Kasterborous Classic TV: Exploring Doctor Who & Classic Sci-Fi

496: The War Between the Land and the Sea preview

Christian is joined by The Doctor Who Companion editor Philip Bates to preview The War Between the Land and the Sea and shared some expectations. SHOWNOTES This week, we refer to: * The War Between the Land and the Sea [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002dr53/the-war-between-the-land-and-the-sea] * Just Sarah [https://www.candy-jar.co.uk/books/justsarah.html] * Doctor Who Stars in Ads [https://kasterborous.substack.com/p/doctor-who-attack-of-the-stars-in] PATREON AND APPLE PODCASTS This podcast went out on Patreon first [https://www.patreon.com/posts/audio-what-will-143192484?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link]. You can hear the show there several days earlier, often with video, and usually with additional material. We'd really appreciate your help in raising our profile on the Apple platform, so please leave a review [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/kasterborous-classic-tv-exploring-doctor-who-classic/id1045277918]. If you don't already subscribe, you should -- it alerts you when new episodes are available. Not on Apple Podcasts? Leave us a review somewhere else, send the link over on Twitter [http://twitter.com/kasterborousUK] or Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thekasterborous] or editor@kasterborous.co.uk [editor@kasterborous.co.uk], and you’ll get a mention.

495: Doctor Who cutscenes, classic Christmas trailers, and Teletext...

James and Christian are back with a new chat, looking at Doctor Who cutscenes (and the whole cutscene reveal culture), classic BBC One Christmas trailers, Teletext (!) and a few other things. SHOWNOTES * Vintage BBC Christmas trailers [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBHVCDpJUJA] * Woolworths 1981 Christmas ad [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m_0ENIw4os] (ft Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie, Anita Harris, et al) * Teletext VHS recovery [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDyYHeMRJo4] PATREON AND APPLE PODCASTS As ever, this podcast went out on Patreon first [https://www.patreon.com/posts/audio-what-will-143192484?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link]. You can hear the show there several days earlier, often with video, and usually with additional material. We'd really appreciate your help in raising our profile on the Apple platform, so please leave a review [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/kasterborous-classic-tv-exploring-doctor-who-classic/id1045277918]. Not on Apple Podcasts? Leave us a review somewhere else, send the link over on Twitter [http://twitter.com/kasterborousUK] or Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thekasterborous] or editor@kasterborous.co.uk [editor@kasterborous.co.uk], and you’ll get a mention.

494: Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor Who legacy feedback and VHS omnibus edition memories

Christian Cawley and James McLean look at some of your comments on our recent episodes, mostly concerning Ncuti Gatwa's legacy in Doctor Who. We also look at the existence of 90 minute omnibus editions of classic Doctor Who and their presentation as "gifts" to fans, 40 years after very similar edits were released on VHS to cries of "sacrilege!" SHOWNOTES * William Shatner in Airplane 2 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8X2Ydzx47U] * Free Enterprise trailer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olAKNAnrR-c] * What will Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor Who legacy be? [https://open.spotify.com/show/6jqBWlHI4I18rDe0aoy3EI] PATREON AND APPLE PODCASTS As ever, this podcast went out on Patreon first [https://www.patreon.com/posts/audio-what-will-143192484?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link]. You can hear the show there several days earlier, often with video, and usually with additional material. We'd really appreciate your help in raising our profile on the Apple platform, so please leave a review [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/kasterborous-classic-tv-exploring-doctor-who-classic/id1045277918]. Not on Apple Podcasts? Leave us a review somewhere else, send the link over on Twitter [http://twitter.com/kasterborousUK] or Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thekasterborous] or editor@kasterborous.co.uk [editor@kasterborous.co.uk], and you’ll get a mention.

493: Tom Baker MBE, Sea Devils repeated, Pondcast, and more

This week's show rounds up the latest Doctor Who related headlines, and features Christian Cawley hosting solo. SHOWNOTES * Tom Baker receives MBE [https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-tom-baker-costume-mbe-newsupdate/] * The Sea Devils gets 90 minute edit for TV [https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2025/11/15/re-edited-version-of-doctor-who-the-sea-devils-coming-to-iplayer-and-bbc-four-next-month/] * The War Between the Land and the Sea launch Date [https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2025/11/16/launch-date-announced-for-doctor-who-spin-off-the-war-between-the-land-and-the-sea/] * Etymology of homo [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo#:~:text=The%20Latin%20noun%20hom%C5%8D%20(genitive,indeed%2C%20delineating%20Homo%20from%20Pan.] * Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill launch Pondcast [https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2025/11/12/karen-gillan-and-arthur-darvill-to-launch-new-doctor-who-podcast-with-steven-moffat-as-guest/] * Sophie Aldred in Doctor Who-themed short for Children in Need [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pmpvx0YqHY] As ever, this podcast went out on Patreon first [https://www.patreon.com/posts/audio-what-will-143192484?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link]. You can hear the show there several days earlier, often with video, and usually with additional material.  We'd really appreciate your help in raising our profile on the Apple platform, so please leave a review [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/kasterborous-classic-tv-exploring-doctor-who-classic/id1045277918]. Not on Apple Podcasts? Leave us a review somewhere else, send the link over on Twitter [http://twitter.com/kasterborousUK] or Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thekasterborous] or editor@kasterborous.co.uk [editor@kasterborous.co.uk], and you’ll get a mention.

492: What will Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor Who legacy be?

With just 18 episodes under his belt and moving on at a time when the show's future was temporarily in doubt, Gatwa's story isn't completely new to the show -- it has echoes of 1985.  But with the actor apparently now done with Doctor Who and the show struggling to achieve the same levels of adoration we saw previously with its (perhaps outgoing) showrunner, we wonder how Gatwa's episodes will be looked upon in years to come... SHOWNOTES * The Rest is Entertainment [https://open.spotify.com/episode/2fbcQhBPfs4MG5kSvTxz77?si=1JvX8EnaTEiNUL76G2AuOw] on "The Future of Doctor Who" * Disney sources on Doctor Who's ditching [https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2025/11/01/enigmatic-sources-say-disney-dropped-doctor-who-due-to-poor-ratings-and-political-messaging/] * Bonnie Langford talks Reality War reshoots [https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2025/11/04/bonnie-langford-talks-about-filming-the-reality-war-reshoots-for-doctor-who-series-15/] As ever, the longer edition of this podcast went out on Patreon first [https://www.patreon.com/posts/audio-what-will-143192484?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link]. There is also a video of that chat [https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-what-will-143045479?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link]. We'd really appreciate your help in raising our profile on the Apple platform, so please leave a review [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/kasterborous-classic-tv-exploring-doctor-who-classic/id1045277918]. Not on Apple Podcasts? Leave us a review somewhere else, send the link over on Twitter [http://twitter.com/kasterborousUK] or Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thekasterborous] or editor@kasterborous.co.uk [editor@kasterborous.co.uk], and you’ll get a mention.