https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-258.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWell, they can't all be winners. They certainly can't all be huge and epic, either, but "Boom Town" particularly suffers by being bracketed by Steven Moffat's debut and the first in a long line of budget-busting series finales. This cheap-feeling episode has a couple of things to recommend it, …
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https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-257.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn which I reflect on the possibility that Doctor Who's vaunted flexibility (hey, I vaunted it myself during Radio Free Skaro Live at Gallifrey One last weekend) can also be a bit of a trap for the show…
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-256.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadResplendent in his Tenth Doctor costume and brandishing a sonic screwdriver with the authority of one of television's best-known mechanical geniuses, MythBusters co-host Grant Imahara came to Los Angeles's Gallifrey One, the world's biggest Doctor Who convention. We took a few minutes to talk about how he came back …
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https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/DWPA-podcasting-gally23.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWhy has Doctor Who podcasting caught on? How can you get started? What technology do you use? What about video? What about social media? What about everything??? Panelists: Chip from Two-minute Time Lord, Warren from Radio Free Skaro, Jason Snell from The Incomparable (and senior editor of Macworld and …
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https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-255.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadLikely spoiling IDW Publishing's announcement at next weekend's Gallifrey One convention, Rich Johnston at Bleeding Cool scooped that there may be a Time Lord in Capt. Picard's command chair this May. For real, yes?
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-254.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIs Doctor Who too over-the-top these days? I'd argue that those asking for more conservative storytelling are looking for the wrong thing.
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-253.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadTime to get the Doctor off his high horse, right? The Oncoming Storm got a little too gusty? So it's time for him to make everyone in the universe think he's dead. From the dawn of time to the end of the world? Help me. My suspension of disbelief …
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https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-252.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadStar Trek and Doctor Who are polar opposites in many ways (see also Toby Hadoke's Trek takedown in Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf). But as I watched the documentary Trek Nation I was struck at the contrast between Gene Roddenberry's looming role over the franchise (even after his …
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https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-251.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadLet's just quickly zip past the fact that "The Doctor Dances" is one of the most excellent episodes ever, and talk about its REAL name and its true subversive impact on Doctor Who from 2005 on. Warning: While there isn't any actual "bad language" in this episode, there's a …
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https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-250.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe annual Doctor Who Christmas spectacle caught a lot of attention — pro and con — for taking an unambiguous position on the nature and particular strength of women. Was that too much for sixty minutes? BONUS: My New Year's wish for you comes in the form of Carbon …
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