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 …
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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!
2MTL 62: God and "Gridlock"
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-62.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWho ever expected to see thousands of people singing "The Old Rugged Cross" in a planet-wide flying traffic jam? What impact did that moment have in a story that's all about the limitations of faith? And where does your humble host wish the lesson of "Gridlock" would be learned?
2MTL 32: Everything's So Political
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-32.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThere are examples all over the Internet of academics and fans deconstructing Doctor Who for its politics. As long as it doesn't interfere with the running and jumping, that's fine with me. And it helps that RTD's run of Doctor Who has been fairly politically aware.
2MTL #21: About That Casting Spoiler…
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-21.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadI can hear the screaming now, in the distance. The words are carried on the wind: "What, again?" But as long as the story's executed well, I'm looking forward to the return of (SPOILER), as foretold by the set reporters and tabloids… The Two-minute Time Lord Podcast: Now and …
2MTL #13: Davies vs. Moffat vs. the 2009 Hugo
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-13.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWho shall stand? Who shall fall?! The 2009 Hugo Award nominees include two 2008 Doctor Who episodes: "Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead" written by Steven Moffat, and "Turn Left" written by Russell T. Davies. Should Moffat pick up his fourth in a row? Is it time for …
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