http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-291.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadClara Oswin Oswald — if that IS her REAL name — committed many and various sins against Victoriana in "The Snowmen." Shannon, spouse behind and brains of the 2MTL operation, enumerates the offenses and incongruities, suggesting that they're hints to her true nature.
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2MTL 290: The "Not We," Filter Bubbles, and "The Snowmen"
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-290.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download"The Snowmen": high AI, laudatory fan reactions, fair-to-strong reviews from the critics. But while I was being bedazzled by Matt Smith, Jenna-Louise Coleman and the hat-tips to 50 years of history, my brother was sitting at the screen only faintly impressed. "It was better than the one you showed …
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2MTL 250: The 2011 Christmas Special and a New Year's Gift
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-250.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe annual Doctor Who Christmas spectacle caught a lot of attention — pro and con — for taking an unambiguous position on the nature and particular strength of women. Was that too much for sixty minutes? BONUS: My New Year's wish for you comes in the form of Carbon …
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2MTL 245: A Bigger-on-the-Inside Christmas Mystery
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-245.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadTwo bigger-on-the-inside worlds collide this Christmas in "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe" — and the PARTICULAR collision between C.S. Lewis's worldview and Doctor Who's typical one has me wondering what the heck showrunner Steven Moffat is up to…