Power of 3

Last week, we learned that sad news that Justin Richards, former Doctor Who books editor, and prolific novelist, had died.
Justin was a powerhouse in the worlds of Doctor Who literature, writing for the majority of the Doctors, for the BBC, Virgin and Penguin, as well as crafting a number of factual books.
We pay tribute to him with a look at his 50th anniversary novel, Plague of the Cybermen.
Justin - thank you. Vale.

We've now featured around half of the New Adventures novels on the Power of 3, as we speak to the writers (where possible) about their books which were too broad and too deep for television.

In today's episode, we look at the 36th New Adventure, which was written by Daniel Blythe.

He discusses his second book in the range, after The Dimension Riders, and we also feature the DWM prelude, readings from the novel (with sound effects), the original DWM review, and what people think today on Goodreads.

Who remembers Destiny of the Doctors? No, not Destiny of the Doctor (singular), the joint BBC AudioGo/Big Finish series of productions for the 50th anniversary.

Doctor Who and computer games have never been an easy mix, from The First Adventure and Warlord on the BBC Micro, through to Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror on the Commodore 64, and then Dalek Attack on various early 90s machines.

Rather than look at the more recent Wii, PlayStation or Nintendo DS games, we're going back to the 1990s, with Destiny of the Doctors.

We're joined by Gary Russell, who explains his involvement in writing the encyclopaedia entries for the game, as well as the fun involved in making a Doctor Who game.

Plus! We feature a commentary on some of the game. Just what you always wanted!

The founder and Reeltime Pictures joins us again, and this time he's front and centre to discuss the company's history.

From in-depth interviews, to full-cast dramatic productions, Reeltime has done them all over the years.

Keith shares some fascinating insight into some of the earliest interviews, recruiting Nick Briggs to front the series, and how he and others went about shooting Wartime, the first independent, full-cast Doctor Who spin-off production. And we also share why you can't buy Downtime any more either!

And please note, Keith's interview was recorded a week before it was announced that Russell T Davies was leaving Doctor Who.

Plus! We have five DVDs to give away! If you want to win a copy of Doctor Who: Lockdown, from Reeltime, answer the question in this episode and send it to theEarth2podcast@gmail.com, with 'Sorry to bother you Peter' in the header.

It's time to say so long, farewell, to Ace, for the third time, after Survival and Love and War.

We're delighted to be joined by Kate Orman, as she talks her way through the writing process, and shares her thoughts on the cover.

As ever, we feature readings from the novel, plus the Doctor Who Magazine prelude.