Staggering Stories Podcast – Staggering Stories Podcast

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Fake Keith and the Real Keith Dunn review the 2017 Doctor Who episodes ‘Smile’ and ‘Thin Ice’, and the 2017 film ‘Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2’, find some general news, play a game and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:12 — Welcome! * 01:39 – News: * 01:47 — Star Trek: STD has more pain. * 03:21 — Powerless: Ready for the chop. * 06:22 — Doctor Who: Miniatures game now officially released. * 07:49 — Billie Piper: Appearing at MCM London Comic Con. * 08:21 — Doctor Who: Gale Force 9 tabletop game on the way. * 09:35 — Doctor Who: The Capitol convention in Crawley, right now. * 09:55 — Star Trek: Klingon Monopoly boardgame. * 11:18 — Loaded: Coming to UK via Channel 4. * 12:01 – Doctor Who: * 12:23 — Smile. * 23:00 — Thin Ice. * 33:56 – Game: Doctor Who trivia quiz. * 44:23 – Birthday: Adam. * 48:35 – Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2. * 66:28 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at getaddress("show"); * 72:54 – Farewell for this podcast! * 73:33 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition. * Star Trek. * Wikipedia: Star Trek: Discovery. * Wikipedia: Powerless (TV series). * BBC: Doctor Who. * Warlord Games: Doctor Who Miniatures Game. * Wikipedia: Billie Piper. * Gale Force 9 Games: Doctor Who – Time of the Daleks. * DWAS: The Capitol. * BoardGameGeek: Monopoly – Klingon Edition. * IMDB: Loaded (2017 TV series). * Wikipedia: Smile (Doctor Who). * BBC: Doctor Who – Smile. * Wikipedia: Thin Ice (Doctor Who). * BBC: Doctor Who – Thin Ice. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group. * Google+: Staggering Stories Page.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and Keith Dunn sit down, interrogated, in front of the Season 4 Babylon 5 episode Intersections in Real Time, and spout our usual nonsense! Sheridan is feeling strapped in, William is just doing his job and, well, that’s pretty much everyone. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Intersections in Real Time… Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * The Lurker’s Guide to Babylon 5: Intersections in Real Time. * Wikipedia: Babylon 5 – Intersections in Real Time. * Doctor Who Podcast Alliance. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Jean Riddler, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 2017 Doctor Who episode ‘The Pilot’ and discuss what makes a Doctor Who companion, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 02:29 — Welcome! * 02:21 – News: * 02:36 — Star Trek: Discovery narrowly avoids Worf. * 04:41 — Potter-verse: Young Dumbledore cast. * 07:58 — Doctor Who: Miniatures Games update. * 09:46 — Doctor Who: Kris Marshall is the next Doctor? * 12:06 — Dredd: 4K Blu-ray coming to the USA. * 13:04 – Doctor Who: The Pilot (2017). * 39:59 – Doctor Who: Keith’s next Doctor suggestion. * 45:51 – Doctor Who: What’s makes a companion? * 63:45 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at getaddress("show"); * 85:00 – Farewell for this podcast! * 85:42 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition. * Star Trek. * Wikipedia: Star Trek: Discovery. * Wikipedia: Worf. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Warlord Games: Doctor Who Miniatures Game. * Wikipedia: Kris Marshall. * Wikipedia: Judge Dredd. * Wikipedia: The Pilot (Doctor Who). * BBC: Doctor Who – The Pilot. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group. * Google+: Staggering Stories Page.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, the Real Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 2016 Big Finish Doctor Who boxset ‘The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield, Vol. 3 – The Unbound Universe’ and discuss Doctor Who’s The Master in general, play a game, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:35 — Welcome! * 02:21 – News: * 02:28 — Star Trek: Discovery now with added Mudd. * 05:50 — Star Wars: More films after episode IX? * 08:53 — Joss Whedon: Batgirl. * 10:11 — Robot Wars: New series begins filiming in May. * 10:28 — Mythbusters: New series in the works. * 12:29 — Doctor Who: Replicas of the Moment for sale. * 16:28 – Doctor Who: New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield, Vol. 3 – The Unbound Universe. * 31:08 – Things in Five Words. * 37:00 – Doctor Who: The Master. * 62:05 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at getaddress("show"); * 62:24 – Farewell for this podcast! * 63:16 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition. * Star Trek. * Wikipedia: Star Trek: Discovery. * Wikipedia: Joss Whedon. * Wikipedia: Batgirl. * BBC: Robot Wars. * Wikipedia: Robot Wars (TV series). * Wikipedia: Mythbusters. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Rubbertoe Replicas: TARDIS ‘Seige Mode’. * Wikipedia: The Master (Doctor Who). * Big Finish: The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield, Vol. 3 – The Unbound Universe. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group. * Google+: Staggering Stories Page.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, the Real Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the 1966 film Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. and the 2017 film The Lego Batman Movie, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:15 — Welcome! * 02:01 – News: * 02:20 — The Matrix: Back from the dead? * 05:53 — Game of Thrones: Start date for season 7. * 10:27 — Comic Relief. * 12:30 — Doctor Dolittle. * 14:09 — Muppets. * 15:07 – The Lego Batman Movie. * 29:11 – A very long ’30 second’ recommendation. * 30:05 – A bit of Bernard Cribbins. * 32:52 – Peter Cushing IS The Doctor – and jolly nice he is too. * 56:44 – Hello to the latex one. * 58:01 – Emails and listener feedback. * 67:10 – Farewell for this podcast! * 68:11 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition. * Wikipedia: The Matrix (franchise). * HBO: Game of Thrones. * Wikipedia: Comic Relief. * Wikipedia: Doctor Dolittle. * Wikipedia: The Muppets. * Wikipedia: The Lego Batman Movie. * Wikipedia: Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group. * Google+: Staggering Stories Page.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn discuss possibilities for the next Doctor on Doctor Who, review the first three Big Finish UNIT New Series boxsets, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:20 — Welcome! * 01:42 – News: * 02:04 — Tron: Third film booting up? * 04:18 — Razzies: Batman V Superman wins multiple awards. * 08:05 — Doctor Who: Crawley teenager in line to play the Doctor? * 10:44 — Firefly: Fox may be interested in more but… * 13:45 — Patrick Stewart: Applies for US citizenship. * 15:05 – Doctor Who: New Doctor suggestions. * 30:05 – Doctor Who: Big Finish’s UNIT – New Series boxsets. * 45:20 – Emails and listener feedback. * 63:21 – Farewell for this podcast! * 65:00 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition. * Wikipedia: Tron. * The Razzies. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Crawley Observer: Is Frank odds-on to be the new Doctor?. * Wikipedia: Firefly (TV series). * Wikipedia: Patrick Stewart. * Big Finish: UNIT – The New Series. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group. * Google+: Staggering Stories Page.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, the Real Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller discuss BBC America/Netflix’s ‘Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency’ and Douglas Adams’ time on Doctor Who, play some games, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:20 — Welcome! * 02:14 – No news is… * 03:08 – Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. * 20:26 – Game: Things in Five Words. * 27:20 – Douglas Adams. * 47:00 – Game: Doctor Who quiz. * 54:33 – Fatigue sets in… in… in… * 55:07 – Time to go home… * 57:15 — Eight and a half minutes of raw footage that should clearly demonstrate why editing is necessary! Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition. * Wikipedia: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (TV series). * BBC: Doctor Who. * Wikipedia: Douglas Adams. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group. * Google+: Staggering Stories Page.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, the Real Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller discuss Peter Capaldi’s departure from Doctor Who and the legend that was John Hurt, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:25 — Welcome! * 02:09 – News: * 02:20 — Doctor Who: Capaldi quits. * 05:41 — The Few: A British superhero web miniseries. * 06:58 — John Hurt: DEAD! * 09:23 — Yellow Car: Parts of Cornwall show yellow prejudice. * 11:52 — Supergirl: Teri Hatcher and Kevin Sorbo to guest. * 12:43 – Doctor Who: Capaldi’s departure and who’s next? * 33:54 – John Hurt. * 44:31 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at getaddress("show"); * 52:30 – Farewell for this podcast! * 53:44 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Wikipedia: Peter Capaldi. * YouTube: The Few. * Wikipedia: John Hurt. * Yellow Car: Official Rules. * BBC News: Notorious yellow car vandalised in Bibury. * Wikipedia: Supergirl (US TV Series). * Wikipedia: Teri Hatcher. * Wikipedia: Kevin Sorbo. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group. * Google+: Staggering Stories Page.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, the Real Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller review the Big Finish Doctor Who boxset ‘Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Vol. 1’ and Sherlock Series 4, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:35 — Welcome! * 02:49 – News: * 02:57 — Star Wars: Episode VIII named. * 04:07 — Star Trek: Spock’s dad ready for self Discovery. * 07:10 — Star Trek: Axanar fan film court case settled. * 11:39 — Patrick Stewart: Readies himself for an animated poop. * 13:12 — Doctor Who: Fourth Doctor predicted ‘alternative facts’. * 13:54 — Peter Capaldi: Back to Paddington (again). * 14:25 — 2017 Razzies: Batman v. Superman actually wins an award. * 15:29 — Good Omens: Production company details. * 17:06 – Doctor Who: Big Finish – Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Vol. 1. * 32:28 – Sherlock: Series 4. * 56:48 – Emails and listener feedback. * 67:12 – Farewell for this podcast! * 67:53 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition. * Star Wars. * Star Trek. * Wikipedia: Star Trek: Discovery. * Axanar Productions. * Wikipedia: Patrick Stewart. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Wikipedia: Peter Capaldi. * The Razzies. * Wikipedia: Good Omens. * Big Finish: Doctor Who – Classic Doctors, New Monsters – Vol. 1. * BBC: Sherlock. * Etsy: Kathryn’s shop. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group. * Google+: Staggering Stories Page.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and the Keith Dunn review the 1966 Doctor Who story ‘The Power of the Daleks’ and the 2016 film ‘Passengers’, say what we’ve been up to recently, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:14 — Welcome! * 02:18 – News: * 02:26 — Carrie Fisher: DEAD! * 05:36 — Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet book launch. * 07:30 — Star Wars: Additional cast for Han Solo film. * 09:20 — Mark Hamill: Jokers Trump’s tweets. * 10:09 — Star Wars: Official Shapeways 3D printing for Disney properties. * 12:56 — Star Trek: Axanar fan film fails in court. * 15:30 — DC TV Series: The CW renews Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow. * 16:56 – Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks. * 31:50 – Flotsam and Jetsam. * 45:40 – Passengers (2016 film). * 60:28 – Emails and listener feedback. * 76:57 – Farewell for this podcast! * 78:49 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition. * Wikipedia: Carrie Fisher. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Star Wars. * Wikipedia: Mark Hamill. * Shapeways 3D printing service. * Axanar Productions. * Star Trek. * The CW. * Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Power of the Daleks. * BBC: Doctor Who – The Power of the Daleks. * Wikipedia: Passengers (2016 film). * YouTube: The Sewer King – Seven Wonders Of The Industrial World. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group. * Google+: Staggering Stories Page.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins and Keith Dunn sit down, supered, in front of the 2016 Doctor Who Christmas special, ‘The Return of Doctor Mysterio’, and spout our usual nonsense! This Doctor is desperate to get Amy back, the Ghost has a baby to monitor and Lucy is channelling Lois Lane. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy The Return of Doctor Mysterio… Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * BBC: Doctor Who. * BBC: Doctor Who – The Return of Doctor Mysterio. * Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Return of Doctor Mysterio. * Doctor Who Podcast Alliance. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Fake Keith, Heather Allen, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn review the 2016 Doctor Who Christmas special ‘The Return of Doctor Mysterio’ and the 2016 Star Wars anthology film ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’, come up with our Predictions, Hopes and Dreams, and Fears for 2017, see how wrong we were about our Predictions for 2016, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 00:54 — Welcome! * 02:00 – News: * 02:10 — Class: Coming to BBC One soon. * 04:12 — Star Trek Colon Discovery: They finally have their lead. * 05:44 — Doctor Who: Seventh in UK provisional Christmas Day viewing figures. * 07:49 — Alien: Covenant first trailer out. * 09:35 — Duck Tales: David Tennant is Scrooge McDuck. * 09:44 — Paddington Bear: Peter Capaldi returns in film sequel. * 11:30 – Predictions. * 11:30 — 2016 Predictions. * 19:22 — 2017 Predictions. * 26:41 – Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio. * 42:50 – Fears. * 42:50 — 2016 Fears. * 48:40 — 2017 Fears. * 52:36 – Star Wars: Rogue One. * 82:52 – Hopes and Dreams. * 82:52 — 2016 Hopes and Dreams. * 87:47 — 2017 Hopes and Dreams. * 93:49 – Emails and listener feedback. * 106:02 – Farewell for this podcast! * 106:49 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Star Trek. * Wikipedia: Alien (franchise). * David Tennant. * Wikipedia: DuckTales. * Wikipedia: Paddington (film). * Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Return of Doctor Mysterio. * BBC: Doctor Who – The Return of Doctor Mysterio. * Wikipedia: Rogue One. * Star Wars. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group. * Google+: Staggering Stories Page.

Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith, the Real Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller pull some Christmas crackers, discuss their recent activities, play some games, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:14 — Welcome! * 02:54 – News: * 03:03 — Doctor Who: Christmas special broadcast times. * 05:35 — Powerless: New TV DC universe comedy series. * 08:57 — Doctor Who RPG: Gamemaster’s Companion book. * 10:17 — Doctor Who Miniatures Game: More miniature packs. * 15:33 — Red Dwarf: Robot goldfish now real. * 16:33 – Christmas crackers. * 20:55 – Game: Audio Quiz – 2016 Sci-Fi. * 34:15 – Fight Club: Who can dominate Christmas? * 39:55 – Flotsam and Jetsam. * 63:59 – Emails and listener feedback. * 68:32 – Farewell for this podcast! * 69:34 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition. * BBC: Doctor Who. * Wikipedia: Powerless (TV series). * Cubicle 7 (Makers of the Doctor Who: The Roleplaying Game). * Doctor Who Into the Time Vortex miniatures game. * Red Dwarf. * Robo Fish. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group. * Google+: Staggering Stories Page.

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Summary: Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Crumbly, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler, Kathryn the Dragonmakr and the Real Keith Dunn discuss a recent visit to the Doctor Who Experience, talk about Firefly (particularly Shepherd Book), play some games, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: * 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. * 01:31 — Welcome! * 03:18 – News: * 04:00 — Carrie Fisher autobiography: The dirt! * 05:59 — Doctor Who: Capaldi talks attraction. * 07:51 — Class: Poor viewing figures? * 12:01 — Ron Glass: DEAD! * 13:45 — Ken Grieve: DEAD! * 14:23 — Star Trek: STD casting news. * 15:33 — Doctor Who: Rona Munro returns. * 16:48 — Avatar: Disney World’s Animal Kingdom area. * 17:56 — Roger Dean royalties. * 24:01 – Firefly. * 35:39 – Game: Things in Five Words. * 44:44 – Doctor Who: Kathryn talks about the Doctor Who Experience. * 55:57 – Game: Tea Duelling from the American War of Independence. * 60:32 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at getaddress("show"); * 86:44 – Farewell for this podcast! * 87:46 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc. Vital Links: * Staggering Stories. * Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition. * Wikipedia: Carrie Fisher. * BBC: Doctor Who. * BBC: Class. * Wikipedia: Ron Glass. * Wikipedia: Ken Grieve. * Star Trek. * Wikipedia: Rona Munro. * Wikipedia: Avatar (2009 film). * Wikipedia: Pandora: The World of Avatar. * Wikipedia: Roger Dean (artist). * Wikipedia: Firefly (TV series). * Doctor Who Experience. * Etsy: Kathryn’s shop. * Stitcher: Smartphone podcast streaming app. * Facebook: Staggering Stories Group. * Google+: Staggering Stories Page.