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Waris Hussein, the first director of Doctor Who (he had directed An Unearthly Child back in 1963) turned 73 today. Though you would never guess it if you spent some time with him as he comes across as someone much younger. We had the honour and privilege of spending a little time with him in Los Angeles last February when we introduced him as our special surprise guest in our Doctor Who: Podshock live show on stage at Gallifrey One. He is charming and intelligent.

A couple weeks ago for the 48th anniversary of Doctor Who I once again watched An Unearthly Child (Part One) as I do traditionally on the anniversary. Despite its age, it never gets old.

Happy Birthday, Waris!

Ian Bisset, Correspondent

Tara and IanIan Bisset was born and raised in Lower Hutt, New Zealand and until 1988 was a Doctor Who watcher rater than a fan, it took the acting prowess of Colin Baker to start the young man off in his journey to becoming a Doctor Who fan!

By 1991, Ian was established in the Wellington Chapter of the New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club and attended his first Doctor Who convention (it was one day with no guests an it was held in a school hall). By 1992, Ian was instrumental in organizing DoctorCon 2,

Yet another guest-less convention, but one that got the attention of the New Zealand media due to a typo.

Doctor Who crew and cast at the Paley Center for Media in April 2010. We were there covering the event for Doctor Who: Podshock. 

(L-R) Executive Producers Beth Willis and Piers Wenger, Matt Smith (11th Doctor), Executive Producer and Lead Writer Steven Moffat, and Karen Gillan (Amy Pond).

This photograph graced the cover of Doctor Who: Podshock 192. Listen to our interviews and coverage of the event in it and Doctor Who: Podshock 193.

Photo by Louis Trapani

Graeme Sheridan, "The Germany Report" Guy

Graeme was born in Lanark, Scotland in 1972 and has been a Doctor Who fan for as long as he can Remember, his first memory being Tom Baker in Genesis of the Daleks.

After serving in the British Army for 13 years, serving in places such as Kosovo, Bosnia, Germany, and Canada. He settled in Germany due to slightly better job prospects, and squeezes in podcasting between security duties. He is responsible for "The Germany Report" section of Doctor Who: Podshock, and heads up two podcasts of his own, Professor How the "Doctor Who Parody" Podcast and B-movie invasion "The Classic Sci-fi Podcast" both available on iTunes.

A younger Ken Deep with Tom Baker at WLIW. (December 1990)

"250 million light years away. That's a good 10 minutes in this old thing."

Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 161
Running Time: 1:34:55

News and Part 1 of our in-depth interview with Gary Russell

Hosted by Louis Trapani and Ken Deep.

Colin (Abersoch) and James at Who at the Cavern III

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.

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)

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

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.

Doctor Who: Podshock Correspondent Amy Krell (left) with Tom Baker (the 4th Doctor) (right) at his very first US convention in 1979.

Doctor Who Producer Phil Collinson on Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 141 recorded live on stage at Gallifrey 20 (February 15, 2009). Photo by Rachel McCauley

(left to right) Doctor Who Producer Phil Collinson, Ken Deep, Louis Trapani, and James Naughton recording Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 141 live on stage at Gallifrey 20 in Los Angeles, CA, February 15, 2009. Photo by Billy Davis.

Doctor Who: Podshock's West Coast Correspondent, Joshua Lou Friedman showing off his Doctor Who: Podshock T-Shirt at the Playboy Mansion.

Joshua Lou Friedman, West Coast Correspondent

Joshua Lou Friedman has worked in films and television since 1991. His television credits range from children’s animation (“Inspector Gadget”, “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventures”, “Sonic the Hedgehog”), to award-winning favorites such as “Heroes”, “CSI: New York”, “Monk”, “Everybody Hates Chris”, “Worst Week” and “Alias”. His feature film credits include “Transformers”, “9”, “Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny”, “Cougar Club”, “Wizard of Gore”, “Big Bad Wolf”, “Midnight Meat Train” and the forthcoming “Bitch Slap”.

Billy Davis, Special Correspondent

Billy Davis is the newest addition to the Doctor Who: Podshock support team joining in 2008. His title: Special Correspondant. He can be heard occasionally on the podcast reporting from the various Doctor Who conventions and events he attends around the US. Billy is a native New Yorker and a long time science fiction fan who become a Doctor Who fan in 2005 with the new series.

Doctor Who: Podshock crew, correspondents, and regular contributors:

Mike Doran, Canadian Correspondent

Mike, Ken, Billy at Gallifrey20Mike Doran first saw Doctor Who on TV Ontario in the late 1970s and has been a fan of Doctor Who since childhood. He attended his first local group meeting at a young age and has been involved with Canadian Doctor Who fandom for more than twenty-five years. This involvement has included running local groups, editing fanzines and organizing events of all sizes. A former organizer with The Doctor Who Information Network (North America's largest and oldest Doctor Who fan club Mike still works on Who Party (North America's oldest Doctor Who convention) and other Doctor Who related events in the Toronto area.

Doctor Who: Podshock could not be possible if it was not for the hard work and continued contributions from the hosts, crew, regular contributors, corespondents, and all our listeners, etc.

The following are the hosts and crew of Doctor Who: Podshock: