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Host Francesca Amiker sits down with directors Joe and Anthony Russo, producer Angela Russo-Otstot, stars Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt, and more to uncover how family was the key to building the emotional core of The Electric State . From the Russos’ own experiences growing up in a large Italian family to the film’s central relationship between Michelle and her robot brother Kid Cosmo, family relationships both on and off of the set were the key to bringing The Electric State to life. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts . State Secrets: Inside the Making of The Electric State is produced by Netflix and Treefort Media.…

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A podcast discussing Doctor Who-related items, more often than not in threes, whether stories, guests, or anything else. Featuring a regular team of hosts, including Big Finish's Kenny Smith, and David Steel (not the former Liberal Party MP, MSP and leader). Our other regular conspirators are Dr John Bollan, Stephen Day and Matt Michael, with irregular appearances from the podcast's founding father, Tom Harris (the former Labour MP). We also welcome a host of great Doctor Who guests, using "Kenny's bottomless address book" (c) David Steel.

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372: Rose - The Power of 3 Commentary 58:15

6 days ago58:15

58:15

We conclude our celebratory week of 20 years of 21st century Doctor Who, with a special episode. Dave and Kenny put on the DVD of Rose, that first episode, broadcast on 27 March 2005, and share their thoughts on it. Did they enjoy Russell T Davies's original Doctor Who reboot as much as they did first time around? Turn on, tune in - and watchalong if you like!…

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371: The Clockwise Man 58:48

11 days ago58:48

58:48

We mark the triumphant return of Doctor Who to our televisions screens in this week's book club. Dave and Kenny have re-read the first of the New Series Adventures published by the BBC, The Clockwise Man, by Justin Richards. They share their thoughts on it, plus have comments from Justin at the time of the launch of these books.…

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370: The Quest is the Quest 26:29

11 days ago26:29

26:29

When you're a Doctor Who fan, you're going to be a completist in some way. You'll want every Target novelisation, BBC Video, blu-ray, action figure, New Adventures, whatever it maybe. This week, the Radio Times released six different covers to mark 20 years of New Who, featuring the 21st century Doctors. Dave and Kenny both wanted particular covers, so we join them pounding the streets of Glasgow at night on their quest. Will they succeed? Tune in and listen! The Quest is the Quest!…

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373: The Story of Martha 1:52:42

15 days ago1:52:42

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We're putting The Story of Martha under the microscope today. This was an unusual release at the time from BBC Books, as it was an anthology, with a framing device written by Dan Abnett. David Roden, Steve Lockley and Paul Lewis, Robert Shearman and Simon Jowett write the stories presented. Featuring the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones, we today speak to Dan, Steve, Paul and Simon about their work on this book.…

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369: The Savages 49:59

18 days ago49:59

49:59

369: The Savages by Kenny Smith

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367: The Fant-art-stic Jeff Cummins 1:37:00

21 days ago1:37:00

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Jeff Cummins is a legend in not just the world of Doctor Who art, but in music too. Jeff today tells us about his incredible career, which has seen him paint iconic covers for Target books like The Horror of Fang Rock and The Talons of Weng-Chiang, as well as The Three Doctors reprint, to New Adventures, and working for a certain Mr Paul McCartney. His new book The Invisible Artist - Outside the Box is available to pre-order from https://www.candy-jar.co.uk/books/outsidethebox.html…

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366: Peter Capaldi - Sweet Illusions 33:50

21 days ago33:50

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Peter Capaldi is back - not as the Doctor, but for the release of his second album, Sweet Illusions. He's been doing some publicity for the album, and the Power of 3 has been granted permission to use 15 minutes of an interview he gave to Paul Trainer of GlasgowWorld, about the release. Paul - a friend of our Kenny's for some 30 years - joins us for a conversation about the interview, meeting Peter and generally fanboying it up over the Twelfth Doctor actor. If you want to watch the full conversation between Peter and Paul, which runs to 35 minutes, you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxsrb7vqa4w You can read the interview here: https://www.glasgowworld.com/whats-on/music/interview-peter-capaldi-simple-minds-glasgow-1980s-5010169…

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368: Illegal Alien 52:36

25 days ago52:36

52:36

Today's book club adventure takes us into the era of Sylvester McCoy. We take a look at the BBC's first Seventh Doctor story in the Past Doctor Adventures range, where he and Ace encounter the Cybermen and Nazis. But in World War 2. Not in Windsor. We're joined by co-author Mike Tucker and Steve Cole - at the same time! - to discuss this novel.…

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365: The Shadow in the Glass 45:10

27 days ago45:10

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We return to our classic Doctors in sequence today, after last week's jump back to tie in with Season 7 on blu-ray. Today, we're looking at a Sixth Doctor novel that should never have existed, until another author was held up and couldn't make his deadline. Steve Cole joins us to explain how Justin Richards approached him to write The Shadow in the Glass, and how they worked together to create one of the greatest books in the Past Doctor Adventures range.…

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363: House of Plastic 35:06

28 days ago35:06

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With Season 7 having arrived on blu-ray this week, we're bringing you a bonus episode with another Auton attack. We're delighted to be joined by the fantastic Mike Tucker, who tells us all about his latest work, a story for BBC Audiobooks. Are you ready to enter the House of Plastic?

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361: The Making of Season 7 on Blu-ray - part two 1:16:51

4 weeks ago1:16:51

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The concluding part of our preview of the Season 7 blu-ray set is here! Today, we're joined by our old pals Richard Bignell, Chris Chapman and Toby Hadoke, to discuss their work on the PDFs, documentaries and Behind the Sofa, amongst other things. Richard reveals some fascinating insights, and it might be worth checking out our 122nd episode too, The Lost World, which has inspired some of the PDF content!…

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360: The Making of Season 7 on Blu-ray - part one 1:03:08

5 weeks ago1:03:08

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Season 7 on blu-ray is so close, you can almost feel its fire... We bring you the first of two episodes looking at the creation of this highly-anticipated released, featuring the first four stories of the Third Doctor's era. Peter Crocker joins us to go into depth about restoring the visuals for this release, his biggest challenge to date, while producer Simon Guerrier teases details about new documentary Terror of the Suburbs.…

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364: Agent of the Daleks 25:22

5 weeks ago25:22

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The Daleks are back to face the First Doctor! We're looking at new BBC Aubiobook, Agent of the Daleks, which is performed by Maureen O'Brien. We speak to writer Steve Lyons about this release, which is available to purchase from today, 6 March 2025, from all good retailers. And probably a few average ones as well! You can find out more here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/464135/doctor-who-agent-of-the-daleks-by-lyons-steve/9781529940640…

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362: The Devil Goblins From Neptune 1:17:13

5 weeks ago1:17:13

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With Season 7 being released on blu-ray today, we're heading back to the days of Jon Pertwee's first season as the Doctor. Here, we have him facing UNIT's Russian counterparts, the CIA, the alien Waro, and a host of other problems. And the Brigadier even gets to go off and have his own mini-adventure too! We speak with co-writer Martin Day about The Devil Goblins From Neptune, which launched the BBC's Past Doctor Adventures range of books.…

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359: Deep Blue 41:33

5 weeks ago41:33