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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 3280: The King's Dragon
We're continuing our adventures with the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory in the Power of 3 book club. Today, we speak with writer Una McCormack (A New York Time…
Power of 3279: Carole Ann Ford (1992)
The new Big Finish release, Susan's War, was released yesterday (Wednesday, 28 August, 2024) - and to celebrate, we've gone back into the archives. This time…
Power of 3278: Doctor Who in Wonderland
The Doctor Who/Puffin classics range of books continues in 2024, with another release. Doctor Who in Wonderland (yes, that's the title, not Doctor Who -…
Power of 3277: The Feast of the Drowned
We're returning to the Tenth Doctor for today's Power of 3 book club. We chat with Steve Cole about writing the first of the Tenth Doctor adventures to be set…
Power of 3276: I, Who
If you lived through the Wilderness Years, the chances are you read at least a couple of Doctor Who novels. Lars Pearson lived through the Wilderness Years. He…
Power of 3275: Nuclear Time
We move into the territory of the Eleventh Doctor in today's Power of 3 book club edition. We've tracked down Oli Smith, a prolific writer around the 2009/10…
Power of 3274: The Edge of Destruction on Audio
We're taking a look at a recent release from BBC Audiobooks, with The Edge of Destruction audiobook. The audio version - narrated by Carole Ann Ford - is put…
Power of 3273: The Crawling Terror
We move into the Twelfth Doctor's era for today's episode, as we take a look at the process of writing The Crawling Terror. Author Mike Tucker joins us for a…
Power of 3272: Terrance Dicks in Scotland
It's August 9, 2024, and that means it's Doctor Who Podcast Day! To celebrate, we're digging back into Kenny's VHS archive, and retrieving an old video…
Power of 3271: Optional Extras 9 - Ask Al
Al's been suggesting we do this for a while - so here we are! Al Dewar from Character Options answers your questions, which we asked for on Twitter, and we put…
Power of 3270: Peacemaker
Howdy pardners! We're off to the wild west for this episode of the Power of 3. We're taking a look at Peacemaker, James Swallow's 2007 novel featuring the…
Power of 3269: The Woman Who Fell To Earth
There's no new Doctor Who on our screens until Christmas, so, we're turning back the clock to 2017. We're going to go through the Thirteenth Doctor's era, and…
Power of 3268: Wishing Well
It's been a while since we brought you a look at the creation of a 21st century Doctor Who novel. So, today, we go behind the scenes, as it were, of Wishing…
Power of 3267: Caged
We bring your our look at the second new Doctor Who novel to feature the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby. Editor Steve Cole and author Una McCormack share how this…
Power of 3266: The Fan Who Knew Too Much
We bring you (another) bonus episode of The Power of 3 this week, although it's not strictly a Doctor Who book. We're chatting with Nev Fountain, the acclaimed…
Power of 3265: I, TARDIS
There's a new Doctor Who biography in town, and it's not the one you were expecting! I, TARDIS tells the life story of our favourite Type 40 TT Capsule, and…
Power of 3263: Camera Obscura
Our look at the Virgin Missing Adventures concludes (logically!) with an Eighth Doctor Adventure from BBC Books. Well, we couldn't not do another book with a…
Power of 3262: The Pit
Stand by for a fascinating insight into the making of one of the most talked-about New Adventures. The Pit will always draw strong opinions from fans, and we…
Power of 3261: State of Change
The Missing Adventures provided a real shock with the release of State of Change. Who would have thought that an old TV foe would pop up, completely…
Power of 3260: Goth Opera
Today's the day - Goth Opera is given a new lease of life as an audio adventure from Big Finish! Kenny is joined by his Pieces of Eighth pal Matt Michael, as…
Power of 3259: Evolution
It's day four of our latest run of episodes looking at Doctor Who novels from Virgin Books. Today, we take a look at the second book in the Missing Adventures…
Power of 3258: Dancing The Code
We've reached the era of the Third Doctor, and for the first time ever on The Power of 3, we're looking at a Missing Adventure featuring Jon Pertwee's Time…
Power of 3257: The Menagerie
Our trip through the Virgin Books universe continues as we join the Second Doctor on his travels. We join him, Jamie and Zoe as they explore the hidden terrors…
Power of 3264: Jodie and BFF at BF
So, who saw THIS one coming? It's official - Jodie Whittaker is back as the Doctor, in studio for Big Finish with Manip Gill as Yaz Khan, for a new series of…
Power of 3256: The Empire of Glass
The countdown is on until the audio adaptation release of Missing Adventure Goth Opera by Big Finish. To celebrate, we're taking a look at six novels from the…
Power of 3255: Season 25 Blu-Ray Reveal
It's official - the next blu-ray release will be Season 25. Kenny and Dave are both very excited, especially as there's new editions of every story on the way…
Power of 3254: Optional Extras 8 - Classic Figures Wave 2
We're back with another look through the plastic archives of Character Options. Al Dewar is back with us, to discuss the second wave of classic figures, in…
Power of 3253: Tales from the TARDIS - Pyramids of Mars
Did you enjoy the recent BBC4 broadcast of Tales from the TARDIS, with Pyramids of Mars? Kenny saw some of it in Lanzarote, Steevie watched it before recording…
Power of 3252: Ruby Red
We need more adventures with the Doctor and Ruby! So, we've read Ruby Red, the new BBC Book featuring our time travelling heroes. And, in true Unleashed…
Power of 3251: The Doctor Who Escape Hunt
Have you taken part in an escape room? Or, to be specific, Escape Hunt's fantastic Doctor Who adventure? Kenny has. And he took his daughter Katy to do it…
Power of 3250: Lanzadoccy
If you listen to this episode on the day it drops, Kenny will still be on holiday in Lanzarote. So you can all feel a part of it, he's invited John and Steevie…
Power of 3249: Empire Of Death
Dust to Dust... Memory TARDIS to real TARDIS , what happened to Harriet? Steevie and John discuss the Doctor Who season 1, season 14, season 40 or whatever you…
Power of 3248: Who Killed Kennedy
We're turning back the clock to 1996, as we find out just Who Killed Kennedy. We have an exclusive chat with author David Bishop - whose new book is out today!…
Power of 3247:The Legend Of Ruby Sunday VHS Edition
Spoiler Alert! Steevie and John discuss and review the big bad revealed in the latest epsiode of Doctor Who with contributions from Kenny (Who is taking a…
Power of 3232: Under Control (Extended edit)
We'v epreviously featured the Fourteenth Doctor story Under/Into Control, in the run-up for Ncuti Gatwa's first series as the Doctor. Now, we're able to…
Power of 3246: The Story So Far
We're six weeks in, and that's Doctor Who series 1/14/40 all ready to go for its two-part finale. So, on the eve of The Legend of Ruby Sunday, Kenny is joined…
Power of 3245: Optional Extras 7 - Fugitive Movellans
Two new Doctor Who action figure sets have been released by Character Options this year. Al Dewar pops by to chat with his favourite* podcast, to discuss the…
Power of 3244: Rogue
It's Doctor Who meets Bridgerton (apparently!). What happens when the Fifteenth Doctor falls for a naughty fella who travels in time, who has his own spaceship…
Power of 3243: William Russell - A Tribute
We were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of William Russell this week. Kenny and Dave share their memories of Ian Chesterton, and Kenny recalls meeting…
Power of 3242: Nicholas Courtney
We raid Kenny's archives once again, to bring you an all-new talk with the late, great Nicholas Courtney. This was recorded at noon, on 31 May 1992, at the…
Power of 3241: Dot and Bubble
Dot and Bubble seems to have split fandom with their thoughts on Russell T Davies' look at social media... and more. Steevie, Kenny and John take a close look…
Power of 3240: It Figures...
The Power of 3 is the podcast home of the story of the action figures, and now, we're VERY excited by a new book. It's been revealed that Go Figure! is on the…
Power of 3239: Tom Baker Talks!
Tom Baker on the Power of 3? You must be joking! But we're not! Kenny's been frootling around in his loft, and recently came across a VHS tape, recorded at…
Power of 3238: 73 Yards
Well, that was creepy, wasn't it? John, Kenny and Steevie discuss the latest episode of Doctor Who, as Russell T Davies delivers some scares, laughs and more…
Power of 3237: The Forever Trap
It's the second half of our two-part series, looking at the next vinyl release from Demon Records. Being released tomorrow (25 May) on vinyl, alongside Pest…
Power of 3236: Pest Control
This week sees the release of a luxurious vinyl release containing six discs. These contain a pair of original made for audio releases released by the BBC in…
Power of 3235: Boom
And just like that - boom! - Steven Moffat is back on Doctor Who. The Scottish former showrunner obviously doesn't bear a grudge, since Russell T Davies turned…
Power of 3234: The Price of Paradise
We're back taking a look at another Tenth Doctor novel, this time featuring the Doctor and Rose. Today, John and Kenny discuss The Price of Paradise, which was…
Power of 3233: Space Babies/The Devil's Chord
And so it begins! Season 40/14/1, depending on your viewpoint. Join Steevie, John and Kenny - and a brief cameo from Dave who ended up having to go to work at…
Power of 3232: Under Control
Did you think we'd struggle to find a Fourteenth Doctor novel? Of course we didn't - we're resourceful! Today, we're joined by Steve Cole (again!), just days…
Power of 3231: The Maze of Doom
We reach the Thirteen Doctor today, and present a sequel to an episode we did last year. This time, Dave and Kenny are joined by their fellow Glaswegian David…
Power of 3230: Plague City
Peter Capaldi comes home (sort of)! The Twelfth Doctor arrives in Edinburgh with Bill and Nardole, and there's a mystery to solve... ghosts! Oh, and the…
Power of 3229: Hunter's Moon
We join the Eleventh Doctor and the Ponds in today's exciting adventure in time and space. We're heading to Hunter's Moon, in which the Doctor faces a slightly…
Power of 3228: The Doctor Trap
We join the Tenth Doctor and Donna in a bit of a pickle, for today's episode. Dave and Kenny are joined throughout this episode by their pal Simon Messingham…
Power of 3227: The Monsters Inside
Doctor Who publishing entered a new era in 2005, with the arrival of a trio of hardcover books. The second of these was The Monsters Inside, written by Steve…
Power of 3226: Eater of Wasps
We really got a buzz from doing this episode, on the popular Eighth Doctor Adventures novel Eater of Wasps. Kenny and guest co-conspirator Matt Michael look…
Power of 3225: Iceberg
We've been itching to bring you this episode for months - and here it is! The Cyberleader himself, David Banks, has joined us to chat about writing Iceberg…
Power of 3224: Time of Your Life
We've reached the Sixth Doctor, as we continue our adventures and our quest to feature a different incarnation each day. We take a look at the first novel…
Power of 3223: Lords of the Storm
We're in a fix with Sontarans in today's episode of The Power of 3! Today, Kenny and guest co-conspirator Matt Michael discuss the first half of a two-part…
Power of 3222: Managra
We're back with the classic Virgin line of Doctor Who books today, as we look at a Fourth Doctor Missing Adventure. Kenny has tracked down author Stephen…