American fan Rueben Herfindahl brings his unique perspective to this firm fan favourite: will your host, by a happy accident, choose the same favoruite things, or will he been green with envy because of Reuben's choices? It's an omnibus, so it's a long one!

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And so here it is - the final countdown to your most desired of the 97 missing episodes of Doctor Who. Special guest Russell T Davies tells us what he would like in the fantasy car boot sale where 17 film cans are ready to be purchased. Only one story has all of its episodes in the Top 20, but which individual instalment will win out? With observations from an array of voters including fans of yore Jeremy Bentham and Patrick Mulkern, writers Simon Guerrier and Pete McTighe, and such diverse talents as Gary Russell, Jonathon Carley and Richard Marson.

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This was released in a condensed form for the 20th Anniversary of the 2005 return of Doctor Who, but that version only featured one guest : but what a guest - the main man himself, Russell T Davies. However, for this sepcial 62nd Anniversary edition (alright, it's the anniverasry of the original run, but hey, it's all the same show) AND to mark 100 stories covered in Happy Times and Places, here is the full version.

So joining Russell are past contributors to Happy Times, including those who helped it when it was merely a possibility, a gleam in a podcaster's eye (and during lockdown, remember that?). We also have some other writers from that first 2005 series giving their opinions on the episode - and they are newcomers to Happy Times..., adding a bit of lustre to this anniversary release. Oh, and it's a long one! Happy Times and Places to you all - and thanks for listening.

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An episode that means an awful lot to your host - and let's be honest, he probably wouldn't be here without it as it features quite strongly in his Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf show. And so it seemed appropriate to break it out in the run up to the 100th edition. Sarah Jane! K-9! Giles from Buffy! There's so much going on here that Paul Griggs, interviewer and podcaster extraordinaire, is spoilt for choice.

And it's hard to believe it was on nearly 20 years ago.

We got old Sarah.

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This was supposed to be the second and final episode but it ended up going on a bit - so we have the countdown from Joint 77th to Joint 30th in our search for the most requested missing episodes to turn up at a fantasy car boot sale. Along the way there will be facts, trivia and observations, plus we have vocal contributions from writer, actor and all round renaissance man Mark Gatiss, actor and comedian Tom Burgess, and the writer of Full Circle, Andrew Smith : all bona fide Doctor Who fans who explain their personal choices in this parlour game involving rusty cans, nitrate and hope! And plenty of fan comments are included too :)

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With all this missing episodes speculation in the air, your Host With The Most (that is "Most Patience For Wrangling Arcane Facts and Stats Because He's A Very Boring Man") Toby Hadoke has found the time too reach out to various Doctor Who fans (writers, actors, journalists and missing episode finders amongst them) in order to draw up a list of the episodes and stories most people would like to see returned to the archive.

His request was simple - you're at a car boot sales, and some old fella has, amongst the bric-a-brac, 17 film cans, all of them containing lost Doctor Who. Each guest has chosen the 17 episodes they most want the cans to contain the results have been tabulated. In Part One, we count down the stories most responders would like to see completed, and begin the long journey down from 97th most popular missing episode - which is bad news for a few instalments nobody seems to want back. On the way we will hear from a number of illustrious guests, including, well, Doctor Who himself, plus a Dalek and a multi-episode writer.

This podcast has been inspired by the work of Film Is Fabulous, who are currently embarking on a search for lost television and film in order to preserve it. They need donations to ensure that they can do this properly : more details can be found at : filmisfabulous.org.uk

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And so we are off to Mexico for another adventure in pure history. It turns out you can rewrite the odd line, especially during rehearsal, but this episode poses some new questions for the format of the show and showcases a director who helms his only full Doctor Who story here. The writer gets some press attention, one of the regulars jets off on holiday, and the music is composed by someone who had a unique place in Who history - and he is duly showcased here. It's the When, What and Who of The Temple of Evil: make sure you don't inadvertently nick anything from it!

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We're out of your host's comfort zone again - we are trying to up the new series episodes as we don't want to run out of Classic Who early. So here we are with some of the first ever Matt Smith stuff to be recorded. Oh yes, here at Happy Times... we remember when Matt Smith was new - seems like yesterday! A rare American contributor to the show, Joe Lewallen, is a fabulous and fascinating guest, and instead of plugging something for you to purchase, he has asked to link to a very good cause, which we are more than happy to do:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-annie-with-medical-costs?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer

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