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Who's He? On The TV | The Brokenwood Mysteries

In this very short podcast, Phil takes a look at one of his favourite detective shows, The Brokenwood Mysteries and makes an admission that might shock listeners to this podcast.

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Welcome The Eighth Doctor - Doctor Who: The Movie

We return to our occasional series where Phil and Scott look at the inaugural stories that introduced the world to a new Doctor, and this time it's the turn of Paul McGann in Doctor Who: The Movie.  How well a job did this TV movie do in introducing the Eighth Doctor after nearly 7 years off the television screen?  And how much did the 2005 reboot borrow from this one off adventure?

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Phil & Scott give their short take on todays news that the Doctor Who Christmas Special has been cancelled by the BBC.  And not only that, Russell T. Davies and Bad Wolf have also announced they are departing the show.  So with the Beeb putting the show out to tender, what happens now?

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Who's He? At The Movies | The Mandalorian And Grogu

In a bit of change to Who's He? At The Movies, Phil is joined by Scott to discuss The Mandalorian And Grogu, which has recently been released in cinemas.  With the film getting bad reviews from critics and online reviews also piling on the misery, what do our reviewing duo make of Star Wars return to the cinema?

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Review - The Keeper of Traken

With Paul once again joining Phil on the podcast, the pair of them look at The Keeper of Traken, Tom Baker's penultimate story in Doctor Who.  Comparing the TV version to the Target novelisation, Paul gets his Melkur's and Myrka's mixed up, but a good time was had by all revisiting a story neither of them had watched in a long time.

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Who's On The Page? - Pain Management

This episode sees Phil & Scott go back to the library for another Target short story, and this time it's Pain Management written by Beverly Sanford.  Set during season 10 of Doctor Who, after the Doctor shows off, it's up to Bill and Nardole to stop Missy from curing humanity of the flu, who believes that this will impress him by being good!

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Review - The Infinite Today

In a slightly shorter than usual show, Phil and Scott look at a Short Trip from Big Finish, The Infinite Today.  Read by Katy Manning, the story sees Jo Jones trapped in a time loop.  Is the 11th Doctor trying to help or is he to blame?  

Also, the lads give an update on what they have been doing Doctor Who wise in the last week.

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Welcome The Seventh Doctor - Time And The Rani

In their occasional series of reviewing each Doctor's inaugural story, Phil & Scott have reached the point where they have to talk about Time And The Rani, Sylvester McCoys first time as the Doctor.  With cuddly vampire bats, people who look like Limahl and Bonnie Langford screaming, does this story make a good job of introducing the world to a new Doctor?  But when Phil floats an alternate idea on the regeneration, Scott scratches his head in puzzlement which de...

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Unplanned Who

It's Unplanned Who, where Phil and Scott have no idea what they are going to be talking about!  With a subject picked at random from a failed actors hat at the begninning of the episode, join our hosts as they completely wing it through a conversation on Doctor Who.

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Random Who - The Crimson Horror

As decided by the randomiser, this episode Phil and Scott look at The Crimson Horror, starring Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman.  Set in Victorian Yorkshire, the insane Mrs. Gillyflower, played by Dame Diana Rigg, is aided by a prehistoric leech to create a new Eden. Originally concieved as a set up for a Paternoster Gang spin off show, the idea quickly evaporates into the Doctor and Clara saving the day, so do Phil and Scott thinks this works as a story?

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KentCon Report

Phil & Scott report back on their away day to the Kent Comic Con or KentCon in Herne Bay.  They discuss the panels they attended, how many Doctor Who alumni appeared and didn't appear and despite it being a little bit of a topsy turvy event, a good time was had by all.

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Review - The Nightmare Begins & Devil's Planet

On Good Friday, two missing episodes from the Doctor Who story The Daleks Master Plan, found by Film Is Fabulous were released on the BBC iPlayer.  It was the first time in over 60 years that either of these episodes have been seen anywhere, so join Phil and Scott as they chat about these recovered episodes, The Nightmare Begins and Devil's Planet, and wonder at these episodes as they go from hairless to hairy.

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Review - Warriors Of The Deep - Special Edition

Phil and Scott head into the murky depths with Warriors Of The Deep - Special Edition which was recently released as part of the Season 21 blu-ray boxset.  But what is so special about this edition of a much maligned Doctor Who story?  And what about Ingrid Pitt's karate kicks?

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Review - Jubilee

Phil and Paul finally finish off their Sixth Doctor month a few weeks later than planned with Jubilee from Big Finish.   This highly regarded story sees the Doctor and Evelyn Smythe caught in a temporal paradox in an alternate England, which sees an English Empire, a mysterious prisoner in the Tower and of course, a Dalek.

We also get Paul's take on the recent announcement of the recovery of two missing episodes of The Daleks Masterplan.

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Random Who - The Invasion of Time

Phil and Scott look at The Invasion of Time, starring Tom Baker and Louise Jameson.  Selected for them by the Who's He? randomiser, this story sees cockney Sontarans invading Gallifrey via the back door, Leela and K9 leaving at the end of the story and of course the DOK-TOR!

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Who's He? On The TV | Fallout Season 2

In this short episode, Phil looks at Fallout Season 2, which has recently finished airing on Prime.

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Who's On The Page? - Interstitial Insecurity

To continue with our Sixth Doctor Month, Scott and Phil selected a short story written by Colin Baker, Interstitial Insecurity, set during the Trial of a Time Lord season.  Written for the Doctor Who Storybook, released in 2019, this story finds old Sixy gathering evidence for his defence in the Matrix while gathering his wits after witnessing the death of Peri.  At eighteen pages long, did Phil and Scott think this shortest of short stories added anything to this troubled season of...

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Random Who - Vengeance on Varos

Phil and Scott continue Sixth Doctor Month with Vengeance on Varos, as selected by their randomizer!  Phil was not particuarly looking forward to watching this story again but has time been kind and he changed his mind?  And with Scott being a first time watcher, will his Dad colour his view?

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Welcome The Sixth Doctor - The Twin Dilemma

As Phil and Scott launch Sixth Doctor Month, they return to the Welcome The Doctor strand with The Twin Dilemma.  Usually dismissed by Doctor Who fandom as awful, our reviewing duo decide whether this really is as bad as everyone makes it out to be.  But wait!  Is this the story that finally breaks Scott's sunny outlook on everything Doctor Who?

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Who's He? At The Movies | Predator

Phil finally gets around to talking about one of his favourite sci-fi action films, Predator. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Dutch Schaefer, leader of a crack commando unit who meet their match in the jungles of South America. Phil takes you on his personal journey with this film on how he accidentally saw it twice at the cinema and how it led him to buy a very expensive model kit.

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Review - Snare

Phil and Paul travel back to 2005 to when Christopher Eccleston was the Doctor in Snare from Big Finish.  In a story which surprisingly touches on mental illness as well as parasitic space ships, our reviewing duo find plenty to like in an earth bound tale on the Powell Estate.

But before they talk about Doctor Who, they take a left turn towards another British science fiction show, with the news that Blake's 7 could be getting a reboot.

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Unplanned Who

In a new strand on the Who's He? Podcast, it's Unplanned Who, where Phil and Scott have no idea what they are going to be talking about!  With a subject picked at random from a failed actors hat at the begninning of the episode, join our hosts as they completely wing it through a conversation on Doctor Who.

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Random Who - The Ice Warriors

In a freezing cold UK, Phil & Scott decided to warm themselves up by returning to their Random Who series with The Ice Warriors.  In this partly animated story featuring the Ice Warriors for the very first time, the Doctor in the form of Patrick Troughton battles a new ice age, monsters with massive heads and a massively hysterical base commander who has been renamed Clench for the listeners pleasure.

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The War Between The Land And The Sea - Summing Up

Do you want to spend an hour of New Years Eve listening to two podcasters being grumpy?  Well, all your dreams have come true as Phil and Paul sum up The War Between The Land And The Sea, the Doctor Who spin off show, which is also the last of the Disney era content.

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Who's He? At The Movies | Scrooge

In the final podcast before Christmas, Phil sits down in front of roaring fire and talks about his favourite Christmas film, Scrooge.  Starring Alastair Sim as Ebeneezer Scrooge, this version from 1951 is (according to Phil) the definitive take on this classic Charles Dickens ghost story.  And is the moral of the story still relevant today?

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The War Between The Land And The Sea - Knee Jerk Reaction - Part 5

Phil and Scott give you their initial reaction to part 5 of The War Between The Land And The Sea, the Doctor Who spin off.

Will Phil and Scott find this to be a satisfying conclusion, or was this a soggy end to the Disney era of the Whoniverse?

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Who's He? On The TV | A Warning To The Curious

In this festive episode of Who's He? On The TV, Phil talks about A Warning To the Curious, part of the A Ghost Story For Christmas strand shown throughout 1971 to 1978 on the BBC.  Starring Peter Vaughn and Clive Swift, this spooky tale from the mind of M.R. James, shows what happens when you meddle with legends from the dark ages.

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The War Between The Land And The Sea - Knee Jerk Reaction Parts 3 & 4

Phil and Scott give you their initial reaction to episodes 3 and 4 of The War Between The Land And The Sea, the Doctor Who spin off.

After last weeks fairly enjoyable opening two episodes, will this weeks offering be more of the same or will things start turning moist?

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Review - The Sea Devils - Remastered

Scott and Phil finally got off their lazy backsides and finally watched The Sea Devils - Remastered.  Starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor and Katy Manning as Jo Grant, the original 6 part serial has been remastered into a 90 minute special.  Has this achieved the aim making this more accessible for modern TV audiences who have the attention span of a cushion?

Also:

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The War Between The Land And The Sea - Knee Jerk Reaction Parts 1 & 2

Phil and Scott give you their initial reaction to episodes 1 and 2 of The War Between The Land And The Sea, the Doctor Who spin off.

And will Phil and Scott be pleasantly surprised or will it be a soggy start to this long awaited Sea Devil (sorry Homo Aqua) series?

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News Roundup

Phil and Scott sit down to bring you a short podcast on what news has dropped in the world of Doctor Who, including:

Also, the lads give you an update on what is coming up on the Who's He? Podcast during December.

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Review - Planet of Giants

This time, Paul and Phil turn their attention to the TV and a Target book as they look at Planet of Giants, the opening story to Season 2 of Doctor Who in 1964.  What will they make of this not very well regarded story, which is a mixture of science fiction and ecological thriller?

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Random Who - The Impossible Astronaut & Day Of The Moon

Phil and Scott switched on the randomiser which selected The Impossible Astronaut and Day Of The Moon, Matt Smith's opening two part story for season 6 of Doctor Who.  Scott has never seen this before and Phil wished he hadn't.  So will Scott enjoy this and will Phil change his mind?

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Who's He? At The Movies | The Bride of Frankenstein

To round off Halloween week on the Who's He? Podcast, Phil is joined by an old friend of the show, Joanne Alexander to chat about The Bride of Frankenstein.  Listen as the pair of them marvel at this horror classic from 1935, as they go from camp characters to nudey ladies.

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Who's He? On The TV | During Barty's Party

In the second of this weeks podcasts celebrating Halloween, Phil looks at During Barty's Party from 1976.  Part of the series Beasts, written by Nigel Kneale, this story sees middle class couple Angela and Roger Truscott under seige from a horde of rats.  But what makes this story so terrifying for Phil to select this for Halloween?

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News Roundup

As the news broke today that Disney will not be involved any further with Doctor Who and that we will be getting a Christmas Special in 2026, Phil & Scott decided to record a quick podcast to discuss news that most people had already guessed.

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Review - The Chimes of Midnight

Phil and Scott kick off Halloween week on the Who's He? Podcast with The Chimes of Midnight, starring Paul McGann and India Fisher.  With the Doctor and Charley Pollard trapped in a spooky house, and murders being committed, it is up to the pair of them to solve the mystery.  Or are there other forces at work?  Listen to Phil and Scott chat about this classic story from Big Finish, which Scott loves because it's set at Christmas!

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Welcome The Fifth Doctor - Castrovalva

Phil and Scott return to their Welcome The Doctor series where they look at the inaugural story for each Doctor and this time it's Peter Davison, the Fifth Doctor.

And in the news, Scott gives us the lowdown on the latest Doctor Who Magazine and comics and Phil chats about the work of charitable organisation Film is Fabulous and their announcement that some missing Doctor Who episodes have been found in the hands of private collectors.

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Who's He? On The TV | Thunderbirds - 60th Anniversary

Phil celebrates the 60th anniversary of the classic TV series Thunderbirds, created by Gerry & Sylvia Anderson and he tells of the impact it had on his life.

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Review - AWOL

This week, Phil and Paul listen to another Short Trips story from Big Finish and this time it's AWOL, starring Jon Culshaw. Phil really loves this audio drama, so he was interested in Paul's take on this story which fills in the blanks between the third Doctor stories The Silurians and The Ambassadors of Death and fleshes out the relationship between the Doctor and the Brigadier.  And as a bonus, they introduce everyone to the phrase "the reverse Paddington".

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