5 episodes

Having been listed in the Guinness World Record as the longest-running science-fiction television series in the world, Doctor Who has delighted fans for decades. So resident Surgeons of Horror alumni Saul Muerte and Antony Yee wanted to scrutinise and dissect the series where it would scare its audience and leaving them hiding behind the family couch. Horror itself has shaped and transformed across the years and Doctor Who is a prime example of how it balanced this genre with prime-time family viewing.

The Horror of Who Saul Muerte

    • TV & Film

Having been listed in the Guinness World Record as the longest-running science-fiction television series in the world, Doctor Who has delighted fans for decades. So resident Surgeons of Horror alumni Saul Muerte and Antony Yee wanted to scrutinise and dissect the series where it would scare its audience and leaving them hiding behind the family couch. Horror itself has shaped and transformed across the years and Doctor Who is a prime example of how it balanced this genre with prime-time family viewing.

    Hartnell's Horror Part 4: The Cybermen

    Hartnell's Horror Part 4: The Cybermen

    As we wave goodbye to the Hartnell era from The Horror of Who and the conclusion for the First Doctor, we also welcome new podcast companion, Peter Griffith to join fellow member of Flight Through Entirety, Nathan Bottomley to whittle down and peruse alongside Surgeons of Horror host Saul Muerte.
    The conversation and dissection of the horror genre through the gaze of Doctor Who comes via the introduction of the silver nemesis, The Cybermen in the serial, The Tenth Planet.
    What initially made these creature so iconic and how have they stood the test of time?

    Music produced by Young But Retro @YoungButRetro

    • 1 hr 28 min
    The Horror of Who (Trailer)

    The Horror of Who (Trailer)

    • 40 sec
    Hartnell's Horror Part 3

    Hartnell's Horror Part 3

    The Hartnell era from The Horror of Who team concludes with Seasons 3 from the First Doctor. The assembled team includes Surgeons of Horror host Saul Muerte and members of Flight Through Entirety, Nathan Bottomley and Nathan James who will discuss and dissect where the horror elements have crept into cult sci-fi tv series, Doctor Who across the decades.

    Episodes of scrutiny will be The Massacre and The War Machines.

    Music produced by Young But Retro @YoungButRetro

    • 1 hr 11 min
    Hartnell's Horror Part 2

    Hartnell's Horror Part 2

    The Horror of Who team assembled with Surgeons of Horror host Saul Muerte and members of Flight Through Entirety, Nathan Bottomley and Nathan James discuss and dissect where the horror elements have crept into cult sci-fi tv series, Doctor Who across the decades.

    The focus for the second episode is during William Hartnell's second season as the Doctor, with particular scrutiny upon Planet of the Giants and The Crusade.

    Music produced by Young But Retro @YoungButRetro

    • 1 hr 7 min
    Hartnell's Horror Part 1: The Daleks

    Hartnell's Horror Part 1: The Daleks

    Having been listed in the Guinness World Record as the longest-running science-fiction television series in the world, Doctor Who has delighted fans for decades. So resident Surgeons of Horror alumni Saul Muerte and Antony Yee wanted to scrutinise and dissect the series where it would scare its audience and leaving them hiding behind the family couch. Horror itself has shaped and transformed across the years and Doctor Who is a prime example of how it balanced this genre with prime-time family viewing.

    Joining our hosts and companions for the Hartnell era will be aficionados of the cult series, Flight Through Entirety's Nathan Bottomley and Brendan Jones. The first subject under the microscope is the most iconic villains that the series produced - The Daleks.


    Audio supplied by Young But Retro @YoungButRetro.

    • 2 hrs 59 min

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