This week we finally get to one of our favorite cult classics... RoboCop (1987).

In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith) so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.

Video Junkyard Podcast - Ep 271 - Robocop

One good turn deserves another.  This week we review the sequel to the mighty RoboCop (1987), the sequentially titled RoboCop 2 (1990).

Cyborg Detroit policeman Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) is the sole officer on duty after the police force goes on strike against evil conglomerate Omni Consumer Products and its push to foreclose on the city of Detroit. Aside from dealing with the normal level of crime, Murphy must take on crime boss Cain (Tom Noonan), the spread of a dangerous new drug called "Nuke" and the attempt by psychologist Dr. Juliette Faxx (Belinda Bauer) to create another Robocop using a hardened criminal.

Video Junkyard Podcast - Ep 272 - Robocop 2

What exactly is the literary equivalent of a video nasty? And does the novelization of VENGEANCE ON VAROS really fit the bill, or is it more of a political satire in the vein of 1984 – or maybe both?  Come join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes as we try to figure out exactly what Philip Martin was trying to do with this book, and why it took him nearly four years to do it. 

We are now a proud part of the Direction Point Podcast Network, including such fine shows as THE DOCTOR WHO COLLECTORS PODCAST, THE POLICE BOX IN A JUNKYARD PODCAST, and TIMESTREAMS. You can check out these and other podcasts in the network at http://www.directionpoint.org!

If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of the DOCTOR WHO novelizations, you'll be able to choose a gift! Contributing at any level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details!

We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. If you want to have your question, discussion, or review of a given book read aloud by us, simply join the group, post your response to the group by the given deadline, and we will see it! Also, feel free to follow us on the social media accounts listed below, or subscribe to us via the podcast provider of your choice.

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EP 156: VENGEANCE ON VAROS

We're slowly catching up.  This week we present a movie that was more relevant when we recorded it in the dead of winter... but maybe it'll help cool you off this summer.  

It's 30 Days of Night (2007):
In the far Northern Hemisphere, the small town of Barrow, Alaska, experiences a solid month of darkness every year. Though most of the residents head south for the winter, some townspeople remain behind. However, those that stay regret their decision when, one year, hungry vampires descend on Barrow to feed. Sheriff Eben (Josh Hartnett), his wife (Melissa George) and a dwindling band of survivors must try to last until dawn breaks over Barrow's monthlong twilight.

Video Junkyard Podcast EP 266 - 30 Days Of Night

For this synopsis, I tried to come up with jokes about the Master hanging around in a field waiting for the Doctor or the Rani giving one of her victims a woody, but I just couldn’t be bothered.  Come join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes as we try to decide whether there’s any joy to be had in Pip and Jane Baker’s book, or whether it’s just an ACT vocab study guide masquerading as a novelization. 

We are now a proud part of the Direction Point Podcast Network, including such fine shows as THE DOCTOR WHO COLLECTORS PODCAST, THE POLICE BOX IN A JUNKYARD PODCAST, and TIMESTREAMS. You can check out these and other podcasts in the network at http://www.directionpoint.org!

If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of the DOCTOR WHO novelizations, you'll be able to choose a gift! Contributing at any level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details!

We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. If you want to have your question, discussion, or review of a given book read aloud by us, simply join the group, post your response to the group by the given deadline, and we will see it! Also, feel free to follow us on the social media accounts listed below, or subscribe to us via the podcast provider of your choice.

You can also email us at the email address given at the end of the episode with the phrase “Target Book Club” in the subject line!

Thanks as always to Ron Schiding for our podcast logo and artwork, and to Dalton Hughes for the editing!

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EP 157: THE MARK OF THE RANI

For those who have had the viewing "pleasure" of Tiptoes (2003), you knew we'd eventually be reviewing this one.  It truly has to be seen to be believed but maybe you're better off just taking our word for it.  Either way, this episode is bound to be a better experience than actually watching Tiptoes, so we have that going for us.

Carol falls in love with Steven without knowing much about him. When Carol finds herself pregnant it forces Steven to expose a secret. Steven happens to be the only average-sized person in a family of dwarfs, including his twin brother Rolfe.

Video Junkyard Podcast EP 267 - Tiptoes

Name me another podcast where such varied subjects as Season 6B, the morality of vegetarianism, the inherent racism of DOCTOR WHO, and the relative sexual attractiveness of Patrick Troughton come up in the same discussion.  I dare you.  Come join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes as we discuss Robert Holmes’ first and only full-length novelization of his script for THE TWO DOCTORS. 

We are now a proud part of the Direction Point Podcast Network, including such fine shows as THE DOCTOR WHO COLLECTORS PODCAST, THE POLICE BOX IN A JUNKYARD PODCAST, and TIMESTREAMS. You can check out these and other podcasts in the network at http://www.directionpoint.org!

If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of the DOCTOR WHO novelizations, you'll be able to choose a gift! Contributing at any level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details!

We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. If you want to have your question, discussion, or review of a given book read aloud by us, simply join the group, post your response to the group by the given deadline, and we will see it! Also, feel free to follow us on the social media accounts listed below, or subscribe to us via the podcast provider of your choice.

You can also email us at the email address given at the end of the episode with the phrase “Target Book Club” in the subject line!
Thanks as always to Ron Schiding for our podcast logo and artwork, and to Dalton Hughes for the editing!

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EP 158: THE TWO DOCTORS

You’re listening to your favorite podcast (ha!), and they decide to cover SEARCH FOR THE DOCTOR by Dave Martin, one of the FIND YOUR FATE books featuring the Sixth Doctor.  If you decide to stick around and here what Tony Whitt and Dalton Hughes have to say about this bizarre book, go to 159.  If you decide you’d rather wait until they get around to discussing a novelization of a real story such as (snort!) TIMELASH, go to 160.  If you decide to do neither of these things, well, you already know where you can go, so there.

We are now a proud part of the Direction Point Podcast Network, including such fine shows as THE DOCTOR WHO COLLECTORS PODCAST, THE POLICE BOX IN A JUNKYARD PODCAST, and TIMESTREAMS. You can check out these and other podcasts in the network at http://www.directionpoint.org!

If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of the DOCTOR WHO novelizations, you'll be able to choose a gift! Contributing at any level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details!

We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. If you want to have your question, discussion, or review of a given book read aloud by us, simply join the group, post your response to the group by the given deadline, and we will see it! Also, feel free to follow us on the social media accounts listed below, or subscribe to us via the podcast provider of your choice.

You can also email us at the email address given at the end of the episode with the phrase “Target Book Club” in the subject line!

Thanks as always to Ron Schiding for our podcast logo and artwork, and to Dalton Hughes for the editing!

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EP 159: SEARCH FOR THE DOCTOR

This time we have an audience pick that's sat on the list for quite a while.  Being fans of the writer Robert E. Howard, it's odd that none of the Junkyard boys had seen this one before.  So here's our take on the first viewing of this romantic biopic "The Whole Wide World".

In this fact-based film set in 1930s Texas, pulp fiction master Robert E. Howard (Vincent D'Onofrio) is introduced to Novalyne Price (Renée Zellweger), a teacher with aspirations of becoming an author herself, and they begin a unique relationship filled with conversation and imagination. Although the possibility exists for romance, Howard's obsession with his work and dedication to his sick mother (Ann Wedgeworth) leads Price to look elsewhere for love, leaving Howard feeling betrayed and alone.

Video Junkyard Podcast EP 276 - The Whole Wide World - EDIT

Some fans have called this story cursed, and after losing two-thirds of our first attempt to record this episode and then having to remount it three weeks later, we agree!  (Is this what it felt like to make SHADA? They both have Denis Carey in them, so…maybe HE’S the curse?) Come join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes as we try to endure this book without having to call an ambulance. (Just listen and that attempt at a joke will make more sense.  Unlike this story.)

We are now a proud part of the Direction Point Podcast Network, including such fine shows as THE DOCTOR WHO COLLECTORS PODCAST, THE POLICE BOX IN A JUNKYARD PODCAST, and TIMESTREAMS. You can check out these and other podcasts in the network at http://www.directionpoint.org!

If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of the DOCTOR WHO novelizations, you'll be able to choose a gift! Contributing at any level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details!

We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. If you want to have your question, discussion, or review of a given book read aloud by us, simply join the group, post your response to the group by the given deadline, and we will see it! Also, feel free to follow us on the social media accounts listed below, or subscribe to us via the podcast provider of your choice.

You can also email us at the email address given at the end of the episode with the phrase “Target Book Club” in the subject line!

Thanks as always to Ron Schiding for our podcast logo and artwork, and to Dalton Hughes for the editing!

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EP 160: TIMELASH

'Twas the night before...
Well, some holiday...
And there was a TARDIS, a Janet, some aliens, DEATH, and cake.
Happy Hogswatch to All, and To All a Good Year!

Cast:
Starring Ruth Masters as Janet, Dana Porter as The Archivist, Sandy Porter as The Vanguard, Annali Carmel as Stacia, Erik Gulbrandsen as DEATH, Helen Angela Lee as the child Zygon, and Tony Whitt,  Larry J. VanMersbergen, Kitty Hobgood and K.J. Bennette as the other Zygons, and Your Friendly Announcer, Philip Malinak.

Sound effects provided through files on freesound.org & orangefreesounds.com.
Cover image by Annali Carmel

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