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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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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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
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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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.
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 …
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-180.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadOn the eve of Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol, Paul Cornell's treatise on cricket prompts me to finally come to terms with Series 5.
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-179.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadTop Gear America's taking it on the chin, dare I say unfairly, from the purist fans of the original. And that helps me predict whether Doctor Who will follow in The Office's footsteps as another BBC property being remade for U.S. audiences.
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-178.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadRob Shearman and Toby Hadoke's new book is the first in a series that takes a deep look at every Doctor Who episode from 1963 through 2009, beginning with the Hartnell and Troughton years. If you have any curiosity about the classic series at all, no matter how many …
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http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-177.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadCan a time traveler ever truly leave his companions and acquaintances behind? After all, the Doctor "is" friends with Winston Churchill even though Churchill's long dead! Thoughts about the mystical — except in the Doctor's own case — connections between all times and places lie within. (This one ran …
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