Kasterborous Classic TV: Exploring Doctor Who & Classic Sci-Fi
Regular podcast featuring unique and in-depth discussions covering Doctor Who and other classic TV and movies, usually in the sci-fi and sci-fantasy fields. Launched in 2007, we've lost count of how many episodes we've actually done. Special episodes include interviews with creatives, writers, actors, and notable commentators in the cult TV field. Your regular hosts are Christian Cawley and James McLean.
Episodes
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- Doctor Who: The Interstellar Song Contest on BBC iPlayer and Disney+
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They cover the latest episode of Doctor Who (The Story and The Engine), with some interesting insights...
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- Doctor Who: The Story and The Engine on BBC iPlayer and Disney Plus
- Cutaway Comics
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They cover everything from twists and turns to the now-perennial question: will Doctor Who continue beyond this series?
Patreon subscribers, will also be able to see this conversation, if preferred, in video format.
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- Doctor Who: Luck...
This week, James is joined by James Whittington, a writer who worked with us back in the days of our old website. He also writes for the Legend TV channel, among other things, and has plenty of thoughts about Doctor Who...<...
Rick is a writer and artist with quite a considerable body of work behind him. Among those include work with Christian Cawley on the Time Leech comic strip way back in 2009, and his incredibl...
This is an in-depth discussion of the episode, covering everything from the visual style to the themes of coercive control and loss.
Members of our free Patreon heard this episode first. Sign up at patreon.com/kasterborous for early episodes, ...
Suddenly, we had to talk about the possibility that Doctor Who Series 15 might be the last, certainly as far as the current production setup is concerned, and maybe longer term, too.
So, the episode kicks off with ...
After that, the podcast continues with Christian highlighting a few interesting things he's come across recently, including a Beatles demo reel, a new Quatermass book from Toby Hadoke, and a Battle of Britain documentary tied to the promotion of a new combat flight simulator.
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We previously shared the raw video version of this chat. Here is the audio podcast, for more convenient listening.
The series starts on April 3, 2025 on Sky Arts, and runs for four weeks. Further details can be found on Kasterborous. Incidentall...
It has been technically difficult to achieve, especially for British TV, but we wonder ...
James McLean and Christian Cawley reconvene this week to discuss the events surrounding Amazon's purchase of Eon, and the resulting rumours. While we unsurprisingly dwell on the tempting notion of Pierce Brosnan returning as an older James Bond, there is also time to discuss the world of Bond spin-offs.
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The thrust of the conversation is about our relationships with people like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg (and to a lesser extent Richard Branson...) and how they influence the modern world.
While it might be a slight diversion from the...
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This week, Christian Cawley and James McLean are here to talk about Doctor Who topics: Tom Baker's OBE, the passing of David A McIntee, and the activities of generative AI creators.
Is it a good idea to create missing episodes of Doctor Who with generative AI? Does it have artistic me...
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What has happened to this ritual? Who even cares about communal Christmas family viewing in 2024? And what might replace it?<...
Stretch goals are available, and Gareth and Adrian explain why you should support this campaign, what yo...
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In this week's show, you'll hear reference to:
Kicking off the episode, Christian Cawley and James McLean discuss Christmas 1984, The Box of Delights, and whether (and how) the serial continues to entertain.
This episode is was released early and ad-free only on Patreon, with f...
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