A conversation about the "new" elements that comprised Doctor Who in the 1990s, and whether it was the right time for them

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

Dandies and Clowns: The TV Movie (Blue Box 216)

Written by Meglos' Flanagan and McCulloch and overseen by Verity Lambert, and with Michael Gough, David Calder and Alan David among the supporting cast - not to mention Nigel Havers and Warren Clarke as the two leads - Sleepers appeared five years before the Doctor Who TV movie with Geoffrey Sax in the director's chair

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold

Sleepers (TV Club 97)

Our appreciation of the work of Paul McGann continues as we try and find him in 2002's rights-grab Interview With a Vampire sequel Queen of the Damned, or indeed anything of merit

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Ryan Blake and Dylan Rees

Queen of the Damned (2002) (Film Club Lite 97)

The TV movie helped us make it through the wilderness years, but it's far from the only Doctor Who that was produced during the period

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Ryan Blake, Steve Hatcher and Dylan Rees

How Wilderness For You (Blue Box 215)

MayGann continues to rifle through the Paul McGann back catalogue, today's selection being the 1986 Alan Bleasdale serial that was largely responsible for launching McGann's screen career

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold

The Monocled Mutineer (TV Club 96)

MayGann continues with another movie starring Paul McGann, this time as a lesbian vampire hunting priest alongside Hall and Corden, in a film that couldn't possibly be as bad as we remembered it being - could it?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Ryan Blake, Luke Molloy and Dylan Rees

Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009) (Film Club Lite 96)

MayGann wouldn't be complete without a trip to the Old West, and the Doctor Who set that TV movie writer Matthew Jacobs visited as a child to watch his father as an actor

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Steve Hatcher

The Gunfighters (Who Review Extra 69)

MayGann continues with Paul McGann appearing in a 1997 film called Downtime, as reviewed here by the author of Downtime: The Lost Years of Doctor Who

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Dylan Rees

Watch Downtime on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hwgXW7UHUpE

Downtime (Film Club Lite 95)

With new rumours swirling about where the future of Doctor Who might lie, we take a look at the latest evidence and discuss its potential

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

AMC Sony Who...? (Blue Box 214)

MayGann begins in earnest, with our review of Andrew Davies' 2002 adaptation of Sarah Waters' debut novel Tipping the Velvet, as directed by Geoffrey Sax

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold

Tipping the Velvet (TV Club 95)

Broader and deeper than just Doctor Who Main episodes: talking about Doctor Who so you don't have to Film Club: reviewing and contextualising a popular movie or film director TV Club: ditto but TV Film Club Lite: focussing on a particular movie for a shorter, more focussed review Music Club: the hosts talk about artists that have been influential in their lives Who Review Extra: choosing an older Doctor Who story for the shorter review routine Desert Planet Picks: once in a while, a special guest chooses the eight items they'd take with them, if they were about to be marooned on a desert planet

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