Principal photography on the second series of The Sarah Jane Adventures wrapped last week, according to sarahjane.tv. So, this seems as good a time as any to give a Series 2 news roundup for those who may be going through the early stages of Doctor Who withdrawal:

• Like last year, six hours of programming have been completed. However, this time, all six hours will be broadcast as a single series, meaning that the series will run for 12 consecutive weeks.

• There was an initial plan to film Series 2 and 3 simultaneously. However, the idea was nixed for budgetary reasons. Apparently, SJA receives the bulk of its funding from the CBBC, rather than the BBC, and there ultimately wasn't enough money in their 2008 budget for advance filming on a series that could potentially be broadcast as late as 2010. Technically, this now means that Series 3 could now potentially be withdrawn from production, although many see it as unlikely that the CBBC would axe their top ratings-earner while the principal talent is still willing to perform.


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Episode 112 of Doctor Who: Podshock is now available.

"It's all becoming clear. The Doctor is the man you'd like to be, doing impossible things with cricket balls."

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Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 112
Running Time: 1:07:54

LIVE at Gallifrey 19 - Doctor Who: Podshock live on stage at Gallifrey 19 with special guests Paul Cornell and Shaun Lyon. Featuring The Mind of Evil by Billy Davis. With audience feedback. Hosted by Louis Trapani, Ken Deep, and Mike Doran. Recorded on 17 February 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

Brought to you by the Gallifreyan Embassy and presented by Outpost Gallifrey.

NOTE: Due to a technical problem on location when recording this podcast the sound quality is below our usual standards. In order to expedite this episode in post-production, it is only being released as a plain MP3 file. No Enhanced Podcast version was produced.

Below is the link to episode 112:

-> Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 112 (MP3 format, 31.2 MB)

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The long awaited news of Doctor Who being available for purchase via Apple iTunes store has finally come. For the first time starting today, Doctor Who is available to download on iTunes in the US. Currently, the selection is limited to the 2005, 2006, and 2007 series. We can speculate that the 2008 series (AKA "Series 4") will become available after they have been shown on BBC America.

Doctor Who: Podshock - Aftershock 20080717 is available.

Running Time: 0:17:22
17 July 2008

A special announcement concerning the Doctor Who: Podshock live on stage show at JumpCon Boston originally planned for this weekend (18-20 July 2008) and other news. Hosted by Ken Deep and Louis Trapani

Brought to you by the Gallifreyan Embassy and presented by Outpost Gallifrey. This episode is in stereo but only as a plain MP3 version, no Enhanced Podcast version was created for it.

-> Doctor Who: Podshock - Aftershock 20080717 (MP3 format, 8 MB)

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United Fan Con (UFC) along with fans already planning on attending the now cancelled JumpCon Boston event this weekend (18-20 July 2008) are coming together to create a mini fan event in its place. Since fans were already planning on being in Boston, they rallied together to create a mini fan convention after discussing the situation on an online forum. UFC, a small not-for-profit fan-run group located in Randolph, MA has been producing fan-run events in Massachusetts for the past 17 years is helping make it happen by giving funds to rent space at a new venue and use any and all equipment and supplies needed to host this event. UFC is also contacting actors, agents, and vendors in hopes in making this an exciting weekend.

We regret to inform you that Doctor Who: Podshock will not be appearing live on stage this weekend at JumpCon Boston as previously announced. The reason being is as some of our listeners and visitors here on our site already know, the JumpCon Boston event has been cancelled as of yesterday.

We, like many of our listeners and fellow Ambassadors here at the Gallifreyan Embassy were looking forward to the live show and the convention itself kicking off the JumpCon tour in Boston, MA. We do apologize for this late notice, but the cancellation of the convention had just occurred yesterday.

Episode 111 of Doctor Who: Podshock is now available.

"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect... but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly... timey-wimey... stuff."

NOTE: This episode was recorded prior to the 2008 series (AKA "Series 4").

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Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 111
Running Time: 1:22:44

We blow off the dust of the feedback you have been emailing us in this special feedback episode featuring your letters and voice mails - Hosted by James Naughton, Louis Trapani and Ken Deep.

Feedback includes Sammy in Australia, Steve from Oswego, NY, Jennifer from Florida, McGuff in Canada, WestWing11 in LI, NY, Dan ("Danger Mouse") from Sunny Doncaster, UK, Dr. Phillip Serna, That Neil Guy (not That Emo Guy), Joy from Alexandria, VA, Scott from Tulsa, OK, Julie Darwent, and Jonathan Rainer. Promos include , Living a Second Life podcast, The Signal Podcast.

Brought to you by the Gallifreyan Embassy and presented by Outpost Gallifrey. This episode is in stereo with chapters, artwork/photos, and embedded URL links in the Enhanced Podcast version.

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Below are the links to the Enhanced Podcast AAC format and MP3 format version of the podcast.

-> Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 111 (Enhanced Podcast AAC format, 37.5 MB)

-> Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 111 (MP3 format, 37.9 MB)

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Happy Birthday to Us, Happy Birthday to Us, Happy Birthday Gallifreyan Embassy.... Happy Birthday to Us!

It was twenty three years ago today that the Gallifreyan Embassy was founded. We are approaching our quarter century mark, and we are still going strong. This new interactive site that took the place of the previous static site three years ago just passed the five million marker in hits. Our podcast, Doctor Who: Podshock is downloaded and listened to by thousands.

Thank you all. To all our website visitors and listeners and supporters - Ambassadors all - Thank You.

Episode 110 of Doctor Who: Podshock is now available.

"What?"

Outpost Gallifrey Presents:
Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 110
Running Time: 1:18:37

The 10th Doctor and his era - We review David Tennant's Doctor and his era (in progress) in this live episode. Hosted by Louis Trapani, Ken Deep, and Dave AC. Recorded on 10 February 2008.

Brought to you by the Gallifreyan Embassy and presented by Outpost Gallifrey.

NOTE: In order to expedite this episode in post-production, it is only being released as a plain MP3 file. No Enhanced Podcast version was produced. There is an episode of Doctor Who: Podshock Aftershock which explains it as well as other issues regarding this episode relating to audio quality.

Below are the links to the Aftershock podcast and episode 110.

-> Doctor Who: Podshock Aftershock 080526 (MP3 format, 2.8 MB)

-> Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 110 (MP3 format, 36 MB)

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