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2MTL 171: "Rose" Two-minute Throwback

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-171.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBeginning an occasional subset of 2MTL podcasts, in which I give a two-minute (more or less, time's a relative dimension and all that) review of Doctor Who episodes since 2005. We begin with "Rose," perhaps the only episode in which we got a fair look at the Ninth Doctor.

2MTL 170: Nostalgia, the Split Series, and Comics, Oh My

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-170.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThree topics for you today: A potential bonus for the U.S. thanks to the split 2011 season, new comics from Tony Lee and Paul Cornell, and a look at the curious case of classic-series nostalgia among new-series fans.

2MTL 169: BBC Week Finale plus Shaun Lyon of Gallifrey One

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-169.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPART THE FIRST: The wrap-up to BBC Week, with a look at the possible global future of Doctor Who. PART THE SECOND: Shaun Lyon, head of the Gallifrey One convention, talks about the new developments for Gally 22 in February — the hotel has run out of convention-rate rooms, …

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2MTL 168: Toby Hadoke Knows His BBC (by Simon Harries)

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-168.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAs we head into the home stretch of BBC Week, TV producer and Tachyon TV contributor Simon Harries introduces you to Toby Hadoke's new one-man show, "Now I Know My BBC." Toby's been a great friend of the podcast, having been interviewed a few times and contributing a review …

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2MTL 167: The BBC from Distant Shores, and That Big SJA Spoiler

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-167.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBBC Week continues, with five-year expatriate professor Mark Goodacre, the Resident Alien, talking about his concern over the BBC and drawing a parallel with those dark Doctor Who years that began in 1989. PLUS: A bonus spoiler section at the end, regarding certain revelations from the "Death of the …

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2MTL 166: Perryman's Prediction: The Future of Doctor Who at the BBC

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-166.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWho Fix co-founder, Tachyon TV co-conspirator, and video and new media professor (wait, that sounds terribly legitimate) Neil Perryman fixes blame for Dimensions in Time while making some best-case and worst-case predictions for Doctor Who's future. This is Day 2 of BBC Week on 2MTL. Next up: Mark Goodacre, …

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2MTL 165: BBC's Under Pressure; How's Doctor Who?

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-165.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadToday kicks off a one-week series of Two-minute Time Lord Podcasts exploring the relationship of Doctor Who and the BBC, an institution with an increasingly cloudy future. While Doctor Who is in no immediate danger, BBC budgets continue to be cut and the license fee is under attack. What …

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2MTL 164: Censorship and Free Expression in Doctor Who

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-164.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadA few days after the U.S.'s Banned Books Week, I explore the ways censorship and free expression have been tackled within the range of Doctor Who video, audio and print, with the help of many suggestions from my friends on Twitter and Facebook. When censorship's come up in a …

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