Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast
138 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsType 40 is a Doctor Who Podcast from The Spacebook for The Fandom Podcast Network. On this show we take an in depth and extra-dimensional look at this beloved television series. The spin off’s, the merchandise, even the fandom itself. Doctor Who’s gone from home grown, family favourite to international entertainment legend. Shaping the landscape of the whole science-fiction and fantasy genre along the way for nearly 6 decades. Now step into our TARDIS to share these journeys and conversations here on Type 40...
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Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #93: Paws for Thought - The Halloween Apocalypse Review
November 16, 2021 00:02 - 1 hour - 120 MBEpisode 93: Paws for Thought – The Halloween Apocalypse Review It’s November 2021 and although this year’s been mostly Doctor Who light? Recent announcements from BBC Studios have kind of hit fast-forward on the rest of current era. As it plays out a final run of regular episodes under the umbrella title of “Flux”. This new 6-part season is premiering each instalment on Sunday evenings. And whilst we’ve never hidden how we’ve been seriously unimpressed by the contributions of both showrunn...
Type 40 LIVE • Doctor Who #3.11: Aftershocks
November 10, 2021 14:28 - 2 hours - 107 MBEpisode #3.11: Aftershocks * Originally livestreamed on 3rd August, 2021 Bringing you further coverage of the major Doctor Who news. Following the announcement of the departure of both Jodie Whittaker AND Chris Chibnall. In those first few days since the news, what was being said by both the fanbase of Doctor Who and the media. PLUS all the usual segments and features with our panel of companions. And live comments from people watching along on YouTube and Facebook on the night. Find Type...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #92: Paul Joyce on Warriors‘ Gate
November 05, 2021 21:57 - 1 hour - 86.4 MBEpisode 92: Paul Joyce on Warriors’ Gate and Other Indescribable Things We proudly present an exclusive in-depth interview with a most enigmatic and ground-breaking figure in the history of the world’s longest running Sci-fi and fantasy television series… In 2021 Paul Joyce is acknowledged as one of the UK’s foremost producers of arts documentaries. And an internationally exhibited photographer and painter. To followers of Doctor Who, he’s the mysterious, maverick director of that most per...
Type 40 LIVE • Doctor Who #3.10: Thirteen & Out!
November 01, 2021 14:56 - 2 hours - 108 MBEpisode #3.10: Thirteen & Out! * Originally livestreamed on Thursday Jul 29th, 2021 Bringing you the as-it-happened to us coverage of the announcement of the departure of Jodie Whittaker, the 13th Doctor. And showrunner Chris Chibnall. In a late night party edition of Type 40 LIVE from a couple of months ago, featuring Sarah, Ian, JT, Simon and Dan in the UK. With first time panellist, animator Matt Pott from Australia. It's our RAW take on that, HUGE news story. That was met with nothing...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #91: Series 13 Preview
October 30, 2021 11:34 - 1 hour - 126 MBEpisode 91: Series 13 Preview We’re here: the most divisive screen era in Doctor Who history resumes from Sunday 31st October with the premiere of Series 13. A six-part, epic saga the like of which we’ve never seen before! So outgoing showrunner Chris Chibnall insists… Our podcast has been with you every step of the way, as Jodie Whittaker’s era began with so much promise. We have been less than impressed. But what’s this? A shiny new set of promo images, a new companion and a whole minut...
Type 40 LIVE • Doctor Who #3.9: On Comic Con ‘21
October 23, 2021 11:57 - 1 hour - 99.5 MBEpisode #3.9: On Comic Con '21 * Originally livestreamed on Tuesday Jul 27th, 2021 When the first teaser for Series 13 dropped, in the Summer after months of near silence from the current TV series incarnation of Doctor Who? The fanbase quite naturally were picking through every second. On this edition of Type 40's completely live, sister show we give our instant reactions to that. But perhaps more importantly, the full Comic Con 2021 panel. Where the cast and showrunner were present. Revea...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #90: Second Coming II - Save Doctor Who?
October 18, 2021 19:07 - 1 hour - 141 MBEpisode 90: Second Coming II - Save Doctor Who? On the 90th edition of our Doctor Who podcast we go back to the headline making news from a couple of weeks ago: when Russell T Davies stunned the whole of the international TV industry! Announcing his return to the series, as showrunner in time for a special occasion in 2023... Now the shock has subsided we have more questions; we've been digging a little deeper! Simon Horton steps back into our TARDIS to share his alternative take on the n...
Type 40 LIVE • Doctor Who #3.8: Ask Us Anything? Round 2
October 13, 2021 15:05 - 2 hours - 133 MBEpisode #3.8: Ask Us Anything Round 2 By popular demand on this next Type 40 live show we again throw the Time & Space continuum wide open, to our companions out there! For a BUMPER selection of questions that make up Ask Us Anything? Round 2!! Yes, after the success of an earlier show we took a deep breath and opened the suggestion box and comment sections for our listeners and viewers to put their queries to the Type 40 LIVE regulars. Making for a show that's goes off on even more tange...
Type 40 LIVE • Doctor Who #3.7: For Jackie Lane
October 09, 2021 10:41 - 2 hours - 116 MBEpisode #3.7: For Jackie Lane Come and join us in the Type 40 console room for another extended general chat and news show! Originally streamed live to various platforms. This time we remembered 60's Doctor Who star Jackie Lane who played Dodo in the classic series. When she passed away in the Summer, during week of the recording. As well as opening the 500 Year Diary of Doctor Who trivia. And burying our heads in our hands at the regeneration of rumours concerning Olly Alexander playing...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #89: From Nerva With Love with Christopher Naylor
October 05, 2021 18:01 - 1 hour - 99.8 MBEpisode 89: From Nerva with Love with Christopher Naylor It’s inevitable you’ll get into a spot of bother travelling with the Doctor! Any companion will confirm. Regular Type 40 hosts Dan and Sarah hope to pick up a few tips on how to get out of it again, when they meet actor and voice artist Christopher Naylor… Christopher gamely lets us in on how he set about re-creating the character of the Doctor’s Doctor: Harry Sullivan. To star in Return of the Cybermen for Big Finish earlier in the ...
Type 40 LIVE • Doctor Who #3.6: Fear Centre
October 01, 2021 17:55 - 2 hours - 127 MBEpisode #3.6: Fear Centre Descend into the depths with our panel again when Type 40 LIVE dawns once more... There's our usual mix of mirth, mithering and merchandise. Plus we share our deepest darkest Doctor Who moments that haunted us for the longest. Listen in, if you have the nerve...? * You can catch Type 40 LIVE completely live and interact with us directly on The Spacebook's YouTube channel. Thursday evenings UK time from 8:00pm. ** Whocolour on Twitter https://twitter.com/whoco...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #88: Second Coming *BREAKING NEWS SPECIAL!
September 25, 2021 13:26 - 1 hour - 126 MBEpisode 88: Second Coming *BREAKING NEWS SPECIAL! Racing back to the controls of the Type 40 and it's all hands on the console; imaginations whirling and mouths running on this brand new edition of our Doctor Who podcast! Covering the exciting BREAKING NEWS story NO ONE saw coming... 12 years since The End of Time closed out the first generation of the revived series, the showrunner who claimed he was all out of time-travel-tales to tell? Dropped the reality bomb-shell news he's returning ...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #87: Northern Soul
September 22, 2021 17:59 - 1 hour - 130 MBEpisode 87: Northern Soul We’re enjoying the return of Doctor Who’s prodigal son, Christopher Eccleston in 2021 so much! Whether delighting fans at signings, speaking from the heart on convention panels or serving wrong doer’s their just desserts on audio for Big Finish? Chris seems to be having the time of his life… On this edition of the podcast, Sarah, Simon and Dan regroup to sift through the Ninth Doctor’s recent, candid two-part interview with the official magazine. Get up to speed w...
Type 40 LIVE • Doctor Who #3.5: Chasing Amy
September 15, 2021 14:53 - 2 hours - 124 MBEpisode #3.5: Chasing Amy There are whispers in the vortex again from the Doctor Who universe. We had all the RUMOURS and news on the viewscreen aboard Type 40 LIVE for this interactive, casual livestreamed show. Karen Gillan and the character that made her famous, Amy Pond are the subject of our main discussion segment. Plus there's a trip back in time as usual when we dust off the 500 Year Diary for a few rounds of unapologetic nostalgia. * You can catch Type 40 LIVE completely live and...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #86: Whostock 83
September 11, 2021 14:51 - 1 hour - 94.5 MBEpisode 86: Whostock 83 with Phil Newman It’s often said the 80’s revival has lasted twice as long as the decade itself. Whether its movies standing the test of time or music filling playlists of even those of us born years after Live Aid happened! We Doctor Who fans revisit the tales of the JNT era, over and over! But there’s some stories forever time-locked and only available to those who were there. And one of the fandoms most talked about of days and dates we’d all wish we’d seen with ...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #85: Blackpool Revisited
August 28, 2021 17:05 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBEpisode 85: Blackpool Revisited with Alex Storer & John Collier This time last year an eBook was published that enchanted any Doctor Who fan compelled to download it. Now the gents behind Blackpool Remembered are back with a follow up publication and a return trip to our show! Illustrator and writer Alex Storer and researcher and designer John Collier re-join regular hosts Simon & Dan to preview Blackpool Revisited on the eve of it’s launch. Listen in as they recount the tremendous recepti...
Type 40 LIVE • Doctor Who #3.4: Gets Scooped
August 23, 2021 22:40 - 2 hours - 118 MBA mysterious gloved figure has scooped our panel of companions off to the plains of YouTube again! There they'll be mere play things on the latest Type 40 LIVE Doctor Who show! This time we're joined by Ian Kubiak of Cygnus Alpha events for the inside information on their latest round of virtual Doctor Who events. Plus the usual mix of discussion and banter from all of Time & Space... * Visit their website to stay up to date about further projects from Cygnus Alpha: https://www.cygnusalpha....
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #84: Happy Times
August 21, 2021 15:44 - 1 hour - 94.3 MBEpisode 84: Happy Times – Summer 2021 News & Rumour Catch-Up! It’s the height of Summer, yet it feels like Christmas around the console room with the possibility of a bright new future for Doctor Who on TV in the air. Time for our midyear catch up with all the latest news from the vortex! We talk about all the HUGE announcement of the departure of both Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall from the series. As well as take stock of the recent Comic Con at Home 2021 virtual panel, wh...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #84 - Happy Times
August 21, 2021 15:44 - 1 hour - 94.3 MBEpisode 84: Happy Times – Summer 2021 News & Rumour Catch-Up! It’s the height of Summer, yet it feels like Christmas around the console room with the possibility of a bright new future for Doctor Who on TV in the air. Time for our midyear catch up with all the latest news from the vortex! We talk about all the HUGE announcement of the departure of both Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall from the series. As well as take stock of the recent Comic Con at Home 2021 virtual panel, wh...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #83: Unlocked with Keith Barnfather & Neil Cole
August 09, 2021 15:32 - 1 hour - 98.1 MBEpisode 83: Unlocked with Keith Barnfather & Neil Cole 2020 was a time-space co-ordinate none of us will ever forget. In the grip of a global health crisis, Doctor Who fans across the world bandied together from their own homes to support one another by creating, celebrating and sharing. Taking care of one another in our own resourceful and sometimes bonkers way! Someone who instantly recognised this as a story in itself was filmmaker Keith Barnfather. Who for decades has produced the resp...
Type 40 LIVE • Doctor Who #3.3: Goes Beyond
August 01, 2021 18:25 - 2 hours - 113 MBBack out into the depths of the Doctor Who news vortex this time on Type 40 LIVE: Catching up with some of our legendary cast and speculating over one particularly troublesome paradox. Plus Simon's 500 year diary gets opened and our JT will be unveiling his package! Stream, download or be a giddy aunt!
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #82: The Big Three
July 23, 2021 19:20 - 1 hour - 106 MBEpisode 82: The Big Three It’s time for Type 40: your Doctor Who podcast from the Spacebook for the Fandom Podcast Network. And on this special third birthday party edition, regular host Dan Hadley puts up the bunting and invites some family round for a catch-up! Sarah Graham’s choosing the music, naturally! But special guests, Kyle Wagner and Kevin R. Reitzel of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Podcast “True Believers” drank all the fruit punch on the journey over! So it’s time to open Da...
Type 40 LIVE • Doctor Who #3.2: Summer Season
July 18, 2021 18:05 - 2 hours - 145 MBType 40 • LIVE Doctor Who - #3.2 Summer Season Back after our extended break for the start of a new run of Doctor Who talk, LIVE from the Type 40 console room. With lots of familiar faces, voices and features. PLUS a few surprises! It all starts here with out big catch-up show. The past, present and future of the Time Lord is all ours. * Doctor Who: Time Fracture immersive experience details here: https://www.immersivedoctorwho.com/event/doctor-who-time-fracture *** The Delia Derbysh...
Type 40 LIVE • Doctor Who #3.1: The TV Movie at 25
July 14, 2021 11:33 - 2 hours - 111 MBType 40 • LIVE Doctor Who The TV Movie at 25 We are marking the 25th anniversary of one of the most exciting nights in the history of the series with this latest, livestreamed event show! Back in 1996, the very day this podcast drops, Doctor Who returned to British television screens on a blistering Bank Holiday Monday in primetime… Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor got caught up in a frantic race to save the Earth on the eve of the millennium in the feature length FOX and BBC co-production “Do...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #81: Hooked on Classics
July 13, 2021 14:50 - 1 hour - 93.5 MBEpisode 81: Hooked on Classics Heading into the second half of 2021 and maybe you’ve noticed, as we have how the Doctor Who universe has experienced a time-shift of its own lately? As month after month new releases are announced, scheduled and teased… Blu rays, vinyl’s, audiobooks and figurines are just some of the goodies tempting us to pre-order. It seems but the greatest buzz around the series is often generated by material decades old. As a result, we find ourselves talking about the o...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #80: KKLAK! Uncovered - Our Book Review
June 13, 2021 22:16 - 1 hour - 119 MBEpisode 80: KKLAK! Uncovered – Our Book Review For this 80th edition of our Doctor Who podcast for The Fandom Podcast Network we’ve gone extra dimensional again, ourselves! Bringing you this conversation in both audio form, here on the pod catcher of your choice and as a video. You can see us as well as hear us over on our YouTube channel! As if that wasn’t enough, as a follow up on one of our most popular episodes, this time we’ve turning our attention and lenses on the Doctor Who book “K...
Type 40 • LIVE Doctor Who - The TV Movie at 25
May 27, 2021 17:50 - 2 hours - 111 MBType 40 • LIVE Doctor Who The TV Movie at 25 We are marking the 25th anniversary of one of the most exciting nights in the history of the series with this latest, livestreamed event show! Back in 1996, the very day this podcast drops, Doctor Who returned to British television screens on a blistering Bank Holiday Monday in primetime… Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor got caught up in a frantic race to save the Earth on the eve of the millennium in the feature length FOX and BBC co-production “Do...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #79: Northern Star
May 06, 2021 14:06 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBEpisode 79: Northern Star Slipping back out of a tricky Time-Eddy and onto your pod-catcher comes the latest edition of our Doctor Who podcast. With regular hosts Dan Hadley and returning favourite Sarah Graham… It’s an incredible 17 years since the casting of Salford born actor Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor. Breaking the mould and heralding the biggest comeback in fantasy TV history! He was gone faster than he arrived, of course. Chris’s sudden departure from the role stung the fanb...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #78: FAQ's About Time Travellers IX - Neil Cole
March 19, 2021 21:43 - 1 hour - 101 MBEpisode 78: FAQ’s About Time Travellers IX Neil Cole Crack open the casket and unravel those sacred scrolls bearing the Type 40 Frequently Asked Questions, here on our Doctor Who podcast this time! With another intrepid Time Traveller poised to fill in the blanks, their way… And we’re delighted to welcome back the extraordinary Neil Cole to the show! It’s been years since he was last on Type 40. In the time in-between, his Museum of Classic Sci-Fi: a unique attraction nestled in the villag...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #77: Legacy Home Media with Richard Molesworth
March 07, 2021 10:32 - 1 hour - 119 MBEpisode 77: Legacy Home Media with Richard Molesworth We are delighted to be celebrating the comeback of the Blu-ray range of Doctor Who: The Collection box sets from BBC Studios with returning guest voice and project manager on those releases, Richard Molesworth. Richard kindly takes us on a journey not just through the processes involved in putting the brand new Season 8 discs together, but stretching back over the decades. All his time working in home media: the techy stuff and the geek...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #76: Jail Time - Revolution of the Daleks Review
February 18, 2021 19:45 - 1 hour - 103 MBEpisode 76: Jail Time – Revolution of the Daleks Review There’s space at the console of the Type 40 reserved for you, on the latest edition of our Doctor Who podcast: Yes, it’s a long awaited full review of the 2021’s feature length New Year’s Day special, Revolution of the Daleks starring Jodie Whittaker and returning legend John Barrowman… Seeing as it’s the first new chunk of the TV series in months, we thought it an Ideal opportunity to invite brand new voices and new opinions to go wi...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #75: Happy Place
February 12, 2021 15:46 - 1 hour - 82.2 MBEpisode 75: Happy Place Tumbling out of the vortex and into your ears: it’s our Doctor Who podcast! After several trips through the decades lately, it’s time to check back in with present day. For a general catch-up and look at the cataclysmic rumours circulating the longest running sci-fi and fantasy series in the world as the New Year began… Regular host Dan Hadley talks with Simon Horton about the strange, sometimes strained relationship the fan base has with the rumour mill that’s surr...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #74: The Game Masters
February 04, 2021 23:02 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBEpisode 74: The Game Masters Unfinished business! The history of the world’s longest running Science Fiction and Fantasy series is mined with such. Few projects are more dreamt about than the planned final meeting of the Doctor with his Master, in the latter days of the Jon Pertwee era. An epic finale viewers and the actors were denied by a tragic accident. To mark the centenary of Roger Delgado who originated the character of the Master, that story has been created and told. On audio by a...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #73: K9 and Company at Forty
January 28, 2021 21:38 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBEpisode 73: K9 and Company at 40 There’s a special place in the hearts of all Doctor Who fans for the Doctor’s most diminutive of companions: the remarkable, electronic, robotic dog K9. The appeal of this character both at the Doctor’s feet and in his own right is undeniable and evergreen! So popular was he that long before Captain Jack bounded into the Torchwood hub, Class assembled or Sarah Jane moved to Bannerman Road? It was K9 who first secured a commission from the BBC for a spin-off...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #72: Chris Achilleos
January 20, 2021 18:48 - 2 hours - 149 MBEpisode 72: Chris Achilleos Truly thrilling adventures in time and space and conversation on this edition of our Doctor Who podcast, as we welcome a very special guest. A man with decades’ worth of experience in the art and design industry and a gallery’s worth of evocative, bold and consummate imagery to his credit. A proportion of which is extra special to Doctor Who fans. Particularly, though not exclusively those who were children in the 70’s and the 80’s… Lifelong fans, hosts Dan Had...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #71: Christmas Party 2020
December 29, 2020 18:41 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBEpisode 71: Christmas Party 2020 Make sure you’ve a mug of something hot to sip and a bobbly to pop on, for this wintry journey aboard our Doctor Who podcast! There’s a stocking full of candid Christmassy talk from across all of space and time, just waiting by our fireside… Huddle in and share the gift of conversation here with friends and fellow fans on this as-live edition, presenting our Christmas Party for 2020! Christmas Starry Eyed Girl, Sarah Graham’s here! Along with the ever jolly...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #70: Missing Episodes with Richard Molesworth
December 24, 2020 16:20 - 1 hour - 88.5 MBEpisode 70: Missing Episodes with Richard Molesworth It’s a reality that haunts Doctor Who fans: how large quantities of the series earliest episodes officially no longer exist. Wiped, taken or destroyed over a period of time as part of a general housekeeping and money saving initiative at the BBC itself, decades ago. Writer and lifelong fan Richard Molesworth is the man who’s written the definitive work on the misty saga of the missing episodes, titled “Wiped!”. And he’s our guest on the ...
Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast #69: Back in Time
December 23, 2020 23:26 - 1 hour - 98.4 MBWelcoming listeners and companions, old and new to a new beginning for Type 40: Materializing on the pod catcher of your choice again for a new series. Now with our own feed, a new sound and new look! But the same blend of reviews, discussions and interviews. There's plenty of treats and surprises to come, we promise. What better way to begin Season 3 of our Doctor Who Podcast than to talk "Multi-Doctor"...?! Designated driver Dan Hadley’s back with regular co-hosts Sarah Graham and Simon...