Doctor Who On Target

A deviation from our normal rules this time - he's never written the Target novelisation for it, though we wish he would, but we're reviewing it anyway - in the form of a commentary to celebrate 10 years since it was first shown. Actually, it may be more than that now... timey wimey...

To celebrate a whole year since the first episode of Doctor Who: On Target, or Whos On Target as we were know then, we return to the subject of our first podcast - the daleks, specifically the variety faced by William Hartnell and written by Terry Nation. This time, the dreaded daleks have left their home planet of Skaro and launched a full scale invasion of Earth!

The On Target team are asked to sample some very unusual culinary delights in this episode - but they find themselves strangely drawn to the bloodthirsty appetites of the connoisseur...

The Whos On Target team travel back to 17 century France and become embroiled in religious war which pitted their fellows against each other. What did the team think of this Target novelization? And is it cannon? Listen in to find out...oh, is that the Doctor and Steven in the TARDIS?

We couldn't resist - Greg, Alex and Mike and Michael from Norfolk review the season 9 finale.

Two Thirds of the Whos On Target team mangage to make it to the offical BBC Doctor Who Festival in London - what did we think?

This time, the Who's On Target team have had to get on their bikes - yes - get on their bikes and frantically peddle across a quarry on a bike far too small for them and dressed like silly mummie's boys. Now why on Earth do we have to do that? Why - to see The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, of course!

A very special instruction from a giant of Doctor Who leads the team on to an action-packed episode this month, with a guest reviewer, new music, a sketch, arguments and info! What more could you want? Let's just hope we can get this transmat repaired to home from Nerva Beacon for the next episode!

This time the Doctor Who: On Target team find themselves in an Orwellian world of capitalist greed at the expense of the people, torture televised as public entertainment, and conglomerates controlling the government. But let's try and forget Tory Britain and review the Colin Baker story Vengeance on Varos!

In this episode of Doctor Who: Whos On Target we find ourselves in a foreboding, dark and anxiety-ridden place - yes, the mind of Christopher H. Bidmead! Sorry, that was a bit cheap - but we review our first story by the former script-editer himself - and it causes a huge rumpus at the Whos On Target team's HQ - wildly varying opinions on this one...

This time, the Whos On Target team are embroiled in a diplomatic, inter-galactic escapade which involves a pair of Cockney showpeople, an escaped sea monster, an escaped sea monster, a monster which has escaped from the sea, and a sea monster which has escaped from the sea, a mini-scope and-well, you get the picture...

We review the very first Target Doctor Who novelisation - Doctor Who and the Daleks! Or, to give it its original title: Doctor Who In An Exciting Adventure With The Daleks by David Whitaker.

This time, the Whos On Target team trek to the North Pole to have a good look at Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet, by Gerry Davis. This novelisation adapts the very last William Hartnell story, and the very first regeneration..,

Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars by Terrance Dicks This time, the Whos On Target team come face to face with Sutekh the Destroyer in a terrifying tale of robotic mummies, ancient Egyptian curses and a horrifying vision of a future Earth if the Doctor cannot save it! Yes – the team review the classic tale The Pyramids of Mars – but what will they think of it in novelization form?

This time, the Whos On Target team trek up the chilling, snowy Himalayas to brave The Abominable Snowmen, by Terrance Dicks. A classic lost Troughton story, only one episode of the TV original survives, but we have Target..and we sit, surrounded by Warrior Monks, bravely discussing the story while outside, the wind howls as the roar of the yeti echoes round the peaks of the snow-clad mountains...