"A smash hit" - TimeOut Splendid Chaps was a year-long celebration of Doctor Who fiftieth anniversary: eleven - well, okay, twenty-something - live performances recorded as podcasts in which your brain will be fed, your funny bone tickled and your hearts opened (yes, both of them!). Hosted by writer John Richards (Outland, Boxcutters), comedian Ben McKenzie (Dungeon Crawl, Pratchat) and singer Petra Elliott, with special guests, musical performances and surprises in every episode. And while the anniversary year is now long behind us, the Chaps still pop back up from time to time to discuss the parts of Who the...
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Thirteenth Doctor & Dr Anastasia Black
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…
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Twelve/Music
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/Them…
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Spin-offs: The Rest
It’s the final episode of our Doctor Who spin-offs mini-series! For part four, hosts Ben McKenzie, John Richards and Petra Elliott talk about the history and mechanics of spi…
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Spin-offs: Class
We’re back! In this, the long-awaited part three of our Doctor Who spin-offs mini-series, we put on our ties and head back to school – specifically Coal Hill Academy. H…
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Spin-offs: The Sarah Jane Adventures
For part two of our Doctor Who spin-offs mini-series, we move in to Bannerman Road and see if we know where to look to find a whole universe of adventure, right here at home……
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Spin-offs: Torchwood
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 t…
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Ten Years a Who!
Surprise! It’s a new episode of Splendid Chaps! This year – on the 26th of March – the modern era of Doctor Who had its tenth anniversary. We were hoping to put t…
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Night Terrace/Home
Surprise! Just when you thought you’d got rid of us, we thought we’d pop up and tell you all about our new project, Night Terrace! Our Kickstarter campaign is now under…
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What I Learned from Doctor Who
Well, here it is: the last released episode of Splendid Chaps. And what a suitable topic to go out on! John, Ben and Petra discuss what they’ve learned from Doctor Who over t…
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The Other Splendid Chaps: The Companions
Time for a bit of time travel: on Tuesday, November 19 2013, as part of Melbourne City Library’s week-long Doctor Who Festival, Ben, John and Petra were joined by writer, dir…
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Splendid Chaps By Request
Six topics, one hour, four chaps. Yes, it’s our bonus “By Request” episode in which Ben, John, Petra and fourth chap David Ashton discuss topics requested by our…
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The Splendid Chaps Christmas Special
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night! Yes, it’s our last live (and lively) show, recorded on December 15th back where we started this mad journey, at the Bella Uni…
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The Not-So-Splendid Chaps: Monsters and Villains
We went to Sydney! Thanks to all our wonderful Pozible backers, on Saturday, November 30 the chaps travelled north to the Roxbury Hotel in Glebe to record this episode with guests…
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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 ple…
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Spoilers and Surprises
Surprise! It’s a bonus episode of Splendid Chaps all about spoilers and surprises in Doctor Who! (We bet you thought we’d forgotten about this one! But with the surpris…
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Ten/Sex
Sit down for this one, ‘cos you’re gonna get hot under the collar as hosts Ben McKenzie, John Richards and Petra Elliott discuss David Tennant and sex in Doctor Who wit…
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Dimensions in Brisbane
In early September, Ben was fortunate enough to participate in the 2013 Brisbane Writers Festival, a festival which embraced genre writing with panels on licensed works, comics, cr…
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Nine/Women
Splendid Chaps finally makes it to new Who! Hosts Ben McKenzie, John Richards and Petra Elliott discuss Christopher Eccleston and women in Doctor Who (and didn’t we need more…
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Eight/Science
Hosts Ben McKenzie, John Richards and Petra Elliott discuss the Paul McGann telemovie, and then bring in guest scientists Jack Scanlan, Alan Duffy and Allie Ford to talk science in…
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Seven/Religion (part two)
Hosts Ben McKenzie, John Richards and Petra Elliott, along with guests Paul Callaghan and Dave Bloustien, return for the second half of our seventh live Splendid Chaps episode, rec…