The Arrow of Time – A Doctor Who Podcast

This week's audio file thing contains us speculating wildly about the trailer for the second half of series six, not unlike we did for the first half. Unlike the first half, however, we throw in some video game talk to appeal to a broader demographic or whatever.

The link following this sentence will lead you to this week's WhoTube, a timely Hitler Downfall parody from Kelvington: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN3c2fKe99k

The musical break is "Another Winter" by Anamanaguchi, who are basically completely awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqv5wxKDSIo

I'm going to refrain from even mentioning the podcast's lateness (haha, whoops, just did!) because we decided that "A Good Man Goes to War" was just too great an episode to be covered by two people, and thus we brought in a third! Join us and our guest Dave as we try to unravel the metaphysical symbolism of the underlying metaphor of whatever it was that this episode was about! Also, let's kill Hitler!

WhoTube this week is "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Daleks (The Peter Jones-y Edit)" ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWn_1yOFpfU ) the *prefect* video for British sci-fi fans.

Your bonus WhoTubey sort of thing might just be "Eminem I Need A Doctor Who!" ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEE6XHZQoyA ) featuring Davey who is from Belgium or outer space.

And there are songs, probably!

Maintaining our fine tradition of TARDISness tardiness, we casually saunter up to the bar and order a pair of Doctor Who episodes entitled "The Rebel Flesh" and "The Almost People." Aside from filling our titles-with-definite-articles quota, they bring us one step closer to the mid-season finale with exciting reveals and not a small bit of suspense! Listen to us talk about them, on the Internet!

We go on our own little journey through time and space this "week" (sorry, the bit at the bar is kind of noisy) as we rapid-fire the past three episodes in an attempt to keep up with the Joneses. No wait, that was the third series. At any rate, you get "Day of the Moon," "The Curse of the Black Spot," and "The Doctor's Wife" all in one convenient package. Talk about value!

Have I ever mentioned that making podcasts in a timely fashion isn't easy? This week we manage to talk about "The Impossible Astronaut," the first half of a two-parter that we've already seen both parts of. How's that for timely? Oh, not so good, eh? It's not our fault! We went for so long with no new episodes that now we can barely keep up! Anyway, spoilers and stuff as if you haven't seen it already.

After a bit of an unplanned hiatus wherein things became more real (whatever that means?) we are back with a spirited discussion about the "Space" and "Time" specials created for Comic Relief. These short episodes have only served to increase our frothing demand for the new series. Also, we are at a bar for some reason.

If you haven't seen the specials, you can check them out, oh let's say here: http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/03/dwn180311200008-space-and-time.html

You're about to enter a dangerous place, a literal "City of Death." And what blood-curdling name would you impart on such a locale? Paris? Really? Well, whatever, it's your show. Come walk around a relatively safe Paris over and over again as Doctor 4 and Romana 2 try to suss out crime capers, as well as what "suss" means.

As for your anticipated WhoTube link, here it is. Try not to spend it all in one place: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbL_EuDsKjs

Hopefully the lack of podcasts hasn't been causing any undue stress. Your stalwart podcast hosts were sick in alternating bouts, and didn't want to fill your ears with coughing fits or accidentally give you a virtual e-Virus or something. Hopefully we make up for our absence with a bit longer than usual podcast about the monsters of Doctor Who. Not the usual Daleks or Cybermans, but the far more under-appreciated fodder for the Doctor.

Well that took longer to edit than anticipated. Enjoy as we blame Russel T. Davies for “The End of Time” really not being very good, fueled by Stone Brewery’s Lukcy Basartd. Yes, it’s really spelled with RTD at the end.

On a whim we decided to do a scene-by-scene breakdown of the promo from the end of "A Christmas Carol," and this is the result. Herein all the secrets of the next series will be laid bare, as our predictions are naught but perfect! For certain values of "perfect," at any rate.