A Podcast of Spurious Morality: Recent Episodes
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Johnstone and Gareth return to discuss more Doctor Who Monthly Range releases, including the all-time classic, Spare Parts.
Johnstone and Connor continue their discussion of things they've recently read or listened to, including some recent highlights from Big Finish.
Johnstone and Connor return to the coffee bar to discuss developments in the Big Finish world as well as what they've been reading or listening to recently.
We solve the Blake's 8 problem introduced at the end of series 1, discuss Travis' change a little further and examine the shock factor of losing a regular.
Johnstone and Connor begin to explore the Third Doctor Adventures from Big Finish, one story at a time.
Johnstone, Gareth and Mark return to the universe of Blake's 7 to look at its second, more confident series.
Johnstone, Jimmy & Greg meet Two Doctors, get thrown into the Timelash and witness the start of a Dalek Civil War.
Johnstone and Gareth discuss Big Finish's Doctor Who Monthly Range stories 28-33, which just so happens to be the second run of Eighth Doctor Adventures.
Johnstone, Jimmy and Greg take a look at the first three stories from Doctor Who Season 22, in which the Cybermen and Master return and we're introduced to one of the greatest 80's villains.
Johnstone and Will complete their journey through the four series of Eighth Doctor Adventures and say goodbye to SO MANY CHARACTERS.
Johnstone and Gareth return to the Doctor Who Monthly Range to discuss four more stories.
Johnstone and Will return to the Eighth Doctor Adventures and say goodbye to Lucie Miller, for now.
We're back with a new series and a guest!
Johnstone, Mansoor, Connor & Will are joined by Joseph Lidster to discuss the latest Doctor Who Target book releases: Aliens of London, The Satan Pit and The Time of Angels.
In the final episode of our third series, Johnstone, Jimmy and Greg return to complete the Fifth Doctor's era and begin the Sixth...
Spodcast will return in Spring.
The Spodcast Coffee Bar Christmas Special! Johnstone and Connor discuss The War Between the Land and Sea as well as what they've been reading & listening to on the approach of the festive period.
Johnstone, Greg and Jimmy begin to look at Peter Davison's final season of the Doctor and face the dreaded Myrka.
Johnstone and Gareth take a look at Dark Season by Russell T Davies - both the original series and Legacy Rising.
Johnstone and Will return to the Eighth Doctor Adventures and take a look at the third series.
Johnstone and Gareth continue their quest to discuss every release in Big Finish's Doctor WHo Monthly Range.
This week, the much anticipated return of the Myrka plus Werewolves & Vampires.
Johnstone, Greg and Jimmy return to complete the twentieth season of Doctor Who and celebrate the significant milestone with The Five Doctors.
Johnstone, Jimmy and Greg discuss the first part of the 20th anniversary season of Doctor Who.
Johnstone and Gareth discuss what is perhaps the first important milestone for the monthly range - Paul McGann is the Eighth Doctor!
Johnstone, Connor and Mansoor return to conclude their discussions about The Ninth Doctor Adventures. They look at some highlights from the third series, discuss series 1-3 as a whole and look to the exciting future presented by the revitalised range featuring Rose.
Johnstone and Gareth discuss releases 11-15 from the Big Finish Doctor Who Monthly Range. This time we take side steps, witness a Dalek invasion of Gallifrey and worship a big talking bird.
Johnstone and Will return to discuss the second series of Eighth Doctor Adventures from Big Finish.
Johnstone and Gareth continue to look at the early Monthly Range releases from Big Finish, this time meeting the incredible Evelyn Smythe, reuniting with the Brigadier and encountering the Daleks!
Johnstone and Gareth embark on an epic quest to discuss all 275 Monthly Range releases from Big Finish.
In this episode they look at the first five releases and discuss how these early releases paved the ground for what was to come.
Johnstone and Connor return to the Spodcast Coffee Bar to discuss meeting Doctor Who's, writing Doctor Who's and listening to, watching and reading not-Doctor Who's.
Johnstone, Gareth and Mark conclude the first series of Blake's 7, covering the final three episodes or a series that definitely goes out on a bit of a high - but far higher is still to come.
Blake's 7 Episode by Episode will return after the release of Season 2 on Blu Ray.
Johnstone, Greg and Jimmy discuss the second half of Season 19 and take a moment to consider just how shocking Earthshock was.
Johnstone and Will take a look at the first series of Eighth Doctor Adventures with Lucie Miller from Big Finish.
Johnstone and Gareth taker a look at Big Finish's Stockbridge trilogy, featuring the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa.
Johnstone, Gareth and Mark return to discuss each episode of Blake's 7. More than half way through the first series, we start to ask if it's all getting a bit stale or if this mid-season entries have something to offer.
The start of a new occasional series where we look at the Doctor Who Target books. This week, Connor, Mansoor, Will & Johnstone take a look at the most recent batch of Fifteenth Doctor novelisations.
Johnstone, Connor and Mansoor continue to discuss the second series of Ninth Doctor Adventures from Big Finish.
Johnstone, Connor and Mansoor return to the Ninth Doctor Adventures and begin to look at the second series.
Johnstone, Greg and Jimmy return to conclude their journey through Season 18 of Doctor Who and the Tom Baker era as a whole.
Johnstone, Jimmy and Greg discuss the first half of Tom Baker's final season, covering The Leisure Hive to State of Decay.
Johnstone and Connor discuss Doctor Who and not Doctor Who as they return to the Spodcast Coffee Bar. Topics include Charles Paris, The Lord of the Rings Soundscaped and Rebus.
Johnstone, Gareth and Mark return to discuss each episode of Blake's 7. We're past the "prologue" episodes now and begin to investigate the series proper, meeting significant characters Travis and Servelan for the first time.
Johnstone and Will return to the Eleventh Doctor Chronicles from Big Finish as they conclude their episode-by-episode breakdown of 'Series 7V".
Johnstone and Mansoor discuss the Doctor Who season finale 'The Reality War', putting companions in a box, multiple Doctors and surprise regenerations.
Johnstone, Mansoor and Jimmy pick apart Wish World, discuss the return of numerous classic Doctor Who characters and speculate what might might be coming in the finale.
Johnstone and Mansoor have a spoilerific discussion about The Intergalactic Song Contest, what may be coming in the finale and Dugga Doo.
Johnstone and Mansoor continue to discuss the new series of Doctor Who and ask: is this the most Big Finish-like TV episode ever?
Johnstone and Mansoor discuss Lucky Day, Ruby Sunday's return, UNIT and some further thoughts on The Well.
Beginning a run of episopdes covering the new series of Doctor Who, Johnstone and Mansoor discuss the opening episode, Mrs Flood, parallels with other Doctor Who, theories and "spoilers" for the run.
Mansoor and Mark return to discuss the latter half of Doctor Who Season One, Joy to the World and what may be coming up imminently in Season Two.
Johnstone & Connor are joined by new Spodcaser, Will, to discuss the Eleventh Doctor Chronicles and how they became a surprise highlight of Big Finish during their run.
Johnstone, Jimmy and Greg discuss the Seventeenth season of Doctor Who and discuss Douglas Adams' influence over the series.
Mansoor and Mark return to continue their discussion of the RTD2 era of Doctor Who so far.
Johnstone and Connor return to the Spodcast Coffee Bar for an unplanned chat about The Twin Dilemma, TARDISodes, non-Doctor Who TV and a number of other topics.
A new Spodcast project! Johnstone, Gareth and Mark begin to look at every episode of cult series Blake's 7. In this episode they look at the first three heavily serialised episodes and discuss how they're nothing like what's to come.
In a new occasional mini-series of Spodcast episodes Mansoor and Mark begin an in-depth look at the RTD2 Doctor Who era so far, starting with the 60th anniversary specials.
Johnstone, Greg & Jimmy continue their search for the Key to Time with The Power of Kroll and The Armageddon Factor, plus a discussion about how wonderful Mary Tamm's Romana is.
Johnstone, Jimmy and Greg continue their quest through every single season of Doctor Who. This week they begin the search for the key to time and discuss The Ribos Operation to The Androids of Tara.
Season by Season - Sixteen continues next week
Johnstone, Connor and Mansoor discuss the first series of Ninth Doctor Adventures from Big Finish and the impact of Christopher Eccleston's return to his role as the Ninth Doctor.
Johnstone, Gareth and Mark continue to discuss Doctor Who Unbound from Big Finish, this week looking at Full Fathom Five, He Jests at Scars, Deadline and Exile.
Johnstone, Gareth & Mark are joined by Jimmy to discuss the original run of Doctor Who Unbound from Big Finish. In this episode, we look at stories featuring Geoffrey Bayldon and David Warner.
Johnstone, Connor and Mansoor discuss Joy to the World, The War Games in Colour and other Christmas TV.
Johnstone and Connor discuss their favourite Big Finish releases of 2024 on a month-by-month basis.
Johnstone, Jimmy and Greg return to continue their journey through all of televised Doctor Who, this week looking at Season 15.
Johnstone, Gareth & Mansoor are joined by Joseph Lidster to discuss the Doctor Who 40th anniversary 'villains trilogy' of Omega, Davros and Master from Big Finish.
Johnstone and Connor continue their discussion of the Whoniverse since we were last on air.
Johnstone and Connor discuss developments and releases in the Whoniverse since we were last online in April. We discuss Season One, some of our favourite Big Finish releases and the whole fiasco with the Big Finish App.
You can now find us on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/spodcast.bsky.social
Johnstone and Connor discuss the news that Jodie Whitaker will play the Doctor for Big Finish.
Johnstone & Connor discuss the final three episodes of the new series of Doctor Who as well as the reimagined Pyramids of Mars.
Johnstone and Connor discuss the first five episodes of new Doctor Who.
We'll be back in a few weeks to look at the final three.
Johnstone and Connor conclude our second run by discussing the Series One trailer as well as Big Finish highlights of 2024 so far.
Johnstone, Greg and Mark conclude their viewing of The Caves of Androzani. As ever, a countdown is provided so you can watch the episodes along with us if you wish.
Johnstone, Greg and Mark watch the first two episodes of The Caves of Androzani and provide a commentary. There's a countdown so you can listen along as you watch!
Johnstone, Jimmy and Greg are back for a final Season by Season of our second series and they go out on a high!
Johnstone and Connor return to the coffee bar for another unplanned discussion of audio drama, books, comics and games - both Doctor Who and beyond.
Connor and Johnstone discuss the first three sets featuring David Bradley as the First Doctor from Big Finish.
Johnstone and Connor look at the three Missy sets from Big Finish and speculate on the upcoming fourth.
Johnstone, Greg and Jimmy discuss one of the strongest seasons from classic Doctor Who.
Johnstone, Mansoor and Connor discuss the final Dalek Universe set and 'event series' at Big Finish.
Johnstone and Connor return to the Spodcast Coffee Bar for another unplanned chat. Subjects cover David Bradley's first Doctor, Missy, Critical Role, Twin Peaks and Charles Paris Mysteries.
Johnstone, Connor and Mansoor discuss the first two Dalek Universe sets from Big Finish.
Johnstone & Mansoor take a look at Doctor Who Webcasts and discuss how at one point, this really did feel like the future of Doctor Who.
Johnstone, Connor and Mansoor take a third trip to Nest Cottage and discuss Serpent Crest, the third series of Fourth Doctor Adventures by Paul Magrs & starring Tom Baker.
Johnstone, Jimmy and Greg return to discuss the twelfth season of Doctor Who, Tom Baker's first in the role.
Johnstone, Greg and Mansoor discuss The Church on Ruby Road and what may be next for Doctor Who.
Johnstone and Connor are back to discuss some Big Finish highlights from the latter half of 2023.
Johnstone, Mansoor, Greg and Gareth discuss the third and final sixtieth anniversary Doctor Who special 'The Giggle'.
Johnstone, Connor and Mansoor return to Nest Cottage to discuss the second series: Demon Quest,
Connor, Jimmy & Ben continue their odyssey through the newly released Doctor Who MTG sets.
Connor and Jimmy are joined by guest Ben to discuss the recently released Doctor Who Magic The Gathering sets.
Johnstone and Gareth venture back to the start of Doctor Who at Big Finish and examine some early entries from the Monthly Range.
Johnstone and Connor are joined by Jane Slavin, who discusses her extensive acting and writing work in Doctor Who, with Big Finish and beyond!
Johnstone and Connor discuss Series 8 of the Fourth Doctor Adventures from Big Finish - The Syndicate Master Plan!
Johnstone, jimmy and Greg say goodbye to Jon Pertwee as they discuss his final stories in the role of the Doctor.
Connor, Mark and Greg provide a live commentary of Rose, the episode that returned Doctor Who to our screens.A 'press play' countdown is included so you can join in by watching the episode along with the Spodcast team.
Johnstone, Mansoor and Connor discuss some of their favourite recent releases from Big Finish.
Johnstone, Mansoor & Connor discuss Hornets Nest, the first series of the Nest Cottage Chronicles. We'll be looking at Demons Quest and Serpents Crest in future episodes.
Johnstone, Greg & Jimmy discuss the tenth Season of Doctor Who as we continue Season by Season.
Johnstone & Connor discuss some non-Doctor Who releases from Big Finish, including Transference, The Martian Invasion of Earth and The Invisible Man.
Johnstone, Greg & Mansoor talk Torchwood. We look at the new 'Among Us' series from Big Finish and discuss where we'd like the continuation range to go next.
Johnstone, Jimmy and Greg discuss the ninth season of Doctor Who as Season by Season continues.
Johnstone and Connor discuss selected favourite Second Doctor from Big Finish's Early Adventures range.
Johnstone, Connor & Mansoor discuss BBC Radio Doctor Who stories from over the decades, including The Pescatons, Slipback and The Ghosts of N-Space.
Johnstone, Jimmy & Greg return to their journey through all broadcast Doctor Who. This time, the Doctor has a brand new enemy: The Master! And viewers had better get used to seeing him...
Johnstone and Connor discuss further Big Finish releases from the previous few months, focusing on the adventures of various Doctors.
To begin our second series, Johnstone and Connor discuss Doctor Who news and Big Finish releases from the last few months.
Johnstone and Connor are joined by prolific Doctor Who writer Jacqueline Rayner who discusses her extensive work with Big Finish - including her role as Producer of the Sixth Doctor Adventures.
In the final episode of our first series, Johnstone & Connor are joined by John Dorney, who discusses his work at Big Finish.
Connor and Mansoor examine releases across various platforms that make up Time Lord Victorious.
Johnstone and Mark continue to discuss the Big Finish trilogies set during Doctor Who Season 19.
Johnstone, Jimmy & Greg continue through every season of Doctor Who. Season 7 is perhaps the most loved run of Doctor Who ever and our team struggle to disagree.
Johnstone and Mark discuss the first Big Finish trilogy set during Season 19 and why you should listen to it out of order.
Johnstone and Connor discuss the Marc Arc from the Big Finish Doctor Who Monthly Range.
Johnstone & Gareth discuss two Monthly Range trilogies from Big Finish - the 'Older Peri' trilogy and the celebratory 'Locum Doctors' run.
Johnstone, Connor and Mansoor discuss the character of Brigadier Bambera in the Doctor Who story Battlefield and the Unit: Brave New World sets from Big Finish.
In our 50th episode, Johnstone, Jimmy and greg conclude their journey through the Second Doctor era. As well as discussing the final few stories, they also take a look at the outgoing TARDIS team and how the final episode of The War Games changes everything...
Johnstone, Jimmy & Greg are back to discuss the first half of Doctor Who Season Six, from The Dominators to The Krotons.
Johnstone is joined by Mansoor & Greg, who discuss highlights of various Doctor Who novel ranges.
Johnstone and Connor discuss Big Finish releases from January and how we're already enjoying an excellent year of audio drama.
Johnstone, Holly & Mansoor discuss some of the best Doctor Who stories penned by RTD as they venture his 4 series as showrunner.
Johnstone, Jimmy & Greg conclude their journey through Season 5 of Doctor Who and discuss the departure of Victoria.
Johnstone and Connor are joined by Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures writer Joseph Lidster, who discusses his first Doctor Who work at Big Finish and his journey through the television Whoniverse.
Happy new year! Johnstone and Connor discuss their favourite Big Finish releases from December.
Johnstone, Connor and Jimmy continue their discussion about the best Big Finish of 2022, focusing on releases from July to December. Featuring contributions from Gareth, Other Tom and Sam.
Johnstone, Connor & Jimmy discuss 2022 at Big Finish month-by-month, joined by a range of other Spodcasters.
Johnstone and Connor are joined by Doctor Who writer & documentary-maker Chris Chapman to discuss his work.
Johnstone, Connor, Holly & Tom discuss Doctor Who's celebrations over the years, both on TV and from Big Finish.
As we were recording 'Season by Season - Four Part 2, a huge piece of Big Finish news dropped. Here's our reaction.
Johnstone, Jimmy, Greg & Sam discuss the first half of the fourth season of Doctor Who, featuring stories from The Smugglers to The Highlanders with a pause to reflect on the Hartnell era.
Johnstone & Alex discuss October releases from Bigh Finish, with contributions from Holly and Jai. Releases discussed include Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon, Master! Nemesis Express and The Third Doctor Adventures: Kaleidoscope.
Connor, Johnstone & Tom discuss the 'Further Adventures' sets from Big Finish and how they expand the adventures of Charley Pollard and Lucie Miller.
Johnstone, Mansoor & Mark discuss Tegan's role in The Power of the Doctor and some of her highlights in the expanded Whoniverse.
Johnstone, Jimmy, Mansoor & Mark discuss Ace's role in The Power of the Doctor and some of her best stories from various mediums.
Johnstone, Connor & Jimmy discuss The Power of the Doctor and share their initial thoughts. Spoilers inside.
Johnstone, Jimmy & Greg continue their journey through Season 3 of Doctor Who, picking up with The Ark and through to The War Machines.
Johnstone, Jimmy & Greg journey through the first half of Classic Doctor Who's third Season, discussing Galaxy 4 to The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve.
Johnstone and Connor are joined by special guest, Rob Valentine - Writer, Script Editor & Producer at Big Finish. Rob talks about his work on Doctor Who and beyond.
Johnstone, Jai & Connor discuss the Third Doctor, from Jon Pertwee's amazing era on TV to the fantastic Third Doctor Adventures from Big Finish.
Johnstone, Connor & Mansoor look at Bernice Summerfield's adventures with the Unbound Doctor.
Johnstone, Greg & Jimmy continue the Spodcast journey through every televised season of Doctor Who. In this episode they examine each story from Season 2.
Naturally they announced the Blu Ray set a day after this was recorded!
Johnstone, Sam & Connor return to the theme of history in Doctor Who, discussing stories including The Peterloo Massacre & A Thousand Tiny Wings, as well as examining problematic portrayals of historical figures & events.
Johnstone and Mansoor talk about the first three series of Gallifrey from Big Finish and speculate on the future of the range.
Johnstone, Holly & Other Tom take a look at the Short Trips range from Big Finish and discuss some of their favourite releases.
In the first of a short, occasional series, Johnstone, Sam, Alex and Connor examine the use of History in Doctor Who - both televised and Big Finish.
Johnstone, Jai and TJ discuss July releases from Big Finish including Seabird One, Beyond the War Games & Classic Doctors New Monsters.
Spodcast begins an occasional series that journies through every televised season of Doctor Who. In this episode, Johnstone, Jimmy & Greg venture through the very first season.
Johnstone talks to Sam, Connor & Tom who were lucky enough to see the Dalek double bill at the cinema.
Johnstone, Holly & Tom talk about one of the greatest Doctor Who double acts of all time: Jago & Litefoot. From their appearance in The Talons of Weng-Chiang to the incredible Big Finish spin-off series, there's nothing but love for these two great characters.
Johnstone, Jai & Connor take a look at some of their favourite June releases from Big Finish.
Johnstone & Tom discuss the recently released Doctor Who Season 22 Blu Ray set, including highlights from an often unappreciated era & some of the extras on the discs.
Connor, Jimmy & Mansoor discuss Redacted and its potential impact on the future of audio Doctor Who.
Johnstone, Tim & Alex discuss the very first Big Finish releases - the first series of Professor Bernice Summerfield.
Johnstone, Connor and Sam talk about the Ninth Doctor, examining his solo TV series, the accompanying books that were released at the time and his triumphant Big Finish return.
Johnstone, Jai & Tom discuss May releases from Big Finish, including Water Worlds, Back to Earth, Blake's 7 Heroes & Villains and Torchwood: War Chest.
Johnstone, Connor and Tom discuss the incredible not-Doctor Who output from Big Finish. Classics, Sherlock and The Confessions of Dorian Gray all standout as top-level ranges.
Johnstone, Holly & Connor talk Tennant! - including the news of his return, the run of the Tenth Doctor on television and the work he's done with Big Finish, with a special look at Out of Time and Dalek Universe.
Johnstone is joined by Mansoor and Connor as they discuss the War Doctor, across TV and Big Finish - including a review of the newly released 'War Doctor Begins: Battlegrounds). David Tennant and Catherine Tate also get a bit of a mention too...
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It's official, David Tennant and Catherine Tate are coming back to Doctor Who. In this bonus episode Johnstone, Tom and Holly react to the news as soon as it was announced!
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Tom joins Johnstone to review The Ninth Doctor Adventures - Station to Station from Big Finish.
Johnstone, Alex and Tom talk recent Torchwood releases and share a slightly alarming theory as to why they're all so good...
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Johnstone, Jimmy, Tim and Mansoor react to the news of a new Doctor as well as revealing the origins of a shady character and a persistent Doctor Who rumour.
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Johnstone is joined by Jake and Jimmy to discuss their favorite April Doctor Who releases from Big Finish
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Connor talks to Johnstone about his experiences at Big Finish Day 2022.
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Johnstone is joined by Holly & Mansoor to discuss the best Big Finish story arcs, including Benny, Ace & Hex as well as offering early thoughts on the recently released Stranded 4.
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Johnstone is joined by Jake, Connor and Tim to discuss Legend of the Sea Devils plus other reptilian appearances in the Whoniverse.
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A few members of the team introduce themselves and hint at what may be to come...
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