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June 2009
Geoff Smith
Music by Geoff Smith
Geoff Smith is an independent artist based out of Nashville TN. He has been a listener and friend of Doctor Who: Podshock since the very beginning.
His massively catchy power pop styles are reminiscent of the Beatles, Ben Folds and Squeeze.
Musician, songwriter, producer, writer, actor, entrepreneur, new media personality and owner of the iPhone ringtone company, Ringtonefeeder.com
Released his latest album, Ones and 0s, also as a dynamic subscription with a year of bonus tracks.
Geoff and Louis
Doctor Who: Podshock theme / promo composer and performer Geoff Smith (left) with Louis Trapani (right) at the New Media Expo in Las Vegas, NV in August 2008 attending the Coverville 500 concert.
(Thanks to photographer, Chris Marquardt who took this photo with my camera. - Louis)
Phil Collinson with Tara and TARDIS
Doctor Who Producer Phil Collinson with Doctor Who: Podshock correspondent Tara Wheeler in front of her "time traveling" Police Box at Gallifrey 20 in February 2009. Photo by Billy Davis
Tara Wheeler
Correspondent Tara Wheeler
Tara Wheeler grew up with friends who were Trekkies. She knew there was something else out there waiting for her, but it wasn't until she was fourteen that she found it. Her first episode was 'The Five Doctors' so she likes to think that 'all of them' is her Doctor. She started knitting Doctor Who scarves the same year she discovered Doctor Who and thinks she's knitted somewhere around forty or so. She's met the actors who have played Two through Eight, plus most of their companions, writers, producers and staff.
Tara Wearing Tom's Scarf
Doctor Who: Podshock correspondent Tara Wheeler sporting the 4th Doctor's scarf worn by Tom Baker in 1979. Tara recently made a long trek across the country for this opportunity!
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A Quick "Hello" and a Guide to Audible.com!
Just a quick "hello" to everyone and a big thank you to Louis and the guys for trusting me with this honor!
If you've heard the podcast I was lucky enough to participate in, you might know that I work in the film industry, and, after a horrible year, I've got a few projects that have come to the fore that are keeping me very busy. So, this will have to be brief.
I just wanted to elaborate on the Audible.com info Ken and the guys have been giving on the podcasts recently. I've been a subscriber for years and years (I drive over 20,000 miles a year here in LA!) and have discovered lots of books beyond the Who range that might be of interest. You probably know that Paul McGann and Tom Baker, particularly, have done a lot of audio books and radio drama between them, and some of them are available on Audible.
Torchwood: Children of Earth UK Transmission Date
Torchwood: Children of Earth will be transmitted on BBC1 (in the UK) starting on Monday, 6th of July at 9pm. The mini-series will continue each consecutive night afterwards (i.e. Tuesday, 7th of July, and so on).
Source: Radio Times (Torchwood listing)
'Doctor Who' Documentary
Big news for all 'Doctor Who' fans... a documentary about the show by Mark Gattis.
The show is a 30-minute radio broadcast... and it's not region-locked. All you ned to do is click play on the page.
Here's the link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00l59rk
enjoy!
Mark Gatiss Documentary on Doctor Who Target Novelisations
Mark Gatiss leads a 30 minute documentary on BBC Radio 4 exploring Doctor Who novelisations published by Target books. The audio documentary, On the Outside it Looked Like an Old Fashion Police Box is available to listen to via the BBC iPlayer (it is available outside of the UK) for the next seven days.
It features interviews with Terrence Dicks, Anneke Wills, and Russell T Davies among others, as well as audio clips from various audio book adaptations.
BBC description:
The Snowmen
The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
