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2MTL 189: Hoping for a (Torchwood) Miracle

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-189.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download"Children of Earth" was undeniably brilliant, but it ran the Torchwood concept through a Cuisinart. Is there enough left for "Miracle Day" to feel like Torchwood, or something new entirely? And is that a good thing?

2MTL 188: "World War Three" Two-minute Throwback

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-188.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadYes, "World War Three" is better than "Aliens of London." Which is somewhat like saying a stab wound is better than amputation. All the same, there's some important and valuable stuff in RTD's otherwise least-successful Doctor Who story. PLUS an announcement: there's a trivia throwdown coming at Gallifrey One …

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2MTL 187: CRISIS AT THE NTAs EVERYBODY PANIC not really

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-187.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadRecrimination! Rage! Retweeting! We're looking at the (non-)controversy over Doctor Who's losses at the National Television Awards yesterday, and the ritual assignations of blame. Everything's fine, folks. Really.

2MTL 186: IDW's New Eleventh Doctor Series

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-186.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn the first issue of the newly-relaunched Doctor Who comic series from IDW, writer Tony Lee captures the Eleventh Doctor so meticulously you're tempted to credit Matt Smith for the acting job. (Tony was last seen in these parts reviewing The Pandorica Opens and talking about comics in 2MTL …

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2MTL 185: "Aliens of London" Two-minute Throwback

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-185.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadMichael of the excellent Tin Dog Podcast frequently observes, when he reviews an old and not-much-missed story, that "it's actually not that bad!" Would that I could say the same of an episode that brought to 2005 some of the stereotypical criticisms leveled at the classic series: bad effects, …

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2MTL 184: Yes, I Have a Freak Flag

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-184.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPlease indulge me in yet another slightly extended podcast, with a little look at the proud eccentricities and the less-proud excesses and turf wars of Doctor Who fandom. Andy Ihnatko's tongue-in-cheek Freak Flag Compact The Podcast Podcast

2MTL 183: The (Anti-American???) Politics of Doctor Who

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-183.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadDoctor Who is anti-American? That's not exactly what Oklahoma City University professor Mark DiPaolo said in his Journal of Popular Culture article, but his assertions about the show's politics made some interesting fodder for BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed. Does this family SF show have a political point of …

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2MTL 182: "The Unquiet Dead" Two-minute Throwback

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-182.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadResuming our trek through the revived series from the beginning, we take a look at the Victorian pseudo-historical featuring Charles Dickens, whose stories provided skeleton and muscle for the 2010 Christmas special.

2MTL 181: "A Christmas Carol" Reviewed

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-181.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIt was certainly a Christmasy Christmas special Steven Moffat provided us this year, although it DID bear a few resemblances to one from a few years ago. Here's my take on "A Christmas Carol." Many, many thanks to BBC America, Worldwide, and the mothership in Cardiff for bringing the …

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