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Episode 80: The Sensorites

Doctor Who: Straight Outta Gallifrey

Release Date: 06/05/2018

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Doctor Who: Straight Outta Gallifrey

Trapped within E-Space, the Doctor, Romana and Adric are searching for a Charged Vacuum Emboitment – the gateway back to our universe. It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack... Then, by pure chance, a brand new CVE rips into being. Its makers are The Farrian, a warlike race who possess the technology to break into E-Space. But they have come to invade and plunder this new territory, and the riches of the planet Ballustra are their first target…   Write your thoughts about the epsisode, our coverage and your opinions about E-Space and beyond at @sogallifrey on Twitter/X ...

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#239 Straight Outta Gallifrey: Deimos and The Resurrection of Mars show art #239 Straight Outta Gallifrey: Deimos and The Resurrection of Mars

Doctor Who: Straight Outta Gallifrey

Deimos, moon of Mars - where Lord Slaadek's plans to revive the ancient Ice Warrior civilisation hang by a thread. Only the Doctor can stop him… but an old enemy, hiding in the catacombs, has an alternative plan. A plan that will test the Doctor's heroism to its limits. Just how far will the Doctor go to prevent the destruction and resurrection of Mars - on a day when his friends become enemies, and his enemies have right on their side? Written by Jonathon Morris and directed by Barnaby Edwards.   Contact us at Twitter/X @sogallifrey  

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#238 Straight Outta Gallifrey: Find and Replace show art #238 Straight Outta Gallifrey: Find and Replace

Doctor Who: Straight Outta Gallifrey

Christmas 2010, and Jo Grant finds herself stuck in a department store elevator with an alien creature called Huxley. Huxley is a narrator from Verbatim Six, and he is here to let Jo revisit the best time of her life – when she was the plucky companion to that eccentric Space/Time traveller known only as... Iris Wildthyme. Confronted with memories she knew nothing about, Jo agrees to a meeting with Iris inside her transdimensional bus, and together the three of them take a trip back in time. Back to the 1970s, to UNIT HQ, and a meeting with the only person who knows the whole truth......

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#237 Straight Outta Gallifrey: Book of Kells show art #237 Straight Outta Gallifrey: Book of Kells

Doctor Who: Straight Outta Gallifrey

'Anyone who's prepared to kill for a book interests me.' Ireland, 1006. Strange things have been happening at the isolated Abbey of Kells: disembodied voices, unexplained disappearances, sudden death. The monks whisper of imps and demons. Could the Lord of the Dead himself be stalking these hallowed cloisters? The Doctor and his companion find themselves in the midst of a medieval mystery. At its heart is a book: perhaps the most important book in the world. The Great Gospel of Columkille. The Liber Columbae. Contact us at X @sogallifrey    

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Doctor Who: Straight Outta Gallifrey

There's a secret locked up in UNIT's Vault 75-73/Whitehall. Dr Elizabeth Shaw is the only one left who knows what that secret is. Returning to UNIT for the first time in decades, she slowly unravels the past. The vault contains the remains of a spaceship that crashed in the Pennines in the seventies. For the young Liz Shaw, the priority is to ensure the thing's safe. But the Doctor is more concerned about the alien pilot. And the chance this ship offers for escape. Can he resist the temptation, or will the Doctor turn on his friends? Tell us your thoughts about this story and our coverage at ...

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Doctor Who: Straight Outta Gallifrey

The Doctor and Peri face enemies at every turn on the planet Magnus. There's the Time Lord bully Anzor, who made the Doctor's life hell during his time at the Academy. There's also Rana Zandusia, the matriarchal ruler of the planet, who seeks to prise the secret of time travel from these alien visitors. Also on Magnus is the slug-like Sil, still bitter from his defeat on the planet Varos and seeking to make his fortune from the most potentially destructive ends. And, deep within the planet, there is something else. Another old enemy of the Doctor's. And the future is looking decidedly...

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#234 Straight Outta Gallifrey: An Earthly Child show art #234 Straight Outta Gallifrey: An Earthly Child

Doctor Who: Straight Outta Gallifrey

Straight Outta Gallifrey revisits Susan Foreman... I mean Susan Campbell 30 years after the Dalek Invasion of Earth.  Susan is not passive at all in this post alien invasion/present xenophobic paranoia. She is doing what she can to unite the earth in the fight for peace and progression whereas her son Alex, is setting his political sights in a different direction.  Will Alex end up learning the truth about his heritage, even though has sought so hard to strike down that very thing that might be what he actually is?   Sorry, that previous sentence got away from me. ...

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Doctor Who: Straight Outta Gallifrey

Straight Outta Gallifrey talk about the Big Finish audiobook story, The Pyralis Effect, written by George Mann.  Lalla Ward narrates this story from Romana's point of view.  Mystery, intrigue and high sci-fi concepts are all here.  We would like to hear from you.  Let us know your thoughts about this story at X @sogallifrey Instagram @sogallifrey_44 Bluesky @huestrone44.bsky.social    

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Doctor Who: Straight Outta Gallifrey

Siskoid and A.J. talk about Fraizer Hines'excellent performance as a narrator and voice actor in The Glorious Revolution, written by Jonathon Morris.  Jaime McCrimmon is visited by a Time Lord who works for the Celestial Intervention Agency.  There has been a disturbance to the time line, causing a paradox, which leads to Jaime having to make some difficult choices. We had a lot of fun talking about this one.  If you've listened to this one or know more about the subject matter, please write to us; we would love to keep this conversation going with some of our favorite...

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#231 Straight Outta Gallifrey: The Stealers From Saiph @bigfinish show art #231 Straight Outta Gallifrey: The Stealers From Saiph @bigfinish

Doctor Who: Straight Outta Gallifrey

Straight Outta Gallifrey is here to talk about the Doctor and Romana in France during the tail end of the roaring 20's.  One might think about  Black Orchid, the Lindy Hop, the Charleston and glamour, but this story leans into alien invasion, death and excellent narration by the great Mary Tamm. Let us know your thoughts about the story at X @sogallifrey Instagram @sogallifrey_44 bluesky: huestone44.bsky.social  

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Joe Dredd, Siskoid, and Ashford discuss the Sensorites, featuring Susan Foreman, the Doctor's granddaughter.  In this particular story, a description of Gallifrey is given by Susan as well as this character displaying telepathy.  Susan really stands up for herself in this one, indicating to the Doctor that she is growing up and has the right to seek and possess her own agency.