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Power of 3
A podcast discussing Doctor Who-related items, more often than not in threes, whether stories, guests, or anything else. Featuring a regular team of hosts, including Kenny Smith, and David Steel (not the former Liberal Party MP, MSP and leader). Our other regular conspirators are Dr John Bollan, Stephen Day and Matt Michael, with irregular appearances from the podcast's founding father, Tom Harris (the former Labour MP). We also welcome a host of great Doctor Who guests, using "Kenny's…
Episodes
Power of 3520: Optional Extras 24 - Character Options 2026
At last - the word is out, and Character Options have revealed their figure line-up for 2026. Al Dewar is back with the Power of 3, the original home of action…
Power of 3519: On Target - Aliens of London
New Target novelisations are out! Hurrah! We start our look at these new paperbacks with a look at the Ninth Doctor novelisation of Aliens of London. We speak…
Power of 3518: The Mind Trap / Starflight
We speak to the writers of two of the latest BBC Audiobooks releases in our latest episode. We're joined by John Peel - the writer of the first original…
Power of 3517: Spiral Scratch
"Physician, heal thyself..." "It's the end, but the moment has been prepared for..." "I don't want to go..." "Carrot juice, carrot juice, carrot juice..." The…
Power of 3516: The Reconstruction of Time
The Doctor Who missing episode count has dropped to 95, thanks to the generous donation of The Daleks' Master Plan parts one and three, from the estate of a…
Power of 3515: The Crystal Bucephalus
The Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and Kamelion feature in today's book club release, The Crystal Bucephalus. Kenny and guest co-conspirator Si Hart discuss…
Power of 3514: Sophie in Scotland
We're all excited - Sophie Aldred is coming to Scotland in a couple of weeks. Sophie's headlining An Ace Afternoon, which is taking place in Dunfermline - the…
Power of 3513: The Moon Cruise
The Fifteenth Doctor's latest original adventure is The Moon Cruise. It's a fun adventure set on a spaceship, which has a VERY dark secret, and possibly goes…
Power of 3512: Psi-ence Fiction
The Fourth Doctor and Leela are front and centre in today's episode, as we returned to Chris 'the Bouch' Boucher's Doctor Who novels. The Irredeemable Shag…
Power of 3511: BBC Audiobooks 2026 (part one)
BBC Audio has returned in 2026, with a busy start to the year so far. With original audio adventures, soundtrack releases, Target novelisations and more…
Power of 3510: The Scales of Injustice
Given that many Doctor Who fans are working their way through their Doctor Who - The Collection: Season 21 blu-rays, we thought we'd have another book tie-in…
Power of 3509: The Making of Season 21 on Blu-ray (part three)
We bring you a bonus episode on the creation of the new content for Doctor Who - The Collection: Season 21. We're delighted to be joined by the brilliant…
Power of 3508: The Lost Stories - The SCI
With Season 21 now out on blu-ray, we take a look at another Doctor Who story that never was. Today, our team of fantastic readers bring us The SCI, a…
Power of 3507: Imperial Moon
It's a new Doctor Who - The Collection blu-ray release week, and, as ever, we've tied today's book club into it. Today, we're looked at an adventure set during…
Power of 3506: The Making of Season 21 on Blu-ray (part two)
A day later than planned (we had to mark the return of missing episodes!), we bring you the second part of our preview of the Doctor Who - The Collection…
Power of 3505: Daleks Conquer and Return
It's happened at long last - more missing episodes have been returned to the BBC! Episodes one and three of The Daleks' Master Plan are back in the archives…
Power of 3504: The Making of Season 21 on Blu-ray (part one)
We're just days away from the 1980s being complete on Blu-ray as part of Doctor Who - The Collection. To celebrate, we're looking at how some of the new…
Power of 3503: First Frontier (New Adventures #30)
We're heading into UFO territory, as Doctor Who meets The X Files! Today's book club looks at David A McIntee's First Frontier, a novel which has become known…
Power of 3502: Reanimating The Ice Warriors
We love our Doctor Who animations at the Power of 3. So, we're turning the clock back to 2013, when The Ice Warriors was completed, thanks to the power of…
Power of 3501 : Strange England (New Adventures #29)
Doctor Who goes strange... stranger than ever! Today, we're looking at Simon Messingham's sole entry into the canon of the New Adventures, Strange England…
Power of 3500: The Lost Stories - The Zeldon
The Power of 3 reaches its 500th episode - woohoo! For a podcast that started in 2019, we've done not too badly, with our mix of regular co-conspirators…
Power of 3499: Time Team Time
Remember the good old days, when one of the first features you'd turn to in Doctor Who Magazine was The Time Team? Oh yes, that group of four fans, Jac Rayner…
Power of 3498: Blood Harvest (New Adventures #28)
Terrance Dicks returns to the New Adventures for his second novel featuring the Seventh Doctor, in Blood Harvest. Courtesy of archival interviews with Doctor…
Power of 3497: Doctor on Display - Let's All Go To The USA!
We heartily encourage you to sing this episode's title to Ian Levine's seminal classic Doctor In Distress, so here's the first two lines for you... Doctor on…
Power of 3496: All-Consuming Fire (New Adventures #27)
Putting the Doctor and Sherlock Holmes together? An elementary idea! Join us as Andy Lane returns to the Power of 3, to talk about two of his favourite…
Power of 3495: Producing the goods with Derek Ritchie
It's not often that a friend of yours becomes the producer of Doctor Who... but that's exactly what happened with Derek Ritchie. From his days in the Glasgow…
Power of 3494: Theatre of War (New Adventures #26)
Who would have thought that Theatre of War would have had such an impact on the Whoniverse? It's famous for introducing Irving Braxiatel, the Doctor's…
Power of 3493: The Black Archive - The Ark
Hot off the presses, the latest publication from Obverse Books's Black Archive series has been released this week. Philip Purser-Hallard takes a look at Paul…
Power of 3492: Legacy (New Adventures #25)
The Power of 3 Book Club returns to the New Adventures for the new few weeks. We return to the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice, and a trip to Peladon with the…
Power of 3491: Mount Rushmore
Hypothetical situation - the faces of four people involved with Doctor Who are to be carved onto a mountain, like Mount Rushmore. So, we asked our team which…
Power of 3490: Catastrophea
Under the microscope today is a novel by the godfather of Doctor Who fiction, Mr Terrance Dicks. Today, Catastrophea, his Third Doctor and Jo Past Doctor…
Power of 3489: Better Call Saul Metzstein!
Our new irregular series speaking to the Scots who've made Doctor Who on TV continues. We're today joined by Saul Metzstein, who directed five of Matt Smith's…
Power of 3488: The Colony of Lies
The Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find themselves in a dead end town on an alien world, in Colony of Lies. Author Colin Brake returns to join us once more, as…
Power of 3487: Peter Mckinstry and The Art of Time Travel
You may not have realised this, but the Power of 3 is a Doctor Who podcast based in Scotland. We're kicking off an irregular series discussing the show with…
Power of 3486: Salvation
What's that you say, child? You need to know about Damnation, erm, Salvation? Well, my boy, it's a good job the Power of Four podcast is here, is it not?…
Power of 3485: The Making of Master
As the nights are cold and dark, what could be a better time to listen to a story set in a spooky old house at night? Craig and Kenny discuss Big Finish's…
Power of 3484: Extra Time
We're back with the Eleventh Doctor on his adventures with Amy and Rory. Today we put Extra Time under the microscope, as the Doctor and his friends battle to…
Power of 3483: Happy Who Year - 2026
So, 2025... that was an eventful one in Doctor Who terms, wasn't it? We lost a Doctor, apparently gained a new one, had a spin-off show to watch, a new Doctor…
Power of 3482: The Taking of Chelsea 426
It's our final episode of 2025 - and we end with the Tenth Doctor taking on an old foe. Today's book club sees us joined by writer David Llewelyn, as he…
Power of 3481: Merry Christmas Everybody
Merry Christmas, everybody! There may not be any new Doctor Who on TV this festive season, so we're turning back the clock to look at some of our festive…
Power of 3480 : The Chimes of Midnight and Jubilee
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without The Chimes of Midnight, if you ask any Big Finish fan. And Eighth Dcotor tale Chimes has been given a 2025 makeover in…
Power of 3479: The Black Archive: Mawdryn Undead
The final Black Archive release from Obverse Books is now available - Mawdryn Undead. We speak to writer Kara Dennison about why she chose this often…
Power of 3478: The Algebra of Ice
Given how few full Doctor Who novels there are set at Christmas, we today speak to the writer of a very wintry book. Joining us from across the pond is Lloyd…
Power of 3477: The Poison Seas
Today marks the final episode of The War Between the Land and the Sea. And to commemorate it, we look at the first performed Sea Devil story! We speak to…
Power of 3476: The Making of Bloodtide
As we prepare for the final encounter between the Earth Reptiles and humanity in The War Between the Land and the Sea, we're heading back to Big Finish…
Power of 3475: Optional Extras 23 - Series 4 Approvals
We travel back to 2009 today, to talk about the plastic fantastic. We're joined by not just Character Options's Al Dewar but Dave Turbitt, who was at BBC…
Power of 3474: Al Ronald and the Ace Big Finish Debut
Today, we met writer Al Ronald, who's recently had three releases from Big Finish. He's written a Paternoster Gang, for the Seventh Doctor and Ace, and also a…
Power of 3473: Blood on Santa's Claw
We're celebrating a Doctor Who Christmas story from Big Finish today, with a Doctor whose TV reign was not as long as it should have been. No, we're not…
Power of 3472: The Doctor Who Annual 2026
If there's one item a Doctor Who fan needs every year, it's the annual! We speak to Paul Lang, the writer and designer of the Official Doctor Who Annual, about…
Power of 3471: Vanderdeken's Children
We make a rare trip into Paul McGann territory today, for a look at the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventure Vanderdeken's Children. Christopher Bulis returns for…
Power of 3470: Optional Extras 22 - The Wrarth Warriors
Our 12 Krynoid Pods of Christmas has begun! We're counting down to December 25 with a podcast each day - some short, some long, to help pass the time before…
Power of 3469: Season 21 Blu-ray Reveal
It's official - Season 21 will be the next Doctor Who release from The Collection. We've used our timescoop to find Tom Harris, our founding father, and bring…
Power of 3468: Blue Box
It's been a while since be brought you an original novel featuring the Sixth Doctor - so here we go! We're delighted to be joined by the brilliant Kate Orman…
Power of 3467: We See Sea Devils
The War Between the Land and the Sea is just a few days away from broadcast. So, before the Sea Devils (Homo Aqua if you prefer - although you're about to hear…
Power of 3466: The Sea Devils (2025)
The Sea Devils return to our TV screens this weekend - but in a new way! The Third Doctor tale is being given a new lease of life through a 90 minute new edit…
Power of 3465: The Silurian Gift
With less than a week to go until the broadcast of the first part of The War Between the Land and the Sea, we look back to a past adventure with the Earth…
Power of 3464: Shakedown with Kevin Jon Davies
Last week, we brought you a look at the New Adventure, Shakedown. Part of it novelised the video release of the production from DreamWatch Media, written by…
Power of 3463: The Ultimate Treasure
We return to the earliest days of BBC Books' Past Doctor Adventures. Today, we take a look at just the third book they published, The Ultimate Treasure. We're…
Power of 3462: The Spare-Part People - the 'lost' Third Doctor story by Jon Pertwee
It's Doctor Who's 62nd anniversary - hurrah! To commemorate the occasion, we take an in-depth look at Dr Who and the Spare-Part People (also known as The Brain…
Power of 3461: Optional Extras 21 - Ask Al 4
We know that a lot of our listeners are Doctor Who action figure collecting enthusiasts, so we're always pleased to welcome Character Options' Al Dewar to the…