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Professor Dave's Ark in Space

193 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratings

Dave and Elizabeth are joined by friends as they discuss around popular media. Sometimes silly, sometimes serious but never boring (OK, occasionally boring), PDAIS is unlike anything else you'll hear.

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PDAIS 3.22 ROLLER GIRL & WHIP IT

June 25, 2017 23:07 - 57 minutes - 53.5 MB

Elizabeth and Dave strap on their skates and head to the rink but Dave hurts his ankle so they have to read Victoria Jamieson's Roller Girl and watch Drew Barrymore's Whip It instead

PDAIS 3.21 - WONDER WOMAN

June 18, 2017 22:57 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MB

Elizabeth and Dave return from their extended sabbatical to discuss Wonder Woman

PDAIS 3.20 - POWER OF THE DALEKS, CLASS AND SOPHIE ALDRED

November 20, 2016 16:23 - 1 hour - 61.9 MB

Dave and Elizabeth have feel the Power of the Daleks before heading off to Class. Dave only goes and has a natter with Sophie Bloomin' Aldred! Star of Doctor Who and Strangeness in Space

PDAIS 3.19 - BATMAN '66, BATMAN RETURN OF THE CAPED CRUSADERS

November 07, 2016 22:23 - 47 minutes - 44.8 MB

Holy podcast! FatDave and Elizabeth look at the Adam West incarnation of Batman from the mid-sixties TV series and movie up to the recent comic books and animated Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders. Kapow!

PDAIS 3.18 - THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, HALLOWEEN (1978)

November 01, 2016 12:46 - 1 hour - 78.4 MB

Dave and Elizabeth take a jump to the left to look at The Rocky Horror Picture Show which reveals Dave's Transylvanian past prompting a step to the right as they watch John Carpenter's 1978 classic Halloween

PDAIS 3.17 - SHIN GODZILLA, EDDIE THE EAGLE, RAIDERS! AND CLARE EDEN

October 23, 2016 18:37 - 1 hour - 63.8 MB

Ok, so we pride ourselves on being ecelctic but this is just silly. We look at Miss Peregrine, The Magnificent Seven (2016), Shin Godzilla, Eddie The Eagle and Raiders! before talking to Clare Eden the glamorous genius behind Strangeness in Space - phew! MISS PEREGRINE - 6.10 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (2016) - 9.28 SHIN GODZILLA - 12.10 EDDIE THE EAGLE - 25.40 RAIDERS! - 37.15 CLARE EDEN - 48.43 http://strangenessinspace.com/ http://www.clareeden.com/

PDAIS 3.16 - STAR TREK

October 16, 2016 17:38 - 1 hour - 66.2 MB

Dave and Elizabeth beam Thomas to the kitchen table as they share their memories as Star Trek fans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Original Series and 30 years of The Next Generation 

PDAIS 3.15 - BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS, GHOSTBUSTERS, THE VISION AND WESTWORLD

October 09, 2016 13:31 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB

Dave and Elizabeth look at Ghostbusters 2016, The Vision, Westworld TV and Battle Beyond the Stars. Grab a cuppa and join them at the kitchen table

PDAIS 3.14 - LETHAL WEAPON (1987 & TV) THE EXORCIST (TV)

September 27, 2016 18:52 - 1 hour - 60.7 MB

Dave and Elizabeth look at the 1987 Richard Donner directed film Lethal Weapon and the 2016 McG directed TV pilot of the same name (spoilers - Richard Donner is a better director) as well as the pilot for Fox's production of The Exorcist

PDAIS 3.13 - THE EXORCIST (1973)

September 17, 2016 00:20 - 49 minutes - 46.5 MB

In anticipation of Fox's television series based on The Exorcist, Dave and Elizabeth look at the classic 1973 film The Exorcist

PDAIS 3.12 - BLAZING SADDLES & LIGHT OF SEPTEMBER

September 09, 2016 23:14 - 1 hour - 61.9 MB

Dave and Elizabeth return to look at Blazing Saddles and Dave has a nice chat with Richard Oliver from The Light of September

PDAIS IN COLOR 3.11 - DOCTOR WHO SEASON NINE

February 01, 2016 01:03 - 54 minutes - 50.9 MB

Thomas joins Dave and Elizabeth at the kitchen table as they talk about season nine of Doctor Who

PDAIS IN COLOR 3.10 - STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS

January 03, 2016 20:50 - 1 hour - 58 MB

Dave and Elizabeth sit around the kitchen table and spoil the heck out of Star Wars The Force Awakens. Wine may be involved

PDAIS IN COLOR 3.09 - ATTACK THE BLOCK

December 13, 2015 19:15 - 49 minutes - 46 MB

Dave and Elizabeth welcome Dean to the kitchen table as they talk around Attack The Block. For more information and videos, visit our website at https://pdais.wordpress.com/

PDAIS IN COLOR 3.08 - JUPITER ASCENDING

November 30, 2015 01:35 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MB

Dave and Elizabeth find a little leftover turkey at the kitchen table - the Wachowski's 2015 film Jupiter Ascending Don't forget to visit our website pdais.wordpress.com

PDAIS IN COLOR 3.07 - ALICE'S RESTAURANT

November 21, 2015 16:48 - 47 minutes - 44.6 MB

Dave and Elizabeth sit around the kitchen table enjoying a musical and cinematic feast courtesy of Alice's Restaurant. For more information and videos, visit our website at https://pdais.wordpress.com/

PDAIS IN COLOR 3.06 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

November 15, 2015 19:10 - 56 minutes - 52.5 MB

Elizabeth dumps a pile of books on the kitchen table and makes Dave watch three versions of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. It happens. https://pdais.wordpress.com/

PDAIS IN COLOR 3.05 - RIVERS OF LONDON

November 07, 2015 22:26 - 40 minutes - 38.2 MB

Dave and Elizabeth place a small stack of books on the kitchen table and talk around Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London books

PDAIS IN COLOR 3.4 - SUPERGIRL (PILOT) AND THE MONSTER SQUAD

October 31, 2015 13:27 - 48 minutes - 45.5 MB

Dave and Elizabeth sit at the kitchen table and talk around the new Supergirl pilot and The Monster Squad while Dave nervously eyes the Halloween candy. Shoo trick or treaters, my candy! https://pdais.wordpress.com/

PDAIS IN COLOR 3-03 They Live

October 25, 2015 19:02 - 45 minutes - 42.8 MB

Dave and Elizabeth are joined at the kitchen table by Stella the Cat as they talk around John Carpenter's 1988 classic They Live. Dave chews bubble gum and Elizabeth kicks ass

PDAIS IN COLOR 3.2 - RICKI AND THE FLASH

October 18, 2015 16:38 - 43 minutes - 40.8 MB

Dave and Elizabeth sit at the kitchen table and talk around Meryl Streep in Ricki and the Flash Show Links https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/one-way-the-movie#/ http://jefflaneaudiobooks.com/ http://www.radiostatic.co.uk/ http://strangenessinspace.com/  

PDAIS IN COLOR 3.1 AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON

October 10, 2015 14:36 - 40 minutes - 38.6 MB

Dave and Elizabeth return with yet another incarnation of the show whose appeal is becoming more selective. This time they have a nice chat around Avengers - Age of Ultron and discuss some of the other films that they watched over the Summer. Pour a nice cup of tea and let them get on with it

PDAIS 2~22 Doctor Who Season 8 & The Specials, Madness and Two Tone

November 13, 2014 21:10 - 1 hour - 60 MB

From scary to skary. We return to the world of Doctor Who to look back over Season Eight before looking at the musical delights of The Specials, Madness and Two Tone. 

PDAIS 2~21 Children of the Stones & The Stone Tape

October 30, 2014 23:43 - 1 hour - 61 MB

Dave, Elizabeth, Thomas and Dean celebrate Halloween by getting stoned with two seventies classic British TV productions - Children of the Stones and The Stone Tape

PDAIS 2~20 Ewoks Battle for Endor & Newsies

October 19, 2014 21:34 - 1 hour - 61 MB

It's Elizabeth's birthday treat which means that Dave and Thomas have to endure Ewoks Battle for Endor and Newsies. There may be cake

PDAIS 2~19 Clue

October 10, 2014 20:50 - 1 hour - 55.5 MB

Dave, Elizabeth, Thomas and Dean make a little boy's dream come true as they invite Mr Sean Homrig on the show to discuss his favourite film - the 1985 comedy classic Clue

PDAIS 2~18 Captain America (1990)

September 29, 2014 19:03 - 1 hour - 50.3 MB

Dave, Elizabeth and Thomas fall for a diabolical trap laid by criminal mastermind Dean who forces them to watch the 1990(ish) production of Captain America

PDAIS 2~17 Star Crash & Sharknado 2

September 19, 2014 20:46 - 1 hour - 65.8 MB

We celebrate Thomas' birthday by watching the discorific Star Crash starring Caroline Monro and then Dave and Elizabeth are joined by NWA's (that's Nerds With Attitude) Michael to enjoy (?) Sharknado 2

PDAIS 2~16 Robin Williams

August 24, 2014 19:45 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MB

A brief and belated look at Robin Williams

PDAIS 2~15 Nick Fury Agent of Shield

August 03, 2014 11:02 - 1 hour - 45 MB

Let's go to the Hoff! The ragged band of desperados look at the character of Nick Fury in comics and as portrayed by David Hasselhoff in the 1998 TV movie. As if that were not enough Action in Space Part one follows the end credits

PDAIS 2~14 Them and Hellblazer

July 20, 2014 21:27 - 1 hour - 44.8 MB

In which we look at the 1954 classic Them about giant ants and Hellblazer the forthcoming TV series based on thecomic book about the paranormal investigator

PDAIS 2~13 A Hard Days Night and Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

July 06, 2014 12:39 - 1 hour - 46.3 MB

From the sublime wonder of A Hard Day's Night to the ridiculous Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, we marvel at the cinematic debut of The Fab Four and see how their music was desecrated by The Horrible Hundreds Somewhat stronger language than usual - I blame Peter F***ing Frampton

PDAIS 2~12 Nick Drake and UFO

June 25, 2014 20:47 - 1 hour - 50.6 MB

We look at the Drake siblings rather different contributions with the music of Nick Drake and sister Gabrielle's role in the iconic Gerry Anderson show UFO

PDAIS 2~11 Ghostbusters 1 & 2

June 07, 2014 23:48 - 1 hour - 57.3 MB

Dave, Elizabeth, Thomas and Dean look back at Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters 2 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first film's release - blimey!

PDAIS 2~10 Battlefield Earth

May 30, 2014 21:32 - 1 hour - 47.3 MB

We're so sorry

PDAIS 2~9 Godzilla

May 12, 2014 21:03 - 1 hour - 43.9 MB

With the imminent release of the Gareth Edwards' film, Dave, Elizabeth, Thomas and Dean look back at the original 1954 Japanese film after rather too much silliness about Star Wars

PDAIS 2~8 Eurovision 1974

May 01, 2014 15:25 - 1 hour - 51.4 MB

It's that time of year again. Eurovision fever hits PDAIS as our trio look at the 1974 show which launched ABBA onto the world stage and Thomas hosts his own recreation of the show with guests Wendell, Dean, Danielle and Michelle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLtpKG4Gtx4

PDAIS 2~7 Doctor Strange and Steve Ditko

April 16, 2014 20:40 - 1 hour - 41.4 MB

Dave, Elizabeth and Thomas look at Doctor Strange on the page and on the screen and the reclusive Steve Ditko who created him

PDAIS 2~6 War of the Worlds, Alternative 3 and Ghostwatch

April 01, 2014 19:54 - 1 hour - 46.4 MB

Dave, Elizabeth and Thomas look at media japery with Orson Welles' War of the Worlds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0K4ApWl4g, Alternative 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSDBl0FMX0s and Ghostwatch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHVqzRyaByM

PDAIS 2~5 Alastair Sim

January 16, 2014 15:10 - 1 hour - 52.3 MB

We look at one of the true greats of British cinema and two of his finest films, An Inspector Calls and The Happiest Days of Your Life

PDAIS 2~4 The Carpenters

October 25, 2013 18:03 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MB

We look at the career of The Carpenters, the brother and sister act who provided pop with some of it's sweetest and best produced tracks but at a personal cost

PDAIS 2~3 Bobby Moore and Escape to Victory

October 05, 2013 19:18 - 1 hour - 55.6 MB

The Lion lies down with the Ham as a Millwall fan and a West Ham fan talk about Bobby Moore and Escape to Victory Elizabeth is standing by with teacher voice in case of trouble

PDAIS 2~2 Smokey and the Bandit

August 13, 2013 18:53 - 1 hour - 62.7 MB

Dave and Elizabeth manage a serious look at The Conjuring and Pacific Rim Then suddenly DANIELLE! Our look at Smokey and the Bandit turns into an examination of the last year's blockbusters tearing through more movies than Burt Reynolds in his Black Trans AM. 

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