http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-252.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadStar Trek and Doctor Who are polar opposites in many ways (see also Toby Hadoke's Trek takedown in Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf). But as I watched the documentary Trek Nation I was struck at the contrast between Gene Roddenberry's looming role over the franchise (even after his …
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http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-249.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis month Steven Moffat revealed that during Series 7 Amy Pond and Rory Williams (or some combination of surnames thereof) will be leaving the TARDIS for good. This raises the question — despite the undeniable talent of Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill — of whether their characters will have …
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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…
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-244.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download"Who" ought to be in pictures? If BBC Worldwide Productions and director David Yates have anything to say about it, apparently so! But what's this about casting aside 48 years of continuity and starting fresh for the silver screen?
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-243.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBBC Worldwide is throwing a couple of parties in Cardiff on March 24 and 25. So why the mixed reaction from Doctor Who fans for the first official Doctor Who convention in years?
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-241.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadErnest Cline's recent novel Ready Player One spurs some thoughts about the limits of Doctor Who's influence on '80s nostalgia and our show's cross-genre appeal.
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-240.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadDid Matt Smith slip his true intentions, or was it just a slip of the tongue when he said he had only one more year of Doctor Who? Your returning host (and thank you so much for your support while I've been gone) pretends to know what he's talking …
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http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-235.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadOn paper, "The Girl Who Waited" was brilliant. Karen Gillan? A revelation. So why did I take a 45-minute walk around the neighborhood, grinding my teeth, trying to figure out how I felt about the episode? Thanks to Huw at thirteenfaces.com for linking me to Emily Asher-Perrin's essay at …
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http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-225.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download(Torchwood being Torchwood, and Jack Harkness being Jack Harkness, this podcast is slightly more explicit than usual.) Archivist and Chicks Dig Time Lords co-editor Lynne Thomas joins me as we discuss the merits of the frequently-derided first season of Torchwood — thus bucking the conventional wisdom that it only …
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-213.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadMiss Manners being unavailable, I take it upon myself to pontificate about spoilers one last time, in light of the revelations about River Song yet to air outside the U.K.
