This time out, RJ and Scott are joined by brilliant script writer and novelist James Moran. Topics covered include:

• Scott in a submarine
• “Off topic is on brand!”
• Murderous kindly old ladies and giggling with glee
• Writing fast for TV
• Spooks, and Not Killing Harry
• The mechanics of writing for TV and around outside factors
• The formative power of the Target DW novelisations
• The moral certainty that Peter Capaldi wasn’t the 12th Doctor
• Dealing with online anger and abuse
• The Torchwood S3 writers room
• Writing for Donna Noble/Catherine Tate (both in a script and in a novel)

And much, much more. Enjoy :)

The boys are back in town - or, rather, back huddled behind microphones in houses and/or garages. In this guest-free first show of 2022, expect a rambling conversation taking in the following bullet points:

• The dreaded ‘soft relaunch’.
• Scott having read three whole books
• RJ and the swinging hot takes
• Some Muppet Christmas Carol controversy
• Dissecting The Tourist
• Scott and the virtues of spreadsheets
• Kit’s enormous feeling of validation from watching Don’t Look Up
• The many highs and lows of Brian DePalma
• Watching Heathers with Grandma
• Johnathan Extender
• An Actual Writing Question
• RJ the psychopath
• Metallica shade and DBT love
• The sorcery of drummers
• The 'middle aged white men talking HipHop' show

And, as you've come to expect, much more. Enjoy.

In what could possibly be the longest delay in releasing an episode ever, we found a lost recording! All the way back from season 1 we have the wonderful Stark Holborn discussing:
- where cowboys/westerns belong in the bookstore.
- Scott takes us on a deep dive on how to organise Dr Who books.
- There is cautionary tale of plotter vs pantser, where the pantsers try to plot and it all goes very, very wrong.
- Springsteen makes an appearance, despite RJ’s best efforts.
- And RJ sets out a dastardly plan involving coconuts.

We can only apologise for this episode getting lost in time, but it’s worth the wait, we promise!