Episodes

  • 499: The War Between the Land and the Sea: Was it any good, then?

    499: The War Between the Land and the Sea: Was it any good, then?
    Jan 12 2026

    Christian Cawley and James McLean discuss The War Between the Land and the Sea, the Doctor Who spin-off serial that aired over Christmas 2025.

    Our 499th podcast has a lot to cover. The five episodes are addressed as a whole, along with the ramifications beyond the series (Disney, RTD, Doctor Who itself) and what went wrong.

    But remember: you only get the full length show on Patreon, where it is also early, ad-free, and often with video.

    Shownotes
    • The War Between the Land and the Sea on BBC iPlayer

    For more in-depth thoughts from Christian, please check the Kasterborous Substack, where a full review has been published.

    Patreon and Apple Podcasts

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    54 mins
  • 498: War Between the Land and the Sea, Doctor Who cartoon, and Christmas TV recommendations

    498: War Between the Land and the Sea, Doctor Who cartoon, and Christmas TV recommendations
    Dec 20 2025
    Christian Cawley delivers the latest Doctor Who news of any significance, and offers his top recommendations for quality TV viewing this Christmas.

    Shownotes
    • The War Between the Land and the Sea overnights:
      • episodes 1 and 2
      • episodes 3 and 4
    • Blue Zoo to produce Doctor Who animation for CBeebies
    • Christmas recommendations:
      • Man vs Baby
      • All Creatures Great and Small Christmas special on Channel 5 (Christmas Eve)
      • Original All Creatures Great and Small 1990 Christmas special on BBC Four (December 27th)
      • Beyond Paradise Christmas special BBC 1 (December 21st)
      • Midsomer Murders on Acorn TV (US only)
      • Morecambe and Wise on BBC Two Christmas Day
      • Monty Python And Now for Something Complete Different also BBC Two, early hours of Boxing Day
      • Sky Arts Boxing Day: Elvis Presley night, movies and documentaries
      • Double Indemnity BBC 2 on Dec 28th

    Enjoy the podcast, enjoy your Christmas, and we'll be back with new episodes in 2026!

    Best wishes

    Christian Cawley and James McLean

    Patreon and Apple Podcasts Most episodes of our podcast go 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. If you don't already subscribe, you should -- it alerts you when new episodes are available.

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    26 mins
  • 497: Sarah Jane Smith, AI upscaling, and will personal websites return?

    497: Sarah Jane Smith, AI upscaling, and will personal websites return?
    Dec 15 2025
    This week's Doctor Who podcast is a collection of chats that were held back for Patreon members. So, yes, you've heard some of these before -- but the listeners on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all the other places you get podcasts, have not.

    As such, this podcast is free to listen to on Patreon and wider afield -- and if you want to get additional chats like this at the end of your usual podcast, then you can join our Patreon for this and other extra material with most podcasts, and access the Kasterborous Archive.

    Christian Cawley chats with James McLean and Philip Bates, with Just Sarah, the AI upscaling on Doctor Who Blu-rays, and the notion of personal, independent websites returning to the fore (think MySpace, Geocities, etc.)

    Patreon and Apple Podcasts Most episodes of our podcast go 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. If you don't already subscribe, you should -- it alerts you when new episodes are available.

    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
  • 496: The War Between the Land and the Sea preview

    496: The War Between the Land and the Sea preview
    Dec 9 2025
    Christian is joined by The Doctor Who Companion editor Philip Bates to preview The War Between the Land and the Sea and shared some expectations.

    Shownotes
    This week, we refer to:

    • The War Between the Land and the Sea
    • Just Sarah
    • Doctor Who Stars in Ads
    Patreon and Apple Podcasts
    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. If you don't already subscribe, you should -- it alerts you when new episodes are available.

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    38 mins
  • 495: Doctor Who cutscenes, classic Christmas trailers, and Teletext...

    495: Doctor Who cutscenes, classic Christmas trailers, and Teletext...
    Dec 3 2025
    James and Christian are back with a new chat, looking at Doctor Who cutscenes (and the whole cutscene reveal culture), classic BBC One Christmas trailers, Teletext (!) and a few other things.

    Shownotes
    • Vintage BBC Christmas trailers
    • Woolworths 1981 Christmas ad (ft Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie, Anita Harris, et al)
    • Teletext VHS recovery

    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.

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    30 mins
  • 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.

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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.

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    33 mins