Doctor Who Target Book Club Podcast
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Doctor Who Target Book Club Podcast
Welcome to the DOCTOR WHO TARGET BOOK CLUB PODCAST, the podcast in which we undertake the [insert adjective here] project of discussing, in story order, all of the DOCTOR WHO novelizations!
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EP 183: BATTLEFIELD
What’s the big difference between the premiere episode of DOCTOR WHO’S twenty-sixth season have to do with Spike Lee’s DO THE RIGHT THING? One has ful...
EP 181: GREATEST SHOW IN THE GALAXY
Why does Ace’s aunt hate the ‘60s so much? Does the Doctor actually know ahead of time that the Gods of Ragnarok are on Segonax? And why does the Doct...
EP 180: SILVER NEMESIS
The Doctor and Ace take time out to listen to some jazz. Oh, and there are some Nazis involved. And a female practitioner of the dark arts from the 1...
EP 179: THE HAPPINESS PATROL
A colony with a delusional leader insisting that everything is fine, that everyone is happy, and that all those disappearances you’ve been hearing abo...
EP 178: REMEMBRANCE OF THE DALEKS
Now a bumper volume! Almost two hours of discussion on such topics as inappropriate relationships, redshirts with names and rich interior lives, and w...
EP 177: THE AGE OF CHAOS
What’s this?! Has a new Doctor regenerated into an old familiar face? No, that sort of dumbassery only happens on Disney shows. Instead, we’re going...
EP 176: DRAGONFIRE
The first season of the McCoy era comes to a close, with a new companion and…a vampire story?! Really?! Were we the only ones who didn’t see this? Com...
EP 175: DELTA AND THE-BANNERMEN
It’s the ‘50s, and there’s a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on. There’s also a whole lotta peeing. (You already know what we’re talking about, right?). Com...
EP 174: PARADISE TOWERS
One of the joys of reading a novelization is reliving a story that you’ve always loved. Another joy of reading a novelization is not having to see th...
EP 173: TIME AND THE RANI
It’s a new era, and we celebrate…never having to read another Pip and Jane Baker book again. (Did you really think I was about to say “the beginning o...
EP 172: THE ULTIMATE FOE
Who would’ve believed that we could discuss THE ULTIMATE FOE for longer than the actual run-time of the story – and that we could say mostly positive...
EP 171: TERROR OF THE VERVOIDS
Killer plants! A murder mystery! Scheming agronomists! Ellipses…sentence fragments…and exclamation marks! EVERYWHERE! And so much new vocab! Come join...
EP 170: MINDWARP
Is Peri dead? Is she unhappy in a forced marriage? Is she unhappy as the manager of a pro wrestler named Yrcanos? And what exactly does “Vroomnik” mea...
EP 169: THE MYSTERIOUS PLANET
What is the mystery of Ravalox? Is there really any Sixth Doctor and Peri slash fiction out there? And why are some car owners such a**holes? Join T...
EP 168: EVIL OF THE DALEKS REDUX
Is Kemel the most racist character created for the classic series? Did the Second Doctor really commit genocide? And did we really need a novelizatio...
EP 167: FRAZER HINES INTERVIEW
What does Frazer Hines remember most about EVIL OF THE DALEKS? What convinced him to write his own version of it? And what did Sonny Caldinez do to g...
EP 166: HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2024
The year wouldn’t be complete without our light and calorie-free (not to mention mostly content-free) Holiday Special, and what better way to celebrat...
EP 165: SLIPBACK
Saward’s not done with the show at this point yet, but we’re done with Saward, and it’s about…well, mostly about Douglas Adams, to be honest. If imit...
EP 164: MISSION TO MAGNUS
The Ice Warriors are back, and it’s about…well, ice, really. And a virus that kills off men. And a female-dominated society trying to fight a male-dom...
EP 163: THE ULTIMATE EVIL
It's THE ULTIMATE EVIL! …but enough about the election. Now that certain lunatics are back in the White House, do we go back to calling him DWARF Mor...
EP 162: THE NIGHTMARE FAIR
In some alternate universe, the BBC had complete confidence in Colin Baker; Season 23 was produced and premiered right on schedule; and Graham William...
EP 161: REVELATION OF THE DALEKS
Last time Eric Saward squared off against the New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club, it didn’t go so well for him. What about this time? Has Saward learned...
EP 160: TIMELASH
Some fans have called this story cursed, and after losing two-thirds of our first attempt to record this episode and then having to remount it three w...
EP 159: SEARCH FOR THE DOCTOR
You’re listening to your favorite podcast (ha!), and they decide to cover SEARCH FOR THE DOCTOR by Dave Martin, one of the FIND YOUR FATE books featur...
EP 158: THE TWO DOCTORS
Name me another podcast where such varied subjects as Season 6B, the morality of vegetarianism, the inherent racism of DOCTOR WHO, and the relative se...
EP 157: THE MARK OF THE RANI
For this synopsis, I tried to come up with jokes about the Master hanging around in a field waiting for the Doctor or the Rani giving one of her victi...
EP 156: VENGEANCE ON VAROS
What exactly is the literary equivalent of a video nasty? And does the novelization of VENGEANCE ON VAROS really fit the bill, or is it more of a poli...
EP 155: ATTACK OF THE CYBERMEN
Cybermen, Cryons, and cops – oh my! Add to all of that enough fanwank that the story should come with its own box of Kleenex, and you’ve got a recipe...
EP 154: THE TWIN DILEMMA
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Eric Saward’s books are a bit…much. So what is a band of jaded reviewers to do when Saward takes a turd l...
EP 153: THE CAVES OF ANDROZANI
It’s considered not only one of the best but THE best story of the classic series. But can even Terrance Dicks translate the greatness that is THE CA...
EP 152: TURLOUGH AND THE EARTHLINK DILEMMA
What do you think happened to Turlough and his brother Malcon went they went back to Trion after the events of PLANET OF FIRE? Well, whatever you gue...
EP 151: PLANET OF FIRE
While we could have done an entire episode full of jokes about how the producer, the writer, and two stars in this story were “flamers,” we didn’t. (B...
EP 150: RESURRECTION OF THE DALEKS
Eric Saward’s novelization of his 1984 was almost 40 years in the making. Was it worth the wait? …Seriously, we’re asking. Oh, and we read a much bett...
EP 149: PAUL SCOONES INTERVIEW
Why are there two novelizations of RESURRECTION OF THE DALEKS – and why is only one of them any good? This time we discuss the fan version of the nove...
EP 148: FRONTIOS
What could be worse than being sucked through the earth? Having our panelists make dirty jokes about it. (Heh. “Dirty” jokes.) Come join Tony Whitt,...
EP 147: THE AWAKENING
What does Kate Chopin’s 1899 novel about a woman cheating on her husband before drowning herself have to do with a two-part DOCTOR WHO story from 1984...
EP 146: WARRIORS OF THE DEEP
Come on in, the water’s fine! Mind you, it’s infested with Sea Bases, Silurians, and Sea Devils, with the occasional foreign saboteur thrown in, but i...
EP 145: AN UNEARTHLY CHILD REDUX
It’s (still, barely) the 60th anniversary of DOCTOR WHO, and to celebrate, we’ve decided to take a little trip back in time ourselves, to discuss the...
EP 144: (NEARLY) 60 YEARS OFF TARGET
It’s the 60th anniversary of DOCTOR WHO, and the moment has been prepared for! Well, mostly, if you consider a PowerPoint presented at Chicago TARDIS...