Tag Archives: Russell T Davies

2MTL 439: Throwback Review of "Love and Monsters"

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-439.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThere's not a lot of distance between covering ELO songs with a band of Tenth Doctor investigators, and enjoying Doctor Who fandom culture. You just have to watch out for the Abzorbaloffs in both places. Check out Reality Bomb Live in New York for 2019, occasionally invaded by me.

2MTL 437: Guilt, Shame, Obligation, and Regeneration

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-437.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPrompted by Erik's remembrance of Terrance Dicks in 2MTL 435, some thoughts about the modern moral character of the Doctor: how Doctors 9-12 changed the game from Terrance Dicks's model, and how the Thirteenth Doctor changes the game again.

2MTL 370: Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of "Rose"

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-370.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFrom Gallifrey One, here's my celebration of the 10th anniversary of the airing of "Rose." Thanks to my friends at Radio Free Skaro for inviting me to share the stage once more for their Friday morning live show, "Behind the Magic".

2MTL 349: More Than 2,000 Years in the TARDIS?

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-349.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadTwo thousand years! That's how old The Doctor is now, as stated by the Twelfth in the latest trailer and as implied in his predecessor's swan song, "The Time of the Doctor." That's a pretty huge leap from roughly 900 years old at the start of Steven Moffat's showrunnership. …

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2MTL 345: Rebecca Moore and the Famous Infographic (Time Dilation)

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-345.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadRebecca Moore and her fellow undergraduates at BYU-Idaho did a little study this year about female characters' representation in post-2005 DOCTOR WHO. You might have heard about it! I talk with Rebecca about what prompted the study, and what happened when her teammate Joseph Struhs's infographic got noticed on …

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2MTL 321: "New Earth" Two-minute Throwback

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-321.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe single clearest indication you can get of what a new Doctor's going to be like won't come around until the second full episode. (This I vow to be self-evident! Unless you disagree with me, at which point it becomes an argument for a future 2MTL!) "New Earth" is …

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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 …

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2MTL 281: "The Power of Three" Unbefuddled

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-281.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAs we prepare to say goodbye to Amy and Rory, we get an episode that's — a love letter to Amy and Rory. Chris Chibnall's second Series 7 story works, but what's weird about it? See also your host's turn as a podicidal maniac in The Ood Cast, Series …

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2MTL 267: "The Parting of the Ways" Two-minute Throwback

http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-267.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download"You have the guts to do what's right when everyone else just runs away!" That's what the Doctor's taught Rose, she tells Mickey and Jackie during the most important scene in "The Parting of the Ways." But is this story about the triumph of the human spirit, or something …

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