Splendid Chaps

Surprise! It's a bonus episode of #SplendidChaps. Join @PetraElliott and John Richards are they talk about the Thirteenth Doctor's first season and #NightTerrace protagonist Dr Anastasia Black in this special mini-episode.

Surprise! To celebrate the announcement of the upcoming third season of Night Terrace, chaps Petra Elliott and John Richards have a look back at the Thirteenth Doctor’s first season.

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How does Thirteen compare to our own time traveller, Dr. Anastasia Black? Was there too much focus on the male companions? Is Thirteen holding back, or displaying traditionally “feminine” traits? How…

Where no chap has gone before…

There’s a new podcast in town at Splendid Chaps Productions – and a new chap to co-host it! From January 8, you can join Captain Carla Donnelly (of the Across the Aisle and Club Soderbergh podcasts) and Science Officer Ben McKenzie (of Splendid Chaps and Pratchat) as they bring you re:Discovery, a Star Trek Discoveryrecap podcast for people who hate recaps! Listen along each week as they discuss…

The Chaps return! Join them as they discuss Peter Capaldi and music in #DoctorWho in their new episode, Twelve/Music, with guests @Utopiana, @adamrudegeair and @adamatsya. Listen now at splendidchaps.com on via your podcatcher of choice:

After nearly five years, and just before the debut of a new Thirteenth Doctor, hosts Ben McKenzie, John Richards and Petra Elliott return to the original Splendid Chaps Doctor/Theme format to discuss Peter Capaldi and music in Doctor Who! They’re joined by guests Celeste Liddle, Adam Ford and Adam Rudegeair – who also perform music and poetry just for your ears! Join us for Twelve/Music, recorded…

The Chaps are back! Just before Thirteen debuts, we gather to celebrate Peter Capaldi and music in #DoctorWho! Join us on Sunday, October 7 for Twelve/Music:

Back in 2013, the plan was to do eleven podcasts – one for each Doctor. We didn’t quite stick to that plan, but those eleven shows were still the spine of Splendid Chaps. But since then we’ve had not one but threenew Doctors: one brief but brilliant, one whose time is just about to begin…but one whose time ended last Christmas, and after thinking about it since that swansong, the Chaps are coming…

Part one of our long-awaited #DoctorWho spin-offs mini-series: #Torchwood! On iTunes etc and here:

Yes, the chaps are back in part one of their Doctor Who spin-offs mini-series! This time we go outside the government and beyond the police – whatever that means – to talk about everyone’s favourite not-so-secret organisation which fights alien menaces in between all the sex and gore which makes it an “adult show”. That’s right – it’s time to talk Torchwood! Hosts Ben McKenzie, John Richards and…

Check out our Christmas release, and our new web site!

Time for a bit of a clean up around here! We’re no longer just about the podcast, and so we’re no longer just Splendid Chaps – we’re Splendid Chaps Productions! You can still listen to  our fiftieth anniversary Doctor Who podcast, but now you can also find out about our original sci-fi comedy series Night Terrace, and watch out for news of new projects coming from the Chaps, including a brand-new…

Hello everyone! Way back in our Christmas special we mentioned our next project, a narrative comedy called Night Terrace (IT’S A PUN!). It stars the Chaps’ Ben and Petra alongside the glorious Jackie Woodburne (Neighbours’ Susan Kennedy) and a stellar guest-cast. And it’s a thing now! A genuine thing! You can find it here.

Here’s the trailer for season one:

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Just in time for the #DoctorWho50th, it's our last regular episode: Eleven/Future!

It’s the big one! Our actually-released-on-the-anniversary spectacular features hosts Ben McKenzie, John Richards and Petra Elliott discussing Matt Smith, the future, and plenty of other Doctor Who goodness with guests Stella Young and Justin Hamilton,…