#the-giggle — Public Fediverse posts

Radio Free Skaro #1062 – The Daleks Will Stop at Anything

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The time has come and the two previously missing but now gloriously present episodes of The Daleks’ Master Plan, namely The Nightmare Begins (Episode 1) and Devil’s Planet (Episode 3), are here to be viewed and reviewed! They appeared not only on the BBC iPlayer but also in full on the US (but not Canadian, feh) Classic Doctor Who Youtube channel, and we have viewed said episodes and have thoughts. But that’s not all we also have an interview with Toby Hadoke, who hosted a screening at Riverside Studios and reflects with Steven on the screening, the episodes, and the overall wonder that is their return! 

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: The Nightmare Begins – iPlayer
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: Devil’s Planet – iPlayer
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: The Nightmare Begins – YouTube
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: Devil’s Planet – YouTube
• Doctor Who Magazine 628 released
• BBC Three to run Twenty Years of Tennant marathon Apr 16
• HBO says not aware of a potential Doctor Who partnership with the BBC
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Time War – Uncharted: Branches due May 2026
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – Rutans vs Sontarans: Betrayal at the House of Sontar out now
• Big Finish: Torchwood: Curtain released
• Paul Hayes’ Flight Into Danger documentary and article
• World of Telly – Gangsters
• Laurie Webb died at 101

Interview:

• Toby Hadoke
• Riverside Studios Event

Radio Free Skaro #1062 – The Daleks Will Stop at Anything

Download MP3

The time has come and the two previously missing but now gloriously present episodes of The Daleks’ Master Plan, namely The Nightmare Begins (Episode 1) and Devil’s Planet (Episode 3), are here to be viewed and reviewed! They appeared not only on the BBC iPlayer but also in full on the US (but not Canadian, feh) Classic Doctor Who Youtube channel, and we have viewed said episodes and have thoughts. But that’s not all we also have an interview with Toby Hadoke, who hosted a screening at Riverside Studios and reflects with Steven on the screening, the episodes, and the overall wonder that is their return! 

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: The Nightmare Begins – iPlayer
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: Devil’s Planet – iPlayer
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: The Nightmare Begins – YouTube
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: Devil’s Planet – YouTube
• Doctor Who Magazine 628 released
• BBC Three to run Twenty Years of Tennant marathon Apr 16
• HBO says not aware of a potential Doctor Who partnership with the BBC
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Time War – Uncharted: Branches due May 2026
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – Rutans vs Sontarans: Betrayal at the House of Sontar out now
• Big Finish: Torchwood: Curtain released
• Paul Hayes’ Flight Into Danger documentary and article
• World of Telly – Gangsters
• Laurie Webb died at 101

Interview:

• Toby Hadoke
• Riverside Studios Event

Radio Free Skaro #1062 – The Daleks Will Stop at Anything

Download MP3

The time has come and the two previously missing but now gloriously present episodes of The Daleks’ Master Plan, namely The Nightmare Begins (Episode 1) and Devil’s Planet (Episode 3), are here to be viewed and reviewed! They appeared not only on the BBC iPlayer but also in full on the US (but not Canadian, feh) Classic Doctor Who Youtube channel, and we have viewed said episodes and have thoughts. But that’s not all we also have an interview with Toby Hadoke, who hosted a screening at Riverside Studios and reflects with Steven on the screening, the episodes, and the overall wonder that is their return! 

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: The Nightmare Begins – iPlayer
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: Devil’s Planet – iPlayer
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: The Nightmare Begins – YouTube
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: Devil’s Planet – YouTube
• Doctor Who Magazine 628 released
• BBC Three to run Twenty Years of Tennant marathon Apr 16
• HBO says not aware of a potential Doctor Who partnership with the BBC
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Time War – Uncharted: Branches due May 2026
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – Rutans vs Sontarans: Betrayal at the House of Sontar out now
• Big Finish: Torchwood: Curtain released
• Paul Hayes’ Flight Into Danger documentary and article
• World of Telly – Gangsters
• Laurie Webb died at 101

Interview:

• Toby Hadoke
• Riverside Studios Event

Radio Free Skaro #1062 – The Daleks Will Stop at Anything

Download MP3

The time has come and the two previously missing but now gloriously present episodes of The Daleks’ Master Plan, namely The Nightmare Begins (Episode 1) and Devil’s Planet (Episode 3), are here to be viewed and reviewed! They appeared not only on the BBC iPlayer but also in full on the US (but not Canadian, feh) Classic Doctor Who Youtube channel, and we have viewed said episodes and have thoughts. But that’s not all we also have an interview with Toby Hadoke, who hosted a screening at Riverside Studios and reflects with Steven on the screening, the episodes, and the overall wonder that is their return! 

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: The Nightmare Begins – iPlayer
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: Devil’s Planet – iPlayer
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: The Nightmare Begins – YouTube
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: Devil’s Planet – YouTube
• Doctor Who Magazine 628 released
• BBC Three to run Twenty Years of Tennant marathon Apr 16
• HBO says not aware of a potential Doctor Who partnership with the BBC
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Time War – Uncharted: Branches due May 2026
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – Rutans vs Sontarans: Betrayal at the House of Sontar out now
• Big Finish: Torchwood: Curtain released
• Paul Hayes’ Flight Into Danger documentary and article
• World of Telly – Gangsters
• Laurie Webb died at 101

Interview:

• Toby Hadoke
• Riverside Studios Event

Radio Free Skaro #1062 – The Daleks Will Stop at Anything

Download MP3

The time has come and the two previously missing but now gloriously present episodes of The Daleks’ Master Plan, namely The Nightmare Begins (Episode 1) and Devil’s Planet (Episode 3), are here to be viewed and reviewed! They appeared not only on the BBC iPlayer but also in full on the US (but not Canadian, feh) Classic Doctor Who Youtube channel, and we have viewed said episodes and have thoughts. But that’s not all we also have an interview with Toby Hadoke, who hosted a screening at Riverside Studios and reflects with Steven on the screening, the episodes, and the overall wonder that is their return! 

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: The Nightmare Begins – iPlayer
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: Devil’s Planet – iPlayer
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: The Nightmare Begins – YouTube
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: Devil’s Planet – YouTube
• Doctor Who Magazine 628 released
• BBC Three to run Twenty Years of Tennant marathon Apr 16
• HBO says not aware of a potential Doctor Who partnership with the BBC
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Time War – Uncharted: Branches due May 2026
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – Rutans vs Sontarans: Betrayal at the House of Sontar out now
• Big Finish: Torchwood: Curtain released
• Paul Hayes’ Flight Into Danger documentary and article
• World of Telly – Gangsters
• Laurie Webb died at 101

Interview:

• Toby Hadoke
• Riverside Studios Event

This is for all the #DrWho fans here: these are my collected #reviews of classic #DrWho serial, #TheCelestialToymaker

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJooO8nBBvG17Hkft9yCjYhRkJthMQnk0&si=jo1zrnqv5Cxf7uR0

It includes my review of #TheGiggle, the most recent episode with the #toymaker

I hope you enjoy them.

- “Nunca he sido más feliz en mi vida”

Mmmhhh, no lo sé Rick… parece falso

#TheDoctor #TheGiggle

- “Nunca he sido más feliz en mi vida”

Mmmhhh, no lo sé Rick… parece falso

#TheDoctor #TheGiggle

Book Review: Doctor Who: The Giggle by James Goss
#ReaderCommunity #ReadingCommunity #BookCommunity #Reading #Books #BookReview #Review #DoctorWho #60thAnniversary #TheGiggle #DonnaNoble #Anniversary #BBC #Novelisation #Novelization #TheToymaker

http://georgelthomas.com/2024/04/26/book-review-doctor-who-the-giggle-by-james-goss/

Book Review: Doctor Who: The Giggle by James Goss
#ReaderCommunity #ReadingCommunity #BookCommunity #Reading #Books #BookReview #Review #DoctorWho #60thAnniversary #TheGiggle #DonnaNoble #Anniversary #BBC #Novelisation #Novelization #TheToymaker

http://georgelthomas.com/2024/04/26/book-review-doctor-who-the-giggle-by-james-goss/

And finally we have #TheGiggle, another thrilling, action-packed tale with a dash of #DoctorWho sillyness. Great episode, absolutely atrocious German accent that made my ears bleed (on purpose, I assume).

And then the regeneration... WTF was that. Mostly I'm just unwilling to let go of Ten & Donna, can I please have a whole season of them? PLEASE?

And then 15 comes along and he's so... charismatic. Noooo, I want 10! Go away you charming, funny, man without pants! I hate how much I like him!

And finally we have #TheGiggle, another thrilling, action-packed tale with a dash of #DoctorWho sillyness. Great episode, absolutely atrocious German accent that made my ears bleed (on purpose, I assume).

And then the regeneration... WTF was that. Mostly I'm just unwilling to let go of Ten & Donna, can I please have a whole season of them? PLEASE?

And then 15 comes along and he's so... charismatic. Noooo, I want 10! Go away you charming, funny, man without pants! I hate how much I like him!

And finally we have #TheGiggle, another thrilling, action-packed tale with a dash of #DoctorWho sillyness. Great episode, absolutely atrocious German accent that made my ears bleed (on purpose, I assume).

And then the regeneration... WTF was that. Mostly I'm just unwilling to let go of Ten & Donna, can I please have a whole season of them? PLEASE?

And then 15 comes along and he's so... charismatic. Noooo, I want 10! Go away you charming, funny, man without pants! I hate how much I like him!

And finally we have #TheGiggle, another thrilling, action-packed tale with a dash of #DoctorWho sillyness. Great episode, absolutely atrocious German accent that made my ears bleed (on purpose, I assume).

And then the regeneration... WTF was that. Mostly I'm just unwilling to let go of Ten & Donna, can I please have a whole season of them? PLEASE?

And then 15 comes along and he's so... charismatic. Noooo, I want 10! Go away you charming, funny, man without pants! I hate how much I like him!

And finally we have #TheGiggle, another thrilling, action-packed tale with a dash of #DoctorWho sillyness. Great episode, absolutely atrocious German accent that made my ears bleed (on purpose, I assume).

And then the regeneration... WTF was that. Mostly I'm just unwilling to let go of Ten & Donna, can I please have a whole season of them? PLEASE?

And then 15 comes along and he's so... charismatic. Noooo, I want 10! Go away you charming, funny, man without pants! I hate how much I like him!

每个人都在主张自己的绝对权利，取消抵制一切。每个人都成了阴谋论信徒。每个人都觉得自己是绝对正确的。每个人都赢了。所有人都输了。

RTD写的本子是轻短但着力啊。比CC这个鸡肋型选手好太多了。

可惜为了强打老带新占用了好多时间…

#doctorwho #thegiggle

每个人都在主张自己的绝对权利，取消抵制一切。每个人都成了阴谋论信徒。每个人都觉得自己是绝对正确的。每个人都赢了。所有人都输了。

RTD写的本子是轻短但着力啊。比CC这个鸡肋型选手好太多了。

可惜为了强打老带新占用了好多时间…

#doctorwho #thegiggle

每个人都在主张自己的绝对权利，取消抵制一切。每个人都成了阴谋论信徒。每个人都觉得自己是绝对正确的。每个人都赢了。所有人都输了。

RTD写的本子是轻短但着力啊。比CC这个鸡肋型选手好太多了。

可惜为了强打老带新占用了好多时间…

#doctorwho #thegiggle

每个人都在主张自己的绝对权利，取消抵制一切。每个人都成了阴谋论信徒。每个人都觉得自己是绝对正确的。每个人都赢了。所有人都输了。

RTD写的本子是轻短但着力啊。比CC这个鸡肋型选手好太多了。

可惜为了强打老带新占用了好多时间…

#doctorwho #thegiggle

胡博士有丝分裂时衣服也平分了是吧，所以玩接球游戏时的DT是没穿内裤的……🤔
#DoctorWho #thegiggle

胡博士有丝分裂时衣服也平分了是吧，所以玩接球游戏时的DT是没穿内裤的……🤔
#DoctorWho #thegiggle

胡博士有丝分裂时衣服也平分了是吧，所以玩接球游戏时的DT是没穿内裤的……🤔
#DoctorWho #thegiggle

胡博士有丝分裂时衣服也平分了是吧，所以玩接球游戏时的DT是没穿内裤的……🤔
#DoctorWho #thegiggle

🃏Neue Folge🃏
Ein Doctor im Burn-out? Ncuti ist da, David aber irgendwie auch noch? Wir haben uns wieder Steffi vom Queek-Podcast geschnappt & besprechen die wylden Ereignisse aus den #DoctorWho-Specials #WildBlueYonder & #TheGiggle.

https://www.kultpess.de/82-doctor-who-60th-anniversary-specials-part-2

🃏Neue Folge🃏
Ein Doctor im Burn-out? Ncuti ist da, David aber irgendwie auch noch? Wir haben uns wieder Steffi vom Queek-Podcast geschnappt & besprechen die wylden Ereignisse aus den #DoctorWho-Specials #WildBlueYonder & #TheGiggle.

https://www.kultpess.de/82-doctor-who-60th-anniversary-specials-part-2

🃏Neue Folge🃏
Ein Doctor im Burn-out? Ncuti ist da, David aber irgendwie auch noch? Wir haben uns wieder Steffi vom Queek-Podcast geschnappt & besprechen die wylden Ereignisse aus den #DoctorWho-Specials #WildBlueYonder & #TheGiggle.

https://www.kultpess.de/82-doctor-who-60th-anniversary-specials-part-2

🃏Neue Folge🃏
Ein Doctor im Burn-out? Ncuti ist da, David aber irgendwie auch noch? Wir haben uns wieder Steffi vom Queek-Podcast geschnappt & besprechen die wylden Ereignisse aus den #DoctorWho-Specials #WildBlueYonder & #TheGiggle.

https://www.kultpess.de/82-doctor-who-60th-anniversary-specials-part-2

In this second of two parts, Simon and Eugene continue their chat about #TheGiggle and discuss what type of undershirt Tennant’s Doctor wears, will Donna spill coffee on the Vlinx and get fired from UNIT, and did RTD give us all a massive gift when he turned the Doctor’s history into a Toymaker-created puzzle?

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#DoctorWho #Podcast #TheGiggle

In this second of two parts, Simon and Eugene continue their chat about #TheGiggle and discuss what type of undershirt Tennant’s Doctor wears, will Donna spill coffee on the Vlinx and get fired from UNIT, and did RTD give us all a massive gift when he turned the Doctor’s history into a Toymaker-created puzzle?

Come join the conversation.

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#DoctorWho #Podcast #TheGiggle

In this second of two parts, Simon and Eugene continue their chat about #TheGiggle and discuss what type of undershirt Tennant’s Doctor wears, will Donna spill coffee on the Vlinx and get fired from UNIT, and did RTD give us all a massive gift when he turned the Doctor’s history into a Toymaker-created puzzle?

Come join the conversation.

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#DoctorWho #Podcast #TheGiggle

Photos added for every quote from The Giggle!

Which is your favourite? Any I should add?

(Major spoilers if you click this link!)

#DoctorWho #quotes #quote #TheGiggle

https://tardis.guide/story/the-giggle/quotes/

Photos added for every quote from The Giggle!

Which is your favourite? Any I should add?

(Major spoilers if you click this link!)

#DoctorWho #quotes #quote #TheGiggle

https://tardis.guide/story/the-giggle/quotes/

Photos added for every quote from The Giggle!

Which is your favourite? Any I should add?

(Major spoilers if you click this link!)

#DoctorWho #quotes #quote #TheGiggle

https://tardis.guide/story/the-giggle/quotes/

Photos added for every quote from The Giggle!

Which is your favourite? Any I should add?

(Major spoilers if you click this link!)

#DoctorWho #quotes #quote #TheGiggle

https://tardis.guide/story/the-giggle/quotes/

Photos added for every quote from The Giggle!

Which is your favourite? Any I should add?

(Major spoilers if you click this link!)

#DoctorWho #quotes #quote #TheGiggle

https://tardis.guide/story/the-giggle/quotes/

Okay, finished #TheGiggle now and I don’t really get, why Harris uses that accent. The character didn’t have an accent like that in its original appearance, did it?

Otherwise these are a few specials very nice #DoctorWho episodes. Some moments felt a little wonky and I wonder why they left the tenth / fourteenth doctor in the universe, but I guess it’s a good excuse as any to bring him back for the next anniversary or something..

Okay, finished #TheGiggle now and I don’t really get, why Harris uses that accent. The character didn’t have an accent like that in its original appearance, did it?

Otherwise these are a few specials very nice #DoctorWho episodes. Some moments felt a little wonky and I wonder why they left the tenth / fourteenth doctor in the universe, but I guess it’s a good excuse as any to bring him back for the next anniversary or something..

Okay, finished #TheGiggle now and I don’t really get, why Harris uses that accent. The character didn’t have an accent like that in its original appearance, did it?

Otherwise these are a few specials very nice #DoctorWho episodes. Some moments felt a little wonky and I wonder why they left the tenth / fourteenth doctor in the universe, but I guess it’s a good excuse as any to bring him back for the next anniversary or something..

Neil Patrick Harris has the worst German accent ever in #TheGiggle lol

We don’t saund leik ssät, du wie?

Neil Patrick Harris has the worst German accent ever in #TheGiggle lol

We don’t saund leik ssät, du wie?

Neil Patrick Harris has the worst German accent ever in #TheGiggle lol

We don’t saund leik ssät, du wie?

Still my favorite scene from the Doctor Who specials and maybe my favorite of the entire series (at least, of David Tennant's era). #DoctorWhoَ #DoctorWho60th #doctorwhofanart #TheGiggle #TheFourteenthDoctor #FourteenthDoctor #DavidTennant #fanart #sketch #sketchbook #pencildrawing

Still my favorite scene from the Doctor Who specials and maybe my favorite of the entire series (at least, of David Tennant's era). #DoctorWhoَ #DoctorWho60th #doctorwhofanart #TheGiggle #TheFourteenthDoctor #FourteenthDoctor #DavidTennant #fanart #sketch #sketchbook #pencildrawing

Not Everyone is Laughing at The Giggle

It’s Monday, as I type this. Earlier today, Simon and I recorded our session on #TheGiggle. Although we generally avoid listening to other opinions before we record, it was not lost on us that all the feedback we had seen online so far was pretty much positive.

Can you enjoy(ish) an episode and still find it maddeningly annoying? Listen and find out.

With the Giggle, there was “the story,” and then there was “the gargantuan seismic event that made the Flux look trivial.” It made for a long conversation, and I have broken it into two parts, which will be released over two consecutive days. Part One has already been released for our patrons on Patreon and will be released to everyone else on Saturday (UTC-07).

Menace Beneath the Waves

Yes, we did manage to get the time to record our podcast on the #UnderwaterMenace this past week, and it will be out on December 23rd, just in time for Christmas. Some might say it’s a Christmas miracle, but I wouldn’t.

This is our second take on the Underwater Menace, the first being back in 2016 when they released the story on DVD with the worst photo snap reconstruction in the history of time itself. It was so bad the Time Lords declared the whole thing a war crime.

Now, fully animated, it’s time to reconsider the story. It’s out now in the UK and will be released in the US in early January.

Onramp to the Fediverse

There’s a lot of trial and error involved in getting on board the Fediverse. This week, it has felt mostly like error.

When we first connected, everything we posted went live on the Fediverse. Yes, that’s more or less what we wanted, but there are no backsies. Once it’s out there, it cannot be removed.

Imagine my horror when it posted the scheduled post of #TheStarBeast and included the entire post, including the synopsis.

If you’re listening to Fusion Patrol, you know that there will be spoilers – the very premise of the podcast is that you have to watch the show first (or not be concerned with spoilers.) This is why I have no problem including the synopsis on the website; however, what goes out on the Fediverse serves a couple of different purposes, one of which is to try to induce new listeners to join us. To do that, you have to flag down people who, in the case of the Star Beast, are interested in #DoctorWho, so the content needs to be different, and basically just blasting out the entire plot line of a brand new TV show without content warning was just bad manners.

And there’s no way to delete it and try again.

I’ve not yet found a workaround, so this week’s #WildBlueYonder went out with no synopsis. That’s not ideal either, but for the moment, it will have to do.

This week, we also (finally) managed to get a test website up – this allows me to test changes to the Fusion Patrol website and the Fediverse integration without flooding your feeds with test messages. So far, every idea I’ve tried to reach a compromise has failed.

Release Schedule

https://fusionpatrol.com/2023/12/11/when-you-know-youre-right-and-refuse-to-back-down-patrolling-beyond-fusion/

#BehindTheScenes #DoctorWho #PatrollingBeyondFusion #TheGiggle #TheStarBeast #UnderwaterMenace #WildBlueYonder

Not Everyone is Laughing at The Giggle

It’s Monday, as I type this. Earlier today, Simon and I recorded our session on #TheGiggle. Although we generally avoid listening to other opinions before we record, it was not lost on us that all the feedback we had seen online so far was pretty much positive.

Can you enjoy(ish) an episode and still find it maddeningly annoying? Listen and find out.

With the Giggle, there was “the story,” and then there was “the gargantuan seismic event that made the Flux look trivial.” It made for a long conversation, and I have broken it into two parts, which will be released over two consecutive days. Part One has already been released for our patrons on Patreon and will be released to everyone else on Saturday (UTC-07).

Menace Beneath the Waves

Yes, we did manage to get the time to record our podcast on the #UnderwaterMenace this past week, and it will be out on December 23rd, just in time for Christmas. Some might say it’s a Christmas miracle, but I wouldn’t.

This is our second take on the Underwater Menace, the first being back in 2016 when they released the story on DVD with the worst photo snap reconstruction in the history of time itself. It was so bad the Time Lords declared the whole thing a war crime.

Now, fully animated, it’s time to reconsider the story. It’s out now in the UK and will be released in the US in early January.

Onramp to the Fediverse

There’s a lot of trial and error involved in getting on board the Fediverse. This week, it has felt mostly like error.

When we first connected, everything we posted went live on the Fediverse. Yes, that’s more or less what we wanted, but there are no backsies. Once it’s out there, it cannot be removed.

Imagine my horror when it posted the scheduled post of #TheStarBeast and included the entire post, including the synopsis.

If you’re listening to Fusion Patrol, you know that there will be spoilers – the very premise of the podcast is that you have to watch the show first (or not be concerned with spoilers.) This is why I have no problem including the synopsis on the website; however, what goes out on the Fediverse serves a couple of different purposes, one of which is to try to induce new listeners to join us. To do that, you have to flag down people who, in the case of the Star Beast, are interested in #DoctorWho, so the content needs to be different, and basically just blasting out the entire plot line of a brand new TV show without content warning was just bad manners.

And there’s no way to delete it and try again.

I’ve not yet found a workaround, so this week’s #WildBlueYonder went out with no synopsis. That’s not ideal either, but for the moment, it will have to do.

This week, we also (finally) managed to get a test website up – this allows me to test changes to the Fusion Patrol website and the Fediverse integration without flooding your feeds with test messages. So far, every idea I’ve tried to reach a compromise has failed.

Release Schedule

https://fusionpatrol.com/2023/12/11/when-you-know-youre-right-and-refuse-to-back-down-patrolling-beyond-fusion/

#BehindTheScenes #DoctorWho #PatrollingBeyondFusion #TheGiggle #TheStarBeast #UnderwaterMenace #WildBlueYonder

Not Everyone is Laughing at The Giggle

It’s Monday, as I type this. Earlier today, Simon and I recorded our session on #TheGiggle. Although we generally avoid listening to other opinions before we record, it was not lost on us that all the feedback we had seen online so far was pretty much positive.

Can you enjoy(ish) an episode and still find it maddeningly annoying? Listen and find out.

With the Giggle, there was “the story,” and then there was “the gargantuan seismic event that made the Flux look trivial.” It made for a long conversation, and I have broken it into two parts, which will be released over two consecutive days. Part One has already been released for our patrons on Patreon and will be released to everyone else on Saturday (UTC-07).

Menace Beneath the Waves

Yes, we did manage to get the time to record our podcast on the #UnderwaterMenace this past week, and it will be out on December 23rd, just in time for Christmas. Some might say it’s a Christmas miracle, but I wouldn’t.

This is our second take on the Underwater Menace, the first being back in 2016 when they released the story on DVD with the worst photo snap reconstruction in the history of time itself. It was so bad the Time Lords declared the whole thing a war crime.

Now, fully animated, it’s time to reconsider the story. It’s out now in the UK and will be released in the US in early January.

Onramp to the Fediverse

There’s a lot of trial and error involved in getting on board the Fediverse. This week, it has felt mostly like error.

When we first connected, everything we posted went live on the Fediverse. Yes, that’s more or less what we wanted, but there are no backsies. Once it’s out there, it cannot be removed.

Imagine my horror when it posted the scheduled post of #TheStarBeast and included the entire post, including the synopsis.

If you’re listening to Fusion Patrol, you know that there will be spoilers – the very premise of the podcast is that you have to watch the show first (or not be concerned with spoilers.) This is why I have no problem including the synopsis on the website; however, what goes out on the Fediverse serves a couple of different purposes, one of which is to try to induce new listeners to join us. To do that, you have to flag down people who, in the case of the Star Beast, are interested in #DoctorWho, so the content needs to be different, and basically just blasting out the entire plot line of a brand new TV show without content warning was just bad manners.

And there’s no way to delete it and try again.

I’ve not yet found a workaround, so this week’s #WildBlueYonder went out with no synopsis. That’s not ideal either, but for the moment, it will have to do.

This week, we also (finally) managed to get a test website up – this allows me to test changes to the Fusion Patrol website and the Fediverse integration without flooding your feeds with test messages. So far, every idea I’ve tried to reach a compromise has failed.

Release Schedule

https://fusionpatrol.com/2023/12/11/when-you-know-youre-right-and-refuse-to-back-down-patrolling-beyond-fusion/

#BehindTheScenes #DoctorWho #PatrollingBeyondFusion #TheGiggle #TheStarBeast #UnderwaterMenace #WildBlueYonder