Time Ram shakes the magic 8-ball and finds a Pyramid at the End of the World, but starring Christopher Eccleston instead of Peter Capaldi. But how can this be, when Extremis took place during the Jon Pertwee era? Frankly, we … Continue reading Episode 87: Snogpint at the End of the World
It’s the end… and the moment hasn’t been prepared for, as Time Ram takes Sylvester McCoy’s final TV story ‘Survival’ and drags it hissing and scratching into the era of Tom Baker. The Master is back, but no-one can recognise … Continue reading Episode 86: Survival of the Rhetorical Tautology
Time Ram is joined by our special guest, DWM-writer Lisa Gledhill to pick the bones out of ‘State of Decay’, which has been relocated from the Tom Baker era to Jodie Whittaker. Join us to learn the best name in … Continue reading Episode 85: What We Do in E-Space
Christopher Eccleston’s first episode ‘Rose’ was broadcast 20 years ago, but Time Ram takes it back another 30 years to 1975, as we recondition the story and adapt for Tom Baker! It’s time to learn about Thora Hird’s epic quest … Continue reading Episode 84: Harry
Time Ram massacres ‘The Keeper of Traken’, previously a Tom Baker classic, but now taking its rightful home in the William Hartnell era! We re-purpose the Pleasence, Fabio and Mr Pastry and also explore a number of spin-off shows: Cameca … Continue reading Episode 83: The Dodessa File
Time Ram has to decide whether to die stupid or stand down, as we review ‘The Zygon Invasion/Inversion’ which has changed Scotsmen from Peter Capaldi to Sylvester McCoy. In the process, we discover Robert Lindsay, garbled plot points and the … Continue reading Episode 82: Zygon Fudge
Time Ram take time off from watching boxsets to review ‘The Doctor’s Wife’ as made for Paul McGann in the late 1990s! In the process, we observe early Wirrns, CGI swirly balls, JNT’s desirable office and screaming Bovril. Could we … Continue reading Episode 81: The Doctor’s Father/Horse
Time Ram takes on alien jungle and inconsistent Morestrans as we translate Tom Baker’s ‘The Planet of Evil’ into the Sylvester McCoy era. In the process we uncover apologetic guns, unusual hospital design and cult show The Chunderbirds! *It should … Continue reading Episode 80: Planet of Eeeevil
Time Ram suffers from assegai-envy as we take Sylvester McCoy’s ‘Ghost Light’, add a soupçon of extra companions and serve again for Jodie Whittaker! Features creepy museums, random glowing ostrich eyes and comedy Groucho Marx walks. It’s time to go … Continue reading Episode 79: Darwin’s Gorilla (From Parts)
Time Ram goes all mystery and suspense as we turn our focus to Peter Capaldi’s ‘Death to the Daleks’. Probably. Music cues! Von Daniken! Voices like angels! Roots! Helen Mirren and an unlikely late appearance by Paul Darrow! It’s all … Continue reading Episode 78: Hoo-Har to the Daleks