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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http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-158.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAs widely reported, Steven Moffat announced at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh TV Festival 2010 that rather than a single 13-episode series of Doctor Who in 2011, we'll get two shorter series in the spring and fall. Related pros, cons, speculation and unreasonable demands lie within!
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-156.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadMy better half takes the controls of the TARDIS to reflect on River Song — and thinks that the payoff to the character's mystery will have to be huge.
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-144.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadI'm seeing a parallel between Babylon 5 and the current series of Doctor Who, in the driving, defining nature of the story arc being carried through the thirteen episodes. Is this a good thing?
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-127.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSo how many Doctors have there been: eleven or one? Steven Moffat's been pushing the second answer, although there's plenty of evidence to the contrary — not only in Doctor Who's near-50-year history, but in Moffat's own "The Beast Below."
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-124.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWe reveal the experiment's outcome, as the Two-minute Time Lad sat with his Dad to watch "The Eleventh Hour." Meanwhile, I examine Steven Moffat's palette. Spoilers for "The Eleventh Hour" and an announcement for a Nicholas Briggs event in the U.K. lie within!
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-102.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadReaction to the latest BBC trailer for the 2010 series of Doctor Who has been somewhat mixed among adult fans — but the trailer wasn't targeted at them.
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-101.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAfter months of rumors and coy non-denials, Neil Gaiman finally confirmed at the SFX Weekender that he would have a script in the 2011 season of Doctor Who. (Ahem.) Squee.
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-100.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPOSITED: If there's nothing in the show to contradict it, it's not a "retcon." (RETroactive CONtinuity, a term that entered SF fandom from the comics world.) ALSO POSITED: If there IS something in the show…then it IS. WARNING: The words "Doctor" and "Rose" are used.
http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-91.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadI genuinely believe that it will be a good sign for Doctor Who if Steven Moffat's reign is wildly popular AND manages to really upset some folks. Just like Russell T. Davies's reign. (Not that I want to be upset, nor do I want you to be upset! Oh, …
