Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast

Episode 149: The Church On Ruby Road Review

It’s practically impossible pleasing the entirety of Doctor Who fandom, but when Bad Wolf Studios and the BBC confirmed plans for the Doctor Who Christmas Special to return? It came pretty close. Staple of the British TV schedules for over a decade from 2005 onwards and much missed even by the general audience!

On Christmas Day 2023, we were served a steaming hot hour of snow, steeples, goblins and all the trimmings in The Church on Ruby Road written by returning showrunner Russell T Davies. Featuring the first full length adventure of our new Doctor and the debut of the series newest companion, Ruby Sunday.

Now a few months on we bring you a full review of the special: our initial thoughts on Ncuti Gatwa’s incarnation of the Doctor and best guesses as to where things could go from here. Join regular host Dan Hadley with original co-host Kyle Wagner returning to the console room! Alongside the ever-insightful Charlotte Shields for some late Christmas cheer! Timed to coincide with Disney+ repackaging the special internationally to launch the first season of this all-important All New restart. Stream or download Type 40: A Doctor Who Podcast HERE:

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Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 148: One Vision

New Season Preview 2024 With Ian Levine

Our long running Doctor Who podcast returns to commence coverage of the Ncuti Gatwa era, beginning with this traditional preview of the first season premiering now on BBC iPLAYER and Disney+

The new era rather stalled on Boxing Day! Now we’ve official word of what’s to come in his first entire season of the 15th Doctors adventures! And we're not alone because our guest once again is fandom legend, Ian Levine: Saviour of the Daleks and one of Doctor Who most seasoned commentators. Who better for regular panellists Simon, Charlotte and Dan to decode the title teasers and hunt for answers to the questions on all our minds? Ian doesn’t hold back and we’re proud to have had his input at this crucial time for the series PLUS there’s updates on his projects reconstructing the missing 60’s episodes. Get it all when you stream or download Type 40: A Doctor Who Podcast HERE:

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Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast

Episode 147: With Ian Levine

There’s been a massive amount of public interest surrounding Doctor Who since its debut. Association with it has both made and arguably ended fortunes. There are a select set of people who seem inseparable from it. Generally they’re those you’d think! Many household names and industry darlings. And then there’s Ian Levine…

A tremendously successful man in his chosen fields or Songwriting and Music Production. To fellow fans though, he’s perhaps a polarising yet undoubtedly fascinating person. He joins regular hosts Sarah, Simon and Dan for this extended exclusive new interview. Just as he’s wowing the Whoniverse with a brand-new project, to bring the missing episodes back to life. Where do we start? How on Earth could we finish?? What dirt could he dish? Is Ian Levine really the ultimate Doctor Who fan? Find out when you stream or download our conversation HERE:

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Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast

Episode 146: DWAS Reimagined with Tony Jordan

Times are changing for The Doctor Who Appreciation Society! Perhaps the most monumental changes in the near 5 decades of this, the largest global fan club for dedicated followers of our favourite TV series. Whether you're a member, a lapsed member or a never-have-been a member? There's everything you could ever want to know about this timely reinvention of DWAS on the latest edition of Type 40: A Doctor Who Podcast. DWAS Co-ordinator Tony Jordan joins regular hosts Simon, Sarah and Dan to explain the vision of the future that's being prepared for, as revealed earlier this week in a Special Announcement. Encompassing not just what it means to belong to the society itself, but also its long-standing magazine “Celestial Toyroom” among other things. It’s a bold plan and Tony makes for entertaining and authoritative company. Stream or download the conversation HERE:

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Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast

Episode 145: Plant Life with Will Hadcroft

Our first guest of 2024 on the Fandom Podcast Network’s long running Doctor Who show brings more than one story to tell! Writer Will Hadcroft’s been a fan of the series all his life. Despite being an author and publisher of several books in the last two decades, it’s been a long-held ambition to tell an original story of his own featuring the Time Lord…

Happily, Doctor Who: The Resurrection Plant by Will Hadcroft was released on CD and download by BBC Audio and has proven tremendously popular. Will joins regular host Dan Hadley to take you inside the entire writing process, recap some of the creative challenges and disclose his influences and inspirations.

Not only that, Type 40 brings you exclusive news of Will’s follow up Doctor Who title, due for release Summer 2024! Making this a superb listen for time travellers and aspiring writers alike. Stream or download the conversation HERE:

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Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast

Episode 144: & Company at Whooverville 14

Take your seat and listen up! It’s a special episode of our Doctor Who Podcast. The very first recorded completely LIVE on stage with special guests and an audience of companions, friends and fellow fans…

Last Autumn we were invited to cover one of the biggest conventions of the Doctor Who calendar: the 14th Whooverville event at Quad in Derby. Not only that: regular hosts Simon Horton and Dan Hadley hosted this interview panel, with three unsuspecting guests, which you can get to enjoy now in full!

Hear the boys’ question, tease and test their panel: actor Tim Treloar who’s plays the Third Doctor in ongoing audio drama releases. Jonathan Carley’s likewise been acclaimed for his work as the War Doctor on the Big Finish range. Whilst Gary Russell is undoubtedly one of the most recognisable and reliable names in Doctor Who publishing.

Our gratitude to The Whoovers convention organisers Stephen Hatcher & Andrew-Mark Thompson and Garfield Productions who recorded the material for Type 40. Whether you’re listening or watching we know you’ll enjoy this one-off conversation to stream or download HERE:

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Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast

Episode 143: With Christopher Jones

There’ve been Doctor Who comic strips for almost as long as there’s been Doctor Who! The Doctor’s have rarely been out of British comics since 1964. In recent decades the international comic book market also published a succession of titles in the Marvel or DC format, employing some of the industry's most exciting talents to write and draw!

Christopher Jones is a comics professional: illustrator, storyboard artist and Educator from America who’s loved Doctor Who for years! Having worked for the “big two” and in television bringing to life some of pop cultures most colourful characters, he was a natural fit to draw classic incarnations of the Doctor. Now he’s returned to the Whoniverse as one of the creators involved in this exciting new graphic novel tying into the 60th anniversary, “Once Upon A Time Lord”.

Christopher joins regular host, Dan Hadley to preview the book, tell the story of his action-packed career and disclose the extent of his passion for our favourite television series. It’s the ideal conversation to bring our coverage of Doctor Who’s diamond anniversary year itself to a close. Available for you to stream or download HERE:

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Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast

Episode 142: Whoniversal – 60 Years of Doctor Who Special

Finally we’re arrived at the desired co-ordinates: after the longest countdown in Doctor Who’s long history. There are three all-new diamond anniversary specials about to materialise and a great deal to look forward to over the coming months, as the series is reborn once again…

Here we offer our fellow fans, friends and companions a special edition of Type 40: A Doctor Who Podcast marking our favourite TV series 60th anniversary!

Join longtime hosts Sarah Graham, Simon Horton and Dan Hadley for a trip begins with the unveiling of the BBC’s dedicated hub for all things Doctor Who on the iPLAYER platform: The Whoniverse! Together they ask the question, what’s the perfect recipe for success in telling further adventures in space and time?

PLUS for the very first time, the panel are watching an episode together! Have fingers ready on play buttons to hear our commentary track on the very first episode of Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child. There’s lots more waiting too when you stream or download HERE:

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