This week Doctor Who Literature returns to the Black Archives for an interview with Dale Smith, author of the Black Archive volume covering this week's story, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy. Dale's been a great friend to this show and it's a pleasure to have him back to discuss one of Classic Who's final televised stories.

We don't have a rapping ringmaster this week, but we do have the next best thing, one of the best musical comedy segments Jim Sangster has produced for us.

And a sad farewell to Anthony Stewart Head, who passed away this week at age 72.

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"Doctor Who – The Greatest Show in the Galaxy" features cover art by Alister Pearson.

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We celebrate Doctor Who's 25th anniversary... 38 years after the fact, but, as I say, these things take time. Mark from Trap One, this show's parent podcast, pays a (hopefully NOT final) visit to discuss what is, un-ironically, one of his favorite stories.

Music by Jim Sangster.

Take a shot every time Jason makes a non-Doctor Who cultural reference while trying to review the novelization.

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"Doctor Who – Silver Nemesis" features cover art by AlisterPearson.

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For Part 2 in our mini-season The Daleks' Masterplan we have three terrific guest interviews:

Luke Sims-Jenkins of the Maran Chess Club Podcast.

Repeat DWLit guest Andrew Smith, who wrote a Big Finish tale inspired in part by this story.

Rod Brown of the Nostalgia Tours podcast.

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"Doctor Who – The Mutation of Time" features cover art by Alister Pearson.

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Welcome to the first of a planned three-part miniseries on The Daleks' Master Plan. This week we are joined by John Peel, who wrote the two-book novelization, and Darren Mooney of The 250 Podcast and The M0vie Blog.

These episodes of Doctor Who Literature follow on from Jason's two most recent appearance on Trap One: a discussion of the recovery of two episodes of DMP, and a long form look at DMP Episode 1 - The Nightmare Begins.

Jason provides a bonus solo audio commentary of DMP Episode 5 - Counter Plot.

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Originally released in June 2022, this classic episode of Doctor Who Literature fell out of the Spotify archives. The episode has been slightly re-edited and reposted, in anticipation of our coming mini-series on The Daleks' Master Plan. If you discovered DWLit after 2024, this will be your first opportunity to hear Jason's interview with long-time DW author John Peel.

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"Doctor Who – The Dalek Invasion of Earth" features cover art by Chris Achilleos.

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As this Doctor Who Literature episode was in production, it was announced that two missing installments from The Daleks' Masterplan, both broadcast in November 1965. These will be available for UK audiences in April 2026. This is tremendously exciting news and will be dominating Doctor Who podcast discussions for several weeks.

But this week we are up to the second of three Missing Season 23 novelizations. Melvin Pena is on board this week to help Jason try and make sense of the various elements of this story.

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"Doctor Who – The Ultimate Evil" features cover art by AlisterPearson.

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When it comes to talking the William Hartnell era on Doctor Who, Jeff Goddard is The Man. Jeff, who's frequently heard on top-tier podcasts such as Gallifrey's Most Wanted and What's In The Box?, makes his 2nd DWLit appearance... and, it seems, not a moment too soon. We discuss not just The Chase but also the whole of Doctor Who's astounding 1964-1965 season.

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"Doctor Who – The Chase" features cover art by AlisterPearson.

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DWLit opens this week with Jason and Conrad poolside at the Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles in February 2026.

Ian Potter joins us for a song parody related to the previous episode, The Nightmare Fair.

Jim Sangster, DWLit's co-producer and co-host, joins Jason for a look at the final Trial of a Time Lord novelization.

The late great Richard Hunt co-stars in this 1989 Sesame Street segment...

...and read more about Richard Hunt in Jessica Max Stein's 2024 biography.

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"Doctor Who –Mindwarp" features cover art by Alister Pearson.

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