Power of 3

It's a new Doctor Who - The Collection blu-ray release week, and, as ever, we've tied today's book club into it. Today, we're looked at an adventure set during Season 21, and we speak to author Christopher Bulis about Imperial Moon. It starts in a Scottish glen, with the Emperor Queen - and continues on the moon with the Fifth Doctor, Turlough and Kamelion.

A day later than planned (we had to mark the return of missing episodes!), we bring you the second part of our preview of the Doctor Who - The Collection: Season 21. We're delighted to speak to Paul Scoones about writing (and re-writing!) the subtitles for five of the stories in this season, we learn about the new special effects on Warriors of the Deep with Chris Thompson, and finally, the brilliant Chris Chapman returns to discuss his involvement in three special features across the discs. Phew! It's been a busy week - we hope you enjoy!

It's happened at long last - more missing episodes have been returned to the BBC! Episodes one and three of The Daleks' Master Plan are back in the archives, after being found in the estate of a private film collector. Join us as we share our excitement. And you can find out more about the work of Film is Fabulous at their website - https://filmisfabulous.org.uk/

We're just days away from the 1980s being complete on Blu-ray as part of Doctor Who - The Collection. To celebrate, we're looking at how some of the new content has been brought together, as well as restorations of the episodes themselves. In this episode, we speak to the hero that is Mark Ayres, on his work to restore and remaster the audio, PDF king Richard Bignell shares some of the highlights of his researches for the ongoing production archive, while Derek Handley talks us through the photographic galleries. Part two of this preview will arrive later this week.

We're heading into UFO territory, as Doctor Who meets The X Files! Today's book club looks at David A McIntee's First Frontier, a novel which has become known for its shock twist in the years which have followed - the return and regeneration of the Anthony Ainley incarnation of the Master! We feature some archive interviews with the author, which have been read for us by Dr John Bollan, plus the usual reviews and reactions.

We love our Doctor Who animations at the Power of 3. So, we're turning the clock back to 2013, when The Ice Warriors was completed, thanks to the power of animation from Qurios Animation. We speak to the team behind it, Chris Chapman and Niel Bushnell, about their work on it. And Kenny and Dr John discuss their love of the adventure.

Doctor Who goes strange... stranger than ever! Today, we're looking at Simon Messingham's sole entry into the canon of the New Adventures, Strange England. Simon joins us for a discussion on writing the book. As ever, we feature the Doctor Who Magazine prelude and a couple of readings from later in the novel.

The Power of 3 reaches its 500th episode - woohoo! For a podcast that started in 2019, we've done not too badly, with our mix of regular co-conspirators, including Tom Harris, David Steel, Kenny Smith, Dr John Bollan and Steevie Day, plus lots of semi-regulars too. To mark episode 500, we've decided to take a look at an unmade Doctor Who story you've possibly never heard of, featuring the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Turlough, for a story suggested for Season 21. We've brought it to life with guest readers Craig Brawley, James Hadwen-Bennett, Peter Watson and Ken Moss, plus music from Peter Howell. Thanks for sticking with us for the journey - and we've got some great exclusives lined up for the next 100 episodes! (Episode title graphic: Will Brooks)

Remember the good old days, when one of the first features you'd turn to in Doctor Who Magazine was The Time Team? Oh yes, that group of four fans, Jac Rayner, Peter Ware, Richard Bignell and Clayton Hickman, who went through ever episode of classic Who, and sharing their thoughts on them (plus the Dalek movies too). Those features were accompanied by Adrian Salmon's unique artwork, and now, those illustrations have been compiled - along with a host of new images - into a new book, The Time Team Unearthed. We're joined by designer Will Brooks, to discuss the publication, and how it's been brought to life. Plus, Will also shared details about the next book in the Go Figure series, looking at obscure American sci-fi show Star Trek. Order The Time Team Unearthed here - https://www.cutawaycomics.co.uk/publications/the-time-team-unearthed

Terrance Dicks returns to the New Adventures for his second novel featuring the Seventh Doctor, in Blood Harvest. Courtesy of archival interviews with Doctor Who Magazine, and Terrance's biographer Simon Guerrier, and read by Nev Fountain, we bring you the Doctor Who legend's thoughts on his work set in prohibition America. Kenny is joined by James Hadwen-Bennett to discuss this book, which also features James reading the DWM Prelude, plus two extracts from the novel.

We heartily encourage you to sing this episode's title to Ian Levine's seminal classic Doctor In Distress, so here's the first two lines for you... Doctor on Display - Let's All Go To The USA! We're joined today by Keith Barnfather from Reeltime Pictures, plus Brandon Peters, to discuss how the latest Doctor on Display release came about. They reveal details about the big truck that left the UK, and featured in Doctor Who Monthly - but few of us know much more about what happened after that. It's time to tell that story! You can order this release from https://timetraveltv.com/programme/614

Putting the Doctor and Sherlock Holmes together? An elementary idea! Join us as Andy Lane returns to the Power of 3, to talk about two of his favourite fictional heroes, and putting them together in one adventure - All-Consuming Fire. We also have a brief chat with cover artist Jeff Cummins, and feature an excerpt from the audio adaption too. Plus, we have the DWM prelude and a reading from the novel.

It's not often that a friend of yours becomes the producer of Doctor Who... but that's exactly what happened with Derek Ritchie. From his days in the Glasgow Doctor Who group, to overseeing episodes of Peter Capaldi's Doctor, working on Class, Wizards vs Aliens, working with Idris Elba, and a host of other shows, Derek Ritchie joins us on the Power of 3. And stand by for some fantastic new facts!

Who would have thought that Theatre of War would have had such an impact on the Whoniverse? It's famous for introducing Irving Braxiatel, the Doctor's REDACTED, who would go on to appear in Gallifrey, Bernice Summerfield and a host of other audio ranges from Big Finish, as well as original novels. We have interviews with writer Justin Richards, his son Julian, cover artist Jeff Cummins, and audio adaptation cover artist Will Brooks, plus our usual readings and reactions from readers, then and now.

Hot off the presses, the latest publication from Obverse Books's Black Archive series has been released this week. Philip Purser-Hallard takes a look at Paul Erikson and Lesley Scott's The Ark, and how the First Doctor, Steven and Dodo fare when they encounter the future of humanity - and the Monoids. Is it a story of benevolent masters and slaves who turn on them? Join us as we find out more. Order your copy at https://obversebooks.co.uk/product/81-the-ark/

The Power of 3 Book Club returns to the New Adventures for the new few weeks. We return to the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice, and a trip to Peladon with the return of some familiar faces - The Ice Warriors. Gary Russell talks to us about his first novel, and we feature readings of the DWM prelude and an excerpt from the novel.

Hypothetical situation - the faces of four people involved with Doctor Who are to be carved onto a mountain, like Mount Rushmore. So, we asked our team which four faces they would choose - everyone is eligible, whether in front of the camera or behind it. We've got a surprising range of replies from Kenny, Steevie and John (plus Dave pops in via the Space-Time Telegraph). Who would you choose? Let us know!

Under the microscope today is a novel by the godfather of Doctor Who fiction, Mr Terrance Dicks. Today, Catastrophea, his Third Doctor and Jo Past Doctor Adventure for BBC Books, is examined. We're delighted to feature never before seen (or in this case heard!) material from Terrance's archive, courtesy of his widow Elsa and biographer Simon Guerrier. Editor Steve Cole drops by too, to reveal how this novel was commissioned.

Our new irregular series speaking to the Scots who've made Doctor Who on TV continues. We're today joined by Saul Metzstein, who directed five of Matt Smith's stories in Series 7, as well as three of the shorts. Plus, he talks about directing hit TV show Slow Horses.

The Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find themselves in a dead end town on an alien world, in Colony of Lies. Author Colin Brake returns to join us once more, as we take a look at his BBC Past Doctor Adventures novel. Plus, we reveals where Dimensions in Time stands in EastEnders canon, and teases what he may have done if he had taken the script editor's job in Doctor Who if Series 27 had gone ahead!