Krynoid PodCast
055: Kinda

"You can't mend people!"

Well tell that to a doctor – Who or otherwise.

And the Kinda can mend doolally folk too, turning them from sociopaths to simpletons by simply opening a box. A bit like Deal or No Deal in reverse.

But is Kinda a box of delights or one of Pandora's old cast-offs?

Well, Nyssa's barely in it so that's a promising start but Adric's face freaks Martin out, the presence of both Nerys Hughes and multiple Tegans sends Jim into a priapic frenzy and a moccasin-faced local keeps spouting spiritual riddles.

The Doctor is an idiot, Tegan has narcolepsy and Adric keeps trying to twok the TSS. Couple that with a jester who badly needs his puppet (and more) stamped on, an effete bloke from That's Life roaring like a frightened vole and the Universe's least enticing bouncy castle and you have something of a mixed bag.

But, when it comes to Kinda fans, are Jim and Martin among the We or the Not-We?

Listen and find out.

Direct download: KP055_Kinda.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:15pm UTC
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054: The Reign of Terror

"The events will happen, just as they are written. I'm afraid so and we can't stem the tide. But at least we can stop being carried away with the flood!"

And there's a veritable flood of unexpected stars in the Season One closer, The Reign of Terror.

Rowan Atkinson captures the younger three-quarters of the TARDIS team, while Jonny Vegas bangs them up. Bill Murray busts them out only for Ian to nearly come a cropper at the hands of Rentaghost's Mr Meaker, who himself has another bust in mind when it comes to Babs.

And an extra gets his moment in the sun too – quite literally – as William Hartnell's Lime Grove-inspired agoraphobia prevents him from indulging in a spot of location filming.

The first Doctor's old body may already be wearing thin after walking all the way to Paris but he looks as robust as Charles Atlas next to his galactically feeble granddaughter Susan, who does more to imperil the time travellers than either First Deputy Robespierre or the last-past-the-post Traitor Party.

But even in 1794 or 1964, nothing is black and white, so who’s right and who’s wrong? Robespierre or Renan? Barbara or Ian? Jim or Martin?

Listen and decide…

Direct download: KP054_Reign_of_Terror.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:52pm UTC
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053: The Daemons

"Chap with the wings there… five rounds rapid!"

 

And lo… animated gargoyle, Bok, was treated to several speedy ales at Ye Olde Cloven Hoofe tavern, a far preferable fate than a dance with Mike Yates.

 

Yes, it's the 1971 occult classic, The Daemons – a satanic saga of a renegade reverend, a vile verger, tiresome TV chaps and a reticule-swinging spinster.

 

Yates and Benton are wearing civvies, Jo's wearing a sacrificial robe and the Doctor's just wearing.

 

Who is the Brig's bedfellow? Just what does Garvin get up to with ferrets? And has there ever been a valid justification for Morris Dancing?

 

You'll burn up with excitement. You'll freeze in terror. And you'll believe a sprightly yellow roadster can drive itself.

 

Open up the podcast and bring death and destruction to your mental faculties…

Direct download: KP053_The_Daemons.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:00pm UTC
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052: Logopolis

"It's the end… but the moment has been prepared for."

 

The final words of the boggle-eyed mentalist octogenarian Tom Baker, just prior to being trampled by a crusty ballet dancer and so triggering his metamorphosis into the world's wettest vet.

 

Jim and Martin start this episode by skewering The Time of the Doctor but then evaluate another regeneration story, 1981's Logopolis.

 

The fourth Doctor is old and grumpy and the Master is new and campy, while Adric "wunts" to help, Tegan wants to fly and Nyssa just wants to have fun, despite losing her step mother, father and planet in short order.

 

Can Noel Edmonds keep the fabric of the Universe together? Can the Doctor's plan to literally flush out the Master be any more ludicrous? And can Anthony Ainley make any more of a meal of pressing a button?

 

Listen here to find out.

Direct download: KP052_Logopolis.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:03pm UTC
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