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Kasterborous Classic TV: Exploring Doctor Who & Classic Sci-Fi

Kasterborous Classic TV: Exploring Doctor Who & Classic Sci-Fi

By: Christian Cawley (host producer) | James McLean (host)
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 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.



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Episodes
  • 494: Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor Who legacy feedback and VHS omnibus edition memories

    494: Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor Who legacy feedback and VHS omnibus edition memories
    Nov 25 2025
    Christian Cawley and James McLean look at some of your comments on our recent episodes, mostly concerning Ncuti Gatwa's legacy in Doctor Who.

    We also look at the existence of 90 minute omnibus editions of classic Doctor Who and their presentation as "gifts" to fans, 40 years after very similar edits were released on VHS to cries of "sacrilege!"

    Shownotes
    • William Shatner in Airplane 2
    • Free Enterprise trailer
    • What will Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor Who legacy be?



    Patreon and Apple Podcasts
    As ever, this podcast went out on Patreon first. You can hear the show there several days earlier, often with video, and usually with additional material.

    We'd really appreciate your help in raising our profile on the Apple platform, so please leave a review.

    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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    40 mins
  • 493: Tom Baker MBE, Sea Devils repeated, Pondcast, and more

    493: Tom Baker MBE, Sea Devils repeated, Pondcast, and more
    Nov 17 2025
    This week's show rounds up the latest Doctor Who related headlines, and features Christian Cawley hosting solo.

    Shownotes
    • Tom Baker receives MBE
    • The Sea Devils gets 90 minute edit for TV
    • The War Between the Land and the Sea launch Date
      • Etymology of homo
    • Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill launch Pondcast
    • Sophie Aldred in Doctor Who-themed short for Children in Need

    As ever, this podcast went out on Patreon first. You can hear the show there several days earlier, often with video, and usually with additional material.

    We'd really appreciate your help in raising our profile on the Apple platform, so please leave a review.

    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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    29 mins
  • 492: What will Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor Who legacy be?

    492: What will Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor Who legacy be?
    Nov 11 2025
    With just 18 episodes under his belt and moving on at a time when the show's future was temporarily in doubt, Gatwa's story isn't completely new to the show -- it has echoes of 1985.

    But with the actor apparently now done with Doctor Who and the show struggling to achieve the same levels of adoration we saw previously with its (perhaps outgoing) showrunner, we wonder how Gatwa's episodes will be looked upon in years to come...

    Shownotes
    • The Rest is Entertainment on "The Future of Doctor Who"
    • Disney sources on Doctor Who's ditching
    • Bonnie Langford talks Reality War reshoots

    As ever, the longer edition of this podcast went out on Patreon first. There is also a video of that chat.

    We'd really appreciate your help in raising our profile on the Apple platform, so please leave a review.

    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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    33 mins
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