http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-266.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe Bluetooth earpiece gag in "Rise of the Cybermen" was kind of obvious — it was made in 2005, after all — but Google's Project Glass plans revealed last month made me think that we're much closer to our impending cyber-conversions than previously anticipated!
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2MTL 246: The Caregiver's Tale (and How to Help Fight Monsters)
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-246.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadRTD's interview with Laurence Watts shed a sad light on the immediate future of his writing projects, as he takes on a more important role as caregiver. The Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust is the U.K.'s largest funder of brain tumor research. If you would like to join me …
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2MTL 220: Russell T. Davies on Crossovers and Torchwood's U.S. Appeal
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-220.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThanks to a blogger conference call hosted by Starz and BBC Worldwide Productions, I had the chance to ask Russell T. Davies why he thinks Torchwood caught fire in the United States. Earlier, Jef Burnham from filmmonthly.com raised a question I also asked in 2MTL 219: what's the future …
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2MTL 218: "The Long Game" Two-minute Throwback
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-218.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThink of "The Long Game" as the mirror-universe version of "Torchwood: Children of Earth." Many of the same attitudes and philosophies Russell T. Davies portrayed in that later, much better work are present in "The Long Game." But in a cheap-sets far-future playground, it's much harder to muster finesse… …
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2MTL 173: "Death of the Doctor," Resonating Concrete, and Knowing Your Modern Doctors
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-173.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download"Rose, I'm trying to resonate concrete." Sometimes, the Doctor is tinkering with something he can't take his attention from, which traps him in a revealing conversation. It's a scripting strategy that RTD and Steven Moffat have used since 2005, most recently in "Death of the Doctor," and it's worked …
2MTL 167: The BBC from Distant Shores, and That Big SJA Spoiler
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-167.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBBC Week continues, with five-year expatriate professor Mark Goodacre, the Resident Alien, talking about his concern over the BBC and drawing a parallel with those dark Doctor Who years that began in 1989. PLUS: A bonus spoiler section at the end, regarding certain revelations from the "Death of the …
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2MTL 154: Torchwood Takes Shape
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-154.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadProcessing last week's Torchwood: The New World revelations…
2MTL 89: EVERY RTD-era Episode Reviewed!
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-89.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSo. Um. This one's slightly longer than usual. Couldn't fit it all in two minutes, no matter how hard I tried. FOUR minutes, however, was just enough for me to review every — single — episode — since 2005. "It's the end, but the moment has been prepared for, …
2MTL 85: Chekhov's Sonic Screwdriver
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-85.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadRussell T. Davies took a lesson from Anton Chekhov, methinks. It's a great one, indeed, leading to a surprising track record of playing fair with the audience. And yet, maybe we saw this lesson in action too much?
2MTL 83: Responding to io9, Defending RTD
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-83.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAlasdair Wilkins, a contributor to SF blog io9, recently offered 5 Lessons We Hope RTD's Learned From His Past Doctor Who Epics. I disagree with a few of those lessons; what do you think? BONUS FEATURE: Bullet points!