https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-463.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadRecapture the essense of the Weeping Angels from "Blink"? Chibnall and Alderton understood the assignment.
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2MTL 462: Atropositive ("Once, Upon Time")
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-462.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSpace opera? Narrative connections and context emerging? Yes, please: this is the episode that gave me faith in Chris Chibnall's arc. (This episode dedicated to the memory of NPR Books editor Petra Mayer.)
2MTL 461: Sontar…huh. ("War of the Sontarans")
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-461.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn which the laudable advancement of the Doctor Who: Flux story and the "rehabilitation" of the Sontarans as villains bumps straight into how I feel about war movies.
2MTL 460: The Opposite of Episodic ("The Halloween Apocalypse")
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-460.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBig, bold, and entirely un-self-contained, Doctor Who: Flux's first chapter may not have been the most welcoming to new viewers but is a very proper lead-off to the show's first modern miniseries.
2MTL 459: Nicole Hill on Russell T Davies's Return
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-459.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadNicole Hill of @BlackTARDIS and @blkgirlscreate stops by for a conversation about their hopes and cautions for the new/old showrunner.
2MTL 458: Pregenerating a Showrunner
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-458.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadNo one saw that coming. Russell T Davies's first era of Doctor Who is my favorite. What are some of the traps to avoid with his upcoming return as showrunner?
2MTL 457: About Noel Clarke
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-457.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFrom the April 29, 2021, Guardian (UK): ‘Sexual predator’: actor Noel Clarke accused of groping, harassment and bullying by 20 women You can enjoy Mickey Smith the character in Doctor Who Series 1-4. But don’t defend Noel Clarke the actor.
2MTL 456: Long Time Passing
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-456.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadTen months of silence–ten months of waiting and coping–for Yaz, Ryan, and Graham: When "Revolution of the Daleks" was made BEFORE the pandemic, who knew how relevant it would be DURING it?
2MTL 455: Throwback Review of "Fear Her"
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-455.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download"Always, scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh! Chloe Webber?" After a couple of months away to recharge the batteries, there's no more jarring compare-and-contrast to Doctor Who of 2020 than Doctor Who of 2006's "Fear Her."
2MTL 454: It's Always Time to Engage
https://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-454.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWhy is it difficult for so many fans to engage with Doctor Who's politics? Constance Gibbs: "For Black Doctor Who fans, the TARDIS is a legendary, loaded image"