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2MTL 363: "Dark Water" Reviewed

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-363.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSometimes the BBC can't help but spoil the surprise. Sometimes the reveals aren't all that revealing. Sometimes you dismiss the obvious because it's too obvious. Sometimes it doesn't matter, because the episode is brilliant and even wickedly funny because there's no surprise.

2MTL 362: "In the Forest of the Night" Reviewed

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-362.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSeries 8's more unhurried pacing reaches its apex with the "lyrical and beautiful," per Steven Moffat, "In the Forest of the Night." Did the episode hold interest? Did The Doctor and Clara resemble themselves from just a couple of episodes ago? Well….

2MTL 359: "Kill the Moon" NOT Reviewed

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-359.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSix things make a podcast: "Kill the Moon" defied my attempt to do a simple, cohesive review. So here's an extended series of impressions the episode left on me. (Thanks to K and R for kibitzing.)

2MTL 358: "The Caretaker" Reviewed

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-358.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadA rubbish brown coat (not the legendary Tennant overcoat, sadly, that would have been funny) is a paper-thin disguise for a Doctor who is a bit of a rubbish caretaker. While he endangers Coal Hill School to fire Jimmy Vee into space, Clara makes some rubbish attempts to keep …

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2MTL 357: "Time Heist" Reviewed

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-357.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAs a bank robber, the Doctor makes a surprisingly good bank robber. And Stephen Thompson turns in a story that is no "Curse of the Black Spot." I solemnly promise not to cite "Leverage" again this season.

2MTL 356: "Listen!" Reviewed

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-356.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe latest in Steven Moffat's series of biological functionally-titled episodes, "Listen!" is entirely about hiding behind the sofa, and why we do that, and what greatness the fear that drives it might lead us to. And, to my great surprise, we get a profound look underneath the Doctor's mask.