl box set, mixing thrilling audio drama with interviews and readings by the man himself. Genesis of the Daleks is the original …
The Death of Robert E Lee is Callan’s second missing episode and provides further insight into the early dynamics in the series. Callan remains ‘free’ of the Section but he can’t escape the world of espionage, even when it isn’t Hunter blackmailing him. The CIA request Hunter’s help to get hold of Li Pa Chao …
When I saw this episode’s title appear onscreen, it seemed vaguely familiar but I couldn’t remember what a corn dolly was. I was hoping it wasn’t going to end up as a metaphor for something horrific here because I didn’t fancy an evening that climaxed with The Wicker Man-type terrors. After all the opening grimness, …
