Two-minute Time Lord

The Ood Cast are no strangers to 2MTL, but it's been a while since they've released a new episood. Why? Because they've been busy preparing The Complete Works of Gallifrey (Abridged), which will re-present every episode of the new series within an hour. It's happening on 16 November 2013 at 7:45 p.m. in the Questors Theatre. You can buy tickets now, but why not listen to Chris and Laura Sigma tell me more about it?

No, really. We recorded this during a torrential rainstorm and my wife stood outside with an umbrella to keep a mystery stream of water from splashing loudly against the recording studio window. So if you don't listen to the interview she will have suffered for nothing.

Neil and Sue Perryman's triumphant blog experiment has spawned a thoughtful, funny, honest companion book. You should read it. (Preferably having bought it first.)

The formerly-missing "The Enemy of the World" featuring Patrick Troughton vs. Patrick Troughton: enjoyable for nostalgia's sake, or on its own merits? Well, Troughton is awesomeness defined…

The anticipated revelation of recovered classic Doctor Who episodes? What else is there to talk about?!

The single clearest indication you can get of what a new Doctor's going to be like won't come around until the second full episode. (This I vow to be self-evident! Unless you disagree with me, at which point it becomes an argument for a future 2MTL!) "New Earth" is the first distraction-free look at David Tennant's and Russell T. Davies's Tenth Doctor, warts and applegrass and all. Note that I gave the episode no extra points for having a character named after me.

In which an attempt to answer 2MTL 319's parting question is made, and Chip equates the Doctor to Superman without irony.

Once upon a time, I had a TON of Star Trek reference books. Today, I have a teetering stack of Doctor Who Magazines. I've been dipping back into Star Trek recently, wondering why it no longer scratches the itch Doctor Who does.

My wife Shannon guests with her reaction to the recent online criticism of Doctor Who "fangirls."

Uncharacteristically for 2MTL, Shannon has provided genuine show notes:

The tweet that started today’s mess, for which there has been something of an apology:

Dear Fangirl. The average age of the actor to play the Doctor is 41. Don't let the TARDIS door hit your arse on the way out #wehatefangirls

— Outpost Skaro (@Outpost_Skaro) August 9, 2013

Wheaton’s Law

Kitten-Cam FAQ

Foster Dad John’s Livestream

The Firefly Litter

The Hugo Awards issue

“Fake Geek Girl” quizzing

Looking a gift horse in the mouth

Ratings (1), (2)

The announcement

The Scarf

Peter Capaldi IS the Doctor! Great news, with a not-so-great side.

So while we wait for Sunday's announcement of the actor that will play the next Doctor, let's talk about that stickiest of subjects, Doctor Who canon. We won't discuss whether Dimensions in Time is "in" or Time Crash is "out" (the answer is no and no, by the way) but where this whole notion of canonical stories comes from in the first place: religion!

What does "Doctor Who canon" have in common with religious canon? How does one determine which stories "matter," and does a 50-year-old television series develop a canon in the same way that a 2,000 year-old (give or take) religion did? Rabid Doctor Who fan and New Testament historian Mark Goodacre is the perfect guest for this Time Dilation conversation. No proselytization, just Doctor Who geekery at its finest, placed in a historical context.

And Mark, update your website.