Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast

Episode 168: Disc Man with Ed Stradling

Another terrific guest materialises for this long form conversation on a fascinating Doctor Who connection with regular Type 40 host and remote-control freak, Dan Hadley.

Ed Stradling moved from a career in law, to producing for TV, fuelled by researching classic television and Doctor Who in particular. A key contributor and innovator in the original range of classic series DVD’s which raised the bar for value added material, or “special features”.

Here he recounts many of his greatest hits, an idiosyncratic fandom and potential future projects? The Fandom Podcast Network is proud to continue bringing listeners this essential companion the Whoniverse HERE:

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Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast

Episode 167: DWAS is 50! With Tony Jordan

The Doctor Who Appreciation Society is 50 Years old and if that’s not a good enough reason to check back in with DWAS Co-ordinator Tony Jordan? When would be!

Regular voices Antony Wainer and Dan Hadley are ready with the party poppers and loads of memories of membership cards, fanzines and badges past.

Not that the longest established and largest organised fan group for the series isn’t moving forward! Tony details how the revolutionising of the membership went, last year and teases their huge convention: The Capitol Fifty Years of DWAS happening in London next month…

Plus there’s more excitement over recent long-lost episodes being returned to the archives and loads more! Type 40 is privileged to host this conversation with such a dedicated and entertaining figure in the fandom today. And you can listen in HERE:

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Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast

Episode 166: Found! Missing Episodes Update Spring 2026

Doubtless you were as delighted as we were, to see the news of two fresh re-discoveries of previously lost classic Doctor Who episodes from 1965, a few weeks ago…

Our Type 40 regular discussion panel couldn’t wait to get together and speculate on the where’s, how’s and when’s as the story was continuing to break! What a treat to be joined by one of the fandom’s most knowledgeable voices and engaging podcasters, Tim Burrows as our guest.

The conversation focusses not just on the episodes themselves but inspiring work being done to preserve the films containing those William Hartnell finds by a team of volunteers, for registered charity Film Is Fabulous!

Tim gives us the inside track on the day classic series star, Peter Purves was treated to a top secret screening and how we can all help further the efforts to locate and preserves more? You can listen in HERE now:

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Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 165: McGannuary! Wasting no time or space here on our long running Doctor Who podcast, celebrating 30 years of Paul McGann's much loved Doctor. A story that began one Wintery morning at Longleat House, continued on the streets of Vancouver before that final, fiery end! The filling in of the gaps inbetween, still going on, all these years later... Our panel recount the casting of the Liverpudlian actor; the mood during that Spring in 1996. Compare takes on the incarnation and his various, if slight, returns! And review his first ever, full cast audio drama Storm Warning. Just reissued by Big Finish Productions for it's own 25th birthday! We're excited to get together and revisit a unique time in the history of Doctor Who, on this edition of Type 40. Featuring regular panellists Luke, Gary, David Charlotte and Dan HERE: Find the Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast home feed at type40.podbean.com. Listen to Type 40 across all major pod catchers including Spotify, Amazon Music and Apple. Type 40 is also part of the FPNet Master Feed @Fpnet.podbean.com If you would like to contact us directly you can: • Email: type40doctorwho@outlook.com • Twitter: @type40doctorwho • Instagram: @type40doctorwho • Join the Facebook group Type 40 • A Doctor Who Fan Group: http://bit.ly/type40_fbgroup • Subscribe to the Type 40 Doctor Who YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh8T5-mFYWblZo6lnakCSCw TeePublic Store: Help support the Fandom Podcast Network and wear some of their fantastic original designs and logos on t-shirts, mugs, hats and more from Tee Public Go to: https://www.teepublic.com/user/fandompodcastnetwork or just search Fandom Podcast Network to find our storefront. Please listen to our other formidable podcasts on the Fandom Podcast Network: Master Feed: https://fpnet.podbean.com/ * Storm Warning is available from Big Finish here: https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-storm-warning-641 ** The brand new collected reissue of that first wave of Eighth Doctor Audio dramas, including Storm Warning and the three following adventures is available here: https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-eighth-doctor-and-charlotte-pollard-series-01-3357

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 164: Closing Time - The Randomiser Reviews The Randomiser is a confounding contraption alright! Looks like not much at all, but inside that metallic rectangle, bolted to the console, is mayhem to a Doctor Who fan. Whatever story it was YOU planned on watching next? Bump it, and join the Type 40 panel to review the latest story, chosen chosen FOR THEM completely by chance! Matt Smith's Doctor seems more loved than ever, now. With his episodes enjoying a run of repeats on BBC Three. Closing Time is a tale few fans have much positive to say about! What will our reviewers have to say, approaching fifteen years since it was screened? Oh and don't miss what happens when the Randomiser picks their NEXT revisit here on the Fandom Podcast Network's long running Doctor Who Podcast HERE: Find the Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast home feed at type40.podbean.com. Listen to Type 40 across all major pod catchers including Spotify, Amazon Music and Apple. Type 40 is also part of the FPNet Master Feed @Fpnet.podbean.com If you would like to contact us directly you can: • Email: type40doctorwho@outlook.com • Twitter: @type40doctorwho • Instagram: @type40doctorwho • Join the Facebook group Type 40 • A Doctor Who Fan Group: http://bit.ly/type40_fbgroup • Subscribe to the Type 40 Doctor Who YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh8T5-mFYWblZo6lnakCSCw TeePublic Store: Help support the Fandom Podcast Network and wear some of their fantastic original designs and logos on t-shirts, mugs, hats and more from Tee Public Go to: https://www.teepublic.com/user/fandompodcastnetwork or just search Fandom Podcast Network to find our storefront. Please listen to our other formidable podcasts on the Fandom Podcast Network: Master Feed: https://fpnet.podbean.com/

Type 40 • A Doctor Who Podcast

Episode 163: Reel Times with Keith Barnfather

There’s the official Whoniverse of Doctor Who: on telly and in officially licensed media and extra programming: that’s big enough! But on the flipside exists an even larger, wilder and more industrious domain of the UNOFFICIAL…

Our returning guest, Keith Barnfather has been there pioneering much of that! For over four decades now, he’s been running Reeltime Pictures. A small, independent production company mostly known for their line of Who-related documentaries, dramas and especially their long form interviews with cast and crew of the classic series. Hosts Antony and Dan sit down with Keith to talk about himself, this time! Those accomplishments and more. Recounting trials and triumphs along his way and teasing future productions and plans, as he always does! What a pleasure it was, to welcome Keith Barnfather back for another conversation here on our long running Doctor Who Podcast. Returning for 2026! You can listen in HERE now:

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In early November 2025, the veteran character actor, arguably most famous Time Lord of the all, Tom Baker was formally honoured by the Crown with an MBE for Services to Television. With a small number of friends and colleagues in attendance... One of whom was photographer Oliver McNeil.

Oliver's quite the character himself; a trusted personal friend and sometime creative collaborator of the Fourth Doctor legend. He joins us for this exclusive interview with regular Dan Hadley.

Their conversation covers not only Tom Baker's investiture itself, but their long friendship and Oliver's own extraordinary creative range. Enhanced with his own captivating photography for this video edition of our long-running Doctor Who Podcast on the Fandom Podcast Network HERE:

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Resuming our reviewing and revelling through time & space now, to tie in with the release of Season 13 of classic Doctor Who on Blu Ray: stopping off on the Planet Of Evil itself... The second story of this fan favourite run starring Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen gets quite a set of reactions from the regular Type 40 reviewers, Antony, Simon, Sarah and Dan! Will you be on the dark side of the light side of this atmospheric 4-parter from 1975? Type 40 is our long running Doctor Who podcast for the Fandom Podcast Network available across all major podcatchers and in this enhanced video edition HERE:

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