The Armageddon Factor
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Search complete. 9 mentions across 7 episodes found for "The Armageddon Factor".
Sep 13, 2026
ChrisHOST
Yeah,
StevenHOST
Andrews of Tar, Armageddon Factor, and of course City of Death died in 2014, which is very sad.
StevenHOST
Did make it in the Miniscope, though.
WarrenHOST
Well, my question here is, recording for Rose takes 2004, takes place at the BBC Model Unit stage, so I'm trying to figure out what effects they were doing for that, for
Fraser GregoryGUEST
So there is a few sort of underloved classics here.
Fraser GregoryGUEST
But essentially, you know, if you are... wondering why my top 10 doesn't include Unearthly Child, The Web Planet, The Space Museum, The Time Medal, The Power of the Daleks, The Underwater Menace, The Tomb of the Cybermen, Ice Warriors, The Web of Fear, Free from the Deep, The Dominators, The Mind Robber, The Seeds of Doom, The Spearhead from Space, The Ambassadors of Death, Colony in Space, The Demons, The Sea Devils, The Three Doctors, The Green Death, Planet of the Spiders, Genesis of the Daleks, The Pyramids of Mars, The Deadly Assassin, The Face of Evil, The Horror Fraggle Rock, Underworld, Invasion of Time, Armageddon Factor, Creature from the Pit, It's because you can find it somewhere else.
Fraser GregoryGUEST
Oh, but can I just, please? The Happiness Patrol is your number one favourite Doctor Who story of all time, isn't it? Even though you're caging yourself to not be able to say that.
Fraser GregoryGUEST
But, you know, we've spent three hours per episode talking about that.
Joe FordHOST
Um, I know one story you did change your opinion on, 'cause I, I heard you talk about it disparagingly in the past.
Joe FordHOST
And yet everybody go and listen to the Armageddon Factor Two Watch Who episode-
Mark DonaldsonGUEST
Oh, wow
Joe FordHOST
... where Mark and Sarah Choo extolling the virtues of this much derided classic.
Joe FordHOST
I know a girl called Faria.
Mark DonaldsonGUEST
[laughs]
Joe FordHOST
Um, oh, and he also asks, "What's your wish lists for future Doctor Who books?" I would like, um, a th- brand-new novelizations of The Rebus Operation and The Armageddon Factor to go in a massive 800-page book, which is an entire Target novelization of The Key to Time.
Joe FordHOST
I can't imagine it happening, but that's what I'd like.
Rob ShearmanGUEST
I mean, and I can understand why people will be suspicious of it.
Rob ShearmanGUEST
But what... what happened i'll tell you very very quickly how i became aware of it i was i bumped into james goss who was out working when i was and he told me he was writing the armageddon factor and i said to him why and he said well it's interesting because i found i've gone back through and i'm now novelizing the original scripts by Bob Baker and Dave Martin, which are very, very little to do with what was broadcast.
Rob ShearmanGUEST
So this is a very different sort of story.
Rob ShearmanGUEST
It hasn't got Drax in it, but it's a very, very different, darker, nuclear-themed thing.
Rob ShearmanGUEST
I'd like to bring in Androzani, I'd like to bring in Mysterious Planet, all of which came in part from what Krull was doing.
Rob ShearmanGUEST
I'd like to try and write a funnier book and using elements of Holmes's work across it as a means of saying this is an alternate take on Kroll, which in no way is canonical, but is also fitting with the idea of a book where all the different takes are also not what we saw on screen.
Rob ShearmanGUEST
So, you know, Armageddon Factor is not the Armageddon Factor we saw, but it's a different form of it.
Rob ShearmanGUEST
So I felt very arrogant.
John S. DrewHOST
All right.
John S. DrewHOST
One other actor of note, William Squire, who played Franklin in this production, was the shadow in The Armageddon Factor.
Jim BeardHOST
Wow.
Jim BeardHOST
Lots and lots and lots of Doctor Who.
JimHOST
Well, let's quickly do Jeff Garvey.
JimHOST
Barry Jackson, previously Escarus in The Romans, and later the, uh, bloomin' cockney Drax in The Armageddon Factor.
MartinHOST
Yes.
MartinHOST
Yeah, bizarre.
JasonHOST
Power of Curl, which Rob Shearman is lending his considerable talents to.
JasonHOST
And then James Goss is novelizing the original scripts for Armageddon Factor, which were changed dramatically before getting to television.
JasonHOST
Amazing.
JasonHOST
So you'll be seeing the end of the Key to Time season as it was originally envisioned by all parties involved, including Bob Baker and Dave Martin.