https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-347.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWith apologies, the War Doctor just doesn't seem "real" enough to warrant a space on my shelf among the ordinally-numbered Doctor action figures in my collection. As magnificent as John Hurt was, why am I reluctant to include him in the tribe?
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2MTL 346: Capoptimism
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-346.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHerewith, three reasons why old-school fandom is buzzing with such excitement for Peter Capaldi, when the historic pattern has been more guarded.
2MTL 345: Rebecca Moore and the Famous Infographic (Time Dilation)
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-345.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadRebecca Moore and her fellow undergraduates at BYU-Idaho did a little study this year about female characters' representation in post-2005 DOCTOR WHO. You might have heard about it! I talk with Rebecca about what prompted the study, and what happened when her teammate Joseph Struhs's infographic got noticed on …
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2MTL 344: Something New?
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-344.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAt the Hay Festival, showrunner Steven Moffat promised that the new season of Doctor Who will be radically different. Does casting Peter Capaldi alone make that true?
2MTL 343: The Hugo Rorschach Test
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-343.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadLast month the Hugo nominees were revealed and thankfully, the controversies found in other award categories were absent in the Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) category. Which Doctor Who-related work, including the non-episodes AN ADVENTURE IN SPACE AND TIME and THE FIVE(ISH) DOCTORS REBOOT deserve the nod? And, these …
2MTL 342: A (Character) Study in Clara
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-342.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadA departure for 2MTL: why pontificate about a character when I can approach it fictionally? Here's a character study about Clara Oswald, and what might have been beneath her blurted confession in "The Time of the Doctor."
2MTL 341: "Tooth and Claw" Two-minute Throwback
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-341.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadEight years ago we saw a new side to the Doctor and his companion, who reached stratospheric levels of self-satisfaction. Was Queen Victoria right about what awful people they were? Are a smug Doctor and Rose worse than, say, a Doctor trying to brain a caveman or strangle a …
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2MTL 340: ReMastered
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-340.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWe made it through the Matt Smith era without the return of the Doctor's arch-nemesis, the Master. A couple of weeks ago, the rumors started to circulate. Is he back to face Peter Capaldi? And should he wear a new face?
2MTL 339: DOCTOR WHO's Annual Checkup with Keith Topping and Jason Snell (Time Dilation)
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-339.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this Time-Dialated, Gallifrey One-facilitated interview show, two popular media observers with impeccable DOCTOR WHO credentials — Yer Actual Keith Telly Topping and The Incomparable's Jason Snell — help me look outside the fishbowl to see just how well our favorite television series is doing in the wider world …
2MTL 338: Paul Cornell and Gary Russell at Gallifrey One
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-338.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn our first of two extended Time Dilation episodes of 2MTL featuring interviews from Gallifrey One, we hear from two well-known Doctor Who pros that have launched new phases of their careers. Paul Cornell talks about his novels London Falling and the upcoming The Severed Streets, redefining Marvel's Wolverine, …
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