Episode 15: Aunties, Pugilists And Submarines

This episode finds Matthew Kresal and Mary Lang reviewing the three standalone stories from the second season of the Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Auntie Matter, The Justice Of Jalxar and Phantoms Of The Deep. In reviewing these stories that take the Doctor and Mary Tamm's Romana from 1920s Britain to Victorian London and the bottom of the ocean, topics discussed include Mary Tamm's performances, the use of sound design in getting across the various settings and the influences of different genres upon each of the stories.

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Episode 14: Stage Doctors

Dedicated to the memory of Big Finish's Paul Spragg.

This episode finds Matthew Kresal and Mary Lang reviewing the other two Doctor Who stage plays Big Finish have adapted: Seven Keys To Doomsday with Trevor Martin as the Doctor and The Ultimate Adventure with Colin Baker, both written by Terrence Dicks. Topics discussed include Trevor Martin's alternative fourth Doctor, getting across the visual on audio, reoccurring elements in both plays and (in the case of the latter play) songs...

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Episode 13: A Dalek Blast From The Past

This episode finds Matthew Kresal and Mary Lang delving into two interesting artifacts from 1960s Dalekmania Big Finish have produced: the adaptation of The Curse Of The Daleks as part of the Doctor Who - The Stage Plays Range and the intended pilot episode for a Dalek spin-off series called The Destoryers, released in the Second Doctor Lost Stories Box-Set. Topics discussed include how they relate back to the TV series, things that potentially date them to the 1960s, Sarah Kingdom and why The Destroyers might not have been made.

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Episode 12: Holmes, The Ripper And Moriarty

 

This episode finds Matthew Kresal and Mary Lang delving into part of Big Finish's non-Doctor Who output with a look at their Sherlock Holmes range with the adaptations of the stage play Holmes And The Ripper and the Conan Doyle short stories The Final Problem/The Empty House being reviewed. Topics discussed include how both releases were brought to life on audio, familiar voices in new roles plus some discussion of the Holmes canon in general and how other takes on it relate to these stories.

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Episode 11: Dark Eyes Returns

This episode finds Matthew Kresal and Mary Lang reviewing the much anticipated eighth Doctor box-set Dark Eyes 2. Topics discussed include the “timey wimey” nature of its plot, returning villains from numerous releases and if the old saying about too many cooks in the kitchen is applicable to it.

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Episode 10: Alternative Three

This episode finds Matthew Kresal, Mary Lang and Robert Haynes reviewing Sympathy For The Devil and Masters Of War, two stories from Big Finish's Doctor Who Unbound range starring David Warner as an alternative third Doctor. Topics discussed include Warner's performances in the stories, the appearance of actors who would become better known via the New Series and how the stories present new versions of familiar villains from the series.

After the episode, Stories From The Vortex proudly presents Big Finish Sound Designers Podlet - Masters of War. In it, sound designer and composer Martin Johnson discusses his work on the story from his initial ideas to getting the story into its final released form. Originally released on the Big Finish website in December 2008 and no longer available on the site, it appears here through the kind permission of Big Finish Productions.

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Episode 9: Warrior Tales

This episode finds Matthew Kresal, Mary Lang and Robert Haynes reviewing Red Dawn and Frozen Time which both feature the Ice Warriors. Topics discussed include how well utilized the Martian reptiles are in each story, the derivative nature of Red Dawn and that old favorite: accents and the quality of them.


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