Stardub Episode 66 – Instant Car-ma

Feb23
by on February 23, 2014 at 1:48 pm
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Continuing on from Episode 64 – a sweary intro from Andu prompts Rolph to talk about The Smugglers from Doctor Who.  Which holds the honour of being the least remembered Doctor Who story of all time, the discussion runs the way of the Hartnell era and missing episodes in general.

Our team then turn their attentions to Zenith, the popstar superhero from the pages of 2000ad as created by Grant Morrison and Brendan McCarthy and Steve Yeowell.  Andu splurged on a copy of the limited edition (271 of 1000) HC run last year, and no he isn’t upset that there will be softcover editions later this year.

We then revisit the Hogmanay Hell that Andu endured (along with Stunt Ralph’s, Karl and Nick) in the form of the DVD of the film “The Car”.  Rest assured gentle listeners, your pain is insignificant compared to Andu’s.

To cleanse the palette the team round off the episode with another dramatic reading from Zardoz!

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Stardub Episode 65 – Brick To The Future of Law Enforcement!

Feb09
by on February 9, 2014 at 10:21 pm
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It’s an uncommonly topical installment of the Stardub podcast this time out, as our titanic hosts Rolph and Andu speak to you from the Baines Cave about their recent cinematic ventures.

First off the blocks is the Robocop remake, where Samuel L Jackson auditions for a James Brown biopic while Detroit City’s finest becomes, part man, part machine, all cop.  Or perhaps all Cop-Out? You see what we did there?

Then on to the absolute joy that is the Lego movie, don’t worry there are ZERO spoilers about the Lego film, as you need to see it knowing as little as possible, but trust us.  It’s going to be the most fun you will have in the cinema this year, or perhaps ever.  We also get sidetracked about the unfortunate looks one gets for daring to see a family film, without having a family, but being in possession of a beard and glasses.  (It’s not the first time, remember Bagpuss Live!).

Bookending the cinematic chat, Andu tears Games Workshop a new hole for Warhammer Visions, their newest publication and then is True Friended…by a most unexpected source!

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Stardub Episode 64 – I Have An Evil Winking Fish!

Jan20
by on January 20, 2014 at 11:50 pm
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It’s 2014 so what better way to start a new year than by looking back on the old.  Rolph and Andu talk about the gifts they gave and received to kick our show off, before talking about the splendid Lew Stringer and some of his mighty works (Combat Colin, Brickman and Robo Capers and the almost-forgotten One Cat and his Cod).  Now Christmas isn’t christmas anymore without a Doctor Who special.  Now the last Doctor Who episode left our team as giddy as schoolgirls, can the Moff retain the quality at Christmas…

We take a wee break to plug the impending Scotcon gathering and mention the culinary delights of Scotcon – The Deep Fried Pizza and The Pizza Crunch.

Learn how one of the team was refused entry to see The Muppet’s Christmas Carol at the Cineworld in Edinburgh for being on his own and in possession of a beard and glasses.  Take a guess gentle listener you have a fifty per-cent chance of being correct.

We end the show with a happier cinematic discussion, that of the team’s outing to see the 1989 Tim Burton Batman film.

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Stardub Episode 63 – Yipikaye Muppet-Fucker!

Dec23
by on December 23, 2013 at 10:48 pm
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IT’S CHRISTMAS in a day or so, timezones not withstanding!

So in the season of gifts we give you the Stardub Christmas special and it’s all about gifts.  The greatest gift they’ll get this year is liiife sang the folks who donated their time to Band Aid, but here at the Stardub Nerve Centre the greatest gifts exchanged come in boxes with novelty wrapping paper or brown boxes with tabloid newspaper for padding.  Now long-time listeners of the show should know by now that when gifts are exchanged one or both of our intrepid hosts suffers untold anguish and swears a lot, the other laughs.

Not this year, as in the spirit of togetherness both Andu and Rolph suffered torment, who unleashed said torment?  What is said torment and how could it be so bad that Rolph proclaimed that Manimal was good in comparison…

LISTEN ON…

There is also a brief diversion into Christmas films, the title of the episode should clue you in on the two greatest Christmas films of all time.

Oh and enjoy yourselves this Christmas whatever you plan on doing and whoever you are doing it with and we’ll see you in 2014.

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Stardub Episode 62 – Grand Moff! Ta-kid!

Nov20
by on November 20, 2013 at 9:41 pm
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We’re back after a wee delay (I mean we took longer than expected, no bladder control issues in this podcast), and so is Paul McGann!  That one seems to a bit more popular on the internet than we are, for some reason.  Steven Moffat penned the exclusive minisode – The Night of the Doctor which featured the return of Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor.  Now this is the one nugget we wanted for the 50th Anniversary, so any wrongs Steven Moffat has committed, unintelligible arc plots, which fall down under examination, less episodes than we should have, the ever revolving door of producers (we miss you Beth Willis) are now forgiven.  So we blether about that for a while, before turning to an equally important part of Doctor Who.

No not Doctor Who Adventures, but we get to that later I speak of course of The Deadly Assassin – starring Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor.  Reknowned for redefining Gallifrey, Time Lords and for getting Philip Hinchliffe the boot thanks to Mary Whitehouse.  This is a shame for it should be familiar for a greater reason, the single greatest Time Lord who wasn’t The Doctor – Castellan Spandrell as played by George Pravda.

Doctor Who Adventures reaches the milestone issue number 333 and Andu (after a few ciders picked it up) and we talk about it and also the charming Mr Men and Little Miss Magazine, both publications put out by the same publisher aimed at younger readers.  Which one is better, no no they don’t need to fight.  Just read the magazines or better yet let our hosts tell you.  (Yes, there is swearing involved, and also some unfortunate choices of words).

SHOW NOTES

Astrodog – the wonderful comic by Paul Harrison-Davies that Andu was raving about.

Read for free here

Go and buy in print here

These are not requests or suggestions but orders!

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