April 2024 Book Club:  This month, we’re catching up with the Ninth Doctor, Rose, and Captain Jack, as we read “Doctormania,” by Cavan Scott.  First published as individual issues in 2016, and collected in graphic novel format in January 2017 by Titan Comics, this book is still in print and is also available digitally.  Happy reading!   Special thanks to Lauren McMenemy for performing the dramatic reading this month.  You can check out her work at https://ljmcmenemy.com as well as on The Horror Tree and at the British Fantasy Society.    Please help other Doc ..read more

April 2024 Special: We welcome Matt’s nephew Tom, with Matt’s niece Mae contributing, to the book club, as our exploration of the Mr. Men Doctor Who series continues, this time with a review of “Dr. Thirteenth” by Adam Hargreaves.  Dr. Thirteenth is available in both paperback and digital versions, wherever fine books are sold.  Join us as we venture back to the Chris Chibnall era, as we find the fam trying to celebrate Yaz’s birthday.  Happy April Fools and happy reading!     Matt’s show-and-tell is the new Doctor Who trailer, while Tom’s is the book “The Runaway TARD ..read more

March 2024 Book Club:  We join the Sixth Doctor and Mel on an epic mission to save the multiverse from a form of madness known as the Lamprey, as we review the Past Doctor Adventure “Spiral Scratch” by Gary Russell.  First published in August 2005, the book is currently out-of-print - but might be found on the secondhand market if you're lucky.  Happy reading!   Special thanks to Hannah & Matt Ducharme for providing the dramatic reading this month.  You can check out their YouTube channel at The Drinking Hat. Check out the Confession Dial take on the 6th Doctor's r ..read more

February 2024 Book Club:  Matt & Chris wrap up their Console Room 2024 convention experiences and then turn their attention to “The American Adventures,” a short-story anthology by Justin Richards, featuring the Twelfth Doctor, and first published in October 2016. Happy reading!   Special thanks to Jason Tucker, founder of CONSole Room, for providing the dramatic reading this month.  You can check out other panels from CONsole Room, including one about non-fiction reference books, on their YouTube channel. To watch The Final Battle mini-episode, featuring Leela and the ..read more

February 2024 Special: Matt and Chris are live from CONSole Room, in Minnesota, as we bring you the second of two recorded specials from that event.  In this episode, we take you behind the scenes of the Book Club - and also take a trip down memory lane - in our own tell-all version of Confidential or Unleashed.  Happy reading!   You can find the sixty episodes of the original Doctor Who Book Club podcast here: Google Drive folder, 4.8 GB Theme by George C. Music: Swing Jazz version Theme by George C. Music: John Carpenter version Who Killed Kennedy and Campaign - courtesy of th ..read more

January 2024 Special: Chris and Matt are live from CONsole Room, in Minnesota, as we bring you the first of two recorded specials from that event.  In this episode, we take a trip down memory lane and discuss the Choose Your Own Adventure range of books, as well as the various other lines it inspired, including the Doctor Who ranges: Make Your Own Adventure / Find Your Fate, Decide Your Destiny, and Choose the Future.  Happy reading!     Special thanks to Jason Tucker and Amber Raden for being the co-chairs for such a fantastic weekend event.  Thank you to the Conventi ..read more

December 2023 Book Club:  The 60th Anniversary celebrations continue and Happy Holidays!  This month, we review the first two specials “The Star Beast” and “Wild Blue Yonder,” then we hop back in time to 1982 as we read “The Diary of a Dr Who Addict,” by Paul Magrs.  Originally published in 2009, the book is long out of print but the audiobook version (read by the author) is still available on Audible and other services.  Happy reading!     You can check out Chris’s list of top ten Doctor Who podcasts at the British Fantasy Society website here.  Please  ..read more

November 2023 Book Club:  Happy 60th Anniversary to Doctor Who! We’re celebrating by reading a book featuring the original TARDIS crew.  We’re reading “City at World’s End,” by Christopher Bulis.  Originally published in September 1999, the book is now out of print but can still be found in second-hand book shops.  Happy reading!     You can check out Chris’s review of Dan Slott’s Doctor Who graphic novel “Once Upon a Time Lord,” published by Titan Comics, on the Horror Tree website here.     Special thanks to Tiffani Angus for performing this month ..read more

October 2023 Book Club:  This month, to tie into the upcoming “The Star Beast” 60th anniversary special, we are reading the 4th Doctor graphic novel “The Iron Legion,” published by Panini in April 2004.  The collection includes “The Iron Legion,” “City of the Damned,” “The Star Beast,” “The Dogs of Doom,” and “The Time Witch.”  Two of the stories have been adapted by Big Finish into full cast audio dramas, and can be purchased here.     While this graphic novel volume is out of print, the stories within can be found in original Doctor Who Weekly issues - or collected i ..read more

September 2023 Book Club:  We’re traveling with the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble as they visit India in 1947 and meet Mahatma Gandhi, all while battling rage-infected creatures, as we review “Ghosts of India” by Mark Morris.  Originally published in September 2008, some 15 years ago, the book is still available digitally and in an abridged audiobook, read by David Troughton.  Happy reading!   Please help other Doctor Who fans find our show - by leaving us a rating on Apple Podcasts or your podcatcher of choice. Submit your comments via email… “who knows,” we may end up read ..read more