Doctor Who: Toby Hadoke’s Time Travels

Happy Times and Places 29.3 - The War Machines 3

There are a few bits still missing from this. probably runs and death and jeopardy - they don't like excitement, the censors. Still, that makes the re-insertion of little bits as exciting a part of this as the story itself, which features the military attacking the War Machine to no avail, but Doctor Who (as he is no longer called) being magnificently unperturbed by the advancing menace in the episode's climax. Will host Toby Hadoke be able to guess what special guest, the very silly Pip Madeley, likes best about this? Will you? Will WOTAN?

Happy Times and Places 29.4 - The War Machines 4

So Ben and Polly complete their audition to be the new TARDIS crew, and the Hartnell era draws to a close in terms of stories we can actually see the whole of. So what does Pip Madeley, Twitter sensation, make of it all, and will he and Toby choose the same favourite thing as Frank Butcher from Eastenders, Skart from The Power of Kroll but not Mike Yarwood do battle against a giant computer and put a box in the ring. 

Happy Times and Places 30.1 - The Seeds of Death 1

Ubiquitous for fans of a certain age - the first Troughton story released on VHS and so pored over so much that every line, every camera move, every Ice Warrior's tummy rumble still exists somewhere imprinted in the synapses of the young collectors of yesteryear. Of which your host Toby Hadoke is one, and so his guest Jaye Butler Moore will choose many things that chime with Toby's choices - but will they all chime at the same time? This is the second Happy times and Places story in a row to be directed by Michael Ferguson. A coincidence at the time of recording, but as Michael has sadly passed away since then, it means that this month can be a small tribute to his work in this little corner of the internet. 

Happy Times and Places 30.2 - The Seeds of Death 2

No Moonbase clearance is needed to hop aboard the podcast rocket and set off for episode two of The Seeds of Death, in which Commander Radnor's fuzzy felt costume continues to falter, whilst Miss Kelly's rubber armadillo gear draws the eye. But will either of those things be what guest Jaye Butler Moore likes best about this episode? There's only one way to find out - podcast sending now, audience receiving now, dispatch completed. 

Happy Times and Places 30.3 - The Seeds of Death 3

There's a lot of plinky-plonky piano music in this episode. Oh, and a seed. Right near the end. Finally, a seed in The Seeds of Death. Nearly halfway through! But what will Jaye Butler Moore choose to celebrate about this instalment, and will host Toby Hadoke agree? It certainly won't be Ronald Leigh-Hunt's terrible outfits that's for sure. 

Happy Times and Places 30.4 - The Seeds of Death 4

What's Jaye Butler Moore's favourite thing about this episode? Well it won't be Patrick Troughton that is for sure - because he is not in it. The Tommy Laird Doctor takes centre snooze for this one: but that doesn't mean that there isn't plenty of action as the Ice Warrior is on the march, the foam machine is in overdrive, and Phipps tries to shoulder some of the story.

Happy Times and Places 30.5 - The Seeds of Death 5

Toby Hadoke, your host, is up against a deadline so this one was recorded pretty close to the wire. Time waits for no man, and rain can stop play. What will guest Jaye Butler Moore make of this week's instalment? Will viewers blow hot or cold? Or can the story weather the storm? Feel free to add any more weather based puns of your own at this point.,..

Happy Times and Places 30.6 - The Seeds of Death 6

For fans of a certain age (like your host Toby Hadoke, so that is certain as in "certainly getting on a bit") it is so hard to be objective about this story, so familiar is it from the VHS in all its unrestored, vacillating quality glory. But there has been plenty to enjoy, even though guest Jaye Butler Moore has outplayed Toby at nearly every turn. But there's still time some some plinky plonky music, some hissing aliens, and the sound of the story grinding to a halt. Your plucky duo have to come up with two things this time around - let's see if they can agree.

Too Much Information 2.4 - The Ambush

Time for a deep dive into episode four of the first Dalek story. This podcast uncovers an interesting and previously unremarked upon fact/observation about an aspect of the episode caused by the knock on of the re-recording of the adventure's first episode. Your host Toby Hadoke also tells the story of one of the guest cast who was once described as Britain's Best Dressed Actor, and it gives a timeline to the development and eventual realisation of this, the first episode in which we see the Daleks take a life.

 

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Happy Times and Places Omnibus - Nightmare of Eden

Omnibus release for this divisive Doctor Who story from Season 17, a period of the show that polarises Doctor Who fandom. Will it polarise guest Derek O'Brien and host Toby Hadoke, or will their opinions collide in the hyperspace of opinion?