Episode 120: The Mistaken Prometheus

About this episode

The episode discusses two Doctor Who stories linked to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

This pairing of stories linked to Mary Shelley's horror story Frankenstein was Richard's idea: in the last episode we looked at the four part 4th Doctor story from early 1976 and Season 13 - The Brain of Morbius, which we've paired this time with 2020's 13th Doctor outing The Haunting of Villa Diodati from Series 12. We'll decide whether these stories have animated us like a bolt of lightning or left us feeling like mouldering corpses. Joining Richard for the discussion are Gav, Giles and Paul. We recorded this episode in August; the first part came out in September and this part has taken until November; sorry for the wait. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com Gav's excellent YouTube series Terry Nation Army can be found here: https://youtube.com/user/Dalek6388. Also, next time you're in the North West, check out his new venture - West Kirby Escape Room: The Jurassic Factor westkirbyescaperoom.co.uk Head over to https://www.bigfinish.com/, where we all love Paul's stories. You can find his latest Companion Chronicle The White Ship here as…

People in this episode

Host: Richard Smith

Guests: Gav, Giles, Paul

Topics covered

• Frankenstein
• Doctor Who
• horror stories
• TV reviews
• film analysis

Keywords

• Doctor Who
• Frankenstein
• The Brain of Morbius
• The Haunting of Villa Diodati
• horror

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple Podcasts, Podchaser.com, Terry Nation Army, West Kirby Escape Room, Big Finish, Amazon

Books & works: Frankenstein, The Brain of Morbius, The Haunting of Villa Diodati, The White Ship

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