It seems that in the Time Ram Universe (TRU?) Paul McGann’s Doctor Who was introduced to the Americans in 1996 with… ‘Castrovalva’. In other words, the Master, complex continuity and endless TARDIS scenes. A sure fire hit! In this podcast … Continue reading Episode 47: Zero (Pr)Escher
It’s time for Benton’s awfully big adventure in ‘The Sensorites’, previously starring William Hartnell, but now upgraded for Jon Pertwee! So that’ll be ‘The Thenthorieth’, then. In the process, we get all grown up and find out about sunk cosy … Continue reading Episode 46: Sensorites and Sensibility
We get taken back to the 1960s, with William Hartnell starring in ‘Carnival of Monsters’ (because this is Time Ram, and whatever Doctor you’re thinking of, Jon Pertwee isn’t it). Our dander’s up as we define fan wank, enrage the … Continue reading Episode 45: Drashigs or Dishrags
Join Time Ram as we start a whole new life cycle with Peter Capaldi in “Doctor Who” – otherwise known as Paul McGann’s The TV Movie! It’s time to throw off all those boring old ‘face’ regenerations and become half-Scottish … Continue reading Episode 44: Death Hat 2000
It’s Time (Ram) for us to gird our gas bladders and look at Tom Baker’s ‘The Macra Terror’ (previously associated with Patrick Troughton)! This episode we join the Danger Gang, growl at K9’s head and take part in some inappropriate … Continue reading Episode 43: Terror of the Crablikes
It’s The End of the World – but just the Doctor Who episode, which Time Ram now translates from the Christopher Eccleston to its rightful home in the Tom Baker era! We’re now in the 70’s, when people were natural … Continue reading Episode 42: Armageddon Comes to Milton Jeavons
This Time Ram, we oversee Jon Pertwee’s ‘The Daemons’, now re-jigged and adapted for David Tennant! Find out where the Doctor keeps his slides, what Jackie Tyler thinks of Tony Robinson and who’s been knobbing the milkman* as we visit … Continue reading Episode 41: Torchwood and the Sad Omen
We continue our examination of the Paul McGann era, and his ongoing search for his father Ulysses, with his 4th (5th? 22nd?) episode ‘It Takes You Away’. Finally, we learn about what is canonical Norway, what constitutes too many Graces … Continue reading Episode 40: Norwegian Wood
Time Ram kicks off the Matt Smith era with his opening story, ‘Spearhead from Space’ (previously associated with Jon Pertwee) where we deal with various dilemmas, such as how to play with our twangers, getting to see Peter Wyngarde’s face creases, … Continue reading Episode 39: Dirty Box from Space
Sometimes Time Ram does something really silly. This time, we take the Peter Capaldi episode ‘Twice Upon a Time’ in which the tweflth Doctor meets the first Doctor and ram it into… the first Doctor, William Hartnell. Who now meets … Continue reading Episode 38: Drs. Who and the Dalek