Category Archives: Throwback Reviews

2MTL 455: Throwback Review of "Fear Her"

http://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 439: Throwback Review of "Love and Monsters"

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-439.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThere's not a lot of distance between covering ELO songs with a band of Tenth Doctor investigators, and enjoying Doctor Who fandom culture. You just have to watch out for the Abzorbaloffs in both places. Check out Reality Bomb Live in New York for 2019, occasionally invaded by me.

2MTL 418: Throwback Review of "The Impossible Planet"

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-418.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadOne last Throwback Review before 2MTL falls into a black hole: "The Impossible Planet" is great for exactly the reason I missed. (NOTE: The ending of the podcast is an intentional nod…)

2MTL 417: Throwback Review of "The Idiot's Lantern"

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-417.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIt's been a while since we did a Throwback Review, so let's look back at Mark Gatiss's second episode of New Who, which feel surprisingly like a mashup of the classic series and 1966's Batman TV show.

2MTL 380: Throwback Review of "The Age of Steel"

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-380.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe Doctor and companions were threatened with maximum deletion last time, which I suppose is worse than simple deletion. I bet the Doctor had a clever way out of this one that had absolutely no deus ex machina involved, right? Well, at least "The Age of Steel" is a …

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2MTL 379: Throwback Review of "Rise of the Cybermen"

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-379.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIf you were a classic fan who was on Team Cyberman rather than Team Dalek, this episode was long overdue. But was "Rise of the Cybermen" a proper re-introduction of the classic villains? Or were there too many stompy missteps out of the gate?

2MTL 373: "The Girl in the Fireplace" Throwback Review

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-373.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download"The Girl in the Fireplace" is a glimpse into the future: Steven Moffat's second Doctor Who story pretty much establishes the format that the show will follow when he takes over as showrunner and casts Smith, Gillan and Darvill. Plus, we revisit a 2MTL topic from 2009 and marvel at …

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2MTL 369: "School Reunion" Throwback Review

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-369.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIt's been a LONG time since we've done a Throwback Review. So let's pick up where we left off: with an insufferable TARDIS couple realizing that things are just a little bit complicated, and a heaping helping of nostalgia from the Archetypal Companion and the Shooty Dog Thing.

2MTL 341: "Tooth and Claw" Two-minute Throwback

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-341.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadEight years ago we saw a new side to the Doctor and his companion, who reached stratospheric levels of self-satisfaction. Was Queen Victoria right about what awful people they were? Are a smug Doctor and Rose worse than, say, a Doctor trying to brain a caveman or strangle a …

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