https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-222.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe Torchwood Paradox (It's heavy! It's "crackfic"!) rears its head even more vividly in the second episode of Miracle Day, "Rendition." Spoilers ho! Afterward, guest reviewer Barnaby Edwards (not the Dalek one, the New York one) tackles Tony Lee's Big Finish debut, "Rat Trap."
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2MTL 221: "The New World" and Web of Lies 1 Reviewed
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-221.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSpoilers mild (for the first episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day) and not-so (for part one of Torchwood: Web of Lies for iOS) ahoy!
2MTL 220: Russell T. Davies on Crossovers and Torchwood's U.S. Appeal
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-220.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThanks to a blogger conference call hosted by Starz and BBC Worldwide Productions, I had the chance to ask Russell T. Davies why he thinks Torchwood caught fire in the United States. Earlier, Jef Burnham from filmmonthly.com raised a question I also asked in 2MTL 219: what's the future …
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2MTL 219: The Summerfielding of Torchwood?
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-219.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadTorchwood: Miracle Day is coming! Just a bit more…slowly…for British viewers. Why is that, and how might Torchwood come to resemble the adventures of a time-traveling archaeologist? See also: RTD's interview with the Guardian
2MTL 218: "The Long Game" Two-minute Throwback
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-218.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThink of "The Long Game" as the mirror-universe version of "Torchwood: Children of Earth." Many of the same attitudes and philosophies Russell T. Davies portrayed in that later, much better work are present in "The Long Game." But in a cheap-sets far-future playground, it's much harder to muster finesse… …
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2MTL 217: Secretary Rumsfeld Assesses Series 7 Speculation
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-217.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadCollecting the known knowns, the known unknowns, an unknown unknown, and some speculation about the future of Series 7 of Doctor Who, known-known to air in 2012 and 2013. Steven Manfred's (www.doctorwhodvdfaq.com) anonymously-sourced speculation on the Series 7 schedule was posted to the Gallifrey Base forums on June 18 …
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2MTL 216: The All-Star Series 6.1 Roundtable (Time Dilation)
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-216.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThree terrific writers and critics — Frank Collins (author of the Series 5 review The Pandorica Opens), Kyle Anderson (nerdist.com and battleshippretention.com) and Teresa Jusino (Tor.com and Newsarama) — look back on Series six-point-one. What worked and what didn't from "The Impossible Astronaut" to "A Good Man Goes to …
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Tom and I Tackle Series 6 on The Doctor Who Podcast
Very gracious of the lads at The Doctor Who Podcast to invite me over to recap the first half of the series. It was my first time sharing a microphone with Tom and we had a blast. Check out DWP #85.
2MTL 215: "A Good Man Goes to War" Reflections
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-215.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWith a long-awaited revelation, Series Six goes into summer dormancy. For all of its (welcome!) spectacle and charm, "A Good Man Goes to War" didn't entirely deliver its cliffhanger the way I hoped…
2MTL 214: "The Almost People" (Smith's a Freaking Genius Edition)
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-214.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadShorter short podcast: Matt Smith is absolutely fabulous as The Doctor, and "The Almost People" — Yes! "The Almost People"! — is possibly his greatest performance.