Episodios

  • 462: Box of Delights RPG, Fighting Fantasy back in print, and Avengers curiousities

    462: Box of Delights RPG, Fighting Fantasy back in print, and Avengers curiousities
    Mar 10 2025
    This week, Christian Cawley looks at some new Box of Delights material, a Fighting Fantasy books Kickstarter, a rediscovered Top of the Pops episode, and a new book about The Avengers (not the lycra superheroes).

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    Shownotes
    • Ncuti Gatwa, Disney, and Russell T Davies rumours podcast
    • AI's role in the search (and recreation) of lost Doctor Who episodes
    • The Box of Delights RPG
    • The Box of Delights features on BBC podcast
    • Fighting Fantasy gamebooks reissued with Kickstarter campaign
    • Catan Masterpiece Series Kickstarter
    • 1938 BBC broadcast picked up in New York
    • Lost episode of Top of the Pops from 1976
    • Avengers Escapades
    • Lost Talking Heads session tapes found
    • Film Is Fabulous "Cultural Significance"
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    30 m
  • 461: Are tech billionaires the new gods of a secular age?

    461: Are tech billionaires the new gods of a secular age?
    Mar 3 2025
    This week, Christian chats with comedian Garrett Millerick about his standup show, Just Trying to Help, which is available to watch on YouTube now, and is recommended.

    The thrust of the conversation is about our relationships with people like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg (and to a lesser extent Richard Branson...) and how they influence the modern world.

    While it might be a slight diversion from the usual conversation on this show, we do refer to generative AI, a regular topic of discussion here.

    Our wide-ranging chat takes in everything from baby names to iPhone-based immortality, and I think you will enjoy it.

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    Shownotes
    • Just Trying To Help (Full Comedy Special)
    • Do Gooders on Radio 4
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    27 m
  • 460: Has Ncuti Gatwa quit Doctor Who, and is Disney pulling out?

    460: Has Ncuti Gatwa quit Doctor Who, and is Disney pulling out?
    Feb 26 2025
    Christian Cawley and James McLean discuss the recent media reports that Ncuti Gatwa has quit Doctor Who. This is the full-length discussion, which also features exchanges on accusations of "wokery" across the show's recent storylines, Disney's involvement, and how the BBC still doesn't seem to know who the show's audience is.

    Let us know what you think about all of this.

    Shownotes
    • Sun reports Ncuti Gatwa has quit Doctor Who, Disney possibly cancelling deal
    • BBC issues response to Ncuti Gatwa/Disney/RTD rumours
    • Telegraph report on the story, with quotes from "insiders" (paywalled)
    • Why you should watch Life on Mars
    • We discuss Doctor Who and the Communist with author Michael Herbert
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    40 m
  • 459: Artificial Intelligence and Doctor Who Missing Episodes

    459: Artificial Intelligence and Doctor Who Missing Episodes
    Feb 19 2025
    Welcome to a new edition of the famously non-award-winning podcast, now in its 18th year of critical acclaim-free production!

    This week, Christian Cawley and James McLean are here to talk about Doctor Who topics: Tom Baker's OBE, the passing of David A McIntee, and the activities of generative AI creators.

    Is it a good idea to create missing episodes of Doctor Who with generative AI? Does it have artistic merit? Do the power requirements negate its relative trivial relevance? These, and many other questions, are posed and discussed by your hosts.

    Shownotes
    • Tom Baker (finally) gets CBE
    • Doctor Who In Memoriam 2024
      • David A McIntee (Wikipedia)
    • Doctor Who AI Missing Episodes sample (also used as our featured image)
    • Marvel's new Fantastic 4 using AI art for promo poster?
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    42 m
  • 458: Beam Me Up… Star Trek! New Bowie tracks! And Alien Too!

    458: Beam Me Up… Star Trek! New Bowie tracks! And Alien Too!
    Feb 13 2025
    We're back! It has been a few weeks, but 2025 is in full swing, so it makes sense to get the podcast up and running again. This week Christian covers a bunch of stuff, from Star Trek Discovery being ejected from continuity to a new Alien RPG. Oh, and a look at those David Bowie tapes from the Young Americans era.

    It's all in the latest edition of Kasterborous, the podcast that explores the biggest stories in retro pop culture

    Shownotes
    In this week's show:

    • New ZX Spectrum
      • Christian's retro site at www.gamingretro.co.uk
    • Century 21 Films wins rights to some Network DVD extras and the Filmed in Supermarionation documentary
    • Robin of Sherwood 1987 annual reissued
    • Star Trek Discovery deleted
      • We discuss Star Trek Discovery episode 1
    • Missing Believed Wiped:
      • Songs of Praise from 1979
        • Not the Nine o'Clock News "Songs of Praise" sketch
      • John Craven's Newsround from 28/10/1982
      • Open University production of St Joan (starring Angela Pleasance) from August 1977
    • Lost David Bowie session tapes found, but cannot be played
    • Becoming Led Zeppelin trailer
    • Alien RPG Evolved Edition heads to Kickstarter
    • Blake's 7 Magazine
    Never before have these words been typed in this order.

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    30 m
  • 457: The TV listings guides of Christmas past

    457: The TV listings guides of Christmas past
    Dec 24 2024
    This week, to celebrate the arrival of The Big Man, James McLean and Christian Cawley cast their minds back to years passed. Once upon a time, a key element of Christmas was to circle shows in the TV listings guides, claiming a stake on the family television to watch key televisual experiences.

    What has happened to this ritual? Who even cares about communal Christmas family viewing in 2024? And what might replace it?

    We'd like to thank you for your support, and wish you a very happy Christmas, whatever your celebratory preferences.

    Shownotes
    We can't tell you where to find a listings magazine for this year. But we can show you some from the past...

    • UK Christmas TV Listings Archive
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    39 m
  • 456: Adrian Salmon and Gareth Kavanagh chat The Time Team Unearthed Kickstarter

    456: Adrian Salmon and Gareth Kavanagh chat The Time Team Unearthed Kickstarter
    Dec 18 2024
    This week, James and Christian are joined by Gareth Kavanagh and Adrian Salmon to discuss a new Kickstarter, The Time Team Unearthed. Showcasing the Doctor Who Art of Adrian Salmon from the pages of Doctor Who Magazine's original monthly Time Team feature, the project breached its target within hours of going live.

    Stretch goals are available, and Gareth and Adrian explain why you should support this campaign, what you can expect from the book and its various configurations. Adrian also recalls the evolution of the process of producing art for DWM from the late 1990s through to the late 2000s.

    Shownotes
    • The Time Team Unearthed: The Doctor Who Art of Adrian Salmon

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    41 m
  • 455: Star Wars Skeleton Crew launches, Time Team Unearthed Kickstarter smashes target

    455: Star Wars Skeleton Crew launches, Time Team Unearthed Kickstarter smashes target
    Dec 11 2024
    Hello! Welcome to this week's slightly late podcast. Christian hosts solo this week, taking in everything from Star Wars and a new book of Adrian Salmon Doctor Who art to music documentaries from Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin, and a star in a medium priced car, way back in 1987...

    Shownotes
    In this week's show, you'll hear reference to:

    • Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
    • The Time Team Unearthed Kickstarter
    • Doctor Who Christmas special trailer
    • Star Trek Adventures - second edition
    • Mega City Comics closes
    • Film Is Fabulous/De Montfort announcement on Maurice Haynes collection
    • Apple announces Fleetwood Mac movie documentary
    • Becoming Led Zeppelin trailer released online
    • Richard E Grant advertises Vauxhall Astra, 1987
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    26 m