Reality Check: Being Doctor Who

Reality Check: Being Doctor Who

With another season of the show currently over, Alex Fitch looks at the enduring legacy of Doctor Who in a trio of interviews originating at a ‘Who’ convention in the Home Counties. Alex talks to former Doctor Sylvester McCoy, former Time Lord nemesis (and honorary Doctor) Michael Jayston, and also to San Franciscan cosplay expert Johanna Mead about her creating Who inspired costumes and contributing to the anthology ‘Chicks dig Time Lords’.

A soslovie of ersatz Doctors gather outside a replica TARDIS at the Time Quest 2 convention in Theobalds park

A soslovie of ersatz Doctors gather outside a replica TARDIS at the Time Quest 2 convention in Theobalds park

For more info about this podcast and a variety of other episodes you can download, please visit the home of this episode at www.sci-fi-london.com

Links: Wikipedia pages on Sylvester McCoy and Michael Jayston, a.k.a. The Valeyard

Listen to the accompanying podcast featuring an interview with Doctor Who writer Rob Shearman also recorded at Theobalds park

Doctor Who audio trailer archive

Johanna Mead‘s website – www.skaro.com

Buy Chicks dig Timelords featuring Johanna Mead from www.madnorwegian.com

Buy He Jests at Scars starring Michael Jayston and ‘season 27’ starring Sylvester McCoy at www.bigfinish.com

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Hooting Yard: Hark!

Back at the house, Dennis sat looking at his mother in her winding-sheet. He was perplexed that she had called him Ivan, for he had not put two and two together. He was soft in the head, and a worrier. If he was Ivan, he wondered, where was Dennis? He decided to set off in search of Dennis.

This episode was recorded on the 4th March 2010. A complete transcript of this episode can be found on Frank Key’s Hooting Yard website. Accompanying Hooting Yard On The Air, the four publications We Were Puny, They Were Vapid, Gravitas, Punctilio, Rectitude & Pippy Bags, Unspeakable Desolation Pouring Down From The Stars and Befuddled By Cormorants are available for purchase.

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Voice On Record: Episode 18 (Ireland – part 2)

Tales and stories from an Irish fireside, some Irish language, some Yeats, and also the third part of TS Eliot’s Murder In The Cathedral. Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings of the human voice which have been preserved on vinyl. Historic events stand alongside esoteric guides to better bowling. Arid studio recordings are juxtaposed with location recordings rich with fascinating incidental sounds.

Originally broadcast on  January 5th 2010

http://sbkw.net/voiceonrecord.php

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Voice On Record: Episode 17 (Christmas Special)

This special edition of Voice on Record begins with Kenneth Williams, ends with Dylan Thomas and, on the way, we hear Christmas messages from Kings George (5th and 6th),  Queen Elizabeth 2nd and (from Christmas Eve, 1968) the crew of Apollo 8.

Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings of the human voice which have been preserved on vinyl. Historic events stand alongside esoteric guides to better bowling. Arid studio recordings are juxtaposed with location recordings rich with fascinating incidental sounds.

Originally produced for Christmas 2009

http://sbkw.net/voiceonrecord.php

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Voice On Record: Episode 16 (Ireland part 1)

The first of three shows on Ireland, including works read by Yeats, O’Casey and Heaney, and a special experiment using Robert Frost’s readings of “After Apple Picking”. Also featuring part 2 of TS Eliot’s “Murder In The Cathedral”. Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings of the human voice which have been preserved on vinyl. Historic events stand alongside esoteric guides to better bowling. Arid studio recordings are juxtaposed with location recordings rich with fascinating incidental sounds.

Originally broadcast on December 15th 2009

http://sbkw.net/voiceonrecord.php

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Clear Spot: 8th February 2010 (Esteban Antonio)

This Clear Spot features an interview with, and performance by, Esteban Antonio. The guitarist, world-musician and inventor initially reflects on his attraction to, and subsequent mastery of, the guitar, citing some of his major influences and experiences. In the second section, he introduces his invention; a seventeen stringed, three necked instrument which he calls the Ha-Shem. Esteban plays three compositions: Tears of the Latter Rain, the Voice of Many Waters, and, Dreams, Legends and the Spirit; describing the techniques he has developed to achieve his new repertoire.
First broadcast on  February 8th 2010
www.estebanantonio.co.uk

Produced and Presented by Lee Stapleford

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Voice On Record: Episode 15 (Smorgasbord)

A random mix of requested pieces and miscellaneous selections.

Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings of the human voice which have been preserved on vinyl. Historic events stand alongside esoteric guides to better bowling. Arid studio recordings are juxtaposed with location recordings rich with fascinating incidental sounds.

Originally broadcast on December 8th 2009.

http://sbkw.net/voiceonrecord.php

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Voice On Record: Episode 14 (Elephants and Heffalumps)


Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings of the human voice which have been preserved on vinyl. Historic events stand alongside esoteric guides to better bowling. Arid studio recordings are juxtaposed with location recordings rich with fascinating incidental sounds.

Originally broadcast on December 1st 2009.

http://sbkw.net/voiceonrecord.php

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Wavelength – 2008 May 30th Cough-In

William invites guests to phone in sick with studio guest and living legend Hugh de la Cruz who plays a virtuoso performance on a plastic inhaler.

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Wavelength – 2008 March 28th Hell Hounds

Captain Maurice Seddon Part 2: Hell Hounds. The continuing saga of Maurice and the local council who are threatening to remove his dogs. Maurice has lost 3 consecutive court cases and is now considering taking the case to Strasbourg.

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