Doctor Who Literature
Episodes
Episode 61 - The Horns of Nimon (with Ross Aitken)
29 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We've got a show bursting at the seams this week. We have a new Season 9 Classic Series Blu-ray collection trailer, and it is very emotional. Jason p...
Episode 60 - Nightmare of Eden (with Pete Lambert)
22 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
January 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the releases of the first three Target novelizations. Happy Birthday to Doctor Who novels! My guest this w...
Episode 59 - The Keys of Marinus (Philip Hinchcliffe; Jim Sangster)
15 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Possibly our biggest and boldest episode yet. The great Philip Hinchcliffe is back to discuss his third and (sadly) final Doctor Who novelization; Aug...
Episode 58 - The Armageddon Factor (with Paul Scoones)
08 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're very excited to welcome Paul Scoones (@Paul_Scoones) to Doctor Who Literature. Paul wears many hats in the "Doctor Who" universe and we'll discu...
Episode 57 - The Power of Kroll (with Iain Martin)
01 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year to all; we wish you a happy and healthy 2023. My guest this week is the great Iain Martin (@broadanddeep), from oh so many great Doctor...
Episode 56 - The Androids of Tara (with Michael Stevens; Pete Lambert)
25 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
And, incidentally, a happy Christmas, to all of you at home! For this Yule themed (and 7th-day-of-Hanukkah themed) episode of Doctor Who Literature, ...
Episode 55 - The Stones of Blood (with "UK" Jason McLaughlin)
18 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We lost two big names connected with Classic Doctor Who this week: episode writer and novelist Chris Boucher, and actor Jane Sherwin. This episode fea...
Episode 54 - The Invasion of Time (with Mark from Trap One)
11 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We have a guest host this week. Mark (@QuarkMcMalus) from the Trap One Podcast does a brilliant job manning the ship and taking us back to Gallifrey, ...
Episode 53 - Underworld (with Frazer Gregory)
04 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This has been a fraught week on the Internet, on Twitter especially, so we open with an unscripted monologue on the subject. Some background reading ...
Bonus Episode - LI Who guest & fan interviews; bonus Classic Series audio commentary
27 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jason is back from LI Who (Long Island Doctor Who) presents: Meglos 2022. And he's brought back interviews with four convention guests plus several fa...
Episode 52 - The Ribos Operation (with David Barsky)
20 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Doctor Who Literature we close out our third season with a look at the last novelization of 1979, Ian Marter's third book, and the first ...
Episode 51 - Destiny of the Daleks (with Larry VanMersbergen)
13 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We have a short Terrance Dicks novelization this week, but one that was very influential on Young Jason's fandom, so there's a lot to say on this epis...
Episode 50 - The War Games (with Ross Aitken, and many special guests)
06 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
50 episodes of Doctor Who Literature, and this episode releases of the first anniversary of my original trailer for the then-forthcoming podcast, Nove...
Episode 49 - Image of the Fendahl (with David Barsky)
30 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
And, incidentally, a Happy Halloween, to all of you at home. Welcome to the first episode of Doctor Who Literature made after the airing of "The Powe...
Episode 48 - The Robots of Death (with Daniel Knight)
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is being released the same day that "The Power of the Doctor" -- the Jodie Whittaker and Chris Chibnall finale -- is set to air. One day ...
Episode 47 - The Invisible Enemy (with Si Hart)
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For the third straight week on Doctor Who Literature, we are examining the novelization of a Bob Baker & Dave Martin TV episode. Made at the very ...
Episode 46 - The Hand of Fear (with Dale Smith)
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Doctor Who Literature is now a member of the Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network. This week we are joined by Dale Smith, a prolific writer of b...
Episode 45 - The Sontaran Experiment (with Bill Evenson)
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Several program notes this week. We're a big hit in France. The fabulous novelization cover by Roy Knipe generates much talk on Twitter. A major chang...
Episode 44 - The Android Invasion (with Ross Aitken + excerpt from a mystery guest)
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There comes a time in every Doctor Who podcast's life -- and I'm sure I'll have plenty of them -- where the episode under discussion just isn't that g...
Episode 43 - Death to the Daleks (with Paul Simpson)
18 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week in September 2022 saw the announcement of the title of the next Doctor Who episode ("The Power of the Doctor"), although not the release dat...
Episode 42 - The Time Warrior (with Conrad Westmaas)
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a busy week in world news, especially in England, with the selection of a new Prime Minister, the passing of the Queen, and the accession of...
Episode 41 - The Tomb of the Cybermen (with Steven B. from New To Who)
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Steven B. (@steedstylin) from the excellent New To Who podcast is a first-time guest this week. We have much to discuss about "Tomb of the Cybermen", ...
Episode 40 - Horror of Fang Rock (with Steve Alexander)
28 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jason is on vacation this week, so here is a pre-recorded episode. We did not discuss the book cover, but this is one of the all-time great Target cov...
Episode 39 - The Face of Evil (with Lelon Stoldt)
21 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2022, it may be mid-August, traditionally a slow season for media, but there's been a lot going on this week. Jason takes a look at the series fina...
Bonus Episode - A Conversation with Jim Sangster
14 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jason pauses the read-through in between the 1977 and 1978 books, and gives the episode over to Jim Sangster, a long-time Doctor Who fan who you know ...
Episode 38 - The Masque of Mandragora (with Philip Hinchcliffe and Graeme Burk)
07 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We close out the 1977 Target novelizations with the longest-ever episode of Doctor Who Literature. This is largely because we have two interviews thi...
Episode 37 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (with Kate Orman & Jon Blum)
31 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"The Talons of Weng-Chiang" is still, by popular acclaim, one of the greatest "Doctor Who" stories of all time. It's still in the top-10 -- out of bot...
Episode 36 - The Deadly Assassin (with Mark from Trap One)
24 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"The Deadly Assassin" is the first Season 14 story to be novelized, the first of four straight Season 14 books to come, and the start of a long consec...
Episode 35 - The Mutants (with Denise Sutton)
17 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Denise Sutton (@CupOfTea69) is our guest. We discuss what it's like watching Doctor Who overseas, what it's like when "The Dominators" is yo...
Episode 34 - Planet of Evil (with Simon Hart)
10 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Back for a record-setting fourth appearance on Doctor Who Literature this week is Simon Hart (@Si_Hart). We both break down the TV version of "Planet ...
Episode 33 - The Brain of Morbius (with Adam Clegg)
03 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's June 1977, and the release of the novelization of a Doctor Who story whose influence is still being felt in the New Series even 45 years later. I...
Episode 32 - The Ark in Space (with Stacey Smith?)
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jason is joined this week by three-time Doctor Who Literature guest Stacey Smith?, to break down Ian Marter's first novelization, "The Ark in Space". ...
Episode 31 - The Claws of Axos (with Jan Fennick)
19 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's April 1977, and "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" has just finished its controversial run on TV, but in the books, we are back in the height of the Per...
Episode 29 - The Seeds of Doom (Philip Hinchcliffe; Shannon Dohar)
05 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Doctor Who Literature is delighted and overjoyed to bring you Jason's interview with Philip Hinchcliffe, the man who produced "The Seeds of Doom" for ...
Episode 28 - Carnival of Monsters (with Pete Lambert)
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's January 1977 and the start of another year of Target books. It's the third straight Terrance Dicks book, and the third Third Doctor book out of t...
Episode 27 - Pyramids of Mars (Sadie Miller; Mark from Trap One)
22 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Delighted to have Sadie Miller on as my first guest this week to discuss her Big Finish audios, her Doctor Who legacy, and this week's episode, Pyrami...
Episode 26 - Planet of the Daleks (with Conrad Westmaas)
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Delighted to welcome to the show this week, for the first time, Conrad Westmaas. We discuss the ethics of adding illustrations to your own Target book...
Episode 25 - The Space War (with Daniel Knight)
08 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
BREAKING NEWS! Ncuti Gatwa is the new Doctor Who!! ... but this episode was recorded and edited before the announcement, so join me on Trap One later ...
Episode 24 - The Web of Fear (with Bill Evenson)
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Bill Evenson is in the house, anything can happen on the podcast. Today we discuss The Web of Fear, the TV episodes (four of the six of which wer...
Episode 23 - Genesis of the Daleks (with Simon Hart)
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first episode of Doctor Who Literature recorded and aired after the April 2022 premiere of "Legend of the Sea Devils". Hear Jason's review...
Episode 22 - Revenge of the Cybermen (with David Barsky)
17 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
May 1976 saw the release of "Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen". It's the third novelization of a Tom Baker episode -- all by Terrance Dicks ...
Episode 20 - The Dinosaur Invasion (with Lewis Baston)
03 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jason is joined by Lewis Baston, author of a forthcoming Obverse Books' Black Archive book on the Doctor Who serial "The Sun Makers", to tal...
Bonus Episode - Escape to Danger (with Robin Bland)
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy April 1st to all our listeners. This week, our read-through of the Peter Cushing novelizations, by Observe Books, reaches "Escape to Danger", a ...
Episode 19 - The Tenth Planet (with Ross from Gallifrey's Most Wanted)
27 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's February 1976, and "Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet". The first Hartnell-episode novelization published in ten years, a novelization of the first...
Bonus Episode - Lynda Baron tribute (with Joe Ford) and Collecting the Targets (with Dale Santos)
13 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We take a break between Seasons 1 and 2 of the program -- as we're in between the 1975 and 1976 books -- and reflect on the passing of Lynda Baron, on...
Episode 17 - The Three Doctors (with Mark from Trap One)
06 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's the last novelization of 1975, and the end of the first season of Doctor Who Literature. In a slight format change, Jason goes deep into the memo...
Episode 16 - Planet of the Spiders (with Graeme Burk)
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We open by paying tribute to two big names from the Doctor Who family who we lost this past week, an actor from the 1970s and a writer from the 1960s....
Episode 15 - The Green Death (with Hannah Long)
20 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a special recorded-at-Gallifrey-One-in-Los-Angeles edition of Doctor Who Literature. While Jason the Brooklyn boy is somewhat out of his el...
Episode 14 - Terror of the Autons (with Eric Gjovaag)
13 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's May 1975, and Terrance Dicks' second book in three months. Will his increased writers' output affect his style, descriptive powers, wit, pizzazz?...
Episode 12 - The Cybermen (with Pete Lambert)
30 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Doctor Who Literature turns to Jason's first novelization, Doctor Who and the Cybermen, which Jason first read -- all in one day -- on Super Bowl Sund...
Episode 10 - The Abominable Snowmen (with Jonathan Blum)
16 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the double digits for the Doctor Who Literature podcast (excluding bonus episodes), and it's the last Target novelization of 1974, Terrance...
Episode 9 - The Sea-Devils (with Frazer Gregory)
09 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's October 1974, and Malcolm Hulke's third novelization of the year. He'll never have another year this prolific, but what a trilogy of books he's l...
Episode 8 - The Daemons (with Simon Hart)
02 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're up to October 1974 and the first book of Target's last double-release month. The first of those two books is the novelization of "The ...
Episode 7 - Day of the Daleks (with Tony Whitt)
26 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
March 1974 saw two Target novelization releases; Episode 6 covered one of those, Malcolm Hulke's Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon. This week we jump...
Episode 6 - The Doomsday Weapon (with Mark from Trap One)
19 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's March 1974, and the third and fourth Target novelizations of Doctor Who episodes are released in the same month. Once again, the double release f...
Episode 5 - The Cave Monsters (With Stacey Smith?)
12 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the first time, Jason is joined by a guest, prolific Doctor Who non-fiction writer, longtime fan, epidemiologist, and a former profile subject on ...
Episode 4 - The Auton Invasion
05 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After three episodes on the Frederick Muller books from the 1960s, it's now 1974, and the Target range -- which began with 1973 reprints of the Muller...
Bonus Episode - Corporals Aren't Colonels
04 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 5 of Doctor Who: Flux, Survivors of the Flux, contained a voice cameo hearkening back to UNIT's glory days, as well as a surprising if somewha...
Episode 3 - The Crusaders
28 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The third and final Frederick Muller-published Doctor Who novelization -- and its second by David Whitaker -- came out in February 1966. The book rema...
Bonus Episode - Doctor Who Turns 58
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first bonus episode of Doctor Who Literature. For this episode we're discussing not the books, but the TV series itself, on this, Novem...
Episode 2 - The Zarbi
21 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Doctor Who Literature podcast. This week, I'm discussing the second published Doctor Who novelization, adapting the notorious (and...
Episode 1 - An Exciting Adventure with the Daleks
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first full episode of the Doctor Who Literature podcast. I'm discussing the first Doctor Who episode novelization, 1964's "Doctor Who i...
Trailer for The History of Doctor Who Literature
06 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Coming soon, the History of Doctor Who Literature podcast, a book by book examination of the Target novelizations, in publication order.