Power of 3

About Power of 3

A podcast discussing Doctor Who-related items, more often than not in threes, whether stories, guests, or anything else. Featuring a regular team of hosts, including Kenny Smith, and David Steel (not the former Liberal Party MP, MSP and leader). Our other regular conspirators are Dr John Bollan, Stephen Day and Matt Michael, with irregular appearances from the podcast's founding father, Tom Harris (the former Labour MP). We also welcome a host of great Doctor Who guests, using "Kenny's bottomless address book" (c) David Steel.

Publisher

Kenny Smith

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Aug 2019

Latest episode

4 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

584 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Nov 2026

   580: The Making of The Daleks' Master Plan

   Ever since the recovery of episodes one and three of the Hartnell epic earlier this year, there's been a renewed interest in the 12-part adventure. We speak with three of the people involved in the new book from Magic Bullet, The Daleks' Master Plan - The Making of a Television Serial. We're joined by writer Alan Stevens, artist Tim Keeble and designer Paul Winter, to discuss how this 350+ page book came about. To order a copy, visit www.kaldocrcity.com

2. 

   1 Nov 2026

   579: The Key To Time

   The Key to Time - once a source of frustration for Target book fans, when they had five-sixths of the story novelised, and there was that annoying gap between The Ribos Operation and The Stones of Blood. But that gap has since been filled, and now, BBC Books has released a bumper volume featuring novelisations of all six Key to Time stories - and none of the original Target books are included! We speak to editor Steve Cole about this new hardback, and are delighted to welcome back writer Rob Shearman, who has novelised The Power of Kroll.

3. 

   28 Oct 2026

   578: BBC Audiobooks 2026 (part two)

   The Power of 3 is a podcast that loves audio Doctor Who. Whether it's the BBC Radio productions, Big Finish, or BBC Audiobooks, we adore them all. Today, we're delighted to be joined by the marvellous Mr Michael Stevens, who talks us through the rest of this year's output from BBC Audiobooks, and we bring you some fun clips too. Plus, we learn about some non-sci-fi releases... And we've got a lovely exclusive about a Virgin Missing Adventure coming out as an audiobook, and who its reader is!

Who has been a guest on Power of 3

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Louie Stowell
• Tom Harris
• Andrew Orton
• Nicholas Briggs
• Steve Cole

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

4.6 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

82

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

90

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Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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