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Four different Doctor Who Podcasts from award winning comedian Toby Hadoke, whose Edinburgh show Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf became a West End hit, toured the world, and became a Sony nominated BBC Radio series. The podcasts are: ”Season One” : Happy Times and Places - episode commentaries (a video version is also available on You Tube). Released twice weekly. ”Season 2” : Too Much Information - an episode-by-episode examination of the making of the series. Released once a month. ”Season 3” : Indefinable Magic - whimsical essays inspired by the show. Released at least once a month. BONUS ”Season 4” : (Far) Too Much Information - a spin-off from Too Much Information containing all the stuff deemed too geeky for the above... (initially available to Patrons only but there is an example on here). Please see www.patreon.com/tobyhadoke for early and bonus releases Please join the mailing list at www.tobyhadoke.com Please subscribe to Toby Hadoke’s You Tube channel.
Episodes
Friday Jun 03, 2022
Happy Times and Places 36.4 - Pyramids of Mars 4
Friday Jun 03, 2022
Friday Jun 03, 2022
Now then, there is no doubt that this is one of the best Doctor Who stories of all time but... (whisper it) ... part four isn't really the story's finest 24 minutes. It's a lot of wandering around on a set. Your host Toby Hadoke approaches it with trepidation, not having had a lot of the padding of this episode as part of his childhood viewing on VHS (it was cut from the BBC release). So will this end on a damp squib, or can guest Richard Bignell's enthusiasm get everyone to the finish line?
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Too Much Information 2.6 - The Ordeal
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
And so the first Dalek story comes to the part of Terry Nation's storyline that took up the leats space in his initial breakdown. There's not a lot of plot but plenty of jeopardy as Ian and co traverse the maze of tunnels on the mountainside. Behind the scenes there's a new director and designer and the Daleks are starting t made an impact on surrounding popular culture. So enjoy the who, What and Where of the penultimate episode of this epic tale, and then drop in with one of its guest stars who enables us to make this perhaps the only classic Doctor Who podcast to mention Donatella Versace and Naomi Campbell.
Please support these podcasts on Patreon, where you will get advance releases, exclusive content (including a patron only podcast - Far Too Much information), regular AMAs and more. Tiers start from as little as £3 per month.
Or there is Ko-fi for the occasionally donation with no commitments:
Follow Toby on Twitter
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Friday Jun 10, 2022
Happy Times and Places 37.1 - The Macra Terror 1
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Your host Toby Hadoke to work himself up to do this one - a story he has always enjoyed (and really had a good time with in his book Running Through Corridors). This time though, it felt like it was going to be a chore as it is all telesnaps and guesswork. So he grits his teeth and off he goes, with the delightful and insightful Michael Dennis - playwright and theatre fellow - as company... and boy are the results worth it. Not a story many people talk about, The Macra Terror, and that's a shame, because there's a lot to like. There's also a lot to guess!
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Happy Times and Places 37.2 - The Macra Terror 2
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
"There is no such thing as Happy Times and Place 37.2" etc.
Of course there is. And this is it. a rewarding look at an under appreciated story with special guest Michael Dennis, who has worked extensively in theatre as a company manager and is an excellent writer too. But will host Toby Hadoke manage to stay in control...?
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Happy Times and Places 37.3 - The Macra Terror 3
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
It's funny doing these with the old telesnaps. Bit of a challenge. But fortunately we have an excellent guest in the form of writer and Man of the Theatre Michael Dennis, and the script and production of The Macra Terror throw up plenty of things to talk about. So hopefully host Toby Hadoke will be able to claw some enjoyment from this...
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Happy Times and Places 37.4 - The Macra Terror 4
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Your host Toby Hadoke is very tired on this one, so he barely has the energy for a Highland fling. Hopefully he makes up for his lack of energy in the post-commentary coda. And fortunately, brilliant guest Michael Dennis (who wrote for Mark Gatiss' excellent Queers anthology of monologues) is on hand to be far more interesting, eloquent and, well, awake than Toby is. Hopefully those of you less familiar with this story come away with a newfound appreciation for it after this. And that one of you has it in your attic.
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Indefinable Magic 16 - You’ve Maddened It...
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
We can be an angry bunch, we Doctor Who fans. What is it about the unifying joy of a silly old show about fun and adventure that can cause so many scarlet faces and unpleasant outbursts? It seems odd that a show about a benign and kindly alien can cause such vitriol amongst its admirers. or is that seething anger within us all, and the programme just a healthy outlet for it. Host Toby Hadoke proffers some opinions - but don't be cross if they're not the same as yours!
Please support these podcasts on Patreon, where you will get advance releases, exclusive content (including a patron only podcast - Far Too Much information), regular AMAs and more. Tiers start form as little as £3 per month.
Or there is Ko-fi for the occasionally donation with no commitments:
Follow Toby on Twitter
@tobyhadoke
And these podcasts
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Friday Jun 24, 2022
Happy Times and Places Omnibus - Inferno
Friday Jun 24, 2022
Friday Jun 24, 2022
Well this is an epic. Strap on your eyepatches as Doctor Who TV movie actor Jeremy Radick chooses, from an alternative universe, his favourite things about this classic tale. How close will he and host Toby Hadoke be in their choices - will they run parallel? Or will the whole thing turn out to be one massive bore?
Please support these podcasts on Patreon, where you will get advance releases, exclusive content (including a patron only podcast - Far Too Much information), regular AMAs and more. Tiers start form as little as £3 per month.
Or there is Ko-fi for the occasionally donation with no commitments:
Follow Toby on Twitter
@tobyhadoke
And these podcasts
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Monday Jun 27, 2022
Happy Times and Places 38.1 - The Daleks’ Masterplan 1
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Strap yourselves in - it's the start of an epic, largely missing Doctor Who story. We have 12 instalments of this, and being perfectly honest with you, host Toby Hadoke was worried this would be a bit of a chore. Yet thanks to the events of this mammoth tale, and the brilliant perspective provided by guest Ian K McLachlan, one of the fans who was there at the very beginning, this has proved to be one of the most popular commentaries in the series if feedback from patrons is anything to go by.
Please support these podcasts on Patreon, where you will get advance releases, exclusive content (including a patron only podcast - Far Too Much information), regular AMAs and more. Tiers start form as little as £3 per month.
Or there is Ko-fi for the occasionally donation with no commitments:
Follow Toby on Twitter
@tobyhadoke
And these podcasts
@HadokePodcasts
www.tobyhadoke.com for news, blog, mailing list and more.
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Happy times and Places 38.2 - The Daleks’ Masterplan 2
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Oooh, this episode exists! Hooray. Host Toby Hadoke remembers when it didn't, so it still all seems a bit new to him. And what a gorgeous episode it is, with its superb aliens and its even more superb human villain, Mavis Chen. Make sure you've worked out your special hand movements as Toby sits down with long term fan Ian McLachlan and see if there's a bigger candidate for Silliest Sod in the Universe than stroppy alien Zephon, marvel and the odd delivery of Katarina, and fall in love with Nicholas Courtney all over again.
Please support these podcasts on Patreon, where you will get advance releases, exclusive content (including a patron only podcast - Far Too Much information), regular AMAs and more. Tiers start form as little as £3 per month.
Or there is Ko-fi for the occasionally donation with no commitments:
Follow Toby on Twitter
@tobyhadoke
And these podcasts
@HadokePodcasts
www.tobyhadoke.com for news, blog, mailing list and more.