Mark and Rob host 42 to Doomsday, Australia's longest running and most popular Doctor Who podcast. We chat about the show, and leave the reviews and DVD commentaries to everyone else!
2026 starts now and to help celebrate this we again offer reading of Rob's fiction piece titled Conspiracy written a quarter of a century ago that appeared in the Doctor Who Club of Victoria's fanzine Sonic Screwdriver and is is a story perfect for our times - the collision of power, ambition and manipulation!
Not all of UNITs work is on the battlefield, and not all the threats it deals with come from beyond the stars.
Some are homegrown! When an ambitious new minister places UNIT within his sights, Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart is forced to deal with this threat using his own, particular methods.
A short story dealing with political machinations and the lengths men go to, Conspiracy is an exciting short story that shines a new light on one of Doctor Who's favourite characters and served as Rob's audition piece for the Lethbridge-Stewart range with Candy Jar books. You can see all the titles Rob wrote for them here: https://www.freewebstore.org/candy-jar-store/index.aspx?pageid=676603&chainID=72097&txtQuickSearch=robert+mammone
26 Dec 2025
42 to Doomsday - Staff Xmas Party The 10th (Planet)
Episode 117 -It’s Christmas! In the absence of an actual tv series, Mark, Rob, Dave and Richard return to put the ho ho ho back into your lives!
We thrash out what makes a great cliffhanger in a fascinating and wide ranging discussion that will have you reaching for your blu ray collections!
We then pore over the works of Gareth Roberts in a throwback to when Doctor Who books were actually readable! Did Gareth improve over time or was he a legend from day one?
And finally, despite threats of legal action and a possible death threat, the Fanwank of the Year awards return! We pour our hearts (and not a little bile) into the fanwank of 2025, all leavened with our trademark humour and joshing good fun!
Mark and I wish you all a safe and Merry Christmas (even you heathens!) and we will be back soon with an New Year’s Eve special and more episodes in 2026!
5 Apr 2025
42 to Doomsday - Evolution Of The (Toy) Daleks!
Episode 116 - We are back talking Daleks but not the ones you were expecting! To celebrate the publication of The Evolution Of The Toy Dalek-Collecting Through The Ages we are joined by author Alex Storer and contributor (and fellow Victorian!) Mark Dunne who talk about how the Dalek toys evolved from the halcyon (and out of proportion) days of Dalekmania being manufactured by companies such as Louis Marx, Pailitoy, Severn Models, Dapol and bring us bang up to date with Character Options.
They discuss how the book evolved from e-book to a physical tome, what new research they uncovered and how the recreation of key scenes used from the program were recreated on a model scale for the fantastic pictures found throughout!
All this plus what was used to build out the Dalek army on the planet Spiridon and find out how a Palitoy Talking Dalek met its untimely end!
Available to order from https://telos.co.uk/shop/doctor-who/evolution-pb/ and https://amzn.to/3FtbUQm
Alex's Blog: https://thelightdreams.wordpress.com/category/news/
Mark's YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/@TheDocMD74
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