The Arrow of Time – A Doctor Who Podcast

No clever title this week, we actually made a podcast about a new episode of Doctor Who! This is by far our single most relevant episode yet! I'm practically giddy, so instead of reading anymore, just go on and listen to our surprisingly on-time review of "A Christmas Carol."

On this scintillating episode of Arrow of Time we have a post-Christmas twofer in which we recall our favorite moments from "Voyage of the Damned" and "The Next Doctor," back-to-back style, thus concluding our Merry Doctor Who Christmas Special Roundup and Chili Cook-off (which was delicious, sorry you missed it). This leads us into next week, where we cover an honest-to-Ood new episode of Doctor Who, the first since we started podcasting. Smashing!

So! It turns out trying to make four podcasts in a week is significantly more difficult than one. Who knew! Nevertheless, we soldier on with this heavily edited look at "The Runaway Bride," in which we mock Catherine Tate a bit more than she deserves, and mock Russel T. Davi(e)s just about as much as he deserves.

It's our tenth episode extravaganza, and we celebrate hitting the big one-oh by doing nothing in particular besides drinking. This week we kick off a series of holiday themed shows with "The Christmas Invasion," and have it in our heads to cover all of the Christmas specials before the new one hits. There's probably a better chance of the Sycorax invading, though, so keep a close eye on your A-positive blood type friends.

Our love of Steven Moffat penned episodes of the Doctor Who television programme continues unabated this week as we cover "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead." Come along as we meet River Song for the first/last time, mourn the loss of a pair of Daves (proper or otherwise), and learn that we are constantly surrounded by the deadliest things ever, hiding in the shadows. Don't blink!

This week on Arrow of Time we tackle the very serious issue of time-travel addiction. No wait, we talk about the specials. Not *the* specials, mind, but the short clips like those made for Children in Need that augment our Who-based entertainment. That time-travel thing is next week (which on our current schedule should be posted sometime in the next fortnight and a half).

In this bit-too-long, bit-too-late edition of the Arrow of Time we delve deep into the Moffatty goodness that is "Blink." In hindsight, the episode really should have been called "Don't Blink." And don't you dare blink and miss an exciting second of this podcast! Wait, what?

This week's podcast is in stereo, where available (everywhere). We manage to say quite a lot about the music of Doctor Who, vague facts and probable inaccuracies aside, and include a related selection of musical samples. We even throw the show's original theme song in, for good measure. Get it? Measure? As in music? No?

This week on (The) Arrow of Time we continue an apparent Steven Moffat trend by reminiscing about "The Girl in the Fireplace." Spoiler alert! We liked it.

A bit late thanks to a technical issue, this week's episode covers Doctor Who gaming through the years, with a focus on the recently released adventure games. Are they worth your time and money? Seeing as how they take very little of either, maybe!

The awesome music during the breaks comes from the intro to the Amiga version of Dalek Attack, which you can watch at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKSUfVoHtug