Professor Dave's Ark In Space

To celebrate Siobhan's 200th episode of the Flashing Blade Live, and as she's the fairy godmother of PDAIS, I am proud to share with you this special podcast version of the Flashing Blade Twitch show.  Your hosts are Siobhan, Brian, Elizabeth (Lillibet), with special guest Toby Hadoke, and we discuss the 1970's Quatermass and Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars.

This is the final episode of the Professor Dave's Ark in Space podcast.  Dave passed away on November 3, 2022.  This episode was pre-recorded several months ago, and really is us just being us, laughing over two very very silly films. Join us on one last journey to the Ark in Space.  And thank you all for being with us.  I love you. 

PDAIS looks at the good, the not bad and the downright ugly of The Mummy Trilogy that began in 1999

We looked at the 1977 thriller Rollercoaster and, having decided that it was not an absolute stinker, we watched the 1980 disaster (in every sense of the word) film When Time Ran Out... We suffer so you don't have to

A grumpy man and a chirpy girl look at Bernard Black, grumpy proprietor of Black Books, and Randy Rainbow, chirpy producer of satirical tunes

Dave and Elizabeth are joined by Karen from the Staggering Stories podcast to celebrate the England Lionesses' victory at UEFA 2022 and Karen's experiences of women's football (it is not soccer!). Then Dave and Elizabeth look at the classic film Gregory's Girl

Dave and Elizabeth wonder if Trog is the worst film they have looked at, Night of the Lepus says "Hold my jacket"

A grumpy man and a chirpy girl sail the seas with assorted Sinbads to celebrate the craft of Ray Harryhausen

We look at Frankie Howerd, a comedy great, and his most successful series Up Pompeii, a great comedy

PDAIS looks at the glorious Dame Margaret Rutherford, including her appearances in Blithe Spirit and as Miss Marple

We are joined by Thomas as we look back at the UK's Eurovision history which includes five wins and five Nil Points. We look at the Good, the Bad, and the Gemini. 

We look back at Ben Aaronovitch's Doctor Who scripts - Remembrance of the Daleks and Battlefield - then come up to date with Amongst Our Weapons, the latest Rivers of London book featuring Peter Grant

We look back at the seventies Britcom The Good Life with a few distractions along the way

We look at Television crossovers, those weird episodes where shows collide such as Murder She Wrote going to Hawaii and meeting Magnum, Charlie's Angels on The Love Boat or Doctor Who goes to Albert Square, home of the Eastenders As a bonus, after the end music we have included our snarkalong for the CHIPS episode which was meant to be a pilot for a spin off show called Force Seven Dimensions in Time was a Children in Need Special and you can contribute to that charity using this link https://donate.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/

This episode we look at two films seperated by nearly thirty years which are set in Florida marine parks, shot in 3 D and in which you will side against the humans. Listen to us laugh at (or have our spirits broken by) Revenge of the Creature and Jaws 3-D

We look back at Cliff Richard's first three films - Serious Charge, Expresso Bongo and The Young Ones

Dave and Elizabeth are joined by Mr Paul as they take a jolly carriage ride to Karlsbad for a liquid lunch with Dracula Prince of Darkness

Seventies sitcoms have their knockers but we have no objection to getting stuck in to the glory that is Are You Being Served

In which a grumpy old man brings flowers to a chirpy girl. Unfortunately the flowers are Triffids which insist on discussing the 1981 BBC TV version of Day of the Triffids as well as the 1962 film

We go overground and underground looking back at The Wombles in print, on television and in music. Oh, and we watch the film