2MTL 310: "The Name of the Doctor" Reviewed

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-310.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAfter virtually blowing up my bathroom (read the instructions on compressed-gas sink plungers CAREFULLY) it took me a while to catch up and review the series finale. I try to answer the two questions that MUST be answered: how about that Clara resolution, and how about that Greatest Secret?

2MTL 307: "Nightmare in Silver" Reviewed

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-307.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadNeil Gaiman's second episode of Doctor Who isn't quite as strong as his first, but it's still darn good. Could it be that this time the writer was working in a traditional Doctor Who playground rather than "The Doctor's Wife"'s bubble universe? Check out Ryan Britt and Chris Lough's …

2MTL 303: "Cold War" Reviewed

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-303.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadI guess it's possible that I'm simply a Bad Fan (™ Warren Frey), but I can't say that I was excited about the return of the Ice Warriors. Admit it: didn't the old ones look kind of — silly? Turns out the monster itself was mostly a triumph in …

2MTL 301: "The Rings of Akhaten" Reviewed

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-301.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadDoctor Who as written and directed by Jack Kirby? To this comics reader this certainly LOOKED like an episode that belonged in DC Comics's world of mad gods and flying supercycles. But did "The Rings of Akhaten" belong in Doctor Who's world?

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 …

2MTL 287: "The Christmas Invasion" Two-minute Throwback

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-287.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSo this is Christmas, or it will be in a couple of weeks, and while we have visions of killer Snowmen dancing in our heads for this year's Christmas special, why don't we look back on modern Doctor Who's first? Yep, it's time to resume our "Throwback" reviews with …