Doctor Who: The Sirens of Audio
The Video Podcast That Explores The Universe of Doctor Who Audio Drama! We give recommendations, interview cast, writers and production crew, review new releases and old favourites, and discuss anything and everything related to audio drama from the Doctor Who expanded universe and it's spinoffs as well as other franchises such as Blake's 7, Torchwood, Star Cops, Space 1999, Survivors, UFO and many more produced by Big Finish, the BBC and others.
Episodes
We are joined by actor and writer David Gooderson, who played Davros in 1979's Doctor Who season opener, Destiny of the Daleks. He also appeared on several Big Finish audio dramas in the Sarah Jane Smith range.
The Killing of Mr Toad by David Gooderson - https://youtu.be/yQntUWUgbUk?si=nO80k25bhhZb9CXw
Theme music by Joe Kraemer.
Website - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/...
This time we explore one of the stories in the incredible opening two seasons of 8th Doctor audio adventures, Embrance the Darkness, written by Nicholas Briggs.
We ask the question, does this story contain one of the most electrifying cliffhangers in Doctor Who audio history? We'll let you decide when you hear it.
An actor who joined Big Finish during this time was Ian Brooker, who went on to perform in many Big Finish producti...
This time we examine the two Big Finish Rani releases... The Rani Elite featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri, and Planet of the Rani featuring the Sixth Doctor once again, but with audio companion Constance Clarke.
Due to the untimely death of Kate O'Mara, the role of the Rani went to Siobahn Redmond.
So for those who love the classic era Rani or the recent bi-generated iteration, here is a Rani that you may never even knew exis...
This time we are thrilled to be joined by Dominic G. Martin. Dom discusses his Doctor Who fan and cosplayer to Big Finish producer.
We take a focussed look at the latest release in The Companion Chronicles catalogue, entitled "Families".
And joining us also is voice artist and First Doctor actor Stephen Noonan, who will speak with us about portaying not only the Doctor in two stories in "Families", but his proce...
We are joined by Aron from Aron's Collectables, to talk about his personal fandom, collecting Doctor Who, and the opportunities he has in discovering missing Doctor Who episodes.
On the audio front, we discuss some of the rare Doctor Who vinyl from the 60's, as well as his favourite Big Finish story of all time.
We highly recommend you listen to ALL podcasts (it's riveting stuff!) relating to The Hoarder Tapes disco...
We are thrilled to be joined this episode by Australian Whotuber Josh Snares to talk about his fandom, his love of Doctor Who from classic to new, including Big Finish, and his Big Finish animations.
While Josh has animated in whole or in part, four different Big Finish Audio adventures, the two we will be focussing on today are:
The Genocide Machine (7th Doctor, Ace) and
Phantoms of the Deep (4th Doctor, Romana I)
We take a look at six Doctor Who releases from Big Finish from recent months including:
- Call Me Master - Inner Demons
- Doctor Who and the Brain Drain
- The Life and Death of River Song - Ace and Tegan
- The Lost Stories - Genesis of the Cybermen
- Hooklight - Part 1
- Planet Krynoid - Nightfall
Theme music by Joe Kraemer.
Website - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/
Jean Marsh passed away on the 13th April 2025 at the age of 90. She was a reknowned actress both in the UK and abroad, having worked in TV, film and theatre.
For Doctor Who fans, she is best remembered for her roles as Johanna in The Crusade, Sara Kingdom in The Daleks' Masterplan, and Morgaine in Battlefield.
She reprised the role of Sara on audio for Big Finish in The Companion Chronicles and Early Adventures ranges.
Writer S...
Our special guest for this episode is actress Jessica Martin, known in Doctor Who for playing Mags in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy on television, and in a trilogy of stories for the Big Finish Doctor Who monthly range.
We'll talk about her career, her time in Doctor Who, conventions, mimicry and art.
Dwayne and Philip also cover some of the positive feedback from the latest Sirens of Audio live events with Matthew Waterhouse...
We invite a couple of regular attendees of our live events to give us their feedback on the weekend that was Matthew Waterhouse Live in Melbourne last weekend.
Matthew regailed us with stories from his time on Doctor Who with Tom Baker and Peter Davision.
Other special surprises on the day were Innes Lloyd performing part of their improv show.
But the big surprise was an appearance on new series writer and Executive Producer, Pete M...
Has it really taken us this long to review the first two releases from Big Finish? Oh yes it has!
Would Big Finish have acquired the Doctor Who license from the BBC without these recordings? Oh no they wouldn't!
Oh No It Isn't by Paul Cornell and adapted by Jacqueline Raynor, and Beyond the Sun, written and adapted by Matt Jones, were released way back in 1998... and the rest is history!
Gary Russell joins us to talk about th...
We talk about the January 2025 Big Finish releases, with a focus on Jo Martin's The Fugitive Doctor and a chat with script editor of the series, Rob Valentine.
For those in Australia, grab your tickets to our forthcoming events with Matthew Waterhouse from https://www.sirensofaudio.com/p/live-events.html
Theme music by Joe Kraemer.
Website - https://www.sirensofaudio.com/...
Join us as we take a look at some of the highlights of our five-city tour with Sylvester McCoy in November 2024.
What better way to spend the anniversary month than with one of the stars of Doctor Who.
For those in Australia, grab your tickets to our forthcoming events with Matthew Waterhouse from https://www.sirensofaudio.com/p/live-events.html
Theme music by Joe Kraemer.
Website - https://www...
We celebrate the 5th anniversary of the podcast and give you our selection of favourite releases from Big Finish in 2024.
Once again we are joined by Vortex editor and podcaster, Kenny Smith.
00:00 Intro
06:33 January Releases
17:24 February Releases
27:11 March Releases
36:04 April Releases
45:36 May Releases
53:29 June Releases
1:03:41 July Releases
1:12:56 August Releases
1:19:46 September Releases
1:27:22 October Release...
As we continue our exploration of the Big Finish Doctor Who Monthly range, we are thrilled to be joined by Conrad Westmaas, who played Eighth Doctor companion C’Rizz.
C’Rizz left the TARDIS crew in Absolution, and Conrad discusses his final story with us, and we also engage in some other tasty Doctor Who chat.
We take a look at the Fifth Doctor, Peri and Erimem release, The Mind’s Eye, which also contains the single-part adventur...
Philip and Dwayne give their reviews of the Doctor Who related releases from Big Finish released in December 2024.
They also share their thoughts on the recently released Doctor Who at the Proms, The War Games in Colour and Joy to the World.
Theme music by Joe Kraemer.
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We get the inside scoop from Dalek voice, Executive Producer and Creative Director, Nicholas Briggs, on the special Big Finish live show, Doctor Who - The Stuff of Legend.
We also chat with our friend Todd from the Flight Through Entirety podcast, who was in the audience for one of the performances.
Theme music by Joe Kraemer.
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It's 2025 and to kick off the year we are thrilled to present to you our recent chat with Matthew Waterhouse, who played Adric in Doctor Who from 1981-1982.
For those in Australia, this is a taste of what is to come at Matthew's live appearances with us in March in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.
Theme music by Joe Kraemer.
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In our final episode of 2024, Chris, Philip and Dwayne look back at the first episode of Doctor Who from it's triumphant return to TV screens in 2005, namely, Rose.
We hope you enjoy the commentary.
Theme music by Joe Kraemer.
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In our penultimate episode of 2024, we take a look back at two classics from the Big Finish Doctor Who range, The Wormery by Paul Magrs and Steve Cole, and The Natural History of Fear by Jim Mortimore.
To top it off, we are joined by director and producer Gary Russell, who provides his memories of both stories, and Katy Manning drops in to talk with us about that temporial adventuress, Iris Wildthyme.
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