Television Zombies at the End of Time

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You'd think they'd have learned better, but no, Jeff, Chris, Tina and Chuck invited me back to talk about "The End of Time" on the upcoming Television Zombies podcast (#112, coming soon). (More sensibly, they asked Ross and James from Creeping With Armstrong back as well.) Here's a taste: plot summary a la Chip.

2MTL 95: On Tennant "Fangirls" and Boys' Clubs

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"The End of Time" was long on Tennant, and very short on Smith. This didn't give Smith much time to make an impression on those viewers who followed Doctor Who less than they followed Tennant himself. The Kasterborous website had a message for them.

2MTL 94: "Triumph of a Time Lord" TIME DILATION Interview with Dr. Matt Hills

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We feature an extended, "Time Dilation" interview with Dr. Matt Hills of Cardiff University, whose book "Triumph of a Time Lord: Regenerating 'Doctor Who' in the Twenty-first Century" brings the worlds of academia and fandom together.

1:00 What kind of book is Triumph of a Time Lord?
3:10 The relationship between fans and producers
5:30 Fan antagonism?
7:54 Reformatting the show for the 2000s; will Moffat change it?
10:27 Does the new series lend itself to academic study more than the classic?
11:45 Is Doctor Who "mainstream," "cult," or both?
14:05 A fandom obsessed with ratings and AI numbers
15:33 Academically studying the things you love as a fan
18:13 Should fans give media studies a whirl?

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