Episodes

  • S4 E36 - Frankly, Mr Franklin!
    May 16 2024

    It’s the final episode of this mammoth series of Too Hot For TV, so we thought what better way to finish than with a Bang enough for the Brigadier. In this episode Dylan is joined by Lee and Cam from the Polis Box to talk about three UNIT related releases. First up its the Big Finish play ’The Spectre of Lanyon Moor’ written by Nicholas Pegg featuring the Sixth Doctor, Evelyn and the Brigadier. Then it’s the BBV audio book ‘The Killing Stone’ by Richard Franklin and featuring the Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith, the Brigadier, Benton and Yates. Finally they talk about John Levene’s album ‘The Ballads of Sergeant Benton’ .

    And as always they answers the burning questions:
    Has Richard Franklin ever read a book?
    Who has an impressive knowledge of the motorway system of Great Britain?
    How many potatoes is too many potatoes?


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    2 hrs and 7 mins
  • S4 E35 - Riding Bareback at the Academy
    May 10 2024

    Join Dylan and Mark Donaldson down the Shobogan Wetherspoons as they discuss two relaunches for the Eighth Doctor that came after his first adventure (never let it be said we aren’t relevant) . First up it’s the BBC EDA ‘The Eight Doctors’ by Terrance Dicks. Then it’s the Big Finish audio ’Storm Warning’ starring Paul McGann and India Fisher, written by Alan Barnes. And as always the answer the burning questions:

    What did the doctor ride bareback at the academy ?
    Who is a beefy Doctor Watson?
    Which dr who companion is most likely to sabotage a zeppelin?

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    2 hrs and 4 mins
  • S4 E34 - Punk’d by Stephen Cole
    May 4 2024

    Dylan is once again joined by Jack to look at series 5 of Bernice Summerfield starring Lisa Bowerman and featuring the stories:

    The Grel Escape by Jack Rayner
    The Bone of Contention by Simon A. Forward
    The Relics of Jegg-Sau by Stephen Cole
    The Masquerade of Death by Stewart Sheargold

    And as always they answer the burning questions:

    How can porn inform a woman’s personality?
    What did Peter Ling create?
    What is Terry Molloy doing in Wookey Hole?


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    1 hr and 1 min
  • S4 E33 - Emma Peels Cold Open
    Apr 28 2024

    In this episode Dylan is Joined by Rod Brown to talk about the first the two series of Counter Measures from Big Finish. 8 stories, 8 writers and a whole lot of Doccy Who. And as always we we answer the burning questions:

    What hasn't been flicked since Christmas day?
    What is Quatermass 2 meets The Underwater Menace?
    What can't Catholics Do?

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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • S4 E32 - Buckets and Buckets of Goo
    Apr 20 2024

    In this episode Dylan is joined by Mikey Smith to look at two Big Finish audios chosen off the back of watching Tales of the Tardis. First up they discuss the fifth Doctor and Tegan story 'The Gathering' by Joseph Lidster. Then they chat about the sixth Doctor and Peri adventure 'The Widows Assassin' written by Nev Fountain. All while answering the burning questions:

    Who is making the charity single Davros in Distress?
    What is Mikey doing in the bath?
    What makes Tegan a Trump supporter?

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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • S4 E31 - Car Safety with Cliff Richard
    Apr 6 2024

    In the latest episode of Doctor Who: Too Hot For TV Dylan is joined by Ross from the podcast General Witchfinders. Together they explore the wild world of the 1977 Doctor Who annual. After that they venture into territory not yet explored by too hot for tv, in that it is both televised and not Doctor Who at all. But as always they answer the burning questions:

    What is Darth Vader doing in a video shop?
    What links tramps and BBV?
    Why is it a snatch heavy year for Doctor Who?

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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • S4 E30 - Traipsing Down Corridors
    Mar 24 2024

    In this latest episode of Too Hot For TV Dylan is joined by Toby Hadoke to discuss two Big Finish stories from recent years. First up they look at the the first Doctor adventure 'The Invention of Death' written by John Dorney and starring David Bradley as the First Doctor, Claudia Grant as Susan Foreman, Jamie Glover as Ian Chesterton and Jemma Powell as Barbara Wright. Then they look at the fifth Doctor story 'Pursuit of the Nightjar' written by Tim Foley and starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa and Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka. And as always they answer the burning questions:

    How can a blobby mess make you feel any sort of emotion?
    Who has a space cold?
    What is this human emotion you call grief?



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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • S4 E29 - Effective Male Awkwardness
    Mar 10 2024

    Jack has returned to talk all things Benny. First up they look at the Virgin New Adventures book 'Return of the Living Dad' by Kate Orman and featuring the 7th Doctor Chris, Roz, Benny and Jason. Then they look at the Big Finish audio 'Death and the Daleks' by Paul Cornell and featuring Benny, Jason, Bev and Braxiatel. And as always answer these burning questions:

    What is Dylan's mind palace?
    Who didn't shag Ace?
    Who is the Doctor watching sleep?

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    1 hr and 4 mins