Kasterborous Classic TV

By: Christian Cawley James McLean
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  • Summary

  • Regular podcast featuring unique and in-depth discussions covering Doctor Who and other classic TV and movies, usually in the sci-fi and sci-fantasy fields. Launched in 2007, we've lost count of how many episodes we've actually done. Special episodes include interviews with creatives, writers, actors, and notable commentators in the cult TV field. Your regular hosts are Christian Cawley and James McLean.
    Christian Cawley, James McLean, Brian A Terranova, 2007-2024
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  • 469: Doctor Who: Lux reviewed, with guest Rick Lundeen

    469: Doctor Who: Lux reviewed, with guest Rick Lundeen
    Apr 22 2025
    Doctor Who Series 15's second episode, Lux, is the subject of discussion this week. James McLean welcomes this week's guest, Rick Lundeen, for quite a deep and wide-ranging chat about the episode and Doctor Who's current status.

    Rick is a writer and artist with quite a considerable body of work behind him. Among those include work with Christian Cawley on the Time Leech comic strip way back in 2009, and his incredible adaptation of The Daleks' Master Plan. Rick also writes regularly for The Doctor Who Companion, where he has contributed over 100 articles.

    He also has some interesting thoughts on Doctor Who!

    Shownotes
    • Doctor Who: Lux - BBC iPlayer, Disney+
      • Rick Lundeen art
      • The Swede

    You can also watch the video version of this review of Lux, exclusive to our Patreon, which is free to join and affords access to our podcast early, ad-free, and with extra content each week.

    Get in touch Subscribe to our podcast? Then head to Apple Podcasts to leave a rating and review. Any new reviews will be read out.

    Not on Apple Podcasts? Leave us a review somewhere else, send the link over on Twitter or Facebook or editor@kasterborous.co.uk, and you’ll get a mention.
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • 468: Robot Revolution: is Doctor Who on the right track?

    468: Robot Revolution: is Doctor Who on the right track?
    Apr 15 2025
    James and Magnus discuss the first episode of Doctor Who S15, Robot Revolution, which introduces a new companion, Belinda Chandra, and ends with quite the cliffhanger.

    This is an in-depth discussion of the episode, covering everything from the visual style to the themes of coercive control and loss.

    Members of our free Patreon heard this episode first. Sign up at patreon.com/kasterborous for early episodes, ad-free, and often with extra material.

    Shownotes
    • Doctor Who Robot Revolution on BBC iPlayer

    Get in touch
    Subscribe to our podcast? Then head to Apple Podcasts to leave a rating and review. Any new reviews will be read out.

    Not on Apple Podcasts? Leave us a review somewhere else, send the link over on Twitter or Facebook or editor@kasterborous.co.uk, and you’ll get a mention.
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • 467: Is this the end of Doctor Who? PLUS: Series 15 preview

    467: Is this the end of Doctor Who? PLUS: Series 15 preview
    Apr 11 2025
    This week's podcast was supposed to be Christian chatting with the Doctor Who Companion's Philip Bates about Doctor Who Series 15... and then Newsround published a brief chat with Russell T Davies.

    Suddenly, we had to talk about the possibility that Doctor Who Series 15 might be the last, certainly as far as the current production setup is concerned, and maybe longer term, too.

    So, the episode kicks off with Christian and James (which you may have already seen in the video chat earlier), then moves onto a previously recorded chat with the DWC editor.

    Shownotes
    • Russell T Davies chats to Newsround
      • Last week's episode: Is Doctor Who's time running out?
    • Doctor Who modern episodes ranked
    • Doctor Who Companion turns 9

    Get in touch
    Subscribe to our podcast? Then head to Apple Podcasts to leave a rating and review. Any new reviews will be read out.

    Not on Apple Podcasts? Leave us a review somewhere else, send the link over on Twitter or Facebook or editor@kasterborous.co.uk, and you’ll get a mention.
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    56 mins
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